Wes Women Athletes Off to NCAAs

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Two Wesleyan teams, Women’s Crew and Women’s Tennis, are heading to their respective NCAA National Championship tournaments. In tennis, this is the first time in 15 years the team has been selected, and only  the second time in program history. The Cardinals earned an at-large bid Monday afternoon. The Cardinals will play in second round action Saturday, May 14 at Amherst, MA, after earning a first round bye. I took this picture of the team when we were all out in California during spring break.

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The Women’s Crew team is heading to the NCAA races in Sacramento, CA. These Cardinals are a nationally ranked powerhouse, and just finished fourth out of 21 teams at the 2016 ECAC/National Invitational Rowing Championship Sunday in Worcester, Mass.

Womens Crew Team

In addition to Women’s Tennis and Women’s Crew qualifying for the NCAA Championships, baseball is defending its back-to-back NESCAC Championship crown this weekend in Nashua, NH. The conference tournament begins Friday and is double-elimination, and the championship game is Sunday. Baseball earned the top-seed in the NESCAC West for the fourth consecutive season.

These athletes are negotiating finals and other end-of-the-year obligations while competing at the highest level. Congratulations and good luck!!

3 thoughts on “Wes Women Athletes Off to NCAAs”

  1. You may also want to think of congratulating Vicious Circles, the women’s club ultimate team, on also qualifying for USA Ultimate’s D-III championship tournament. Perhaps all the more impressive with the lack of financial support given to them by the university.

    Feel free to donate to get them to North Carolina! https://www.gofundme.com/64sz4644

    Fletcher Durant
    NF ’03

  2. Also shout-out to the men and women who are still competing for the Track and Field team! There are eleven marvelous athletes who are training through finals week to get ready to compete at the Open New England Championship this weekend, and ECACs the weekend after. I’m so proud of my teammates and all of the athletes at Wes who are still competing while balancing their work!!

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