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App State women’s tennis sets record for wins in a season, defeats Georgia State – The Appalachian

1 month ago | theappalachianonline.com | Clay Durban |Fran Murphy

The App State women’s tennis team swept Georgia State 4-0 Saturday, marking win No. 16, the most single-season victories in program history. The Mountaineers grabbed the doubles point with victories from the pair of freshman Ruby Broadbent and sophomore Naledi Manyube, as well as the duo of freshman Alexi Cleveland and senior Olwyn Ryan-Bovey. Manyube kept the dice rolling with a 6-1, 6-3 win in her singles match. Junior Savannah Dada-Mascoll followed suit, defeating her singles opponent 6-3, 6-2.
Women’s tennis take down Arkansas State, ULM, win fifth straight – The Appalachian

1 month ago | theappalachianonline.com | Clay Durban |Fran Murphy

The App State women’s tennis team extended their win streak to 5 games with victories over Arkansas State and University of Louisiana-Monroe Saturday and Sunday. The Mountaineers grabbed the doubles point against Arkansas State Saturday with wins from the duo of junior Savannah Dada-Mascoll and sophomore Taya Powell, as well as the pair of freshman Ruby Broadbent and sophomore Naledi Manyube. Powell dropped her singles match, allowing the Red Wolves to knot things up at 1 in the race to four wins.
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1 month ago | theappalachianonline.com | Clay Durban |Fran Murphy

Categories: Mountaineers steal historic win over Marshall, take care of ECUMarch 25, 2025 The App State women’s tennis team defeated Marshall Saturday and Eastern Carolina Sunday, pushing their winning streak to 3 games. The Mountaineers traveled to Huntington, West Virginia, where they handed No. 52 Marshall its first home loss since Jan. 27, 2024. This marked App State’s first-ranked road win in program history.
OPINION: Bring back home economics classes – The Appalachian

1 month ago | theappalachianonline.com | Leah Boone |Sophie Hughes

College is a big transition for first-year students, as for many of them it’s their first time living on their own or with a roommate. There are several responsibilities that come with day-to-day life; some people take them on early and some people take them on later. Unfortunately, this can cause issues.
App State women’s tennis goes 1-1 vs ODU, JMU – The Appalachian

2 months ago | theappalachianonline.com | Clay Durban |Fran Murphy

Categories: March 15, 2025 The App State women’s tennis team fell to Old Dominion Saturday, March 8, before redeeming themselves against Old Dominion Sunday, March 9. The Mountaineers traveled to Norfolk, Virginia, where they began conference play with a 5-2 loss to the Monarchs. Old Dominion took the early lead in doubles with a 7-5 victory over the duo of junior Savannah Dada-Mascoll and freshman Ruby Broadbent.
Mountaineers fall to Thundering Herd in final game of regular season – The Appalachian

2 months ago | theappalachianonline.com | Clay Durban |Fran Murphy

March 2, 2025 App State men’s basketball concluded their regular season Friday with a 75-57 road loss against the Marshall Thundering Herd. The teams came in on opposing trajectories with the Thundering Herd riding a 3-game winning streak, and the Mountaineers had lost 2 straight. Following an intercepted pass from graduate student forward CJ Huntley, Marshall converted on an and-one opportunity with 16:01 remaining in the first half to take a 11-1 lead.
App State women’s tennis goes 1-1 in weekend matches – The Appalachian

2 months ago | theappalachianonline.com | Clay Durban |Fran Murphy

Categories: February 25, 2025 App State women’s tennis lost 4-0 at the hand of UNC-Charlotte Friday but bounced back Saturday with a 4-1 win at Dartmouth. The 49ers jumped ahead early on Friday, taking a 6-3 win over the duo of sophomore Naledi Manyube and senior Olwyn Ryan-Bovey. The Big Green then sealed the doubles point with a 6-2 win over the pair of freshman Ruby Broadbent and sophomore Taya Powell.
OPINION: It's always a he said, she said - The Appalachian

2 months ago | theappalachianonline.com | Leah Boone |Anna Mock

February 24, 2025 On Aug. 9, the movie adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel “It Ends with Us” was released. During the promotion of this movie, the media drastically turned to focus instead on Blake Lively, the main actress in the film. The press began to paint Lively as a narcissistic mean girl who used her tone-deafness to minimize the topic of domestic violence.
App State women’s basketball losing streak reaches 4 with Marshall loss – The Appalachian

2 months ago | theappalachianonline.com | Clay Durban |Trey Blake |Fran Murphy

Categories: February 21, 2025 The App State women’s basketball team lost 76-58 Wednesday at the hands of the Marshall Thundering Herd. After jumping ahead 16-9 in the first quarter, App State found themselves on the wrong end of a 10-0 run, allowing Marshall to claim their first lead of the game. Junior forward Elena Pericic capitalized on a fast break layup with four seconds remaining in the quarter, sending the Mountaineers into the second trailing 19-18.
OPINION: Pro-lifers aren't really pro-life - The Appalachian

2 months ago | theappalachianonline.com | Leah Boone |Anna Mock

Categories: February 19, 2025 Editor’s Note: This article contains mention of gun violence. The term pro-life generally marks a person who has taken a staunch opposition to abortion. However, if you are going to claim that you value human life, why not carry it through in other aspects post-birth? The same people who claim to be pro-life have stood idly by while countless kids have died in school shootings. In 2024, there were 83 school shootings. In 2023, there were 82. The year before, 80.