Only 14 minutes into the opening game of the season, Lions star Jeremy Shannon tweaked his ankle on an off-balance jumpshot. The team held its collective breath as one of their senior leaders was helped off the court. "Without him playing point guard, the game would have been a completely different story," said senior co-captain Bryan Rouse.
It was a bittersweet ending to an incredible season for the Emerson women's volleyball team. After finishing the year in first place, going undefeated in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference and then winning the GNAC championship, the Lions lost in the first round of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship to Williams College, 3-0 Nov.
The women's basketball team wants to make history all over again. After reaching the Great Northeast Athletic Cnference final last year for the first time, Head Coach Bill Gould has his sights set on the postseason. For Gould, the challenge will be wrangling and honing the performance of his new players.
"Emerson hates puppies," proclaimed a sign from the Berklee College of Music side of the ice at the Boylston Cup proclaimed in pink highlighter. Whether Emerson really hates puppies probably had little to do with the Lions' performance. They lost 8-1. But the dog-hating accusation certainly paints a picture of what the interaction was like at this infamous-albeit artsy-annual hockey showdown.