Senior Emma Ruhlman dribbling the ball at the team’s first practice of the 2025-26 season Courtesy | Hillsdale College Athletic Department The Hillsdale women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the 2025-26 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, but Charger players and coaches say they’re poised to make another GMAC title run...
A joke turned senior Marilyn Popplewell into a three-sport varsity athlete. “I just happened to be in the weight room lifting at the same time that the throws team was in there on a Sunday, and I was just doing my own thing,” Popplewell said. “The throwing coach jokingly asked me if I wanted to...
Hillsdale College women’s basketball advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time since 2018 but lost to Northern Michigan University 61-56 in the Midwest Regional Quarterfinal at Grand Valley State University March 14. “It was not the end we wanted, but it ended up being a really close game,” senior Lauren McDonald...
Hillsdale women’s basketball defeated Cedarville University 81-66 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Tuesday and defeated Malone University 68-61 on Saturday, March 1. “This is the farthest anyone on our current team has made it, which is really motivating,” sophomore Annalise Pietrzyk said. Since the Chargers were ranked second in conference, Hillsdale...
The Hillsdale women’s basketball team defeated Ursuline College 74-60 at the Dawn Tibbitts Potter Arena Saturday Feb. 22 and the University of Findlay 68-57 Thursday Feb. 20. The Chargers celebrated senior night during the game against Ursuline, presenting each of the team’s six graduating seniors with flowers and a framed jersey. “It was very surreal,”...