Triton’s rugby team showed heart and grit defeating Division 1 The University of Cincinnati in the annual Tropical 7s tournament April 7-9 in Tampa. Unfortunately, they didn't have the same success against the club from Division 1 University of Alabama. Eckerd competed against teams from a…
Tampa Bay Rowdies must have been named after the fans. Al Lang Stadium, the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, pollutes the spring Saturday night air with yellow and green cheers.
Memphis Grizzlies point guard and 2019-20 NBA Rookie of the year Ja Morant announced he would step down after brandishing a gun on Instagram live in a Denver strip club early in March.
The University of Connecticut Huskies beat the San Diego State University Aztecs 76-59 Monday in Houston to win their fifth NCAA basketball championship in twenty-four years
To get your name on the elite Triton blue banner that lists Eckerd College rugby’s “Century Club,” you must score 100 points during your Triton career.
As the post season approaches, Eckerd women’s basketball team has concluded its regular season breaking records in the process.
“When I think about Eckerd College, I think about Bill Butter,” Andrew Boyle, a 2020 graduate, said.
On Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, the Philadelphia Eagles, who were last seen in the 2018 Super Bowl defeating the Patriots way back when Tom Brady was theirs, lost against the Kansas City Chiefs, whose last Super Bowl appearance was also against Tom Brady, but in 2021 while he wore a Buccanee…
The 2022-23 volleyball regular season comes to a close Nov. 13 with playoffs around the corner. This close-knit group of players has ambitions of reaching the Final Four after a stellar season with a record of 24-6.
On a cold Sunday night, a few students spread across the bleachers at Johnson Field, sharing blankets and cheering on 10 intramural flag football teams.
The Triton's 2022-23 season has kicked off and Eckerd Athletics has brought new faces to the coaching staff, introducing seven new coaches
With the 2022-23 Eckerd’s men’s basketball season beginning on Nov. 19, fans are sure to recognize both new and returning faces. Senior forward, #34 Marcus Marrufo, will be stepping onto the court after years of hard work and persistence. Among the returners is #4, senior guard Dante Love, w…
The Eckerd College basketball teams’ first home games of the season are both on Nov. 19 in the McArthur Gymnasium. The teams kicked off this season at the 2022 Triton Tip-Off on the night of Oct. 7. The event hosted competitions for fans to participate in and win prizes, such as a half-court…
In a short announcement on the Tritons’ website titled, “Fotopoulos Steps Down as Women's Soccer Head Coach” made at 11:22 a.m. on Aug. 8, Assistant Director of Athletics Amanda Green reported the resignation of Danielle Fotopoulos from her position after 12 years with the Tritons, “effectiv…
On March 1, the Eckerd College Women’s Basketball team held strong against no. 6 seeded Nova Southeastern University in the first round of the Sunshine State Conference playoffs, finishing with a score of 81-66. The team will advance to the semi-finals to play Florida Southern College in Lak…
Wednesday, Feb. 2 marked the 36 annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, the celebration is meant to inspire women and girls everywhere to be active and realize their true potential.
At the end of October, Eckerd’s cheer team held tryouts and got back on track to normalcy for the first time since the pandemic. Their first performance was featured at the GO Pavillion on Nov. 6 to begin the Triton-Tip Off, an annual event that introduces each season’s basketball players to…
Out of the nine players on Eckerd College’s Women’s Basketball team, only two are domestic students. The other seven are international students, all hailing from different countries: Austria, Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark, France, Iceland and England.
On Oct. 4, both men’s and women’s rugby were officially able to resume practicing full contact, meaning no more tackling limitations for the first time since March 2020. They have resumed concussion testing and must wear mouthguards to practice, both of which were not required the previous y…
The Eckerd Women’s Basketball team consists of nine players, one of whom may be injured for the start of the season on November 3. They have won three conference championships and participated in five national tournaments under the coaching of Paul Honsinger, who graduated from Eckerd Colleg…
2020 put athletics and the world on pause. Eckerd students helped out their own way, and as of September 10, 2021, 90% of the campus is vaccinated to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With more of the campus vaccinated, this opens up the opportunity for campus life to return to normal and incl…
Crediting college athletics as a “commitment” would be an understatement. Between practices, games and the requirement of acceptable academic performance, it’s safe to say that those who devote their collegiate years towards sports have a lot on their plate. Eckerd’s student athletes’ notice…
Lara Dallman-Weiss is just one example that hard work and perseverance pays off, sometimes in pretty huge ways. Dallman-Weiss and her Olympic teammate, Nikki Barnes, have been training nonstop in preparation for an event that very few sailing teams have done.
After an abrupt end to their spring 2020 season, the women’s and men’s tennis teams were two of five sports teams allowed to practice and compete at Eckerd this year. The men’s tennis team began competing on March 5 and the women’s team on March 9. The men finished the season with an overall…
Eckerd’s beloved sense of competition and school spirit was hit hard when the pandemic cancelled all sports. The school’s ritual of sitting sideline as rugby games were played on Kappa Field has since become a memory, or so we thought.
There is nothing stronger than a bond of friendship through the respect and hard work of sports. This is exactly the case with the head coaches of the Eckerd’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball.
Since an abrupt end to their spring 2020 season, the beach volleyball team is one of five sports allowed to practice and compete at Eckerd this year along with women’s and men’s tennis and women’s and men’s golf. The beach volleyball team began competing on Feb. 27 winning their first match …
Shortly after graduating from Eckerd in 1979, Bill Perkins joined a management training program for Allstate and struggled with his new job. He wasn’t convinced this was what he should be doing. Looking for guidance, Perkins came back to Eckerd to talk to Coach Jim Harley about what he was g…
On June 12, 2020 a video titled “Blame the Oppressor @kaybaeparker [Kayla Parker] @_therealjkb [Jaquayla Baker] @Kaptainplantit [Lance Kearse]” was posted on Instagram by Eckerd Alum Lance Kearse. The video included stories of discrimination and racism they experienced during their time as …
On Aug. 14, the Athletic Diversity Action Committee (ADAC) was introduced in an athletic department town hall. The committee’s main focus is to establish, through action, Eckerd Athletics as a place where racism is not tolerated.
After winning the Sunshine State Conference Tournament, the women’s basketball team set out in early March to compete in the NCAA tournament. When the tournament was canceled and Eckerd announced the closure of dorms, the team realized their successful season was cut short and they would hav…
On March 18, ‘09 Eckerd alumnus John Fletcher’s promotion to head coach of the men’s soccer team was announced.
Behind each great modern athlete is a team of professionals helping with injuries and caring for their wellbeing.
The Spartans held first place in the conference until the Tritons defeated them 76-69, and captured the second Sunshine State Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship in program history.
Madison Dilgard from Ashland, Ohio, completed her senior season with the women’s soccer team in November 2019. She thought this would be her last time wearing teal and white on an official field again, but she was wrong. On Feb. 2, Dilgard had the opportunity to suit up once again but to her…
Eckerd’s scholarship sports are part of the NCAA’s Division II. Division II schools rely on a “partial-scholarship model,” which means that the budgets are designed so that athletes will, in most cases, only receive some athletics-based financial aid for their expenses—making it very rare fo…
Senior Katherine Porter spent around two years preparing to stand amongst 504 world champion level sailors, from 25 different countries and six different continents in the Hobie 16 World Championships.
Known for bringing Triton spirit to sporting events all over campus, Eckerd’s cheer team, the Stingrays, had a rough start to their 2019 season season, from injuries to administrative pushback.
This monday, both Eckerd’s men’s and women’s basketball teams had their home debut against The University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez at the McArthur Center.
This year athletes take new forms of drug tests in the Sports Medicine Department’s attempt to make drug testing a quicker and more fair process. Changes include new saliva tests and computer-randomized selection.
As Women’s Sailing concluded their fall conference schedule this past weekend, the Coed team will wrap up their fall season at the SAISA Coed Championship in Atlanta, Georgia and ICSA Collegiate Match Race Nationals in Marblehead, Massachusetts on Nov. 2-3.
Beginning during the spring 2019 semester, Eckerd Athletics, Tandem Construction, Sweet Sparkman Architects and a variety of Eckerd’s donors set out to renovate Eckerd’s oldest building, the McArthur Gymnasium.
Eckerd Women’s Rugby defeated the USF Women’s Rugby team on Saturday, Oct. 6 with an win of 78-15 in their friendly home opener. The fans showed up on the hot fall day as the ladies started the season off with a bang.
Eckerd men’s soccer team held a lead against No. 12 Francis Marion of South Carolina until the 85th minute of the match on Saturday, Sept. 28. Neither team was able to secure the golden goal in double overtime leading to a 1-1 draw.
For student athletes, focusing on the physical demands of a sport can overshadow mental wellness and body recovery. Through adding mindful performance yoga in their training, athletes can find mental clarity through body movement in order to prevent injury and increase their endurance capabi…
Laila Forstmane spent four hours everyday for a month this summer training for a major golf competition in her home country, Latvia. After competing and placing 15th at the Finnish Amateur Championship on Aug. 10, Forstmane returned to Latvia to win the Latvia Open at Ozo Golf Club in Riga o…
On Wednesday, Aug. 21, the Eckerd men’s soccer team hit the road to take on the University of South Florida’s team in their first preseason game of the 2019 season. The Tritons played a strong game but they were unable to recover from a goal scored by USF in the final minutes, causing them t…
As some may already know, Eckerd students have the opportunity to take free yoga classes around campus through our Campus Activities program. The classes, run by first-years Avery Palmer and Aleeza Kropf, have been growing in popularity as Fitness Center Head Tyler Petrotta continues to expa…
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