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Kenyon hosts seven-squad Invitational to start season

GAMBIER, Ohio — The Kenyon College men’s tennis team opened its 2022-23 campaign by hosting and participating in the Kenyon Invitational. The Owls were one of seven teams involved in the singles and doubles action, played both indoors and out, over Saturday, Sept. 17, and Sunday, Sept. 18. Kenyon fared well on its home courts, posting a .697 winning percentage …

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Seniors dominate in homecoming win for the Freddies

FREDERICKTOWN – Four Freddie senior captains made sure their final homecoming game was a winner. The quartet, two of whom were also homecoming court escorts, led an offense that pulled away in the fourth and gave Fredericktown the 43-22 KMAC League win over Mt. Gilead on Friday night. Teegan Ruhl, Kaid Carpenter and Ben Mast accounted for all of the …

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Kojima named Senior Assistant on Owls swim staff

GAMBIER, Ohio — With more than five years coaching experience at the NCAA level, Kosuke Kojima joins the Kenyon College staff as the Senior Assistant Swimming Coach for both the Owls men’s and women’s programs. Kojima’s previous position was as an Assistant Coach at Tulane University, an NCAA Division I institution in New Orleans, Louisiana. During his four seasons there, …

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Cougars Drop Match to Capital

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s tennis team hosted Capital University at the Ramser Tennis Courts on Thursday, September 15. After recently wrapping up Crossroads League play against Bethel University and Spring Arbor University, the Cougars turned their attention to the non-conference slate of their fall schedule. MVNU fell to Capital by a score of 0-7 at Ramser. The doubles …

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Lady Cougars Fall to No.3 Marian

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. — The Receiving Votes Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball team (13-2, 0-2) hosted No.3 Marian University (10-0, 2-0) in Ariel Arena on Wednesday, September 14. MVNU battled the Knights of Marian hard, keeping each set within four points. MVNU fell by final scores of 25-21, 25-22, and 25-22 in the hard fought match. Inside the Box …

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Owls work hard for win at Wilmington

WILMINGTON, Ohio — Offensive chances were extremely difficult to come by during Wednesday night’s men’s soccer game between Kenyon College and host Wilmington College. The visiting Owls, however, got what they needed in the 71st minute with a goal that allowed them to clear Williams Stadium’s tricky artificial turf with a 1-0 non-conference win. Kenyon, ranked No. 8 in the …

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Owls claim No. 8 spot in NCAA DIII Top 25 Poll

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The first NCAA Division III national Top 25 poll of the season was released by the United Soccer Coaches on Tuesday, and the Kenyon College men’s soccer team earned the No. 8 spot. The Owls jumped nine spots from their preseason ranking of 17th thanks to a 4-0 start to the 2022 campaign, including a win …

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No. 17 Owls secure first shutout to stay undefeated

DANVILLE, Kentucky — The Kenyon College men’s soccer team maintained its winning ways with a 1-0 win over Centre College (0-3-1), improving the No. 17 Owls’ record to 4-0 with the team’s first shutout. Centre recorded the match’s first two shots early, with one coming in the second minute and another in the 14th, but Kenyon would go on to …

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Two late goals power Kenyon to victory

WASHINGTON, Pa. — The Kenyon College field hockey team scored twice within the game’s final 11 minutes Thursday night and secured a 3-2 non-conference road victory over the Presidents of Washington and Jefferson College. With the win, the Owls evened out their early-season record to 1-1, while the loss dropped the Presidents to 0-3. Washington and Jefferson held a 1-0 …

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Women’s Volleyball Dealt First Loss at No.11 IWU

MARION, Ind. – The No.25 Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball team (11-1, 0-1) lost its first match of the 2022 season as it dropped the first Crossroads League match to No.11 Indiana Wesleyan University (7-2, 1-0) on Wednesday, September 7. The Lady Cougars lost to the Wildcats three sets to none, with the scores being 25-20, 25-16, and 25-10 …

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