Men’s Hockey: The Tigers played No. 4 Western Michigan University in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Frozen Faceoff quarterfinals on March 6 through 8 in Kalamazoo, Mich. The tournament was a best-of-three series, with the first team to win two games advancing to the next round.
In the first game, WMU struck first through Grant Slukynsky with a power play goal before Garrett Szydlowski made it 2-0 with just 21.2 seconds left in the first period. CC came out for the second period determined with goals from Owen Beckner and Seth Constance tying up the game at 2-2. Ultimately, Western Michigan closed out the first game with two more goals and an open net dagger to win 5-2.
In the second game the following day, CC knew that they needed a win to stay in the tournament, and it was Klavs Veinbergs who would put the Tigers up 1-0 in the first period. After holding the one-goal lead through the rest of the first period, all of the second period, and deep into the third period, the Broncos eventually broke through CC’s defense as Owen Michaels found a late equalizer for Western Michigan University. The game went into overtime, where CC faced a 5-minute major penalty and WMU made the most of it, eliminating CC from the tournament and ending the Tigers’ season.
Women’s Lacrosse: The No. 24 CC Tigers lost to No. 3 Tufts on March 22 with a final score of 20-1, falling to a record of 4-3 for the season.
The Tigers will begin their play in the WIAC (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) on Friday, March 27, at the College of St. Benedict. CC was back-to-back regular-season and tournament title winners in 2024 and 2025.
Men’s Lacrosse: The CC Tigers were on a six-game winning streak before losing to Salisbury University 7-1 on March 18. However, the Tigers bounced back massively just a few days later, beating DeSales University 21-8 on March 21.
Junior Matt Hudson led the offensive charge with five goals and one assist, netting him his 109th goal in his career and surpassing the program’s modern era career goal record. Aidan Niklaus ‘27, who scored the only goal in the Tigers’ defeat earlier in the week, ended the game with a career-high seven points on two goals and five assists. Gavin Pope ‘27 added five points of his own with three goals and two assists, and sophomore Liam Goodwin chipped in two goals and two assists.
Sophomore Logan Chapman added two goals, while first career goals were recorded by Tim Browne ‘26 and Trevor Flynn ‘27.
CC moved to 7-2 on the season with six wins coming in the last seven games. The Tigers will take on Sewanee in Georgetown, Texas on Saturday, March 28.
Club Baseball: The Tigers split their two games against Colorado School of Mines on Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8, with a 12-9 defeat and a 6-2 win, respectively.
Club Nordic Skiing: Four members of the club Nordic team qualified for the USCSA (US Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association) National Tournament: Ruben Margolis, Libby Bures, Amelia Walsh and Noah Gardner. Walsh competed at Nationals and finished 22nd in the 7.5km Classic Interval Start, 23rd in the Freestyle Sprint, and 36th in the 15km Freestyle Mass Start to land CC Women’s Nordic a 12th-place team finish.
Intramural Sports: With the conclusion of last season’s intramural sports, the hard-fought battles for the IM championships have been decided.
Co-ed Basketball: Big Dawgs
Open Basketball: Spring Chickens
Ping Pong Tournament: Adam Vengosh ‘27
Futsal: Boonies
Ice broomball, softball, dodgeball and inner-tube water polo started up this block, so be on the lookout for updates about the next Intramural champions.
Upcoming Events: The Spring Cornhole Tournament will be taking place second Saturday, April 4.
Rosters are due by Thursday, April 2. For more information, check out the Spring Sports Schedule page on the CC website.
The Roar Report is a weekly varsity, club and intramural sports recap. If you have scores, results, standings or recognitions to report, email Zaid Momani (z_momani2024@coloradocollege.edu).