In Play(er) of the Week, we seek to highlight Wesleyan athletes or parts of games that deserve extra attention. James Marsden ’26 is a center fielder and pitcher for the Wesleyan men’s baseball team. Marsden recently won the NESCAC Player of the Week award for his performances during the Cardinals’ spring trip to Tucson, Ariz., and helped […]
Last year ended in mixed emotions for the Cardinals. The men’s ice hockey team earned their first ever NESCAC regular season title and the #1 seed in the NESCAC Tournament. But their season came to an abrupt close with a shocking 3–4 defeat to Williams in the first round. Coming into this year, the Cardinals looked […]
In Play(er) of the Week, we seek to highlight Wesleyan athletes or parts of games that deserve extra attention. Jenna Stevens ’24, a defender on the Wesleyan women’s ice hockey team, won high NESCAC honors last week. In addition to being the program’s first defender named to First Team All-NESCAC, she is the team’s first-ever […]
In Play(er) of the Week, we seek to highlight Wesleyan athletes or parts of games that deserve extra attention. Fritz Bretall ’25, a swimmer on the Wesleyan men’s swimming and diving team, broke the school record in the 50-yard backstroke on Friday, Feb. 23 in the NESCAC Championships with a time of 23.76 seconds. The next day, Bretall […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, what was supposed to be one of the most celebratory days of the year for the Kansas City Chiefs turned into one of the most devastating. Six years to the day after 17 people were murdered in the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history in Parkland, Fla., one person was killed […]
In the last segment of “Highlighting Black Athletes,” we are featuring a top player from the Wesleyan women’s field hockey team: defender Imani Ochieng ’25. For her outstanding performance this past season, she earned First Team All-NESCAC honors and was also recently named one of the team captains for the upcoming season. The Argus sat […]
On Jan. 27, Wesleyan men’s basketball took on Hamilton, looking to break a three-game skid and take the next step toward the playoffs. Wesleyan came into the match 11–8 overall and 2–3 in conference, and with pressure mounting from other NESCAC teams, finishing the weekend with a win was all-important. Neither team could figure out […]
The Wesleyan women’s squash team capped off an impressive season with a historic win at the Walker Cup in Philadelphia. This success started months earlier, in the preseason. The team had high expectations for the season and was determined to put in the work to meet them. Aside from physical preparation, they focused on creating […]
In Play(er) of the Week, our goal is to highlight outstanding athletes or moments from games that deserve extra attention. This past weekend, at the NESCAC Championships, Izzy Paez ’26, a swimmer on the Wesleyan women’s swimming and diving team, set the school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.35 seconds. She […]
University of Iowa senior guard Caitlin Clark became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history on Thursday, Feb. 15. It took her two minutes. Clark had not quite managed to break the record a few days earlier, during Iowa’s close loss to University of Nebraska. In the fourth quarter of that game, eight […]