Junior Katie Richard's set sends a volleyball arcing high into the air, pushing through the palpable energy of Sherwood Athletic Center. It's 29-28, match point for Whitman College against conference foe Willamette University.
For true competitors, mere respectability is rarely worth striving for. In the hearts and minds of such people, it is an underwhelming result that typically inspires indifference or, worse, a moderate form of disgust. Scott Shields, head coach of the Whitman women's soccer team, leaned towards the latter reaction as he discussed his team's fourth-place finish in the Northwest Conference (NWC) last season.
My high school gym class teacher once told me that if he could grade me on effort he would, but he said he couldn't be that nice. Now, I knew I wasn't that fast of a runner or that strong of a lifter but...
To echo the words of Dane Cook's lame 2007 MLB post-season promos, there's only one October. There's only one time of year when I check standings online more than I check my Facebook. There's only one time of year when my housemates will occasionally catch me yelling at the TV. There's only one time of year when I tell my boyfriend that a league of baseball players are more important to me than he is at the moment. Beware, that time is coming soon.
In the wake of a season defined by disappointment and unfulfilled championship dreams, senior James Bevan-Lee decided to leave Sigma Chi's team to build his own team of mercenaries, providing one of the more compelling storylines in what promises to be another electrifying season of intramural football.
On a freezing day in November, hundreds of female cross-country runners representing Division III colleges from across the nation gathered at Hanover College in Hanover, Ind. to make a run at a national championship.
"I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan," said Larry Bird, after a young Michael Jordan, in only his second season of professional basketball, poured in a NBA playoff record 63 points against...
After tying their first game of the year against Northwest University on Sept. 4 and losing to St. Martin's five days later, the men's soccer team was anxious to earn their first win of the season.
