Celia East, Guest Contributor EMORY, Va. — Emory & Henry’s softball team is in full swing. Preseason is officially over and the season began this past weekend with their first scheduled game on Saturday, Feb. 8 being cancelled due to inclement weather. The team's second and third exhibition games were against Montreat College in North Carolina on Sunday. According to GoWasps, the preseason ranked the team as second in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) rankings with 85 points, right behind Virginia Wesleyan University in first with 99 points and above University of Lynchburg in third with 84 points.
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Luke Montalbano, Sports Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. – Last Sunday marked the end of Emory & Henry head men’s and women’s swimming coach Cody Skinner’s fourth season at the helm of the program. Both teams traveled to Greensboro, NC to compete in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Swimming Championships at the Greensboro Aquatics Center. This weekend marked the end of the collegiate swimming careers of Nick Barr (Chilhowie, Va.), Jarod Bracero (Hoboken, N.J), Lauren Trotter (Bristol, Va.) and Olivia Anson (Apex, N.C). The women’s team would finish in sixth place while the men’s team would take seventh place.
Henry Quesenberry, Sports Writer MOUNT BERRY, Ga. -- The 2020 Emory & Henry Baseball Team travelled down to Mount Berry, GA to open up their season. According to the ODAC’s website, the Wasps have been picked to finish twelfth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) for the season. Even though the team has been picked to finish twelfth, players are optimistic. Junior Noah Griffin said, “We have the pieces to have a good season.”
Emily Bunn, Guest Contributor EMORY, Va. — Emory & Henry men’s basketball team continued their season with a home game against the Washington and Lee Generals on Wednesday, Jan. 29 and an away game against the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets on Saturday, Feb. 1. During the Wednesday night match-up at Bob Johnson Court against the Generals, the Wasps came up short by 13 points. The Washington and Lee men’s basketball team ended the first half with a 12 point lead on the Wasps.
Rebecca Pagnini, Guest Contributor EMORY, Va. – This past weekend on Saturday, Feb. 1, the Intermont Equestrian Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) team ventured to the Townley Equestrian Center to compete at their first show of the spring semester, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. E&H team members earned multiple top awards during the day. In Intermediate over fences, senior Emily Trice placed third, while sophomore Madelyn Lowe took home first place. For Intermediate flat, sophomore Remy Tate earned fourth and senior Gwenyth Stromhdahl won the class with a first place finish.
Cam Derr, Sports Writer EMORY, Va. -- The Emory & Henry cheer and dance team has a whole new look for their 2019–2020 season. Head coach Sara Hansen was hired in August, new uniforms have been sported at football and basketball games and the team has grown substantially in the last few years. So what does that mean for this season? The cheer and dance teams can be seen on the sidelines in the fall and winter seasons cheering for E&H athletics and pepping up the crowds. Their spring season usually involves some form of competition but this year junior Hope Williams said, “We were going to attend a competition, [but] we don’t feel as if we are ready.”
Luke Montalbano, Sports Writer EMORY, Va. – The Emory & Henry women’s basketball team returned to the Bob Johnson Court on Saturday to host conference rival Randolph-Macon College. The score was close throughout a majority of the game; however, the Wasps would use a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter to help win the game by a final score of 72-67.
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