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Wilkes baseball takes 2016 spring break road trip

Just like other students, members of the Wilkes Colonels baseball team returned to campus last week after spring break. However, they spent their time in Florida, not partying, but hard at work on the baseball field. The Colonels spent the week in Fort Pierce, Fla., for the second year in a row. The team compiled […]

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2016 NCAA Tournament Preview: Expect Madness

March 15 is the day that kicks off March Madness, or as it is formally called, the 2016 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament. The last two of the 68 teams left in the tournament will meet at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on April 4 to decide a champion. If there is a word […]

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Men’s basketball: Pulling it together at the right time

The Colonels’ men’s basketball team hosted the DeSales Bulldogs on Wednesday, and lost the game 76-67. This was the team’s first loss since their last matchup versus DeSales on Jan. 20. The Colonels had a terrible performance from three-point line, only making 7 of 22 attempts. The loss puts the team at an (11-11) record […]

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Wilkes Cross Country: Men’s and women’s season recap

The Wilkes men’s and women’s cross country seasons concluded in the NCAA Mid-East Regional’s at Dickinson College on Nov. 14. The men’s team would finish 36th out of 52 teams, and the women’s team 41st out of 50 teams that participated in the event. Nick Wadas entered his eighth season of coaching both the men’s […]

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Field hockey season recap

Last Wednesday, the Wilkes field hockey team entered the MAC Freedom Tournament for a rematch with FDU-Florham. After last year’s 1-0 loss, the Colonels looked to redeem themselves. However, FDU-Florham would again get the best of the Colonels and defeat them 4-1, ending their season. Sophomore Forward Keighlyn Oliver provided the only offense for the […]

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Wilkes University’s men’s basketball: Survive and advance

With two weeks until the season starts, the Colonels Men’s Basketball team looks to go a step further than it did last season. The Colonels were denied a trip to the conference tournament last year after a loss to Kings College in the last game of the season. Head Coach Izzi Metz is entering his […]

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