The men's basketball team wrapped up its first semester of play with back-to-back wins this weekend, defeating Husson University and Maine Maritime. The Spartans defeated Husson 97-96 on Dec. 9. The victory ended a 13-game losing streak to Husson and marked the first victory against Husson since Castleton joined the North Atlantic Conference back in 2003.
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The Castleton State College hockey team is off to its best start in history with a record of 10-1, and it proved that it can hang with the best of them last week despite losing to top-ranked Norwich 3-2. The game didn't start so well for the Spartans as they gave up three consecutive goals in the first period, but they were able to compose themselves and Colin Murray scored his seventh goal of the season just 17:17 into the contest.
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The Castleton women's basketball team is off to a good start this season, sitting at 3-1 in North Atlantic Conference play and 6-2 overall. This past weekend, the Spartans notched one victory while suffering a tough loss in overtime in their big conference weekend.
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This year's Castleton ski teams are undergoing a big change. They have moved from the Eastern Collegiate Ski Conference Thompson Division to the ECSC MacConnell Division of the U.S. Collegiate Ski Association. "Myself, Dale (Solotruck) and Deanna (Tyson) felt it was time to try to enter a division that would provide more of an athletic challenge to our athletes," said co-head coach Chris Eder.
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After coming off an overtime win on the road against Southern Maine leading to a three-game winning streak, the Castleton women's hockey team came home to host its annual Pink the Rink game against ECAC foe UMass-Boston. The Pink the Rink game was another game that came down to the wire, but unfortunately resulted in a tough loss for Castleton as it fell 2-1.
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It's been a semester full of excitement for the Spartans, with very little disappointment. Let's get the bad stuff out of the way first. The football team, under first year head coach, Marc Klatt, finished with an overall record of 4-6 and a conference record of 3-4.
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