While the rest of the University returned home for Fall Break, the Xavier women’s soccer team hit the road for two Atlantic 10 away games. The women headed to Richmond on Friday to take on the Spiders; despite an intense game with many chances but no goals, the women tied […]
Sports
Walker twins net strong results
In the sports world, siblings are a particularly unique phenomenon, particularly when those siblings are twins. This is the case for two Xavier men’s soccer players, Will and Matt Walker. Though the 19-year-old brothers are twins, Will is a redshirt freshman, and Matt is a traditional sophomore. Matt had the […]
Cincinnati Reds Update
It’s October again and Red fans have hung up their caps. Another regular season gone, another postseason started without the Reds. At this time last year, Reds fans had something to look forward to, but their dreams of a sixth World Series title were swept away by the Phillies in […]
Cincinnati Bengals Update
The hometown Cincinnati Bengals evened their record at 2-2 on the season Sunday with a win over the previously undefeated Buffalo Bills. After one of the most successful seven year stints of any quarterback and wide receiver duo in Bengals history, Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco left town this offseason. […]
Volleyball thinks pink
It was an evening of career highs Friday night as the Xavier volleyball team swept Duquesne at Cintas Center. Duquesne entered Friday’s match with the best overall winning percentage in the Atlantic 10, but Xavier rose to the occasion. The girls also made strides in the fight against breast cancer. […]
Strong results for XU cross country
The men’s and women’s cross country teams battled more than fellow Ohio schools this weekend at the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Championships. Senior Caylin Howell led the women’s team to a top five finish out of 47 teams in the five kilometer race. Howell paced the women’s team with a time of […]
Crosstown campout cancelled?
Every other December, students layered in hoodies and sheltered by family-sized tents endure the experience of sleeping on the cold winter ground to clinch the best seats in the house to the annual men’s basketball rivalry known as the Crosstown Shootout. However, Xavier Ticketing Office and administrators have circulated discussion […]
Strong conference start for women’s volleyball
On Friday night, students were treated to free LaRosa’s Hawaiian-style pizza and leis around their necks as they cheered on the Musketeers to a sweep of Temple (25-23, 25-19, 25-21) in the Atlantic 10 opener in Cintas Center. Xavier head coach Mike Johnson, who was born in Kahaluu, Hawaii, proudly […]
Tough loss for women’s soccer
For the third time in as many games, the Xavier women’s soccer team played past regulation time. The women, who won their previous two double overtime games, lost this past Friday in the second overtime to No. 19 Dayton by a score of 2-1. The defeat pushed the Musketeers record […]
Conference realignments:
Could you imagine if there was no NCAA Tournament and no “Big Dance” or “March Madness” for Xavier, or even Butler, a national finalist in each of the past two years? No Final Four appearances for George Mason or Virginia Commonwealth? This could be a reality if “super conferences” are […]