With all the new coaches and players on our teams this year, it’s easy for us Milligan sports fans to ask ourselves, “What will these new people add to the team?”, “What will their seasons be like?” and maybe, “What can we expect from the team as a whole?”. But have we ever stopped to […]
Welcome back to BUFF Nation! We are three weeks in to the school year, but some of our sports teams are already undergoing their competitive seasons. Our women’s volleyball team is starting this season off on a high, with a recent tri-match sweep at home last weekend. Always a standout, junior Kellee Geren served up […]
Throughout Milligan College’s campus students can spot diversity–in the classrooms, dorms and even on sports teams. Milligan was not always this way, though, and there is one place in particular that has increased dramatically over the past few years in diversity, and that is on the men’s baseball team. The baseball team has brought in […]
On April 2, Milligan junior softball pitcher Kassi Butcher was named the Appalachian Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week. Butcher earned this award for the week of March 26 after her efforts helped Milligan to achieve a 4-0 record for the week. “I was super excited and honored to receive my AAC recognition,” Butcher said. […]
The senior tennis players walked onto their home courts to play their last match on April 11. The sun was shining and spirits were high as the Buffs faced Tennessee Wesleyan in the last conference match of the season. Seniors from both the men’s and women’s teams, including Becca Guthrie, Abby Allen, Josh Craine, Conly […]
The Milligan softball team continues to do extremely well at the Appalachian Athletic Conference, as their April 11th win against Union pushed them to tie for first place in the conference along with Truett McConnell University. The first two innings started out slow, with neither team having any runs. However, the Buffs managed to get […]
The Milligan baseball Buffs were defeated Bryan College 2-8, on Friday, March 30th. The very next day, Saturday, March 31st, charged forward with a newfound fighting spirit. Saturday’s two subsequent wins were also meaningful to head coach Nathan Meade, as it took his career coaching stats to 300 victories. The Buffs rushed out of the […]
Cheer and dance coach Ronda Paulson will be leaving Milligan and her role as Spirit Coach at the end of April after working with both the cheerleading and dance teams for the last 13 years. Many cheerleaders and dancers, as well as many students and staff, will miss her energy that she brought to Milligan, […]
This week has been a busy one for Milligan spring athletics, with competitions ranging from baseball and softball games to tennis and golf matches. To start off the week, the women’s tennis team won their third straight match at Bluefield in Blacksburg, Va., 5-4. On March 19, Milligan’s baseball team won the last game against […]
Every March since 2011, the United States has been captivated by a 68-team tournament that sets out to decide the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball champion. The vast number of games, with a total of 147.57 quintillion possible outcomes, has given this tournament currently underway the appropriate name March Madness. In short, 68 basketball teams […]