Volleyball wins four over week

Lone loss comes at hands of Viterbo during weekend home tournament in McPhee

By Nick Gourdoux

Last week, the UW-Eau Claire volleyball team, ranked No. 19 in the nation, played its final home matches of the season. The team hosted WIAC foe UW-Superior on Wednesday, Oct. 21 and then hosted the Blugold Invitational over the weekend. In those five matches, the Blugolds walked away victorious four times.

Blugolds overcome 14-point deficit to beat UW-Oshkosh

Football gets back to .500 record with victory

By McLean Bennett

Statistically speaking, UW-Oshkosh held the upper hand throughout all of Saturday's game against UW-Eau Claire. In an offensively charged match that saw both teams combine for more than 900 yards, Oshkosh ran and passed for nearly 150 yards more than the Blugolds.

Men's hockey starts season with losing streak

Defensive effort lacking in pair of weekend games

By McLean Bennett

The UW-Eau Claire men's hockey team kicked off its season on a two-game losing streak this weekend. The Blugolds fell 5-3 Friday against Marian University at Hobbs Ice Arena, and lost 3-2 Saturday at Lawrence University. The pair of losses put Eau Claire's season record at 0-2.

Soccer earns bye in WIAC tourney

Victory puts an end to winless streak

By Frank Pellegrino

The women's soccer team completed its conference season on Saturday with a victory and concluded its regular season Sunday with a non-conference loss.

Blugolds sweep Blue Devils

Volleyball continues 11-game winning streak over UW-Stout rivals

By Nick Gourdoux

The Blugolds, ranked No. 17 in the nation, had won 10 consecutive matches against their I-94 rival entering Wednesday's contest and extended that number to 11 with a 3-0 sweep.

Women's tennis team ends year on high note

Blugolds take No. 3 in WIAC Championship, wait for spring to return to courts

By Ashley Hofer

The two-day tournament ran from Saturday, Oct. 24 to Sunday, Oct. 25 at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium. On the first day of the event, the Blugolds played two rounds of doubles and one round of singles matches. The tournament wrapped up on Sunday with the final round of doubles and the final two rounds of singles competition.

Football falls to rival Stout, 36-15

Loss drops Blugolds to 3-4 overall, 1-3 in WIAC as season's end nears

The UW-Eau Claire football team fell to rival UW-Stout 36-15 on Saturday.

Featured freshmen: Emily Neave

By Heather Mawhiney

Freshman Neave started as a setter this year, a position that holds a leadership role and a lot of responsibility on the team, said head coach Kim Wudi.

Women's hockey prepares for season

Blugolds look to rebound from last year's late-season collapse

By Nick Gourdoux

The UW-Eau Claire women's hockey team's 2008-2009 season ended a little more than eight months ago in a 0-4 loss to Lake Forest College (Ill.). The team had been 13-10-3 before the season-ending loss, but the record alone doesn't accurately represent the team's performance. After the first 15 games, the Blugolds had an impressive 10-3-2 record and ranked as high as No. 9 in the country.

Going streaking

By Nick Gourdoux and Frank Pellegrino

Last week, Frank once again managed one more accurate prediction than Nick - three and two respectively - and maintains a .150 advantage in overall prediction percentage. Nick, on the other hand, still has the longest streak of the season with five, compared to Frank's long of four. The only prediction the two sports editors differed on last week was whether or not the UW-Eau Claire soccer team would score first against UW-Oshkosh. They did, and that's how Frank got his one-prediction advantage.

Blugolds take Homecoming victory

Football team scores 34-26 over Platteville

By McLean Bennett

The victory, which put the Blugolds at 1-2 in the WIAC and 3-3 overall this season, didn't come without some turbulence. Things didn't start well for the Blugolds, who turned the ball over on an interception just two and a half minutes into their opening drive. Platteville converted the turnover for a field goal to take a quick 3-0 lead.