The Shippensburg University women’s cross country team placed six runners in the Top 20 Friday night at the 2014 Galen Piper Open/Cross Country Challenge, with freshmen and sophomores comprising the team’s five scorers as it posted a narrow victory over Don Nichter’s Dickinson squad for the team title.
It’s that magical time of the year called football season. Shippensburg found a whole lot of that magic on Thursday night at Seton Hill as they pounded the Griffins for 713 yards of offense on 102 plays, the second most in school history. The Raiders (1-0) controlled the clock for the majority of the game, producing 34 first downs to the Griffin’s 17. Shippensburg’s Blair Brooks led the rushing attack, putting up 133 yards and two touchdowns.
The men’s soccer team couldn’t wait for its first win of the year last Friday night against the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College at a packed David See Field.
The Shippensburg University men’s cross country team, ranked No. 9 in Division II, positioned nine runners among the Top 16 finishers on a sticky, humid Friday night to claim first place in the 2014 Galen E.
Game 1 The No. 2 Shippensburg University field hockey out-lasted Saint Michael’s on Saturday, battling to a 1-0 victory in the first match of the Dora Metrelis Classic from Jess Dow Field on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University. Shippensburg (1-0) and Saint Michael’s (0-1) were scoreless until the 52:29 mark, when sophomore Cassie Rawa (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown Area) deposited the game’s only goal.
Yankees fans and baseball fans from around the world watched with respect as one of baseball’s greats addressed the people he has lived to entertain for 20 long and historical seasons. In celebration of Derek Jeter Day the Yankee captain tipped his cap as he gave his thanks to the people he feels have pushed him to become the player he is today: the fans. In remembrance of one of the classiest gentlemen in the game, here is the speech that the captain gave before he took the field against the Royals on September 7 at Yankees Stadium. Thank you.
Shippensburg enters the 2014 season coming off its second consecutive NCAA Tournament berth (third overall) and an appearance in the PSAC semifinals.
Shippensburg field hockey delivered the school its first ever national championship in any sport in 2013, and hopes to build off of an incredible season.
It took 20 years, but the Shippensburg Women’s soccer team finally made the NCAA Tournament playoffs after an impressive 2013 season. The Lady Raiders hope to build off of their record-breaking campaign in which they not only made the playoffs but also won their first playoff appearance, a 2-1 victory over Slippery Rock.
An eventful 2013 season for Shippensburg Men’s soccer saw the team improve their overall record by three wins from the previous year, finishing 9-7-2.
The 2014 Shippensburg University Raiders football team knows it needs to come out strong this year in order to improve on an impressive season last year.
Westminster, Md., is 53 miles from Shippensburg University. Westminster native, Natalie Eastwood, is used to distance and not just from a driving aspect.
It was a beautiful and breezy day for the Shippensburg University lacrosse team as it took on Mercyhurst University.
Sports are full of statistics and records. Sports are built around records. Some records are unbreakable, the fans know it and so do the players, but that doesn’t stop them from trying.
The Shippensburg University Baseball team split a double header with the West Chester University Golden Rams with a win in Game 1, 7–1 and a 4–3 loss in Game 2.
No matter the level of sports, rivalries are a part of sports. Rivalries are what fuel sports, they make sports fun.
Hilary Lyons found herself in the same spot in back-to-back games on Monday afternoon. Both times she delivered for the Raiders, driving in the game-winning run.
Short passes were the key for both Raider quarterbacks on Saturday afternoon. SU’s two quarterbacks, Ryan Zapoticky and Chris Lawshe, did not throw a touchdown pass farther than 29 yards during Saturday’s Shippensburg University football spring game.
It has been exactly 145 days since the Shippensburg University football team stepped onto SU Student Association Field at Seth Grove Stadium to play a football game.
