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Trevecca cross country 2022 season update
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Trevecca cross country 2022 season update

By Jett Johnson Assistant Sports Editor The Trevecca cross-country team started their season finishing in second place at the inaugural Michael Pretorius Invitational.  Senior Cameren Warner (26:15.2) completed the best time for the men’s team. Junior Samantha Roberts (20:52.4) completed the best time for the women’s team.  Warner and Roberts are both upperclassmen, a group that head coach Austin Selby thinks will be valuable to the team this year.   “The returning runners have done a great job in welcoming them in and making them feel like they have been here for years,” said Selby.  They had a great preseason process, according to Selby.  “It has been great. Most of our team ran more miles this summer than they ever had. The men are ...
Trevecca men’s soccer 2022 season update
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Trevecca men’s soccer 2022 season update

By Jett Johnson Assistant Sports Editor Trevecca’s men’s soccer team has kicked off the first nine games of the season with a record of 3-7.  Although the start to the season has not been perfect, head coach Danny Leavy had positive takeaways from the preseason practices.  “It was earlier than normal because this is called a festival year for the NCAA. It started 10 days earlier than we normally start, so that made a big difference organizationally during the summer,” said Leavy.   Cameron Hess, a senior forward, also had a positive outlook for the year after preseason training.  “Usually we start with a lot of fitness activities, but this year we started with only a few fitness activities. Overall, the focus was getting the ball out of the gate...
Former WNBA player, Karen Booker ready to lead Trevecca women’s basketball
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Former WNBA player, Karen Booker ready to lead Trevecca women’s basketball

By David Wilson Photo courtesy of Trevecca athletics Karen Booker, a former standout at Franklin High School and Vanderbilt university, was introduced on June 10 as the sixth women’s basketball coach in Trevecca history.  “God led me to Trevecca. When I was working with Fellowship of Christian Athletes, we were trying to help coaches learn how to share their faith while coaching. To be able to step into the position at Trevecca, where we preach the motto of Christian, scholar and athlete, the path just made sense for me,” said Booker.  Booker, the 11th child of the late Monroe and Mary Booker, was an all-state selection in 1983 at Franklin. She was inducted in the Franklin High School Hall of Fame and has her jersey retired. Booker averaged 12.8 PPG and 9.2 RBG t...
Trojans Sweep Weekend Matches Against Ursuline and Lake Erie; Remain Undefeated at Home 
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Trojans Sweep Weekend Matches Against Ursuline and Lake Erie; Remain Undefeated at Home 

By David Wilson The Trevecca volleyball team swept its weekend matches against conference opponents Ursuline and Lake Erie. With the sweep, the Trojans moved to 9-0 in games at Trojan Fieldhouse. On Friday, Trevecca faced the Ursuline Arrows and had little trouble in the matchup. The Trojans won the match in three sets (25-13, 25-21, 25-14).   Emma Titus led the Trojan offense with a team high nine kills. Setter Emilee McDonald was a key contributor both offensively and defensively. McDonald had a total of 34 assists and 10 digs.  Senior Ellie Buffler had a team high three service aces. Buffler currently leads the GMAC with 42 service aces.   “[Emilee McDonald] has done a great job of stepping into essentially the quarterback position for [our] voll...
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Trevecca cross country team will compete at Michael Pretorius invitational

By David Wilson The Trevecca Nazarene University cross country team will compete in the first ever Michael Pretorius Invitational this Saturday at Percy Warner Park.  Head coach Austin Selby confirmed the decision today, after conversing with the families of Samantha Rosencrants and Abigail Baggott.  Rosencrants and Baggott were involved in a motor vehicle accident Monday afternoon. Both women were hospitalized due to injuries sustained in the accident.  “After extensive discussions with our athletes and athletic administration and taking into consideration feedback from Samantha and Abigail’s families, we’ve decided [that] moving forward with the Michael Pretorius Invitational Saturday is the best decision,” said Selby.  Pretorius, a former member of the Tre...
Trevecca’s track and field team ready to start indoor meets
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Trevecca’s track and field team ready to start indoor meets

By Wes Sharpe The 2022 Trevecca track and field team consists of 32 student athletes led by head coach Austin Selby.   The men’s team has 20 athletes and the women's team consists of 12.    For many athletes on the team, there is an excitement surrounding being able to compete in the outdoor events following the indoor season.      Trevecca does not have any indoor facilities for track, making the indoor transition a little more difficult for the track and field athletes, said Selby. “We have the largest squad in the conference for a team that does not have a facility. Besides simply not being able to do things indoors when the weather is adverse, which is a luxury in the first place, we are not in control of being able to do anything other than run...
Women’s basketball season wraps up with 5-22 record
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Women’s basketball season wraps up with 5-22 record

By David Wilson The 2021-2022 women’s basketball season started on an optimistic note, but was soon derailed by injuries, COVID-19 complications, and a lack of chemistry on the court.   The Trojans ended their season 5-22 (4-17 GMAC).   Head coach Chad Hibdon returned his two leading scorers from the shortened 2020-2021 season.   Those women, sophomore Keeley Carter and junior Faith Wilken, were the core pieces of a revamped basketball team that featured several additions.   Freshman Alexa Smiddy, Mattie Buck, and transfer Emma Palmer were all brought in to add talent and depth to the Trojan roster.   The Trojans immediately faced adversity in the pre-season when Mattie Buck suffered a torn ACL during her senior year ...
Baseball and softball teams ranked No. 1 in GMAC preseason poll
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Baseball and softball teams ranked No. 1 in GMAC preseason poll

By David Wilson Photo courtesy of Trevecca Athletics Trevecca Nazarene University’s Women’s Softball team has been tabbed as the preseason favorite to repeat as champions of the Great Midwest Conference.   The Trojans, led by Coach Ben Tyree, return to the diamond in 2022 coming off a successful 2021 season.   Last year, Tyree’s Trojans finished with a record of 27-14 (14-4 in conference play). The Trojans would ultimately reach the Division II Midwest Regional Tournament, where they were defeated by rival Ohio Dominican.   Trevecca enters the 2022 campaign with several voids to fill in its’ starting lineup.   Only two starters return from last year’s regular season championship team.   Tyree will look to replace All-C...
Baseball team makes school history in the NCAA D2 World Series
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Baseball team makes school history in the NCAA D2 World Series

By David Wilson Photo Courtesy of Trojan Athletics For the first time in school history, the Trevecca Trojans’ baseball team has reached the NCAA DII World Series.   Amidst a raging worldwide pandemic that still affects us today, there was uncertainty on whether baseball could even be played heading into the 2020-21 school year. Despite this challenge, the Trojans have overcome all odds and etched their names in school history in June of 2021.   Heading into the fall of 2020, the Trojans had to fight an uphill battle from the start. Coming off a Covid shortened spring season, there were a lot of question marks heading into the new school year. The main one; who would be leading the charge as the new head coach? Enter Chase Sain from Bolivar, TN. Sain, an as...
Trevecca cheer team to debut in November
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Trevecca cheer team to debut in November

By Edgardo Hernandez and Claudia Villeda Trevecca's 2021 cheerleading squad The Trevecca Cheer team begins their first full season this semester. "We are happy to announce we are re-establishing a long-standing tradition of our Trojan cheer team," said Mark Elliott in a news release. "Lexi Laucirica has the vision to build a spirited program that will lead the Trojan Nation and Purple Pride." Trevecca disbanded the cheer team after the 2015-2016 academic year, but as of 2021, they have regrouped for their first season back. “TNU athletics had been discussing the idea of bringing back cheer for the last year or two. Long story short, I met Mark (Elliot) and his wife on a hike in North Carolina a year ago. There we discussed the possibility of re-establishing the program. Bec...