Category: Athletics

Several Western Technical College student athletes have earned all-academic honors with the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) for the 2018-19 year. Volleyball: Kiersten Weiland, Occupational Therapy Assistant student from Colby, WI, 3.75 GPA Danielle Koch, Human Services Associate student from La Crescent, MN, 3.86 GPA Katie Olson, Associate of Science-Liberal Arts student from Livingston, WI, […]

Western’s athletic teams were busy in action this past weekend, preparing for the final stretch of 2018.  On the women’s side, the Cavaliers split their weekend slate of games. Western lost to Bay College at the Gogebic Winter Classic Friday afternoon, 43-33. The Cavaliers actually led after the first quarter, but Bay College pulled away […]

Western Technical College’s basketball teams were in action over the weekend with a string of non conference contests. The women’s team lost a close game to Madison College 64-61 on Dec. 5. Western was down nine at the half, and couldn’t make up for lost ground in the third and fourth quarters. Kerrigan Lyga was […]

Western’s basketball teams had a busy weekend, and both teams are trying to keep up their hot starts. On the men’s side, the Cavaliers lost a close game to Itasca CC on Friday, Nov. 30 by a score of 73-70. The game was tied at 36 at halftime, but Itasca outscored Western 37-34 in the […]

Western Technical College’s women’s basketball team was again in action this week, trying to continue the hot start to begin the season. The Cavaliers defeated UW-Richland 74-40 in a non conference game at home on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Caitlin Young was the leading scorer off the bench, scoring 14 points. Four players in total scored […]

Western’s men’s basketball team was busy over the Thanksgiving weekend with a pair of non conference games. The Cavaliers defeated UW-Sheybogan 84-63 on Saturday, Nov. 24. Western was in control for most of the game, leading 40-23 at halftime. Joshua Brownlee led the team with 26 points, 15 of which came from three-point range. Justen […]

Western Technical College’s basketball teams were back in action again this past weekend. On the women’s side, the Cavaliers lost to Bay College 78-62. Despite being only down one at the half, Bay College pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring Western 27-16. Western’s Lexy Schroeder and Lindsey Murphy were the leading scorers for the […]

Western’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are finally back in action! The women’s team is off to a hot start this year. Following a 94-31 victory against UW-Richland on Nov. 1, the Cavaliers defeated Luther College’s JV squad 68-55. After falling behind 20-7 early, the Cavaliers rallied, outscoring Luther College 21-12 in the fourth quarter. […]

Western women’s basketball player Caitlin Young, of Holmen, was named Player of the Week by the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. Young scored 22 points off the bench in Western’s 94-31 victory over UW-Richland on Thursday, Nov. 1. Young was 7-14 in scoring, including 5-10 from three point range. She also contributed with three rebounds and […]

Western Technical College’s volleyball team is heading into he final stretch of the regular season. On Wednesday, Oct. 17, the Cavaliers defeated Anoka-Ramsey CC in straight sets (25-14, 25-16, 25-17). No stats were provided for Western’s athletes. Two days later, Western fell to St. Cloud Technical CC in three sets (25-18. 25-20, 25-22). Jamie Shultz […]