Category: College Sports Highlights

North Central Women’s Track and Field only know dominance North Central Women’s Track and Field completed yet another season sweep of CCIW titles this spring, making it four consecutive sets of indoor and outdoor track and field titles. The last time the Cardinals didn’t win was before any current athlete was on the team, and…

A strong finish for North Central Men’s Track and Field in Gabe Rivera’s first year To finish off the first year for new North Central Men’s Track and Field head coach Gab Rivera, the Cardinals secured their fifth consecutive CCIW men’s outdoor track and field championship. It was also the fifth straight year of the…

North Central Women’s Tennis gets younger, but standards don’t drop The last two years were the most successful in North Central women’s tennis history, winning the CCIW Tournament and qualifying for the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Tournament in both. But despite most of the core of those teams having graduated and a squad this…

North Central Men’s Tennis look to build off the successes of las season After a brief schedule in September, the North Central Men’s Tennis team returned this past February with a senior-laden team focused on repeating last year’s triumph: a first CCIW championship in 61 years and first ever team qualification to the NCAA Division…

North Central Softball uses recent success as a launching pad for growth Last year was a very successful one for North Central Softball, taking second place in the CCIW Tournament and receiving an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time since 2015, reaching the regional championship game. The offseason saw several significant players graduate, and…

North Central Men’s Golf begin season with a welcome surprise In addition to taking over the women’s golf team for the 2022/23 school year, 2011 North Central alumna Alyssa Guss is now also the coach of the men’s team. Her hiring required adjustments both from her, after having coached only women previously at the collegiate…

North Central Men’s Volleyball make a historic run to the national championship match It was a historic season for North Central Men’s Volleyball. They finished as Division III national runners up, their best ever finish, as they qualified for nationals for the first time and swept number-one ranked Vassar College in the semifinals before falling…

North Central Men’s Lacrosse look to continue last year’s success The North Central Men’s Lacrosse team entered 2023 off the high of their best ever season, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time following their first CCIW Tournament Championship. With the team’s core largely unchanged from that season, they knew they had an excellent…

A Legendary North Central Women’s Golfer Returns as a New Coach North Central alumna Alyssa Guss is unquestionably a legend of Cardinals Women’s Golf, as the program’s first ever All American and individual CCIW women’s golf conference champion and a two-time national qualifier. She can now add head coach to her list of North Central…

North Central Women’s Lacrosse begins a new era with a new coach This spring began a new chapter for North Central women’s lacrosse, the beginning of what they hope will be a climb back to former prominence. New head coach Vasiliki Barakos-Berkman witnessed the team’s glory days as an opponent, and in her first year…

Another Individual Title Sees North Central step up the Division III men’s wrestling podium The North Central college men’s wrestling team took another step up this year, literally, as they improved from a program best fifth place at nationals last year to fourth in 2023. They also won the CCIW Tournament for the first time…

NCC Women’s Wrestling Win First Team National Championship In just their fourth season as a varsity sport, the North Central women’s wrestling team are national champions! A staggering fifteen Cardinal wrestlers achieved All American status, with three winning individual national titles. It was a moment that’s been in the making since the program’s founding, and…