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Cindy Griffin ’91, MBA ’93 is entering her 24th season as the head coach for the Hawks.

Women’s Big 5 coverage lacking despite growing interest

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor October 23, 2024

Women’s basketball came to play last March and made history. For the first time ever, the women’s March Madness tournament drew more viewers to the televised games than the men’s tournament.  Caitlin...

Members of the student section boo the Dayton men’s basketball team during warm ups, Feb. 6.

54th Airborne is ready to get to work

Monica Sowinksi ’26, Sports Reporter October 23, 2024

At least a half hour before each home basketball game, the members of 54th Airborne head over to Hagan Arena to start up the student section. The atmosphere is filled with nostalgic and upbeat music as...

Fans cheer for St. Joe’s women’s basketball team during the 2024 Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament
quarterfinal game against Villanova, March 28. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

High hopes for Hawk hoops: A fan’s perspective

Christopher Sletvold '26, Columnist October 23, 2024

Like many kids, I grew up habitually watching March Madness every year. I would stay up late watching game after game, upset after upset. There is a magic to college basketball that is wholly unique. Nothing...

COMPLIED BY: MIA MESSINA ’25/THE HAWK
GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

2024-25 Team Schedules

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor October 23, 2024

Editorial: Women’s basketball deserves support

Editorial Board October 23, 2024

Some schools have football or baseball as the “crown jewel” of their athletics program, the main team to which students’ passions and fanhood are channeled. At St. Joe’s, our area of sports pride...

PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

HawkRap Campus Celebrity: Jared Gravely

Carlina Hershock '26, Special to the Hawk October 23, 2024

Jared Gravely ’25, a.k.a. “the Grizz,” is a sports marketing major who started emceeing St. Joe’s men’s and women’s basketball games last season. He got the gig after Rachel Novotny, assistant...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

CineHawk: ‘Air’

Jaylen Dotson, Hawk Staff October 23, 2024

Dramatizing the true story of Nike’s partnership with Michael Jordan, “Air” is a 2023 sports biopic written by Alex Convery and directed by Ben Affleck. The film stars Matt Damon, Affleck, Chris...

COMPILED BY: MIA MESSINA ’25/THE HAWK
GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

By the numbers

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor October 23, 2024

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Basketball season

Tess Margis, Features Reporter October 23, 2024

It’s almost basketball season on Hawk Hill! Soon, fans will pour into Hagan Arena to root for their beloved team. After seeing the men’s team go 14-3 at home and the women’s team appear at the Women’s...

COMPILED BY: HANNAH PAJTIS ’26/THE HAWK

Furry Friends of Fall Break

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor October 23, 2024

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

A brief history lesson on St. Joe’s basketball

Carter Karpinski, Columnist October 23, 2024

Like all other sports, basketball was probably invented right here in Philadelphia. For a long time, it was called the “ball-in-basket” game until the term “basketball” was famously coined by Philadelphia...

Hawk History: SJU Cheerleading’s first competition

Carlina Hershock, Guest Columnist October 23, 2024

In 1998, former SJU Cheerleading head coach Lisa Moroski ’85 took both the coed and women’s teams to Daytona Beach, Florida, to compete at the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) College Championship...

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