Eastern Mennonite University had 53 student-athletes named recently to the 2010-11 Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. All of the Royals’ programs compete in the ODAC except for men’s volleyball, which is not sponsored by the league. The full All-Academic Team eclipsed 1,000 student-athletes for the fifth consecutive year and set a new high-water mark for co ...More
Three Lady Royals softball players have been honored by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID), being named to the 2011 College Division All-State Teams. Lisa Lee (Buckingham, Va./Buckingham) and Jessica Sullivan (Midlothian, Va./Mancheter) were each named to the All-State First Team, while freshman Molly Sm ...More
For years they have been dominant forces on the softball diamonds on the east side of Rockingham County. This year high school teammates Molly Smith (Elkton, Va./Spotswood) and Brooke Hensley (Elkton, Va./Spotswood) stepped onto Gehman Field at Eastern Mennonite University and left equally strong impressions after just one season as EMU softball ...More
In a season in which 12 team or individual school records were tied or broken, it is only fitting for the Lady Royals softball squad to land four players on the All-ODAC First Team, the most ever for the program. Junior Lisa Lee (Buckingham, Va./Buckingham County) headlines the foursome, as she was also named ...More
Even a pair of rain-outs and only one doubleheader in the past eight days couldn’t cool down the red-hot Lady Royals softball squad Tuesday, as the women touched home 40 times in a pair of five-inning wins over Sweet Briar in Harrisonburg. Eastern Mennonite slammed eight homeruns and 44 hits to extend its winning streak to 12 in a row. ...More
Brooke Hensley (Elkton, Va./Spotswood) was Ms. Clutch last week for Eastern Mennonite as she helped the Lady Royals softball squad extend their winning streak to 10 games. On Monday, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference recognized her as well, naming Hensley the ODAC Player of the Week in softball. ...More
The hot Lady Royals softball squad continues to get hotter. As winners of eight in a row, the women hosted Frostburg State Thursday afternoon in a matchup of two teams which made the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Eastern Mennonite poured on 23 runs in a non-conference sweep, pushing their winning streak to ten straight. EMU 8, Frostburg State ...More
Lisa Lee (Buckingham, Va./Buckingham) was a dual threat last week as Eastern Mennonite’s softball squad started its Old Dominion Athletic Conference with six straight wins. Not only did she hit three homeruns and reach base 12 times, but she also went 5-0 from the mound and today was named the ODAC Pitcher of the Week. Lee picked ...More
Coming off an impressive sweep of Guilford, the Lady Royals softball team returned to the field a day later to take on the ODAC preseason favorite Lynchburg College. The Eastern Mennonite women continued their hot play, sweeping the Hornets and extending their winning streak to eight straight. EMU 4, Lynchburg 2 ...More
An ODAC Championship and appearance in the NCAA Regionals is a hard act to follow. Graduating five seniors makes it even harder. That is the task facing the Eastern Mennonite softball team in 2011. Last year the women became the first ever eighth seed to win an ODAC tournament in any sport. Despite coming in with a younger team, eighth-year ...More
