Despite a shaky start to the season, Goshen College Women’s Volleyball swept the season series against St Francis, beating the Cougars 3-2 on Saturday in Fort Wayne This was the first time that the Maple Leafs have swept the season series with the Cougars since 2015. It was also the first time they had a series sweep at all and a five-set win on the road since 2019. Jeff Phillips, head coach of women’s volleyball, said that he was particularly satisfied about getting the series sweep this year. “It represents the chance to finish above a team in the conference...

By Kate Bodiker • October 23, 2025 • Sports

Jeff Phillips, former head coach of the men’s volleyball team, was announced this summer to be the head coach of the women’s volleyball team at Goshen College. His assistant coach for the past two seasons, Wyatt Bollinger, was promoted to head coach the men’s team. Bollinger ’23 played as a setter during his time at GC. He shared his excitement to take the position. He said, “It worked out great for me. I got to stay at Goshen a little longer and still continue growing my career.” Phillips believes that Bollinger was the perfect fit for the position. “Wyatt has...

By Liam Shaw • September 25, 2025 • Sports

Last week, Jeff Phillips, director of volleyball, announced to the men’s team that he would be stepping down as their head coach. Phillips will stay on as head women’s volleyball coach. Phillips said that when he first interviewed for the head women’s volleyball coach position, “it was pitched to me to do both,” he was adamant that he did not want to because it would be “very difficult to give 100% to both programs.” He decided to become an assistant coach for the men and take the head coach position for the women’s team. However, Goshen struggled with recruitment for...

By Arleth Martinez • April 17, 2025 • Sports

The Goshen College volleyball team ended their season on Saturday with a 3-0 loss to No. 17 Bethel University. After the Pilots won the first set 25-13, the Leafs almost captured a win in the second set — but lost 25-23. They then lost 25-11 in the third set. Goshen ended the season 8-24, with more wins than the past three seasons combined and its most wins in a season since 2017. The Leafs won 31.3% of the sets they played this season; in 2022, they won 14.4% of their sets.  Season leaders for the Leafs include junior Sadie Brenneman...

By Emme Boots • November 2, 2023 • Sports

Two-thirds of the way through their season, the 2-19 women’s volleyball team has had to look at things other than winning percentage to keep their spirits up.  “We are growing and getting better,” said Kourtney Crawford, head coach of the women’s volleyball team. “I think that the girls are working hard and it shows at moments, but they truly are putting in the effort.” The team has not recorded a win since Sept. 3, when they beat Montreat College 3-0. With just 13 games left in their season, they are looking to hit the reset button. “We’ve started to [reset]...

By Tyson Miller • September 30, 2022 • Sports

With mere seconds to play in a scoreless first half against Madonna University last Saturday, Felipe Carli found himself with the ball just outside the center circle. A few seconds later, the ball found itself 50 yards downfield in the back of the net as the clock read 0:01. Carli’s stunner of a goal sent the Goshen College men’s soccer team into a frenzy. The energy in front of a home crowd grew even stronger as, eighteen minutes into the second half, Lucas Bontrager gave the Maple Leafs a 2-0 lead after a beautiful pass from Mathurin Allawai.  It was...

By Daniel James • September 15, 2022 • Sports