The Catamount softball team hosted a three-game series against Southern Conference (SOCON) rivals Eastern Tennessee State University (ETSU) Buccaneers. The first two games were started at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, and the series finale at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 23. The first game started off with a bang when sophomore infielder Maya […]
Catamount breaks women’s tennis all time program record
March 18, 2025 by
Jade Groen has broken the record for the most singles wins in Catamount women’s tennis program history. The history-making win came with her 10th singles victory of the season, boosting her overall win tally to 39. The record had been held by Jordan Strickland who graduated in 2020 with 38 career singles wins. The milestone […]
Football kickoff in Cullowhee
September 7, 2023 by
The long wait is over, and it is finally football season in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The Western Carolina Catamounts host the Samford Bulldogs for their season home opener on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 2:30 p.m. The last time the Catamounts defeated the Bulldogs was in September 2017 in a game that was decided in the […]
WCU students who posted racial videos no longer students
August 26, 2020 by
WCU’s administration stayed true to their commitment to be a diverse and inclusive university. Citing violations of the Student Code of Conduct, the university said that the students involved in both of the videos will no longer attend WCU. “On Saturday, August 22, 2020, it came to light that videos containing racial slurs were being […]
New year, new cats
February 1, 2019 by
Story co-written/produced with Natalie Ballard As another new year begins, so many of us set out to better ourselves with new year’s resolutions. However, according to research, a great number of us will drop our resolutions by the end of January. Research shows that around 45 to 60 percent of people set resolutions at the beginning […]
USC Upstate wins the doubleheader against WCU
April 5, 2018 by
In a doubleheader between USC Upstate Spartans (26-13) and the Western Carolina Catamounts (9-20), the Spartans beat the Cats in both games through a dominating offensive performance on Wednesday, April 4 in Cullowhee, NC. In the first game, the Spartans started out hot with a six-run lead in the first inning. They managed to get four more runs to […]
