Sports

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SPORTS 4/23/17 1:09am

Four years later, senior women's lacrosse players see impact left on program

By Tommy Hamzik

Elon's seniors begin to wrap up their careers after starting the program four years ago and laying a foundation of success, trust and chemistry.

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SPORTS 4/21/17 10:18pm

Elon football players charged with felony peeping appear in court

By Paul LeBlanc and Erik Webb

Two Elon University football players — Khalil Moore, 18, and Jeremiah Bridges, 19, — were both charged with a Class I felony secret peeping in preliminary hearings Monday. Their court date is set for Wednesday, May 10. 

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SPORTS 4/20/17 11:55pm

Elon women's soccer teams up with the Vs. Cancer Foundation to honor former teammate

By Erik Webb

The Elon University women’s soccer team took the field tonight with a different purpose. Tonight was their final spring practice match, a game against Belmont Abbey.

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SPORTS 4/20/17 2:12pm

Softball tops UNCG behind three runs from freshman catcher

By Alex Hager

The Elon University softball team beat the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on Wednesday afternoon, topping the Spartans 7-2 under overcast skies at Hunt Softball Park. The Phoenix got the victory behind a four-run fifth inning, seizing on a stretch of shaky pitching from UNCG.

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SPORTS 4/19/17 4:53pm

NCAA awards North Carolina tournament games following HB2 repeal

By Erik Webb

Following the repeal of House Bill 2 earlier this month, the NCAA announced that North Carolina would once again be considered to host tournament games.

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SPORTS 4/18/17 5:01pm

Irish native proves herself as one to watch despite injury

By Alexandra Schonfeld

Growing up in Northern Ireland as one of four children, freshman Hannah Doherty was always competitive. But now Doherty is gearing up for her second season on Elon University’s women’s soccer team.

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SPORTS 4/18/17 4:52pm

Kicking it across the pond

By Roman Costa

The decision to attend Elon University for many current students stems from a desire to take the road less traveled and branch out from their previous lives. Sophomore midfielder Amir Berkane, on the men’s soccer team, was no exception. Berkane was born and raised in Kelvedon, England, which sits near the southeast coast of the United Kingdom with a population of 3,587 at nearly 4,000 miles from Elon.

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SPORTS 4/12/17 9:53am

Phoenix fall to triad rival High Point Tuesday night

By Erik Webb

Elon baseball took the diamond under the lights Tuesday night looking to defeat Triad rival High Point University. The Phoenix struggled offensively throughout the game, falling short to the Panthers 5-4.

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SPORTS 4/4/17 3:21pm

Students flood Chapel Hill's Franklin Street following UNC's National Championship victory

By Alex Hager

Redemption. That was the word on everyone's lips as thousands clad in Carolina blue swarmed Franklin Street in Chapel Hill on Monday night.  After falling in last year's National Championship game, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels beat Gonzaga in Phoenix, Ariz., and fans back on campus celebrated in grand fashion. In one of UNC's most famous athletic traditions, throngs of Carolina faithful formed a sea of celebration on the corner of Franklin St.

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SPORTS 4/4/17 12:19pm

NCAA retracts championship game stance following repeal of HB2

By Miles Garrett and Erik Webb

Six months removed from its enactment of removing collegiate championship events from the state of North Carolina, the NCAA has lifted its ban following the repeal of House Bill 2.

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SPORTS 4/3/17 1:04pm

Phoenix sweeps JMU with complete game shutout from freshman Brnovich

By Alex Hager

The Elon University Baseball team defeated James Madison University by a score of 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Latham Park, sweeping the Dukes in their three game series, extending a winning streak to six. Although the Phoenix won the first two games of the series in high-scoring affairs, Sunday’s game was decidedly a pitching duel.

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SPORTS 4/1/17 5:54pm

Grand slam by Jackson puts stamp on series win for Phoenix

By Miles Garrett

In a seventh inning that lasted just over 45 minutes, the Elon University baseball team hit its second grand slam in consecutive weeks off a shot from senior Kyle Jackson to secure a conference series win over James Madison University.

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SPORTS 4/1/17 11:23am

Elon offense dominant in James Madison series opener

By Jamie Snover

A thirty minute rain delay did not discourage the Elon baseball team as they took an early lead against James Madison on Friday for the Alumni Weekend series opener.

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SPORTS 3/30/17 5:41pm

Pride remains for women's basketball despite 1st round loss

By Alex Simon

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — When senior guard Essence Baucom fouled out of the Elon University women’s basketball team’s first game in the NCAA Tournament in school history, head coach Charlotte Smith stopped her as she went to the bench. With Baucom tearing up, Smith opened her arms and pulled her point guard and star defender in for a hug, an embrace that concluded Baucom’s time in an Elon uniform. The 11th-seeded Phoenix lost 75-62 to sixth-seeded West Virginia University March 17 in College Park, Maryland, ending its best season in the Division I era in the first round of the Big Dance.

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SPORTS 3/30/17 11:59am

Women’s lacrosse loses to No. 20 Duke

By Maggie Boulton

The 16th ranked Elon University women's lacrosse team fell short to No. 20 Duke University tonight, losing 10-9 at Rudd Field in their last non-conference game.

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SPORTS 3/17/17 7:30pm

Elon falls to West Virginia in 1st round of NCAA Tournament

By Alex Simon

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The Elon University women’s basketball team saw its best season come to an end in the first round of the NCAA Tournament as the Phoenix lost to West Virginia University 75-62 Friday afternoon in College Park, Maryland. The 11th-seeded Phoenix battled the sixth-seeded Mountaineers tough throughout, holding a three-point lead late in the third quarter and tying the game at 53 with 7:25 to go.

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SPORTS 3/17/17 12:19am

Phoenix prepares for 1st NCAA Tournament game

By Alex Simon

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — There’s only one chance for a school to make its first trip to the NCAA Tournament like the Elon University women’s basketball team is currently doing. It’s part of why head coach Charlotte Smith has been preaching to her team to soak the moment in as much as possible even as the 11-seeded Phoenix prepares to face sixth-seeded West Virginia University at 2:30 p.m.

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SPORTS 3/16/17 10:30pm

Unique Elon connection for West Virginia head coach

By Alex Simon

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — When Elon University’s named popped under West Virginia University during ESPN’s Selection Show Monday night, it set up quite the family dilemma for Chelby Carey. The second-year law student is also the daughter of Mountaineer head coach Mike Carey.

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SPORTS 3/15/17 12:00pm

Tennis teams eagerly await Hawaii spring break trip

By Bryan Anderson

When Elon University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams found out they would spend their Spring Break in Hawaii, several players screamed and cried. They were happy.

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SPORTS 3/15/17 8:30am

In historic season, Elon fulfills Smith's vision

By Tommy Hamzik

Charlotte Smith has grown as a coach over her six years leading Elon, fulfilling her vision of the program as the Phoenix gets set for its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

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