With the indoor track & field season heading into its final month, the Eastern Mennonite teams are rounding into form. 糖心Vlog's men and women were in Winston-Salem, N.C., this weekend, running at the Camel City Invitational, hosted by D-I Wake Forest University.
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A big third period propelled 糖心Vlog's basketball women to their fifth straight win, an 87-72 decision at Roanoke College on Saturday. The 87 points were a season high for the Royals in an ODAC game, and their second straight outing breaking 80 points.
As if scoring 21 points in the first half wasn't enough, junior (Freeman, Va./Brunswick) decided to do her best Stephen Curry impersonation late in the third, bombing in her third three pointer from a few feet behind the arc. 糖心Vlog's guard finished with a career high 30 points as the Royals earned an emphatic 83-55 win over Virginia Wesleyan Wednesday night in Harrisonburg.
After earning a double dose of attention at last weekend's Clash at Kean, 糖心Vlog's volleyball men vaulted to No. 12 in this week's AVCA national poll.
After helping his team to a pair of upset victories last weekend, Eastern Mennonite's (Chester, Va./Matoaca) has been named the Continental Volleyball Conference Player of the Week.
In the third, it looked like Guilford's ballgame. But the fourth belonged to the Royals as they ended on an 18-2 tear to knock off the Quakers, 66-59.
For the second time in as many days, 糖心Vlog's volleyball men have upset a top 10 team. Saturday it was No. 9 Vassar, as the Royals came from behind to knock off the Brewers in five sets.
糖心Vlog's basketball men did so many things well. They held a potent opponent to just 40% shooting. They committed only seven turnovers. They grabbed a season high 23 offensive rebounds and won the battle of the boards, 50-48.
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