Thursday, January 16, 2025
The men’s and women’s NCAA March Madness tournament officially wrapped up for the 2024 season, concluding in a win for the University of South Carolina’s women’s team and the University of Connecticut (UConn)’s men’s team. Much like every year, this year’s tournament garnered a lot of media attention, specifically around […]
“There was nothing I wanted more than to just be home in my own bed, away from it all, but I couldn’t do that.” That’s only a sliver of what was going through the mind of Ramapo women’s swim team member Meghan Cortez-Fields amidst a whirlwind of media scrutiny. In […]
UConn, South Carolina named national champions On Sunday afternoon, the South Carolina Gamecocks were crowned NCAA Champions for the third time under head coach Dawn Staley. Their 87-75 victory came against the Iowa Hawkeyes and superstar guard Caitlin Clark. South Carolina proved to be too much for Iowa thanks in […]
March Madness begins Both the men’s and women’s NCAA March Madness playoffs began over the weekend, and upsets were seen all over the two tournaments. In the men’s bracket, some of the first-round upsets included No. 13 Yale taking down No. 4 Auburn, No. 11 Duquesne beating No. 6 BYU, […]
Dale Leonard has cemented herself among the top Ramapo athletes of all time throughout the first seven months of her collegiate career. On Saturday, Leonard became the latest Roadrunner to be named a NCAA Track and Field All-American, an honor appointed to the top athletes nationwide. “It still feels unreal […]
Last Friday, the Ramapo men and women’s track and field teams competed at the METS Indoor Championships in Staten Island, New York. Last semester, freshman Dale Leonard broke records and earned titles — and this semester is proving to be no different. Finishing second in the 800m race with a […]
The 13-game win streak and historic season of the women’s volleyball team came to an end during the first game of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Baltimore Regional Tournament. Ramapo traveled to Johns Hopkins University on Nov. 16 to face off against Christopher Newport University (CNU) and were sent home after […]
Freshman distance runner Dale Leonard continued to prove herself to be an amazing athlete for Ramapo. Right before Thanksgiving break, Leonard became the first Women’s Cross Country team runner to secure a spot in the NCAA Championships. She earned her spot after a first place finish at the NCAA Women’s […]
Senior Cheickna Traore entered the 2023 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships held at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Alabama qualifying for three events (60m, 200m and 400m) but opted to compete in the 200m and 400m races. In both the 400m and 200m events, Traore was crowned NCAA Champion. With […]
With an increased realization of the connection between physical and mental health, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released a Mental Health Best Practices guide in 2016 that offered recommendations, resources and procedures for coaches, athletic departments, administrators, athletic trainers and others to assist student athletes with mental health related […]
