COVID changes how club sports will operate this fall
Hayley Rosen, Cynic Sports Reporter
August 11, 2020
Club sports cannot travel to compete based on new Vermont state regulations regarding travel restrictions and social distancing requirements effective through December 15, 2020. According to the UVM Clubs website, there are on average 60 club sports teams present on campus each year with 1,800 pa...
UVM Athletics confirms multiple positive COVID-19 tests and at least one active case
Kate Vanni, Summer Editor-in-Chief
August 4, 2020
Two unidentified members of UVM Athletics have tested positive for COVID-19 and one case remains active, according to an Aug. 4 UVM Athletics press release. Although UVM Athletics did not provide further detail on who has tested positive, only two teams can currently practice— Men's and Women's...
Roughly 141 student-athletes are stripped of their normal seasons due to COVID-19
Kate Vanni, Summer Editor-in-Chief
July 18, 2020
America East announced the postponement of fall sports for the fall semester on July 17 affecting roughly 141 UVM fall student-athletes. The league has postponed competition and championship events for fall sports which at UVM includes soccer, cross country and field hockey. The conference states...
Economist, lecturer, Ironman
Alek Fleury, Managing Editor
April 27, 2020
With 2.4 miles of swimming and 112 miles of biking behind him and a 26.22 mile run in front of him, CDAE lecturer Kevin Stapleton, in his first Ironman Triathlon at Lake Placid, laced up his running shoes and took off. As a former swimmer, he likes that leg of the race and as someone whose weekend-lo...
New men’s hockey coach set to infuse excitement in program
Sawyer Loftus, News and Sports Editor
April 22, 2020
UVM men’s hockey fans and players alike can expect a new attitude and mentality under the team’s new NHL trained coach. UVM has hired the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets’ assistant coach Todd Woodcroft. He is slated to start the position May 1, UVM Athletics Director Jeff Schulman said. Woodcroft,...
UVM picks NHL assistant coach as new men’s hockey coach
Sawyer Loftus, News and Sports Editor
April 15, 2020
UPDATE 10:20 p.m. April 15: UVM Athletics has officially named Todd Woodcroft as the next head coach of UVM's men's hockey team, according to an April 15 press release. UVM Athletics notified the media of the decision late Tuesday day night after news broke of an offer earlier in the day. ...
Your Friday COVID-19 updates
March 13, 2020
In the last 48 hours, UVM has made several announcements regarding how COVID-19 will affect students. Here's what you need to know: UVM athletics cancels all activities UVM athletics has cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 athletic season, following a slew of other athletic cancellations. All...
Senior reflects on her time on the ice
Aryanna Ramsaran, Cynic Sports Reporter
March 3, 2020
Senior forward Abby Cleary said she began playing hockey around the age of four or five. Now, with the little time she and the other seniors on UVM’s women’s hockey team have left, Cleary is bringing that passion to the kids of UVM’s Campus Children’s School. “We’ve been showing them around th...
Speidel to play in first game
Sawyer Loftus, News & Sports Editor
March 2, 2020
Five years after a car accident left senior Josh Speidel with a traumatic brain injury, he’s slated to take the court during UVM men’s basketball ‘s senior night. In 2015, before coming to UVM, Speidel was in a serious car accident in his hometown of Columbus, Indiana, which left him in a coma for we...
COLUMN: What’s the Men’s b-ball playoff picture looking like?
Hayley Rosen, Cynic Sports Reporter
February 25, 2020
The UVM men’s basketball team’s prospects are shaky after the shattering of their 12-game win streak Feb. 22. Despite their No. 1 seeding, the Cats lost 66-64 to No. 4 seeded University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In many ways, the Catamounts seem like a clear contender for winning the America Ea...
Men’s lax seals home opener with a win
Aryanna Ramsaran, Cynic Sports Reporter
February 24, 2020
Parents of UVM’s men’s lacrosse team filled the stands, with lanyards of their son’s lacrosse stats around their necks, to cheer on the team in their first home game. The Catamounts faced Quinnipiac University Feb. 22 in their first home game of the 2020 season and came out with a 16-7 win. ...
Men’s basketball winning streak comes to an end
Hayley Rosen, Cynic Sports Reporter
February 22, 2020
After 12 straight wins, UVM’s men’s basketball fell to the University of Maryland Baltimore County 66 to 64, Feb. 22. In the Cat’s previous contest against UMBC on Jan. 11, UVM won 74-50. A victory tonight would have given the Catamounts the regular-season title. Vermont head coach Joh...
