by Brian Hungarter in Sports
By Brian Hungarter
Associate Sports Editor
Oh, what a difference one year can make. Coming into the 2007 campaign, the men's soccer team was touted as a young squad given the possibility to compete based upon pure talent. The same team was also taken with a grain of salt and viewed as being at least one year away from becoming any serious threat.
Formidable forwards flourishing early in the 2008 season
by Brian Hungarter in Sports
By Brian Hungarter
Associate Sports Editor
Every question of complacency seems to be answered as the men's soccer team showed their strength going 2-0 in the Black & Decker Soccer Classic, beating both Fordham and Hartwick 2-0, then extending their winning streak to three with a 2-1 victory at Towson on Sunday.
Pennewill and volleyball team searching to find
by Kyle Anderson in Sports
By Kyle Anderson
Staff Writer
As the women's volleyball team starts their 2008 season, they will have a new head coach. The Greyhounds' director of athletics, Joe Boylan, announced that Scott Pennewill will be the new head coach of the Women's team.
Pennewill boasts an impressive coaching resume, as he has coached in divisions I, II, and III.
by Dave Lomonico in Sports
By Dave Lomonico
Associate Sports Editor
Like an offensive lineman in football or a catcher in baseball, soccer midfielders are the glue that holds the unit together. Underappreciated by casual fans but admired by teammates and coaches, midfielders define ruggedness, cohesion and nuance.
by Pete Theis in Sports
By Pete Theis
Staff Writer
After a strong 2007 season in which the team captured the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship and advanced to the College Cup, the Loyola Women's soccer team looks poised for more this season. They have a new coach at the helm in Katherine Vettori and a veteran squad eager to go deep in the playoffs.
by Pete Theis in Sports
By Pete Theis
Staff Writer
With the start of the 2009 fall sports schedule, the Loyola women's soccer team will embark on a quest to reach new limits. After three successful years at the helm of the program, the Greyhounds found head coach John Byford's successor in another experienced coach with high expectations for a special regime of her own.
by Matt Kiebus in Sports
By Matt Kiebus
Staff Writer
Welcome back to another year of shenanigans and good-hearted foolishness in the Charm City. This is the time of the year when old friends reunite, summer fades, leaves change color, the Mets hopefully don't choke, and most importantly, football season starts.
by Dave Lomonico in Sports
By Dave Lomonico
Associate Sports Editor
In their first meet of the season, the Loyola cross country team stocked its lineup with underclassmen in the Baltimore Metro Invitational at Towson, but the results resembled those of a veteran squad. The men, led by four freshmen and one sophomore, placed second in the six-team race behind Johns Hopkins.
by Dave Lomonico in Sports
Rest assured, Hounds fans, Jimmy's not jumping … at least not anytime soon. With college coaches bolting left and right for greener grass, Jimmy Patsos likes it right where he is, thank you very much. While school was out, Patsos and the athletic department were busy finalizing a new five-year extension that will keep the fifth-year head coach on the sidelines at Reitz Arena until 2013.
by Dave Lomonico in Sports
By Dave Lomonico
Sports Co-editor
New women's soccer coach Katherine Vettori probably envisioned a better start to her Loyola coaching career than a 4-0 loss at the hands of Virginia in Charlottesville on Aug. 22. Then again, beating the No. 6 Wahoos on their home field would have taken a gallant effort from the Greyhounds, not quite on par with Appalachian State over Michigan.
by Amanda Piccirilli in Sports
By Amanda Piccirilli
Staff Writer
Well hello, Loyola College! I can't tell you how nice it is to see everyone back on the Evergreen campus, considering that I and the rest of my teammates on the Loyola women's soccer team have been here in Baltimore since August 6, where we've seen students from the men's soccer and women's volleyball teams and a few from summer school.
