Archive: Sports

On the Lookout

Players, teams, and games you won’t want to miss this season.

How I Got Here: Brenna Strollo ’17

The 2012–13 NJAC Rookie of the Year in women’s swimming talks carb loading, the joys of apple picking, and living an “amaXing” life.

How They Got Here: Billy and Katie Buchbinder

The siblings, both chemistry majors, inherited their dad’s love of tennis, but plan to follow in mom’s footsteps and become dentists.

On the Lookout

Players, teams, and games you won’t want to miss this fall.

How I Got Here: Erin Healy ’15

>  I fell in love with lacrosse in gym in sixth grade. After that, I started attending lacrosse camps in the summer and playing in youth leagues during the year. I started field hockey later and didn’t play competitively until freshman year of high school. >  I came to TCNJ because it’s a great school […]

Aqua Champs

Epic relays score TCNJ two national NCAA championships.

How I Got Here: Patrick McCarthy ’18

The son of Phillies’ broadcaster Tom McCarthy ’90, Pat hopes to continue in the family business. He’s off to a great start at TCNJ, where he does play-by-play for live web streams of Lions games. The sophomore communications major, who transferred from Syracuse, is also a relief pitcher on TCNJ’s baseball team.

National Champions: For the Lions, an 11th, a 40th, and a 1st

The field hockey team captured the program’s 11th—and the college’s 40th—NCAA Division III championship with a 2-0 victory over Bowdoin College on Nov. 23. TCNJ’s defense was stellar throughout the tournament, posting shutouts against SUNY–New Paltz (4-0), Catholic University (1-0), and Middlebury College (2-0) en route to the title game. In so doing, the Lions became the first team in national tournament history to win the title while not allowing a goal.

Remembering Ice

Mike Jacotout ’81 was one of the stars of the ’78–’79 wrestling squad, the first Lions team to win an NCAA championship. He talked with us recently about the coach who made it happen: Dave Icenhower MA ’84, who passed away in October at age 66.