For the first time ever, Hillsdale College defeated Ferris State University in women’s tennis on Saturday. For six years in the GLIAC, the Chargers were unable to overcome the Bulldogs. But in their first year in the G-MAC, which ranked them No. 1, the Chargers stepped up their game in Big Rapids, Michigan, with...
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Softball picked to take third in G-MAC
A young but experienced softball team will start the spring season with 12 games in Florida over spring break before beginning G-MAC play on March 24. “We’re still young, because we’re mostly sophomores and freshmen, but we’re still fairly experienced because a lot of the sophomores got playing time last year,” head coach Joe Abraham...
How evangelist Billy Graham influenced Hillsdale
Billy Graham, who died last week, was scheduled to speak at a Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar to discuss “Is God Dead?” and to debate an Eastern thinker, The Collegian reported on April 1, 1984. April Fools. Although the article was satirical, it shows the influence the evangelical pastor had on Hillsdale College’s campus community....
Men’s basketball draws Alderson Broaddus for G-MAC tournament
The Hillsdale College men’s basketball team headed into the locker room with a spring in its step and a 9-point lead, after its senior captains put on an offensive show in the first half against the University of Findlay on Saturday. Head coach John Tharp said during the halftime the team was excited about their...
Baseball opens season with split against SVSU
Pulling into campus in the wee hours of the morning is commonplace for the Hillsdale College baseball team. This past weekend, the Chargers returned from Tennessee at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday with a season-opening split against Saginaw Valley under their belts. “Everybody is pretty positive,” senior pitcher Phil Carey said. “We hoped for better than a...




