The University News

Bills get steamrolled by visiting Boilermakers

Andy Pollock • March 23, 2006

The baseball team started off slow in a weekend series against Big 10 foe Purdue University, but gained momentum with a strong showing on Sunday afternoon. After dropping 7-1 and 4-1 contests on Friday and Saturday, the squad rebounded to post an impressive 6-5 victory at the Billiken Sports Center.

Bills below .500, below Mason-Dixon line

Tony Meale • March 23, 2006

The Saint Louis University softball team spent its spring Break in Birmingham, Ala., and Kissimmee, Fla., playing 13 games in seven days. The team amassed a 6-7 record during that span. The Billikens opened the Alabama Central Credit Union Bulldog Bash on March 10 with a 4-3 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.

Track and field gains varsity status; golf teams to go club

Kevin Joseph • March 23, 2006

Last Friday, Saint Louis University athletic director Cheryl Levick broke news to the public on a decision over a year in the making, when she announced that men's and women's track and field would attain varsity status, effective immediately. "We are very excited about the possibilities track and field has to offer.

Idle rambling from an idle mind

Thomas W. Delaney • March 23, 2006

With spring break wrapping up and students coming back tan to a snow-covered campus, I am stricken with jealousy. Except the one afternoon I sat on the fire escape of my Vandeventer apartment with two of my buddies, my spring break did not consist of daytime drinking in the hot sunlight.

Tourney makes March the most interesting time of the year

Jim Gallen • March 23, 2006

Within minutes of the announcement of the 2006 NCAA Tournament brackets, people all over the country began filling out their own brackets for various tournament pools. They concocted their own Final Fours. It is pretty likely that thousands of hours of productivity were lost at offices across the country due to workers filling out their brackets while at work.

Mizzou drops SLU in battle for in-state supremacy

Kevin Joseph • March 9, 2006

The Saint Louis University baseball team entered Columbia with a newfound swagger, unseen in the past couple of seasons. They were riding high on a five-game winning streak and conjured up thoughts of upsetting their much more renowned, cross-state rival for the second-straight year.

Bruce, Almighty! Rams, bring him back!

Jim Gallen • March 9, 2006

Let's rewind back to a Sunday back in early September 1995. From a hotel room in Milwaukee, I watched the St. Louis Rams play their first game under that name, after they had moved to St. Louis in the off-season. In that game, played at historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay Wis.

Bills fall to fourth seed in A-10 tourney

BRENT CARNEY • March 9, 2006

After a red-hot February, The Saint Louis University men's basketball team has faltered in college basketball's most important month. Saturday's 62-52 loss to La Salle was the second in a row for the Billikens, who have now lost twice as many games in March as they did in February.

Billiken Sports Roundup

Andy Pollock • March 9, 2006

Andy Pollock brings us the latest updates on SLU Men's Golf, Women's Tennis, and Women's Golf.

Show-Me state shows Billikens no love

Andy Pollock • March 9, 2006

The softball team continued its battle with inconsistency as the squad dropped three of its four games at the Missouri State Classic. After dropping two games during the week to Eastern Illinois, the squad had high hopes of bouncing back with a trip to Springfield, Mo.

Get out of my dreams and into my lineup

Tony Meale • March 9, 2006

For many people, when they think March, they think Madness. Bubble teams, conference tournaments, Selection Sunday and bracket pools steal much of the sports spotlight. But for others, March means something more than just the NCAA Tournament-namely, fantasy baseball.

‘The Bus drives home

Tony Meale • February 2, 2006

Growing up in Cincinnati, I've seen a lot of Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis over the years. Every season, twice a season, "The Bus" ran all over the Bengals, almost always in a winning...