Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Students come first for mentor & athletics coach Matt Saitz

For more than a decade, strength and conditioning coach Matt Saitz has been a mentor for student athletes at Webster University. His philosophy, “devalue the...

Webster University Athletics: 100 conference championships in the making

Webster University is the first school in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) to win 100 conference championships.  Prior to the start of the...

Webster Volleyball player Cassie Gray comes out as gay, slays

Webster volleyball player Cassie Gray recalls a recent conversation with her parents. Gray was trying to explain to her parents, Rodney and Terri Gray,...

Grandmaster and former student Liem Quang Le to be next chess coach

Grandmaster Liem Quang Le is the top-rated player in his home country of Vietnam and a former chess player at Webster. He will become...

Webster sports fans forced to support the team virtually

This season, sporting events will look different. Fans who normally crowd the stands will have to watch games virtually via live streams. Strapped with...

Webster Classics: Volleyball team dominates with winning streak

Abby Sanson and her team were extremely focused in their 2009 season. They had a winning streak on the line and they weren't going...

Loks Performance Center offers new spot for athletes’ training

The Loks Performance Center is long-awaited and has lived up to its hype according to student-athletes. Webster University has a new training center for Gorlok...

‘Cross-country dad’ Dan Graber is named women’s cross-country coach of decade

Coach Dan Graber has worked at Webster for only seven years but still has been named cross-country Coach of the Decade after receiving the...

Local fitness retailer sees 392% increase in sales of exercise equipment during COVID-19

As fitness enthusiasts began to work out at home during the pandemic, Play It Again Sports saw a drastic increase in their sales of...

Coronavirus could cause major impacts for SLIAC schools

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner Dick Kaiser saw collegiate games get canceled after 9/11. He remembered a campus measles outbreak canceling a team’s...

National Collegiate Athletic Association grants extra season to student-athletes

Webster students have been granted an extra season of their spring sport. Seniors are left deciding what to do after planning on graduating this...

Webster Men’s basketball wins conference tournament

Webster men's basketball team beat Greenville University to win the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament on Feb. 29. This is the team's first...

Cross Country teams have best school showings at regionals

By Kyle Goessler Contributing Writer Webster University women's cross country had its highest finish in school history in an NCAA Regional meet on Nov. 16. The...

Golf team ranks 20th nationally before spring season

By Ben Kowalski Contributing Writer The Webster University men’s golf team achieved its highest ranking in program history. The Gorloks are ranked 20th out of the...

Women’s basketball return to season with a vengeance

By Michael Langston Staff Writer Webster women’s basketball hit the ground running for the 2019-20 season, winning their first game by 23 points on Nov. 15....

Wheaton College ousts women’s soccer from nationals

By Kaelin Triggs, Staff Writer On Friday, Nov. 15, Wheaton College beat Webster’s Women’s soccer team in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Despite...