News and Updates

Enlarge Picture >> And I’m off to the Senior Class trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina for four days to bond with my friends and classmates in eighty-degree weather.  A temporary departure from the reality of graduation.

Marissa Alikpala was named to the first-team, while senior Lauren Erikson earned second-team honors.

Hamilton, NY — For the second time in the program’s history, the Colgate University softball team received an invitation to the 64-team NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, May 15-18.  The Raiders (31-13) earned the eighth seed in Region No. 2 in Fresno, California, and will face top-seeded UCLA (45-6) on Thursday, May 15 at 3:30 […]

Head coach Cathy Foto has announced the signing of five student-athletes for the upcoming season.

I ran into a first-year friend of mine as I was leaving the O’Connor Campus Center.

Enlarge Picture >> I traipsed up the hill to Lawrence Hall to sit the last exam of my undergraduate career.  A misty, rainy afternoon.  Classically Colgate. And two hours and twelve pages later, it was done.  I handed it to my professor. ‘Gotta put the seniors in a separate pile to grade first,’ he said […]

Finally: an overcast day where I have no excuse but to sit i

As of Monday, May 5 ‘ Senior shortstop Melissa Rawson (Palmdale, CA) has broken the Patriot League record for total bases in a season with 127, and moved into 2nd place for runs scored in a season with 47 ‘ Junior pitcher Elena Isaac (Chandler, AZ) has moved into 5th place in career wins in […]

Enlarge Picture >> It’s the first Saturday at Colgate where I’ve woken up and literally have nothing to do.  I had the last class of my college career yesterday, kissed the walls of Lawrence Hall goodbye in a sort of a bittersweet farewell, handed in my last paper, and faced a series of unknowns that […]

by Bud Poliquin, Syracuse Post-Standard