Month: January 2016

Trojan women drop third straight game

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Sinclair Portis Staff Writer The Trojan women’s basketball team went up against UL-Monroe, UL-Lafayette and its rival South Alabama in the past week, looking to continue its five-game winning streak. Troy’s (10-8, 5-4) winning streak was broken against the ULM Warhawks (8-8, 2-5), Thursday Jan. 21. The Warhawks won 77-73. The Trojans led through both the first half and the third quarter, but the Warhawks took their first lead of the second half with 2:25 to go. Although Troy answered every score, ULM put the game away on a single…

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Track and field finishes third at Emory Invitational

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Scott McLendon Staff Writer Troy’s women’s track and field team earned third place among 12 Division I schools in the Emory Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 24, in Birmingham. The bronze finish was the Trojans’ first scored meet of the year. “Although we’ve still got some work to do, it was nice to leave the meet today with a top-three team finish,” said Marc Davis, head coach. “We’re definitely moving in the right direction. The goals we set earlier in the year are starting to come into focus, and this meet…

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Men’s basketball hits three-game skid

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Michael Shipma Sports Editor The Troy men’s basketball team continued to struggle in conference play, falling on the road to ULM and UL-Lafayette, and at home to South Alabama. After picking up their first Sun Belt win against Texas State, the Trojans (6-14, 1-8 Sun Belt) have now lost three straight and are ranked last in the latest conference rankings. Troy started its two-game stretch in Louisiana with a conference matchup with ULM on Thursday, Jan. 21, which it lost 74-85. The Warhawks (8-11, 4-4 Sun Belt) were able to…

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Women’s tennis splits opening two matches

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Ty Ammons Staff Writer Last year, the Troy University women’s tennis team faced Stetson and UCF to start its season, losing both matches. This year, the Lady Trojans split their matches against the same teams, but in reverse order. On Saturday, Jan. 23, the women’s tennis team hoped to start its season with a victory, but it lost 1-6 to UCF. Sophomore Nancy Karaky won Troy’s only singles match against freshman Natalia Serrano, 6-4, 6-2. Sophomore Jiayuan Xue lost line one singles to senior Caroline Eberhart 6-2, 6-4. Freshman Hannah…

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QThree to perform new tunes at Troy University

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Sable Riley Staff Writer John M. Long School of Music will be presenting QThree, a guest artist chamber music group, at John M. Long Hall on Friday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. The concert will be held in the choir room and is free to all students, as well as the public. QThree is an all-female musical trio, a subset of the larger new musical ensemble called Quorum. Members of the trio include Kimberly Cole Luevano, clarinet; Carolyn Stuart, violin; and Midori Koga, piano. The group’s concert at Troy will…

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