Sports
March 27, 2025
Taking games ‘one at a time’
Six games remain in what has been one of the toughest seasons in Goshen College Men’s Volleyball history. The team is stepping into the final games with a conference record of 1-9. Though it is mathematically possible for the team to still make the conference tournament, Coach Phillips stated that the most important thing is to put together a good run of performances and pick up some wins to end the season. The team has endured an extremely tough season having only recorded four wins so far. Sophomore right side hitter, Sawyer Frystak, commented on the team’s struggles: “We had...
March 27, 2025
Goshen tennis embraces spring shift
The Goshen College tennis teams are transitioning from a fall season to a spring season, aligning with the rest of the country. The move brings new opportunities, challenges, and a shift in team dynamics for both the men’s and women’s programs. The most immediate benefit of moving to a spring season is the extended preseason, which gives players more time to bond and prepare. Matija Margetic, a junior on the men’s team, said the longer preseason will allow for better interaction within the team. “We get to team build more in the fall and figure out the best doubles combinations...
March 13, 2025
Softball seniors break career records
The Goshen women’s softball team took a trip to Florida over spring break for the Space Coast Spring Games. They played 10 games in the span of six days with a break on Wednesday. The Maple Leafs tallied a record of 4-6 during the tournament. Two of the highlights from the trip were the two Goshen career records that were broken by seniors Shea VanScoter, who broke the doubles record with 51, and Alyssa McDonald, who broke the triples record with 10. McDonald, an outfielder from Salt Lake City, Utah, said her record-breaking moment didn’t feel real to her. “When...
March 13, 2025
Capps out, Bowen named interim
On Wednesday, Goshen College announced Erik Bowen as the interim head coach of the men’s basketball team. The move comes a week after the athletic department relieved Kyle Capps of his coaching duties with the men’s basketball team on March 5. In an email sent to players at the time, Chad Coleman, interim athletic director, said, “This was a difficult decision, and I appreciate the time and effort [Capps] has given to our program.” Capps was the head coach for three seasons, after serving under former head coach Jon Tropf as an assistant and then associate coach, from 2020-22....
February 20, 2025
Track and field send runners to nationals
On Feb. 14 and 15, both women’s and men’s indoor track teams participated in the Crossroads League Championship. The women’s team finished in 10th place, while the men’s team tied for eighth place. Head Coach Rustin Nyce mentioned the numerous successes that the team found: Jaylah Leggett, a sophomore, and Sam Sofolahan, a first year, were two such standouts. “We had a lot of people run their personal best, or throw or jump their season or personal bests. So those were highlights, and then watching the team be supportive of each other while the others were competing was also...
February 20, 2025
Roundballers advance to tournament
With a record of 5-12 in Crossroads League play and 11-15 overall, the Goshen College women’s basketball team has secured a spot in the conference playoff tournament, with two games left in the regular season. On the court, they are led by the ‘big three,’ seniors Ava Lickliter and Syanne Mohamed alongside fifth-year Zion Neat. The Maple Leafs sit in eighth place in the conference. Neat is currently in the Transition to Teaching program after receiving her bachelors in social work in April. She is a shooting guard and small forward. She says that the confidence has been high within...
February 13, 2025
Baseball leads with ‘new energy’
It’s down to the final week in the leadup to a new Maple Leafs baseball season. Since the fall, the team has been putting in the hard yards on the field to make sure that this season is one to be remembered. Head Coach Brad Stoltzfus, said that “The team is feeling great right now and there’s a lot of excitement built up to have a strong season.” He went on to say that this year the team’s goal is to win 25 games and qualify for the postseason tournament. A large factor to why the upcoming season is so...
February 13, 2025
GC’s Kenyan connection
Goshen College’s cross-country and track and field teams have had the presence of Kenyan athletes for the past three decades, since the team was unter the tutelage of Rick Clark. Now, under the current leadership of Rustin Nyce, the director of track and field and cross country, this tradition remains. Currently, there are five Kenyan student-athletes between the men’s and the women’s teams. Nyce mentions how communication plays a crucial role in order for this legacy to endure. “It’s all about their word of mouth. When you come to another country you want to come to a place that you...
February 6, 2025
GC hosts historic home match
Goshen College’s bowling teams made history Saturday, Feb. 1, by hosting their first-ever home tournament at Signature Lanes in Elkhart. The event, which was immediately followed by the Crossroads League Championship, featured eight schools. The women’s team finished fifth with 4,081 pins, just five behind Indiana Wesleyan’s 4,086. The men’s team placed seventh, edging out Bethel University. While neither team advanced to the championship rounds, both squads showed significant growth in a tournament that marked a historic milestone for the Goshen program. Lily Kelley, a first-year elementary education major, was the top performer for the women’s team, finishing eighth out...
February 6, 2025
Globe coverage is a slam dunk
There’s a lot more to broadcasting than just the voices you hear on the radio. Each broadcast is imbued with preparation and behind-the-scenes work. The on-air radio personnel during game action consist of three roles: the play-by-play commentator, senior Collin Echols; the color commentator, sophomore Jayden Yost; and junior Liliana Herrera, who conducts sideline interviews. All three are broadcasting majors. Another Globe staff member runs the board back in Newcomer. The play-by-play commentator’s job is to “paint the picture for a listener,” Echols said. “I want you to be able to close your eyes and say, well, okay. If the...
January 23, 2025
Neat, Mohamed join 1,000-point-club
Goshen College women’s basketball players Syanne Mohamed and Zion Neat have both reached the milestone of 1,000 career points at GC, marking a significant achievement for the program and solidifying their places in school history. For Mohamed, a senior center, hitting 1,000 points was a goal. “To be honest, it feels amazing to be the 19th women’s basketball player to join the 1,000-point club,” Mohamed said, “I am super grateful that I was able to accomplish this throughout my four years at Goshen College.” Mohamed’s journey to this achievement has been unique. She originally pursued a career as a professional...
January 16, 2025
Track and field season preview
The Goshen College men’s and women’s track and field teams will open their season this Saturday, traveling south for the Mastodon Invite at Purdue Fort Wayne. With the departure of former track and field head coach Sean Foulkes after their team’s outdoor season in 2024, the coaching responsibilities are being shared by Rustin Nyce, director of track and field operations, and Lisa Voyles, associate head coach. Voyles was hired in August, and is an eight-time national track and field champion and a 13-time All American. “[Voyles has] done a really good job of incorporating other things that we have kind...
January 16, 2025
Proving the league wrong
On Saturday, the women’s basketball team beat Taylor for the first time since 2021, 62-60. The win was hard-fought as Goshen struggled in the first quarter, facing a 16-point deficit, but a buzzer-beater three-pointer going into halftime by Emme Boots, a senior, brought them closer. Zion Neat, a fifth-year, shined in the third quarter contributing 12 points on 4-6 shooting. This was followed by a key bucket in the fourth quarter that brought the Leafs into the lead. Taylor fought hard and took back the lead by five points, but senior Ava Lickliter sprung to action with two layups, cutting...
November 22, 2024
U.S. Highway 20 Cup update
The U.S. Highway 20 Cup is an all sports athletic competition between Goshen College and Bethel University. Every sport that both schools compete in has a chance to score a point for their respective school. For every guaranteed competition between the Maple Leafs and the Pilots, there are points up for grabs. For example, this year the men’s tennis team took down Bethel in the regular season, winning 4-3 and garnering a point towards the U.S. Highway 20 Cup’s total for GC. But not every sport plays one game against each other. During the spring season the softball and baseball...
November 21, 2024
Appreciating GC’s sports communicators
Two driving forces behind all sixteen of Goshen College’s sports teams are Tony Miller, statistician, and Justin DeWeese, assistant athletic director of communications and operations DeWeese explained that his role has two parts, with the communications part entailing “writing up the game previews and reviews for the college athletics website, goleafs.net.” The operations part of his job entails ensuring that everything on game days runs smoothly for all of the teams when they play at home, including “setting up and tearing down and getting all of the workers together,” DeWeese said. Miller explained that he is “the person responsible for...