Campus Current player of the week: Jordan Kopf
Philip Van Slooten, Reporter
April 11, 2019
Filed under Front Page, Showcase, Sports
Jordan Kopf, men’s lacrosse player, scored seven goals last week; five against Howard Community College and two against Hartford Community College. For this achievement, Kopf is this week’s Campus Current’s player of the week. “I try to score as much as I can,” the second-year transfer...
Campus Current Player of the Week:
Philip Van Slooten, Reporter
April 3, 2019
Filed under Sports
Alexis Heverly, first-year transfer studies student, scored three goals in two games last week while playing defense for the Riverhawks women’s lacrosse team. Heverly, who normally plays defense for AACC Women’s Lacrosse, scored three goals per game in both of the Riverhawks games last week against...
Past high school coach to lead Golf this spring
Luke Gabel, Reporter
April 1, 2019
Filed under Sports
The former leader of Chesapeake High School’s varsity golf team is AACC Golf’s new head coach. Kevin Lyons, who coached at Chesapeake for four years, replaced Joel Thorne, who left AACC at the end of last year’s season after seven years. Five student golfers also left the team after it...
Women’s bball travels to national tournament
Chance Iheoma and Arianna Beers, Photo Co-Editor and Sports Editor
April 1, 2019
Filed under Front Page, Showcase, Sports
AACC Women’s Basketball came in last place in the Division III National Tournament in March, yet the coach said he couldn’t be prouder of the team. “They got an experience of a lifetime,” coach Lionel Makell said. “[We’re] one of eight teams in the country at our level.” With just six players...
Men’s Lacrosse player out due to car accident
Philip Van Slooten, Reporter
April 1, 2019
Filed under Front Page, Showcase, Sports
A Riverhawks Men’s Lacrosse defensive player is out for the season after a near-fatal car accident on March 8. Robert Gilman III, a second-year business administration student, his parents and brother were headed out for pizza when the accident occurred. Gilman, who was in the hospital for 12...
Student athlete excels on court, academically
Alexandra Radovic, Editor-in-Chief
April 1, 2019
Filed under Sports, Student Spotlight
As a junior and senior at South River High School, Sarah Healy sat on the bench game after game as she watched her friends crowd the giant Seahawk logo, in center court, to fire shots at the basketball hoop. It wasn’t until she became a Riverhawk, Healy said, that she flourished on the court. “In...
Coach Makell
Arianna Beers, Sports Editor
April 1, 2019
AACC Women’s Basketball head coach Lionel Makell won the NJCAA’s 2019 Coach of the Year award for Division III District G. Makell, who graduated from AACC in 1984, has coached for 30 years—six of them at AACC. “I’m honored to have [received the award], but without those six girls in the...
Men’s Basketball season round-up
Arianna Beers, Sports Editor
March 27, 2019
AACC’s Men’s Basketball lost the Division III District Championships this season, but they are keeping high spirits in anticipation for next season. The Riverhawks, who ended the season with an 11-16 record, finished off their playoff run with a 88-76 loss against Sandhills Community College from...
Women’s bball loses 3rd tournament game
Chance Iheoma, Photo Editor
March 17, 2019
Filed under Front Page, Showcase, Sports
AACC Women’s Basketball lost its final game in the NJCAA Division III Tournament on Saturday. The team left the three-day Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, tournament with three losses and no wins. The 101-77 loss on Saturday against University of Connecticut: Avery Point came during the Riverhawks’...
Women’s basketball loses 2nd tournament game
Chance Iheoma, Photo Editor
March 15, 2019
Filed under Front Page, Showcase, Sports
After a tough loss to Hostos Community College in the first round of the NJCAA Division III National Tournament on Thursday, AACC Women’s Basketball lost to Hibbing Community College on Friday with a score of 100-60. Hostos, the defending champion, will play in this year’s championship game on...
Women’s Basketball loses first round in nationals, players keep spirits high
Chance Iheoma, Photo Co-Editor
March 14, 2019
Filed under Sports
AACC’s Women’s Basketball lost the first round in the NJCAA Division III National Championships against Hostos Community College today. The Riverhawks played the defending champions, the Hostos Community College Caimans from NY at the National Championships in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with a final...
“We’re All Brothers”: LAX Coach, captains rally around hospitalized teammate
Philip Van Slooten, Daily Reporter
March 14, 2019
Filed under Breaking News, Front Page, News, Showcase, Sports
Last Friday AACC Lacrosse player Robert Gilman, barely survived a major car accident. Despite arriving in critical condition, the Lacrosse team visited Gilman on Tuesday and report he and his family, who were also injured, are recovering and in good spirits. “Rob’s a solid player and a better...
