Hitting Off the New Season with Spunk
By: Katarina Allen After six weeks of training the Sweet Briar College Vixen softball team has released their official schedule for the 2012 season. The team hits the diamond for its season debut on Wednesday, March 7 when the team travels to Norfolk, VA for an Old Dominion Athletic Conference double-header with Virginia Wesleyan College; [...]
Hot to Trot
By: Sarah Hibler February 25th turned out to be a great day in the lands of horse shows. That was the day Sweet Briar’s riding center held its SWVHJA Winter Show with many student participants. In the Open Hunter Division Annabel Voorhees’13 and Sweet Briar’s Morning Edition won champion, placing first and second in her [...]
Hot to Trot
By: Sarah Hibler ’14 During the past couple weeks, Sweet Briar’s Riding Program has had many individual successes in the IHSA show world. In the last article, the girls were prepping for the Randolph IHSA show and the SBC home show. Many Vixens had great starts to the season, including Katie Bradshaw ’15, Katie Drake [...]
Swim Team to Compete at ODAC
By: McKinsey Skeens ’13 Since kicking off their season this past August, Sweet Briar’s swim team has earned a record of 8-3. But as the season winds down, Sweet Briar hosted its final home meet of the season against Greensboro College, obtaining a 115-49 win. Prior to the start of the final meet, a ceremony [...]
Hot to Trot
By: Sarah Hibler ’14 Fifteen brave Sweet Briar College riders ventured back to the pink bubble to brave the brutally cold temperatures during this season’s legging up. The riders consisted of members from both the ANRC and IHSA riding teams. The girls were up bright and early to ride three to five horses daily, then [...]
Hot to Trot: IHSA Show at Sweet Briar
By Greer Gordon ’12 If you ask Sarah Hibler ’14 how the IHSA show, hosted by Randolph College at the start of October, wrapped up she would have listed off the multiple Sweet Briar students who placed in each division. Upon my first request, she conveniently omitted her own success with first place finishes in [...]
Student Athletes: Are You A Visible Vixen?
By Brittany Fox ’12 There’s a new competition going on in the Fitness and Athletic Center this fall. Aside from field hockey, tennis, and soccer, the athletic department has come up with the Visible Vixen Program, a yearlong competition between the six athletic teams. By attending different athletic events and campus academic events, student-athletes are [...]
Tennis Team Opens Strong
By Kathleen McGregor ’14 Ariel Taylor and Moriah Burke, Sweet Briar’s number one doubles team, plauyed at the Fall Classic tournament that took place on Saturday, September 17, at Liberty University. They had played Friday and Saturday against Division I schools to reach the finals. “We were on our A-game,” Moriah, a junior, said, “I [...]
Vixen Volleyball Becomes Club Sport
By Rebecca Mill ’13 Due to low recruit numbers this year, the decision was made to discontinue the varsity volleyball team, which will become a club sport. After graduation, the team was left with only four returning players. The class of 2015 did not bring in enough recruits with enough experience for collegiate level play. [...]
Vixen Tennis Team Stays Undefeated at 7-0
By Nicole Lee ’13 Contributing Writer As Sweet Briar’s tennis team cruises through its spring season, the team has set the bar high. The team established a 7-0 record by beating Richard Stockton College, Millsaps College and Concordia University at the Professional Tennis Registry’s Spring Tennis Fest that took place on Hilton Head Island, South [...]
Lacrosse Has High Hopes for a Successful Season
By Jacqueline Dodwell ’12 The Sweet Briar Lacrosse team was able to kick-start their 2011 season outside due to the unusually warm winter weather, and the extra time on the field has only increased the team’s belief in their future success. Despite this good start, head lacrosse coach Hillary London’s goals “for each season are [...]
Taekwondo Club Will Teach Students the “Art of the Foot and the Fist”
By Jacqueline Dodwell ’12 There’s a new club on Sweet Briar campus that will soon be teaching young women how to kick some serious butt. Following approval from the Inter-Club Council, Casey Knott ’13, a Second Degree Decided Black Belt and Certified Instructor from Taekwondo America, will lead a taekwondo class on campus three times [...]
Ever Dream of Fencing Like Zorro?
By Jacqueline Dodwell ’12 The Fencing Club has a long history at Sweet Briar College, and though the team has grown small in recent years, it used to be a varsity sport. Until the early 1990’s, the varsity team fenced only foil. Epée was added in 1996 and sabre in 2000. Sweet Briar Fencing Coach [...]
Vixen Tennis Energized for Spring Season after ODAC Victories
By Jaqueline Dodwell ‘12 Following an inspiring string of victories during their 2010 Fall Season, the Sweet Briar College tennis team cannot wait for spring and the potential it contains. According to team member Moriah Burke ‘13, one of the team’s spring goals is to “Place no lower than second in ODAC. During the upcoming [...]
Vixens Splash Into the Season
By Melissa Monterosso ‘14 “We anticipate completing the first semester with a winning record,” says Vixen swim coach Jason Gallaher, who was recently inducted into the Fairmont State College Athletics Hall of Fame for his accomplishments. “I feel great about this year’s team.” Confidence is easy to come by these days for the swim team, [...]
Want to Improve Fitness and Have Fun at the Same Time? Join Cross Country
By Jacqueline Dodwell ‘13 The Sweet Briar Cross Country Club knows how to have fun while exercising. Members can usually be seen joking around as they warm-up in front of the athletic center before their hourly practices held every Monday through Thursday at 5:30PM. Led by captains Hilary Bowie ‘12 and Michelle Messier ‘12, and [...]
Vixen Lacrosse: More Than Mouth Guards, Masks and Cleats
By Ellie Bryant ‘12 Lacrosse was first played by Native Americans and discovered by explorers in 1630. Since that time, the game has evolved into what is seen today, with mouth guards, masks and cleats. The first women’s lacrosse game was played in Scotland in 1890 and was first successfully brought to America by Bryn-Mawr [...]
Hot To Trot: True Life – I Board My Horse at Sweet Briar
By Ellie Bryant ‘12 Who doesn’t want to hear Jane Wiley ‘11 and Greer Gordon ‘12 discuss boarding their horses at Sweet Briar College? While at lunch in Prothro, I breached this aspect of Sweet Briar life. Boarding your horse at Sweet Briar College is not as hard as it is often portrayed. Though the [...]
Vixen Volleyball Looking Towards a Bright Future
By Jacqueline Dodwell ’13 Despite volleyball’s current record, Coach Beth Huus has high hopes for her team in the future. “The team is learning to work well together. Each time we hit the court, we improve and have the opportunity to work on specific aspects of the game.” She has good reason to be optimistic [...]
Women in Outdoor Sports: An Insider’s Perspective
By Ellie Bryant ’12 My first real experience with the world of outdoor sports was kayaking and backpacking in the Costa Brava and Spanish Pyrenees for a month when I was fifteen; since then, I have become an outdoor junkie. At sixteen, I backpacked for over a month in the Wind River Wilderness of Wyoming [...]
Vixen Field Hockey: Earn It!
By Jacqueline Dodwell ’12 “Earn it” is Sweet Briar College field hockey’s motto for the 2010-2011 season. Since day one of preseason practice, the team has been working hard to make this season one of their best. With eleven returning players and five newcomers led by Coach Jess Lamina and co-captains Lindsay Eneguess ’11 and [...]
IHSA: “Being the Best Doesn’t Mean Having to Jump the Moon.”
By Ellie Bryant ’12 “The IHSA provides collegiate riders of all skills the opportunity to compete individually and as teams in equestrian competition. It was founded on the principle that any college student should be able to participate in horse shows regardless of his or her riding ability or financial status.” The homepage of the [...]
Vixen Soccer Off to a Promising Start
By Jacqueline Dodwell ’12 The Sweet Briar College soccer team began their 2010-2011 season on September 17, with athletes arriving on campus at 3PM for preseason. The excitement and energy level was high during the team’s two-a-day practices and meetings. According to Coach Kevin Fabulich, “The soccer team returned nine starters, sixteen players and a [...]
