Sports

By: Andrew Preston For Trevecca men’s head golf coach, David Head, winning a fourth consecutive Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) championship is the goal for the season. “We’ve been successful in the past, and we are hopefully looking to set ourselves up for a fourth championship,” said Head. Head is entering his second full season as Director of Golf (men’s and women’s head coach) at Trevecca. (more…)

By: Andrew Preston The Trevecca men’s baseball team will begin the 2016 season with some big expectations. With five first place votes, the 2015 Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) champs are again projected to finish first in the preseason G-MAC poll. Head Coach Ryan Schmalz is planning for a big year for his team, which season begins Friday on the road at Tusculum College. “I want to play in a Division II World Series. I want to host a (NCAA Midwest) Regional and make it to the end. I want to win 40 games this year, we won 36 last year and I think 40 wins is a goal of ours,” said Schmalz. Coming off an outstanding season last year, (36-18, 21-3) the Trojans do have some big shoes to fill on the team. “We have to collectively make up for the loss of production from our big guy...

By Andrew Preston For the first time in school history, the Trevecca’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will compete in nationally televised games. On Saturday, Feb. 6, the two Trevecca teams will be the first to play in the new “G-Mac Game of the Week,” which will be broadcast live from Trojan Fieldhouse. (more…)

By Andrew Preston and Conner Adams The Trevecca Nazarene University men’s soccer team lost 3-2 Saturday night to Salem International. The loss was tough as their conference opponent from West Virginia eliminated them last year in the post season. The loss puts Trevecca at 3-4 (2-2) on the year while Salem improves to 4-2 (2-1). Coming off a dramatic comeback win against Ohio Valley University last Tuesday, Trevecca has now lost its last three matches. After an uneventful first half Saturday, the first goal was scored by Salem player Mohamed Ali Khalaf with the assist by Samir Anzil at 52:12 in the second half. It took Trevecca nearly 10 minutes to respond, but they scored the equalizing goal at 62:27 on a corner kick from Jordan Gilmore, that bounced off the head of one of Salem’s own pla...