In Play(er) of the Week, our goal is to highlight outstanding athletes or moments from games that deserve extra attention. Laura Baine ’24 is a member of the Wesleyan women’s lacrosse team who has established herself as one of the most indispensable elements of the Cardinals’ offense this season. This past week, she had two […]
Not long after Iowa University phenom Caitlin Clark waved off Raven Johnson’s offensive abilities in a viral video last year, Johnson—a guard for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks—officially named the 2023–2024 women’s NCAA basketball season her “revenge tour.” On Sunday afternoon, that tour finally ended. Johnson herself declared its completion, shouting into a microphone […]
The Wesleyan women’s lacrosse team is back and out for revenge. After an impressive regular season last year in which the Cardinals went 8–2 in the conference and 13–2 overall, the postseason did not see the team reach their full potential, as they lost both their NESCAC Semifinal and NCAA Tournament Third Round matchups to […]
Coming off a frustrating 2023 campaign in which the Wesleyan men’s lacrosse team failed to qualify for the NESCAC Tournament for the first time in 21 years, the team entered this season determined to right their wrongs. “Last year was a really tough year for us,” captain and defender Charlie Silver ’25 said. “So it […]
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 […]
As the final buzzer sounded on March 21 in Pittsburgh, Penn., Jack Gohlke collected the rebound and rejoiced. The senior guard’s stellar performance led the No. 14 seed Oakland University Golden Grizzlies in a bracket-busting upset over the No. 3 seed Kentucky University Wildcats. Golkhe, who has been used almost exclusively as a 3-point specialist, […]
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 […]