Sunday, February 7th, 2010Alexandra Harvey (Western Herald)Western Michigan University’s men’s tennis team (7-0) remains undefeated, winning Friday’s doubleheader, defeating Illinois State University (5-2) and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (7-0) at the West Hills Athletic Club. The Broncos swept the doubles matches, though Illinois State played a tough game by forcing tiebreakers in two of the three matches – [...]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)Senior guard of the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team, David Kool was named the MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week on Friday by the Mid-American Conference. This is the fourth time this season and sixth time overall that Kool has been given this honor. Kool’s four awards this season have tied him [...]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Monday, it was announced that the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team will travel to Carbondale, Ill., on Feb. 20 to play Southern Illinois University in ESPNU’s BracketBusters. For the all-time series, the Brown and Gold trail 1-3 after falling to SIU on Dec. 22, 2008 in a 64-46 decision. The last [...]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010Colleen Drozan (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University track and field team travelled to Notre Dame University on Friday and Saturday to take part in the Meyo Invitational. On day one of competition, the Brown and Gold opened with a great showing as junior Ashley Hunault broke her own school record in the indoor long jump with [...]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010Chris Willis (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University women’s tennis team (5-2) made short work of the opposition on Saturday at West Hills Athletic club. First, the Lady Broncos took care of the visiting Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Mastodons, 6-1, before they won six games of nine matches in the nightcap, crushing the visiting Valparaiso Crusaders, [...]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)Want a chance to send senior goalie of the Western Michigan University hockey team Riley Gill out in style? Then vote for him in the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge. The Frozen Four Skills Challenge will be held April 9 at Ford Field in Detroit and will highlight the “Friday Night at the Frozen [...]

Sunday, February 7th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Friday, seven different Broncos scored to help propel the Western Michigan University hockey team past Notre Dame, 7-2, in front of 2,570 fans at Lawson Arena. “We’ve had a challenging time scoring goals,” Bronco head coach Jim Culhane said. “I’m happy for them that we worked so hard to try and create [...]

Saturday, February 6th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Western Michigan University (13-10, 5-5 Mid-American Conference) men’s basketball team edged out Bowling Green State University on Saturday with a 65-64 win in front of 3,515 fans at University Arena. This is the third game of the last four that has come down to a last possession shot. “The kids deserve incredible credit,” [...]

Saturday, February 6th, 2010Mitch Barnett (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University women’s basketball team won their second straight Mid-American Conference game on Saturday afternoon against the University of Miami Ohio RedHawks in a 75-69 decision. The RedHawks cut a 14-point second-half Bronco lead down to four, but the Brown and Gold were able to hang on for the win.  The [...]

Friday, February 5th, 2010Analiese Grohalski (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University (12-10, 4-5 Mid-American Conference) men’s basketball team suffered a heart-breaking loss on Thursday as the Miami RedHawks won with a buzzer-beating shot, 56-54. “Anybody can beat anybody on any court,” said Bronco head coach Steve Hawkins. “These games are all so close. We can very well win at the [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Mitch Barnett (Western Herald)On Wednesday, the Western Michigan University (6-16, 1-8 Mid-American Conference) women’s basketball team defeated the Ohio University Bobcats (6-16, 2-6 MAC) in a 51-47 decision for their first win of 2010. WMU came out strong by forcing turnovers and blocking shots. Junior Ebony Cleary started things out for the Broncos scoring their [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Kristen Vermetten (Western Herald)Hockey will not be the only thing on the Western Michigan University hockey team’s mind as they play Notre Dame University this weekend. It is the third annual Hockey Cares weekend at Lawson Ice Arena and the entire community is excited for the pink event to support breast cancer research and awareness. “Hockey [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)One thing is for certain – in order for the New Orleans Saints to even have a chance to win Super Bowl XLIV, they will need to slow down the Indianapolis Colts’ offense. This year, the Colts are running on a high-octane offense with wide receivers Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie combining for [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Western Herald (Super Bowl XLIV will kick-off )By A.j. Reed Sunday at 6:25 p.m. with the New Orleans Saints facing off against the Indianapolis Colts. Indianapolis wants a repeat of their win in 2007 while New Orleans looks to make the most of their franchise’s first appearance in the Super Bowl. One of the key storylines leading into [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Alexandra Harvey (Western Herald)With four upcoming matches, two of which are against Big 10 schools, the Bronco men’s tennis team plans on focusing on a confident mindset to help lead them to victory. On Friday, WMU will host a double-header against Illinois State University and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, beginning at 11 a.m. Recalling how Illinois [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)The Western Michigan University men’s basketball team (12-9, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) returned home Monday evening with a 85-70 victory over Buffalo as senior forward Martelle McLemore busted out of his slump scoring a career-high 24 points. “It’s a very resilient group of guys that we have and we needed it,” Bronco head coach [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)David Kool is the MAC West Co-Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. On Monday, the Mid-American Conference announced that the Western Michigan University senior would share the honor with Ball State University’s Jarrod Jones. This is the third time this season and the 10th in his career that Kool has been honored with [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Nicholas Grenke (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University gymnastics team recorded its highest team score in the 2010 season on Sunday, but still fell to Bowling Green University, 192.600 to 191.850. WMU outshined the Falcons on both the vault and bars but tied with identical scores on the floor. The strongest event for the Brown and Gold was [...]

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Mitch Barnett (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University women’s basketball team will be back in action at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night against the Ohio University Bobcats at University Arena.  This meeting will mark the 48th time these two teams will face-off, with the Bobcats leading the series by one, 24-23. Last season, the Broncos defeated the [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Kristen Vermetten (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University hockey team suffered a disappointing loss in front of 2,969 fans Friday night against No.1 Miami University of Ohio 4-1. The Brown and Gold (6-13-5, 2-12-4 Central Collegiate Hockey Association) were determined coming into the weekend, but the RedHawks (17-4-6, 14-1-4 CCHA), were able to come out with an [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Wednesday, the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team fell to the University of Akron, 79-70, in front of 3,041 fans at University Arena. Senior guard David Kool led the Brown and Gold with 30 points to set a new WMU career scoring record with 1,790 points. Kool’s pair of free throws with [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Nicholas Grenke (Western Herald)A disappointing team performance overshadowed some personal highlights by the Western Michigan University indoor track and field team during an underperforming finish at the Central Michigan Invitational on Saturday. The Broncos took third place with 96 points to fall behind Central Michigan University’s 160 points and Eastern Michigan University’s 111 points. Rounding out [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Western Herald (The Winter Olympics have never)By A.j. Reed been as big a spectacle as the summer games, and with the massive positive impact of the 2008 Summer Olympics, it’s hard to imagine that this year’s Winter Olympics will be any different. There are, however, some things about this year’s games that make them worth watching. Here [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Thursday, PrepVolleyball.com released the list of its High School All-Americans. On it were the names of three incoming recruits to the Western Michigan University volleyball team. Terin Norris, a 5-foot-10-inch setter from Delton, Mich., Lena Oliver, a 5-foot-5-inch libero from Battle Creek, Mich. and Taylor Richard, a 6-foot outside hitter from Las [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Friday, Feb. 5, two Major League Baseball umpires will speak at Schneider Hall as part of the Keystone Breakfast Speaker Series, sponsored by Keystone Community Bank. Tim Welke, crew chief and MLB umpire and his brother Bill Welke, who is also a MLB umpire, will discuss “The Business of Blue (Baseball Umpiring)” [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Alexandra Harvey (Western Herald)The Western Michigan University (5-0) men’s tennis team swept a tripleheader on Saturday with wins over University of Dayton (7-0), Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (7-0) and Valparaiso University at West Hills Athletic Club. The Broncos remain undefeated after winning 26 out of 27 matches over a span of seven-plus hours of playing. Junior [...]

Sunday, January 31st, 2010Mitch Barnett and Scott ( Sierzenga)Western Herald Western Michigan University’s women’s basketball team traveled to Bowling Green State University on Wednesday night for a cross-divisional Mid-American Conference match-up. Western Michigan came into the game looking for their first conference win of the season while Bowling Green came into the game with an undefeated 6-0 record. The Brown and [...]

Saturday, January 30th, 2010Nicholas Grenke (Western Herald)A disappointing team performance overshadowed some personal highlights by the Western Michigan University indoor track and field team during an underperforming finish at the Central Michigan Invitational on Saturday. The Broncos took third place with 96 points to fall behind Central Michigan University’s 160 points and Eastern Michigan University’s 111 points. Rounding out [...]

Saturday, January 30th, 2010Katrina Murphy (Sports Editor)On Wednesday, the Western Michigan University men’s basketball team fell to the University of Akron, 79-70, in front of 3,041 fans at University Arena. Senior guard David Kool led the Brown and Gold with 30 points to set a new WMU career scoring record with 1,790 points. Kool’s pair of free throws with [...]

Saturday, January 30th, 2010Scott Sierzenga (Western Herald)For the first time in WMU history, the Western Michigan University women’s basketball team (5-16, 0-8 Mid-American Conference) lost on their home court to the Buffalo Bulls. The 50-46 win gets Buffalo (6-15, 2-6) out their recent funk, which included back to back overtime losses. “Anytime you can get a win it’s a good [...]