Women’s Cross Country
The women’s cross country team ran in the ODAC Championships, which was hosted at Shenandoah University at Kernstown Battlefield. In the end, the Royals left the meet with two All-ODAC finishers with junior Elizabeth Nisly and senior Laurie Serrell. Both also earned their first All-ODAC Second Team honors. Overall, the women’s team came in fifth.
Nisly crossed the finish line with a time of 23:46, a season best, and claimed 12th place. Serrell followed soon after with a time of 23:59, seizing 13th for the Royals.
Juniors Abigail Shelly and Emma Hoover came 24:53 and 44th place with a time of 26:27, respectively. Finishing out the Royal’s run were first-years Allison Shelly in 51st place with 27:07 and Kellie Serrell with 29:54 in 68th place, a new personal record.
Men’s Cross Country
The men’s cross country team also ran in the ODAC Championship and the team came out of the meet with sixth place, beating their preseason poll spot by two placements.
First-year Isaac Alderfer was the first of the team to cross the finish, with a personal record of 27:39, earning 19th place. Next was sophomore Justice Allen, who earned 34th place with a time of 28:49. First-year Isaac Andreas and senior Derrick Chirinos weren’t far behind with 35th and 28:54 and 47th and 29:47, respectively. First-year Charles Thornton took 67th place at 31:29, and senior Collin Longenecker finished soon after at 31:47 in 71st. First-years Andrew Nord and Jake Myers finished 76th at 32:08 and 78th at 32:22, respectively. Senior Ivan Harris finished 95th with a time of 39:04 in his first time running five miles.
Field Hockey
The Royals season came to a close against Roanoke College with a 1-6 loss.
Sophomore Kayla Maret scores the Royals only goal at the 35-minute mark. The team had several more shots on goal, but all were blocked by Roanoke’s keeper.
Senior keeper Kelsey Troyer finished her college sports career with 511 saves, breaking EMU’s 24-year record. She also finished at the top of ODAC, with 170 saves.
Men’s Soccer
The Royals were taken down in the ODAC quarterfinal round by Roanoke College with a final score of 1-2. The winner of this game moved on to the semifinals. Roanoke lead on the scoreboard most of the game before senior Emmanual Boamah found the back of the net by heading a free kick from senior Erik Peachey at the 81-minute mark, giving the Royals their first and only goal.
Even with the score, EMU had more shots on goal than Roanoke did, with 9-4 and 4-2, respectively. This game ended the season for the Royals with an overall record of 9-9-1 and 6-4 in conference play — the most ODAC wins for the men’s team since 2011. This was also the final career game for seniors Emmanuel Kampanga, Boamah, Peachey, Dominic Powers, and Dave Drafton.
Women’s Volleyball
The women’s season came to a close at Bridgewater in a 0-3 loss, with set scores of 12-25, 17-25, and 8-25. The Royals ended the season with an overall record of 8-20 and 2-10 in ODAC play.
Senior Maria Yoder finished out the night with five kills along with junior Meredith Stinnette. Sophomore Carly Gingerich had nine assists throughout the game, while first-year Tarynn Clack defended in the back row with 12 digs.
Yoder finished out her college career with 706 kills, 123 aces, and 195 blocks, achieving No. 8 in the Career Sets Players list with 378 sets.
Women’s Soccer
The Royals came up short to earning their position in the ODAC tournament this year, losing to Washington and Lee with a final game total of 0-3. The women’s defense was able to keep Washington and Lee out of the goal until the 25th minute. The other two goals came soon after in the 32nd and the 37th minute of the first half. Despite not allowing any more goals in the second half, the Royals couldn’t manage to close the distance.
Junior goalkeeper Leah Wenger saved a total of 13 shots on goal.
This was the last game for seniors Logann Braun and Sylvia Mast.
The Royals ended the year with an overall record of 6-8 and 4-6 in ODAC Conference play.
