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GAMBIER, Ohio — Playing the last home games of their collegiate careers, seniors Nicole Bishay and Emily Buckwalter led the Kenyon College softball team to a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Allegheny College Gators on Tuesday. Bishay pitched a complete game two-hitter in Kenyon’s 4-0 game-one win. Buckwalter followed up with a three-run walk-off home run that ended game two …

JACKSON, Mich. – After a hot week at the plate, Andrew Miller of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team was named as the Crossroads League Baseball Player of the Week on Monday, April 25. This is the second time this season that Miller has claimed player of the week honors from the Crossroads League. Miller was an instrumental part of …

HOWARD, Ohio — The No. 20-ranked Kenyon College Lords golf team carded scores of 289 and 290 to finish the two-day North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) / Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Clash with a third-place total of 579. Both No. 21 Denison University and No. 4 Wittenberg University posted 574s to tie for first and finish five strokes ahead of …

NORMAN, Okla. – The Kenyon College golf team saw its name added to the latest Bushnell/Golfweek Division III rankings announced on Friday. The Lords entered the poll at No. 20 after being unranked in the previous iteration. In their latest tournament, the Lords won the Division III Showcase hosted by Hanover College on the fifth-player drop score after tying with …

WINONA LAKE, Ind. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (29-14, 22-8) open its series at Grace College (16-27, 10-20) with a pair of victories on Thursday, April 21. Game One A Zackary Hoop RBI-single that scored Brady Wallace got MVNU on the board first in the top of the second-inning. Leading 1-0, the Cougars exploded for six runs …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Kenyon College senior Nicole Bishay used her arm and bat Wednesday to help the Kenyon College softball team split a doubleheader with the visiting Wittenberg University Tigers. The Ladies took game one, 3-1, but fell just short in game two, losing 3-2. In the first game, Bishay picked up the pitching win by working all seven innings, …

GAMBIER, Ohio — For the third time in her remarkable Kenyon College career, senior Crile Hart was named the DIII Honda Athlete of the Year finalist for Swimming and Diving as announced today by Executive Director Chris Voelz of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) presented by Honda.Hart is now designated one of 11 finalists for the prestigious DIII Honda …

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The receiving votes Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (27-9, 17-7) dropped two games at No.18 Marian University (30-7, 20-6) on Tuesday, April 19. Game One The first game of the doubleheader was all Marian as the Knights walked away with an 8-0 victory in five-innings. After a Knight run in the first, Marian did a majority …

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s golf team returned to action in the Ackerman-Allen Shootout at the Ackerman-Allen Golf Course in West Lafayette, Indiana on Monday, April 18. MVNU placed seventh out of nine teams in the shootout with a score of 332. Marian University claimed the title with a score of 318 after the one …

MISHAWAKA, Ind. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team (27-7, 17-5) swept Bethel University (5-25, 4-18) on Saturday, April 16 by scores of 9-4 and 9-0 on the road. Game One Bethel jumped out to a quick 2-1 advantage after the first-inning, but it was all MVNU from there. After tying the game at 2-2, MVNU scored three runs …