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BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Senior Staff Writer After the most successful season in the program’s history, a Centennial Conference Championship title, and an 18-game win streak, the F&M women’s field…
BY DYLAN GORDON ’14 Contributing Writer For all of you Philadelphia Eagles fans out there, you are probably familiar with Andy Reid’s famous press conference words, “Time’s yours.” But as…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor This week was a week to remember for F&M football. The team, now 7-2, 6-2 in conference play, took on nationally ninth-ranked Johns Hopkins…
BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor For the past three and a half years, the voice behind F&M Athletics has been student commentator, Bryan Stabbe ’13. Stabbe worked with his…
BY JAMES BOLAND ’15 Contributing Writer The men’s soccer team took the field Oct. 20 for the seventh conference game of the season against the Washington College Shoremen. The Diplomats,…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor In the conference championship meet, featuring a total of six nationally ranked teams, the F&M men’s and women’s cross country teams battled to sixth…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor The club men’s ice hockey team is up and running, already having played two games this weekend, Friday against Lehigh University and Saturday against…
BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-Chief The College’s women’s ultimate frisbee team, Code Beluga, is co-sponsoring a home tournament this weekend Nov. 3 and 4 with the men’s team, the Narwhals.…
BY DANIELLE D’AMICO ’15 Contributing Writer The F&M volleyball team currently leads the Centennial Conference with a 7-1 conference record, and a 15-13 overall record. Over homecoming weekend the Dips…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor The University of Georgia has produced a total of 181 NFL players. The University of Georgia at Tbilisi … well, not exactly. In a…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor Following its 35-10 win over McDaniel College, the F&M football team huddled together, and shouted “1-0!” Those unfamiliar with the reasons behind this might…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor The F&M women’s soccer team is currently leading the Centennial Conference…in games tied. The Diplomats record stands at an abnormal 2-4-5, with nearly half…
BY RUMIT GAMBHIR ’15 Contributing Writer Dating back to the 16th century, cricket is one of the oldest contemporary sports. Through the years, several new forms of the game have…
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…