The Xavier track team opened its outdoor season with a strong showing at the Early Bird Relays hosted by the University of Cincinnati. The team finished the day with four victories. Leading the team was senior Nick Williams, who won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.89 seconds. Williams […]
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A-10 nets four NCAA tournament bids
While people traditionally think that the power conferences are the only ones having success in college basketball, the Atlantic-10 conference is challenging that notion. This year the Atlantic-10 is sending four teams to the NCAA tournament, which is more than the Pac-12 is sending. The A-10 has not been a […]
Bracket Breakdown: Kyle Isaacs’ edition
The moment after CBS finishes announcing the field for the NCAA Tournament, people across the nation offer their “analyses” of the entire bracket. Before you begin to worry, I have no plans of bombarding you with my thoughts and opinions. Rather, I am going to provide you with information on […]
Catholics go Dancing:
As the collegiate basketball regular season and conference tournaments came to an end, many Xavier basketball fans might have been worried that the men’s team might not get a chance to compete in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005. However, on Sunday Greg Gumbel announced to the […]
Swimming breaks records
Over the weekend the men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled to Buffalo, NY to compete in the Atlantic 10 swimming Championships. Senior Michael Zennedjian won the award for Atlantic 10’s most outstanding performer while head coach Brent MacDonald was voted men’s Coach of the Year by league coaches. The men’s […]
Baseball falls short
The Xavier men’s baseball team, who stood at 1-2 before this weekend, traveled to Charleston, S.C. to play three games over the weekend, losing all three games. They faced Connecticut, Rhode Island and the College of Charleston. So far this season the team has not had much trouble putting up […]
Strong weekend for Xavier tennis
The men and women’s tennis teams went 4-0 over the past week with wins over Eastern Kentucky, UPUI and Butler. The women’s team defeated Eastern Kentucky 5-2. Sophomore Allyson Westling had a particularly strong performance, losing only two games in her match. The women’s team beat IUPUI on Saturday 6-1. […]
Women wrap up regular season play
The Xavier women’s basketball team ended a tough season on a high note this weekend when they defeated the University of Massachusetts 70-61 on Senior Night. The win on Sunday followed the Musketeers’ loss to the University of Dayton, where Xavier fell to the Flyers at UD Arena 83-54. The […]
Xavier players leave their mark on XU
Saturday’s game against Charlotte marks the beginning of the end for three Xavier men’s basketball players. Saturday will be the last regular season home game center Kenny Frease, point guard Tu Holloway and forward Andre Walker will ever play. For these two seniors and graduate student, their collegiate basketball careers […]
The Bubble Watch: Kyle Isaacs edition
Xavier Musketeers Record: 18-10, Ratings Percentage Index (RPI): 53, Strength of Schedule (SOS): 52 Xavier finds itself in an unfamiliar place for the first time in recent memory. The Musketeers are squarely on the bubble as the season comes to a close. With solid victories at Vanderbilt, against Purdue and […]