Track and Field Looks Ahead to AE Championships
April 27, 2016
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The Catamounts’ track and field team has carried momentum from a successful winter season into their spring season. Under the leadership of head coach Matt Belfield, the track and field team has shown trends of improvement in his 13th season at the helm of the program. Coming off a fourth-place fi...
Two Cats shine overseas
April 20, 2016
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Two Catamount first-years and one recent alum suited up for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Women’s World Championships in Kamloops, British Columbia in late March.First-year forward Saana Valkama represented her native country of Finland at the competition, while fellow first-year d...
Red Sox Fail to ‘Buy’ Rings
April 16, 2016
The story of the Boston Red Sox for the past decade or so has been one of gargantuan contracts.First there was Carl Crawford, who was signed to a seven-year, $142 million contract. Then there was Adrian Gonzalez, signed for seven years and $154 million. Crawford and Gonzalez were both traded away in ...
Student Balances Classes, Being An NFL Cheerleader
April 14, 2016
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While most UVM students cram into dorm rooms to view New England Patriots football games in the fall, one student drives three-and-a-half hours every home game to cheer for the team at Gillette Stadium from the field. Sophomore Bridget Martin, a transfer student from the University of Rhode Island...
New athletic director announced
April 13, 2016
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[media-credit name="OLIVER POMAZI" align="alignleft" width="1160"][/media-credit] A new athletic director was named in an April 6 ceremony at Patrick Gym.Jeff Schulman ‘89, is currently serving as senior associate athletic director.He will take over the position from current athletic director Robert C...
‘Bro code’ defends cheater
April 9, 2016
Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour has been tainted by the locker room division, brought about by the actions of rising star D’Angelo Russell.This seems to be a fitting conclusion for a team that is much more of a Harlem Globetrotter-esque traveling sideshow than a competitive basketball unit.Russell recorde...
Women’s lacrosse opens their 2016 conference slate
April 7, 2016
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The women’s lacrosse team opened their conference season March 26 against the same team that ended their season last year. UVM suffered an overtime loss to the University of Albany in last year’s America East tournament, according to UVM athletics. The Cats are hoping to do even better than ...
Lacrosse first-year starts strong
April 6, 2016
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You only get one chance to make a first impression and one men’s lacrosse first-year is making the most of his.On his Feb. 6 Catamount debut, attacker Dawes Milchling scored a hat trick in the Catamounts’ season-opening 17-16 loss to Jacksonville University.The Cockeysville, Maryland native come...
Athletes face tough choices
April 2, 2016
If asked where a professional athlete derives most of their yearly income, most people would say, “From their team’s salary, of course.” For the majority of players, this is correct.But in every sport, there is an elite group atop the endorsement totem pole that makes enough money from externa...
Athletic Director finalist selected
March 31, 2016
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An alumnus and longtime faculty member could fill the soon-to-be-vacated athletic director position. Associate Athletic Director Jeff Schulman has been named as a finalist for the soon to be vacated athletic director position, according to a March 25 email sent to the UVM community by Ian Boyce, cha...
Women’s Lacrosse loses at Virtue
March 30, 2016
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The University of Vermont women’s lacrosse team opened their conference slate at home against the University of Albany March 26. The Cats fell short, falling to Albany 18-6. The Catamounts began strong in the first half, with junior attacker Meredith Moore answering each of Albany’s goals, and tying t...
The illegal duality in sports
March 6, 2016
Athletes, both professional and collegiate, are frequently criticized on a multitude of levels.One common criticism of the pros, usually from non-fans, is “they get paid too much.”The reality is that in a free and open economy something gains worth only when others are willing to pay.The reaso...
