Sunday, March 14th, 2010Scott Sierzenga (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University (2-10) baseball team got swept in three games against Oral Roberts University this weekend as they struggled to put runs on the board. The Broncos managed to only score nine runs total in three games against the Golden Eagles (5-6) while allowing 37 runs, which is never a recipe [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010Western Herald (As with any report that comes )By A.j. Reed out revolving around Tiger Woods, there are often multiple versions and multiple sources. The latest report surrounding Woods is the question as to when he will return to golf. The Associated Press has reported that Woods will not return to golf before the Masters.  The New York Post [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Wednesday, Western Michigan University junior Casey Cullen was named the MAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week. This is the second time this season and fourth career weekly award for Cullen. At the HEB Tournament of Champions in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 5, Cullen led the Broncos to a 3-1 record.  He [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Thursday, the Western Michigan University softball team swept a pair of weekly awards from the Mid-American Conference. Sophomore Gracie Barstad took MAC West Division Player of the Week while teammate Diana Patterson swept MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week. During Barstad’s week of competition, she recorded five multi-hit games, including four consecutive.  [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Kalamazoo Kings Professional Baseball Team is seeking an official sponsor for the 2010 season. In addition to a the great expanse of marketing opportunities, the official sponsor will receive up to four free tickets per employee per regular season home game, two party decks and free tickets for a charity of the [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Tuesday, the Kalamazoo Outrage announced that they are bringing in former Outrage captain, Dan Bulley, as the assistant to head coach Mark Spooner. During the 2008 campaign, Bulley competed in 12 games and scored four games before his season was ended by a broken metatarsal. Bulley was a three-time all-conference player and during [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)Western Michigan University’s Riley Gill has been named an alternate for the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge on April 9 at Ford Field. If Northern Michigan University’s Brian Steward and the Air Force’s Andrew Volkening are unable to participate, Gill will take their place. Gill recently finished his fourth and final season at [...]

Sunday, March 14th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)Six seconds. That’s all it took for the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team to be knocked out of the 2010 FirstEnergy Mid-American Conference Tournament in Cleveland. On Thursday, March 11, the Broncos defeated Central Michigan University, 69-60, to advance to semifinal play. Senior guard David Kool scored 24 of his 26 points in the [...]

Friday, March 12th, 2010 By Colleen Drozan (Western Herald)On Friday, Western Michigan University thrower Irene Cooper took third place at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Arkansas. In the 20-pound weight throw, Cooper threw a distance of 69 feet, 2.75 inches, beating her previous school record of 67 feet, 10.25 inches set earlier this [...]

Friday, March 12th, 2010Scott Sierzenga (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University baseball team (2-9) lost game one of their three game series at Oral Roberts (3-6) on Friday. Oral Roberts has been the program with the most wins in the country since 2004 and it showed as they busted out the sticks for the game, downing Western Michigan, 13-2. Four [...]

Thursday, March 11th, 2010Alexandra Harvey (Western Herald)Coming off of a challenging and hectic past week of matches, the Western Michigan University men’s tennis team (12-5) finally gets to slow down the pace a bit. With a break of a little over a week between matches, the No. 64 Broncos’ next match is a double-header on Monday, March 15, at [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Scott Sierzenga (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University baseball team returned from their spring trip with only two wins, but it was how those two wins came to be that will set the tone for the rest of their season. The Broncos (2-8) won their first game against the then 7-1 Villanova Wildcats after losing their first [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Nicholas Grenke (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University gymnastics team will be looking to build their momentum on a second place finish at the Pittsburg Invitational last weekend during competition at the Eastern Michigan Invitational on Saturday. The Lady Broncos finished second to host Pittsburg University and former coach Terry Karwoski, who left the team to be [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Western Herald (On Tuesday)By A.j. Reed , Carl Edwards was placed on a three-race probation for intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski in Sunday’s race at Atlanta. Early in the race, Edwards crashed off a restart when he tried to cut down the track, hitting Keselowski and spinning out. Edwards was able to fix his car before the race ended and [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Katie Matteson (Western Herald)What do malnutrition, Tuberculosis, HIV and early death have in common? The poor cannot seem to escape them. On Tuesday, WMU held a presentation “Partners in Health: Accompaniment in Action”, in which Donna Barry argued that lack of money leads to higher illness rates. “You cannot disconnect socio-economic issues from disease spread,” Barry said. Donna Barry [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Colleen Drozan (Western Herald)Senior Irene Cooper will head down to Fayetteville, Ark. to represent Western Michigan University at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday, March 12-13. Cooper will be the only Bronco to go to the NCAA Indoor Championships this year. With only one Bronco going, Western Michigan has a smaller chance of [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Katie Matteson (Western Herald)The weather is warming up and the sun is coming out – summer is on its way.  But with thoughts of summer comes panic. It’s time to scramble to get that “perfect” beach body you’ve been dreaming about. Please, be careful. The only good way to lose weight and maintain it is to change your [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Tuesday, March 9, Western Michigan University held its annual Pro Day. The event allowed the Bronco football program’s draft eligible seniors to show off their skills to NFL scouts, general managers and player personnel directors. Among the Broncos participating were Austin Pritchard, Brandon West, Andy Dorcely, Justin Braska, Mike Perisee, Glenis Thompson and [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Tuesday, the Mid-American Conference named Western Michigan University sophomore Miame Giden honorable mention All-MAC following the conclusion of the 2009-10 women’s basketball season. This is the second straight season that Giden has earned a post-season award.  At the conclusion of the 2008-2009 season, Giden was named to the MAC All-Freshman team. For the [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Monday, the Mid-American Conference announced Western Michigan University senior, David Kool, as the 2010 MAC Player of the Year. The award was voted on by a panel of 24 MAC News Media Association members. Kool took the award with a 13-to-24 vote to earn a place as the fourth Bronco to be named [...]

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Western Michigan University men’s basketball held on to advance to the second round of the MAC Tournament in Cleveland, OH. In the first round of the 2010 FirstEnergy MAC Tournament on Sunday, the Broncos defeated No. 10 Bowling Green State University, 75-73, in front of 1,786 fans at University Arena. “That was one [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Western Herald (The 2010 USA Curling National )By A.j. Reed Championships kicked off on Saturday during opening ceremonies at Wings Stadium. Preliminary rounds will be played throughout the week, with the semifinals taking place on Friday and the championship on Saturday.  The winners of both the women’s and men’s tournament will go on to represent the United States [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Chris Willis (Western Herald)The opening of Free-Agency in the National Football League has made quite a splash. Thus far, a couple of NFC North division foes have been the biggest winners. Both the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears have added three big name players to its roster. The Lions re-unite head coach Jim Schwartz, with [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Western Michigan University men’s hockey team finished with a 2-2 tie against the Ferris State University Bulldogs on Feb. 26 at Eqigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids, Mich. After two rounds of a shootout, FSU took a 2-0 lead over the Brown and Gold. The Bulldogs picked up their first goal of the [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Feb. 28, the Western Michigan University gymnastics team took first place in a tri-meet against the University of Illinois-Chicago and Bowling Green State University, posting its highest team score of the season with 193.925. UIC finished with an overall score of 191.150 while Bowling Green finished with 190.675. The first points of the [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Western Michigan University women’s basketball team picked up a win against in-state rival Central Michigan University, 64-56, on Saturday, Feb. 27 at University Arena. Sophomore guard Miami Giden led three players in double figures with 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals to help lead the Brown and Gold to [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Western Michigan University men’s tennis team kicked off spring break with a trip to Louisville, KY to take on No. 38 Oklahoma State University on Friday, February 26. After battling point-for-point with the nationally-ranked team, the Broncos came up short, 5-2. The Brown and Gold nearly won the doubles point as the tandem [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Western Michigan University women’s tennis team erased a three-match losing streak after defeating Michigan State University, 4-3, on Feb. 27 in East Lansing. The Broncos and the Spartans battled for four and a half hours before the Brown and Gold emerged victorious.  Clinching the win for the Lady Broncos was junior Amanda [...]

Sunday, March 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Saturday, Feb. 27, the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team fell to in-state rival Central Michigan University, 74-66, at Rose Center in Mt. Pleasant. Senior guard David Kool scored 31 points, moving himself into 10th place in Mid-American Conference history for scoring. “He’s such an exceptional player,” said CMU head coach Ernie Zeigler.  [...]

Saturday, March 6th, 2010Colleen Drozan (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University track and field team completed Day One of the Alex Wilson Invitational on Friday evening, beating another school record as the distance medley relay team crushed its previous score by 10 seconds. Bronco freshman Cara Cremeans started off the first leg with a 3:30 split. Junior sprinter Victoria Chatman [...]