Sports



Men’s soccer advances to quarterfinals

By Jeremy Petty | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler College men’s soccer team rolled through their opponents this past weekend in a tough two-game stretch. Their first game of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional tournament was played against Lees-McRae on Friday, Nov. 11 in South Carolina. Flagler scored a golden goal in overtime that gave them the 2-1 victory.

Flagler then played their next game on Sunday against Mars Hill College in the Southeast Regional final. The outcome wasn’t nearly as close as their previous game. Flagler took control from the beginning and didn’t stop until the end.


Theme nights prove to be huge success

By Eric Albury | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Many may scoff at the theme-flavored events for home games presented by the Flagler Athletics Department, claiming they are silly and don’t do much for the sport.

But that is not the case. These events have dramatically improved the games for players and fans alike.


Freshman cross country runners discuss season

By Don Stewart | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Last Saturday, the Flagler College men’s cross country team wrapped up their season with a strong performance at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals, finishing 13th out of 24 teams.

It has been a trying season for the Saints, battling injuries and adjusting to a new coach, but the team stuck together.


Pavements to Somewhere

By Alex Bonus

Photo by Nate Hill

I’ve crossed the finish line, but this crowd is unfamiliar.   My surroundings, unexpected.  Until now, it was a place I’d only dreamt about, and this is not what I predicted.

My cross-country season is over.  Practices have ceased.  My races are done.  Like so many other senior athletes — and like generations of athletes who have come before me — my status as a student-athlete has effectively come to an end.

I’ve wondered about this day for years.  How I would feel?  How I would cope?  It’s the evitable finish to a 4-year race that, before today, was obscure and insubstantial, existing only in my mind as a quietly ignored but perpetually imminent mystery.


Florida quarterback talks about Georgia upset

By Don Stewart | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Florida vs. Georgia football game, formerly known as “the world’s largest outdoor cocktail party”, has taken place every year since 1992 on the last weekend of October.

Many Flagler College students make the 45-minute trek up i95 to experience something Flagler can’t offer, college football game day’s and all of the festivities that go along with them.


Flagler’s women head volleyball coach resigns

By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Flagler College women’s head volleyball Coach Taylor Mott has announced her resignation, effective at the end of the year. Mott and her family will relocate to Tennessee where her husband, Brian, has taken a job.


Men’s soccer team advances to PBC Semifinals

By Eric Albury | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Eric Albury

The Saints advanced to the semifinals of the Peach Belt Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 1, after shutting out USC Aiken 4-0.

Flagler College remains 3-0 in Peach Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals since joining the league in 2009.

After a scoreless first half, Eammon Murphy scored the first goal off of a lofted pass from Johan Bergfeld, slamming it into the bottom right corner of the goal.