With the 2008 Olympics and the all-important medal count now over, preparation for the next games is already beginning. However, there is one sport the United States won’t be training for: team handball. A combination of soccer, football, basketball and hockey, team handball is an indoor adrenaline rush that is one of the world’s most […]

Even though Eastern has joined the MAC, the Cross Country team will continue to face many of the same teams they did last season. With juniors Mike Wilson and Mary Fitch returning to the sport, the team hopes to be stronger than ever. Assistant Coach Carrie McTague hopes that the team will see their personal

Finishing second last season and snapping their ten-year championship streak, the women’s volleyball team is back with a vengeance. Six talented newcomers will add to a team that is also getting junior Kara Hildebrand back. An All-American from two seasons ago, Hildebrand was red-shirted last year due to injury. First-year Maria Horning will start immediately

Even before having played a game in the MAC, Eastern’s field hockey team already has a rival in their new conference. Alvernia College reached the PAC Championship game against Eastern each of the past three years, winning last year’s championship by the narrowest of margins in penalty shootouts. Alvernia will join Eastern in the Freedom

Ten years after graduating from Eastern, Mark Spangler returned last spring to coach the men’s tennis team. This fall he will be extending his responsibilities to include head coach of the women’s tennis team. “I thought some of the things we did with the men’s program we could do with the women’s program,” Spangler said.

Coach Mark Wagner called his team to focus last Wednesday on a group of veteran players performing a passing drill. “That’s what we want, boys: fast, crisp perfection,” Wagner told his team. “Everything must be fast.” Achieving perfection will certainly be more difficult this year. Not only does the switch to the MAC mean a

First-year attack Grace Griffith earned her first PAC Player of the Week honor with an impressive 11 goals and 7 assists, leading Eastern to a 3-0 PAC week. In a 16-6 victory over Alvernia, Griffith tallied two goals and three assists. Two days later, she put up similar numbers with three goals and two assists

As a young child, my favorite movie was Peter Pan. Something about the idea of never growing old but staying a little boy forever seemed to resonate in my 4-year-old head. As I grew older and began watching sports, my favorite athlete was Brett Favre, the Peter Pan of football, the man whose youthful exuberance

Now that the weather is getting nice, there always seem to be people playing on the tennis courts. Someone’s constantly outside, hitting that yellow ball across the net just for fun. That same person may not even be on the tennis team. And yet there is the rare occasion when you will see the men’s

SOFTBALL The girls on the softball team have worked hard to climb their way to the top of the PACs. Now they are in the fifth-seed of the standings, thanks to their double win on April 19 against Cedar Crest. Despite their doubleheader loss to Misercordia, the Lady Eagles still have a chance against Gwynedd-Mercy