My Take
When it's all been
Micah Woodard
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Sports
As the 08-09 year comes to a close, it seems fitting to do a year-in-review column. Because of the colossal amount of success this university has had, this may be a daunting task. But here goes.
Several highlights punctuated an extraordinary season. Both the men's and women's ice hockey squads brought home national championships (within three days of each other). Football battled to within a play of the national title game.
Men's volleyball took home its first national crown. Shooting sports won their sixth straight title, and men's wrestling took their third straight.
Oh yeah, and men's water polo also won their third consecutive championship in the fall. And synchronized swimming performed extremely well it its first year of existence. And both track and field teams won their conference championships.
And so did women's lacrosse and roller hockey…
Wow. That's just an abbreviated list of LU's athletic honors this year. I can't do this; it's just not impossible to write about everything. It's a futile mission. Honestly, one column isn't sufficient to explain it all.
But that's what I love about Lindenwood. With 43 varsity sports (and 46 next year, with men's/women's weightlifting and synchronized skating beginning play), there is never a shortage of sports news.
And more often than not, it's good news.
I've thrown together 16 different sports sections for 16 different editions this school year, and yet I feel there was so much that I didn't/couldn't cover.
There's a reason for that, though. The athletics Web site claims that Lindenwood has "the largest collegiate athletics department in the United States," and I'm certainly not going to dispute it. Just not enough space in a newspaper.
But that's the beauty of LU. There are a plethora of sports offered. Some of these programs are extremely rare - for goodness sake, LU is one of four colleges in the nation that offers scholarships for table tennis.
But anyway, I digress.
Props to all the coaches, athletes and trainers on a successful 08-09, and here's to an even better season next year.
How about 46 national titles?
Several highlights punctuated an extraordinary season. Both the men's and women's ice hockey squads brought home national championships (within three days of each other). Football battled to within a play of the national title game.
Men's volleyball took home its first national crown. Shooting sports won their sixth straight title, and men's wrestling took their third straight.
Oh yeah, and men's water polo also won their third consecutive championship in the fall. And synchronized swimming performed extremely well it its first year of existence. And both track and field teams won their conference championships.
And so did women's lacrosse and roller hockey…
Wow. That's just an abbreviated list of LU's athletic honors this year. I can't do this; it's just not impossible to write about everything. It's a futile mission. Honestly, one column isn't sufficient to explain it all.
But that's what I love about Lindenwood. With 43 varsity sports (and 46 next year, with men's/women's weightlifting and synchronized skating beginning play), there is never a shortage of sports news.
And more often than not, it's good news.
I've thrown together 16 different sports sections for 16 different editions this school year, and yet I feel there was so much that I didn't/couldn't cover.
There's a reason for that, though. The athletics Web site claims that Lindenwood has "the largest collegiate athletics department in the United States," and I'm certainly not going to dispute it. Just not enough space in a newspaper.
But that's the beauty of LU. There are a plethora of sports offered. Some of these programs are extremely rare - for goodness sake, LU is one of four colleges in the nation that offers scholarships for table tennis.
But anyway, I digress.
Props to all the coaches, athletes and trainers on a successful 08-09, and here's to an even better season next year.
How about 46 national titles?
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