The future looks bright for the field hockey women. Despite knowing they were out of the playoff picture going into Saturday's season finale against Lynchburg, the Royals played one of their better games of the year.
Eastern Mennonite had the ODAC-leading Hornets tied up at halftime before eventually falling by a final of 4-1. They end the year with a record of 7-10 overall, including 2-6 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The seven wins are the most since 2011. ... read more about Royals put pressure on Hornets, end season 7-10 from EMUroyals.com
On the pitch, junior Hannah Walker (Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield) spent most of her first two seasons at Eastern Mennonite University playing defense. But during this season, she has made a transition ... read more about Athlete of the Week: Hannah Walker
EMU's soccer women held off visiting Randolph College Tuesday night to pick up a huge 2-1 win, drawing the teams into a tie for eighth place in the ODAC standings. Now with the head-to-head tie-breaker, the Royals have knocked Randolph from the possibility of hosting an ODAC Tournament first round game. ... read more about Royals closer to first round home game after win over Randolph from EMUroyals.com
EMU's soccer men are hitting their stride at just the right time. Freshman Daniel Obour (Alexandria, Va./Mount Vernon) scored the game-winner with just 6:03 left, as the Royals upset Randolph-Macon 3-2 in Ashland, Va., Saturday afternoon. Eastern Mennonite improves to 7-7-4 overall and 2-3-2 in the ODAC with their second straight win over a team ahead of them in the conference standings. The Yellow Jackets (9-3-2 / 5-2 ODAC) entered the day tied for first in the league ... read more about Men’s soccer picks up second straight late upset win over Randolph-Macon from EMUroyals.com
