Albion Pleiad

Many Albion College athletic teams will be competing this weekend. Here’s a preview of what to expect from the Britons. Football The Albion College football team (6-4, 6-0 MIAA) will compete in its first NCAA playoff game since 2005 this weekend. The Britons will face the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks (10-0, 7-0 WIAC) on Nov. [...]

Many Albion College athletic teams will be competing this weekend. Here’s a preview of what to expect from the Britons. Cross Country The Albion College Cross Country program will compete in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships on Nov. 12. In Oberlin, Ohio. The women run at 11 a.m. while the men run at 12 [...]

The Albion College football team (5-4, 5-0 MIAA) will learn its playoff matchup on Sunday, but first it hosts Trine University (7-2, 3-2 MIAA) on Nov. 12 with an opportunity to win the MIAA championship outright. The Britons will be out for redemption after finishing second in the MIAA standings behind Trine the past two [...]

The Albion men’s basketball team is picked to finish fourth in the MIAA conference this season, according to a preseason coaches poll. Last year the Brits finished third in the conference with a 15-12 overall record and an 8-6 conference record. The Brits graduated four seniors from last season’s squad, and with a large freshman [...]

It will take more for the Brits to secure a spot in the MIAA tournament this year. This year, only the top four basketball teams are selected to go to the conference tournament, as opposed to previous years where everybody got a chance to play for seeding. The women’s team tied for third in the [...]

Many Albion College athletic teams will be competing this weekend. Here’s a preview of what to expect from the Britons. Football The Britons (5-3, 5-0 MIAA) head to Greencastle, Ind. Nov. 5 to face Depauw University. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. After clinching a share of the MIAA championship last weekend, Albion will look [...]

Given such high pre-season expectations, many were quick to write off the Albion College football team (5-3, 5-0 MIAA) as pretenders after their 0-3 start. But those detractors have fallen by the wayside as Albion has stormed to five straight victories. In a 28-14 win over Adrian College on Oct. 28, the Britons clinched a [...]

The Albion swimming and diving team has to compensate for the graduation of last year’s senior class. Nine swimmers graduated last year including two national qualifiers. Ashley Collins `11 alum and Scott Venettis `11 alum each qualified for the 2011 NCAA swimming and diving championship in the breast stroke last season. “Losing those seniors is [...]

In his second year on the cross country team, Paul Lewis, Albion sophomore, hasn’t just accepted the challenge that’s been presented to him; he’s welcomed it, helping to lead his team. That approach also pervades the off-field aspects of his life. “Paul is a real renaissance man,” Hayden Smith, Albion College’s cross country coach, said. “While I [...]

Success for The Albion Women’s Soccer Team has been few and far between during an abysmal season. There are only fifteen players currently on the team- two freshmen, nine returners and three new recruits. Numerous injuries have limited Albion to a small number of substitutes per game. So far the Brits are still awaiting their [...]