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March 24, 2021 // By Maxwell Strauss

Montclair State Student Erin Blanchfield Continues to Work Towards Her MMA Dreams

On Feb. 7, 2020, inside a room before a mixed martial arts (MMA) fight, a fighter gets ready. She is one of three people with her coach and father alongside her. Instead of plugging her headphones or earbuds into her phone, she enjoys listening to the sound in the room. Eventually, Erin Blanchfield walks into the MMA cage located at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, and the fight begins. She wins by a second round knockout with punches after a head kick against Victoria Leonardo. “I talk...
March 7, 2021 // By Maxwell Strauss

Montclair State Football Season Preview

During the fall sports season, the biggest sporting event on campus, football, would usually take place most Saturdays at 1 p.m. at Sprague Field. This time, that was not the case. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused all sports at Montclair State to be halted until the spring of 2021. Football is one of those sports that normally takes place in the fall and has also become a part of the jampacked spring schedule. The season officially kicks off on March 13, as the Red Hawks will travel to...
March 4, 2020 // By Maxwell Strauss

Ollwerther Overcomes Anxiety and Grows Wiser Each Time He Steps Up to the Plate

The 2020 college baseball season is only two weekends in, and one of the standout players on the team this year is already recognized as junior and corner outfielder Andrew Ollwerther. He has a big role going into the season, and has been hitting cleanup and doing well at it. Head Coach Dave Lorber talked about Ollwerther in his first year coaching him. “I think [Ollwerther] as a player and a person go hand in hand,” Lorber said. “I think what stands out about him is his genuin...
February 5, 2020 // By Maxwell Strauss

Four Different Schools but the Basketball Court Is One Constant

Nate Nahirny’s game can be described as crafty, shifty, quick and shot-heavy. These are ways in which many small left-handed guards have been described before, and Nahirny is no exception. The six-foot-one-inch senior and finance/business double major is this year’s starting point guard on the Montclair State University men’s basketball team. Nahirny started playing basketball around five and six years old and it became his favorite sport in middle school. He played basketball for his high...
December 11, 2019 // By Maxwell Strauss

Men’s Basketball Improves Record to 5-2 in Home Opener

There was a lot of energy at Panzer Athletic Center on Saturday as the Montclair State University Red Hawks men’s basketball team took on the Kean University Cougars in their first home game of the season. Montclair State played a full-court from start to finish. Kean had a hard time adjusting as Montclair State scored the first nine points of the game. Kean eventually got back in to the game, but as the first half progressed, Montclair State’s lead became steadily larger. Head Coach Jus...
November 20, 2019 // By Maxwell Strauss

“F” is for Football and Family for John Apicella

It was almost a foregone conclusion that John Apicella, a former starting quarterback at Montclair State University, was going to play football. His father’s plan was to teach him about life through the game of football, and he started playing during the second grade in flag football. It was not until fourth grade that he played tackle. Apicella played on the Junior Dawgs, the Springfield, New Jersey travel team, from fourth to eighth grade. Originally playing running back, it was not until ei...
November 13, 2019 // By Maxwell Strauss

Montclair State Football Gets Decisive Win vs. William Paterson

In their ninth game of the season, the Red Hawks fought hard to get their record over .500 on Saturday at Sprague Field. Montclair State had a shaky start to begin the match, but came out triumphant to finish it off. On each of their first two drives, they got into the red zone but not the end zone. The Red Hawks settled for two short field goals on both drives: the first, a 22-yard field goal and the second, a 29-yard field goal. In the second quarter on their third drive of the game, the Red H...
October 23, 2019 // By Maxwell Strauss

Maryland Topples Over Women’s Ice Hockey

The Montclair State University women’s ice hockey team tried to get their second victory of the season in a game against University of Maryland on Saturday, Oct. 19. The Red Hawks unfortunately fell to Maryland 17-5. The Red Hawks got off to a fast start, scoring just 18 seconds into the game from forward Paula Bush. Bush banked the puck off of the Maryland goaltender Riley Chadwick from a bad angle on the right side of the ice. Maryland responded just 61 seconds later from forward Isabell...

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