What legendary college basketball coach earned his first win against Muhlenberg 45 years ago today?
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Saturday Trivia
The Muhlenberg wrestling team opens up its season today at the Monarch Invitational. The Monarchs were the longest running franchise in the history of baseball’s Negro Leagues. In what city did they play?
Saturday Trivia
Trivia for a snowy Family Weekend: What do the following Mule fall athletes have in common – Jason Leitmeyer (men’s cross country), Renee Norton (field hockey), Sean Mulligan (football), Tim Leischner (men’s soccer), Nicolette Miller (women’s soccer) and Meghan O’Grady (women’s soccer)?
Saturday Trivia
Dan Deighan caught an 80-yard touchdown pass in the first half of today’s game at Juniata. Deighan is normally the Mules’ quarterback and has thrown seven TD passes this season. Who was the last Muhlenberg player to throw a touchdown pass and catch one in the same season?
Saturday Trivia
47-42, 46-43, 55-50, 61-50, 57-42, 56-55 … those are scores of some of the football games played by Gettysburg the last three years. If Muhlenberg gets into a similar shootout today, it will be a long time coming. When was the last time the Mules played a game in which both teams scored in the 40s?
See yesterday’s blog post for a preview of the football game and all today’s action.
Saturday Trivia
Muhlenberg teams are playing this weekend at Washington College, a school named for the father of our country. What school was named for the “grandmother of our country” (George Washington’s mother)?
Saturday Trivia
Muhlenberg plays Susquehanna in football today. Name the two other Division III schools with a “q” in their name.
Saturday Trivia
Here’s a question we had in the program for Wednesday’s women’s soccer game against Haverford:
Nicolette Miller recorded a hat trick against McDaniel last Saturday. In what sport was the term “hat trick” first used? A hint: think Haverford.
Saturday Trivia
At last night’s volleyball match, some Muhlenberg students sang “Happy Birthday” to Davi Gordon in between the first and second sets. “Happy Birthday” is the most played and sung song in the United States. What is the second-most played song? A hint: Its lyrics were written by someone who was born in Carroll County, which is also home to McDaniel, the Mules’ opponent this Homecoming weekend.
Saturday Trivia
Today’s men’s soccer game kicks off the 2011-12 Matte Award competition between Moravian and Muhlenberg. The trophy – won by Muhlenberg seven of the last eight years, with a tie in 2007-08 – goes to the school with the better head-to-head record in 16 sports. What three sports that were once a part of the Matte competition no longer are because they were discontinued at Moravian?