Playing a double header on the road is never an easy task for a team, unless the team you’re playing has only two wins on the season. The Catamounts made mincemeat out of the South Carolina State Bulldogs, sweeping them on their home turf, 10-1 and 10-0.Against the Bulldogs, sophomores […]
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Western falls to #11 Clemson
Western Carolina’s undefeated streak against the ACC came to an end on March 28 as the Clemson Tigers took an early lead and never looked back as they knocked off the Catamounts, 15-6 in front of 4,875 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. The loss drops Western […]
Catamount Softball wins Best Western Catamount Classic
On March 18, the Catamount Softball team was crowned the Champions of the Second Annual Best Western Catamount Classic after their 6-3 victory over the Radford Highlanders. The event featured a total of 10 games between Western, Detroit, Radford and the defending tournament champion UNC-Wilmington, all playing at the Catamount […]
Catamount sweep The Citadel
For the 2nd time this season, Western Carolina swept an opponent at home. This time around it moved Western to an even .500 in the Southern Conference at 3-and-3. With the 3 wins over the weekend of March 30th-April 1st against the Citadel, Western improved to 17-and-11 on the year. […]
Catamount Tennis shuts out Lady Rams but fall to Elon
The Catamount Women’s Tennis team hit the road on March 29 to battle non-conference opponent Winston Salem State Lady Rams. The Catamounts swept The Rams 7-0, and they earned victories in all five singles matches and all three doubles matches as well.The rout started as the Catamounts’ top two seeds […]
Western Carolina sweeps Columbia
Bring out the brooms, Western Carolina picked up their 1st series sweep of the season. After taking 2-out of-3 in every other series this year, the Catamounts finally got the monkey off their back. With the 3 wins, Western moves to 13-and-7 on the year. Columbia drops to 4-9-and-1 on […]
Yoga: Stretch Away Tension and Bulge
Downward Facing Dog, Half Lord of the Fishes, and the Happy Baby. No, this is not some strange fairytale; these are all unique poses to the ancient yet ever so popular exercise of yoga. Yoga began over 5,000 years ago as a Hindu spiritual practice. In India, Yoga is seen […]
Andres Cuenca wins Wofford Invitational
After missing the Furman Invitational on March 23 due to injury, sophomore Andres Cuenca returned with a vengeance at the Wofford Invitational. Cuenca shot a three-round 208 to finish eight-under par and win the tournament. The win was Cuenca’s first of his career. Overall, Western Carolina would finish fifth in […]
Personality Plus: How to understand others by understanding yourself
Personality Plus is an incredible book by Florence Littauer; I grew up reading about personalities, and this book is by far the best. It is a great tool for understanding why you act the way you do and why those around you behave in the ways that they do. This […]
Men’s Golf collapses at Furman Intercollegiate
The Western Carolina Men’s Golf team turned in their worst performance of the year on March 23-25 at the Furman Intercollegiate. After ending the first day at 19th, the Cats moved up to 18th on the second day, but on the final day of the Intercollegiate, the Catamounts imploded and […]