Diplomats Girls Soccer Season Review
By Golnar Jalinous || Contributing Writer The Franklin & Marshall Women’s Soccer season came to a close last Saturday after a loss to Tufts 2-1 in the first round of…
Last International Break of 2023: Euro 2024 and World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter This week marked the third international break of the 2023/2024 season and the last before the new year. The last games for direct qualification to…
Champions League Matchday Four Recap: More Strong Play from Madrid; FC Barcelona and PSG Falter
By Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter The Champions League was back for its fourth matchday on November 7th, helping to cement the bracket for the upcoming 16-team tournament. As of…
NCAA DIII Men’s Soccer Tournament Recap: Strong Play but an Unfortunate End to the Season
By Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter This weekend marked the beginning of the NCAA tournament for the F&M men’s soccer team, with the first round held at Tylus Field on…
Tough Defeat to Muhlenberg Ends Men’s Soccer’s Centennial Conference Prospects
Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter Qualifying for the semi-finals of the Centennial Conference after a hard-fought regular season, F&M’s men’s soccer team held their game against Muhlenberg on Friday, November…
Centennial Conference, a Great Journey for Women’s Soccer
Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter The playoffs for the Centennial Conference started on Tuesday the 31st of October for the women’s soccer team. Holding the fourth seed after the regular…
2023 Ballon D’Or Final Standings: Excellence from Messi and Bonmati
Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter On Monday, October 30th, the long-awaited ceremony for the Ballon d’Or award was held in Paris. The Ballon d’Or is the most prestigious individual award…
La Masia Did it Again: Another Young Star for FC Barcelona.
Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter What’s the common point between Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Gavi, Sergi Roberto, Balde, Pique, Victor Valdes, Fermin Lopez, and many others? All of them begin their…
Champions League Matchday 3: Team Standings Within the Group Stage.
Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter The Champions League was back last Tuesday and Wednesday for the third matchday of the group stage. With only three more group stage matches before…
Champions League Second Matchday: Team standings as of 10/15
By Agathe Vanmassenhove || Sports Reporter The Champions League Matchday 2 was held on October 3rd and 4th and did not disappoint with an explosion of goals. The group stage…
Sexual Assault at the Women’s World Cup
By Ella Peeples || Contributing Writer August 20th, 2023. The final match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Spain vs. England. Both teams had never made it to the Women’s…
The Sporting World Finally Takes a Stand
By Alex Wintz || Contributing Writer For the past week, sports from archery to weightlifting have imposed punishments on Russian and Belarussian athletes in their respective competitions. However, many are…
F&M Field Hockey, Women’s Soccer defeat Bryn Mawr on Senior Day
By Jamie Belfer || Sports Editor The past weekend of October 25th through October 27th marked F&M’s annual homecoming weekend. Many Diplomat teams competed both home and away in their…
F&M Men’s Soccer team takes down Elizabethtown 5-1, reclaims boot
By Gabby Goodwin || Sports Editor This past Wednesday evening, the Franklin & Marshall Men’s Soccer team hosted their annual Smith-Herr Boot game against Elizabethtown on Tylus field, clenching a…
Champions League QF, Barcelona stunned, Liverpool progresses
By Anna Goorevich || Op-Eds Editor As promised, the Champions League quarterfinals that were held the past two weeks have been nothing short of thrilling. There has been surprising wins,…