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By Tate Gray In a nationally ranked match-up on Tuesday March 25th the number ranked 2 TWU Bulldogs faced off against number 3 nationally ranked Georgia Gwinnett. These two teams battled it out and, in the end, TWU would come...

By Noah Lones WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Both the Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field teams competed for their conference titles. Both teams finished with two individual conference titles each along with multiple podium finishers. Men’s Events The Men finished...
By Gabe Katz The Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs baseball team, ranked #1 in the NAIA preseason poll, backed up their ranking with a dominant performance at the coveted East/West Challenge in Lakeland, Florida, finishing 3-1 for the weekend. This tournament is...

By Hayden Harmon 2024 Season Recap Six months ago, the Tennessee Wesleyan University (TWU) baseball team found themselves competing for a national title for the third time in program history. Their remarkable journey to the 2024 Avista NAIA World Series...

By Gabe Katz The Tennessee Wesleyan Women’s Soccer team scored early and often against conference foe Kentucky Christian University, posting a decisive 14-0 victory against the Lady Knights. Krista Eik Hardardottir, the team’s leading scorer with 17 goals, opened the...

By Corbin Shaw Tennessee Wesleyan is pleased to welcome new head basketball coach Randy Casey! Casey is taking over Coach Ray Stone’s head men’s basketball coaching position in the upcoming season. Casey coached high school for many years and then...

By Elijah Lovelady and Jacob Parton Men: A slow start in men’s golf for the spring semester they have managed to fight back and place second in the last 2 tournaments. As the AAC direct qualifier starts on April 22-23...

By Megan Tipps On April 13 ,2024 The Tennessee Wesleyan Women’s Soccer team hosted their annual Alumni Game. The game was held at the McMinn High School field at 2pm. The alumni team wore white and the current soccer team...

By Gabe Katz As most of the Tennessee Wesleyan sports teams have concluded their season in the 2023-2024 academic year, there have been other noteworthy shakeups in the Bulldogs’ athletic department that has, on its face, not much to do...
By Gabe Katz Very rarely are their athletic programs that have the reputation that justifies being unhappy with a top 25 ranking that has them situated outside of the top 10. Tennessee Wesleyan baseball is one of these programs. With...

By Brant Helms Soccer player Gabe Katz sits down with our new Tennessee Wesleyan head coach Codi Crippen to discuss what led him to this position and what he is looking forward to in the upcoming fall season. In the...

By Jackson Lollis ATHENS, Tenn. – The Tennessee Wesleyan University Men’s Lacrosse team has been a fairly dominate team in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC), although the Bulldogs are stuck between a rock in a hard place. This season the...

Host Dante Leach, Gabe Katz, Eli Cox, and Pedro de Moraes discuss pre-game meals, rituals and superstitions, the hardest sport to play, and TWU Athletics. Audio by Sam RochardEditing by Pepe

Baylie Davis, Robert Holekamp, Dan Thornton, and Joe Britton reminisce about their glory days, including the best athlete they’ve ever played with or against, best game, and worst game.
Jackson Lollis, Jarimyah Cook, and Tucker Berry get together to discuss Tennessee Wesleyan Athletic Department and some possible improvements. Topics include community involvement, student involvement, game times, lights, and more.