The shooting woes continued for the Goshen College women’s basketball team as they fell in a low scoring 44-39 affair to Aquinas College Tuesday evening at Gunden Gymnasium. Neither team was able to find their stride throughout the peculiar offensive-struggle as each team finished the night with an identical amount of field goals made. Goshen (0-2) finished just above the Mendoza line as the Leafs tallied a meager 21.9 percent (14-for-64) clip compared to Aquinas’ (2-0) 25.9 percent (14-for-54) mark. The disparity in the final score came by way of the charity-stripe in favor of the visitors as the Saints...

By Chandler Ingle • November 2, 2017 • Sports

Alyson Prigge, a first-year, scored a career high 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds Tuesday evening as the Goshen College women’s basketball team fell to fourth-ranked Marian University 82-54 in the first round of the Crossroads League Tournament. Three days removed from an 86-51 defeat at the hands of the same Marian team, the injury stricken and short-handed Maple Leafs simply could not crack the defending NAIA National Champions and No. 1 seed in this year’s CL Tournament. It was an eerily similar story for the Leafs as they failed to knock down shots and struggled to take care of...

By Chandler Ingle • February 23, 2017 • Sports

Sophia Sears, a senior, scored 14 points in her return to the lineup, but the Goshen College women’s basketball team stumbled after a strong first quarter, falling to the visiting Trojans of Taylor University 72-55 Saturday afternoon on Senior Day. Gabby Williams, a senior, and Lynnia Noel, a senior, each recorded double digit performances with 12 and 10 points respectively with Williams recording a team-high eight rebounds. Fellow seniors Calla Bartlett, Kelsey Fraley and Angela McLean also recorded points in their final home game. Noel led Goshen (13-15, 7-9 Crossroads League) in assists with five while Haley Archibeque, a sophomore,...

By Seth Wesman • February 16, 2017 • Sports

Lynnia Noel, a senior, scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the double-double as the Goshen College women’s basketball team fell 72-61 to the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne on Saturday afternoon. Goshen (13-13, 7-7 Crossroads League) also got strong performances from Gabby Williams, a senior, who scored 9 points to go along with 11 boards and Carly O’Neal, a junior, who scored 14 points off the bench. Haley Archibeque, a sophomore, and Calla Bartlett, a senior, each added eight points apiece. Noel led the Leafs in assists with four, with Archibeque dishing out three...

By Seth Wesman • February 9, 2017 • Sports

The Goshen College women’s basketball team hosted Crossroads League opponent Bethel College Wednesday night, ultimately falling 65-52 to the visiting Pilots. Despite leading 11-10 after the first quarter, the Leafs were outscored in each of the last three quarters as Bethel pulled away. The Leafs attempted a late run to challenge the Pilots’ lead, but Bethel was able to put the game away with late free throws. Goshen was led offensively by Gabby Williams, a senior, and Lynnia Noel, a senior, who recorded 16 and 14 points apiece. The next highest scoring Leaf was Caitlyn O’Neal, a junior, who tallied...

By Seth Wesman • February 2, 2017 • Sports

The Goshen College women’s basketball team was unable to overcome a slow start Wednesday night, eventually falling on the road to Indiana Wesleyan University 60-32. The Maple Leafs were held without a field goal through most of the first half before Gabby Williams, a senior, recorded Goshen’s first basket from the field. Goshen was only able to muster 10 first half points and IWU took a 29-10 lead into the halftime break. Despite a better offensive output in the second half, the Maple Leafs ended the game with a 18.52 shooting percentage from the floor. The Wildcats were able to...

By Seth Wesman • January 26, 2017 • Sports

Every great team has prolific scorers and the Goshen College women’s basketball team is no exception. Senior guards Sophia Sears and Lynnia Noel recently became the 15th and 16th Maple Leafs to reach 1,000 career points and were honored on the evening of Jan. 11 in Gunden Gymnasium. The ceremony took place at halftime of Goshen’s 57-37 win against Mount Vernon Nazarene University. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Noel is touted as the team’s sharpshooter. She currently leads the Leafs in three-point scoring by converting on 27 of her 77 attempted shots from beyond the arc. Noel currently stands...

By Chandler Ingle • January 19, 2017 • Sports

The Goshen College women’s basketball team got rolling early but had to survive a late push to hold off the hosting Trojans of Taylor University on Saturday afternoon. The Leafs led by 28 points early in the final quarter before Taylor charged back to cut the deficit to nine before time ran out and Goshen secured a 70-61 victory. The Leafs were able to outscore Taylor in each of the first two quarters to take a 33-22 lead into the half. Goshen continued to roll in the second half and ended the third quarter with a 23-point lead which climbed...

By Seth Wesman • January 19, 2017 • Sports

Sophie Sears paced Goshen with 23 points and Lynnia Noel added 20 as the Goshen College women’s basketball team took a 77-73 victory over the University of Saint Francis Saturday afternoon. The game stayed within five points the entire first quarter, with the Maple Leafs holding the lead the majority of the time. Noel paced Goshen (5-6, 1-2) with nine points in the opening stanza as the hosts took a 28-23 advantage into the first break. Kara Gerka led all scorers with 11 first quarter points for the Cougars (3-7, 1-2). In the second quarter Goshen again turned to their...

By Andrew Snyder • December 8, 2016 • Sports

After helping the Goshen College women’s basketball team make it to the NAIA Fab Four, Tyra Carver graduated in May and headed south for a coaching job in North Carolina in the midst of Hurricane Matthew. After the 12-hour drive, Carver arrived in Louisburg to heavy rain and strong winds. The next day, there was no electricity. On top of that, the residents were ordered to stay inside their homes due to the weather emergency. Several days later, the weather cleared, and Carver was able to start settling into her new home and city. After graduating with a broadcasting major...

By Sandra Camarillo • December 8, 2016 • Features

Twin sisters, Carley and Caitlyn O’Neal are junior transfer students who both play basketball for Goshen College. Carley is an exercise science major, while Caitlyn is an art major with a minor in marketing. Carley and Caitlyn had initially visited Goshen as juniors in high school for softball. While visiting, Stephanie Miller, head coach, heard that they also played basketball and met with them. They’ve kept in touch ever since. “We really hit it off,” said Carley. “She was the very first collegiate coach to be interested in us as a ‘package’ for basketball. And that relationship held a special...

By Elsa Lantz • December 1, 2016 • Features

Lynnia Noel led all scorers with 24 points and was one of five Maple Leafs to hit double digits as the Goshen College women’s basketball team played to an 89-81 victory over the Cincinnati Christian University Eagles Saturday afternoon. Noel was electric from the start, scoring eight points and dishing out four assists to lead the Maple Leafs in the first 10 minutes of action. However, it was the Eagles (2-6) taking a 30-27 lead into the first break. After a combined 57 points in the first stanza, struggles from the floor rendered a much lower scoring second quarter. Goshen...

By Andrew Snyder • November 17, 2016 • Sports

Lynnia Noel tallied 25 points and Sophia Sears added 10 assists as the Goshen College women’s basketball team played to an 84-77 victory over the Brescia University Bearcats Friday afternoon. Gabby Williams returned to the starting lineup after missing the first two games of the season, and her impact was felt immediately, as the 6’1 senior scored the first bucket to give Goshen the early lead. However, it was Bearcat Kelsey Kirkpatrick who stole the show in the first stanza, knocking down four shots and a pair of free throws for 12 of Brescia’s 22 first quarter points. With a...

By Andrew Snyder • November 10, 2016 • Sports

The Goshen College women’s basketball team opened their 2016-17 season with a pair of road games, first at Holy Cross College last Friday, then at Aquinas College on Tuesday evening. A game, and career-high 15 points from Sydney Stein, led the Goshen College women’s basketball team to a 65-57 victory over Holy Cross Friday night in Notre Dame, Indiana. Angela McLean grabbed 10 boards while Lynnia Noel and Sophia Sears each scored 12 points for Goshen, which led its season opener by 15 points. The teams combined for 89 rebounds, including 37 on the offensive glass. Goshen was hampered by...

By Andrew Snyder • November 3, 2016 • Sports

I want to talk to you all about a basketball game: shocker, right? Though this time there was no buzzer beater, no national coverage and no post game accolades. I was a freshman and it was the last home game of the season. As an underclassman you want nothing more than to send your seniors out on a high note, but after compiling a 3-26 record prior to this game, we weren’t expecting to play in front of anything more than a meager crowd. However looking back, meager is a word I will never use to describe any Goshen crowd...

By Liz Tecca • April 14, 2016 • Sports