Albion Pleiad

Though the Albion College softball team had a shaky start to the season, things seem to be turning around. After compiling a 3-10 record over a week of spring break doubleheaders, the Britons have gone 3-3 since returning to Albion. In yesterday’s doubleheader road sweep of Rochester College, Albion won by scores of 6-0 and [...]

I keep having to remind myself that it doesn’t really matter. However excited I get, the fact that the Tigers are on such a tear this March does not mean they will also go through the first three weeks of the regular season with only three losses. Not long ago, the Lions went 4-0 preseason [...]

The Detroit Redwings, who earlier this season held the NHL’s top record, are stumbling towards the playoffs. Since their record breaking 23 game home winning streak (when they led the league with 86 points), the Redwings are 3-11, earning just 9 points in that span.  A big part of their recent skid is the numerous [...]

St. Patrick’s day on a Saturday was not only a treat for students, but it turned out to be a treat for the Albion College Men’s Lacrosse team, as they defeated Augustana College by a score of 7-6 in a thrilling overtime victory. Mitch Loney, Commerce Township junior, ended the game with 1:16 remaining in [...]

The Albion women’s lacrosse team showed progress this last weekend in tough losses to Oberlin College and Ohio Wesleyan University. In their loss to Oberlin on Saturday Mar. 17, Ashley Glenn, New Hudson first-year, and Mackenzie Novak, Waterford first-year, scored 3 goals and 2 goals respectively in their first game as Britons.  Taylor Peruchietti, Lansing [...]

MIDWEST REGION The Midwest region of the NCAA tournament is headlined by UNC Tar Heels, but don’t discount the home-state UM Wolverines. No. 1 Seed The number one seed of the region are the University of North Carolina. Sophomore forward Harrison Barnes, senior Forward Tyler Zeller and junior forward John Henson lead UNC. Barnes, Zeller [...]

What a difference a year can make. After high preseason expectations, the Michigan State Spartans limped into the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament last year before bowing out to UCLA in 1st round. That team wilted under the pressure of two straight Final Four visits in 2009 and 2010. This season the Michigan State Spartans (27-7, [...]

The Albion College men’s and women’s tennis teams both resumed an annual tradition of spending their spring break hard at work in Florida. The Briton teams each played four matches in five days, a grueling schedule in unfamiliar conditions. The four matches were double what the team had played previously this season, and it was [...]

The University of Michigan Wolverines are entering the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the second consecutive year. After finishing the season with a 24-9 (13-5 in the Big Ten) and a share of the Big Ten regular season title, the Wolverines are confident going into the tournament. Michigan has had strong performances from seniors Zach [...]

August 15, 1997 Radiohead played the Filmore in Detroit promoting their upcoming album, “Kid A.” Four albums and about fifteen years later Radiohead will return to Michigan for the first time since to play at the Palace of Auburn Hills on June 11 2012. For years Radiohead remained quiet as to why they were seemingly [...]