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Webster sports fans forced to support the team virtually
This season, sporting events will look different. Fans who normally crowd the stands will have to watch games virtually via live streams. Strapped with a N-95 mask, hand sanitizer, and prepared to...
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Volleyball team must replace five starters despite restricted practices
Going into the spring season, the Webster Volleyball team only has two of the seven starters from their last conference tournament. The Webster volleyball team has not played a competitive match since...
View ArticleChess team wins Pan-American Championship
Webster’s two chess teams – “A” team and “B” team – competed against 57 other teams. The “A” team won first place, and the “B” team won third overall. The Webster University chess “A” team won first...
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Webster baseball hopes to make it to Division III World Series
Perfect Game USA, a national baseball scouting organization, placed Webster’s baseball team at the top of their 2021 preseason rankings. It is World Series or bust for the Webster University baseball...
View ArticleWebster baseball shortens schedule for 2021
Webster’s baseball team will only play 36 games in the 2021 regular season, four fewer than normal. The team will start the season facing off against Wabash College. The Webster baseball team will play...
View ArticleOpinion: Tom Brady will reestablish dominance by defeating Patrick Mahomes
Nineteen years ago today, peach-fuzz babyface Tom Brady took the field in the Super Bowl for the first time. He was an underdog entering that Super Bowl, facing-off against the St. Louis Rams ‘Greatest...
View ArticleOpinion: The Chiefs will celebrate back-to-back wins
Does anyone really believe Tampa Bay can win this game? Since a 32-25 loss to Tennessee in November 2019, Kansas City has lost two games. One loss was to the Raiders, and the other was in week 17 of...
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Women’s basketball team ready for return to court
Webster women’s basketball team member Lauryn Freeman said preparation has been difficult. However, the team is hoping to once again be tournament champions. After winning the conference tournament in...
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Men’s basketball team aims to win big this year
Last year, Webster men’s basketball beat Greenville in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament. The team’s first game of the 2021 season will be on Feb. 24 at Greenville. The...
View ArticleSporting events return
The volleyball team won their first game against Fontbonne University on Feb. 13. The game came after months of practice and nearly a year since the last sporting event. It’s been 335 days since the...
View ArticleWebster volleyball team wins its first game of the new season
Webster’s Volleyball team won its first match of the season. The team had to push back earlier matches to give more time for its players to be tested for COVID-19. For the first time since the shutdown...
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Webster track athlete named SLIAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
Jacob Ridenhour won first in the 60m dash and the 200m dash during the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track Championships on Feb. 27. The year of 2020 was unexpected, to say the...
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Ali Spohr earns a triple-double, one of only two in DIII this year
Ali Spohr is the third volleyball player to record a triple-double in Webster’s history. For Spohr, however, the most important thing is helping the team do well. On Feb. 24, Webster University...
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Student-athlete works to balance two sports as seasons overlap
COVID-19 pushed basketball season into soccer season. For two-sport athlete Mark Moore, the scheduling issue can make balancing different sports difficult. Wake up, workout, shoot hoops, eat, shower,...
View ArticleDespite smaller team, women’s basketball aims to be SLIAC champions
Even with the smaller roster, women’s basketball player Julie Baudendistel said the team has great chemistry. Walking into the Grant Gymnasium, any St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference...
View ArticlePlaying while Black: A look into Black student-athletes’ lives
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View ArticleWebster baseball team beats Spalding University after player’s home run
Webster’s baseball team was tied 0-0 with Spalding University. Then, webster player A.J. Smith hit a home run. The team won the four-game series 3-1. With the bases loaded, the score tied 0-0 and a...
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Danielle Schultz wins individual cross country championship
Danielle Schultz did not imagine she would win a cross country race at Webster’s women’s cross country team’s meet. Yet she finished 30 seconds ahead of her opponents. Months of pushbacks, practice and...
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Chess coach Susan Polgar to retire from Webster
Susan Polgar and her husband, assistant chess coach Paul Truong, are planning on moving to Florida. Liem Quang Le, one of Polgar’s former students, will fill the position. Webster’s chess team has been...
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Grandmaster and former student Liem Quang Le to be next chess coach
Grandmaster Liem Quang Le is the top-rated player in his home country of Vietnam and a former chess player at Webster. He will become the new head coach of Webster’s chess team. In the world of...
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