Sports

Saints seek consistency

Men’s basketball looks to Dixon, Ferguson, Pietkiewicz to lead
By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo contributed by John Jordan

The Flagler College men’s basketball team is learning by doing. In the first year of Peach Belt Conference play, the Saints are 7-6 overall and 2-2 in the conference.

The heart of the season is still to come.



Mustard Stains: Saints duke it out with Embry-Riddle in basketball

By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Ben Matthews

The entire arena smelt of sweat, cheap deodorant and spilt mustard. The crowd was whipped into a frenzy as the ball smashed through the net – a slam dunk! Fans cheered all around the stadium, both insults and whooping joy. The basketball game between Flagler College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University on Dec. 2 was heated and exciting for all parties involved.


Campus watches volleyball match live via webcast

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle
PHOTO CAPTION: Students, faculty and staff watch the Volleyball match in the student center.

Flagler College Sports Information Director John Jordan wishes he had thought of projecting live-streaming athletic events for the campus community before the National NCAA Division II Volleyball tournament.




VIDEO: Cops and firefighters face off for cause

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photo courtesy Jennifer Wells
Video by Caroline Young and Michael Newberger
Music contributed by Waiting on Brian

PHOTO CAPTION: Ralph and Malik Hicks and Destiny Brooks stand with members of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

Boys and Girls Club board member Allen Bohl is one the masterminds behind the first “Local Heroes Basketball Battle.”
Members of St. Johns County Fire Rescue and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office went head to head on Nov. 14 in a basketball game at the Flagler Gymnasium to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club.


Saints continue Cinderella season

By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Mike Slade

PHOTO CAPTION: Flagler College’s Meg Weathersby blocks against Armstrong Atlantic’s Kathrin Standhardinger en route to the regional championship game. The Saints won the regional championship against Wingate and are headed to the national tournament.

The No. 2 Flagler College Saints won the Division II Southeast Regionals with a convincing 3-1 win over No. 1 Wingate University.


Volleyball team surges into NCAA Regional tournament

By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Photo caption: Flagler College volleyball head coach Taylor Mott wins the Peach Belt Conference “Coach of the Year” award. Mott will lead the Saints in a match against No. 7 Lees-McRae College Bobcats on Friday in Wingate, N.C. at the NCAA Division II tournament.

The Flagler College volleyball team ranks No. 2 in the region heading into the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional tournament.

The Saints finished the regular season at the top of the Peach Belt Conference and won the PBC tournament. The team is riding a 25-match winning streak into the Regional competition.