MADISON, N.J. - The Landmark Conference today announced the names of the 32 student-athletes who make up the 2009 Winter 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.
MADISON, N.J. – The Landmark Conference today recognized 236 student-athletes, including 30 from Goucher, for their academic accomplishments by placing them on the on the 2008-09 Winter Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll.
MADISON, N.J. – Goucher's Amber Smith (Baltimore, Md./Institute of Notre Dame), who averaged 14.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, is a second-team selection at forward on the 2008-09 All-Landmark Conference Women's Basketball Team, which was unveiled today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Goucher won't have a double-digit losing streak hanging over its head all the way through November when it plays its next game after all. That's because the Gophers ended the skid tonight in their final game of the 2008-09 season by knocking off Catholic, 80-73.
TOWSON, Md. – Freshmen were the top two scorers for Goucher this evening in an 81-66 loss to McDaniel in the Sports & Recreation Center.
SCRANTON, Pa. – Goucher's current losing streak dates back to a 63-47 setback to Scranton on January 16. Today that skid reached 10 games when the Gophers were beaten by the Lady Royals for a second time this season, 81-58.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Goucher came close to knocking off Moravian the first time the two teams played this season back in January, losing by only three points at home at a time when the Greyhounds were ranked No. 14 in the USA Today/ESPN Division III Coaches' Top 25 Poll.
TOWSON, Md. – Goucher never fully recovered after spotting Juniata the first 15 points of the game and came up short against the Eagles, 74-57, in Landmark Conference action this afternoon.
TOWSON, Md. – Goucher's one and only lead in tonight's Landmark Conference game against Susquehanna was the result of a free throw by Amber Smith (Baltimore, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) just :57 into the contest.
TOWSON, Md. – Goucher couldn't duplicate its 10-for-25 shooting performance during the opening 20:00 of tonight's Landmark Conference game against Merchant Marine that produced a one-point lead at the break. In the second half, the Gophers were just 7-for-31 from the field (.226) and allowed the Mariners to emerge with a 60-52 victory.
TOWSON, Md. – Goucher's Amber Smith (Baltimore, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) gave another demonstration in tonight's home game against Drew why she is one of only four players who rank among the top 10 scorers and the top 10 rebounders in the Landmark Conference.
SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Goucher's field goal percentage, already the lowest in the Landmark Conference at .361 heading into today's game against Susquehanna, dropped even further after the Gophers were just 16-for-56 from the field (.286) in a 67-53 loss to the Crusaders.
HUNTINGDON, Pa. – It appeared as though Goucher had weathered the storm. The Gophers, who trailed Juniata by nine points before the game was even four minutes old, had battled back to within 25-24 when Leia Roberts-Brown (Capitol Heights, Md./Archbishop Carroll) made a lay-up with 3:24 left to play in the first half.
TOWSON, Md. – Goucher had an opportunity in the closing seconds this evening to hand nationally ranked Moravian only its third loss – but second in a span of 24 hours – of the season.
TOWSON, Md. – Except for giving up a couple of runs of nine unanswered points, Goucher basically held its own against Scranton in the Sports & Recreation Center this evening.
MADISON, N.J. – For her performances in games against the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Drew last week, Goucher's Amber Smith (Baltimore, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) today was named Women's Basketball Player of the Week in the Landmark Conference for January 5-11.
