By Jeffrey Batt | gargoyle@flagler.edu Not often as a freshman do you get the chance to start in a collegiate soccer game. Well, that rare moment became a reality for Flagler freshman soccer player, Annie Breen. Breen’s moment came when veteran midfielder Cassie Fernandez…
Senior volleyball player Amelia Morgan is a Flagler College athlete with a story that tells us how exactly she ended up playing in crimson and gold. Morgan’s decision to come to St. Augustine was not her idea, but more her dad’s and the fact that her parents always came here for a special celebration.
By Wesley Wilcox | gargoyle@flagler.edu Our town. Our team. That is the phrase that describes the relationship the city of St. Augustine has with Flagler College Athletics. Being an NCAA Division II school in the Peach Belt Conference, one of the most competitive conferences in…
By Jeffrey Batt | gargoyle@flagler.edu Tara Savisky began her journey in elementary school, a time when most kids begin playing sports. A native of Oakdale, Pennsylvania, she originally played soccer and danced, but was introduced to volleyball by…
There is more than meets the eye though when it comes to Flagler volleyball senior Ashley Lechleidner Rodriguez, who was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Jacksonville at a young age where she played volleyball at Ponte Vedra High School. Out of high school she attended Florida State College of Jacksonville and played for the Blue Wave for two seasons. While at FSCJ Rodriguez pulled off the unthinkable setting a school record with 624 digs in her sophomore season.
Everbank Field — After being on the road for three straight weeks, the Jaguars were back in town to take on divisional rival, Houston Texans. After scoring 31 points last week, the team was likely coming in confident, but with a fierce Texans defense in town, they faced a glimpse of reality.
At the age of 11, Shea Hamilton had her first chance at trying out for her school’s junior varsity volleyball team. Unfortunately, she was one of the few girls not picked to join the team. Ever since that rejection, she has used it as motivation to look forward to success, which includes a jaw-dropping spike she uses today.
For English tennis player Kelly Burgis, the move from the United Kingdom to the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga., turned out to be a big culture shock. Since transferring to Flagler, Burgis said she has fallen in love with the Nation’s Oldest City and is thrilled to hit the courts for her new colors.
By Will Sandman | gargoyle@flagler.edu In an age of boxers and not fighters, it’s rare to see classic knockouts. The bone chilling, eye popping, haymaker shots that boxing fans pay their hard earned money to see are being replaced by smarter, quicker boxers. Not…
Losing a home opener to start off a season that was arguably filled with the highest expectations in recent memory isn’t easy, but that changed when the women’s volleyball team fell to Sioux Falls. While most programs would re-evaluate and think about what kind of season lied ahead, Coach Matt Affolder and his seniors charged into the Flagler Invite where they defeated every team put in front of them decisively.