Swimming and diving are like awkward cousins at a family reunion. You may both share a grandmother, but outside of that you can’t hold a conversation longer than 30 seconds before running out of things to say. Swimming and diving’s common ancestry can be traced back to the pool they practice and compete in, but...
Author: Hannah Leitner (Hannah Leitner)
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Tennis team shuts out Concordia
In their last home match of the spring season on Saturday, the Hillsdale College women’s tennis team blanked Concordia University 9-0. The win lifts the Chargers to a spring season record of 2-1. “The girls have been working very hard and went in confident against Concordia,” coach Nikki Walbright said. “I think we were overall...
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Tennis team dominates at home
At their first home match of the spring season on Saturday, Hillsdale overpowered the competition with an 8-1 win over Huntington College. “We’ve been practicing hard and I think the girls were eager for competition. All courts played hard and showed a lot of heart in their wins,” coach Nicole Walbright said. Sophomore Jada Bissett and...
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Students conduct giraffe research
What do cows and giraffes have in common? Probably to most people, the similarities between these two mammals are hard to find, but for biology majors senior Daniel Kish and junior Mikalah Smith, these animals will hopefully be the key to a groundbreaking senior research project. “We are doing original research,” Kish said. “This hasn’t...
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Charger tennis serves in spring season
Women’s tennis opened up their spring season in Kalamazoo Sunday afternoon against Division I opponent Western Michigan University. The Chargers fell to the Broncos 7-0. All matches were completed in straight sets. Junior Lindsay Peirce played the closest singles match for the Chargers, losing the first set 6-4 and then falling behind 6-1 in the...