I was delighted to learn this weekend that Wesleyan’s men’s hockey team defeated Hamilton for our first ever NESCAC tournament win! This is another step forward for Coach Potter and the guys, who had already accomplished much this season. They defeated Middlebury and Bowdoin on our rivals’ home ice — something Cardinal teams had never accomplished before. In our final regular season match, Wes scored 14 goals in a win over the University of New England. Let’s keep that momentum going!
There have been a bunch of standout performances this season, from Shasha Brown’s scoring heroics in men’s basketball to Cara Colker-Eybel’s record-breaking races in women’s swimming. Hats off also to our wrestling team, which won 16 of its 17 final matches and placed third this past weekend in the New England Championships! Coach Drew Black at last count has 131 career victories at Wesleyan in 13 seasons at the helm. This eclipses the school record for career coaching victories in wrestling, held by John Biddiscombe, the college’s athletics director, who had 127 wins over 15 seasons. Drew, like all our coaches, is a thoughtful mentor and caring university citizen. We are proud of and grateful for his accomplishments!
Our hockey team is off to Williams on Saturday for the NESCAC semifinals. GO WES!!
Hats off to the Wesleyan Men’s Hockey Team for their historic NESCAC tourney win! This distinguished season is clearly the result of hard work by these athletes, combined with superior coaching and mentoring. It is the goal (no pun intended) of the Wesleyan Athletics Advisory Council to empower Wesleyan Athletics and to allow it to demonstrate the excellence that we see in so many other parts of the University. The AAC wishes to thank the team for helping us get a step closer to realizing this aspiration!
Our efforts, however, and those of Cardinal men and women in all sports, would be in vain without the support and encouragement of the President, the Administration and the Alumni. Let’s thank them all by turning Williamstown into Wesleyantown on Saturday and scoring a huge win over the Ephs on their home ice. GO WES!
Moira McNamara James ’78
Co-Chair Wesleyan Athletics Advisory Council