By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE
August 10, 2015
Filed under Sports, Track Cross Country
SIU Athletic Director Tommy Bell and the SIU Athletic Department named Kathleen Raske the new track and field coach on Tuesday. Raske will replace former coach Connie Price-Smith, who accepted the head coaching job at the Universi...
By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE
June 23, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Sports
Much the same as 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup and amid the celebration, the team will have to make cuts to their championship roster.On Tuesday, the National Hockey League announced the salary cap would...
June 15, 2015
By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE
April 7, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Sports
A new women’s hockey league was announced on March 26 and will place four teams in the northeast United States.The National Women’s Hockey League will consist of the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale and New York R...
April 4, 2015
By Aaron Graff, @Aarongraff_DE
March 29, 2015
Filed under Sports
With Gov. Bruce Rauner’s $387 million proposed budget cut to higher education—roughly $44 million affecting SIU's Carbondale campus—all departments on campus have to plan for cuts, including athletics.“If we end up doing bu...
By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE
March 19, 2015
Filed under Campus, Latest News
The SIU system will have its lowest funding since the 1980s if GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Feb. 18 budget proposal passes.At Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting in Carbondale, SIU President Randy Dunn reacted to the budget proposal...
By Matt Wells, @mattwells_DE
March 4, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The sting of the SIU men's basketball (11-20, 4-14) team's fourth 20-loss season in school history could heal if the Salukis win in St. Louis at the Missouri Valley Conference's Arch Madness tournament.The four-day stretch of games...
February 10, 2015
February 8, 2015
By Brent Meske| @BrentmeskeDE, Daily Egyptian
February 7, 2015
Filed under Softball, Sports
Saluki softball kicked off the season with a 1-3 record in Charleston, S.C., at the Charleston Southern Tournament.Sophomore pitcher and infielder Shaye Harre paced the Salukis both pitching and hitting. She had 3 hits in 11 at...
By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE
February 4, 2015
Filed under Football, Sports
SIU’s 2015 football recruiting class was announced throughout Wednesday as National Signing Day for high school players took place around the country.The Salukis announced signed players as their individual national letters of ...
