Women’s basketball bounced from conference tournament

The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team lost to UW-Whitewater by a score of 57-53 in the semi-final game of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament Thursday night at Zorn Arena. The Blugolds led the game 19-7 after seven minutes of game play, and did not give up the lead until a little under three minutes […]

Women’s hoops prepares for playoffs

By Jackson Schmidtke Coming off a win against UW-Stevens Point on Saturday, the UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team prepares for their WIAC semi-final matchup with UW-Whitewater.

Women’s hoops takes share of conference crown

The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team captured a win and a share of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title on Saturday. They defeated the UW-Stevens Point Pointers 66-55 at Zorn Arena. The game doubled as senior day for the Blugolds.  At halftime, seniors Laura Olson, Nicole Christianson, Jess Freagon, Callie Halama and Ellen Plendl were […]

A Q&A with women’s basketball coach Tonja Englund

The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team is having a good year, and the team is 17-5 overall, with a 10-3 record in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play. They’re currently tied for second place with UW-River Falls with three conference games left to play in the regular season. The team didn’t have any games this week, […]

Women’s hoops loses close game

By Spenser Bickett The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team lost a close game on Saturday at Zorn Arena, falling to the UW-River Falls Falcons by a score of 60-59. The Blugolds went ahead by one with just over 1:30 to play on a jump shot by senior forward Nicole Christianson. However, River Falls responded when […]

Women’s basketball rebounds in big way

The women’s basketball team rebounded from a tough defeat over the weekend to take down UW-Oshkosh Wednesday 68-49 in Zorn Arena. Eau Claire won five consecutive games prior to losing last Saturday at UW-Whitewater. Coach Tonja Englund said the Whitewater loss was due to a “lack of discipline,” and said the strong showing Wednesday was […]

Women’s basketball adds to winning streak; now 16-3

By Spenser Bickett The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team continued their winning ways on Saturday, beating the UW-La Crosse Eagles 49-36 in Zorn Arena.  The Blugolds are currently riding a four game winning streak and are in first place in WIAC conference play. Neither team shot the ball particularly well, with Eau Claire shooting about […]

Women’s basketball clips the Warhawks

The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team collected its fourth win in a row on Saturday against the UW-Whitewater Warhawks in a 75-70 victory at Zorn Arena.

Women’s hoops opens WIAC play with a win

The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team opened up conference play with a 53-47 win on Saturday against the UW-La Crosse Eagles in La Crosse.

Women’s team crushes Cornell College

The UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball quickly got down to business defeating Cornell College (Iowa) on Saturday 63-35 at Zorn Arena.