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Finlandia keeps the Sea Gulls at bay

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — SISU was the story of the game as the Finlandia University women’s basketball team (12-11) beat Salisbury (7-19) 72-60, Thursday night at the William M. Anderson Center. This was a Coast-To-Coast Conference Championship Quarterfinal. Finlandia came out blazing, getting to a 10-0 lead after six minutes.  Salisbury came back with an 18-3 run. That put the Sea Gulls up 18-13 with 7:26 left in the second quarter. After halftime, the game followed a familiar script. One team would get up by six or more points; the other squad would storm back to lead by six ...

Finlandia esports splits Wednesday

HANCOCK — Finlandia University Esports Rocket League and Overwatch were both in ECAC action, Wednesday night. Overwatch Roger Williams, L 0-3 (2-0, 3-0, 3-0) Game 1 Control on Ilios Finlandia started off with some control on the first point getting 37% before Roger Williams retook control. The Lions were able to put a stop to the Hawks before they scored the first point, getting up to 65% before RWU recaptured the point in round one.  Roger Williams kept their intensity into the second round taking full control. Game 2 Hybrid on Blizzard World The Hawks came out firing, securing ...

Finlandia softball opens season in Peoria

PEORIA, Ill. — The Finlandia Lions softball team (0-2) fell twice at the Blue Angel Dome Invite, Thursday night at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex. The Lions lost 11-1 to Mount Mary (2-0) and 19-0 to Dominican (Ill.) (2-0). Mount Mary Finlandia got a runner on base in the first and second innings, but were unable to bring them home. Mount Mary scored 10 runs in the second and fourth innings to seal the win. For Finlandia, senior Melanie Torres had two hits. Sophomore ShyAnn Vernam gave up eight hits, 11 runs with four earned, walked five and struck out one batter in five ...

Lions men grew throughout the course of the season

HANCOCK — While the Finlandia Lions men’s hockey team did come up short in their chase of a playoff spot in the NCHA Tournament, coach Joe Burcar felt that the team learned a lot along the way. He felt that the group grew over the course of the season, but that should not take away from ...

Bartle earns Coast-To-Coast recognition

HANCOCK — Junior Natalie Bartle cleaned up for the Finlandia University women’s basketball team on the Coast-To-Coast (C2C) All-Conference team. Members of the C2C are Christopher Newport, Finlandia, Mount Mary, Mary Washington, Pratt, Salisbury, UC Santa Cruz and Warren Wilson. Bartle was named to the All-C2C first team. In addition, she was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year and Player of the Year. Bartle has had an impressive first season for the Lions, averaging 21.41 points, 7.14 rebounds, 5.05 assists and 3.86 steals per game while shooting 80.4% from the line.  ...

Finlandia closes season on the road

MEQUON, Wis. — The Finlandia University women’s hockey team (0-16 NCHA, 0-25) lost 11-0 to Concordia (Wis.) (9-7 NCHA, 14-10-1), Saturday afternoon at the Ozaukee Ice Center. Senior Cassidy Becia had a shot on target blocked at the 1:41 mark of the first period.  Concordia drew first blood with 17:52 left. Finlandia had several strong scoring chances that just missed. The Falcons added a goal in the first period; then scored two in the first two minutes of the second period to seal the game. As a team, the Lions blocked 29 with five each from sophomore Samantha Eldridge and ...