Articles Written By ‘ Eric Jackson ’

 

Field of softball dreams

Feb 2nd, 2012 | Written by: | Category: 2012-02-02, Softball, Sports, Spring 2012, Top Headlines

The VSU Lady Blazer softball team is prepared to begin their 2012 campaign towards a national championship and thanks to a promising recruiting class they will have the talent to do so. No. 6 ranked VSU plays their first game of the season this weekend with a squad that returns seven starters and adds several [...]



Rekindling winning fire

Jan 26th, 2012 | Written by: | Category: 2012-01-26, Men's Basketball, News, Sports, Spotlight, Spring 2012, Top Headlines

The Blazers (8-9) finally end their 5-game cold streak with a win over Carver Bible College 88-80 Tuesday night.



Baseball bringing the heat

Jan 19th, 2012 | Written by: | Category: 2012-01-19, Baseball, News, Sports, Spring 2012, Top Headlines

VSU Head Baseball Coach Greg Guilliams and his team are more than ready to begin their 2012 campaign in roughly two weeks with an almost entirely new team. “I think we have a pretty talented group of seniors to hopefully lead us,” said Guilliams. Guilliams, who is heading into his fifth season as Blazer skipper, [...]



Blazers stay vigilant, win 60-54

Dec 1st, 2011 | Written by: | Category: 2011-12-01, Fall 2011, Football, Sports, Top Headlines

Junior forward Drew Maynard scored a team high 16 points to lead the Blazers to a 60-56 victory over the Augusta State Jaguars Wednesday night at The Complex. The Jaguars who were losing by 16 at one point came back late in the second half to cut the Blazer lead to two points. The Blazers [...]



Blazers season extinguished in 30-23 loss to UNA

Nov 17th, 2011 | Written by: | Category: 2011-11-17, Fall 2011, Football, Sports, Top Headlines

The VSU football team (6-4) saw their season come to a disappointing end last Saturday when they allowed No.13 North Alabama (8-2) to steal a playoff spot, defeating the Blazers 30-23 at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium. Lion’s receiver Wes Holland scored the game winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter, leaving less than a minute remaining in [...]



Women’s soccer No. 3 seed in first GSC tourney

Nov 3rd, 2011 | Written by: | Category: 2011-11-03, Fall 2011, Sports, Spotlight, Top Headlines, Women's Soccer

The VSU women’s soccer team continues its historical inaugural season Friday taking on powerhouse West Florida in its first ever GSC tournament game at Brosnaham Park in Pensacola, Fla.



Larry Dean blazes trail from VSU to NFL

Oct 27th, 2011 | Written by: , | Category: 2011-10-27, Fall 2011, Football, News, Sports, Spotlight, Top Headlines

Valdosta State University alum Larry Dean, through hard work and dedication, has turned his NFL dreams into an everyday reality now playing for the Minnesota Vikings.



Blazers tennis dynamic duo wins big again

Oct 20th, 2011 | Written by: | Category: 2011-10-20, Fall 2011, Sports, Tennis, Top Headlines

Valdosta State tennis dynamic duo Luis Loeffler and Christian Hansen won the USTA/ITA small college championship last Sunday in Mobile, Ala., adding another championship to VSU tennis’ already impressive trophy case. The pair claimed championship honors after defeating Brian Chow and Richard Meyer of Williams College 6-3 and 6-2. In the longest match of the [...]



Mills records eighth shutout of season in big 1-0 match victory

Oct 13th, 2011 | Written by: | Category: 2011-10-13, Fall 2011, Sports, Top Headlines, Women's Soccer

VSU forward Rebecca Miller scored the only goal in the women’s soccer 1-0 victory over South Carolina-Aiken Wednesday night, placing them at 9-3 on the season, 4-1 in conference play. Blazer Defender Lizzie Lohmar gave Miller the assist to finally give them the determining goal on their 12th shot. Although the Blazer offense wasn’t executing, [...]



Women’s soccer looks ahead

Oct 6th, 2011 | Written by: | Category: 2011-10-06, Fall 2011, News, Sports, Top Headlines, Women's Soccer

Valdosta State women’s soccer team (7-3) will travel to Florence, Ala. to face North Alabama (9-2) this Sunday following their first conference loss last week to powerhouse West Florida. VSU’s 5-0 shutout on the road drops them to 3-1 and keeps UWG perfect in Gulf South conference play. The Blazers were held to only two [...]



Blazers dominate Wolves in GSC volleyball opener

Sep 22nd, 2011 | Written by: | Category: 2011-09-22, Fall 2011, Sports, Volleyball

Katie Onushko, outside hitter for VSU, racked up 14 kills to help the Blazers rout West Georgia 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-17), in Tuesday night’s Gulf South Conference opener at the Complex. The Blazers came into the GSC opener with a slight chip on their collective shoulder, ready to end a two game losing skid from [...]



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