Fifty-two was the magic number for the Musketeers on Saturday night in a 86-83 overtime victory over rival Dayton Flyers, keeping a streak alive that began under the presidency of Jimmy Carter. For Xavier senior point guard Tu Holloway, he will get to leave Xavier knowing that number 52 never […]

The Xavier indoor track team set a new team record this past weekend for most points scored at the Atlantic 10 championship in Rhode Island. The women’s team scored 33 points at the meet while the men’s team scored 48. The men’s team was led by senior Nick Williams who […]

Fans. Anyone who has ever attended a college sporting event is likely to tell you that a team’s fans play a huge role in what happens on the court. Most college students are likely to tell you that some of their best college experiences involve collegiate athletics. From standing in […]

The past week was a tale of two stories for the Xavier women’s basketball team. On Wednesday night, the Musketeers knocked off the University of Richmond 76-60 at home in front of a “Pink Out” crowd. On Saturday, Xavier lost 66-48 on the road to the 22nd-ranked team in the […]

The Xavier men’s and women’s tennis teams traveled in different directions this past weekend but came home with similar results. The women’s team picked up two victories in Pittsburgh. while the men’s team went 1-1 in Illinois. The victories improve the women’s record to 6-3 on the season while the […]

The Xavier men’s baseball team began their 2012 season by traveling to Chapel Hill, N.C. this past weekend and playing the No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels in three games. During the Friday double-header the Musketeers lost the first game 10-2 and then came back and won the second game […]

On Saturday, Xavier will play host to its archrival, the University of Dayton. The Flyers bested the Musketeers in January 87-72, marking the most points scored by an opponent against Xavier all season. Regardless of previous games, the Musketeers have always handled their business against Dayton here at Cintas Center, […]

DAYTON— It’s been a long, long, long, long time since the University of Dayton men’s basketball team could knock off Atlantic 10 Conference archrival Xavier University in Cincinnati. Since Dayton beat Xavier 74-72 in Cincinnati on Jan. 10, 1981, there have been five United States Presidents, four Indiana Jones movies […]

While the country is swept away with “Linsanity,” fans of the Atlantic 10 are experiencing their own madness. The rollercoaster season known as conference play kicked off with Xavier’s loss to La Salle on Jan. 4. Xavier’s loss was followed by Temple’s loss to Dayton just a few days later. […]

Since their establishments, both Xavier and Dayton have made names for themselves from their impacts on the world to their academic successes. The schools have a similar identity: both are located in Ohio, both are private Catholic institutions and both have roughly the same size student populations. However, the biggest […]