Franklin & Marshall Director of Athletics and Recreation Patricia S.W. Epps has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the 2020 spring semester. Epps, who is in her 41st year at F&M, has served as a tireless and committed athletic director for the previous 12 years, following a distinguished career as the Diplomats’ tennis and squash coach.
F&M leads the all-time series with Johns Hopkins 35-33-2, with their last win in 2012. This upcoming matchup will mark the ninth straight season that the Blue Jays will be ranked during their Centennial Conference annual meeting.
Franklin & Marshall's volleyball team earned a hard-fought victory over Gettysburg on Wednesday night in Centennial Conference (CC) action. The Diplomats won the match 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 25-22).
Darby Klopp scored twice to lead the No. 5 Franklin & Marshall field hockey team in a 3-0 blanking of Gettysburg on Wednesday evening in Centennial Conference (CC) competition.
Meg O'Callahan's 96th-minute tally lifted Franklin & Marshall's women's soccer team to a crucial 1-0 OT win over Gettysburg on Wednesday afternoon in Lancaster.
Franklin & Marshall men’s swimming opens its 2019-20 campaign with a home tri-meet against York and Widener. The Diplomats look to build off of one of a fantastic season that broke nine team records and sent a program-high six swimmers to the NCAA Championships from March 20-23.
Franklin & Marshall's volleyball team earned a hard-fought Centennial Conference (CC) victory over Gettysburg on Wednesday night, 3-0 (25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 25-22), to remain unbeaten against CC competition.
Darby Klopp scored twice to lead the No. 5 Franklin & Marshall field hockey team in a 3-0 blanking of Gettysburg on Wednesday evening in Centennial Conference (CC) competition.
Meg O’Callahan’s 96th-minute tally lifted Franklin & Marshall’s women’s soccer team to a crucial 1-0 OT win over Gettysburg on Wednesday afternoon in Lancaster.
Franklin & Marshall Director of Athletics & Recreation Patricia S.W. Epps has named Beth Elbon as the women’s basketball program's interim head coach for the 2019-20 season
Franklin & Marshall women’s swimming opens its 2019-20 campaign with a home tri-meet against York and Widener. The Diplomats look to build off of a fourth-place finish at Centennial Conference (CC) Championships last season.
The nation's eyes figure to be on Lancaster this Saturday when No. 15 Johns Hopkins (9-2-1, 3-1-1 CC) takes on No. 3 Franklin & Marshall (12-1, 5-0 CC). Last season, the series was split as Hopkins secured a 4-1 win in the regular season before the Diplomats responded with a 2-0 blanking in the Centennial Conference Semifinals.
The Diplomats have struggled against Gettysburg in the past, losing 26 of 31 meetings to the Bullets, including the last 10. Franklin & Marshall has kept things close in recent games, falling by only a single goal in six of the last eight meetings.
Franklin & Marshall hosts Gettysburg on Wednesday night. The Diplomats have won each of the last three and six of the last seven matches against the Bullets. Neither F&M nor Gettysburg has swept one another since the Diplomats did it in 2011.
The No. 5 Diplomats begin their week hosting Gettysburg on Wednesday night. F&M has had Gettysburg's number in recent history. The Diplomats have outscored the Bullets 26-5 over the current eight-game winning streak against Gettysburg.
Lily Mynott was named the Centennial Conference (CC) Offensive Player of the Week while Christina Seery garnered CC Defensive Player of the Week honors to sweep field hockey’s weekly awards for Franklin & Marshall.
Franklin & Marshall’s A.J. Kopacz was named the Centennial Conference (CC) Offensive Player of the Week for men’s soccer, announced by the league office on Tuesday. The honor was the second of the season for a member of the Diplomats and the first of Kopacz’s career.
Five members of the Franklin & Marshall men’s golf team placed in the top-10 at the F&M Invitational Monday at Bent Creek Country Club. The Diplomats’ “Blue” Team took the team title with a 307, and the “White” placed third at 313. Catholic placed second out of 13 teams.
Franklin & Marshall’s No. 4 ranked men’s soccer team battled back from an early first-half deficit to take down Ursinus by a 2-1 score on the road Saturday afternoon.
Lily Mynott’s double-overtime game-winner pushed Franklin & Marshall’s field hockey program past Ursinus, 2-1, in Centennial Conference (CC) action on Saturday.
Grace Maggiore’s triple-double led the way for Franklin & Marshall’s volleyball team as the Diplomats took a 3-1 victory (25-13, 25-27, 25-16, 25-7) over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) play on Thursday night.
Franklin & Marshall’s No. 8 field hockey team maintained staunch defensive play as the Diplomats took a 2-0 shutout victory over Catholic Wednesday night in non-conference action.
Epps Announces Her Retirement as Director of Athletics & Recreation
October 16, 2019Franklin & Marshall Director of Athletics and Recreation Patricia S.W. Epps has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the 2020 spring semester. Epps, who is in her 41st year at F&M, has served as a tireless and committed athletic director for the previous 12 years, following a distinguished career as the Diplomats’ tennis and squash coach.
