SPORTS

Quadai Brown (Qubrown@ursinus.edu) A new “health hub” is on its way to the Ursinus campus! The module hub is going to be located in the parking lot of the Wellness center, an accessible space for new offices and student-specific services. The main purpose of this new addition is to have...

Isabel Wesman (iswesman@ursinus.edu) While some Ursinus students still have yet to take their first exam, Women’s Volleyball has been busy on a kill streak, pun intended. As of September 21st, the team has racked up an impressive 10-0 match win record, already surpassing last year’s entire season record of 8-15...

Sean McGinley (semcginley@ursinus.edu) The recently renovated Fitness Center is a place on campus open and available to all students. The Center’s open gym hours allow any member of the campus community to utilize the equipment and space that it has to offer. Not only that, but the Fitness Center is...

Gianna McCarthy (gimccarthy@ursinus.edu) The writer would like to remain anonymous to avoid alienating Ursinus’ Athletic Department.  Entering the 2022-2023 school year both the Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams, as well as the Cheerleading Team, were without coaches. The lack of a coach came as a surprise both to Golf, which...

Tatiana Kent (takent@ursinus.edu) College students across the country have faced increasing mental health struggles over the past decade, and Ursinus College is no exception. To meet the demand for support, the Wellness Center recently employed additional therapists.  Dr. Lauren Finnegan, Ursinus’s Executive Director of Counseling and Wellness, explains that “we...

Ava Compagnoni (avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu) Another school year is upon us. However, is the promise of a D-3 balance of athletics, academics, and social life being kept? While student-athletes at Ursinus did commit to be athletes, it sometimes feels like athletics take precedence over their social experience. Sunday, a designated homework ‘Sunday...

Vaughn DiBattista (vadibattista@ursinus.edu) On May 4th, 2008, the Ursinus softball team beat Dickinson 3-0 to win the Centennial Conference championship. This championship would be their second in four years and their fifth in program history. The 2008 team was truly a sight to see, having won 38 games and making...

Steve Weissman (stweissman@ursinus.edu) In 1981, The Ursinus Men’s Basketball Team had a miraculous season in which they made the NCAA Division III Final Four, and finished the season as the third best team in the nation. This team was an extremely unique one, as they had no clear offensive leader...

Kathleen Logan kalogan@ursinus.edu On March 26th, the Ursinus Tennis team was set to play Gettys- burg College at 1pm at the Perkiomen High School tennis courts. However, the match ended up finishing at 2:45am in the Floy Lewis Bakes Center with Ursinus winning 5-4. How did this hap- pen? Why did a...