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Grace Women's Hoops Looking To Pick Up Where It Left Off

Grace College’s women’s basketball team peaked at the right time last year, playing its best over the final month of the season.

The Lady Lancers went 8-4 down the stretch, upsetting two ranked teams and clinching third place in the NCCAA National Championships.
Grace Downs Spring Arbor University For Season Sweep

Grace’s volleyball team continued its late-season surge with a 3-1 victory at Spring Arbor on Friday.

The Lady Lancers (15-13, 9-4 Crossroads League) won their fourth-straight league contest under head coach Katie Van Hofwegen. Grace, who swept the season series with SAU, is tied for third place in the league standings.
Lady Lancer Soccer Sinks No. 18 Spring Arbor University

Grace Spikers Top MVNU In Five-Set Thriller
Hill Named League’s Setter Of The Week

Young Tabbed NCCAA Golfer Of The Week
Crossroads League Announces Athletes Of The Week For Oct. 7-13
Young Claims Medalist Honors At Grace Tourney

Lady Lancers win two five-setters
Grace Cross Country Gets Conference Preview In South Bend

Grace’s cross country team got to race on the upcoming conference course on Friday with the Bethel Invitational.

The men’s team placed 10th out of 16 teams while the women were 12th out of 20.
Crossroads League Announces Tennis Award Winners
Grace Jumps To No. 16 in NAIA Soccer Poll

Grace College’s women’s soccer team continued its climb up the NAIA Top 25 Coaches’ Pol
Knights Picked To Win Crossroads League WBB?Crown

Spring Arbor Tabbed as Men’s Crossroads Hoops Favorites
Lancers Place Second At Egypt Valley

Grace’s men’s golf team produced one of their more complete tournaments of the fall at the Taylor’s Egypt Valley Invitational.

The Lancers placed second as a team, thanks to Payton Kelly’s medalist performance at Egypt Valley Country Club.
Lancer Womens Soccer’s Blackwood, Aalbue Earn NCCAA Honors

Grace College’s women’s soccer team won two national Player of the Week honors from the NCCAA on Monday.
Eight Straight! Lady Lancer Soccer Downs Taylor On Homecoming

Grace College’s women’s soccer team enjoyed its eight consecutive win courtesy of a 2-0 victory against Taylor on Saturday.

The No. 20 Lady Lancers (12-1, 4-0 Crossroads League) gave the packed crowd at 1st Source Bank Field plenty to cheer during Grace’s Homecoming weekend.
Lady Lancers Tennis Falls In Crossroads League Semifinals

Early Lead Slips For Grace In Semifinals; Goal Spree Leads To Lancer Win; VB Completes Sweep Of Bethel
Grace Sweeps Pilots In League Tourney

Grace’s women’s tennis team kicked off the Crossroads League Tournament in emphatic fashion, dominating Bethel 7-0 on Tuesday.

The Lady Lancers will travel to second-seeded Marian on Thursday for the semifinals of the tournament.
Grace Men’s Tennis Advances To Semifinals Of League Tourney

Grace College’s men’s tennis team kept its season alive with a 4-3 win over Taylor in the quarterfinals of the Crossroads League Tournament.
Crossroads League Announces Athletes Of The Week For Sept. 23-29

The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the top athletes from the week of Sept. 23 through 29.
Van Wormer’s Goal Gives Grace Women’s Soccer A Road Win

Grace Spikers Fall At No. 22 Marian
Grace Volleyball Wins Wild Five-Setter Over Forresters

Grace’s volleyball match on Friday at Huntington had as much drama as could be fit into five sets.
Grace College Extends Deal To Host NCCAA Basketball Championships Through 2023

The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) has announced a contract extension with Grace College as the host for the Division I Men's and Women's Basketball National Championships through 2023.
Public Invited To Banquet Honoring Coach Kessler

Grace College will honor and celebrate Coach Jim Kessler’s 42 years as head basketball coach with a reception and banquet on Oct. 5.
Lancers’ Talamas Strikes Twice Late To Earn Draw

Grace Ranked No. 17 In Latest NAIA Poll; Lancers Receive Mention In NAIA Poll; Grace Powers Past Thunder On The Road; Lady Lancers Win In Michigan Tourney; Grace Claims Fifth Straight Victory;
Grace Unveils 2019 Inductees For Its HOF

The Grace College Athletic Department will induct four members into the Lancer Hall of Fame on Oct. 5: Jon Hueni, Joe Graham, Janine Zeltwanger and Trent Lehman.
Lady Lancers Edge Out Cougars

Grace’s women’s tennis team pulled out a narrow 4-3 victory over IU Kokomo on Monday to improve to 9-1 on the season.
Trio Of Lancers Win Weekly Athletic Honors

NCCAA, Crossroads League Tab Aalbue Player Of The Week; Rozas Honored As CL Player Of Week; NCCAA Selects Abbott As National Golfer Of Week
Crossroads League Athletes of the Week For Sept. 16-22

The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the top athletes from the week of September 16 through 22. Sports Information Directors from the league nominate student-athletes for the award and vote on each week’s winners.
Grace College Sports Recaps For Sept. 21

Aalbue Repeats Hat Trick Heroics For No. 16 Lady Lancer Soccer Squad; Rozas Wins ITA Regionals; Grace Men’s Soccer Wins Fifth Straight; Lancer VB’s Streak Snapped By USF
Grace Spikers Win Five-Set Thriller Over Spring Arbor In League Play

Lancers Run At Midwest Intercollegiate
Grace Spikers Win Five-Set Thriller

The fourth straight victory for Grace’s volleyball team was anything but easy.

The Lady Lancers held off a feisty Spring Arbor squad 3-2 on Friday in front of a boisterous crowd at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center.
Aalbue’s Hat Trick Powers No. 16 Grace

Freshman JJ Aalbue enjoyed the first hat trick of her young career on Wednesday.

Grace’s women’s soccer team racked up five goals in a 5-2 win over Indiana Tech at 1st Source Bank Field.
Grace Spikers Sink Trojans In Four

Grace College’s volleyball team picked up its third straight Crossroads League win courtesy of a 3-1 victory over Taylor on Wednesday.
Grace College Golfers Finish Runner-Up In Colorado

Grace Nearly Takes Down No. 22 IWU
Grace outdone by No. 9 IWU

The record start for Grace’s women’s tennis team ended on Tuesday with a 7-0 defeat to No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan.
4 Lancers Win Weekly Honors

Talamas Honored By NCCAA Player Of Week, Blackwood Named League’s Goalie Of The Week, Mast Picks Up Weekly Crossroads Tennis Honor, Popovic Named League’s Top Player Last Week
Lady Lancer Spikers Score Sweep Of Bethel

Grace’s students were out in full support to witness Grace’s volleyball team sweep Bethel on Friday night.
No. 4 IWU hands Grace loss

Grace’s volleyball lost in three sets at No. 4 Indiana Wesleyan on Wednesday.

The Lady Lancers (4-9, 0-2 Crossroads League) were short-handed after not having their leading attacker Anna Frey due to injury.
Lady Lancers Ranked No. 16 In NAIA Poll

Lancers Conclude Road Trip With Win
Grace’s Marshall Repeats As NCCAA Golfer Of The Week

Grace Golfers Place Second At IWU; Record Start Continues For Lady Lancer Tennis
Lady Lancer Spikers Win Twice Over The Weekend

Aalbue Shines For No. 15 Grace; Grace Men’s Tennis Blanks Cougars; Women’s Tennis Remains Unbeaten; Talamas’s Heroics Lift Lancers
Lancer Runners Tackle IWU Twilight Invitational

Grace College’s cross country team experienced its first traditional race of the year on Friday with the IWU Twilight Invitational.

The meet featured over 100 runners in both the men’s and women’s races. The men finished eighth out of 15 teams, and the women were 11th out of 16.
Grace Golf Warms Up Season At Trine

Grace College’s men’s golf team got to hit the links with the Trine Invitational on Friday.
Young Lancers Have High Hopes For 2019

Grace College’s men’s golf team may have one of the youngest teams in the Crossroads League, but the Lancers have high hopes for the 2019-20 season.
Lady Lancers Roll To Womens’ Tennis Win Over Manchester

Grace’s women’s tennis team kept its perfect start intact with a 7-0 drubbing of Manchester on Thursday.
No. 3 Fire Hands Grace First Defeat

For the first time this season, Grace’s women’s soccer team tasted defeat.
Lancers sweep Huntington

The unbeaten start continued for Grace’s men’s tennis team with a 7-0 win over Huntington on Wednesday.
Grace rallies to stun Foresters

Grace’s women’s tennis team found itself in an early hole against Huntington on Wednesday.

The Lady Lancers, playing singles first, lost the first set in four of the six singles’ matchups. But after a series of comebacks, Grace wound up winning four of those matches en route to a 5-2 win.
Two Lancers Among Crossroads League Athletes Of The Week

The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the top athletes from the week of Aug. 26 through Sept. 1. Sports Information Directors from the league nominate student-athletes for the award and vote on each week’s winners.
Grace Smashes Record Book At IWU Invitational

No. 15 Women’s Soccer Improves To 4-0; Women’s Tennis Downs Goshen; Lancers Handle Leafs
Lancers Men’s Tennis Upsets No. 17 Northwestern Ohio

Grace’s men’s tennis team registered one of its biggest victories in recent memory with a 4-3 upset of No. 17 Northwestern Ohio (UNOH).
Grace opens season with Manchester Hokum Karem

Grace’s cross country team began the 2019 season with the unique Manchester Hokum Karem.

The meet featured pairs of runners alternating laps with the women running three 1-mile laps and the men completing four 1-mile laps.
Lancers net five against Rams

Grace’s men’s soccer team ended its trip to South Carolina with a 5-1 win at Columbia International.
Grace Earns Draw With No. 25 Southeastern

Grace’s men’s soccer team battled No. 25 Southeastern on Wednesday, nearly pulling off the upset.

The Lancers (1-1-1) endured two overtimes to earn the 1-1 draw. With the clock winding down in the second overtime period, Grace’s potential game winner found the back of the net mere seconds after the final buzzer.
Poyner Takes The Reins Of Grace Cross Country

For the first time since 2010, Grace’s cross country team will have a new coach leading the team.

Jake Poyner, a Warsaw graduate, will coach the Lancers in 2019 for his first season. Jeff Raymond transitioned into a new position as Grace’s Director of Cross Country and Track and Field starting this school year.
Grace Tennis Starts Season With Sweep Of Bethel

Lady Lancers Dominant In Sweep Of Bethel; Women's Soccer Ranked No. 15 In First NAIA Poll
Crossroads League Announces Athletes Of The Week For Aug. 19-25
Van Wormer’s Hat Trick Leads Lady Lancers

Liz Van Wormer continued her goal-scoring ways with a hat trick on Monday for Grace College’s women’s soccer team.

The No. 15 Lady Lancers (3-0) topped West Virginia Tech 4-0 on the road to remain undefeated. Van Wormer, a Warsaw Tiger graduate, has now scored five goals in the past two matches.
Grace Men’s Tennis Ready To Climb Up Standings

Grace’s men’s tennis team is poised to continue its climb in the Crossroads League in 2019 under head coach Andy Lewis.
Lady Lancers Erupt For Six Goals On The Road

Grace Stumbles On Second Day Of Lancer Classic
Lady Lancers Sweep Twice On Opening Day

Grace College’s volleyball team celebrated its season opener in style, sweeping both of its matches on Friday at the Lancer Classic.

The Lady Lancers (2-0) beat Governors State 3-0 in the afternoon match before sweeping Robert Morris in the nightcap.
Grace wins first match of the season

The 2019-20 season for Grace’s women’s golf team started in victory at the Trine Invitational.

The Lady Lancers shot 312 as a team to claim the win, 13 shots better than the next-closest competitor (Olivet College). Grace’s 312 at Zollner Golf Course was the second-best round of golf in program history.
Grace Women's Tennis Has High Hopes For 2019

Grace College’s women’s tennis team is dreaming big for the 2019 campaign.

The Lady Lancers achieved groundbreaking success last year under head coach Marcus Moore, and Grace returns much of its core.
Miscues Doom Grace Against No. 12 Grizzlies

A sputtering start spelled defeat for Grace’s men’s soccer on Thursday against No. 12 Georgia Gwinnett.
Grace Women’s Golf Poised For Big Season

Grace College’s women’s golf team has wasted little time gaining relevance on a national scale.

Last year, during just its fourth year of existence, the Lady Lancers placed sixth at the NCCAA National Championships.
Lancers Men’s Soccer Impresses In Season Debut

Grace College’s men’s soccer team shined in the 2019 opener on Monday, routing Rochester 3-0 at 1st Source Bank Field.

In a game that featured long spells of possession, the Lancers had the upper hand on threatening chances from start to finish.
No. 15 Grace Opens With Dominant Win

Three players scored in the season opener as Grace’s women’s soccer team handled Rochester College (Mich.) 3-0 on Monday.

Joana Schimmel, Cassidy Wasson and Hannah Tkacz each found the back of the net for the NAIA No. 15-ranked Lady Lancers (1-0).
Crossroads League Announces Athletes of the Week

The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the top athletes from the week of August 12 through 18. Sports Information Directors from the league nominate student-athletes for the award and vote on each week’s winners.
Grace Volleyball Resolved To Build On Team’s Success

Grace’s volleyball team is a program on the rise.

Under head coach Katie Van Hofwegen, the Lady Lancers have been consistently strong. In the past two years, Grace has won at least 22 games, finished in the top four of the Crossroads League and qualified for NCCAA Nationals twice in a row.