WINCHESTER — Now that’s the type of history a team wants to make.

You don’t have to say it in the Shenandoah University locker room or dugout, but a big chunk of the Hornets’ baseball roster knows this postseason will be the last chance to put on the spikes and try to do some damage in the NCAA Division III baseball tournament.

In winning two games in which it was either tied or trailing last weekend heading into the eighth inning, the Shenandoah University baseball team showed plenty of grit to win its Old Dominion Athletic Conference best-of-three quarterfinal series with Guilford.

In order to keep its season alive, the Guilford College baseball team will need to do something this weekend that its program hasn’t accomplished during the lifetime of any of its current players — and the Quakers will need to do it twice.

With a spring training appearance with the Milwaukee Brewers under his belt, Darrell Thompson will now begin the journey toward making regular-season pitching appearances with the Major League Baseball franchise a reality.

WINCHESTER — Watching another team celebrate a title on the brand-new artificial turf field at Bridgeforth Stadium last year was not what the Shenandoah University baseball team had in mind when it hosted its first-ever regional in its 11th trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament since 2009.

The Shenandoah University women's basketball team came into Wednesday tied for fifth in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

When the Shenandoah University football team's offense took the field with 4:09 left in the third quarter of its regular-season finale on Nov. 12 against Washington & Lee University, it's prospects weren't exactly favorable.

Only one team can win the Old Dominion Athletic Conference football title every year, and in 2022, that honor has been locked up by a powerhouse Randolph-Macon team that is ranked 16th in NCAA Division III.

After winning its first-ever ODAC Tournament championship in 2019, the 2019-20 Shenandoah University women's basketball team featured 14 returning players, including four starters, and were picked to finish seventh in the league. 

The Nick Doyle era begins on Tuesday night at the Wilkins Center, and senior guard Davion Roberts can't wait to take the floor for Shenandoah University's new men's basketball coach.

WINCHESTER — The first time the Shenandoah University football defense took the field on Saturday, the Hornets allowed Hampden-Sydney College to convert two third downs and a fourth down before giving up a touchdown on a third down pass.

Last week, the Shenandoah University football team outgained Averett College 391-185, had six takeaways and no turnovers, scored two defensive touchdowns, and made notable plays in special teams. 

Graduate student linebacker David Agyei was obviously disappointed after the Shenandoah University football team's conference-title hopes were essentially dashed by Randolph-Macon last Saturday, but he was ready to fight for the future.

WINCHESTER — The Shenandoah University football team had designs on winning an Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship this year, but on Saturday Randolph-Macon College continued to show why most coaches thought the Yellow Jackets would be the league's best team in the preseason.

At 1 p.m. on Saturday at Shentel Stadium, the Shenandoah University football team will go toe-to-toe with a Randolph-Macon College squad that is ranked 16th nationally and has outscored foes by 37 points per game.

WINCHESTER — The 2021 Shenandoah University field hockey season was one to remember for a lot of great reasons. 

After seven seasons of pitching for independent league baseball teams, Darrell Thompson's dream has finally come true. 

WINCHESTER — The Shenandoah University defense needed a stop Saturday.

Following a loss that was as frustrating as they come, the Shenandoah University football team will look to get back on the winning track when it hosts Guilford College at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Shentel Stadium.

BRIDGEWATER — It might’ve been Bridgewater’s gutsiest performance of the season.

A year ago in Winchester, the Shenandoah University football team stormed back from a 24-0 deficit in the second quarter to beat Bridgewater College 34-27 for the biggest comeback win in program history.

Kevin Anderson played in the first-ever baseball game at Bridgeforth Field 43 years ago, and now his name will forever be attached to it.

With 15 returning starters and 10 graduate students on this year's roster, the Shenandoah University football team is as experienced as it's ever been under 10th-year head coach Scott Yoder.

WINCHESTER — As Shenandoah University linebacker Ben Burgan stood on the Shentel Stadium turf on Aug. 28 after the team picture, he wore a Bass Pro Shops baseball cap, a nod to one of his passions.

WINCHESTER — As some of Shenandoah University's assistant football coaches made their way out of the Shentel Stadium press box, former Hornets defensive coordinator Brock McCullough made sure to let them know the significance of the team's achievement on Saturday night.

There was a lot for the Shenandoah football team to like about its season-opener against Methodist University last week, including holding a team that went 7-2 last year to 22 points below its 2021 scoring average in a 27-10 win.

The Shenandoah University football team won't be easing into the 2022 season, but that might not be a bad thing.

WINCHESTER — With the number of points that are scored at all levels of football today, the phrase "defense wins championships" might not have as much as impact as it used to.

WINCHESTER — The Shenandoah University football team would love to have an offense similar in production level to the offenses it had in 2017 and 2018, when the Hornets averaged more than 40 points per game in both seasons.

At the end of a phone interview last November to recap the Shenandoah University football team’s 2021 season — a story that would put heavy emphasis on the team’s 22 seniors — Hornets head coach Scott Yoder made a joking request.

After finding out the fastball he had just unleashed was 95 miles per hour, Darrell Thompson reacted by first nodding his head, then making a fist with the left hand that threw it so he could start pounding his chest, and finished with a brief yell.

WINCHESTER — After keeping its season alive with comeback wins late Saturday and early Sunday, the Shenandoah University's final rally against Catholic University's top two starters came up just short.

WINCHESTER — After Brian Forbes' impressive opposite-field line-drive home run to right field three batters into the game, Shenandoah University fans had to wonder if the nation's No. 2 hitting team in St. Joseph's University-Long Island (N.Y.) was going to force the Hornets to win a sluggin…

WINCHESTER — The Shenandoah University baseball team couldn't ask for a better return to the NCAA Division III Tournament than this. 

Since entering the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in 2012-13, the Shenandoah University men's basketball team has never finished better than 5-11 in league play and never had a winning overall record.

In 2019, the odds were heavily stacked against the Shenandoah University women's basketball team making an impact in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Shenandoah University women's basketball team came into the Old Dominion Athletic Conference team as the hottest team in the ODAC, and the Hornets ended it as the best team.

The first third of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference schedule might not have necessarily indicated that the Shenandoah women's basketball team would be the contender for the league crown like it was predicted to be, but the Hornets are clearly a team to be reckoned with now.

An exciting new era for the Shenandoah softball team is finally here.

Shenandoah University baseball and softball practices are going to be a lot easier to deal with this January.

Skyline rallied for a 48-45 non-district girls basketball victory over Central on Monday night in Front Royal.

WINCHESTER — Ideally, people are supposed to think about what they're thankful for on the fourth Thursday of every November.

WINCHESTER — With eight straight wins and an Old Dominion Athletic Conference title under its belt, the Washington & Lee University football team is a special team having a special season.

WINCHESTER — Throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the ball, and if that doesn’t work, throw the ball.