SPORTS

Izzy Dalesandro isdalesandro@ursinus.edu There’s 35 seconds left in the Ursinus-McDaniel game and the Bears are up 1-0. A McDaniel player hits a long free kick. A McDaniel forward meets the ball and flicks it towards the goal. Bear’s goalie Kaela Frenchman dives to the ground grabbing the ball, securing the...

Ava Compagnoni avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu The Field Hockey team has just completed another season. With an overall 10-9 record, 6-4 in the conference, AND making the Centennial Conference semifinals, the Lady Bears have a lot to celebrate. There were a few ups and downs, as any team will endure, but the Lady...

Chase Rondeau chrondeau@ursinus.edu Corey Shaffer was recently named the Interim Head Coach of the Ursinus College Men’s Lacrosse Team after the previous head coach, Gary Mercadante, left the college. Shaffer had been an Assistant Coach for the Bears for four years prior to being named Interim Head Coach. His competence...

Ava Compagnoni avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu Thursday, November 3rd was a jam-packed day in Philadelphia sports. The Eagles grabbed a win against the Houston Texans in Houston. The Phillies took a devastating no-hitter loss in Philly in game four of the World Series. Just prior to the first pitch of that game four...

Izzy Dalesandro (isdalesandro@ursinus.edu) The women’s soccer team at Ursinus got a new head coach in the spring of 2022 after the previous coach stepped down. This year, Coach Jeannine Calhoun has led the team to a 7-6-4 record. The team had been going through a rough couple of seasons, with...

Ava Compagnoni (avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu) The Phillies going to the World Series means a lot and is very exciting because I have been watching the team since I was a little kid. I have always loved to watch baseball because I play softball and it was always good bonding time with my...

Ryan DiVergilis (rydivergilis@ursinus.edu) Now in at quarterback for the Bears: Jack ... Pens-ka? Pah-zen-ska? Everyone in the Bears’ grandstand was wondering who was in at quarterbackin the closing minutes of a 36-point loss to Susquehanna University on October 22nd, 2019. Freshman Jack Psenicska was the third quarterback on the depth...

Isabel Wesman (iswesman@ursinus.edu) This year’s fall season for Men’s and Women’s Golf was a little shorter than usual, but nevertheless ended up being surprisingly sweet despite various setbacks. As covered earlier this year in The Grizzly, the teams faced a new set of challenges after learning that their former head coach...

Kate Horan (kahoran@ursinus.edu)According to Healthline, in a survey conducted at Ohio State University, in August 2020 student burnout was at 40% and in April 2021, it was at 71%. These statistics are shocking, but they are not surprising. Especially since the pandemic, students have been put under a lot of...