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By 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 […]
Read moreBy: Carl Stoffers Two years removed from a New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship, the Kean football team headed into this season with something to prove after a 2012 campaign that saw the Cougars register a mediocre third place finish. Head coach Dan Garrett, already the most successful coach in school history, will look to extend his streak of seven straight […]
Read moreBy Annalise Knudson Being diagnosed with a physical disability at a young age has not stopped Caitlin Goerlich from devoting more time and effort to the sports she loves to play. Track and field, table tennis, archery and fencing are just a few of the sports that Goerlich, junior, has been participating in for the past 14 years. Pursuing these sports has taught […]
Read moreBy Dan Canova Luke Sussex went from waking up to the Big Ben Clock Tower in Westminster, Eng- land to attending class at Kean University and seeing Kean’s version of the Clock Tower in the heart of campus. The difference? About a couple hundred feet. “I came to the United States to do something different with my life,” Sussex said. […]
Read moreBy Raymond Gurbisz Following a terrific 2012- 2013 season, which included winning the 2013 Skyline Conference Championship and fin- ishing with an impressive 26-8 record overall, the Kean Univer- sity men’s volleyball team will once again look to dominate on the court, this time under new head coach Charlie Ginex. With the recent promotion of Ginex to head coach, former […]
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By Mak Ojutiku Coming off a 9-11 season last year, the expectations for the 2013 Kean University Men’s soccer team may have been mixed. In a preseason NJAC coaches pre season poll, the Cougars were picked to finish 7th in their conference. In spite of that or perhaps even because of that their play this season so far has been […]
Read moreIn the 39th round of the 2013 MLB Draft, the St. Louis Cardinals selected New Jersey Athletic Conference Athlete of the Year and Kean University pitcher Kevin Herget. Herget becomes the sixth Cougars player to get drafted by a major-league team. This puts the cherry on top of a fantastic season. Although the Cougars lost in straight games in the […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports The Kean University baseball team was on a mission. After getting ousted in the New Jersey Athletic Conference championship, the Cougars were more determined to bounce back as the No. 1 seed in the Mid-Atlantic Regional and win it all to advance to the College Baseball World Series. It took the Cougars an extra day but […]
Read moreBy Ryan Gaydos @KUTowerSports Senior Kevin Herget tossed one of the most important games of the year. In a complete game, Herget struck out eight batters allowing two runs on nine hits and picked up his ninth win of the season 4-2 against Keystone College. The win keeps the Cougars undefeated in the regionals and puts them into the championship […]
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