Miller speeds to success after transfer

The Belmont track and field and cross country teams received a pleasant surprise when former recruit Matt Miller arrived on campus in the fall of 2010. Miller, now a junior from LaPorte, Ind., was recruited by Belmont in high school, but turned down the Bruins to compete for the South Alabama Jaguars....

April 20th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Softball’s sweep gives team midseason spark

After earning its third-ever conference sweep against Stetson, the Belmont softball team has finally found momentum to build on in the second half of the season to try to reach the Atlantic Sun playoffs. The Bruins, with five runs from back-to-back home runs in one game and a walk-off single in the other,...

April 18th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Barefoot Running

It’s not uncommon to see Belmont senior marketing major Lilly Casha jogging along busy city streets, with her iPod and water bottle in hand, running in time to her music. But one thing’s missing. Her shoes. Two summers ago, she decided to ditch them and go barefoot, and she said she’s never looked...

April 18th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Setting records, Dylan Craig gives credit to team

Look into the Belmont baseball team’s record books, and you will find senior Dylan Craig all over them. With Craig’s name already leading nine program offensive records already, the outfielder recently added a new one when he became the all-time hits leader in program history on March 24. Despite...

April 18th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Bruins bolt to first place

After a slow start to their season, the Belmont baseball team have shifted in gear and into first place in the Atlantic Sun. Currently, Belmont is 23-10 on the season and 10-2 in Atlantic Sun conference play. They lead the rest of the conference by two games after sweeping USC Upstate this past weekend. Last...

April 10th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

What’s with sticks on soccer field?

On the lawn next to Patton and Maple Halls, sunbathers and ultimate Frisbee players alike have taken over the old Whitten Soccer Complex. After the men’s and women’s soccer teams moved to E.S. Rose Park last winter, the former soccer field became a hot spot for anything but athletics until recently. Now...

March 28th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Drew Hanlen will sweat for success

During the past four years, it has been hard for Belmont fans to miss Drew Hanlen’s presence. From sinking threes to leading shifts in momentum as a guard for the Bruins, one thing is always evident for the graduating senior – his passion for basketball. That passion for the game is what inspired...

March 28th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

‘It’s a bird … it’s a plane’ … it’s a Bruin

A new student group at Belmont is taking the plunge. Literally. Bruin Skydive, a student organization dedicated to the sport, is providing Belmont students and faculty the opportunity to check this thrill off their bucket list with a skydiving trip set for April 21. Eric Tudor, a junior and one of the...

March 27th, 2012 | News, Sports | Read More

Bruins rally, fall to Thundering Herd

After overcoming a six-run deficit, the Belmont softball team fell to the late-scoring Marshall Thundering Herd 11-7 at Rose Park Tuesday afternoon. Four final-inning runs sealed the Marshall win after the Bruins scored six runs in two innings to tie the game at one point. Marshall was on the board...

March 20th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Bruins knocked out by Hoyas

For the Belmont Bruins, it was the same story with the same unwanted result. In their fifth NCAA tournament bid in seven years, the Bruins fell again during the first round of play, losing to the Georgetown Hoyas 74-59 in the NCAA Midwest Regional’s opening round Friday in Columbus, Ohio. For...

March 16th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

STORIFY: Hoyas handle Bruins in NCAA’s

After a 27-7 regular season and an Atlantic Sun championship, the No. 14 seeded Belmont Bruins went to Nationwide Arena looking to defeat a Georgetown Hoyas team that defeated them in the NCAA Round of 64 in 2007. Share Belmont and Georgetown warming up. Looks a lot like SD State and NC State,...

March 16th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Bruins prep for NCAA matchup

It’s time. Belmont has been here before. After four times at the “big dance,” the Bruins are looking for their elusive first NCAA tournament win against the Georgetown Hoyas Friday in Columbus, Ohio. “Last year, people were happy to get here, and this year it isn’t the same. We’ve...

March 15th, 2012 | Sports | Read More

Nelson perseveres for stellar senior season

Many changes happened with the Belmont women’s basketball team during the first two years of head coach Brittany Ezell’s tenure. Despite these changes though, one 6-foot, 2-inch constant has remained. During her four years with the program, senior post Haley Nelson has gathered more individual...

March 14th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins draw Hoyas in NCAA’s

Waiting has seemingly become common for the Belmont Bruins during the last few days. Eight days after clinching a bid the NCAA tournament, the Bruins were nearly the last team announced to play in the NCAA tournament Sunday evening. “We were wondering if they forgot about us for a second, but...

March 11th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More

Bruins outlast Vanderbilt in rematch

When Belmont and Vanderbilt played twice during the NCAA regionals last May, the College World Series-bound Commodores made quick work of the Bruins. At the teams’ rematch at Rose Park Tuesday, however, it was a different story. In the Bruin’s 60th game against the Commodores, it took a grand...

March 6th, 2012 | Featured Sports, Sports | Read More