2008 Woodie Awards
As the temperature starts to drop and the ponds begin to freeze over, hockey season is upon us. The Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team is preparing to get their '08-'09 season underway. For these warriors on ice, it is more than just a season, it's what they've been looking forward to all year.
More than 3,000 spectators showed up at Campus Field on Saturday afternoon to see if the Sacred Heart University football team could continue their winning ways in their first Northeast Conference game of the season against the Robert Morris University Colonials.
The Sacred Heart University women's field hockey team split their two games this past weekend as they defeated Bryant University 7-2 on Friday and lost to Columbia University 6-1 on Sunday. The Pioneers scored early and often against Bryant at Campus Field, putting up their highest goal tally of the season with seven.
The Sacred Heart University women's soccer team suffered two losses this past weekend as they fell to the Monmouth University Hawks 1-0 on Friday night and Mount St. Mary's University 2-0 on Sunday. The Pioneers (1-8-2) came into the contest against Monmouth (8-1-1) as the clear underdog, but they managed to outshoot the Hawks 11-8.
The story of Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson is perhaps one of the most widely documented and fascinating narratives in American history. Simpson first made a name for himself as a standout football player at the University of Southern California where he won the prestigious Heisman Trophy award before being drafted first overall by the Buffalo Bills in 1969.
\The Sacred Heart University men's golf team finished fourth overall in the Yale MacDonald Cup this past weekend. The two-day tournament took place at the Yale Golf Course in New Haven on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5. "The first day was a physical test with 36 holes in the cold weather," said senior Patrick Fillian.