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By Ryan Gaydos In her first year as Kean Women’s Basketball head coach, Mandy King came into a situation with the daunting task of keeping the team above water after the NCAA hit the basketball team with a postseason ban for the 2012-13 and four years of probation. The team also had to forfeit 24 wins in the 2011-12 season […]
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By Ryan Gaydos The Kean University Men’s Basketball team had a less than stellar 2012-13 season after coming off a run in the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament at the end of 2012. The Cougars finished 7-18 and failed to make the conference tournament but the team is looking to get back there this season. The Cougars return last year’s […]
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By: Mak Ojutiku The regular season for all of Kean University’s Fall sports programs are just about finished. It’s been a long season for most of the teams. Here’s a look into how our teams have shaped up so far. HOT: Women’s Volleyball The Women’s Volleyball team have been playing some very important games in the past few weeks. Of […]
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By: Ray Gurbisz At the beginning of the 2013 season, Kean record-holder and former star tennis player Jodi Valenti was named the new head coach of the Kean University women’s tennis team. A resident of Garfield, New Jersey, Valenti grew up and attended Garfield High School, located in Bergen County. It was there that she got her athletic career started. […]
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By: Carl Stoffers Head football coach Dan Garrett arrived at Kean in 2006 and promptly turned the lackluster program into a powerhouse, winning two ECAC Southeast Bowl titles and an NJAC Championship. His arrival marked the first of seven straight non-losing seasons in Union, a streak that will come to an end this year. His team entered 2013 campaign with […]
Read moreBy Raymond Gurbisz Field Hockey-Hot The Kean field hockey team has been making quite a lot of noise this season, as the team has gone undefeated in its last five games. The team now sports an impressive 13-1 record, after dropping its first game of the season in a 1-0 loss to a tough opponent in The College of New Jersey on […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos At the age of 18-years-old, it is hard to imagine yourself to be physically unable to perform on the field in a sport that you love. For senior Ryan Critti, that is what he was told senior year at Mater Dei High School, in Middletown, N.J., after suffering four concussions and two reconstructive shoulder surgeries 11 months apart. Critti lost […]
Read moreBy Gerald Lima After a losing record of 9-11 last year, the Men’s soccer team was determined to come back stronger this season. Head Coach Tony Ochrimenko, who is a five time coach of the year, is looking to improve this season. However, he believes the team’s season could be slipping away. The Cougars are looking at a record of 8-5 more […]
Read moreBy Carl Stoffers The Kean University football program has endured adversity in the past. The program suffered decades of mediocrity before it shed its losing image after being turned around by head coach Dan Garrett. Now, with the Cougars in the basement of the New Jersey Athletic Conference standings with a 1-4 record, Garrett isn’t ready to throw in the towel. “We’ve got […]
Read moreBy Matthew Brittain It’s a beautiful sunny day in the middle of summer. The temperature is in the 80s and there is a nice swift breeze. Why not jump out of a plane? In the 1700s Bill Booth invented a three-ring release safety device, which allows a skydiver to cut away from a malfunctioning parachute and be able to deploy the backup […]
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