maple leaf athletics
February 15, 2024
Baseball season underway
The Goshen College baseball team traveled to Bellevue, Kentucky last Friday to take on Kentucky Christian University and Brescia University. The team went into the weekend with a record of 2-2, which gave Coach Brad Stoltzfus and the players some confidence. Over the course of the weekend, the team was scheduled to play four games against two teams: one against each team on Friday and Saturday. Due to field conditions, only Friday’s games were played. In their game against KCU, both teams started off well, but the Leafs went on to lose 5-3. In their game against Brescia, Goshen again...
February 1, 2024
Tennis begins spring season
The Goshen College men’s and women’s tennis teams kick off their spring season this weekend. Both will travel to Bethel University and Christian Brothers University in Tennessee before heading to South Haven, Mississippi for a match at Blue Mountain University. Carmen Aliaga, a sophomore on the women’s tennis team, said, “I think it’s exciting, especially since when I played in high school, it was always in the fall, never in the spring. We get to play more, which is what we as a team want.” Goshen’s tennis teams don’t typically have a full spring season, only playing a game or...
January 18, 2024
Women’s basketball fights but falls to Taylor
This past Saturday, women’s basketball lost to Taylor 79-72, falling to 8-10 overall, and 3-5 in conference play. Kyla Foster led the team with 15 points, filling the box score with 11 rebounds and 5 assists as well. Her 5 offensive rebounds helped Goshen to outscore Taylor 11-8 on second chance opportunities. “I felt good about it,” she said. “I wish we could’ve come out with a W, of course, but it felt good being the motor of it while we were down and just trying to keep us together.” Taylor started the game on an 8-0 run; however, Goshen...
January 18, 2024
Men’s basketball faces a difficult Crossroads
The Goshen men’s basketball team lost to Taylor 79-71 this past Saturday, falling to 0-17 this season. Karson Jenkins led the Maple Leafs with 27 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double, also dishing out a team-leading 4 assists. Isaac Miller, Judah Simfukwe and Marcus Northern contributed 10 points each, with Kevin Cota adding 8 points and 8 rebounds. Despite the loss, Jenkins felt positive about the team’s effort. “We fought hard; we played together,” he said. “We played one of our better games of the season, and… we have a young team. As we get more experienced… we’ll be...