The Hillsdale College baseball team played a slew of games this week, splitting two games with the Findlay University Oilers last night after dropping all four games to the Northwood University Timberwolves over Easter weekend. The Chargers used a combination of mammoth home runs and stellar pitching to defeat Findlay 5-3 in the first half...
The flight attendant’s sweet southern drawl came over the loud speaker as she cheerfully announced, “A special welcome to our baseball team that’s with us today!” Baseball team? I wondered. I didn’t see a baseball team boarding the flight. Immediately my eyes scoured the plane in search for the alleged boys, but I only saw...
Sports recruitment for a small liberal arts college is difficult enough. Recruiting talented athletes who also satisfy Hillsdale’s academic requirements is even harder. “At Hillsdale, we need good grades and a sky-high ACT,” said women’s softball coach Joe Abraham. “That’s hard to find sometimes. When your average ACT is a 29 or a 30 and...
Hillsdale’s track and field team continued to make strides as they traveled to the Bob Kahn Invite at Oberlin College in Ohio this past Saturday. Only part of the Charger contingent traveled to the meet with distance and middle-distance runners having the weekend off. Head coach Andrew Towne highlighted freshman long-sprinter, Lane White, and freshman...
Janine Kuestner joined the Hillsdale track and field family at a perfect time. Since her arrival in September, the team has achieved the most success in its program’s long history with second-place finishes at the NCAA Division II cross-country nationals and at the indoor NCAA D-II nationals. “I feel really lucky and blessed to be...