Written by Ace Espenshied The Valdosta State baseball team is beginning to play some of its best baseball heading into this weekend’s series against rival West Georgia. After starting Gulf South Conference play 0-5, the Blazers now find themselves at 3-6 in the Conference, recently winning two out of three against conference leader West Alabama. Heading into this weekend’s ...
Read More »Back in red and black
Written by Dowling Payne Valdosta State this past season was an especially exceptional one as they brought the National Championship title back home to Titletown. Not only will the team be coming back strong to keep the title, but also will have the addition of two previous players who were out last season. Both stand out players, Griffin Roelle ...
Read More »Meet Juliana Boehm
Written by Ritsuki Miyazaki Meet Juliana Boehm, a VSU tennis player and cross country runner. She was born in Sochi, Russia, and grew up in Mannheim, Germany. Her accomplishments include being named one of the Gulf South Conference Runners of the Week in 2012. Even in the middle of the season, Boehm continues to bring a positive ...
Read More »VSU softball team to host rivals UWG and Shorter this weekend
Written by D.J. Davis While students hit the road toward their spring break destinations, the Blazers will be tending to some business against Gulf South Conference foe West Georgia and conference newcomer Shorter this weekend. No.1 VSU goes into the weekend with a 7-3 conference record; with a pair of double headers with against rivals, the Blazers are looking ...
Read More »Blazer baseball torches Saints
Written by Alex Tostado The Valdosta State baseball team (10-10) avenges an early season loss to Flagler College (9-14) after beating the Saints 6-3 Wednesday night at Billy Grant Field The Saints beat VSU back on Feb. 6. in St. Augustine but in the second meeting this season, the Blazers got the bats going early scoring four runs ...
Read More »Public ring sale angers players
Written by Eric Jackson A business partnership between the VSU athletic department and Jostens Inc. has left many members of the recently crowned national champion football team feeling bitter. VSU Athletics and Jostens Inc. are offering the public the opportunity to purchase several different memorabilia jewelry items, including an authentic Division II national championship ring. The ring available to ...
Read More »Men’s tennis looks to improve in upcoming matches on the road
Written by Alex Tostado The VSU men’s tennis team hit the road for one of the most important weekends of the regular reason. In the last four matches, the Blazers have squared off against four of the country’s top 10 teams. That includes top-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State University and rival Barry University. The Blazers lost all four of those ...
Read More »Blazers lose heartbreaker in GSC tournament championship
Birmingham, Ala. – Senior Blazer guard Shaquille Harris’s contested potential overtime forcing three-pointer clanked off front-rim as time expired. Just like the game’s final shot, VSU came up short in its quest for a first Gulf South Conference Tournament Championship title, falling 65-62 to second seeded Christian Brothers at the Pete Hanna Center on the campus of Samford University Sunday evening. ...
Read More »Blazers advance to GSC championship title game
Birmingham, Ala.- The Blazers aren’t ready to go home yet. Valdosta State advances to the Gulf South Conference championship title game after defeating top seeded Alabama-Huntsville 76-68 in the semi-finals round at the Pete Hanna Center on the campus of Samford University Saturday night. For VSU, the third time was the charm. The entered the game 0-2 against the Chargers ...
Read More »Lady Blazers heading home early; NCAA tournament berth uncertain
Birmingham Ala. – Despite the Lady Blazers’ best efforts in the second half, VSU couldn’t overcome a 25 point deficit at halftime as they got knocked out early in the Gulf South Conference Tournament with a 90-79 loss to Alabama Huntsville. UAH was led by Gulf South Conference player of the year honoree Jasmine Hammon scoring 26 points and grabbed ...
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