The Cardinal swim teams took on Coast Guard in their annual season-ending home meet against the Bears on Saturday, with the Wes women earning a 169-126 victory, while the Cardinal men fell 169.5-122.5.
The men’s and women’s swimming teams typically return from winter break with glowing tans and blond highlights from the sunny weather in Puerto Rico, but the new NESCAC travel ban insisted that the Cardinals remain within the bounds of the continental 48 states. Though this year’s alternative, Naples, Fla., is typically one of state’s the warmest areas, the Cardinals arrived during record low temperatures.
The men’s and women’s swimming teams spent their weekend hosting the annual Cardinal Invitational, which featured Hamilton, Fairfield, Clark University, Trinity, and WPI. Both Cardinal teams found success in the pool; the Wesleyan men placed second in the meet, and the women earned the coveted first-place position.
Both the men’s and women’s swimming teams enter this season coming off of winning records of 10-5. The men look to improve on their solid record from last season; some highlights from the 2008-09 campaign included placing fifth in the 11-team NESCAC Championships and having diver Dave Wilkinson ’09 qualify for the NCAA Championships.
Amidst the festivities of Halloween weekend, the Cardinal women’s soccer team made their second straight appearance in the NESCAC tournament, falling to Amherst in overtime to end their season.
Returning to the pitch after a week of preparation, the women’s soccer team traveled to Amherst on Saturday looking for its first win against he Lord Jeffs since 1993.
The Cardinal women’s soccer team played another nail-biter on Saturday afternoon, going into overtime for the third time this season. Unlike last week, when Wesleyan fell to Bowdoin in the extra period, the Cardinals secured the golden goal this time to beat NESCAC rival Bates.
On Wednesday afternoon, the women’s soccer team showcased its offensive prowess, a welcome change from last Saturday’s defensive struggle against Bowdoin.
The women’s soccer team played their third-to-last home game of the season on Saturday. Facing NESCAC opponent Bowdoin, the Cards looked to end a fourteen-game winless steak against the Polar Bears, but instead ended up extending it after a 2-1 defeat in overtime.
Playing only their third home game of the season, the Wesleyan women’s soccer team tied Eastern Connecticut State, 1-1, at Jackson Field on Wednesday afternoon.
In a big weekend of NESCAC soccer play, the Cardinal women’s soccer team faced two teams at the top of the NESCAC standings, Trinity and Middlebury.
The women’s soccer team didn’t have to travel far to close the door on its neighbor to the northwest, Western Connecticut State. The Cardinals played their second night game of the season, and were also forced to adjust to playing on a turf field, but even with these impediments the Cardinals improved their overall record to 4-2-0 with a 1-0 win.
Entering their game on Saturday, the Cardinal women’s soccer team hoped to eclipse the University record for consecutive scoreless opponent minutes by keeping Tufts off the scoreboard for at least 72:02.
The women’s soccer team handily defeated Mount Holyoke on Thursday, 4-0, to improve its overall record to 3-1-0
The women’s soccer team earned its first NESCAC victory on Saturday, defeating Colby 2-0 on Jackson Field.
The Wesleyan women’s soccer team traveled to Northampton, Mass. Wednesday afternoon to take on Smith College. The Cardinals have played the Pioneers annually since 1978, but Wednesday marked the largest margin of victory yet, with final score of 7-0.
On Saturday, the women’s soccer team opened the season with a 5-0 defeat at Little Three rival Williams, who entered the game ranked number one in New England and third nationally.
The women’s tennis team ended its season on Sunday with a NESCAC victory over Bates College.
The Cardinals suffered their first defeat of the spring season, losing 7-2 to the Panthers.
The women’s tennis team defeated Colby 6-3 on Sunday, its sixth win in seven all-time matches with the Mules.
The Cardinals went undefeated in the Sunshine State, securing five wins.
This past weekend, the women’s ice hockey team concluded its season with trips to conference rivals Middlebury and Williams, coming away empty-handed against both teams
Friday marked the first day of the 2008 Howe Cup, which was held at Harvard, for the women’s squash team.
The women’s hockey team remained mired in its losing streak with a loss at Salve Regina on Tuesday night.
Commanding the lead from the very beginning, the women’s basketball team showcased its skills in a 55-75 victory over Connecticut College on Saturday.