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Trinity Athletics Department End Of Year Recap

Spring Sports have officially come to an end at Trinity Washington University.  Our coaches and student athletes have represented Trinity Athletics well and brought a new light to the athletics department.  With a huge social media push displaying our coaches and student athlete’s dedication has helped build the Trinity Tiger Family and giving our Trinity Community an inside look of many of our sports.  Congratulations to Coach Enoch and the tennis team for completing a great spring season and Congratulations to the lacrosse team with drastic improvement from game one to their last game.   A special shout-out goes to our coaches and athletes for a fantastic spring season and these student-athletes making major progress in their sports and representing Trinity well.  The athletics department was sure to highlight all our student athletes throughout the year with our sneaker ball themed athletic banquet.  Everyone dressed formally with tennis shoe choices of their personality, good food, and a evening of congratulations and good vibes.   Although sports season is wrapping up at Trinity, it not too late to join sports teams here at Trinity, there is still work being done by our amazing coaches over the summer.

 

Already our women’s basketball team has hosted several successful open gyms, which has led to new basketball players choosing to continue their basketball careers at a collegiate level at Trinity Washington University.  Be sure to check the Trinity Athletic Department Instagram or Twitter for more updates.  Our volleyball team is gearing up for their open gym soon, with soccer and lacrosse intending to host future clinics.  If you think you have what it takes or know someone that has what it takes to compete at a collegiate level please have them check our website and social media for more updates.  Everyone should take advantage of playing in front of college coaches.

 

Good luck to all our student-athletes on their finals and last upcoming weeks of class!  Most importantly congrats to our senior class of student athletes who will be graduating this spring and thank you for choosing your DIII experience with Trinity Washington University Athletics.

Division III Week Celebration Brings Spotlight On Student-Athletes and Coaches

Division III Week is a national celebration of Division III and our outstanding student-athletes, coaches, athletics administrators, faculty and commissioner. Trinity Athletics Department wants to recognize the powerful impact of our student-athletes on the campus, in the conference and surrounding community. Check out our flyer to keep up with the events we’re doing in celebration of Division III week.

When : April 10-April 14

Where: Trinity Washington University

How: Community Service, Trinity Pride on campus and Highlighting Student- Athletes on Social Media

Mayor Bowser gets a pickleball lesson from Trinity Washington University women’s tennis coach Enoch Thompson

 

Coach Enoch has served twelve years as a tennis coach at Trinity Washington University . His coaching style is highly effective among the Trinity Community. Everyone knows Coach Enoch and his love for tennis as well as his love for D.C’s hottest sport pickleball. It came as no surprise when we saw the video of Coach Enoch playing with D.C ‘s Mayor Bower. The Trinity Community is honored to have Coach Enoch as he represents our university well! Coach Enoch will be coaching our Trinity Tigers Tennis Team this upcoming Thursday, April 13th at 3pm as they take on Bowie State at home on the Trinity Center Tennis Courts.

Check out the full article here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/30/dc-mayor-pickleball-budget-proposal/

See a video of it from Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cqb33N2Nwsj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Trinity Tigers Spring Into Action Halfway Through The Season

Spring Sports have sprung into action with student athletes participating in the 2023 Spring Sports season!  It has been interesting and exciting every step of the way.  A special shout-out goes to the coaches and athletes for a fantastic spring season so far.  The dedication, sportsmanship, and hard work of every individual involved in our athletic program is greatly appreciated!  Our student-athletes have represented Trinity with integrity and sportsmanship, making our Trinity Community proud.

Women’s Lacrosse:  Overall the team showed marked improvement during the first half of the season, and they hope to continue to build on their successes this year to create a high competitive team in the future.  Coach Christa Burgess is very proud of the team and shouted out her newest member to the team, Binita Diakite.  With her positive energy and grit on defense she helped Trinity score their first goal of the season shot by Na’Kiya Butler . Congratulations to our Triumphant Trinity Tigers!

Women’s Tennis:  The tennis team atmosphere is great, and everyone is supportive.  The tennis team has really put in work this season and its clearly paying off.  The team has some notable highlights with wins in single matches and double matches.  Also shout-out to Coach Enoch for his pickleball session with the Mayor Muriel Bowser, Trinity Athletics is on the rise! Check this article out https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/30/dc-mayor-pickleball-budget-proposal/

We wish our tigers luck as the Tigers continue to prevail and keep a strong Tiger mentality for the remainder of the season.  Up next, The Athletic Department will be celebrating our student athletes for Division III week.  During Division III week, our Tigers will be conducting community outreach activities and celebrating our student athlete’s experiences.

 

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Trinity Basketball February Recap

 

Trinity Tigers had a good season, we ended the season with four total wins this year. This year we focused on building our team chemistry, developing our skill set and becoming well rounded players.  Our Tigers fought hard, prevailed through difficulty and truly gave it their all this season. As we head into our off season we will continue to build our team, get stronger and be better athletes all around . Let’s hear some words from our Head Women’s Basketball Coach Angela Richmond.

“We have a lot to celebrate, and even more to be grateful for as our 22-23′ season draws to a close.   I am extremely proud of the development of the players on my team as they continue to grow in their purpose. This team dealt with a lot of adversity and they handled it with very well.  We finished the season strong as we have evolved into a completely different team.  We have great momentum going into the next season, as we continue to progress forward.   There was growth on and off the court for our student athletes and I am extremely proud of them.  I’m already excited about next year because I know these athletes will continue to put the work in over the summer to get better for next season, and the best part is they all returning.”

Thank you to everyone who supported us along the journey, to our fans, families, Trinity Washington University, and Trinity Washington University Athletics Department.   The march to next season starts today, and the climb continues to get better each day as we continue to build and prepare for next season!!!

 

   

Trinity Basketball January Recap

Trinity Basketball continues to compete and get better with each game. This past week Trinity competed against St. Elizabeth, Regent and Hollins.  There was a great team effort in a one point lost to a well-coached St. Elizabeth University team with second year guard Taryn Yancey finishing with a game high 21 points, followed by second year guard Brenae Ford with 17-, and third-year Keisha Cooper contributing 13 points.  The Trinity Tigers were able to bounce back, with a win against a competitive Regent University team led by second year guard Taryn Yancey with a game high 22 points, first year Dominique Davis with 16 points off the bench, and third year Keisha Cooper with 12 points in a great team win. This was Trinity’s first home game win of the year with a final score of 72-48! The crowd was energetic, the team was ecstatic, and this was the boost our Tigers needed to head into the next game vs Hollins with some momentum!  The Tigers displayed good teamwork, played with high energy, and had fun winning a home game in front of a great supportive tiger crowd.  Dominque Davis also received the “Eye of the Tiger” Award for her contribution.  The “Eye of the Tiger Award,” will be presented to our players at home games based of their performance.   These young ladies have set high expectations for the remaining games of the season.  Trinity Tigers put up a good fight vs Hollins but came shy of 9 pts in a loss to Hollins over the weekend with the final score of 67-76. 

We talked to head coach Angela Richmond after the game Tuesday and here’s what she had to say “These young ladies have been dealing with so much adversity this year that they were deserving not only to win a home game but to have fun and do it in front of our home crowd.  They played together and it looked good.  We matured as a team this year and hopefully everything will transfer into the next game and next season.  They are getting better each game and winning at home gave them a lot of confidence to go into the next game.  I’m so excited, this is just the beginning of a new culture!” 

 

You can catch your Trinity Tigers at home this week with another 3-peat, we’d love to see you out in the stands. Let’s go Trinity Tigers!!!  

Thursday February 9th vs PSU Mt Alto @6pm   

Friday February 10th vs MACU @6m 

Sunday February 12th vs Hollins @ 2pm  

Check out NCAA Season Stats here! 

 

Athletics Staff Updates

We are excited to announce that Christa Burgess ‘13 has been promoted to Athletic Director.

Christa Burgess has been on the Trinity Athletics staff since 2021, as Athletics Coordinator and most recently as our Assistant Athletic Director.  She has been promoted to Athletic Director.

Christa is a proud Trinity graduate, having earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science.  While at Trinity she was a tri-sport athlete in soccer, basketball and lacrosse.  After graduating she continued to pursue her love for sports and fitness, working as rehab technician and as a personal trainer before starting her own business.  Christa later worked with a nonprofit organization focused on helping kids to stay active and build valuable life skills through play. This led her to return to school to earn a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education, which she put to use as a Health and Physical Education teacher and Athletic Director with DC Public Schools.  When Christa returned to Trinity, she quickly put all these experiences together to focus on supporting and engaging our Student-Athletes.  She has made significant contributions to our program, including strength and conditioning with our Athletes.

As Christa steps into the role of Athletic Director, she will continue to focus on Athlete development, and will take on coaching our newest sport, Lacrosse this Spring.

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Basketball, Tennis and Lacrosse contests this Spring!

Please reach out to Christa Burgess, Athletic Director; Nicole Shrader, Head Athletic Trainer with any questions related to Athletics.

Trinity Basketball Week 2 Recap

The Trinity Tigers had a three-game span over the last week and half; competing against Notre Dame of MD, Apprentice and Central Penn. On November 19th the Tigers hosted Notre Dame of MD and came out with a vengeance. After one quarter of play the Tigers were down 15-18. Notre Dame made some shifts entering the second quarter and stunned the Tigers. The Tigers could not regain the momentum and the game ended with a final score of 43-84.

The Tigers had a quick turnaround as the hosted Apprentice right before Thanksgiving break. Once again, the Tigers came out hot but could not maintain their high energy as the game progressed The Tigers continued to fight but could not come out with the win;

Last night, the Tigers played their best game of the season as they hosted Central Penn. The Tigers came out roaring, winning the first quarter 18-17. Trinity had a small dip in energy to begin the second quarter but they fought back. After halftime the game stayed close and both teams continued to trade baskets. The Tigers could not regain the lead but they fought light tigers until the last second! There was a team effort to rebound the ball today and it showed as the Tigers finished the game with 40 rebounds.

Coach Richmond shared her thoughts after the game “ Tough loss, but to watch the team compete from  tip off until the last horn, made me a very proud coach! It’s the best we’ve played all season. We’ve been dealing with so much adversity this season, but the team always shows up to compete and I’m loving that! Watching my players celebrate each other let’s me know that we are going in the right direction as a program. They are having fun and clicking with each other on the court. I was very excited to see the crowd and fans in our school colors cheering us on; our administration even added halftime festivities. Last night was nothing but positive vibes!”

The Tigers finished the game with 3 players in double figures; Taryn Yancey with 18, J’kaylah Beasley with 15 and Keisha Cooper with 11. The Tigers will be back in action on Friday, December 2nd as they travel to play Mid Atlantic Christian University. Next week the Tigers will host Hollins on December 5th at 6:00 PM and Regent University on December 10th at 2:00 PM.

Check out NCAA Season Stats here!

Trinity Basketball Week 1 Recap

Trinity Basketball just wrapped up their first week of basketball season, lets recap!

The home-opener vs PSU Fayette was a real nail biter on November 11th, the crowd was glued to their seats as the score rang back and forth for most of game.

Leading the fight, J’Kaylah Beasley scored 17 points, Taryn Yancey finished with 9 and Danet Harris finished with 8. The Tigers fought hard until the end but couldn’t get the victory, ultimately resulting in a 44-74 loss.

There were no breaks for the Tigers, the very next day they had a tough game at Valley Forge. The quick turnaround got the best of them but the Tigers used it as an opportunity to prepare for the next game. On Tuesday, The Tigers traveled to Cairn and showed up with great energy and momentum.

Keisha Cooper and Taryn Yancey led the pack this game. Cooper scored 18 points and Yancey finished with a double-double; 14 points and 10 rebounds.  The Lady Tigers ended with a tough loss at 53-60 but their hard work is starting to pay off.

 

Coach Richmond shared her thoughts on the season thus far “We are right where we need to be as a team! We are playing our hearts out, playing together, building chemistry and having fun. The game is starting to flow for us as a team despite the adversity we overcame early this season. Each game we figure out how to get better, but most importantly figuring out each other and what’s best for the team. The future is bright for the Trinity Tigers!”

The Tigers will be back in action at home this Saturday, November 19, 2022 against Notre Dame of MD at 2:00 PM.

Check out season stats and game box scores here!

Trinity Soccer 2022-2023 Season Wrap-Up

Trinity Soccer ended their fall season on high note. They celebrated five seniors (Kylie Kemp, Andrea Golli, Brittney Smith, Michella Amaguana, Ammi Cabrera) and defeated Valley Forge with a final score of 8-1.

With a final record of 4-7-2, this is the most wins Trinity has had since the 2017-2018 season. Trinity finished ranked in the Top 25 for shots on goal per game (11.31) and finished in the Top 100 for scoring offense (2.46).

Coach Ughiovhe shared his thoughts on the season “This past season was full of ups and downs; starting off with a winning streak then getting hit with numerous injuries was challenging but that’s college soccer. We are proud to have finished with one of the better seasons in school history and we will work even harder to improve next season. I saw the ladies grow and improve over the course of the season and we have a solid foundation going forward.It was sad to see our seniors in their final game but I’m glad we finished with a win and sent them off properly. We all learned a lot on and off the field and we’re looking forward to next year!”

The Tigers are currently scheduling contests for the Fall 2023 season and are looking forward to a competitive schedule.

Check out all of our games this season here!

Check out the game and season stats here!