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Patriot League Preseason Field Hockey Poll Released

August 22, 2012 Sam Jordan

LEWISBURG, PA – With less than a week until Bucknell field hockey opens its 2012 campaign, the Bison were selected third in the Patriot League Preseason Poll on Monday. Juniors Rachel Misko (Morristown, N.J./Madison) and Vickie Resh (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg Area) were also voted to the inaugural Field Hockey Preseason All-Patriot League Team. Misko and Resh took two of the 11 spots on the first-ever Preseason All-Patriot League Team. Ten of the 11 members, including both Bison, were also All-Patriot League selections at the end of last fall. Misko was a…

Blue vs. Orange Game Set for Saturday

April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 Sam Jordan

LEWISBURG, PA – Less than a month after stepping onto the field for the first of its 15 spring practice sessions, the Bucknell football team will conclude its spring with its annual spring game on Saturday night. The contest will kick off at 8 p.m. inside Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. Bison head coach Joe Susan has divided up the team into an Orange squad and a Blue squad and assigned members of the coaching staff to each team. The game will be played with a few modified rules, including the offensive…

Bison Football Program Hosts Spring Bone Marrow Registry Drive

April 19, 2012 Sam Jordan

LEWISBURG, PA – For the second consecutive year, the Bucknell football program will be hosting a spring bone marrow registry drive. The Bison will be supporting the “Get in the Game. Save a Life” campaign sponsored by the National Marrow Donor Program’s Be the Match Registry. This year’s event will take place Tuesday, April 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside Davis Gym. The event will help recruit new members for the bone marrow registry. Bucknell faculty, staff and students, as well as area residents, can join the marrow…

Bucknell University Names New Womens Basketball Coach

April 19, 2012 Sam Jordan

LEWISBURG, PA – Following a comprehensive national search, Bucknell director of athletics and recreation John Hardt has announced that Aaron Roussell will become the next head coach of the Bison women’s basketball program. For the past eight years Roussell was the head coach at the University of Chicago, where he compiled a 161-50 (.763) record, including a 52-5 mark with a 43-game regular-season winning streak over the last two seasons. Roussell (pronounced ruh-SELL) logged the most victories and highest winning percentage of any women’s basketball coach in Chicago’s 41-year history….