Earlier in the season, VSU head coach Kiley Hill said college basketball is a marathon, not a sprint. With that said, Hill and his Lady Blazers have paced themselves to a 7-8 record to this point, which includes a .500 record in conference play. Now with heart of conference play facing the Lady Blazers, Hill and his team know this ...
Read More »Blazers riding two-game losing skid
The Blazers played a breathtaking double overtime game last Saturday against the ninth-ranked Alabama-Huntsville Chargers in the VSU Complex. The game resulted in an 81-77 loss in this top 25 showdown and an overall 14-4 record. After going all the way to the Elite Eight in the Division II NCAA Tournament last season, VSU graduated seven seniors and left head ...
Read More »Blazers host Loop Pizza Grill Classic this weekend
From staff reports The VSU men’s basketball team stands with an overall 5-2 record after downing Albany State and Columbus State last week. The Blazers will host the Loop Pizza Grill Classic this weekend at the P.E. Complex. They will host Lynn on Friday night and Nova Southeastern on Saturday night. Both games are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ...
Read More »Road struggles continue for Lady Blazers
In college basketball, it is common that young, inexperienced teams initially have problems playing on the road. So far this season, that is true for the VSU Lady Blazers. The Lady Blazers started the season with an 0-2 record on the road, averaging just 43 points per game. And on Wednesday night, the Lady Blazers early season road woes ...
Read More »Dykes closes chapter at VSU
There are not many things left in Frank Dykes’ office. There is a half empty coke bottle and a few VSU football t-shirts, but besides that, the office that sits in the corner of the football field house is pretty bare and empty.
Read More »Kuech gains family in tennis
VSU finished second last year at the NCAA tournament (Michael would tell you that they should have won), and the chance for redeeming that loss will elude him as he prepares to graduate in December. Michael Kuech–‘Meeshy’ to teammates and close friends– is in his last semester at VSU and thus can’t help the highly-ranked Blazer tennis team compete ...
Read More »VSU, UNA meet in first round of playoffs.
This Saturday, the VSU Blazers begin their push for their third national championship since 2004, when they host Gulf South Conference rival North Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.
Read More »New Blazer Gilbert stands above the competition
This season the VSU basketball team has an asset not many others can call their own. A man that can stand eye to eye with Shaquille O’Neil. Reginald Gilbert, a junior criminal justice major, stands at 7 feet and only an inch below Shaq’s listed height of 7 foot-1-inch. Gilbert transferred to VSU from Daytona State College after playing ...
Read More »VSU contemplates implementing another women’s sports program
The Athletic Department has been working to bring more women’s sports teams to VSU. “Our goal is to test VSU against other institutions,” President Dr. Patrick J. Schloss said. “VSU is 63 percent female. We don’t share the same ratio of female opportunities in sports.” Dr. Schloss and VSU Athletic Director Herb Reinhardt have been working to give male and ...
Read More »Blazers excel with 3-pointers
Last season, the VSU men’s basketball team mastered all kinds of ways to win basketball games. So far this season, the new-look Blazers are relying heavily on 3-point shooting to get them wins. After falling to Saint Leo last Friday night in their season opener, the Blazers put together wins on Saturday and Tuesday night over No. 17 Rollins College, ...
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