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Volleyball drops season opener to Washington State
Cougars defeat Elon in straight sets in Radford, Va.
Cougars defeat Elon in straight sets in Radford, Va.
Four senior score in 4-0 win in Durham
https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.etp/9358_IMG_3952o.jpg The Elon University men’s basketball team on Thursday officially announced the addition of five freshmen to this year’s team. Leading the way is Ardey Kell High School star Steven Santa Ana, who signed last fall.
The Elon University women’s soccer team was hoping to keep their stellar start to the season going into their match against N.C.
When Chris Blair arrived at Elon University last spring, he said the other defensive backs on the football team knew more about him than he knew about himself. “[Junior linebacker] John Silas welcomed me into his apartment and told me to move in with him,” Blair said. The camaraderie is hoping to translate to some onfield success for Elon this fall, as Blair and seniors Miles Williams and Julius Moore will anchor what should be a strong secondary. The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) did not welcome Elon kindly in the 2014 season.
A scrawny high school freshman named Jerry Tolley, sitting on his bicycle, leaned against the Edenton High School building on the first day of football practice in fall 1957. The legendary coach Bill Billings, who won four state titles at Edenton and later collected 10 unbeaten seasons as a coach in Delaware, approached Tolley with a skeptical look. “Tolley, what are you doing?” Billings inquired. “Well, I want to be a manager,” Tolley replied. Billings snapped back.
The 2014 season was, as head coach Chris Neal put it, a “perfect storm” of bad things happening to the Elon University women’s soccer team.
There were a handful of games in September 2014 in which the Elon University volleyball team dressed eight or fewer players. Not exactly a recipe for success. It also shouldn’t be a problem for this year’s Phoenix. With six new additions — including Michigan State University transfer junior and outside hitter Ebony Scott — Elon has a full roster and won’t see too many empty seats on the bench for games this year. There really isn’t anywhere to go but up for Elon after a 6-26 season and 1-15 mark in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play.
The 2014 cross country season was the longest in Elon University’s history. The impact of the success in 2014 can be felt as the 2015 season dawns for the Phoenix. In head coach Nick Polk’s office hang two plaques: one is for the 2014 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Cross Country Athlete of the Year and the other is a 2014 All-American plaque.
Elon University’s athletic department acted swiftly to appoint a new men’s soccer head coach following the resignation of Darren Powell in April 2014.
It’s hardly surprising that we’re inside of two weeks before the Elon University football team’s season opener and we still don’t know who the starting quarterback will be. Head coach Rich Skrosky has been adamant about not rushing into a decision dating back to spring practices.
The Elon University men’s soccer team was one point clear atop the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings entering their regular season finale against the University of Delaware.
The transition to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) has been a mixed experience for Elon University thus far.
The Elon University women’s soccer team had a difficult end to its season in 2014. After a victory over the University of Delaware on Senior Day, the Phoenix had to travel to the College of William & Mary, Towson University and James Madison University to conclude its season. The result: three losses, two of which were shutouts, on the road in the span of seven days. Any hope that the team wouldn’t have an end-of-season road trip again was thwarted when the schedule was released.
The scene was depressing, with blank stares across many Elon University men’s soccer players’ faces as they coped with their loss to Northeastern University in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament. Their chances at a fourth straight NCAA Tournament berth had all but disappeared. Without a doubt, that loss still stings.
The kickoff of the 2015 season for the Elon University football team will happen at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
For the past three seasons, former Elon University men’s soccer goalkeeper Nathan Dean ’15 played all but five minutes of action in net for the Phoenix.
This offseason, the Elon University volleyball team added six new players, a rather large recruiting class.
Elon University women’s soccer head coach Chris Neal has never been afraid to play freshmen. Sometimes, that’s been out of necessity.
Football trains almost all summer to prepare for the fall athletic season. But they are not the only ones practicing in the hot August sun.
