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Soccer Season Review

Recently, the Wheaton College soccer season came to an unfortunately disappointing end for both the men and women’s teams. Both lost in the semifinals of the NEWMAC Playoffs coming off of successful, yet admittedly rocky, seasons. The women’s soccer team finished with an overall record of 11-7-1. They made it to the playoffs and beat […]

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A New Look: Basketball 2018

Along with steadily dropping temperatures and falling leaves, the beginning of November comes with another annual phenomenon: the start of the basketball season. This year, however, differs slightly from the past, with the season starting a full week early. The early start marks the first time in nearly 15 years that Division Three basketball games […]

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Are the Red Sox Really the Best?

As any Red Sox fan will know, they always find a way to break your heart. Luckily, that didn’t happen this year. With a swinging third strike-thrown by pitching ace, Chris Sale, the Red Sox won the 2018 World Series. This year, the Red Sox were the best team in the baseball world, holding 108 […]

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Newest Sports Club at Wheaton

Two first-year students, Viren Tuli ‘22 and Vaibhav Pandey ‘22, have launched the newest addition to Wheaton club sports in the form of the second most popular game on the planet: Cricket. Tuli said that It’s an idea that has been brewing since early August. Although back then, it was just something they casually talked […]

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Wheaton’s Swim and Diving Team

On October 18, Wheaton’s Swim and Diving Team made an exciting start to their new season against Bentley University, despite taking the loss. Wheaton featured many high ranking finishes among the different races and even one pool record that was broken. Although the Men’s Team lost 178-85, there were still many high points to their […]

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Ultimate Tourney at Roger Williams

On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Wheaton Ultimate Frisbee team, or WULF,  headed to Roger Williams University for their second tournament of the season. WULF was one of two mixed teams present at the tournament, with the rest being all male. The Lyons arrived at 2 p.m., and remained till the end of their fourth game, […]

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Field hockey ends their NEWMAC drought

On September 22, the Women’s Field Hockey team at Wheaton took on Clark University at home. It was their second New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game of the season. The Lyons, whose first NEWMAC match was a 4-2 loss against Smith College, had a better performance against Clark. Wheaton fought to a […]

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Archery club hits the target

There are new beginnings in the Archery Club at Wheaton. It has gone through a reorganization process upon entering this year and is looking forward to what is ahead of them. So far, the club has added an official secretary to the staff and more events to the calendar. A typical week for archery will […]

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Wheaton Women’s Soccer Fighting for the Goal

In the midst of a scorching hot start to the year for many of Wheaton’s athletic teams, the women’s soccer team is not to be underestimated. One of their most notable games ended in a 6-0 blowout win against Husson University. This adds to the Lyons’ record of having four shutout wins so far in […]

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Wheaton’s Volleyball Team Has a Successful Season

After the most successful season in Wheaton Volleyball history, the team is gearing up for another deep conference run. Last year, the Lyons made it to the semifinals of the NEWMAC Conference tournament, before narrowly losing to the 17th ranked team in the nation, MIT, in five sets. Despite the loss of two seniors, the […]