Women’s basketball head coach, Jonathon Tsipis, has made a positive impact on the team since joining WCU in April. The WCU Athletic Department and WCU Board of Trustees announced the new head coach role on April 5. Tsipis becomes the 14th different women’s basketball head coach in Western Carolina history. Tsipis is enjoying getting to […]
The Catamounts incredible football season
November 28, 2023 by
Story co-written with Nicole Azar and Thalia Richardson The 2023 season of football has come to a close at Western. After beating East Tennessee State University, Western Carolina was heading off to play their final game against VMI, looking to end the season on a good note. However, the season did not end how they […]
Women’s soccer wins SoCon championship, faced Alabama in first round NCAA tournament
November 19, 2023 by
The story was originally published in The Western Carolinian. After a historic season, WCU’s women’s soccer team traveled to Tuscaloosa to face off against Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament. The Catamounts lost to the Crimson Tide 2-0. The Catamounts capped off the Southern Conference Championship in winning fashion, defeating […]
WCU spring football scrimmage sets tone for fall season
May 8, 2023 by
Story originally published in The Western Carolinian For the first time since November, the PA system could be heard throughout campus as the spring football game of the 2023 season kicked off. The game was played on Saturday, April 15, with wonderful weather that called for an even better match up between the purple and […]
WCU track twins turn to football in the fall
May 8, 2022 by
The Western Carolina football team looks to build on their 2021 success with the addition of their newest recruiting class. However, this pair of athletes bring striking similarities to the football field. Javell and Javon Brown, sophomore jumpers on the WCU Track Team, will turn in their track uniforms for shoulder pads and helmets this […]
Extra innings proves fruitless for the Catamounts
April 28, 2022 by
In a four-hour, 10-inning game, the WCU Catamount baseball team was defeated by the Presbyterian Blue Hose by a score of 11-8, on April 27. With a crowd of over 300 people in attendance at Hennon Stadium. “It was nerve-wracking, to say the least,” Wade Raines, a Catamounts fan, said. “It was a tough game […]
