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Sports For Weight Loss: Advice From A Fitness Instructor
With the help of sports, you can accelerate the process of losing weight. There are cases when you cannot lose weight without sports. But if you do sports incorrectly, it will not help you lose weight. Let’s discuss this issue in this article. Why strict diets for weight loss just does not work Everything is quite simple. Both strict diets and sports perform the same task but by different methods:…
Juniors Taylor, Major Earn USCAA All-American Basketball Honors
Two Marygrove student-athletes received United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I All-American honors for their achievements during the 2015-16 basketball season, as Nate Taylor made the men’s Second-Team and Elisha Major earned Honorable Mention accolades on the women’s side. Appearing in 17 games, Taylor, a junior, averaged 19.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per contest, while converting nearly 41 percent of his field goal attempts. He ranked among the Top…
Basketball Student-Athletes Receive Post-Season Honors
Members of the Marygrove men’s and women’s basketball programs received post-season honors by the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC), the league announced this week. The two senior men’s basketball players who were honored during Senior Night on Saturday, Feb. 20, Diante Taylor and Joe Zannetti were both recognized. Taylor was selected to the Champions of Character Team, joining one student-athlete from each conference school as those who best exemplify the National…
Elisha Major Receives WHAC Honors, Named All-Conference Honorable Mention
Marygrove Mustangs student athlete Elisha Major (Flushing, Mich., Flushing High School) received Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) All-Conference Honorable Mention accolades for the 2015-16 season, the WHAC released this week. Major, a junior guard, was the leading scorer in the WHAC for the season, averaging 18.2 points per game. In her highest scoring output of the season, she scored 39 points against Great Lakes Christian on Nov. 4. Major also averaged…
Mustangs Drop Season Finale to Concordia, 89-65
Marygrove couldn’t match the intensity of the visiting Cardinals, as it dropped its regular season finale by a score of 89-65 to Concordia. The loss concludes the Mustangs’ regular season with an overall record of 5-25, (5-17 WHAC). Concordia displayed a hot shooting touch to start the game, as the visiting Cardinals jumped out to a 48-24 halftime lead. In the first half, Concordia lit up the scoreboard, shooting 53…
Mustangs Fall to Concordia in Season Finale, 92-67
Marygrove dug itself into a big hole early, falling behind 20-0 before converting its first points around the 4-minute mark of the first quarter, ultimately dropping it season finale to Concordia, 92-67. The loss brings the Mustangs’ final record for the 2015-16 season to 4-26 (1-21 WHAC). Marygrove had a rough shooting night, connecting on only 28 percent of its field goals during the game, including 30 percent from behind…
Mustangs Dominate Bluffton
BLUFFTON-Ohio.  The Marygrove College women’s soccer team won their first game of the year against Bluffton University 4-0.  The Mustangs were led Saturday afternoon by Whitney Cole (FR/Westland, MI) who scored a career high (4) goals.  The Mustangs (1-3, 0-0 WHAC) led the Beavers early in the contest after Whitney Cole scored in the sixth minute.  Cole scored once again in the 22nd minute to extend the Mustangs lead to 2-0 going into halftime. Cole would…
Women’s Basketball to Host Meet n’ Greet with Prospective Student-Athletes
DETROIT, Mich. –Â Marygrove College women’s basketball head coach Amanda Moore has officially announced the date for this year’s “Meet n’ Greet”! DATE || Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 TIME || 11:00AM – 4:00 PM LOCATION || Marygrove College || 8425 W. McNichols Rd, Detroit, Mich. Â 48221 ||Â https://goo.gl/maps/od1rbu2TMPD2 WHO || Current Recruits & Prospective Student-Athletes OVERALL || Â The Meet n’ Greet is for interested student-athletes who would like the opportunity to play…
Heartbreaker: Mustangs Drop 3-2 OT Decision
DETROIT, Mich.-The Mustangs played host the #7 ranked Andrews University Cardinals on Tuesday. The Cardinals defeated the Mustangs 4-2 at Andrews University earlier this season. What a difference 10 days can make. The Mustangs were defeated by a two goal margin on the road earlier this month at the hands of an athletic Cardinal squad. However, the Mustangs learned from their mistakes made in the game 10 days prior and…
Cross Country Signs Local Talent Almutasm Nassr
DETROIT, Mich. — Third year head coach LaCema Womack boosted the talent level of Marygrove’s cross country and track & field programs with the signing of local talent Almutasm “Moe” Nassr. The signing, announced Wednesday (Dec. 11), kicked off the 2014-15 class of commitments for Womack’s programs. Nassr, a 5’5″ senior at Detroit’s Universal Academy, will make the short trip up the lodge freeway to attend the northwest Detroit campus…