Shootout ends men’s soccer season
The men’s soccer team entered the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) tournament with the most regular season wins it had since 2013. The Gorloks’ first round matchup against...
View ArticleYouth movement for men’s basketball
Months after Webster University hit unprecedented rates with 525 first-time freshman, the men’s basketball team is also well on its way into the history books with a record-setting 14 freshman and...
View ArticleWomen’s soccer headed to national tournament
Going into the postseason St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) tournament, Webster University’s women’s soccer team capitalized on their best season since 2001. The team finished with...
View ArticleLoras knocks off Webster in NCAA tournament
Webster University’s women’s soccer team fell to Loras College 5-0 in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament at Dubuque, IA. The Loras Duhawks were ranked nineteenth nationally and second...
View ArticleVolleyball finishes third in conference
For the second straight season, Greenville has ended Webster University’s volleyball season. Head coach Merry Graf said there were some highlights from the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference...
View ArticleWomen’s cross country sets records in Regionals
Senior Holly Goergen never finished with a top time in high school, but after her running heroics at Webster, head coach Dan Graber said she has the potential to go into the Webster Athletics Hall of...
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Niel DeVasto: Grandfather of the Gorloks
Sports information director (SID) Niel DeVasto’s roots at Webster University date back to when he was a junior transfer student in 1977. Along the way, he has helped build an athletic program that did...
View ArticleMen’s cross country sets records at Regionals
Gorloks cross country senior Riley Flynn could sense it. The second he saw the conditions for his final race at the NCAA Championships in Rock Island, Ill., he knew his team would be in for something...
View ArticleWebster Groves’ Michael Girsch looks to build Cardinals championship team
Webster Groves is home to multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists, U.S. Representatives, a Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster and a world-record holding sprinter. It can now add General Manager (GM)...
View ArticleElena Bloma wins SLIAC Defensive Player of the Year
Senior defenseman Elena Bloma finished off her final season winning several accolades. She was named St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) All-Conference First Team and Defensive...
View ArticleUpperclassmen set the tone for men’s basketball
The new look men’s basketball team started the season off with a 78-56 loss in an exhibition game against University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL). After losing their first regular season game...
View ArticleFreshman cheerleader trains to become Army officer
As cheerleader Alexis Johnson was preparing for her freshman year at Webster University, she was completing military training at Fort Leonard Wood. Several members of Johnson’s family served in the...
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From coast to coast: Webster basketball finds it players all over North America
Recruiting in Division III athletics is a whole different ballgame than high-profile Division I schools. Without athletic scholarships, Division III coaches often have to put in more work to recruit...
View ArticleWebster Athletics Hall of Fame adds five new members
The Gorloks’ Athletic Hall of Fame will add five more inductees with the upcoming 2018 Hall of Fame class. Headlining this year’s exclusive group will be: Molly Farrell Orlando, Scott Spinner, Paul...
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Webster University officially names Ben Greenberg as new sports director
Former sports information director Niel DeVasto left Webster University with big shoes to fill, bringing on board Ben Greenberg to fill the position. He starts as Webster’s new Sports Information...
View ArticleWebster University’s track and field teams get off to hot start
The Gorloks track team has started off with a streak of new records over the past two weeks. The men and women’s team just broke a new record which gives them the advantage to qualify to the finals....
View ArticleWebster University Chess Team Advances to President’s Cup
The Susan Polgar Institute of Chess Excellence (SPICE) team put together a first-place finish at the Pan-Am Championships. Along with defeating the competition to win their sixth consecutive Pan-Am,...
View ArticleSpending leads to success for Gorloks baseball team
An expression in business is that a person has to ‘spend money to make money.’ It is because of expenses that the Webster baseball team has actually improved according to team statistics. Per the...
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SLIAC recognizes Davian Joseph as Player of the Week
Even as the Webster University men’s basketball team (13-12) saw its postseason hopes end in disappointment, the team added to the history books this week. Gorloks senior forward Davian Joseph was...
View ArticleWomen’s softball team looks to overcome early season scheduling constraints
The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Coaches Poll predicted the Webster University women’s softball team would finish as the league’s third best team during a preseason ballot....
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