Following a successful weekend away in which the Cardinals earned their first sweep of the season with victories over Tufts (2–0) and Conn. College (6–3) on Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, the team returned to their home ice to take on the No. 8 nationally ranked Hamilton for the second time this […]
The Wesleyan wrestling team started this season with a lot to prove. Luckily, they had a team who could do it. They dominated the first half of the season, winning seven of their first eight dual matches—their best start since the 2001–02 season—and securing their first tournament win in eight years at the Will Abele […]
Going into this season, the Wesleyan women’s hockey team knew that their 2023–2024 performance would be a tough act to follow. Still, the 2024–2025 Cards arrived hungry to prove themselves on the ice. The Red and Black jumped right into NESCAC play, squaring off against Bowdoin in the first two games of the season. Despite […]
After months of league play and two weeks of quick knockout playoffs, we are finally entering the period of the year when the Champions League tournament takes control of most soccer fans’ attention. With the League finally boiled down to the most competitive and fiery teams, it’s time to buckle up for another year of […]
Ethan Singleton ’28 is a prospective government major and human rights advocacy minor from Carrollton, Texas on the men’s track and field team. In his first year at Wes, he and his fellow teammates have broken multiple records. Singleton broke the University’s men’s 400m dash record on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) […]
From Feb. 19 to Feb. 23, nearly 100 elite skaters met in Seoul, South Korea, for this year’s Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC), a cornerstone of the International Skating Union’s (ISU) competition calendar. A dazzling display of the sport’s combination of athleticism and artistry, this year’s 4CC demonstrated the best of figure skating’s rising […]
On Saturday, Feb. 15, 2024, Wesleyan women’s basketball wrapped up their 41st season on the court. Looking back, it was a rocky few months for the short-handed Cardinals, who battled injuries and finished the season with only 11 rostered players. The Red and Black kicked off the season in November with a two-day tournament in […]
In a month when the NFL, NBA, and NHL all hosted all-star festivities, only the NHL, the least-watched sport of the big four sports leagues, pulled off a truly successful best-on-best spectacle. The NFL Pro Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2, during which the NFL’s best players half-heartedly competed in a flag football game that served as a […]
In Play(er) of the Week, our goal is to highlight outstanding athletes or moments from games that deserve extra attention. Javier Orellana ’25 is a psychology major and data analysis minor from East Islip, N.Y. and is a thrower on the Wesleyan men’s track and field team. In his senior year with the Cards, Orellana has gotten […]
In 2022, WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was detained overseas while returning from an off-season stint with the Russian Premier League. After medically prescribed cannabis oil was found in her luggage, officials sentenced the 6’9” Phoenix Mercury veteran to nine years in Russian prison. Amid public outcry in the U.S., Griner only served four months of that […]