2012 News

TOWSON, Md. — The Landmark Conference today announced the names of the 32 student-athletes who make up the 2012 Fall Landmark All-Academic Team, which recognizes two male and two female athletes who have excelled athletically and academically from each of the eight Landmark institutions.

TOWSON, Md. — The Landmark Conference, which is in its sixth year of competition and is comprised of eight like-minded institutions in the mid-Atlantic region, today recognized 235 student-athletes for their academic accomplishments by placing them on the on the 2012 Fall Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll. Twenty-four of the honorees are from Goucher.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Goucher, as the No. 6 seed in the Landmark Conference tournament, was forced to travel to Moravian in the quarterfinals. The Gophers fell to the favored Greyhounds in straight sets.

GRANTHAM, Pa. — With Moravian on the horizon, the Gophers took one of two matches today in non-conference play.

TOWSON, Md. — In the last home match in the careers of Ashley Fan (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) and Sabina Smajlovic (Hartford, Conn./Miss Porter's School), it was only appropriate that the two Gopher seniors would combine on the match's final kill.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Tonight's fifth set had ties eight ties, including at 11, 12 and 13, but the Chargers earned the match's final two points to pull out a thrilling victory.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — With the way things played out in the Landmark Conference on Saturday, two things were certain when it came to Goucher: the Gophers were guaranteed a spot in the conference's postseason tournament for a fifth consecutive year and head coach Michael Bossom's squad couldn't improve its positioning even if it could knock off six-time defending champion Juniata today.

TOWSON, Md. — After dropping the opening set, Goucher battled back to take a 2-1 lead in its match tonight against Washington (Md.) and was two points away from finishing off the Shorewomen by winning the fourth set.

TOWSON, Md. — York (Pa.) overcame a 2-1 set deficit, rallying to earn a five-set victory in non-conference action today.

TOWSON, Md. — Megan Chalk (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) knocked down at least 14 kills in all four matches and was Goucher's representative on the all-tournament team selected for this weekend's Goucher Invitational.

TOWSON, Md. — Goucher played four Landmark Conference matches in the Decker Sports & Recreation Center in a span of 28 hours this weekend and got off to a successful start, a 3-0 triumph over the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy on Saturday. The Gophers, however, couldn't build on that victory and wound up dropping the final three matches to Moravian on Saturday and to Scranton and Catholic today.

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – After racing out to a 10-0 lead in the first set, the Seahawks never looked back, winning 15-25, 15-25, 21-25.

DOVER, Del. — A kill by junior outside hitter Megan Chalk (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) — her 22nd of the match — provided Goucher with the point it needed this afternoon to complete a 3-2 victory over Wesley.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A rally by Goucher in the third set was not enough to overcome a balanced effort from Stevenson tonight as the Mustangs defeated the Gophers, 3-0.

WESTMINSTER, Md. — Goucher took on a pair of opponents from the Centennial Conference this afternoon.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In order to win a fourth match in a span of five days, Goucher was going to have to defeat an opponent tonight that it hasn't conquered since 1997.