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BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor For the F&M field hockey team, winning has become second nature. After Thursday’s 1-0 victory over fourth-nationally-ranked Messiah College, the Diplomats appear imperturbable, taking…
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’13 Senior Editor F&M has a plethora of club sports available to its students. One that has recently received a major facelift and is looking good this…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor John Zipp ’14 has been a key asset to the F&M men’s swim team ever since he arrived on campus two years ago. Zipp…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor After being edged in last year’s Centennial Conference Championship game by Ursinus College, the members of the F&M women’s field hockey team provided themselves…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor Only four games into the 2012 season F&M football recorded its third win, matching the total number of wins last season. The Diplomats squeaked…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor The women’s volleyball team seems to always be on the court, playing in 17 matches thus far this season. This week was especially busy…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor Avid hockey fans were counting down the seconds to midnight last Sunday and the dreaded beginning of the fourth National Hockey League (NHL)…
BY RUMIT GAMBHIR ’15 Contributing Writer The 2012 U.S. Open marked the end of the road for America’s number one tennis star, Andy Roddick. Having cruised through the first three…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor There are not many schools in the country where you find successful pre-med student athletes. If you’re looking for some, F&M can probably supply…
BY NATE MCCLELLAN ’16 Early Edition Contributing Writer Lines on the fields are being painted, boots are being laced and players are donning their uniforms. After a grueling summer that…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor A day in the life of a football player during preseason is brutal, but it will all be worth it come playoff time. The…
BY JOSH LEVINE ’16 Early Edition Contributing Writer The soccer season unofficially began with the team’s first scrimmage against Lebanon Valley College Thursday. Ben Beaver ’14, one of the star…
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor Following a disappointing conclusion to its 2012 season due to a hazing incident that resulted in the removal of the team’s head coach and…
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Sports Editor Track isn’t a contact sport… right? Well, it depends who you ask. This year, en route to his goal of qualifying for the NCAA…
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Sports Editor In the mid-1980s, a new club sport was introduced at Franklin & Marshall College: crew. Just five years ago, rowing became a varsity-level program,…