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...
Men’s basketball leads conference nine straight wins
Hayley Rosen, Cynic Sports Reporter
February 11, 2020
UVM men’s basketball is on a nine game winning streak after defeating University of Hartford, Feb. 8. The newfound win streak is the longest the team has had since the middle of the 2017-18 season. In the 2018-19 season, the Cats’ longest winning streak was six games. The team’s success can b...
UVM men’s hockey coach to retire at end of season
Aryanna Ramsaran and Hayley Rosen
February 10, 2020
UVM athletics announced that men’s hockey head coach Kevin Sneddon is retiring after this season. Sneddon announced he will not be returning for the 2020-21 season Feb. 4 at a media press conference. “The decision to retire from college hockey coaching and announce this now has been a difficult one, b...
UVM goes full send: Ski and Snowboard Club hosts “Pipe Dreams” event
Sawyer Loftus, News and Sports Editor
January 31, 2020
UVM’s Andrew Harris Common was transformed into a high flying, skiing and snowboarding arena Jan. 24 for the Ski and Snowboard Club’s annual winter sports competition. Members of the club donned their boards and skis to send it down the homemade ramps and test their skills on the rails. ...
UVM skier shines on U.S. Ski Team
Aryanna Ramsaran, Cynic Sports Reporter
January 29, 2020
Not many UVM students can say that they’ve competed in the World Cup, but Paula Moltzan can. “When I was two, I started skiing,” Moltzan said. “Not until I was six or seven did I know what I wanted to do with it.” Moltzan is currently taking a break from UVM. She joined the U.S. Ski and Snowboard...
Senior hits stride in final XC season
Aryanna Ramsaran, Cynic Sports Reporter
December 3, 2019
Most runners feel some kind of enjoyment each time they hit a personal record. For senior Phoebe Koski, hitting a personal record feels sparkly. “It feels good,” Koski said. “It’s kind of sparkly. I don’t know.” The UVM men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Buffalo, New ...
Ice skating clubs form community at UVM
Anya Kauffman, Cynic Sports Writer
November 21, 2019
At half-time each UVM hockey game, jerseys and pucks are replaced with glimmery leotards and patterned medleys of leaps and jumps. Students might be familiar with the UVM Figure Skating Club from their elaborate mid-hockey game sets. These sets are performed by the UVM Ice Cats, who are only one-t...
