Sports

The Loyola Greyhounds men’s basketball team are taking their talents to Brooklyn…for one game.

On December 28th, the Hounds will take on former MAAC rivals, Fairfield, in Brooklyn, NY at the Barclays Center.

The game is part of the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival, hosted at the home of the Brooklyn Nets, and presented by Honda.

The Barclays Center is the home of the NBA team, the Brooklyn Nets, as well as the venue of many big concerts and events. And now, it is a destination for the Hounds.

The Loyola Women’s Soccer team emerged victorious in the “Battle of Baltimore,” improving to 4-4 on the season.

The Hounds battled against Mount St. Mary’s University and Towson University this weekend, coming out of both games with a victory.

Loyola kicked off the weekend with a 1-0 win over Towson on Saturday at home, then finished off the weekend strong with a 2-0 win over Mount St. Mary’s on Sunday at Towson.

The double shutout-win weekend couldn’t have come at a better time for the Hounds, as they pulled themselves back to a .500 record just before the start of the conference season.

Hey there! Interested in being a Division-1 athlete?

Look no further than the men’s and women’s rowing teams. The teams are looking for students of all levels of experience, ranging from first-timer to die-hard rower.

The members of the squads will be available for information on Wednesday, September 17th at Ridley Athletic Complex during the home soccer game. And the final information session will be in the Athletics Film Room in the basement of the Student Center on Friday, September 19th.

The teams have had a lot of success in recent years thanks to their inclusion of rowers of all skill levels and experiences.

If you are in any way interested, come to the information session on the 19th or email Head Coach Al Ramirez at aramirez@loyola.edu.

Loyola soccer is officially through one full season as part of the Patriot League, and changes are already in order. Both the men’s soccer coach, Mark Mettrick, and women’s soccer coach, Katherine Remy Vettori, will not have their contracts renewed and will not be back at Loyola next year.

The men finished the 2013 season with a conference record of 2-6-1 and an overall record of 7-8-2. The women were about the same in terms of conference play, going 1-6-2 in conference play, but struggled outside the conference as well, going 2-11-4 overall.