Sports ArticlesSwimmers handle weekend competitionFreshmen show up big in home victories Friday, SaturdayByFor being such a young group of athletes, the UW-Eau Claire swimming and diving team certainly didn't show it this weekend. The Blugolds won their first two meets of the year, beating UW-Oshkosh on Friday and winning the Midwest Coed Relays on Saturday. Both events this weekend were held at the McPhee Physical Education Center. Runners place in West SalemWomen place third of 27, men No. 14 of 25 Saturday in Drews/Neubauer InviteByThe UW-Eau Claire women's cross country team continues to roll through its season, while the men's team is still finding its way following Saturday's Drews/Neubauer Invite, held in West Salem. The women ran to the top of the event's lineup and improved to 93-16 on the season, while the men registered near the middle of the meet's lineup, moving to 52-55. Blugolds drop EaglesTennis team beats La Crosse 6-3ByThe UW-Eau Claire women's tennis team finished out its regular season Saturday with a 6-3 victory over UW-La Crosse at McPhee Center. The win improved Eau Claire's record to 14-4 overall, including an 8-3 record in dual matches and a 5-1 record in conference play. Football drops to FalconsBlugolds fall 27-20 against conference foeByOn Saturday the UW-Eau Claire football team faced UW-River Falls, a team Eau Claire has defeated five consecutive times. The Blugolds couldn't hold onto this game, however, losing 27-20. "Players played hard," Coach Todd Glaser said. "Unfortunately we fell short. Women's hockey takes on 'Profs'Varsity team routs facultyByLacing up a pair of ice skates and putting on shoulder pads was never part of Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich's job description. But that's exactly what he and 12 other university faculty and staff members did Saturday when they participated in the first-ever match between the UW-Eau Claire women's hockey team and the "Hockey Profs. Soccer ties with TitansBlugolds finish game with 1-1 draw against conference opponentByThe UW-Eau Claire soccer team, fresh off a 2-1 loss Wednesday to top-ranked Wheaton College (Ill.), finished Saturday's conference match at UW-Oshkosh in a 1-1 draw. The Titans scored early in the first half, and the game remained a stalemate for the rest of the first half and well into the second. |