Albion Pleiad

The Albion College Swim and Dive team train over Christmas break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Photo courtesy of Emily Magyar

The  end of the fall 2009 football season marked the first senior class under head coach Craig Rundle to not win the MIAA championship. When asked about his feelings toward not winning, Rundle had no comment.
Jacob Lee, Spring Lake, senior, was one of the seniors who failed to win an MIAA championship.
“ I think too [...]

Albion College puts the ’student’ before ‘athlete’

  The Albion women’s volleyball team’s best season to date ended with a disappointing loss to Hope College in the MIAA semifinal game on Friday at Hope College. The loss was a three set loss with scores of 25-10, 25-17, and 25-5.  The team finished with a record of 17-11.
“The defense and passing were not [...]

For the 2009 women’s soccer season, the MIAA introduced a new rule that only the top six teams in the regular season would exceed onto the MIAA tournament. The Lady Brits avoided a foreshortened season and squeezed into the final spot of the tournament, placing sixth in the MIAA with a record of 4-3-1.
“We knew [...]

The Albion men’s golf team ended their season with its second straight win on Wednesday, Oct. 14.  The final jamboree was played at the Wuskowhan Player’s Club at Hope College. The Britons posted a 291 total that was good enough for a six-stroke victory over Hope College and Trine University.
“We had a fantastic performance in [...]

Albion College football had a successful game on the road against Kalamazoo this past weekend, coming out of the game with a 34-14 victory over the Hornets.  The win brought Albion back to a 3-2 record in MIAA conference play.
In Albion’s first two possessions of the game, Clinton Orr, Buchanan first-year, had a 43-yard touchdown run [...]

It may not have ended quite the way they expected, but overall, the men’s soccer team left the field Saturday after an overtime loss to Adrian proud of the way that they performed throughout the season.
With the team returning a majority of their line-up from the previous season, head coach Jerry Block felt that his [...]

The Albion College equestrian program has had a strong start to its 2009-2010 season, with meets at home in Albion and away meets at Michigan State University, The University of Western Ontario in Canada and at Grand Valley State University.
The program is divided into three separate competitive teams, a western team, a dressage team, and [...]

Albion women’s golf finished ninth in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) conference championships this fall when they played in their final 18-hole tournament at the Bedford Valley Country Club in Battle Creek on Oct. 10.  The team was led by Erica Mazur, Northville sophomore, and Morgan Reed, Brighton sophomore.
Last season, the Lady Brits finished fourth [...]