The final hole of this year’s Colonial Athletic Association golf championship was a fitting epitaph to a weekend of eye-catching stroke play April 27-29. The University of North Carolina Wilmington’s predicted domination was there for all to see from the opening tee, as the Seahawks raced into a dominant position that they held until the [...]
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Men’s golf seeks redemption in post-season play
Sports, by their dynamic nature, are full of many analogies. Be it the New York Giants storming their way to a second Super Bowl title in five years after a fairly average regular season or Joel Ward’s goal from the Capitals three minutes into overtime that knocked out the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, [...]
Golf finishes in 11th out of 17 at Wolfpack Open
For the second straight tournament, the Drexel men’s golf team finished in 11th place. This past week, April 14-15, the Dragons achieved a final score of 616, which earned them an 11th-place finish out of 17 teams at the 2012 Wolfpack Spring Open. The tournament was hosted by North Carolina State University and took place [...]
Golf takes two hard hits with back-to-back losses
The Drexel men’s golf team has struggled out of the gate this spring, and that did not change in its most recent matches with two rough finishes at the Fireline Townson Invitational, where they finished 21st of 22, and the Wildcat Invitational, with a finish of 11th out of 13. They will look to get [...]
Golf opens spring season
The Drexel University men’s golf team will try to improve upon a trying fall season when they kick off the spring in Wilmington, N.C. The Dragons will begin the spring golf season at the Country Club of Landfall in the University of North Carolina-Wilmington’s Seahawk Invitational Feb. 26-27. The tournament, in which Drexel competed two [...]
Golf places 18th at last fall match
Drexel men’s golf wrapped up its 2011 fall season this past week by competing in the second annual ODU/OBX Invitational Oct. 23-25, taking 18thplace with a score of 962. The event took place at Kilmarlic Golf Course in Powells Point, N.C. The tournament consisted of 18 schools in total. The men competed against local rival [...]
Golf travels to N.C. for event
This weekend, Oct. 23-25, the men’s golf team will travel down to North Carolina for its final tournament of the fall season. The men will be at Kilmarlic Golf Club in Powells Point, N.C. for the Old Dominion/Outer Banks collegiate invitational. This three-day tournament consists of 18 schools, including city rival St. Joseph’s University, Colonial [...]
Feld stands out for golf as team stumbles into 19th
Rolling greens littered with sand traps and water hazards. That was the scene Oct. 8-9 when the Drexel University golf team competed at Plymouth Meeting Country Club in the Big 5 Invitational. The Dragons placed 19th out of 22 teams in the tournament with a combined score of 624. Junior Benjamin Feld was the highest-ranked [...]
Golf competes locally for Big 5
The Big 5 Golf Invitational will be held at Plymouth Country Club in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Oct. 8-9. Last year the event drew commitments from 21 Division I men’s golf programs. This event is one of the most anticipated events of schools located in Philadelphia, including Drexel University. “This is definitely an event we circle [...]
Feld has strong showing for golf
The Drexel Dragons golf team competed in the Hartford Hawks Invitational this week, Sept. 26-27, in Connecticut. The team ended up finishing 12th out of the 17 teams that competed, but did have a golfer finish in the top 10 overall individually out of the nearly 90 golfers that competed. Ben Feld, a junior, finished [...]
Golf finishes fourth at Keenan
The Drexel golf team teed off for their first tournament of the season last weekend as the Dragons participated in the Leo Keenan Invitational Sept. 18 and 19, hosted by St. Bonaventure. Drexel started off their schedule with a fourth-place finish in the tournament, held in Olean, N.Y., among the 11 competing schools with a [...]
Golf faces tough squads
The Drexel University golf team will hit the links this year with the intention of building off of their success from last season. The Dragons will be facing some very challenging squads, and extremely unforgiving courses in the 2011-12 season. “Our overall goal is to get better with each tournament,” head coach Mike Dynda said. [...]
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The freshman’s guide to Drexel Dragon athletics
by Alex Falk on September 16, 2011 in Commentary, Crew, Field Hockey, Golf, Men's Basketball, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Sports, Squash, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Women's Basketball, Women's Soccer, Wrestling
The Drexel women’s crew varsity eight boat, pictured above, is one of many premiere athletic teams at Drexel. The men’s and women’s crew program as a whole has outperformed competitors consistently over the past three seasons, including their stronghold on the local, yet renowned, Dad Vail Regatta. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JULIA FISHER — ASST. SPORTS [...]