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SIOUX CITY, Iowa. –– The nineteenth seeded Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball team (31-9) fell in the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship Pool Play to eleventh seeded Columbia College (31-6) on Thursday, November 30. It was a fantastic season for Coach Kendra Moshers crew as they placed second in the Crossroads League, surpassed 30 wins, and ended the regular season …

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. – Nineteenth seeded Mount Vernon Nazarene University (31-8) played against sixth-seeded Park University (32-2) in Pool F of the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship at the Tyson Events Center on Wednesday, November 29. MVNU fought valiantly in Sioux City but fell in three sets to Park by final scores of 21-25, 23-25, and 20-25. Inside the Box Score: Libby …

NEW CONCORD, Ohio — Despite a strong shooting showing, the Kenyon College men’s basketball team is still looking for its first win in seven tries after falling 84-70 on the road against Muskingum University, who improved to 2-2.  The Owls shot an impressive 47 percent from the three-point line, converting 9-of-19 shots from behind the arc. Juan Sergio Matabuena led …

GAMBIER, Ohio – The Kenyon College Owls women’s basketball team (2-4) hosted the Earlham College Quakers (1-3) on Tuesday night for the team’s first game since the holiday break and its first win of the season over Defiance.  After a relatively slow offensive game for the first three quarters, the Owls rallied behind a career-high night for sophomore guard Alexis …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The United Soccer Coaches released Tuesday the names of those student-athletes who made the organization’s 2023 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer All-Region Teams. As part of Region VII, Kenyon College was represented by Aidan Burns, Alem Duratovic and Eamon Dujakovich. All three of those honorees were named to the first team for Kenyon, which completed the …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Fresh off a career-best scoring session last week that saw the Kenyon College women’s basketball team dish out its first win of the season, the North Coast  Athletic Conference (NCAC) served its Athlete of the Week honors to Claudia Cooke. Cooke sliced and diced Defiance College en route to a career-high 35 points, accounting for half of …

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Kenyon College Owls women’s basketball team (1-4) traveled to Northwest Ohio on Tuesday night to take on the Defiance College Yellow Jackets (0-5), as each team was hungry and searching for its first win of the season.  After a back-and-forth game that needed the full 40 minutes to develop, senior Claudia Cooke carved through the Defiance …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s basketball team (5-2, 0-2) fell to the Taylor University Trojans (4-6, 1-1) at Ariel Arena on Tuesday, November 21 by a final score of 62-54. Inside the Box Score: MVNU shot 35.0% (21-60) from the field and 25.0% (5-20) from three-point range. Taylor shot 39.0% (23-59) from the field and 14.3% (2-14) from …

GAMBIER, Ohio — Looking to put the finishing touches on a win at the Total Performance Swim Camps Invitational, the Kenyon College men’s swimming and diving team won four of seven events on the third and final day of the meet. The Owls finished with a three-day total of 1930.5 points, securing the top spot in the eight-team field. West …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The No.20 Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball team (31-7) defeated Indiana Tech (31-5) in the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Tournament Opening Round on Saturday, November 18. MVNU had the privilege of hosting the Opening Round for the first time since the 2015 season against Ashford where it won in three sets. This time around, MVNU took down …