During halftime at a women’s basketball game on Sunday, Dec. 7, University student Robbie Panasuk, a junior English major, completed the $10,000 half-court challenge in less than 25 seconds, but was later denied the prize money by the Athletics Department due to having prior experience as a high school Varsity basketball player.
After falling to Marist two days earlier, the women’s basketball team picked up their first MAAC victory on Sunday, Dec. 7 when they outlasted the Iona Gaels for a 75-74 victory in double overtime.
Dec. 7, 2014 marked the first ever win in MU Men’s Basketball history against the preseason favorites, the Gales of Iona. Credit for the big win goes to the play of sophomore guard Justin Robinson. With a career-high of 25 points, Robinson helped his team come away with the 92-89 win to secure their fourth victory of the season.
Thanksgiving break. Food, family, and waves that will leave you smiling.
Sophomore point guard Justin Robinson was named the MAAC Player of the Week on Monday, Dec. 8. Robinson averaged 18.5 points per game to help lead the Hawks to back-to-back conference victories over Marist and Iona. In the win over Iona, Robinson scored a career high 25 points.
The University announced that they will be adding swim teams for men and women beginning fall 2015. The additions were made official on Nov. 20.
In one of their toughest stretches of schedule this season, the men’s basketball team suffered back-to-back hard fought losses to the University of Maryland Terrapins and Southern Methodist University Mustangs respectively.
After winning the MAAC title, the University’s men’s soccer team concluded their season falling 2-1 in double overtime to Xavier University during the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday, Nov. 20 in Cincinnati.
The University’s women’s basketball team picked up their third victory of the season as they defeated former conference foe, the Wagner Seahawks, 82-59 on Friday, Nov. 28 at the Spiro Sports Center. Sophomore guard Helena Kurt paved the way for the Hawks by scoring 14 points and earning the game-high assists with six. All 12 Hawks who made an appearance on the floor scored during the match up. With the win, the Hawks improved their record to 3-1 while the Seahawks fell to 0-4.
Senior forward Trish O’Dwyer was named to the 2014 Longstreth/NFHCA All-American Third Team this past Monday Dec, 1. O’Dwyer, who was also named the MAAC Player and Offensive Player of the year, is the first field hockey player to be named an All-American in MU history.