By ANDREW GRIEVEContributing Reporter The Oakland University women’s soccer team’s 2008 season will begin Aug. 22, when they face Michigan State. Judging from their recent history, they’ll have a lot to live up to. Taking a look back at their fantastic 2007 season, the Grizzlies were quite successful. They won their sixth Summit League Championship [...]
By ANDREW GRIEVEContributing Reporter The Oakland University baseball team can cancel any theme park-road trip plans they may have had. The Grizzlies have been riding a roller coaster since the season started. However, unlike a theme park’s, the Grizzlies roller coaster has featured victories, defeats, and everything in between this season. Instead of looking [...]
By TIM RATHSports Editor Summer sports in Michigan could be thought of as more repetitive than reruns on television.For those with a taste for the outdoors, Michigan is well known as a summertime hunting, fishing and boating hot-spot. If those three aren’t to your taste, well, enjoy playing basketball in 85humidity. People that prefer to [...]
By TIM RATHSports Editor It’s only 10 a.m., but Oakland University softball coach Glenn MacDonald is looking forward to a new day. As he sat down on a cloudy Friday morning to discuss the 2008 season, MacDonald could not hide his disappointment. Although tabbed for a fifth-place finish in a preseason poll by his peers, [...]
By BRITTANY OCHTINSKYSenior Reporter After a slow start to the season — the Golden Grizzlies had just two wins in the first 14 games of the season – Oakland University’s baseball team made up some much-needed ground as Summit League play opened last weekend. Oakland took three of four matchups with Western Illinois. April 4 [...]
_________________Column By JARED PURCELLYou Editor Looking back at the hype surrounding the Detroit Tigers prior to the 2008 season, it’s safe to say that excitement has been replaced with panic. As the Tigers prepare to head to Boston, many are expecting the worst. With the worst record in the league at 0-7 as of Tuesday, [...]
By John Droke Staff Intern The Oakland University men's lacrosse team may not be the most well known team on campus, but they definitely are one of the most successful.  These Grizzlies won national titles from 2002 to 2004, and took the CCLA A League division crown in 2004 and 2006. Plus, they've never [...]
By Brittany Ochtinsky Senior Reporter Oakland University captured the Women's Collegiate Lacrosse League's Division B championship and made it to the semifinal in the league championship, the Golden Grizzlies hope to continue improvement in their second season of the newly revamped women's lacrosse club. While the club has been around for seven years now, it [...]
By Brittany Ochtinsky Senior Reporter Oakland University swimmer Marcin Unold already appears to be unstoppable. After helping the Golden Grizzlies capture a ninth-straight Summit League title in February, where he was named the Summit League Swimmer of the Year,Unold completed a successful run at the NCAA Division I Swimming championship last weekend. His Summit League [...]
