SPORTS
Dancing to DJ Khaled’s “All I Do is Win” has been the Emory University volleyball team’s unofficial superstition this season. Before every game, the players danced to the song and partook in other pregame rituals to get the juices flowing and build team camaraderie. Coincidentally, for the tenth time in program history, all the No. [...]
Sophomore Jeff Echols wins second place in the 200m butterfly final at the 2022 UAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Feb. 12. (Natalie Sandlow/Staff) Last season, the Emory men’s swimming & diving program won the NCAA Division III National Championship and the women’s team was the runner-up to Kenyon College (Ohio). The program on both the [...]
The Emory University men’s basketball team is set to tip off their 2022-2023 season this week. The Eagles are looking to build off their 20-6 campaign last season, which ended with a second-round loss to Wabash College (Ind.) during the 2022 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament. This year’s team will contain a melting pot [...]
The men's cross country team celebrates after winning the program's first UAA championship on Oct. 29. (Courtesy of Dan McCauley) The Emory men’s cross country team brought back the program’s first championship title while the women placed fourth at the 2022 University Athletic Association (UAA) Cross Country Championships at Nash Farm Battlefield in Hampton, Ga. [...]
Teams JDG and T1 compete in a League of Legends World Championship semifinal match in front of 21,000 fans at State Farm Arena on Oct. 29. (Clement Lee/Staff Writer) Pounding hearts and anxious breaths echoed as four teams from the world famous League of Legends esports league met in Atlanta this past weekend for World [...]
A stickball player competes during a stickball match at the Southeast Woodlands Stickball Summit on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of Paula Acocal) In 2020, the organization Art on the Atlanta Beltline presented the newest addition to its expansive, outdoor art gallery: “Itti’ kapochcha to’li’,” “little brother of war” in Chickasaw, or also known as stickball. A [...]
Last semester, I studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. One morning, I was sitting around chatting with my housemates. We were discussing gender and sexuality, and I offhandedly brought up Dennis Rodman. I assumed Rodman was a niche 1990s talking point that only American sports fanatics would understand, so I expected starting a conversation [...]
Senior forward Kylie Hall taking a shot against Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) on Oct. 1. (Natalie Sandlow/Staff Photographer) Ten jumps forward, ten jumps back. Ten jumps more to the left and right. Senior forward Kylie Hall acknowledges that she has “a ton” of pre-game rituals. She listens to the same playlist in the [...]
Sophomore outside hitter Lily Martin during a match against Sewanee: The University of the South (Tenn.) on Oct. 8. (Natalie Sandlow/Staff) When sophomore outside hitter Lily Martin steps on the volleyball court, she thinks like a rower. Over the summer, Martin and the rest of the Emory volleyball team read “The Boys in the Boat,” [...]
The Emory University women’s tennis team competed in the ITA Division III Women’s South Regional Championship, with senior Stephanie Shulman coming out on top and winning the singles title. The ITA Regionals followed a typical tournament structure: both double and singles brackets, each with 64 players. Shulman competed in the singles bracket and started off [...]
The 2022 Major League Baseball season has been one of the most historic to date. Whether it was St. Louis Cardinals’ first baseman Albert Pujols becoming the fourth member to join the 700 home run club, or the New York Mets achieving a record of 106 hit batters this year, the regular season was one [...]
SPORTS
Dancing to DJ Khaled’s “All I Do is Win” has been the Emory University volleyball team’s unofficial superstition this season. Before every game, the players danced to the song and partook in other pregame rituals to get the juices flowing and build team camaraderie. Coincidentally, for the tenth time in program history, all the No. [...]
Sophomore Jeff Echols wins second place in the 200m butterfly final at the 2022 UAA Swimming and Diving Championships on Feb. 12. (Natalie Sandlow/Staff) Last season, the Emory men’s swimming & diving program won the NCAA Division III National Championship and the women’s team was the runner-up to Kenyon College (Ohio). The program on both the [...]
The Emory University women’s soccer team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the 2022 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship after beating the Piedmont University (Ga.) Lions 7-0 on Nov. 12 and the Centre College (Ky.) Colonels 4-3 on Nov. 13. The Eagles hosted the first and second rounds in front of the Emory community [...]
The Emory University men’s and women’s soccer teams ended their regular season with games against the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Yellowjackets on Nov. 5. Both games began in high spirits with senior day celebrations and ended with late goals that earned the men a 1-1 draw and a 3-2 win for the women. Gomez leads [...]
The Emory University men’s basketball team is set to tip off their 2022-2023 season this week. The Eagles are looking to build off their 20-6 campaign last season, which ended with a second-round loss to Wabash College (Ind.) during the 2022 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament. This year’s team will contain a melting pot [...]
The men's cross country team celebrates after winning the program's first UAA championship on Oct. 29. (Courtesy of Dan McCauley) The Emory men’s cross country team brought back the program’s first championship title while the women placed fourth at the 2022 University Athletic Association (UAA) Cross Country Championships at Nash Farm Battlefield in Hampton, Ga. [...]
Teams JDG and T1 compete in a League of Legends World Championship semifinal match in front of 21,000 fans at State Farm Arena on Oct. 29. (Clement Lee/Staff Writer) Pounding hearts and anxious breaths echoed as four teams from the world famous League of Legends esports league met in Atlanta this past weekend for World [...]
A stickball player competes during a stickball match at the Southeast Woodlands Stickball Summit on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of Paula Acocal) In 2020, the organization Art on the Atlanta Beltline presented the newest addition to its expansive, outdoor art gallery: “Itti’ kapochcha to’li’,” “little brother of war” in Chickasaw, or also known as stickball. A [...]
Last semester, I studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. One morning, I was sitting around chatting with my housemates. We were discussing gender and sexuality, and I offhandedly brought up Dennis Rodman. I assumed Rodman was a niche 1990s talking point that only American sports fanatics would understand, so I expected starting a conversation [...]
