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From left, senior attacker Kyle Proctor and his younger brother, sophomore midfielder/attacker Lucas Proctor, are leading the charge for the IC men's lacrosse team. Kyle's leading the team in assists with 24 and Lucas is leading the team in goals with 28.

Men’s lacrosse brothers fueled by family tradition

By Jacob Infald, Co-Sports Editor • April 30, 2025
On April 19 at Higgins Stadium, the Ithaca College men’s lacrosse team is tied with Clarkson University 10-10 with 20 seconds remaining. It is Senior Day, and the Bombers are one win away from snapping their playoff drought of three seasons.
Ithaca College athletics poses a new home for local athletes from both Ithaca and Lansing High Schools. First-year student track and field runner Caden Sitts and sophomore transfer Ben Ruth both competed at Lansing and Ithaca High Schools, respectively.

IC athletics presents new home for local athletes

By Tess Ferguson, Senior Writer • April 16, 2025
When sophomore baseball player Benjamin Ruth stepped onto Ithaca College’s campus for the first time, it was not as a high school student exploring options; it was after transferring from a Division I program and realizing that maybe, the best place for him had been in his backyard all along.
Graduate student midfielder Kyle Savery scores one of his two goals against Widener University March 1. He leads all midfielders on the team this season in goals with 16 after coming back from a torn ACL.

Graduate student’s return from ACL surgery ignites men’s lacrosse offense

By Jonathan Falco, Staff Writer • March 26, 2025
During the Spring 2024 lacrosse season, Ithaca College graduate student midfielder Kyle Savery transitioned from a player to a coach for a year, but not by choice. Savery suffered a devastating ACL injury during a captain’s practice in August 2023, moving him to the sidelines. For Spring 2025, Savery has returned to the field, and it is like he never left. 
Ithaca College hopes to see continued involvement of women in the sports media and management programs

Ithaca College hopes to see continued involvement of women in the sports media and management programs

By Isabella McSweeney, Contributing Writer • March 6, 2025
Ithaca College’s sports media and sport management programs have been majority male for as long as the college has collected enrollment data. Despite a small population, the college’s community of female students in sports media is on the rise.
The team huddles up during their Feb. 8 senior day victory against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. This was the team's 10th consecutive victory and it is riding a 13-game win streak with only two regular season games remaining.

Women’s basketball turns the tides in Liberty League play

By Khari Bolden • February 19, 2025

The date is Feb. 1 and there are 10 seconds left in the third quarter. Graduate student guard June Dickson brings the ball up the floor.    Five seconds.    She dribbles to the...

Emma Waite (left) and Andrew McDermott (right) deal with the workload of graduate school while balancing athletics.

Graduate transfers making noise on the field and in the classroom

By Jacob Infald, Co-Sports Editor • February 5, 2025
When many athletes would be forced to give up their sport, Ithaca College gives student-athletes the chance to transfer to the college in pursuit of an exercise science master’s degree while finishing out their NCAA eligibility with a varsity sports team. 
Father Scott (left) and son Jake (right) come together after a football game at the University of Rochester.

Like father like son, senior defensive back earns All-American nod

By David Schurter, Co-Sports Editor • January 22, 2025
With his recent First Team All-American selection, senior defensive back Jake Connolly followed in the footsteps of his father, Scott Connolly ʼ96, who earned his All-American selection in 1995. The Connolly’s became the second father-son duo in program history to both earn All-American honors. 
In 2016, then-senior Eli Gobrecht moves the ball down the field against Morrisville State College as a defender on the Ithaca College men's lacrosse team.

Lacrosse alum takes his talents to the pros

By Jacob Infald, Co-Sports Editor • December 4, 2024
Eli Gobrecht ’16, Ithaca College men’s lacrosse alum, is leaving an impact on the sport by playing with two professional lacrosse teams, representing his country on the global stage and coaching the next generation of lacrosse players.
On July 29, the college’s athletics department announced the addition of women’s wrestling to the varsity sport agenda. The team will begin competition in the 2025–26 season and will mark the 14th women’s sport offered on campus.

Newest varsity team expands field of women’s sports

By Tess Ferguson, Senior Writer • November 13, 2024
This fall, Ithaca College became the first institution in the Liberty League to take the next step in expanding women’s sports. 
Sophomore team captain Michael Morales advances the ball upfield against the Geneseo Warthogs Rugby Club. The Ithaca College men’s rugby club finished the Fall 2024 regular season with a 2-3 record.

Farrell’s departure prompts new era for men’s rugby club

By David Schurter, Co-Sports Editor • October 30, 2024
Following the departure of Annemarie Farrell after Spring 2024, former sports management professor at Ithaca College and head coaching position of the men’s rugby team was left vacant. The new coaching team is working to maintain the positive team culture that Farrell built as well as to address the gradual decline in the roster size.
Sophomore outside hitter Naomi Clauhs hypes up her teammates. Clauhs and the other sophomores on the team have been key contributors to the Bombers' success during the 2024 season.

Sophomore trio serves up success for volleyball

By Khari Bolden • October 9, 2024
They say two’s company and three’s a crowd, but when it comes to volleyball, three is the magic number. It’s the number of times a team can touch the ball during a rally, the number of sets needed to win a match and, if the sophomores of the Ithaca College volleyball team are anything to go by, the ideal number of players for a recruiting class.
From left, first-year Mia Woodard, sophomore Brady Sullivan, head coach Kaitlyn Wahila, sophomore transfer Abby Hennessy and sophomore Brooke Snider all scored their first career goals for the Bombers this season.

Newfound depth adds strength to field hockey team

By Tess Ferguson, Senior Writer • September 25, 2024
When first-year striker Mia Woodard found the back of the cage, she brought the crowd to its feet. 
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