Sports Specs with Sam
This year’s World Series features a matchup between one team that many expected to make it there all along and another that seemed dead to rights two months into the season. The Houston Astros were...
View ArticleBlugolds fall to Titans on the road, 31-3
The UW-Eau Claire Blugolds remain winless on the road after losing to UW-Oshkosh 31-3 in Titan Stadium, bringing them to 3-3 overall, and 1-2 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The...
View ArticleDiving into the season
Breanna Kimmes, a fourth-year swimmer, said she believes the women’s swim and dive team stands a good chance of taking first in conference this season. UW-Eau Claire’s men’s and women’s teams are 1-0...
View ArticleA win for the Blugolds marks a big milestone for coach
The UW-Eau Claire women’s volleyball team spiked their way to a conference win against UW-Stevens Point this past Saturday, Oct. 19, giving Kim Wudi, head coach for the Blugolds, 300 career wins and...
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Tiger Woods kicked off his 2020 PGA Tour season with a bang by winning the ZOZO Championship, the first ever official PGA Tour event in Japan. Woods now has 82 wins in his career, which ties him for...
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The sight of people in giant pumpkins racing across a lake might be bizarre for most people, but for residents of Tualatin, Ore., it’s just another annual celebration of West Coast Giant Pumpkin...
View Article2018 women’s soccer conference champs fall to UW-Eau Claire
“We were ready. We knew that we could keep control of the game,” Emily Sullivan, a fourth-year center and midfielder, said. The women’s soccer team won their game against the UW-La Crosse Eagles on...
View ArticleBlugolds fall to Pioneers
The UW-Eau Claire Blugold football team is no longer undefeated at home after losing 8-43 to the UW-Platteville Pioneers in Carson Park. The Blugold offense ran the ball for 146 yards over 35 attempts...
View ArticleTennis team finds success in final tournament
The UW-Eau Claire women’s team competed in the WIAC tournament and finished in second place overall with two Blugold athletes winning WIAC championships this past Oct. 26 and 27. Natalie Wijesinghe, a...
View ArticleIt’s time to drop the puck
The Blugold hockey season is approaching rapidly as both the men’s and women’s teams have their final tune-ups of the preseason. The men’s hockey team posted a 19-7-2 record last season, earning them...
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In each of the last five NBA Finals, the Golden State Warriors have represented the Western Conference. This year, that will surely not be the case, and a different team will represent the West for the...
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Crouching on top of a pole might not seem like a sport, but, when there are roughly 75 guys trying to push someone off the top, it becomes a bit more complicated. Bo-taoshi is a sport that is not...
View ArticleA loss and a tie for Blugold swim teams
UW-Eau Claire’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams went up against UW-La Crosse in a head to head meet. While the women’s team lost by a score of 178-122, the men were able to keep the score...
View ArticleWomen’s soccer shuts the Blue Devils out
The Blugolds won at home against the UW-Stout Blue Devils 6-0. With Anna Sveiven at goalkeeper, she recorded her tenth shutout of the season.Four different players earned the six shots scored by the...
View ArticleMen’s hockey opens season with a tie
Men’s hockey opened the season with a tie against the St. Johns Johnnies. The single goal for the Blugolds came from Adam Parsells, a third-year defensive player, in the first period. It was assisted...
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Wisconsin Badgers both earned big wins on Saturday, Nov. 9, as Minnesota earned a signature win for P.J. Fleck’s program over the No. 4 team in the country, Penn...
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Although it originated in Spain, this young sport takes element of Brazilian music and other commonplace sports and makes them into something entirely new. Bossaball is a sport that shares many...
View ArticleRugby goes to nationals
Last weekend, the UW-Eau Claire’s women’s rugby club lost a match to UW-Oshkosh in the conference championship game. The team left the field muddied and bruised, but Becky Kasprzak, the team’s vice...
View ArticleBlugolds basketball begins
The UW-Eau Claire basketball teams are gearing up to begin a new season. While the men’s team already has a win under their belt, defeating St. Scholastica 71-52 this past Friday, Nov. 8, the women’s...
View ArticleMen’s hockey wins two in a row
After opening the season with a tie, the Blugolds won two games in a row at Hobbs Ice Arena and scored 12 goals between the two games. Of the 12 goals, they all had at least one player with an assist...
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