In her second season as the head coach of the Millersville women’s basketball team, Sharay Hall has done what might take other coaches a few years: Turn her program around.
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College basketball’s Big Dance continues this month without Lancaster County’s five men’s teams, only one of which played an NCAA tournament game. But most of them figure to bring loads of talent into 2023-24.
Oftentimes when a new coach is hired, the first few years are deemed “rebuilding seasons.” However, that was not the case for the Millersville University wrestling program in Jerry Boland’s first season.
Peyton McDaniel made seven 3-pointers and scored 30 points, Kiki Jefferson added four 3s and 22 points and No. 1 seed James Madison beat second-seeded Texas State 81-51 for its first Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship. It was James Madison’s first title-game appearance since the 2016-17 team fell to Elon in the Colonial Athletic Association championship. The Dukes (26-7) will play in their first NCAA Tournament since 2016. McDaniel was 5 of 5 from distance in the first half and Jefferson made another just before the halftime buzzer to give James Madison a 38-28 lead. Jefferson made James Madison 11th 3-pointer in 14 attempts (79%) midway through the fourth for a 76-46 lead.
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Lancaster Bible College’s basketball season ended Saturday with a 90-66 loss to Mount Union in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament at Alliance, Ohio.
Three-point shots by Jordan Shewbridge and Ethan Beachy in the final minute helped Lancaster Bible College stave off a furious rally by New York University and defeat the Violets, 67-64, in the first round of the NCAA Division III basketball tournament Friday in Alliance, Ohio.
Coming into Thursday’s doubleheader against Chestnut Hill, Millersville's baseball team was looking to keep a strong start to its season going. With a 10-3 overall record and riding a three-game winning streak, coach Jon Shehan’s club was set for more success at Cooper Park.
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Adjustments can make or break you when it comes to postseason basketball.
The last time Seth Beers cut down a net, he took his piece and tied it to his backpack. Every once in a while, he pulled the knot tighter to make sure his souvenir didn’t slip away.
