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.
By Tess Ferguson, Former Sports Editor
• 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.
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.Â
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 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.Â
Five seconds.Â
She dribbles to the...
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.Â
By David Schurter, Assistant 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.Â
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.
By David Schurter, Assistant 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.
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.