Red Flash Football opens spring drills
Abijah Howell, Staff writer
March 9, 2017
Filed under Sports
After an outstanding season last year, the Saint Francis football team has opened spring drills. Saint Francis won the Northeast Conference, going 5-1 in the league, and securing a spot in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs for the first time in school history. Spring ball provides...
SFU Freshman collects 6th NEC Rookie of the Week Award
Yohanny Rodriguez, Staff Writer
February 19, 2017
Filed under Sports
Keith Braxton, a 6-foot-4-inch guard for the Red Flash men’s basketball team, is enjoying a great start to his college career. On Feb. 9, Braxton recorded 12 points, four assists and seven rebounds in a loss to Wagner. Two days later, he scored 14 points to go along with six rebounds against Northeast...
Larger Crowd Provides Boost to Red Flash Hoops Team
Andre Wolford, Staff writer
February 18, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Sports
Saint Francis has not drawn large crowds to basketball games in recent years. On Feb. 9, however, it was a different environment at DeGol Arena for the Red Flash men’s Northeast Conference game against Wagner. The Red Flash forced overtime against the Seahawks, but were unable to secure the win,...
Defending NEC High Jump Champ Aiming for Another Conference Crown
Christian McFadden, Staff writer
February 17, 2017
Filed under Sports
Defending NEC High Jump Champ Aiming for Another Conference Crown By Christian McFadden Saint Francis senior Nicholas Miller captured the 2016 NEC outdoor title in the high jump last spring, edging out teammate Nicholas Conway by clearing 2.02 meters at the conference finals. This...
Track & Field Teams ready for NEC Indoor Championships
Yohanny Rodriguez, Staff writer
February 17, 2017
Filed under Sports
“Focus” is in the air as one enters the Stokes Center’s Auxiliary Gym. The Red Flash men’s and women’s track and field teams are preparing for the Northeast Conference indoor championships this weekend, Feb. 18-19, on Staten Island, New York. At last winter’s NEC indoor championships,...
The Dream Catcher: Tre McKeithen
Andre Wolford, Staff writer
February 16, 2017
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Uncategorized
“Hard work can help you achieve whatever you want to achieve in life, but you have to realize that you will fail at some point, and when that happens, you can’t put your head down. You have to continue to fight.” Those words come from someone who knows, for Saint Francis men’s basketball player...
Lacrosse Team set to begin new season
Hakeem Kinard, Staff writer
February 15, 2017
Filed under Sports
The Red Flash lacrosse team opens its season at home against Central Michigan on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. at DeGol Field. The Flash are eager for the start of the new season and are looking to build on last year’s 4-12 campaign. Kara Concheck enters her first full season as head coach of...
Annual Think Pink game held at Stokes
Jessica Crumm, Staff writer
February 15, 2017
Filed under Sports
The Saint Francis women’s basketball team hosted the 2017 Think Pink Game on Feb. 11. They lost to Mount Saint Mary’s on the court but succeeded in bringing attention to breast cancer and raising funds for research of the disease. SFU players and fans showed their support for the cause by wearing...
Kovatch becomes fastest Flash to 1,000-Point milestone
Kyasia Duling, Staff writer
February 15, 2017
The ball bounces on the opponent’s hardwood floor before her knees bend slightly inward, taking her into her unique stance, one that lifts her a few inches. A nanosecond is all she needs to position the ball on her fingers, before lofting it into the air. At Robert Morris on Jan. 16, sophomore...
SFU Ice Hockey falls at Alfred State
Tyler Skipper, Staff writer
February 3, 2017
Filed under Sports, Uncategorized
The SFU ice hockey club team failed to pick up a much-needed win Jan. 28 in Olean, New York, falling to Alfred State, 3-2. SFU entered the game looking to close in on a playoff berth. Andrew Ebert scored both of his team’s goals in the loss. Ebert’s first goal came in the second period on...
NEC ‘Money War’ being waged
McKinley Baptiste, Staff writer
February 3, 2017
Filed under Campus Life, Sports
There is a “war” going on in the Saint Francis athletics department, but it’s not what you might be thinking. Red Flash athletics is participating in the Northeast Conference’s annual “Money War” to raising funds for the Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation. The University has participated...
NEC Video Shares SFU Swimmer Katie Lafferty’s Story
Teresa Narduzzi, Staff writer
February 3, 2017
Saint Francis swimmer Katie Lafferty beat ovarian cancer in 2014, and her story is now being shared with a wider audience through a video package produced by the Northeast Conference. Lafferty, a junior business major from Bremen, Indiana, had surgery in April 2014. She had been diagnosed with dysgerminoma,...
