The Webster University men’s basketball team just went through their most tumultuous week of the season. Two days after their 12-game winning streak was snapped by Blackburn College (5-17), the Gorloks responded by beating Spalding University and regaining possession of first place in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
In the ninth game of the Webster women’s basketball season, starting guard Barissa Ford tore her ACL and lost the remainder of her senior season. At the time of the injury, Ford was averaging nearly eight points and over three rebounds per game. In spite of the injury, Ford remains an important member of the team because of her willingness to be there for her teammates.
Shortly after the Webster University men’s basketball team’s shocking loss to Blackburn College, The Journal’s other sports columnist, Alex King, hit the nail on the head in describing the game: “It was the perfect storm.”
What a difference a day can make. After suffering a tough loss to Blackburn College two days earlier, the Webster University women’s basketball team, aided by coach Jordan Olufson, got back on the right track.
Webster University’s athletic department is chipping in to help elementary school children improve their reading and mathematics skills through a program called UrbanFUTURE. At the start of 2011, Webster student athletes began tutoring children in the fourth and fifth grades at Froebel Elementary School.
The second longest winning streak in the history of Webster men’s hoops is over. The men’s basketball team fell to the Blackburn College Beavers 74-71 on Feb. 9 in Grant Gymnasium, ending the Gorloks’ winning streak at 12.
On Dec. 1 last year, the Webster University men’s basketball team lost their conference opener to MacMurray College, 73-69. Now, a little over two months later, the Gorloks have gotten their revenge.
Four of the greatest student athletes in Webster University history were officially inducted into the Webster Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 5. Halley (Spann) Barke, Mike Hutchison, Eric Stack and Dan Thoman joined last year’s inaugural class to comprise the first nine individuals enshrined in the HOF.
The Webster University women’s basketball team has had its ups and downs this season. Even with some bad stretches, Webster is in the hunt to play in the SLIAC tournament. But there are a few things the Golroks have to do to finish the season strong.
After falling short by one vote last year, Webster University men’s soccer coach Marty Todt was elected to the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame on Feb 8. “I am very humbled and overwhelmed by this honor.”
After the MacMurray College Highlanders scored the first bucket of the game in a Feb. 5 contest at Grant Gymnasium, the Webster University women’s basketball team went on a run to remember.
For the first time this season, the Webster University men’s basketball team found out what it’s like being in first place and having a target on their back, as they eked out a 63-58 win at Eureka College on Jan. 29.
Soccer player, coach will be inducted into Hall with three others on Feb. 5
Webster graduates Eric Stack and Dan Thoman will enter Hall of Fame with two others on Feb. 5
Katy Meyer, a Webster University women’s basketball senior, eclipsed 1,000 career points with her first basket against Greenville College on Jan. 22.
Webster University’s women’s basketball team found out first-hand what the expression “speed kills” means when Westminster College ran past the Gorloks, 89-65, at Grant Gymnasium on Jan. 19.
