Building on this momentum, Wesleyan hosted Nichols College the following day and prevailed with a 7-2 victory.
The Wesleyan softball team hosted neighboring team US Coast Guard Academy for a mid-week, out of conference game this past Wednesday, April 27. The Cardinals remained steady on the defensive side for a majority of the game, but failed to generate any offensive activity, ultimately falling 0-3 to the number four ranked team in Division III.
The Cardinal softball team started its weekend on Thursday with a non-conference doubleheader, rescheduled from earlier this season, against neighboring rival Western Connecticut State.
The Cardinal softball team hosted the Williams College Ephs in a three-game series this past weekend, shutting out the Ephs in the first game of a double header on Saturday 8-0, with a three-hit pitching performance from tri-captain Dana Levy ’12.
Wesleyan’s softball team shut out the Amherst Lord Jeffs in the first of a three game series last Friday in Middletown. With a 3-0 win under their belt, the Cardinals headed to Amherst only to fall in both games of Saturday’s doubleheader, 11-6 and 4-3.
This past weekend the Cardinal softball team ceded a doubleheader on Saturday, April 2 to the Middlebury Bobcats, losing a close 1-2 battle the first game before falling 0-8 in five innings the following game. The Cards came back out on Sunday to give Middlebury a taste of their own medicine, turning the tables to trounce the Bobcats 8-0 in five innings, snagging the single game victory.
Over spring break, the Cardinal softball team traveled to Clermont, Fla., to compete in a string of 13 games against a variety of competitors. The team, with nine returning letter winners, started the trip off strong with two initial back-to-back wins over Muhlenberg College and Medaille College.
The Wesleyan women’s hockey team closed out its season this past weekend on the road at Connecticut College and Hamilton College.
The Wesleyan women’s ice hockey team faced tough competition over the last few weeks, as they battled conference foes Bowdoin and Colby last weekend, losing to both Maine teams with by a score of 1-6 and 1-5 respectively.
The Cardinals faced off against neighbor and NESCAC travel partner Trinity College this past weekend. The team hit the road on Saturday, Feb. 5, for the first of two contests against the Bantams, ranked 9th in Division III. The Cardinals endured a rough start, falling behind 3-0 in the first period in an eventual 4-0 loss.
The women’s ice hockey team hosted Middlebury and Williams this past weekend, facing off against both NESCAC rivals for the second time this season.
The men and women’s swim teams dove into their season Nov. 20 with a pair of wins against NESCAC rivals Trinity and Bates.
On Friday evening, Wesleyan hosted Connecticut College for its last regular season conference game. The Cardinals took down the Camels 2-1 in an intense overtime victory, clinching the fifth seed in the NESCAC tournament.
On homecoming weekend the Field Hockey team lost a heartbreaking contest to NESCAC and Little Three rival Amherst College. Losing a closely contested game by a score of 4-3, the Cardinals fell to sixth place in the NESCAC with a conference record of 4-4 and an overall record of 9-4.
On the road this past weekend, the Wesleyan field hockey team split its games 1-1, beginning with a 10-2 landslide victory over Eastern Connecticut State on Thursday and concluding with a 2-1 close loss to NESCAC rival Bowdoin on Saturday.
The Cardinal field hockey team recovered from last weekend’s tough loss to the Tufts Jumbos by coming out on Saturday to shut out number 17 ranked Trinity College. The win boosted the team’s record to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the NESCAC, placing them at third in the conference behind Bowdoin and Tufts.
The Cardinal Field Hockey team shut out Wellesley College 3-0 this past Wednesday advancing its record to 5-0; the best start to its season since the 1978 squad opened with a 5-0 record.
The Wesleyan field hockey team continued its winning streak this past weekend with conquests over Colby College and UMass Dartmouth.
On Wednesday night, the Cardinal field hockey team traveled to South Hadley, Mass. and triumphed over Mount Holyoke College 3-2 in overtime. The last two years Wesleyan split with Holyoke, and the win gave Wes its 24th all-time victory over the Lyons.
The Wesleyan field hockey squad started out the 2010-2011 season on a high note, shutting out Williams College 1-0 on Saturday at home in the Cardinal’s first contest of the year. This marks an important victory for the Cards, as it puts an end to the Wesleyan field hockey’s seven-year loosing streak to the Ephs.
In the 2009 season, Morgan McCauley ’12 led the Wesleyan field hockey team to an above .500 record, and her play helped the team qualify for nesCaC tournament. Although an injury in the 2008-2009 season severely restricted her field time, McCauley remained eager to play.
In the 2009 season, Wesleyan field hockey finished with an impressive 8-7 record, finishing above .500 for the first time in four years.
This past weekend the Cardinal softball team traveled to Middlebury hoping to extend its season.
The Cardinal softball team traveled to Hartford on Wednesday for a doubleheader, shutting out the Bantams of Trinity 9-0 in the first game but dropping the second by a close margin of 9-8.
The Wesleyan softball team traveled to Little Three rival Amherst last Friday and lost the opener of the three-game series 7-6 as the Lord Jeffs rallied from a 6-0 deficit, but returned to Middletown the following day and swept the Lord Jeffs in an afternoon doubleheader.
The Cardinal softball team had another nonconference doubleheader over the weekend, hosting regional rival and perennial powerhouse Brandeis College on Saturday.
The Cardinal softball team split last Saturday’s doubleheader against Williams and then fell in the single game the following morning by a score of 5-3, dropping their first series against the Ephs since 2007.
The Cardinal softball team split a Tuesday doubleheader against the competitive Colonials of Western Connecticut State in Danbury.
The Cardinal softball team swept the Hamilton Continentals in a three-game series over the weekend, opening the series with a 9-2 victory on Friday and adding a doubleheader sweep on Saturday in sunny Middletown.