news from the Owls website http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ 2009-01-07T05:50:33-06:00 text/html 2008-12-13T22:34:23-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/68.php The Warren Wilson swim team lost a dual meet to Transylvania College 123-51 on the women's side and 135-40 on the men's. <br><br>The Fighting Owls were led by Amelia Hubbard's victory in the 200 freestyle (2:08.20) and Johnathan Bland's victory in the 100 breaststroke (1:06:81).&nbsp; Hubbard also set a new varsity record in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:44.72.<br> text/html 2008-12-13T21:42:07-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/69.php The Warren Wilson men's basketball team fell to 5-10 on the season after losses to Berea College (72-47) and NAIA Division I Lindsey Wilson (110-52). <br><br>The Owls could not recover after Berea jumped out to an early 37-16 halftime lead behind 15 points off turnovers and 13 points on offensive rebounds.&nbsp; Jermon Marsh and Chris Nelson each had 12 points to lead&nbsp; Warren Wilson.<br><br>In the second game, the Owls took on #21 ranked Lindsey Wilson and lost 110-52.&nbsp; Warren Wilson hung on early as they trailed by just four points (19-15) midway through the first half.&nbsp; The Owls were overmatched against Lindsey Wilson's post players as they were outscored 66-8 in the paint.&nbsp; Jermon Marsh and Aleks Spasovski led the way for Warren Wilson with 21 and 19 points, respectively.&nbsp; <br><br>The Owls' five wins on the season matches the total number of wins they recorded all of last season. <br> text/html 2008-12-07T16:01:30-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/67.php The Warren Wilson swim team hosted LaGrange College on Sunday and earned a dual meet victory with both the men (99-6) and women (103-21) claiming victories. text/html 2008-12-06T23:43:23-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/66.php The Warren Wilson snapped a six game losing streak and improved to 5-8 on the season after claiming back to back wins over Christendom College (61-42) and Patrick Henry College (79-52).<br><br>The Fighting Owls led 39-24 at the half versus fellow USCAA Division II member Christendom College and held the Crusaders to 18 second half points to secure the victory.&nbsp; Eight players scored for Warren Wilson with Aleks Spasovksi (12 points), Jermon Marsh (10 points), and Callis Chambliss (10 points) each reaching double figures.<br><br>On Saturday at Patrick Henry College, the Owls started slow but managed to find their shooting touch in the second half claiming a 79-52 win over the hosts.&nbsp; Senior guard Jermon Marsh had a solid overall game with 26 points, 9 steals, and 7 rebounds.&nbsp; Sophomore guards Aleks Spasovski and Antonio Wilburn chipped in with 20 and 12 points, respectively. <br> text/html 2008-12-06T23:21:50-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/65.php The Warren Wilson College women's basketball team fell to 1-3 on the season after two losses to Toccoa Falls College (63-51) and Atlanta Christian College (58-49) at the Toccoa Falls Classic.<br><br>Despite a five point halftime lead versus Toccoa Falls, the Owls were plagued by foul trouble as they were outscored by 17 points in the second half.&nbsp; Junior Laura Dison led the way for Warren Wilson with 13 points.&nbsp; <br><br>In the second game, the Owls trailed by just 9 points at the half despite 15 first half turnovers.&nbsp; Warren Wilson got to within one point 39-38 but couldn't quite get over the hump.&nbsp; <br> text/html 2008-12-01T20:27:46-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/64.php The Fighting Owls men's basketball team fell to 3-7 on the season after a 76-46 loss to Brevard College.&nbsp; <br><br>Senior Jermon Marsh led all scorers with 21 points.&nbsp; <br><br>Brevard dominated the paint versus Warren Wilson outrebounding the Owls 43-24 and outscoring them in the post 43-12.&nbsp; <br> text/html 2008-11-25T20:23:50-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/63.php The Warren Wilson College men's basketball team fell to 3-6 on the season after a 79-57 loss to Division II North Greenville University.<br><br>Senior guard Jermon Marsh led all scorers will 21 points while sophomore guard Aleks Spasovski chipped in with 13 points and 7 rebounds.&nbsp; <br><br>The Owls could not muster any offense throughout the contest but did outscore North Greenville 27-14 the last 10 minutes of the game.<br> text/html 2008-11-20T20:15:54-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/62.php Freshman Jessica Bailey's layup with 3.0 seconds remaining gave the Warren Wilson women's basketball team (1-1) a 51-50 victory over Piedmont Baptist College.&nbsp; <br><br>Following two consecutive missed free throws by Piedmont, junior Laura Dison pushed the ball up the floor and found Bailey underneath the hoop for the layin. <br><br>Dison led the Lady Owls with 13 points while post players Leah Cameron (11 points and 12 rebounds) and Ali Gore (12 points and 13 rebounds) both posted double-doubles. <br> text/html 2008-11-18T21:16:55-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/61.php The Warren Wilson men's basketball team fell to 3-4 on the season after suffering a&nbsp; 70-42 loss to Division II Brevard College.&nbsp; <br><br>The Owls trailed by only seven at the half 23-16 and cut the Tornado lead to just six points (45-39) with nine minutes remaining in the second half.&nbsp; Despite an overall solid defensive effort Warren Wilson failed to score down the stretch.<br><br>Sophomore Aleks Spasovski led the Fighting Owls with 14 points while Jermon Marsh chipped in with 10.&nbsp; Warren Wilson committed 17 turnovers and shot 28% (15-53) from the field.<br> text/html 2008-11-18T08:34:26-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/60.php In conjunction with National Hunger and Homelessness awareness week (Nov 16-22), there will be free admission to tonight's Warren Wilson men's basketball game at Brevard College.&nbsp; Parents, fans, and supporters need to bring at least two non-perishable canned food items to receive free admission.&nbsp; Game time is scheduled for 7:00 pm.<br> text/html 2008-11-15T16:24:26-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/58.php Both the men's and women's swimming teams of Warren Wilson College earned victories today, beating Berea (Ky) College by scores of 49 to 33, and 46 to 39, respectively.&nbsp; It was their first home dual meet of the season, and proved to be a great challenge.<br><br>Freshman Amelia Hubbard lowered her 100 Butterfly varsity record for the second week in a row, swimming the four-length event in 1:06. 21. text/html 2008-11-15T16:17:14-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/57.php The Warren Wilson men's basketball team fell to 3-3 on the season after a 66-56 loss to World Harvest Bible College (6-0).<br><br>The Fighting Owls trailed 34-30 at the half and World Harvest opened up the second half with a 13-0 run to take a 17 point advantage.&nbsp; Warren Wilson clawed back and cut the lead to five points with 6:42 left in the game.&nbsp; <br><br>Senior Jermon Marsh led all scorers with 22 points on 7-15 shooting while freshman Callis Chambliss came off the bench for 10 points.&nbsp; <br> text/html 2008-11-14T10:06:23-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/56.php The Warren Wilson women's basketball team fell to 0-1 on the season after a 66-59 season-opening loss at Johnson Bible College.<br><br>The Lady Owls trailed by five at the half and tied the game midway through the second half but failed to get over the hump.&nbsp; Junior Georgia Anton led Warren Wilson with 14 points.<br> text/html 2008-11-10T10:47:56-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/59.php It has been a few weeks since Collegiate Nationals, though it could easily have been a year. The Cycling Owls do not officially race in the off-season, and many team members have been catching up on sleep, school, and focusing on things that were put off during bike season. It already seems like it has been ages since we traveled the south in the lovely little bus. But moving on: some riders have managed to continue to find time to ride, and a few intrepid souls even managed to haul themselves to a race last weekend. text/html 2008-11-09T19:30:46-06:00 http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/ Kevin Walden http://www.WarrenWilsonOwls.com/article/55.php The Warren Wilson College swimming team opened the traditional collegiate swimming season by traveling to the University of the South on Friday and Saturday, Nov 7-8th, competing against 10 other schools at the Sewanee Invitational.&nbsp; Nine swimming Owls made the trip, each had season best times and all maintained very positive attitudes while competing against stiff competition.<br> <br> Highlights include a 10th place finish in the 200-yard Freestyle and 9th place finish and a new varsity record in the 100-yard Butterfly from freshman Amelia Hubbard (Tobaccoville, NC).&nbsp; Hubbard eclipsed the seven year-old standard by .04 seconds, swimming a time of 1:08.46.<br> <br> The Owls return to action against Berea College this Saturday, Nov 15th at 1pm at the DeVries Natatorium.