Baseball takes a rocky start

The Western Carolina Catamounts baseball fell to University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks this past weekend making their standing record now 1-5. The Warhawks won the season home opener on Friday, 11-7. WCU picked up its first win of the year with a 15-7 win on Saturday but quickly fell to a loss Sunday, 16-10. “This weekend was […]

WCU Baseball off to a strong start

Western Carolina’s baseball team won their home opener, 8-0, over Winthrop University Tuesday, Feb. 18, and look to keep this trend going for the rest of the season. The Catamounts really hit their stride late in the fifth inning, after getting their first run on a walk with bases loaded. They wouldn’t look back, scoring […]

Catamounts capture fifth-straight win; defeat Blue Devils, 12-4

Senior All-American second baseman, Ross Heffley went 4-for-4 and freshman first baseman, Jacob Hoyle drove in five RBI as Western Carolina took down Duke on Tuesday night, 12-4 in Cullowhee, N.C. “This year we have been off to a hot start. The starting pitching has been awesome. It really helps when innings are flowing quick […]

WCU athletic director fired

Chip Smith was fired as athletic director of Western Carolina University effective Tuesday Oct. 25.  Smith has been the director of athletics at Western since 2004, before that he was over athletics at Morehead State University. The decision came from Chancellor David Belcher Monday.   Belcher sent an email message thanking Smith for his services at […]

Catamount baseball 2011: take me out to the ball game

Catamount baseball swings back into action opening weekend February 18-20 against Morehead State. The runners up in the Southern Conference championship look to win the title in 2011. Last year the Cats finished their season 38-20 with 2 players picked up in the MLB draft. The Catamounts lost several key seniors last season including MLB […]