Varsity Fall – Page 5 – The Oberlin Review

Palmer Set to Build on Coaching Success

September 2, 2016

Women’s soccer Head Coach Dan Palmer relies on three central tenets to push his team to reach its potential: hard work, relentless competitiveness and camaraderie. This mantra has turned the program around 180 degrees in Palmer’s first three years with the Athletics department. In just three seasons with the Yeowomen, Palmer and his squad have tallied 21 wins — in the five seasons before, the team struggled to win just 18 games. This year’s squad, which is upperclassmen-heavy, will look to...

Yeomen Pad Up for 125th Season of Oberlin Football

September 2, 2016

Filed under Football, Recent Stories, SPORTS, Varsity Fall

As football transitions from a rigorous preseason into its 125th season, Head Coach Jay Anderson is readying the Yeomen for their 2016 crusade. The team will have the opportunity to test itself against Kalamazoo College in a non-conference game on Saturday in Kalamazoo, MI before diving into a nine-game North Coast Athletic Conference streak. After finishing with just three conference wins in 2015, the Yeomen are hungry for victories and will look to build upon the success they had when defeating rivals like Kenyon College, Allegheny College and e College of Wooster last year. “We are ready to prove what the Yeomen have this year,” said junior co-captain Avery McThompson. “The team is really hungry to win and...

Top 5 Yeo Moments of 2015

Randy Ollie, Sports Editor

December 11, 2015

Filed under SPORTS, Varsity Fall, Varsity Winter

Ouch, That Stings! The women’s basketball team earned a tough victory Nov. 24 over the Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets. The Yellow Jackets, ranked 25th in the nation, led for most of the contest, and when their lead extended to 10 points in the middle of the third quarter, it looked like the visitors might depart Philips gym with a win. Down by three with a little over a minute to play, junior forward Eleanor Van Buren knocked down a game-tying shot from beyond the arc, leveling the score at 61–61 and sending Philips gym into a frenzy. The Yeowomen then went on to get a crucial defensive stop, and senior captain Lindsey Bernhardt hoisted up a layup in traffic for the go-ahead bucket. The Yeowomen are cu...

Arthur Crowned Regional Champ

November 20, 2015

The cross country team left their mark on the famous LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course at the regional championship this weekend, with five runners earning All-Region honors and senior Geno Arthur becoming the first individual regional champion in program history. Head Coach Ray Appenheimer saw the Yeomen’s result as a sign of a turning point for their team. “The men’s team is looking like a better team, and they’ve finished the highest ever,” he said. “Their...

Player of the Week: Maddi Kimball

November 13, 2015

First-year midfielder and defender Maddi Kimball earned Second Team All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors this week, following the conclusion of the women’s soccer team’s season. Kimball proved to be a highly effective and versatile addition to the team in her first collegiate season. She played every position in the Yeowomen’s defensive and central lines and excelled in each one. She scored her first career goal, contributing to Oberlin’s 4–0 win against Defiance College, and ended...

Yeowomen Fail to Snag NCAC Title

November 13, 2015

The volleyball team fell short this weekend in its effort to capture a North Coast Athletic Conference tournament title. Oberlin matched up against the Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops in the first round of the playoffs. Ohio Wesleyan spent little time reminding their opponents of why they were second in the NCAC standings this year and fifth in the rankings for the Great Lakes region, winning the first set 25–19. In the second set, Oberlin could not rebound, losing 25–20 at the...

Oberlin Misses NCAC Championship Title

Scott Rivilin

November 6, 2015

Filed under Cross Country, SPORTS, Varsity Fall

Expectations were high for the men’s and women’s cross-country teams as they traveled to Gambier, Ohio, this past weekend to compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships. With senior standout Geno Arthur and the Yeomen hoping to claim their first NCAC Championship and the Yeowomen looking to win their seventh consecutive championship, both teams were prepared for the tough conference competition. Arthur would ultimately be Oberlin’s lone champion, outlasting 2014 champion Logan Steiner of Allegheny College to win the individual men’s championship. Going into the race, Arthur acknowledged that he had expected that the individual competition would come down to Steiner and himself....

Yeomen Down Big Red, Fall to Lords

November 6, 2015

A powerful early shot from the Kenyon College Lords to the lower left corner of Oberlin’s goal spelled defeat for the men’s soccer team at the North Coast Athletic Conference semifinals on Wednesday. Oberlin was unable to equalize after Kenyon’s junior forward Tony Amolo found the back of the net just 14 minutes into the first half, ending their conference campaign with a score of 1–0. The loss to the Lords was all too familiar for the Yeomen, as they were also defeated by Kenyon...

Player of The Week: Geno Arthur

October 30, 2015

Senior standout Geno Arthur runs ahead of the pack at the Inter-Regional Rumble. A 2014 NCAA All-American, Arthur is unbeaten in 2015 and most recently completed the Inter-Regional Rumble in a course record time of 24:04.0, defeating the field of 281 Division-III competitors and outlasting North Coast Athletic Conference opponent Logan Steiner. Arthur also became the first Yeoman to be crowned a men’s 8K champion. The Yeomen are currently ranked the 35th best team in the country by the United States...

Oberlin Dominates Hiram 4–0

October 30, 2015

The men’s soccer team defeated the Hiram College Terriers in a 4–0 shutout this past Wednesday in their final home stand of the season. Senior forward John Ingham wasted no time in getting the Yeomen on the scoreboard, rocketing a shot into the corner of the net in the 10th minute of play for his 14th goal of the season. Junior midfielder Adam Chazin-Gray followed suit in the 17th minute, sending the ball over the keeper and earning his first goal of the season. Junior midfielder Nick Wertman...

Player of the Week: Lucas Poggiali

October 9, 2015

Senior quarterback Lucas Poggiali scans the field to connect with one of his teammates. In Oberlin’s homecoming game against Allegheny College, Poggiali personally shattered a school record and helped the Yeomen offense break another one of their own. Poggiali broke the Yeomen record for yards thrown with 506 yards, a title previously held by Josh Mandel, OC ’13, with 454 yards. In doing so, he also became the first player in Yeomen history to pass the 500-yard benchmark. As a team, the...

Fighting Scots Seal Yeowomen’s 2–0 Defeat at Wooster

Sam Kreisberg

October 9, 2015

Filed under Soccer, SPORTS, Varsity Fall

The Oberlin women’s soccer team traveled to Wooster, Ohio, in the wind and rain last Saturday night to face The College of Wooster but failed to find the back of its opponent’s net, losing to the tune of 2–0. This moves the Yeowomen to 5–4–1 for the season and 0–2 in league play. The Yeowomen held the Fighting Scots scoreless for most of the first half, but eventually yielded with two seconds left to Wooster’s junior midfielder Liz Kantra, who capitalized on a powerful cross into the box and shot one past Oberlin first-year keeper Jordyn Morris. Wooster scored again in the 68th minute off of another well-placed service, but this time it was junior forward Kennedy Payne on the receiving end....