By Justin Sucher Western Herald In the final homestand of the year, the Western Michigan University women’s tennis team closed out its regular season schedule by splitting with Miami University of Ohio and Ball State University. On Friday, the Broncos (19-7, 6-2 MAC) lost a heartbreaker to the Miami Red Hawks, 4-3, which ended any [...]

By Adam Bouton Western Herald Even a bloody nose halfway during the first set couldn’t prevent sophomore Michael Calderone from rolling to a straight sets victory. Calderone said that the bloody nose helped calm him down and propel him to the win. “I think it relaxed me a little bit,” he said following the conclusion [...]

By Roger Sievers Western Herald Competing on a couple of beautiful days in Michigan, the Western Michigan University women’s track and field team tried some new things at the Central Collegiates in Ypsilanti and fared very well this past weekend. “It goes to show what we can do when we have really nice weather; everybody [...]

By Mark Rudi Western Herald Every season fresh faces of freshmen athletes come to Western Michigan University. For the Bronco football team, recruiting is mainly spent on filling holes in certain positions, like tight end, wide receiver and the defensive backfield. “Some guys are going to have to play,” head coach Bill Cubit said. “We’ll [...]

By Mark Rudi Western Herald For Western Michigan University athletes, the offseason can be just as important as the season itself. Bronco athletes must stay in shape and work on their skills to get ready for the upcoming year and due to NCAA rules, all without their coaches. For the WMU football team, the players [...]

By Adam Bouton Western Herald It takes a lot to play soccer professionally.  For Lindsay Tarpley, who helped lead the United States Women’s National team to a gold medal in Beijing, those dreams all began in Kalamazoo. “My parents did a great job of raising me to be the best that I can be,” Tarpley [...]

By Adam Bouton Western Herald Western Michigan University had several outstanding individual performances this past year on the football field. Many of those players are looking to make the transition to the National Football League next year and are expected to be selected in the upcoming NFL Draft. One of those players is WMU senior [...]

When I first set foot onto Western Michigan University’s campus in the fall of 2002, I was a self-proclaimed sports nut. Not much has changed since then, but I am now an even bigger sports nut thanks to Bronco athletics. I’ve witnessed some great sports teams, more than a few gifted athletes and several terrific [...]

When I stepped on Western Michigan University’s campus for the first time four years ago, I joined a school with a lackluster athletic tradition that seemed to be in a complete reconstruction. Football head coach Bill Cubit was in his first year following WMU’s 1-10 season that left the team in shambles. Men’s basketball had [...]

By Scott Sierzenga Western Herald Wind was blowing out and tempers rose, which didn’t make for a good combination in baseball. A recently struggling Western Michigan University (10-24, 5-10 Mid-American Conference) was pushed to the limits by Eastern Michigan University (11-27, 5-10 MAC) after a weekend of flaring tempers. This led to ejections and caused [...]

The All-WMU team is comprised of 10 Bronco student athletes: five men, five women. The nominees were selected by the Western Herald sports staff. Patrick Galivan, senior right wing, hockey — This former walk-on blossomed this season and climbed his way up the Central Collegiate Hockey Association scoring chart in winning the scoring crown.  More [...]