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 […]
With the NFL season wrapping up, it is officially draft season. This upcoming draft expects to see three quarterbacks taken in the top five, with University of Southern California (USC) product Caleb Williams as the favorite to go first overall. I decided to dive into some Caleb Williams tape, watching the full game tape from his games […]
Wesleyan women’s basketball entered this season with high hopes to improve on a disappointing 2022-23 season. With a strong recruiting class and great development, they looked to take another step forward in their growth and success. Alli Jones ’27 spoke on the team’s off-season approach. “We ran all the time, we did our run test […]
Hayden Myers ’27 has emerged as a key member of the Cardinals’ wrestling team this winter. He was recently named New England Wrestling Association (NEWA) Rookie of the Week for his dominant 3–0 performance at Ithaca Quad Duals on Feb. 3, 2024. This is his second time winning the award this season, and the honor puts […]
As another NFL season wraps up and early spring peers around the corner, one thing comes to mind for me: the Division I College Basketball Tournaments. Known worldwide as March Madness, men’s and women’s teams alike participate in single-elimination tournaments which end with champions crowned. Beginning with fields of 68 teams, the NCAA selection committee […]
I have twice over now graced this lovely paper with opinions that nobody asked for on the commercials featured during the National Football League (NFL) championship game, with levels of disappointment increasing between Super Bowls LVI and LVII. As such, I had perhaps unrealistic expectations that this year would pull me out of my disillusioned slump. This was […]