Junior Bianca Ygarza (Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor) has been named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Second Team, giving Ygarza her second All-State honor. The forward was also named to the Second Team of the All-State Women’s Basketball College Division last ...More
The EMU basketball women received an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Division-III National Tournament, earning just the program’s second-ever trip the national tourney. The Royals, 21-6 overall, will play 23-4 Marymount (VA) Friday, March 1, 2013 in a first round game hosted by Christopher Newport University (CNU) in Newport News, Va.
The winner will take on either host CNU (26-2) ...More
EMU women’s basketball coach Kevin Griffin has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Royals to their best-ever finish in conference play. Junior forward Bianca Ygarza (Conestoga, PA/Penn Manor) earned a repeat selection to the All-ODAC First Team, while sophomore Shakeerah Sykes (Dumfries, VA/Forest Park) was named All-ODAC Second Team.
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In a battle of the clear-cut Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) leaders, somebody’s streak would have to end. Guilford College entered on an 11-game streak. Host Eastern Mennonite, which had won nine in a row, took control early Saturday afternoon and pushed their run to 10 straight wins with a 54-47 decision over the Quakers.
The Royals take over sole possession of first plac ...More
Eastern Mennonite University’s athletics department has named 90 student-athletes to its inaugural Royals All-Academic Team. Each of the honorees has achieved a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.25 at the end of the fall semester.
The Royals all-academic team honors student-athletes who have successfully balanced the athletic and academic demands by achieving at le ...More
Junior Kala Yoders (Myerstown, PA/Eastern Lebanon County) has been named this week’s Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Week. She helped the EMU women to a pair of ODAC victories last week, as the Royals have now won four in a row and seven of their last eight.
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The EMU basketball women gave Coach Kevin Griffin a fantastic birthday present Tuesday night – a new record. The Royals hit 59.7% of their shots, a new program record, and never trailed in a 93-68 romp at Randolph-Macon.
Eastern Mennonite scored a quick lay-up off the opening tip and jumped ahead 6-0. Less than five minutes into the game, the Royals had surged to a 14-3 cushion ...More
Four teams entered the day tied atop the ODAC women’s basketball standings at 4-1, but at least one would fall on Saturday. Eastern Mennonite made sure it would not be them, as they topped fellow ODAC-leader Lynchburg 68-53 on the road.
After a tight start to the game, the Royals blew open a big lead. The women used a 12-5 run to build up a 27-18 cushion. Then after a Hornet ...More
The Royals had no problems getting back into form after the Christmas break, as they returned from a two-week lay-off with a 93-40 win at Cairn. Eastern Mennonite shot a season-high 51% from the floor and never trailed the Highlanders.
After scoring just three points over the first three minutes, the women went on a 35-6 run to open up a 38-9 lead. EMU led 51-21 at halftime and only ...More
Eastern Mennonite took over midway through the first half and picked up a 77-53 win over Roanoke Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg. The women improve to 4-3 with the victory, including 2-1 in ODAC play.
The under-sized Maroons came out in a zone defense and frustrated EMU early on, leading 14-12 at the 10-minute mark. But a ...More
