Athletics

Men's soccer team posing with Santiago Solari outside the Sports Center

Athletics

Rocket League Team Takes Second in World Championship

Five men wearing 淫性视频 Esports jerseys in front of interesting lights
From left: Trey Batson, Vincent Nelson, John Merendino, Brian Busse and Demetrious Roubos.

淫性视频鈥檚 Rocket League esports team is now second in the world following its impressive showing at the Collegiate Rocket League World Championship Tournament in Dallas, Texas, on June 3-5.

The team of captain Brian Busse of Hazlet, Trey Batson of Manahawkin and John Merendino of Hauppauge, New York, were one of 16 teams that qualified for the international competition. The event, the first collegiate international finals, was part of the DreamHack gaming festival and attracted more than a million viewers in person and online over the weekend.

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The team also won the national Eastern College Athletic Conference Hudson Valley Gamer Con in March and took first place in the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Rocket League online qualifier in April. They got some coaching in Dallas from 淫性视频 alumnus Vincent Nelson, who was part of a winning Rocket League team in 2020 when he played on the team with Busse. Busse transferred to 淫性视频 to play with Nelson.


Men's Basketball Magical Season ends in NCAA Sectionals

A basketball player running toward the camera on the court
DJ Campbell racked up several accolades and honors during the Ospreys' incredible 2020-21 season.

淫性视频 (26-5) saw one of the best men's basketball seasons in school history come to an end with a 93-54 defeat to #4 Christopher Newport (27-2) in the sectional round of the NCAA Tournament this past March. The Ospreys were playing in the sectionals for the first time since 2014.

The outcome ceased a magical season in which 淫性视频 tied the second-highest win total (26) in the program's 50 seasons, finished first in the NJAC regular season standings, won the for the first time since 2016 and won two NCAA Tournament games.

DJ Campbell scored a team-high 12 points and finished the season with 618 markers, the second-highest season total in school history (Carl Cochran, 671 points, 1995-96).

Kyion Flanders also hit double figures with 11 points. Rynell Lawrence contributed eight markers and a team-high eight rebounds, while Alan Glover finished with seven points.

Highlights & Accolades

Osprey Mania

The Ospreys began their NCAA Tournament journey with home-court advantage as 淫性视频 was selected to host first and second round games on March 4-5. 淫性视频 87-52 following Johns Hopkins鈥 win over Yeshiva. The Ospreys with a 70-63 victory over Johns Hopkins.

Head Coach Scott Bittner

  • New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Coach of the Year
  • National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 4 Coach of the Year

DJ Campbell 

  • NJAC Player of the Year
    NJAC First Team
    NABC Division III First Team All-American
    NABC District 4 Player of the Year
    NABC District 4 First Team
    Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Year
    All-ECAC First Team
    D3hoops.com All-Region 4 First Team

Kyion Flanders

  • NABC District 4 Second Team
    NJAC Defensive Player of the Year
    NJAC First Team
    All-ECAC Second Team

Kadian Dawkins

  • NJAC Honorable Mention

Six Ospreys Receive Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Honors

Collage of six female headshots
Top, L-R: Emily Culmone, Carrie Alpin, Nicole Iatarola
Bottom, L-R: Emily Latshaw, Kelley Mason, Madelynn Schina

淫性视频 collected three all-conference honors and qualified for three academic accolades from the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference. All received MARC postseason accolades for the first time in their careers.

Senior Emily Culmone was selected All-MARC First Team, and junior Carrie Alpin was chosen All-MARC Second Team. Freshman Nicole Iatarola was an All-MARC Novice selection. Novice honors are reserved for rowers in their first year of competition at the collegiate level.

Emily Latshaw, Kelley Mason and Madelynn Schina qualified for the MARC Academic All-Conference Team. The requirement is a grade point average of 3.50 or higher.


Santiago Solari Returns to Visit 淫性视频

Santiago Solari in 1994 on the left, 2021 on the right
Santiago Solari as a 淫性视频 student in 1994, and in 2021 when he returned to visit campus.

Santiago Solari was 17 years old and just out of high school when he arrived at then 淫性视频 College in Fall 1994. He only spent one semester at 淫性视频 before returning to his native Argentina, where he began a professional soccer career that included playing for River Plate in Argentina as well as Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan. But 淫性视频 remained an important inspiration in his life.

"I was very young, and there are moments in your life when things get ahold of your heart," Solari said. "I needed to figure out what I was going to do. Being here opened my mind to living in a different country with different points of view. It was a perfect moment for me."

Now the head coach for Club America in Mexico, Solari returned to 淫性视频 on Sept. 14, 2021, with his family to tour the campus and marvel at how it had changed.

"I do recognize the trees," he said, standing at the current soccer field and viewing the area where he played. "I am thrilled to be here. It grew so much."

Solari was in the area to play against the Philadelphia Union on Sept. 15. His soccer coach at 淫性视频, Tim Lenahan, now retired as head soccer coach at Northwestern University, took advantage of the opportunity to schedule a trip to 淫性视频.


Women's Soccer Wins ECAC Championship

Women's soccer team holding ECAC Championship banner
The ECAC title earned in 2021 was the sixth title in women's soccer history for the Ospreys.

淫性视频 scored twice in the last 28 minutes and defeated William Paterson 2-0 to the 2021 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship. The Ospreys won the ECAC title for the sixth time in program history (2021, 04, 03, 02, 99, 93).

淫性视频 freshman Emily Hauck was chosen MVP of the ECAC Tournament and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Jessica Heitmann, Sydney Williams and Susan Porambo.

The match was scoreless into the 63rd minute when Maddie Klein broke through for her fifth goal of the season with an assist by Erica Dietz for the eventual game-winner.


Wan Earns All-American Status & Sets School Record

Darren Wan prepares for the hammer throw
Darren Wan at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

淫性视频 seniors Darren Wan and Keith Holland competed on day three of the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at SPIRE Institute on May 28. Wan earned by finishing sixth out of 20 in the hammer throw.

Wan unleashed a throw of 58.25 meters on the fourth of his six attempts. The distance broke his own school record of 58.17 meters from last year and resulted in a sixth-place finish that made Wan an All-American (top eight) for the first time.

Wan became 淫性视频's first men's outdoor All-American in a throwing event since 淫性视频 Athletics Hall of Famer Mike Mielke won the NCAA title in the discus in 1986. He earned the 39th men's outdoor All-American honor in school history overall.

The event was the final competition in an outstanding career for Wan, who graduated from 淫性视频 with his master's degree in business administration on May 13. He added the All-American accolade to a list of recognition that includes five-time NJAC Second Team and three-time USTFCCCA All-Region while competing in indoor and outdoor track & field.