Category: Sports

Mar 05 2025

Athletic director Nancy Carney DeBord ‘80 prepares for retirement

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Emily Orsini, Sports Editor– Nan Carney-DeBord ‘80, the beloved athletic director of Denison Athletics, is set to retire at the end of this athletic year. “There’s never a good time...

Mar 05 2025

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Women’s fencing team wins first conference championship

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Katey Woodruff, Staff Writer– The Denison women’s fencing team won the Eastern Women’s Fencing Conference tournament on Feb.16, hosted by Drew University. Their first place win was the first in...

Feb 26 2025

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‘No matter what’: Softball team stays grounded amid preseason optimism

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Max Dolinh, Editor-in-Chief– “It feels a little different this year, you know?” said Brooke Surbaugh, junior two-way player for the Denison softball team. For Surbaugh and every other player, part...

Feb 19 2025

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Jake Krueger, beating heart of the men’s soccer team

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Jackson Bragman, Special to The Denisonian– “Cherry and pit. What do we got?” An ice breaker Denison University head men’s soccer coach Brandon Bianco uses with his players at the...

Feb 19 2025

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Baseball team ranked No. 5 in D3baseball.com preseason poll

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Bridget Haller, Special to The Denisonian– Coming off a historic season, the Denison baseball team is ranked No. 5 in the 2025 D3baseball.com/NCBWA Preseason Top 25 poll. The team made...

Feb 19 2025

Sports

Men’s swim and dive win NCAC championship, women’s team finishes second

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Brennan Ford, Asst. Sports Editor– The Denision men’s swimming and diving team won the NCAC championship and the women’s team placed second at the conference meet, which was Feb. 12-15...

Feb 12 2025

Sports

DSAAC partners with Project Life Movement for stem cell research

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Emily Orsini, Sports Editor– With Denison being a smaller university, the ability to have meaningful relationships with other students and professors can be much higher than at a larger school. ...

Feb 05 2025

Sports

Club hockey coach Jeff German has big goals for the Big Red

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Emily Orsini, Sports Editor– Denison University prides itself on its athletic teams and the successes they’ve experienced over the years. From NCAC championships to NCAA tournament bids, Denison Athletics is...

Dec 11 2024

Sports

Fall Recap: 35 athletes receive all-conference honors

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Emily Orsini, Sports Editor– Denison’s athletics department wrapped up the fall season with an impressive array of achievements, including regular season championships, an NCAA tournament berth, and numerous all-NCAC honors. ...

Dec 11 2024

Sports

Gregg Parini inducted into CSCAA Division III Hall of Fame

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Donald Keough, News Editor– If you believe the “urban legend,” as head coach Gregg Parini says, he wasn’t Denison’s first pick as head coach for the men’s and women’s swimming...