The new Whitman Sports Blog is the Missionary fan's home base for news, stories and observations regarding Whitman athletics, on a local and national collegiate scale. This week, the blog looks at an electric weekend of basketball as both the men's and women's teams fought to maintain their places in the top half of the conference.

With Conference Championships a matter of days away, the Whitman Swimming Team faced its toughest challenge yet and came through in extraordinary fashion at the final meet before the year-end championship...