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Pitcher Beth Ann Hyland (pictured above earlier this season) is 18-3 on the year. She is part of a staff that allows 2.27 runs per game  -Assistant Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Softball not resting down the stretch, focus turns to conference tournament with No. 1 seed

Nick Duffy April 27, 2016

The Rowan softball team is not just gently winding down their regular season, they are barreling down the tracks and punishing any team that is unfortunate enough to be on their schedule. And according...

Recap: Softball takes two against Rutgers-Camden in final homestand

Nick Duffy April 21, 2016

The wind was fighting the No. 15-ranked Rowan softball team all day. Strong gusts constantly constricted the Profs batters from crushing the ball like usual. For Ashley DeYoung, though, the wind was...

The Rowan men’s club lacrosse team poses for a photo after the event on Sunday, April 17. Rowan took second in the tournament. -Sports Editor/Vince DeBlasio

2nd Annual LAX for Donnie tournament remembers men’s club lacrosse co-founder

Vince DeBlasio April 21, 2016

No one on the current team knew him. Few were aware he was a founder of their club. He had played well before they got to Rowan. But it meant just as much to the 2016 Rowan men’s club lacrosse team...

Members of the softball team cheer on sophomore Morgan Smith after her home run in a 6-1 win over Kean on Saturday, April 16. -Assistant Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Softball team’s lineup brings current success, future promise

Nick Duffy April 20, 2016

With streamers and balloons wrapped around the bleacher railings, the Rowan softball’s five seniors standing along the first base line after their senior day sweep of Rutgers-Camden, alongside by...

Senior outfielder Bret Phillips stands in against New Jersey City on Sunday, April 17. Rowan won both games of the doubleheader. -Assistant Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Infield, pitching staff remain strong suits for baseball

Aaron Carney April 20, 2016

The Rowan baseball team's junior infielders — Jason Clapper and Matt Jolly — have been playing the sport they love together their entire lives. The duo has even lined up next to each other, rotating...

Junior attack Rachel Hofbauer (left) runs upfield during a win against Montclair State University on Saturday, April 16. -Staff Photographer/Cole Ditzel

Women’s lacrosse looks to power through final three conference games

Joe Cicchino April 20, 2016

The story of David versus Goliath is well known and used whenever an underdog takes out the favored team. That story will not get brought up following the Rowan women’s lacrosse team’s 9-0 loss to...

From Saturday April 16: Players celebrate during a win over Montclair State University. -Staff Photographer/Cole Ditzel

Recap: Women’s lacrosse shut out by No. 2 TCNJ

Joe Cicchino April 20, 2016

The Rowan women’s lacrosse team ran into a juggernaut in No. 2-ranked The College of New Jersey on Tuesday night. The brown and gold were shut down offensively and couldn’t do much to slow down the...

Catcher Alyssa Sims (pictured above earlier this season) is one of two senior positional players. Rowan has won five of its last six. -Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Softball wins four of first five conference games, nine of 10 overall

Nick Duffy April 14, 2016

February seems so far away for the Rowan softball team, sitting 22-6. The squad started their season Feb. 26 in North Carolina. They ran into a cluster of highly-talented opponents, which caused the...

Senior midfielder Brittany Bollendorf powers through the snow in a 13-4 loss to St. John Fisher. -Assistant Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Late goal propels women’s lacrosse past Stockton in start of NJAC play

Joe Cicchino April 14, 2016

Prior to their first New Jersey Athletic Conference game of the season, Rowan women’s lacrosse head coach Lindsay Delaney said she believed that her team’s defense was better than the opponent’s...

Senior first baseman Steven Todd (pictured above earlier this season) ranks second on the team in runs (16) and third in hits (25). After two games against TCNJ, Rowan hosts doubleheaders this weekend. -Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Baseball faces seven-game stretch in five days due to postponements

Aaron Carney April 14, 2016

All of the precipitation that has fallen in mid-April — rain and snow included — has left many people shaking their heads, wondering when spring will finally arrive. The weather has caused several...

-Assistant Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

For women’s outdoor track and field, dropping times the focus at Greyhound Invitational

Vince DeBlasio April 14, 2016

This weekend, the No. 8-ranked Rowan women’s track and field team travels to Moravian College for the Greyhound Invitational, another team-scoring meet early in the season. And for another week, the...

Recap: Softball swipes series against Ramapo in NJAC Championship rematch

Nick Duffy April 13, 2016

The dugout was raucous. The chants were ear-splitting. Freshman Kristina Mueller was in scoring position. Sophomore Nicole Paiotti was in the batter’s box. “I see a gap, and Nic is going shopping,”...

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