James McNally’s sixth double-double this season led #15 Franklin & Marshall to a 69-63 victory over Muhlenberg in a Centennial Conference (CC) men’s basketball game Monday evening. The game marked the second time in six days that the top-two teams in the CC played each other, with F&M winning both. The win gives the Diplomats (18-3, 12-2 CC) a two-game cushion in the conference with four games remaining in the regular season.
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Mules Overcome Diplomats in Final Minute
The No. 19 Muhlenberg women’s basketball team went on a 6-0 run with 49 seconds remaining in regulation to seal a 55-61 victory over Franklin and Marshall in Centennial Conference action on Monday evening. The Mules improve to 17-3, 14-2 CC on the year, while the Diplomats fall to 9-12, 5-11 CC.
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Diplomats Close Weekend with Win
Franklin & Marshall downed #24 Hobart 9-0 on Sunday to salvage an otherwise disappointing weekend in Upstate New York. Following Friday night’s 8-1 loss to #3 Rochester, the #11 Diplomats fell 6-3 to #6 Cornell and 5-4 to #16 St. Lawrence.
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Diplomats Run Centennial Table… Again
On the strength of a 122-83 win at Gettysburg, Franklin & Marshall wrapped up its third consecutive season and 22nd consecutive Centennial Conference (CC) meet without a loss. F&M (6-2, 6-0 CC) won eight of 11 races with the Bullets’ (5-4, 4-2 CC) Matt Libby and a Diplomats’ disqualification breaking up an otherwise flawless afternoon.
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Women Finish Weekend with Consecutive Wins
Franklin & Marshall’s women’s squash team wrapped up a 2-1 weekend with a Sunday sweep of William Smith College. The #18 Diplomats (9-11) started the weekend with a 9-0 setback at the hands of #6 Cornell, but rallied for a 5-4 victory over #22 St. Lawrence and the 9-0 over the #24 Herons.
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Diplomats Dodge Bullets
Franklin & Marshall won six of the first eight races, but it was a win in the final race that halted Gettysburg’s Centennial Conference (CC) dual meet winning streak at 20. The Diplomats (7-2, 7-0 CC) 110-95 victory was F&M’s first over the Bullets (8-2, 6-1 CC) in dual competition since 2007, and marks Gettysburg’s first Centennial loss in their new natatorium. The win also left the Diplomats unscathed in CC competition this season.
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Snow Stops Games, Not Diplomats
After a week of hype that at times seemed to overpower the media blitz originating from South Florida, the heavily anticipated Snowpocalypse 2010 did not disappoint. The storm brought most of the region and the City of Lancaster to a grinding halt. WGAL TV reported that several PennDOT trucks became stuck in the snow overnight. None of it was enough to stop Franklin & Marshall’s athletic teams.
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Diplomats Dropped in Rochester
Franklin & Marshall started its buzz saw weekend with an 8-1 loss at #3 Rochester Friday evening. The#12 Diplomats (9-6) got a win at the top of the ladder, but fell in three in the subsequent matches with the #3 Yellowjackets (7-2).
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Diplomats Fall at Kutztown
Kutztown tied a program record for dual meet wins in a season with a 41-6 victory over Franklin & Marshall Thursday evening. The Golden Bears (15-3) captured six of the eight bouts contested and collected Diplomats’ (0-9-1) forfeits at 125 and 174.
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Olivia Hill Earns Diplomat of the Week
Olivia Hill won the first two individual races of the day, to help lead F&M over Dickinson, 116-84, on Saturday. Hill cruised to a win in the 1,000-yard free in 10:59.81. In the 200-yard freestyle, Hill collected the nine points in first, with a 2:02.29, edging out Dickinson's Sarah Boyd at 2:02.53
Nils Michaelis Named Diplomat of the Week
Nils Michaelis won the 55-meter dash, 55-meter hurdlers and the 200-meter on Saturday at the Coach I Open hosted by Franklin & Marshall. Michaelis finished the 55m in 6.78 and turned in a 7.91 in the hurdlers. He ran a 23.54 in the 200m.
