In the Locker Room with Josh Merritt and Allison Anderson
Ariel Lewis, Sports Editor
November 11, 2011
Filed under Basketball, In the Locker Room, SPORTS, Varsity Winter
Obviously you guys met through basketball, but who liked whom first, and did Josh make a move first? Josh: [Laughs.] Do you want me to tell the real story? Allison: Sure — I mean, might as well. JM: Someone bet her a dollar to come talk to me because they knew she liked me. That’s how it...
Women’s Basketball to Enter the Jenkins Era
Quinn Hull
November 11, 2011
Filed under Basketball, SPORTS, Varsity Winter
In 2008, when Kerry Jenkins accepted the women’s basketball head coach position at Oberlin College, his colleagues at the University of Vermont judged him to be a little off his rocker. “Everybody thought I was insane, ” Jenkins said. He was leaving behind a productive position as assi...
Poor Shooting, Missed Opportunities Doom Yeowomen
Chris Landers, Sports Editor
February 25, 2011
Filed under Basketball, SPORTS, Varsity Winter
The women’s basketball team saw its season end in a frustrating fashion this past Wednesday, as it fell to the second-seeded Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops, 67–60, in the quarterfinals of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament. Senior guard Syrea Thomas paced the Yeowomen (8–18, 3–11...
With Sharp Shooting Skills, the Yeomen Continue Successful Season
Emily Perry, Staff Writer
December 11, 2009
Filed under Basketball, SPORTS, Varsity Winter
The men’s basketball team is going to have an outstanding 2009–10 season. In the game on Tuesday night against Kalamazoo College, the team won by a 20-point margin – the largest differential since the 1991–92 season, in which Oberlin beat Earlham by 27 points, 83-56. This victory was not especially...
Experience for Youth Key to Yeowomen’s Success
Dimitri Macris, Sports Editor
December 11, 2009
Filed under Basketball, SPORTS, Varsity Winter
The women’s basketball team has been busy in the past week with games against Carnegie Mellon, Earlham and Case Western Reserve. The team posted a record of 1-2 in those three games. Despite this record, the Yeowomen were able to stay competitive throughout their matches. Through the first seven...