SPORTS


9/10/2012, 8:36pm

Jump aboard the winning Ship

The Shippensburg University football team put up 41 points in the first half of Saturday’s Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossover against Slippery Rock University — including three touchdowns in the final 4:24 before halftime, en route to a 55-35 victory over The Rock from SU Student Association Field at Seth Grove Stadium.


9/10/2012, 8:34pm

Raiders sailing toward 3-0

The Shippensburg University football team will head to East Stroudsburg University after two convincing wins against formidable opponents in Shepherd University and Slippery Rock University. The Raiders defeated Shepherd, 38-28, two weeks ago, its first win against the Rams since 2004.


9/10/2012, 8:24pm

Volleyball impresses at tourney

The Shippensburg University women’s volleyball team faced a solid set of opponents Saturday at the Minnesota Duluth Classic but fought hard and earned a split, rallying from a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Minnesota Crookston University to sweep Bemidji State University. SU dropped its first match of the day to the Golden Eagles by scores of 25-16, 25-22 and 25-18.


9/4/2012, 11:14pm

Raiders win slugfest against Shepherd

The last seven years of defeat were finally erased as the Shippensburg University football team overcame a 28-17 halftime deficit en route to a convincing 38-28 victory against Shepherd University in the 15th Annual Great Valley Classic from Seth Grove Stadium on Saturday.


8/27/2012, 8:59pm

Field hockey No. 4 in Division II ranks

The Shippensburg University’s field hockey team has been putting on a clinic in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference the last few years and this year proves to be no exception. The field hockey team had a solid season last year, finishing with an undefeated 10-0 record against the PSAC and finishing 17-4 overall.


8/27/2012, 8:53pm

Athletes to Watch

A new sports season brings us a whole new crop of young student athletes trying to help SU excel in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). For our first issue we decided that the best way to bring attention to our student athletes is with a player to watch.


4/23/2012, 11:07pm

Intramural volleyball champions crowned

The men’s and women’s intramural volleyball championships were held on Sunday night at the Shippensburg University’s Recreational Center as team Puzzles and team Look Up looked to capture the men’s crown while team Balls of Fire and team Blair Hits Project duked it out for the a chance at the coveted intramural crown.


4/23/2012, 11:06pm

Spence gains sponsor

Neely Spence is changing courses in her running career; this time it is with her coach. Spence, a standout star on the Shippensburg University track-and-field team and medalist at the Pan-Am games, will move to Michigan to work under Keith and Kevin Hanson of the Hansons-Brooks Original Distance Project in Rochester Hills.


4/23/2012, 10:57pm

SU boxer finishes third in nation

The boxing ring is a place where champions are born and where losing is not an option. At Shippensburg University, there is only one name that rises above the rest — Terrance Griffin.