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Sports

Women’s soccer wins, improves to 4-0

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By Will Pembroke, Show Manager Xavier’s women’s soccer team moved to 4-0 on the season with two impressive victories last weekend over Murray State University and archrival University of Cincinnati. Last Thursday, the Musketeers outdueled UC 1-0 on their home turf. An impressive defensive performance led the way for Xavier, as they only allowed six shots with just three on goal for the Bearcats.  Senior goalie Olivia Jenkins added to her shutout total for the year, recording three saves to boot.  The lone goal of the game came from freshman forward Chloe Netzel on an assist by graduate student forward … Continue reading Women’s soccer wins, improves to 4-0

Sports

Athletics sign new deal with Nike

By: Nick McGill ~Sports Editor~ The Xavier University athletics department signed a new deal with Nike that blankets all sports. Since the 2001-02 season, Nike has covered the men’s basketball team. In 2010 the program’s status was newly listed at Nike NTS promo status. With the new deal, the partnership will cover all Division I sports. Nike will be the footwear and apparel provider for all 18 varsity sports on campus. This partnership provides a big name that is in support of Xavier athletics. Nike sponsors many of the top collegiate programs in the country. A vast majority of teams … Continue reading Athletics sign new deal with Nike

Opinions & Editorials

Balancing basketball: priorities at Xavier

As I am writing, Xavier and the world around it are in a time of change. The leaves are falling from the trees, Ebola has reached our hemisphere and midterm elections just ended. While all of these are newsworthy, they are not what I would like to address today. Instead, I would like to talk about Xavier basketball. The basketball season is right around the corner, and, frankly, I could not be more excited. The team is young but talented this year. Fan favorite Matt Stainbrook is returning to the court. Another year of Big East play is sure to … Continue reading Balancing basketball: priorities at Xavier