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 […]
Catamounts maul Purple Eagles
February 24, 2022 by
The catamount baseball team opened up their 2022 regular season with a four game series against the Niagara Purple Eagles on Feb. 18 through Feb. 20.See the full story The Cats collected an astounding amount of offense during the opening series. They scored 72 runs over the course of the four games. Head baseball coach, […]
WCU Baseball has new captains for the season
January 31, 2022 by
Pitchers Zebby Matthews and Jacob Corn have been elected as team captains for the 2022 baseball season. Matthews, a junior right-handed starting pitcher, and Jackson County native, started in ten games last year, before an elbow injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season. In his ten games, Matthews posted a 6-2 record as […]
WCU baseball looks to carry hot streak into upcoming series
March 26, 2021 by
The WCU Baseball team is currently on 6 game win streak that has seen them outscore their opponents by a wide margin of 67-25. After having their last few games cancelled and rescheduled, the Catamounts look to refocus on the task at hand in their March 26-27 series against The Citadel. The Catamounts have accumulated […]
Catamount sports spring in full swing
March 3, 2021 by
Western Carolina Athletics has been off to a busy start to the spring season. When the Southern Conference postponed all fall competitions in August last year to the spring season, it led WCU sports to operate on an abnormal schedule for many sports. The abnormal schedule also has required an abnormal attendance policy that […]
So close, yet so far away
April 12, 2018 by
The (3-28) Western Carolina Catamounts almost pulled off the upset against the eighth ranked team in the nation, the (23-10) Kentucky Wildcats, on Wednesday night’s game at Childress Field in Cullowhee. The Catamounts had a tough battle coming into Wednesday night’s game. The Wildcats jumped out to an early 4–run lead thanks to senior catcher/first baseman, Troy […]
