The women’s basketball team earned the sixth seed in the upcoming NESCAC tournament after going 1-1 in a pair of games this past weekend against conference rivals Bowdoin and Colby.
Greg Hurd ’10 finished the season a perfect 16-0 in dual matches this weekend, going 2-0 on the weekend by trouncing the 174-pounders from Oneonta State College (8-3) and Williams (11-1).
This past Wednesday, Ali Fourney ’09 set the record for most career points scored in the history of Wesleyan women’s basketball, scoring 18 in a night game against Emmanuel.
Taking the road this weekend for two important NESCAC contests, the women’s basketball team came away with one win and one loss.
The women’s basketball team notched a 41-point win over Williams over break and now sits at 9-7 on the season.
Lauren Cruz ’09 is one of many key returnees this year for the women’s swimming and diving team. Cruz, who is from Forest Hills, N.Y., looks to lead the team from the diving board as it jumps back into the water this season.
I thought I would change it up this week and do a Top Ten of the looks in sports you will always remember and recognize. They may be good or bad; you may hate them or love them; but hey, you most certainly know or remember them.
It was another outstanding performance by the men’s tennis team this past Wednesday, as the Cardinals destroyed Bridgewater State by a total score of 9-0 in dual match action. This victory was on the heels of another huge win last Sunday, as the squad rolled past Colby-Sawyer by an identical 9-0 score.
After an exhilarating 1-0 victory over Bowdoin last weekend with the winning goal in the final minutes, the men’s soccer team kept their momentum going Wednesday night by dominating the Springfield College Pride, with a final score of 3-1. The Cardinals did so largely on the strength of a hat trick by Keisuke Yamashita ’10, the first hat trick by a Wesleyan player since Brandon Smith ’07 in 2004.
1. Carlos Zambrano Pitched A No-Hitter. In an Astros “home” game that was relocated to a “neutral” Milwaukee site (one that is a bus ride from Chi-town), Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano fired the second no hitter of the MLB season. He allowed only two base runners (walked one, hit the other) on his way to the history books.
The men’s crew team, coming off defeats in its last two races, will look to rebound this weekend at the New England Regatta in Worchester, Mass. The team followed a disappointing loss to Williams two weekends ago with another setback last weekend against the Trinity College Bantams. Now standing at 7-2 on the spring, the squad is looking to regain their early season form.
While watching SportsCenter recently, the running segment “Question of the Night” came onto the screen, where a question is asked, choices are given, and fans vote online to decide the outcome. Normally, this is a negligible segment of an increasingly crowded show that has begun to resemble MTV when “music television” made its shift from exclusively showing music videos to replacing them with shows such as “True Life: I Want the Perfect Body.” While it’s entertaining to watch these trainwrecks unfold, they are not exactly in line with the original intent of the channel.
It was a disappointing weekend for the men’s crew team, as the Cardinals dropped their first race of the spring to Little Three Rival Williams. The race was a match-up between the second- and third-ranked crews in the New England region. Williams, who had been in the third spot, took the race by a comfortable five-second margin.
It was another victorious weekend for the men’s crew team, as the first eight boat again went undefeated, beating Tufts and New Hampshire to stretch the Cards’ record to 7-0 on the spring. Tufts came into the race ranked twelfth in New England, while New Hampshire ranked sixth.
It was big weekend for the entire men’s crew team, as three boats went undefeated against four other top ten New England crews. Held in Worchester, Mass. by host (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) WPI, Wesleyan’s first boat took gold in the varsity eight race, beating out fourth-ranked WPI, sixth-ranked UMass, and ninth-ranked Colby College. For their efforts, the Cards were awarded the WPI Class of 2003 Cup, their second cup of the spring.
The men’s crew team took first place last weekend in the first varsity-eight competition, on a chilly day in Worcester, Mass., defeating the Coast Guard Academy and Holy Cross College. Wesleyan took the race by a 4.2-second margin, good for its second consecutive Sullivan Cup, awarded to the winning crew.
The men’s crew team started its spring season off on a great note, finishing fourth out of twelve boats in the Mayor’s Cup Regatta. The event was held on March 15 in Tampa, FL and was part of the team’s week long training stint in the Sunshine State.
It was a somewhat fitting end to a difficult year for the women’s ice hockey team this past weekend, as the squad found itself on the wrong side of its final two contests. The first defeat came at the hands of Williams on Friday night, and the second came against Middlebury on Saturday afternoon. The losses set the sun on a disappointing year in which the Cardinals never found their stride.
The women’s ice hockey team watched its last hopes of making the NESCAC playoffs fade away this weekend with a pair of losses to conference foe Hamilton College. When they traveled to Clinton, NY, this weekend, the Cardinals were still in contention, but dropping the front end of the two-game set knocked the team out of the playoff picture.
The women’s ice hockey team snapped a two-game losing streak Saturday, skating to a 2-2 tie with Bowdoin College. This came on the heels of a difficult NESCAC loss to Colby College on Friday, 5-1, and ended a 17-game losing streak for the Polar Bears overall.
The women’s ice hockey team achieved its first NESCAC victory this past weekend as the Cards upended Connecticut College with a final score of 4-2. After starting conference play 0-8, including a loss to the Camels three weeks ago, the Cards were finally able to defeat a NESCAC opponent and earned their third victory in four contests overall.
The women’s ice hockey team had an impressive 2-0 week, with a win over Division I rival Sacred Heart on Tuesday, followed by a weekend victory over Nichols College this past Saturday. Coming off a couple of tough road losses to NESCAC rivals Colby and Bowdoin last weekend, the Cardinals were able to rebound nicely and have their first winning streak of the season.
The women’s ice hockey team closed out its first-semester action on Wednesday night with a tough 3-2 loss to the Holy Cross College Crusaders. The loss concludes a disappointing first part of the season for the Cardinals, who finish the stretch at 1-6. “The game against Holy Cross was really disapointing,” said Adrienne Shea ’08.
The women’s ice hockey team split a two-game set with Utica College this past weekend, winning the first game 1-0 while dropping the second one 2-1. The victory on Saturday was the Cardinals’ first of the season and first for new head coach Jodi McKenna. It was also the first victory for Wesleyan over Utica in five career meetings.
It has been a disappointing start to the season for the women’s ice hockey team. The Cardinals have lost four straight conference games opening the season, but the team remains optimistic. Last Sunday, Nov. 25, the offense was able to find a rhythm in a match against Williams College.
The women’s ice hockey team is poised for a big turn-around this season after a disappointing campaign last year, when the squad finished 4-16-4. After failing to qualify for the NESCAC playoffs in each of the past two seasons, the Cardinals are ready to improve and make a playoff run this year.