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March 30, 2008
Grand Slam Lifts NWU Past Briar Cliff

Corey Petersen hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh inning to help Nebraska Wesleyan earn a 7-2 victory over Briar Cliff University in game one of a Great Plains Athletic Conference

March 29, 2008
Softball Goes 1-3 in GPAC Weekend

The Nebraska Wesleyan softball team split games with Briar Cliff University on Saturday (Mar. 29) to finish a home weekend of Great Plains Athletic Conference action with a 1-3 record. NWU

March 27, 2008
NWU Athletes Sweep GPAC Tennis Honors

Nebraska Wesleyan University tennis athletes swept the Great Plains Athletic Conference/Hauff Mid-America Sports tennis Players-of-the-Week honors for the week of March 10-16. Freshman

March 26, 2008
Simpson Takes Two From Prairie Wolves

Simpson College pitchers held the Nebraska Wesleyan batters in check allowing the Prairie Wolves just eight hits as the Storm swept a softball doubleheader, 5-1, and 6-0 on Wednesday night (Mar.

March 23, 2008
Baseball Opens GPAC with 2-2 Record

Nebraska Wesleyan opened the Great Plains Athletic Conference portion of the 2008 baseball schedule last weekend at NWU Field in Lincoln, Neb. The Prairie Wolves swept the doubleheader on Friday (

March 22, 2008
Offense Explodes for NWU Softball

Nebraska Wesleyan pounded out 26 total hits and scored 18 runs as the the Prairie Wolves swept past Cornell College in the 2008 home opener on Saturday (Mar. 22) at University Place Park in

March 18, 2008
Two NWU Men Named to All-Independent Team

Two members of the Nebraska Wesleyan University men’s basketball team were named to the All-Independent Men’s Basketball teams announced on March 17 by the Association of Division III Independents

March 17, 2008
Softball Opens Season With Three Wins

The Nebraska Wesleyan softball team opened its 2008 season by going 3-1 at the University of Dallas Tournament on March 15-16 in Irving, Texas. NWU rolled on day one with a 9-1 victory over

March 15, 2008
Five Earn All-American in Track & Field

The Nebraska Wesleyan University men’s 4x400 relay team was the National Runner-up at the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 14-15 at Ohio Northern University

March 13, 2008
Wolf, Andrews Region Athletes-of-the-Year

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior men’s track athlete Chris Wolf and senior women’s track athlete Holly Andrews were both named NCAA Division III Central Region

March 12, 2008
NWU Sending Seven to NCAA III Track Nationals

Nebraska Wesleyan University will have seven athletes competing at the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships that will take place March 14-15 at Ohio Northern University in

March 10, 2008
Struebing Named to the All-Independent Team

Nebraska Wesleyan University freshman Sadie Struebing was named to the All-Independent Women’s Basketball Team that was announced by the Association of Division III Independents (AD3I). Struebing

March 5, 2008
Minzel, Aylward Receive All-GPAC Honors

Two members of the Nebraska Wesleyan University men’s basketball team received All-GPAC honors on Wednesday (Mar. 5) when the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference all-

March 5, 2008
Aschtgen, Struebing Receive All-GPAC Honors

Two members of the Nebraska Wesleyan University women’s basketball team received All-GPAC honors on Wednesday (Mar. 5) when the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference all-

March 1, 2008
Chapman Women Win AD3I Tournament

Top-seeded Chapman University defeated Nebraska Wesleyan University, 62-45, in the final game of the AD3I West Region women’s basketball tournament on Saturday (Mar. 1) in Lincoln, Neb., to earn

February 25, 2008
Men Receive Top Seed for AD3I Tournament

The official pairings for the Association of Division III Independents (AD3I) West Region men’s basketball tournament were released Monday morning. The tournament, hosted by Chapman University in

February 25, 2008
Pairings Set for AD3I West Region Tournament

The official pairings for the Association of Division III Independents (AD3I) West Region women’s basketball tournament were released Monday morning. The tournament, hosted by Nebraska

February 22, 2008
NWU Athletes Receive GPAC Honors

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior women’s track athlete Holly Andrews was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference/Hauff Mid-America Sports women’s track athlete-of-the-week

February 21, 2008
Minzel Reaches 1,000 Point Plateau

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior guard Marcus Minzel reached the 1,000 point plateau Wednesday night (Feb. 20), in an 82-60 loss to Midland Lutheran College.

February 21, 2008
NWU Golf Ranked #9 in NCAA III Poll

The Nebraska Wesleyan University men’s golf team is ranked ninth in the first Golf World/Nike Golf Division III Coaches’ Poll of the spring season that was released on Thursday (Feb. 21).