The only thing that could stop the EMU baseball team Sunday afternoon was darkness. The Royals offense continued its roll, plating 31 runs in 11 offensive innings of a doubleheader sweep of visiting Mount Saint Vincent. Eastern Mennonite scored a total of 76 runs in 31 at-bats in five wins in Harrisonburg this weekend.
EMU 23, Mount Saint Vincent 10
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Eastern Mennonite University set a new high for student-athletes named to the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, as 80 Royals were honored. Last year EMU landed 61 on the list.
All of EMU’s ODAC-sponsored sports were represented on the All-Academic Team. Men’s volleyball competes in the Continental Volleyball Conference and is not eligible for the ODAC tea ...More
Six Eastern Mennonite University student-athletes have been honored by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), earning spots on the ODAC/StellarOne Sportsmanship Teams. A total of 103 players from around the conference were named to the teams.
The six honorees are: senior Micha ...More
The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) baseball and softball teams combined for eight all-conference awards following the 2013 season.
Softball
Senior Courtney Allman (Mt. Solon, VA/Fort Defiance) leaves with her first-ever All-ODAC First Team honor, a ...More
Erik Kratz, a 2002 Eastern Mennonite University graduate, went from taking pictures for fans to being the subject of their pictures during a roller-coaster 2012 Major League Baseball season with the Philadelphia Phillies. Spring training for the 2013 season began in February and fans believe Kratz is poised for a stellar season as starting catcher.
“It’s an honor to make the ...More
The Eastern Mennonite baseball team earned an impressive sweep on the road Saturday, taking down Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) by a combined total score of 15-3. The Royals used just two pitchers in the twinbill, as each starter threw all nine innings.
EMU 8, Hampden-Sydney 3
The Royals scored the first run of the game in the top of the second, but HSC answered w ...More
The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) baseball men are now riding a three-game winning streak after taking a sweep from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Friday to wrap up play at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. The Royals went 3-2 in Florida and return home with a record of 11-8, tying their win total from each of the previous three seasons with 21 games still to go in the ...More
EMU’s baseball men are now 7-5 after a pair of doubleheader sweeps over the weekend in Harrisonburg. The Royals powered past Mount Saint Vincent on Sunday, plating 25 runs in two, seven-inning games.
EMU 9, Mount Saint Vincent 1
The men pounded out 13 hits in the opener and jumped ahead in the bottom of the first when ...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
As what usually happens with a coaching change, EMU’s first-year skipper, Ben Spotts, is starting at the ground floor. Spotts is taking a Royals program which hasn’t had a winning season since 2002, using the good pieces already in place, and implementing his style.
“(I expect) a team that is fundamental in what we do, competes every time out no matter who we are play ...More
