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A pair of in-season tournaments including one at home, road trips to two Southeastern Conference powers and an 11-match conference slate highlight the 2009 women’s soccer schedule for the defending Southern Conference Champion Western Carolina Catamounts, released today by head coach Tammy DeCesare. Four teams, including the opponent in the […]
The Campus Recreation Center of Western Carolina University, which is located beside the University Center, will have plenty to offer students, faculty, and staff this fall semester. The center houses various physical fitness programs including Intramurals, Group Xercise, Personal Training, and Club Sports. New and returning students, along with faculty/staff, […]
Western Carolina University recently switched from Coca-Cola products to providing Pepsi products exclusively. This contract was entered on May 11, after state regulations required WCU to allow new bids for its next beverage provider contract. WCU had a prior working relationship with Coca-Cola that led to many decades of the […]
Western Carolina’s women’s head basketball coach, Karen Middleton, who has taken over this year after the departure of former head coach Kellie Haprer to N.C. State, recently announced her assistant coaching staff. The Lady Catamounts will jumpstart its season with an all female coaching staff which includes head Coach Karen […]
Along with many other departments on the campus of Western Carolina University, the athletic department is having to reduce its expenses for the upcoming seasons of play. Similar budget cuts have been seen across the Southern Conference as athletic directors made changes in conference policies. These changes include reducing the […]
Western Carolina University recently had to bid farewell to a scholar-athlete in Mary Leadford, an outfielder for the Lady Catamount’s Softball Team who graduated on May 9, but she will make history for WCU this summer. This spring, Leadford, who earned a degree in Sports Management, concentrating in Athletic Administration […]
Western Carolina men’s Track and Field clinched first place in the Southern Conference and the women’s team placed second on the campus of Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga. on Apr. 26. The men’s 4×400-meter relay team clinched the 2009 SoCon Championship with a first place finish as the Citadel finished […]
Western Carolina’s softball team ended their season (12-35) as an eighth seed in the Southern Conference Tournament Thursday May 7, falling to fourth seeded Georgia Southern 6-1 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was the third game of the day for the Catamounts, after the first day of the tournament was cancelled […]
Western Carolina’s baseball club improved to 19-10 in Southern Conference competition and 32-20 overall by defeating Davidson (11-16 SoCon) in a three-game series, played in three consecutive days at Davidson, May 14-16, 2009. Each game was a hard fought victory as Davidson rallied to close the gap each night. In […]
Western Carolina’s softball team recorded one victory against Samford during their three-game series in Cullowhee on April 18 and 19. The Catamounts fell to 11-27 and 7-11 in the Southern Conference while the Bulldogs improved to 15-24 and 8-13 in the SoCon. The Lady Catamount split its doubleheader with Samford […]
