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Blythewood, S.C. – Western Carolina women's golf opens its quest for a Southern Conference championship on Monday in the Midlands of South Carolina at the 2026 Southern Conference Women's Golf, contested at the par-72, 6,219-yard Columbia Country Club.]]>WCU WGOLF - 2026 SoCon Championship Preview - FRONTSun, 19 Apr 2026 22:00:00 EST1111967https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/19/offense-propels-softball-to-series-sweep-of-chattanooga.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/19/offense-propels-softball-to-series-sweep-of-chattanooga.aspxSoftball

Cullowhee, N.C. –  Juniors Sydney Dirks and Becka Wonsick each connected on two-run homers to open the scoring and cap the scoring as Western Carolina softball earned the 10-1 run-rule victory over Chattanooga to complete the three-game Southern Conference sweep of the visiting Mocs on Betty Peele Field at the Catamount Softball Complex. The series finale victory gives the Catamounts 30 wins in a season for the first time since the 2016 season.]]>Sydney Dirks vs UTC Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:45:00 EST811966https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/19/baseball-cole-jones-delivers-4-hits-walk-off-rbi-in-10-inning-win-at-vmi.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/19/baseball-cole-jones-delivers-4-hits-walk-off-rbi-in-10-inning-win-at-vmi.aspxBaseball

Lexington, Va. – Cole Jones delivered a two-out RBI single to score Noah Quarless in the top of the 10th inning before Kaden Fuller sealed the victory with a strikeout to strand a pair of Keydet base runners in the home half of the extra frame as Western Carolina claimed Sunday's rubber match in its Southern Conference series at VMI with a 4-3 win in 10 innings at Gray-Minor Stadium.]]>Cole Jones had a career day, finishing 4-for-5 with a trio of singles and a home run, driving home a career-high six runs in Saturday's home win over Mercer.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:00:00 EST111965https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/18/wonsick-homers-twice-softball-sweeps-two-from-chattanooga.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/18/wonsick-homers-twice-softball-sweeps-two-from-chattanooga.aspxSoftball

Cullowhee, N.C. – Becka Wonsick blasted a pair of three-run home runs and Kayden Lyda homered to cap a pair of walk-off Western Carolina victories as the Catamounts swept both ends of Saturday's Southern Conference twin bill over Chattanooga. Sydney Dirks drew a game-winning, walk-off walk in a 3-2 win in game one before the Catamounts walked-off an 11-3, run-ruled victory in the back end of the doubleheader on Betty Peele Field at the Catamount Softball Complex.]]>Becka Wonsick vs UTC Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:00:00 EST811964https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/18/baseball-holton-homers-twice-snyder-solid-in-series-tying-win.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/18/baseball-holton-homers-twice-snyder-solid-in-series-tying-win.aspxBaseball

Lexington, Va. – Mason Holton homered twice as Western Carolina belted six home runs, powering the Catamounts past VMI on Saturday afternoon, 18-5, in seven innings to even the best-of-three Southern Conference on Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium. WCU scored runs in six of the seven innings in the run-ruled victory, while Mason Snyder limited the Keydets to two runs after the second inning in the victory.]]>Mason Holton - HR Celebration at VMI on Saturday (Randall K. Wolf/VMI)Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:30:00 EST111963https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/16/football-four-catamounts-named-to-nff-hampshire-honor-society.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/16/football-four-catamounts-named-to-nff-hampshire-honor-society.aspxFootball

Cullowhee, N.C. – Four Catamount football players earned the prestigious distinction of being selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society for 2026. Offensive lineman Brett Gray, placekicker Christian Lowery, defensive end Micah Nelson, and two-sport student-athlete, transfer wide receiver  Painter Richards-Baker, earned selection as the organization announced its honorees.]]>2025 - FB - NFF Hampshire Honor Society - FRONTThu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST211958https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/17/baseball-late-rally-falls-short-in-lexington-drops-opener-10-8.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/17/baseball-late-rally-falls-short-in-lexington-drops-opener-10-8.aspxBaseball

Lexington, Va. – Trent Turner hit for the cycle and both Noah Quarless and Cam Murray homered in a six-run eighth inning as Western Carolina baseball rallied late in Friday evening's opener at VMI. However, an early seven-run deficit and three insurance runs pushed across by the Keydets in the seventh inning provided just enough separation as VMI upended the Catamounts 10-8 in the Southern Conference series opener at Gray-Minor Stadium.]]>Senior infielder Trent Turner on base during Friday's meeting with No. 1 seed ETSU.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:00:00 EST111962https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/16/womens-tennis-tennis-falls-to-furman-in-socon-quarterfinals.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/16/womens-tennis-tennis-falls-to-furman-in-socon-quarterfinals.aspxWomen's Tennis

Chattanooga, Tenn. – Western Carolina women's tennis team closed its 2025-26 season at the Southern Conference Tennis Championships on Thursday, falling to the league's regular-season champion and top-seeded Furman, 4-0, at the Champions Club.]]>Jenelle Roberts vs Furman 2026 SoConThu, 16 Apr 2026 20:55:00 EST1311959https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/15/mens-golf-tyler-jones-collects-fourth-socon-mens-golf-weekly-award.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/15/mens-golf-tyler-jones-collects-fourth-socon-mens-golf-weekly-award.aspxMen's Golf

Cullowhee, N.C. – Stemming from his third individual medalist honors of the 2025-26 season, redshirt sophomore transfer Tyler Jones was today named the Southern Conference Men's Golfer of the Week for all events played between April 8 and April 14. Jones carded a trio of rounds in the 60s to post a three-round score of 9-under par, 204, to claim a three-stroke victory at the Wofford Invitational, hosted at the par-71, 6,720-yard Country Club of Spartanburg.]]>Tyler Jones - 4x SoCon Men's Golfer of the Week - FRONTWed, 15 Apr 2026 16:00:00 EST611956https://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/17/softball-opens-stretch-run-hosts-chattanooga-for-three.aspxhttps://catamountsports.com/news/2026/4/17/softball-opens-stretch-run-hosts-chattanooga-for-three.aspxSoftball

Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina softball opens the home stretch of Southern Conference action this weekend, welcoming the Chattanooga Mocs for a three-game series. Action opens with a Saturday doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Betty Peele Field at the Catamount Softball Complex, concluding with a Sunday finale also set for 1 p.m.]]>SB Preview vs UTC - FRONT Updated Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EST811961