Coach Sue Henry was optimistic about her team regardless of their 0-2 start. “We’re improving with each match, both individually and as a team” Conversely, the team still does have a lot to work on. “One of the problems we are dealing with is class conflict.” Coach Henry added, […]
Sports
Lyndon honors athletes
The Lyndon Department of Athletics honored its top student-athletes for the 2010-11 school year Friday with its annual Athletic Awards Ceremony. In one of the highlights of the evening, Josh Grant, a sophomore runner with the Hornets’ men’s cross country team was named the Dudley Bell Male Athlete of […]
Women’s lacrosse coming to Lyndon
17 girls on campus this year have shown enough interest to bring a women’s lacrosse team to Lyndon State College. Beginning next year, the team will be in its club sport phase and the following year the team can be a varsity level sport. In order to become […]
Lacrosse seniors look forward to future endeavors
All of us must part ways with Lyndon State at some time and for several lacrosse players the day has come where the Hornets must take the next step in their lives. This can be awfully difficult for student athletes, as they part way with not just […]
What do athletes get from DIII schools?
Editor’s note: This is part two in a three part series looking into the world of NCAA athletics. Look for part three next week. Happy workers are productive workers. The same goes for athletes. ‘Perks’ give student-athletes an incentive to play, and to continue playing. Division I schools can […]
What have we learned:
The NBA playoffs will bring the fans exactly what they want, which is close games between great teams. One of the biggest surprises in the post-season has been the emergence of the New Orleans Hornets. Many experts and analysts believed that the two time defending champions would be […]
Snow much for home field advantage
As a spring sport, men’s lacrosse was scheduled for four home games. Baseball was scheduled for eleven games on Skip Pound field, including a double header versus Norwich and a four game series to round out the season with Castleton. Softball was scheduled for eight games. Finally, men’s tennis […]
Hornet coaches stay busy all year long
Lyndon State College coaches have fulltime jobs outside of coaching students, unlike at bigger schools. LSC is a small school that recently became part of the NCAA Division III. They cannot pay their coaches like some bigger schools can to just coach and many have fulltime jobs outside of […]
Winter left overs put delay on spring sports
After a long, cold, and snowy winter, the spring sports season at Lyndon will see an unusually late start this year. At this point in time, it looks like mid-April is the best-case scenario for the fields being ready for practices. At this time last year, the fields were […]
Search for athletic trainer underway
Lyndon State College has been without a full-time athletic trainer for almost four months, but soon this will no longer be the case. “Dr. Sgherza is our acting athletic trainer with limited hours as he is very busy with his faculty position and his chairperson position in the [exercise […]