Tag: Athletics

  • Second choice works out in the long run

    Second choice works out in the long run

    She is arguably the best player in the brief history of Tulane women’s soccer. She has scored more goals and recorded more assists than any other Green Wave player. She holds 15 school records. And she is by far the most decorated soccer player ever to wear Tulane green. And yet, Colleen Lake almost didn’t…

  • Lightning storm has nothing on Stack, Tulane soccer

    Lightning storm has nothing on Stack, Tulane soccer

    NEW ORLEANS, La. – Moments before lightning delayed the Tulane women’s soccer game against Northwestern State, Megan Stack seemed to find lightning in a bottle. The sophomore from Nashville, Tenn., scored a goal and assisted on two others in a seven-minute span to lift the Green Wave to a 6-4 come-from-behind win over the Demons…

  • Daley leads No. 24 women’s hoops to win over No. 11 LSU

    Daley leads No. 24 women’s hoops to win over No. 11 LSU

    Taryn Turnbull hit a three-pointer that started a 9-0 Tulane run, and Fabrecia Roberson hit a crucial free throw with 4.3 seconds left to hold off an LSU rally, as the 24th-ranked Green Wave posted a 76-72 win over the No. 11 Lady Tigers at Fogelman Arena on Friday. Tulane (11-0) continued its school-record winning…

  • UK Softball Team “Kruses” past Miami

    UK Softball Team “Kruses” past Miami

    The University of Kentucky softball team got help from a trio of freshman, as the Wildcats posted a 3-1 win over Miami (Ohio) at the UK Softball Stadium on Wednesday. First-year pitcher Jackie Elston earned her first career win, giving up just one unearned run for the complete-game victory. Elston also posted two strikeouts, the…

  • They’re back

    They’re back

    MSU’s super sophs return following impressive freshman season At a school where the tradition of the baseball program runs as deep as the home runs hit by Will Clark and Rafael Palmeiro in the mid-80s, the talk every spring in Starkville turns to All-Americans, series sweeps over SEC opponents and trips to NCAA Regionals. Last…

  • Completing the cycle

    Completing the cycle

    From humble beginnings, Erick Dampier’s game is poised to make him the next Bulldog great in the NBA Often times, storybook basketball tales begin with a phenomenal talent working his way out of the inner-city and to a successful college or pro career by playing pick-up games on the playground. Sometimes they involve the blue-collar…