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Swim Team Will Host Intrasquad Meet This Weekend

Swim Team Will Host Intrasquad Meet This Weekend

Oksana Horova, Staff Writer October 3, 2024

The swim team dives into its new season on Oct. 5 with an intrasquad meet at the Stokes Natatorium. The team will be split into black and red squads and compete against each other to assess their progress...

Hogan Continues to Shine in Senior Season

Hogan Continues to Shine in Senior Season

Jackson Decker, Staff Writer October 3, 2024

Entering SFU’s opening NEC action at LIU this weekend, senior volleyball player Maggie Hogan ranks first on her team in points (163.5), kills (142) and total attacks (387). She earned NEC Prime Performer...

New Book Shares Maurice Stokes’ Story with Young Readers

New Book Shares Maurice Stokes’ Story with Young Readers

Ava Dzurenda, Features Editor September 30, 2024

During their long walks around Minneapolis, discussing “everything basketball” — from trades to championship predictions —basketball fanatics Ty Chapman and John Coy never realized they were missing...

Men’s Soccer Opens Northeast Conference Action with Win

Men’s Soccer Opens Northeast Conference Action with Win

Tom Schellbach, Staff Writer September 30, 2024

The men's soccer team defeated Stonehill, 2-0, in its Northeast Conference opener on Sept. 29 at the Stokes Soccerplex. SFU head coach Mads Kaiser’s team extended its undefeated streak in NEC regular-season...

Grading the NFL’s Rookie QBs

Grading the NFL’s Rookie QBs

Alex Crocco, Sports Editor September 26, 2024

This season, we have already seen three NFL teams start rookie quarterbacks and it’s not yet the end of September. How have these first-round picks performed? Last April, a lot of teams needed...

Football Team Shut Out at Eastern Michigan

Football Team Shut Out at Eastern Michigan

Alex Crocco, Sports Editor September 23, 2024

The SFU football team could not overcome injuries and big plays that went the other way in a 36-0 loss at FBS-member Eastern Michigan last weekend. Going into the game, the Flash knew it would be an...

Football Falls in Northeast Conference Opener

Football Falls in Northeast Conference Opener

Kaitlyn Lauer, Staff Writer September 18, 2024

The football team dropped a heartbreaking 27-20 decision to Central Connecticut State at DeGol Field on Sept. 14 in the team’s first Northeast Conference game of the season. Saint Francis (1-2, 0-1...

Is the NFL a Global Sport in 2024?

Is the NFL a Global Sport in 2024?

Alex Crocco, Sports Editor September 16, 2024

Over the course of the 2010s and ‘20s, the NFL has attempted to establish a loyal following in places other than America, specifically Europe. Has that strategy paid off? On Oct. 2, 2005, the Arizona...

April 25, 2023  during day 3  action of Northeast Conference (NEC) Women's Golf Championship on the Hill's course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, FL. Romeo T Guzman/Northeast Conference

Golf Teams Open Fall Season

Toby Webb, Staff Writer September 12, 2024

The men’s and women’s golf teams both opened their 2024-25 season earlier this month. The men competed at the Red Bandana Invitational at Boston College on Sept. 1-2, while the women opened their...

Three New Head Coaches Join Athletics Staff

Three New Head Coaches Join Athletics Staff

Tom Schellbach, Staff Writer September 12, 2024

The Red Flash women’s soccer, field hockey and lacrosse teams will be led by new head coaches in 2024-25. Brian Diaz assumed head coaching responsibilities of the women’s soccer program in June...

Women’s Soccer Team Opens Season with Momentum

Women’s Soccer Team Opens Season with Momentum

Jackson Decker, Staff Writer September 12, 2024

The women’s soccer team is off to a much stronger start in 2024 than in recent seasons. Last fall, the team opened its schedule with an 0-8 mark before posting a victory. In 2022, the squad opened...

Football Squad Records Historic Victory at Kent State

Football Squad Records Historic Victory at Kent State

Alex Crocco, Sports Editor September 12, 2024

In a game where Kent State was favored by 17.5 points, there was a football team that jumped out to a 17-0 and never looked back last Saturday in Ohio. That team was not the Golden Flashes. It was the...

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