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Volleyball beats rival Ashland for sixth straight win
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Volleyball beats rival Ashland for sixth straight win

“We always go into a match asking, ‘Who are we better than today?’ And the answer is no one,” said Hillsdale volleyball head coach Chris Gravel. “During that match we are just trying to be better than that team that day.” This weekend, the Chargers proved to better than both Lake Erie and Ashland. The...

Women’s tennis can’t find traction away from home
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Women’s tennis can’t find traction away from home

Playing its first two away matches of the season, the Hillsdale College women’s tennis team fell to Grand Valley 8-1 on Saturday and Ferris State 7-2 on Sunday. This is the first weekend the team has lost both matches. The losses bring their overall season record to 3-3. Saturday’s match against Grand Valley was “really...

Thanks for the memories, Jim
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Thanks for the memories, Jim

Very few color commentators can say that they ever called a game while hospitalized, or received surgery in the training room between games, but Jim Eckhardt can tell both of these stories with pride. Eckhardt began providing color commentary for Hillsdale football and basketball games before almost anyone in the student body was born. On...

Football can’t overcome slow start at Northern Michigan
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Football can’t overcome slow start at Northern Michigan

Despite a hard-fought comeback effort, the Hillsdale College football team fell to the Northern Michigan Wildcats 32-24 on Saturday evening for the first time since 2006. The Chargers fell behind 16-0 in the second quarter before scoring 24 points in a span of 6:37 between the end of the second quarter and the beginning of...

Men’s soccer club looks to compete against varsity competition
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Men’s soccer club looks to compete against varsity competition

The Hillsdale College men’s soccer club continues to practice and press towards becoming a varsity program. Though a scrimmage with Northwood University’s top-25 ranked varsity team was cancelled, club president Christian Gajor plans to make sure that the Chargers have the chance to measure themselves against varsity teams this year. Due to a demanding schedule...