Avery Martin – Contributor For Coach Jillian Rispoli, what makes the Southern Connecticut State University 2023 softball team capable of going far is their “great defense”. Coach Rispoli has drilled into the importance of making good defensive plays. She hopes it will get the team many wins. Ally Petrella, a fifth year outfielder, and Emily Lange, a junior outfielder agree.
Read moreJaylen Carr – Sports Editor In the last few weeks in the National Basketball Association, the NBA has been a hot button debate about load management. Load management involves players taking games off when they are “injured.” I use the word injured loosely because some players use load management to take a game off, or if their team has back-to-back
Read moreBen Martin – Contributor The Owls got a surprise off the bench in Friday’s 85-71 win over The College of Saint Rose Golden Knights, in the first round of the Northeast 10 conference tournament. With four minutes and 21 seconds off the clock in the first half Owls captain and senior Ulyen Coleman, senior, was forced to sub out of
Read moreMatt Cain – Contributor The Owl’s men’s track and field team competed and dominated at the NE10 conference meet after winning their fifth straight conference title and 17th overall championship in program history. The team plans to score this postseason in certain events, propelling them to another NE10 title. Nill said they had high hopes and were very optimistic about
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Ben Martin – Contributor The university’s women’s basketball team captured their first win in the Northeast 10 conference tournament over the Adelphi University Panthers on Friday with a score of 72-66. However, towards the end of the second quarter, the Owls only held a one-point lead with three minutes and 47 seconds left in the half. Nevertheless, the Owls would
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