NAC Volleyball Tournament - White Out! Food Drive!

It's a huge night for the Eagles. The Edgewood College volleyball team is hosting their first postseason match since 1995 and you have the chance to make a difference to the team, your community and yourself!

NAC Volleyball Tournament - White Out Night!

For the team: It's a White Out! Dress in as much white as you can to show your unified support of the Eagle volleyball team.

For the community: Particiapte in the NAC's "Cans Across the Conference" food drive by bringing non-perishable food items to the match. Help stock local food pantries and show the Edgewood College cares about their community.

For yourself: The Edgewood College student who brings the MOST Non-Perishable food items will WIN FREE TOPPER STIX courtesy of Toppers Pizza on Regent Street. You bring food, you win food. That simple.

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PULL!

The Edgewood College atheltics staff held their monthly meeting at the Waunakee Gun Club, for a staff activity. Even those coaches who had never shot a gun before got the hang of it and had a blast (pun intended) breaking clay pigeons. Here's the whole group...

Stampfl Field infield renovation

The Chuck is getting a new look! Stampfl Field, the home of the Edgewood College Eagles baseball team, is pulling up the troublesome dirt on the base paths, in favor of grass. It should make for a smoother surface to play and run on.

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Women's Basketball: Hard Work Never Sleeps

The Edgewood College women's basketball team began preseason practice at midnight on October 15, 2010 with a conditioning run around campus. Pay no attention to the tall player in the beak and feathers. I don't think he's going to make the team....

Swansby featured on CatholicSportsNet.com

Edgewood College freshman volleyball player Lindsey Swansby was featured in the "20 Questions" segment on CatholicSportsNet.com. Read about Lindsey's college decision and what she likes do in Madison. (Just don't look for advice on smartphone apps.)

"20 Questions" with Lindsey Swansby (by Chris Jung, CatholicSportsNet.com)

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Svjose tallies first goal in nine years

MADISON, Wis. - Talk about a lengthy scoring drought. Edgewood College women’s soccer player Erica Sjvose scored her first goal for the Eagles in nine years, when she tallied a first half goal against Concordia University Chicago on Saturday. She last scored as a freshman during the 2001 season.

Svjose, a Madison native and 2001 graduate of LaFollette High School, played for Edgewood College in 2001, scoring eight goals as the Eagles advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season. She left school after that season and spent the next seven years working on a career, but the soccer bug never completely left her.

In 2009, Svjose (pronounced sa-VOICE) contacted head coach Tim Alexander and said she wanted to return to school. She told him she would come to Edgewood College if she could have the chance to play soccer again. Coach Alexander agreed and Svjose was back on the team in 2009 after eight years away from the school. Sjvose, now 27 years old, played in 15 games in 2009 and three this season, but never found the back of the net until Saturday.

In the 41st minute against the Cougars, Eagle freshman Sophie Rodriguez (who just turned 19 years old earlier this month) fired a shot that was knocked down on the goal line by a Cougar defender. The rebound landed on the foot of Svjose, who fired it home for her first goal in 3,264 days. She last scored on October 19, 2001 against MSOE. Svjose later added two assists to give her three for the season.

Svjose and the Eagles will return to action on Wednesday afternoon, with a non-conference match at Lawrence University in Appleton.

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Five Questions: Kristin Manske

Here's a Five Questions first! The first interview that had to be edited to cut out uncontrollable nervous laughter. Thanks for being a pioneer, Kristin...


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