To completely cover both the spring and fall sports of 2018 in 700 or so words would trivialize how much has happened this past year. While I wish I could highlight all the incredible feats that the Trinity athletes accomplished this year, I will do my best to highlight the ones that blew my mind — and I’m sorry that I didn’t go to as many spring sports this year. I will change that this...
Trinity looks to bounce back from heartbreaking losses
Sophomore Maggi Linker was recently awarded the prestigious title of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) character and community athlete of the week. The award is presented to student athletes that not only excel in the realm of athletics, but also demonstrate leadership and service. On campus, Linker holds various positions of leadership. She is one of the captains of the volleyball team and the philanthropy chair of Gamma Chi Delta sorority. “I have always enjoyed...
Trinity students of all years and concentrations gathered together to kick off the 2018 intramural season earlier this week. According to intramural director Kristen Harrison, Trinity is no stranger to intramural sports. “Trinity has a long standing tradition of intramurals starting with the first full-time intramural director Jim Potter in 1967,” Harrison wrote in an email interview. Intramurals (IMs) are a successful component of athletic life at Trinity because competitive and casual athletes alike can...
Three Tiger athletes boarded a plane to Indianapolis on Jan. 17 to attend the National Collegiate Athletic Association Conference, an event aimed at reviewing legislative proposals and allowing students to network with those in their prospective career fields. Senior Davis King, junior Ivy Claflin and sophomore Maggi Linker represented Trinity at the event, which hosted representatives from Division III schools across the country. The NCAA Division III Strategic Initiative Grant gave the Tigers the opportunity to participate in...
In upsets, in walk offs, in protests, in saves of goalies, in touchdowns, in PKs, in rebounds, in calls, in five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes — How do you measure a year playing ball? At home in our own gyms and fields of Trinity University, Trinity has seen some great milestones this year. Trinity’s women’s basketball made a historic postseason run, making it as far as the NCAA Sectionals. Trinity legend John Ryan...
Regional play began this weekend, and all Tiger teams fought to represent Trinity on the court and on the field. Volleyball The No. 4-ranked Tiger volleyball team fell short to Pacific Lutheran University in the opening round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) playoffs on Nov. 10. The Tigers dropped the opening set 25-16, but came back with a huge 25-19 to even the match 1-1. Pacific Lutheran kicked it into gear and...
While most Tigers were relaxing or doing homework this weekend, some athletes were busy winning championships and advancing to the NCAA playoffs. Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams won their SCAC conference championship games on Sunday and are excited to continue on to the playoffs. “It’s a huge achievement, not just to win our sixth straight regular season title, but to win our sixth straight SCAC tournament title too. Each of the last five...
