Head swim coach Kurt Kirner won his fifth Great Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award in seven years on Feb. 15. The award is given to an outstanding coach during the G-MAC/Mountain East Conference championship meet each year. On the podium, alongside his assistant coach, Alissa Lufkin, ‘16, he pointed to his team...
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Chargers drop two, prepare for Florida
Charger softball went 2-3 over the weekend at the Lewis Dome Invite in Rosemont, Illinois. The Chargers now have an overall record of 6-7. The Chargers beat the Minnesota State University-Moorhead Dragons 7-5 and lost to the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 7-4 on Feb. 21. They then fell to the Bemidji State University Beavers 9-1,...
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Chargers sweep weekend road matches
Charger women’s tennis beat both the Purdue University Northwest Lions and the University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars on the road Feb. 22 and 23, winning 5-2 and 4-1, respectively. Sophomore Ané Dannhauser won Great Midwest Athletic Conference women’s Tennis Player of the Week after going undefeated over the weekend. “I was not expecting to be...
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Charger Baseball splits four-game series against #5 University of Indianapolis
Hillsdale baseball split four games against NCAA Division II No. 5 University of Indianapolis Greyhounds Feb. 22-24. The Chargers, who entered the series winless at 0-3, lost the series opener on Saturday 7-4, lost the first game Sunday 7-6, then turned the weekend around by winning the nightcap Sunday 18-10. The final game of the...
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Patriotism’s pinnacle in a hockey game
Right before the puck dropped in the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship game last week, millions of television viewers were shown a scene from the movie “Miracle” in which legendary coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) gives his famous locker-room speech to the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team: “Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in...