As the leaves fall, and the weather continues to get colder and colder, Neumann University enters a new season. Winter sports have arrived on and off campus as the women’s and men’s basketball and hockey teams open their 23-24 seasons. Here is a recap of winter sports all the way to Thanksgiving break.
The men’s basketball team has had a pretty even start to its season with a current record of 2-3. But don’t shrug the team off just yet as they went 21-8 last season. Certainly, a difficult legacy to live up to, but still a great achievement to strive for.
The women started their season on a positive note with a 4-2 record and a .667 percentage, a solid start to a hopefully promising season. The team went 13-14 overall last year, so a big opportunity to improve from last year’s record is apparent. The team has six more games before the end of the semester with two of them being at home.
Ice hockey has been the talk of the town recently as Neumann University just announced the building of a new on campus ice hockey rink. That said, let us check in on the men’s ice hockey team. The team is starting out a bit slow with a record of 3-5-0 and a .375 percentage. The team has been going since late October; however, the team is only about a third of the way into their season giving them plenty of time to catch back up.
Like the men’s hockey team, the women’s ice hockey team has also been playing since late October and already have 9 games under their belt. The team is currently 4-4-1 with a .519 percentage. Pretty evenly split so far, but the team still has plenty of time to pull ahead for a solid positive record this season.
The women’s volleyball team had a bit of a late conference run with two games remaining after their first-round bye. Their final game was against Marymount University for the Atlantic East Conference title. The team was defeated but still went home with a final record of 18-11 and a .621 percentage.