Eagle women's tennis featured on NBC-15

The Edgewood College women's tennis left for Chicago on Wednesday to prepare for their fourth NCAA Division III Tournament appearance in the last five years. NBC-15 of Madison caught up with head coach Ben Oestreich and the team on their last practice before the trip. Special thanks to Robb Vogel and Hobie Artigue for the coverage...

Eagles tops in NAC on social media

Nobody wins every conference title, but Edgewood College is currently winning the Northern Athletics Conference social media race! As of May 3, 2013, here are the total number of Facebook likes and Twitter followers on each member school's main athletics account...

FACEBOOK LIKES

Edgewood	1,429
Aurora	1,310
Benedictine	1,182
Concordia Wis.	1,111
Lakeland	867
Wis. Lutheran	739
Dominican	577
Alverno	329
Concordia Chi.	307
Rockford	295
Marian	249
MSOE	233

TWITTER FOLLOWERS

Edgewood	937
Concordia Wis.	778
Lakeland	745
Benedictine	672
Wis. Lutheran	646
Aurora	635
Concordia Chi.	528
Marian	486
MSOE	381
Dominican	376
Alverno	285
Maranatha Baptist	98
Rockford	89

Thanks to all the Edgewood College Eagles fans who use social media to follow our teams! Spread the word and keep the Eagles on top!

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Dave Pallone's visit to Edgewood College

On Friday, April 26, former Major League Baseball umpire Dave Pallone visited Edgewood College to talk to Eagle student-athletes on sexual orientation in life and athletics. Both WISC-TV 3 and WMTV NBC 15 covered his lecture in Anderson Auditorium....

Openly gay umpire talks sports, sexuality barriers (Courtesy of WISC-TV 3)



Here's the story from Hobie Artigue from WMTV NBC-15. (Direct link)

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#Tweagles Talk: Tiffani Pierce

It has been a while since we have posted a #Tweagles talk, but you don't want to miss out on this one!   Get to know the Edgewood College softball team after following this student-athlete!

Tiffani Pierce (Softball) - @Tifferssniffer

3,520 Tweets / 191 Following / 151 Followers

Q. What is your Twitter handle and how did you come up with it?

A: @Tifferssniffer, It was an old AOL screen name made by my sister and a friend. 

Q. How often do you check Twitter?

A: Probably every 3 hours.

Q. What would you say is your average number of Tweets?

A: Maybe two on average a day.

Q. Which of your teammates has the best Tweets and why?

A: Karlie Klossner (@KKlossner) has the best tweets because she uses very inspirational quotes that helps the day going.

Q. The people I follow in softball are…

A: Jessica Spitzer (@Jessie_Rae10), Carlene DeCoster (@carlenedecoster), Charnette Leikness (@CLeikness), Alexis Unser (@Lexi_unser), Karlie Klossner (@KKlossner), Rachel DeJongh (@ratcheldejongh), Jackie Diesch (@JDiesch), Taylor Buchanan (@TaylorBuchanan2), Taylor Harbort (@taylorrrh21), and Caitlin Lowe (@Caitlinlowe), a softball player from University of Arizona and played on the USA team.

Q. Someone who you wouldn’t think I follow is…

A: Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow), she is too funny!

Q. The people whose tweets you can’t miss…

A: I don't have one specific person, everyone I follow is entertaining.

Q. I wish _____ was on Twitter.

A: Things Charlie says because Charnette Leikness (@CLeikness) says the funniest things that should be documented.

Q. What Edgewood College coach or athlete do you wish was on Twitter?

A: Mike Metcalf, assistant softball coach and head of security, he always has something hilarious to say. 

Follow Tiffani and the rest of the Edgewood College softball as they make a run at the Northern Athletics Conference tournament. The Eagles have doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday and the rest of their schedule can be seen here. 

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WISC-TV3: Coaches react to Rutgers basketball video

Edgewood College head men's basketball coach Justin Meyer was featured in a WISC-TV3 piece by Mary Jo Ola about the incident regarding the Rutgers coaching situation.

Original link to WISC-TV3: http://www.channel3000.com/news/Coaches-react-to-Rutgers-basketball-video/-/1648/19602520/-/lfk1nwz/-/index.html
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Separated at birth?

The Eagles' Carlene DeCoster (left) and actress Ellen Page (right)

If you attend an Edgewood College softball game this season for the first time you might hear “Here we go, Juno” or “Come on Juno!” from the Eagles dugout. Don’t bother looking at your program. There’s no one named Juno there. Junior Carlene DeCoster (@carlenedecoster) was tagged with the nickname her freshman year that has stuck with her throughout her time here at Edgewood College. Where did it come from?

Have you ever seen the movie Juno with the actress Ellen Page? Well, that is her in the picture (on the right) and this is where the pseudonym all began. DeCoster says you can give the credit to teammate and starting shortstop Jessica Spitzer, who recognized DeCoster’s looks and even voice to be like that of the talented actress. The entire year the whole team continued to call her “Juno” and eventually it stuck.

When asked about the alias, DeCoster replied “If anyone on the softball team calls me Carlene, it is super weird and I feel like I’m in trouble or something. Half the time I don’t even respond to Carlene anymore.”

Would she legally change her name? “I might consider it. I’ve had this conversation with multiple people before. I love the nickname Juno, however, I’m not really sure what my family would think.”

Now this is not just for the softball team only, but it has traveled to school as well. “I would say that a decent amount of the people that I’ve met at school call me Juno and probably half of them think it’s my real name. Since all the softball girls call me that, other people just think it’s my real name.”

Even at a summer waitressing job DeCoster tricked her entire table. “I had a table that was legitimately convinced I was Ellen Page’s twin or something. The crazy lady called me Juno the entire time they were there and she kept pulling up a photo on her phone and creepily holding it up to me and going on about how much I look like her. It was extremely weird.”

Now the next time you head out to Ceniti Park in Verona to cheer on the Eagles, you can join in the cheers as well. Soon enough, you might find it difficult to call her Carlene as well.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the Tucson Invitational

The Edgewood College softball team traveled to Arizona to play 10 games in five days at the Tucson Invitational this past week. The Eagles battled hard and even though they did not come away with a win, the team found positives in nearly every game. What fans were not able to see was what happened during the time that was not spent on the diamond. Feel free to catch up with the Eagles and ask them about the trip! In the mean time, this video clip highlights some of the players' favorite moments of the Tucson Invitational...

On Friday, after five straight doubleheaders, the team got to relax at Trail Dust Town which was just a short drive from the hotel. Here are a few of the pictures from before dinner at Pinnacle Peak...

After a long non-conference schedule, the Eagles begin Northern Athletics Conference play on March 30 (weather permitting) as they host Lakeland College for a doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for noon. Live stats and live video can be found at EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com.