With the 2011-2012 basketball season well underway, both the men's and the women's basketball teams look to keep improving with goals of making it to the postseason tournaments. The men improve to 8-10 overall and 4-9 in the GPAC after Saturday's stellar 95-84 win against #5 Dordt.
Shea Rasmussen basketball Class Senior Hometown Longmont, CO Food homemade ravioli Movie The Lion King or Cars Band or Music Group Dierks Bently Athlete Tim Tebow Class Exercise Physiology Professor Dr.
The Nebraska Wesleyan basketball team features the sibling duo of Andy and Tim Schweitzer. The Bedford, Iowa natives brought success to their teams growing up, and are currently key players on the Prairie Wolves squad this season. Andy, a senior, has started all 17 games, and is second on the team in three pointers and assists.
On Friday, Jan. 20, the Nebraska Wesleyan Track and Field Team competed in its own invitational at the Devaney Sports Center on UNL's campus. The meet featured 15 teams from Division I, Division II, and NAIA conferences throughout the Midwest.
Nebraska Wesleyan crowned champions in four different indoor events to conclude 2011. The Indoor Volleyball League crowned Cody Miller's Sledgehammers the B division champions after Jordan Barrett's Tree Hill Ravens forfeited under interesting circumstances.
The NWU Cross Country teams completed yet another successful GPAC season on November 5 at Pioneers Park. Both the men's and women's teams won team titles at the GPAC Cross Country Championships. Hannan Kinberg and Hayley Sutter led the women by taking the top two spots at the meet.
Coach's Corner is a new edition to the sports page that allows the student body and faculty to get to know the featured coach, and a little bit about what to expect for the season. This week's coach is men's basketball head coach, Cam Schuknecht.
The Wesleyan Volleyball team saw their season finally come to an end three weeks ago when they traveled to Sioux City, Iowa to square off against the Dordt Defenders. The Prairie Wolves fought hard, but the Defenders were able to take the match in three sets.
Emily Dierks soccer Class Junior Hometown Lincoln, Nebraska Thanksgiving Food Pumpkin pie Movie The Guardian or Hitch Band or Music Group Taylor Swift Pro Athlete Tim Tebow Part of the Holidays Spending quality time with quality people Dierks was an honorable mention All-GPAC performer.
After a tough 2-1 loss to Briar Cliff on Oct. 29 in Sioux City, Iowa, the lady Prairie Wolves ended their 2011 campaign finishing 5-13 overall and 2-8 in the GPAC. Judging the season by their record, however, doesn't give the ladies the credit they deserve.
The second wave of intramural sports began recently at Nebraska Wesleyan. Competition is under way for men's and women's tune-up basketball, coed volleyball, women's volleyball and broomball. Eleven teams signed up for the men's tune-up basketball division.
Bobby Brown cross country Year Senior Major Elementary Education Hometown Lincoln, Nebraska Food Double Bacon Cheeseburgers Movie Mr. Mom Music Frank Sinatra TV Show Spongebob Squarepants (the early seasons) Class Classroom Management and Discipline with Tracey Kastl-Jacobs Quote: "And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down.
Erin Reeh soccer
Year Junior
Major Elementary Education
Hometown Blair, Nebraska
Food Spaghetti
Movie Bridesmaids
Music Single Ladies (Put A Ring
On It) by Beyonce
TV Show How I Met Your Mother
Professor Berniece Jones
Quote: "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."
-Muhammad Ali
Superstitions are a part of sports; one thing that players are never supposed to do when they have a good thing going for them is mess with a winning streak. The latest superstition craze to take over the football team is the power of the mustache.
The Prairie Wolves finished the 2011 fall season first in the GPAC and look to make great strides in the off-season to prepare for the spring. Head Coach Brett Balak states that "it has been a disappointing fall and the team has a lot of work to do to get better.
The fall intramural season concluded before the start of fall break at Nebraska Wesleyan. In sand volleyball, the semifinal games lived up to their hype with each match going into three games. The Chudley Cannons prevailed over On All The Time on the right side of the bracket.
Caitlin Anderson volleyball Hometown Plattsmouth, Nebraska Food Spaghetti Band or Music Group The Goo Goo Dolls Halloween Costume Car air-freshener Movie The Breakfast Club Class Cultural Anthropology Quote "Your ability to choose makes you equal with everyone else on the planet" - Joyce Meyer Anderson has been selected as the Association of Division III Independents (AD3I) volleyball player of the week for matches played Oct.
Brad Fullerton soccer Hometown Lincoln, Nebraska Food Pasta Movie Boondock Saints Band or Music Group Eminem Halloween Costume J.D from "Scrubs" Class Volleyball Studies Hobby Hanging out with my friends and family.
With the football season coming to an end soon, the men's basketball team has begun practicing for their winter season. Though there are a few games in the beginning of November, most teams wait for Friday, Nov. 11 or Saturday, Nov. 12 to begin the long haul to March.
The 2011-2012 basketball season looks to be one of great opportunity for the Prairie Wolves. Returning three starters and eight letter winners, the team starts the season tenth in the GPAC. Head Coach Eric Jensen looks to build on one of NWU's most successful seasons after finishing the 2010-2011 season 11-16 overall and 6-12 in the GPAC.
On Wednesday October 5th, the Nebraska Wesleyan soccer teams played host to our wonderful friends down the road, Doane College. Most of the night's excitement came from the men's game, but the women had a lot to be proud of in their outing against Doane.
The Prairewolf women are currently ranked sixth in the GPAC and look to finish fourth at the GPAC Qualifier #2 meet in Fremont, NE on Oct. 8. The team finished the GPAC #1 Qualifier meet tied for sixth with a team score of 365. Sophomore Brittney Dinkel states, "I'm really proud of how we've played so far this season for how young we are this year.
Hannah Kinberg cross country Class Senior Hometown Lincoln, Nebraska Food Sushi Movie The Birdcage or In the Line of Fire Band or Music Group U2, Bruce Springsteen, & Fleetwood Mac Sport to watch USA Women's Soccer Class Any Biology class Hobby I love scuba diving Quote "Earth laughs in flowers.
The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) wants you to design the next t-shirt to be worn at all Prairie Wolf athletic functions. The committee desires a creative and stylish design that students will want to wear to home games. In addition to seeing the t-shirt design on all the members of the Wolf Pack student section, the contest winner will also receive the t-shirt for free! Send all t-shirt designs to Hayley Sutter at hsutter@nebrwesleyan.
The fall intramural season is coming to a close at Nebraska Wesleyan. Playoffs are under way in coed sand volleyball, men's flag football, and coed flag football. Sand Volleyball has narrowed the 29 team field to 4. The four remaining teams include the Sledgehammers, SandyFeet, The Chudley Cannons, and On All the Time.
On Saturday September 17th the Nebraska Wesleyan volleyball team came from behind to beat the Dordt Defenders. The five set match featured numerous lead changes and momentum swings. The Prairie Wolves bounced back following losses in games one and three to overtake the Defenders in a dominant fifth set.
Mike Rathje cross country Class Senior Hometown Lincoln, Nebraska Food Chocolate milk (I know it's not food but it's delicious) Movie The Sandlot Band or Music Group B.O.B Sport to watch Football and Track Class Mens Glee with Professor Bacon Hobby I am relatively new to this hobby, but I fell in love with biking.
Mackenzie Hite volleyball Class Sophomore Hometown Grant, Nebraska Food Macaroni and cheese Movie Burlesque Band or Music Group I love music in general. To me, life is a song. Sport to watch Football Class LAS with Dr.
A 2003 Wesleyan graduate, Mike Morgan, recorded the top performance for Team USA on September 4 at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Morgan, a two-time All-American in Track & Field at NWU, finished with a time of 2:18:30 placing 31st on the final day of the championships.
The Prairewolves opened the 2011 season on September 17 at the 22nd Annual Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational at Pioneers Park in Lincoln with great success. The men's team, currently ranked twentieth in the NCAA III, won the college division of the meet and the ninth ranked women finished third.
Its fall in Nebraska, which means three things to college students: school has started, the temperature is getting cooler, and it's finally football season. This also means the beginning of practice for those playing varsity athletics here at NWU, but those aren't the only athletes we have here at Nebraska Wesleyan.
The Prairie Wolves women's golf team opened up the year September 3rd at the Doane Dual at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course. The team looks to improve on their sixth place GPAC finish for the 2010-11 season. Sarah Hotovy, an honorable mention All-GPAC Selection in 2010-11, will lead a young Prairie Wolves team into the GPAC qualifiers on September 16 in Sioux Center, IA.
The Nebraska Wesleyan soccer teams entered a period of transition when Sean Steele took over the head coaching duties for Mike Lynch this past offseason. Steele inherited a men's team that was .500 in the GPAC last fall and a women's team that ended GPAC regular season play with a record of 4-5-2.
The 2011 cross country season looks to be one of great excitement and opportunity for the teams. In the preseason NCAA DIII poll compiled by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, the NWU women are ranked 10 and the men are ranked 23.
Female Athlete
Brittney Dinkel - Women's Golf Class: Sophomore Major: Chemistry Hometown: Pierce, NE College Team: Nebraska Athletes: Anika Sorenstam and Phil Mickelson Class: Organic Chemistry with Professor Arnold Food: Chinese Movie: Despicable Me Quotation: "Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it's the courage to continue that counts.
Male Athlete
Jordan Delbaugh - Football Class: Junior Major: History Hometown: Englewood, CO Position: Running Back Pro Football Team: New York Giants Athlete: Barry Sanders Class: All History courses Food: Mashed potatoes Movie: Forrest Gump Band: Blink 182 Quotation: "Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The NWU Men's Basketball team truly had the experience of a lifetime when they traveled to Estonia to play over a two week period this August. The Prairewolves opened the trip on August 15 with an 82-58 loss to BC Rakvere Tarvas, but bounced back on August 16 with an 88-83 victory over Tartu Rock.
Finishing the 2010 season ranked No.22 in the final AVCA/DIII poll with an overall record of 23-6 and 12-4 in the GPAC, including a seventh straight appearance in the NCAA DIII Tournament, the NWU volleyball team starts the 2011 season ranked fourth in the GPAC Coaches' poll.
The Nebraska Wesleyan football team returned to campus August 10 to prepare for the upcoming season. After a disappointing 4-6 season last year, the Prairie Wolves look to improve relying on a wealth of experience. NWU was picked to finish 6th in the GPAC.
The Lincoln Stars secured a spot in this year's United States Hockey League playoffs after missing the playoffs last season. This is the 13th playoff appearance in the franchise's 15 seasons. The Stars finished with a 33-22-5 record, and won 10 of their final 13 games.
And thus the madness has ended. Just as quickly as the NCAA Tournament began, it ended before we could say it was even March. This year's March Madness was one to remember, or for some fans, one to forget. The moment the ball was tipped on the first game of this 2011 tournament, the madness had begun.
The intramural indoor soccer season concluded on April 7 in Knight Fieldhouse with a hard fought championship match featuring the Shin Kickers and the FlapJacks. Following months of pool play, the teams emerged from a competitive thirteen team field.
NWU Men's Golfer Geoff Oliphant has been selected as this week's Player of the Week. Oliphant, a senior from Billings, Montana, currently has a stroke average of 75.67 and a versus par of 3.78 after six tournaments. He is tied for ninth in the conference in which he will be named All-Conference by the end of the season if he remains in the top ten.
Despite having a team riddled with injuries, the Nebraska Wesleyan University softball team has managed to win seven out of their last eight games, taking them to the top of the GPAC rankings. With six games in three, concluding the weekend with the then top-ranked Morningside College, last week posed a challenged to the battered Prairie Wolves.
This article is part of the Reveille's April Fool's edition. After much controversy over redshirt freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez and his future with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln football team, Martinez has officially signed the papers and set up his transfer to our very own Nebraska Wesleyan University.
This article is part of the Reveille's April Fool's edition. On Tuesday, March 29, the NWU athletic apartment announced plans to focus on the financial quality of their athletic program. Effective as of July 15, Nebraska Wesleyan will drop its football program due to monetary losses year after year in what should be a very good way to support all other athletics financially.
This article is part of the Reveille's April Fool's edition. On Monday, February 28, high school senior and number one rated basketball recruit in the country Austin Rivers decomitted to Duke and was on Wednesday, was on campus at NWU for an official visit.
This article is part of the Reveille's April Fool's edition. Tired of playing intramural flag football? Run down on intramural indoor soccer? Ready to try something new and exciting, while competing against all of your classmates? This fall the Wesleyan intramural sports will be expanded to include two new activities: Mustache Growing Championships and BASEketball.
This article is part of the Reveille's April Fool's edition. Phelps was scheduled to visit NWU and deliver a speech on the sportsmanship behind the sport of competitive swimming and his personal struggles that he went through to become one of the best in the sport.
This spring, the 19th ranked Nebraska Wesleyan Men's Golf team will compete to claim it's second NCAA National Championship in school history. Behind the strength of talented seniors as well as young talent, this is a team that has the talent to do big things in the national tournament.
NWU baseball player Beau Kelly has been selected as this week's Player to Watch. Kelly, a sophomore infielder from Colorado Springs, Colorado, went 3-12 in three games verse Kansas Wesleyan with 19 putouts, two runs and two RBI's. On the season opener Kelly comments, "We came out and played very well in our first games of the year.
The Wesleyan softball team is continued their streak this past weekend as they went 2-0 against Stephens College of Columbus, MO and 2-0 Harris-Stowe State of St. Louis, MO. The Prairie Wolves now sit on a 10-0 record, blowing away nearly every team they've played.
3.14159265… This famous irrational number goes on for an eternity. Whether you are a mathematician, a math major, or simply took eighth grade algebra, you know that pi is usually rounded off as the number 3.14. And in that eight grade algebra class, you more than likely celebrated this on March 14 by eating pie and skipping out on a day of calculations Well, may the tradition continue here at the Wesleyan Campus! On March 14 the Math Club honored by hosting the 1st Pi Day Run.
Eight NWU track athletes competed in the 2011 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships held on March 11-12 in Columbus, Ohio at Capital University. The men's team finished tied for 26 with the women's team tied for 34. Senior Amanda Brichacek was the only NWU athlete to qualify in two events in which she received two indoor All-American honors for her performances in the shot put and weight throw.
Batter up…finally! The Nebraska Wesleyan baseball team took the field at last this past weekend for a series with Kansas Wesleyan after their opening series with Sterling College was cancelled due to inclement weather. While the weather was not perfect for baseball, mid 30's, the bats for Nebraska Wesleyan were hot.
NWU Women's Basketball player Katy Golden becomes the tenth women's basketball player in school history to score at least 1,000 career points, after scoring 13 points in the 61-65 loss to Chapman University at the AD3I Tournament in Irving, Texas. Golden, a senior forward from Gretna, Nebraska, ended her successful four year career at NWU with exactly 1000 points.
The NWU softball team has gotten off to a great start this season, opening with a 6-0 record. They're a team of strong individual players that when they come together, create a force that is to be reckoned with. Of the 19 talented players, one really shined in their opening tournament in Dallas.
After finishing the 2010 season 27-14 overall and 17-7 in the GPAC, the softball team starts the 2011 season second in the GPAC. Experience is going to be key for the Prairewolves as well as keeping players healthy in which Head Coach Lance Kingery states, "Our team will compete, scratch, claw and fight for however long they need to, in order to be successful in a game.
The 2011 baseball season looks to be one of great opportunity for the young team. Returning nine letter winners, the Prairewolves start the season tenth in the GPAC. Head coach Bill Fagler stresses the importance of keeping a positive mindset and improving in a competitive conference, "We're very optimistic.
Intramurals are a great way to get involved on campus as well as stay in shape. Many students join teams with friends to play a game that is fun to them. The Sticky Bandits are doing just this, with their own twist. The Sticky Bandits is an intramural basketball team that is not getting a write-up for their fabulous season.
The indoor track season is off to an excellent start with both the men and women's teams nationally ranked. In the NCAA DIII National Rankings, the men are ranked 13, and the women are ranked 18. The men are also ranked number one in the NCAA Central Region Rankings with the women ranked number two.
One of Nebraska Wesleyan University's own athletes won the prestigious NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics. Marcia Kennedy, a senior softball player from Omaha, Neb., was just one of 26 NCAA athletes nationwide who received this scholarship.
Football in Nebraska is always in the news, and if it's not fall, we're talking about next year and how the Huskers are going to win a national title. After an under-achieving 2010 campaign, Bo Pelini's staff has gathered a group of talented athletes from around the country to serve as the 2011 recruiting class, headlined by star running back Aaron Green out of James Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas.
On Feb. 9, NWU Women's Basketball team sported pink jerseys for a cause. The WBCA's Pink Zone® began in 2007 as an initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in women's basketball on campuses and in communities. Kay Yow, former North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, began the program after her third reoccurrence of breast cancer in 2006.
The Nebraska Wesleyan Women's Basketball team has made this season one to remember. With senior Sadie Struebing shooting her way onto the 1000-point chart, winning the most games since the 2005-2006 season, and having the third most conference wins for NWU women's basketball in their GPAC history, the Prairie Wolves have had no problem demonstrating their love for the game.
NWU Women's Basketball player Sadie Struebing is the newest member of the 1000 point club after scoring 18 points in the 73-61 victory over Dakota Wesleyan. Struebing, a senior center from Brainard, Nebraska, as of Feb. 3 had 1,044 career points. She surpassed Cindy Turman with 1,042 points for eighth all-time, needing only 19 points to move up to seventh.
The Prairie Wolves showed their confidence Feb. 2 as the Men's Basketball team took out school rival, the Doane Tigers, in a 74-70 win. Playing at the competition's home court was no easy task, for Wesleyan and Doane athletic events are always highly anticipated.
After a long break, NWU Intramurals is starting the semester off with basketball and Indoor Soccer leagues, and a Groundhog Day Dodgeball Tournament. Men and Women's Basketball leagues started play on Jan. 30. Instead of the normal two games per week, intramural staff has upgraded the leagues to three games per week.
NWU Women's Basketball player Shea Rasmussen has been chosen as this week's Player to Watch. Rasmussen, a junior guard from Longmont, Colorado, is fourth in the GPAC in three-point shooting at 42.2 percent and fifth in the GPAC in scoring with 15.3 points per game.
From high school to college, many changes occur in a student's life. This may be the difficulty of the classes, more intense extra-curricular activities or time-constraints that make students feel as though there are too many things to do and not enough time to do them.
The Nebraska Wesleyan track & field invitational took place this past weekend (Jan. 21) at the Bob Devaney Sports Center/Knight Field House. There were many great performances, but the distance runners really set the pace. Senior Elliott Bulling received an NCAA qualifying mark in the shot put with a toss of 51-3 ½ to tie for second overall.
There's nothing like waiting until the last second: Eight-tenths of a second to be exact. The Prairie Wolf women's basketball team showed their determination on Wednesday, Jan. 19 as they clinched the win against the Hastings Broncos. With the help of lead scorers, senior Shea Rasmussen (19 points), Senior Katy Golden (18 points) and senior Sadie Struebing (17 points), the Wolves defeated the Bronocos 63-62.
The men's basketball team opened the season strong, dominating a game that led to a 74-51 victory over Millikin College in St. Louis, Mo. The Prairie Wolves attacked early, leading 39-21 at halftime. In the first half, the Prairie Wolves shot over 51 percent from the floor and held Millikin down to 28.
After a disappointing 7-16 campaign last year, the 2010-2011 Prairie Wolves women's basketball team is back with a swagger that was missing last season. So far, the P-Wolves are standing strong at 4-0. If you think they've played a pancake schedule so far, think again.
A lot has been said about Bo Pelini's sideline "tirades" and how he's been "out of control" and "embarrassing the university." First of all, if your name starts with a D and ends with a Beebe (Dan Beebe, Commissioner of the Big 12 Conference), keep your nose out of the business of people who know what they're talking about.
Nebraska Wesleyan has yet another coach to gloat about because the men and women's tennis coach was inducted into the Nebraska Tennis Association Hall of Fame. Harley is only the third NWU tennis coach to be inducted into the Nebraska Tennis Association Hall of Fame.
The volleyball team began their final journey of the season on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 8:30 a.m. Heading to the National Tournament beginning in St. Paul, Minnesota, they hit their first bump in the road. Their bus stalled and died at a rest stop leaving them stranded for five hours.
The Nebraska Wesleyan football team closed out their season last Saturday with a 17-14 loss to Hastings as a second-half comeback fell short for the Prairie Wolves. Two first-half turnovers proved to be more than costly for Wesleyan as it caused a 17-0 deficit at halftime.
Thanksgiving break will mark the close of regular pool play for winter intramural sports, including indoor volleyball, tuneup basketball, and broomball. Not to worry: once students return, the playoff brackets for basketball and volleyball will be up.
Excitement filled the atmosphere in the lower level meeting room of the coffee house, as the color red could be found on all of the students' attire. This was not a Husker Sunday, but there was a significant reason why these students were meeting (and donned in Husker regalia).
The Nebraska Cornhuskers kicked off the football season with a 49-10 win over Western Kentucky. According to some Nebraska Wesleyan students' predictions on the season, the Cornhuskers should be a much improved team this year. Students here at Nebraska Wesleyan were asked a few questions about the Cornhusker's season, namely and how they think it will go.
After two early losses at the start of the season, the Nebraska Wesleyan University football team expects to come on strong with young players in the starting lineup this year. One of these players who is having a prime impact on the Wesleyan offense is sophomore quarterback Nate Hauptman.
This year's intramural seasons look promising with many popular sports offered such as football, sand volleyball, basketball, and possible additions of others. Fall sports of flag football and sand volleyball are already underway and sand volleyball once again proves to be a popular draw with a lot of participation.
"The new track could easily become one of the best in Nebraska and the country." This was a bold statement from Ted Bulling, Director of Track and Field/Cross Country at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The comment was made riding the enthusiasm of the NWU athletic staff that realized the old track had been used past its prime.
The Nebraska Wesleyan University volleyball team has started their season with a bang. Kicking off the season, they traveled west to Forest Grove, Oregon. There they defeated Linfield, Bethel, Pacific and Willamette, taking their season record to 4-0.
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