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The UNCW Ice Hockey team kick off their first game of the season.

UNCW Ice Hockey season preview

Ryan Wiener, Sports Editor September 9, 2023

The UNCW Ice Hockey season is kicking off this Friday, Sept. 8, at 10 p.m. The game will be held at the Wilmington Icehouse as the Seahawks face off against High Point University. To begin, there are...

Ayla Vaneus strips the ball from VCU during UNCW Women's Soccer's opening game on August 30, 2023. ( Tom Hanna/UNCWSports.com)

Women’s Soccer secures a win on Senior Day

Ryan Wiener, Sports Editor September 4, 2023

The UNCW Women’s Soccer team took on Queens University in a Senior Day matchup. The matchup occurred on Sunday, Sept. 3. Queens University is a private university in Charlotte, North Carolina. The last...

Jamarii Thomas pushes to the backboard in the Seahawk's fight against Drexel.

Seahawks march back from down 12 to live another day

Bailey Swogger, Staff Writer March 5, 2023
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Seahawks men’s basketball team prevailed after being down 12 with less than 13 minutes to play to keep their season alive. In the win or go home single elimination CAA tournament, Nick Farrar and the rest of the Seahawks rallied to defeat the Drexel Dragons 73-68.
The UNCW Women's Basketball team celebrates an 84-59 victory over Mount Olive, ending their 2021-2022 losing streak.

UNCW Lady Seahawks snap basketball losing streak

Bailey Swogger, Sports Editor November 18, 2022
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - On Wednesday, Tina Martin got her first win as the UNCW women’s basketball interim Head Coach with a 84-59 victory over Mount Olive, snapping a 21 game losing streak that stretches back to December 2021.
Pep Casas dribbles around defenders against Hofstra in the CAA tournament. Photo by Joe Browning.

Seahawks fall in men’s soccer semi-final

Bailey Swogger, Sports Editor November 9, 2022
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - Despite an 84-degree day in November, an unsettled UNCW crowd had boos raining from the stands early Sunday afternoon. The Seahawks took a heartbreaking loss to the Hofstra Pride 2-1 that will send Hofstra to face Elon for the CAA title on Saturday, but the boos were not because the Seahawks were losing.
Josef Hefele connects on a pass against Old Dominion. Photo by Joe Browning.

Win or go home: UNCW men’s soccer prepares for semi-finals

Parker Ormsby, Staff Writer November 6, 2022
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - The UNCW men’s soccer team earned a total of nine clean sheets throughout regular season play this year. This achievement assisted them in receiving the no. 2 seed, as well as a bye straight into the CAA tournament semi-final game, where they will have home-field advantage.
Jamarii Thomas runs the offense against Emory & Henry on Nov. 2. Photo by Bailey Swogger.

Bring on the nation’s best: Seahawks start basketball season with a bang

Bailey Swogger, Sports Editor November 3, 2022
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - The Seahawks blew through their exhibition match opponents on Wednesday night with an 88-47 routing of Emory & Henry to set up one of the most anticipated games in UNCW basketball history. On Monday, UNCW men’s basketball will travel to Chapel Hill to take on the top-ranked team in the country, the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Aidan Smith during his first career at-bat in UNCW's matchup with VMI on Apr. 1, 2022 at Brooks Field.

When the lights come on: A moment that was worth the wait for UNCW’s Aidan Smith

Zachary Kilby, Sports Editor April 5, 2022
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – In the bottom of the eighth inning during UNCW’s Friday night matchup with VMI, Aidan Smith did something he had never done before in his three-year career. He played in a college baseball game. To many, Smith’s pinch-hit plate appearance in the ladder stages of an eventual 18-1 blowout win over the Keydets seemed rather insignificant. However, for Smith, it was the opportunity he had patiently been waiting for.
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