By MONTE DUTTON (PC photo) Click here. At the introduction of Presbyterian College’s new women’s basketball coach, it wouldn’t have been much different if the people there had gathered for Thanksgiving. Players, even some who won’t be around next year, filed in. Quinton Ferrell and staff were represented. Steve Englehart, the head football coach, was …
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Wide-eyed Blue Hose keep miracle alive
(PC photo) Click here. COLUMBIA – The Blue Hose led all night long with their backs to a wall. Presbyterian College, the smallest school, 8-8 in the Big South Conference, surprise tournament champion, defeated Sacred Heart, 49-42, for not only the first NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament (First Four) victory but in the first game. Ever. …
Blue Hose to face daughters of Pioneers
By MONTE DUTTON Tilda Sjokvist (4) (PC photo) Click here. What it mainly was on the YouTube live feed was heartwarming. Right now, on the likely eve of destruction, Presbyterian College is proud of its women’s basketball team. Alaura Sharp was sitting right where she always wanted to be, coaching a team in the NCAA …
Blue Hose Blurbs: Impossible Dream gets more so
(PC photo) Click here. The Big South women’s basketball champion is preparing for greener pastures but thick, long grass that is going to be difficult and likely impossible impossible to penetrate. Still, the opportunity is unprecedented. PC has never won a championship before. Click here. Presbyterian College is holding a watch party on Sunday at …
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Blue Hose dream the Impossible Dream
Bryanna Brady had the game of her career. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. – Presbyterian College are going to women’s basketball’s Big Dance. They may not dance for long, but the Blue Hose are going to sally forth to the hardwood floor. PC has never won a Big South tournament … until …
Battlin’ Blue Hose women playing for Big South title
(Big South photo) Click here. HIGH POINT, N.C. -- On Saturday, Presbyterian College went where it has never been before. The Big South finals. The Blue Hose (19-14) ousted top-seeded High Point (20-11) on its home court, Qubein Center, by a score of 59-50, in the Hercules Tires Big South Championships. Led by Tilda Sjokvist …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: PC women advance in High Point
Tilda Sjokvist (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Presbyterian won its first-round tournament game for the first time in women's basketball since 2017. The Blue Hose eliminated Charleston Southern, a thorn in their side in the rgular season. A bevy of women's wrestlers are off to the national championship. Softball has a busy weekend in Florida. …
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Furmanology: UNCG takes down Paladin women
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The women's basketball bracket at the Southern Conference tournament in Asheville, N.C., was a brief encounter for Furman. The Paladins won their women's tennis match over North Florida in Jacksonville. A Furman runner is competing at the NCAA Meet in Boston. The start was moved up a day for women's …
Furmanology: Four Furman women earn SoCon hoops recognition
(Furman graphic) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Tuesday was a busy day in the Furman athletics department. The Paladins earned All-Southern Conference decorations in women’s basketball, produced quality performances in men’s and women’s golf, North Carolina overpowered Furman in softball, and women’s tennis lost the first match in its spring-break trip to Florida. Four Furman women’s basketball players, three …
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Paladins scatter Terriers in disarray
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman beat Wofford in something. That is an inaccurate and overwrought observation, particularly from the possessor of a Furman degree, but the Paladins’ 64-51 women’s basketball upset of the Terriers at Timmons Arena sure came in handy, given recent Wofford victories in football and women’s basketball. In point of fact, Furman leads …
Nightrider's Lament 