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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The Alabama offense takes the field against the Clemson defense in the 2019 National Championship game. (Kunal Mehta via WikipediaCommons)

College football postseason format changing from 4 to 12 teams by 2026

Tyler Dearman, Staff Writer September 30, 2022

On Sept. 2, the College Football Playoffs (CFP) board of managers unanimously voted to expand the College Football Playoff from 4 teams to 12 by 2026. According to ESPN, the CFP board is trying to encourage...

Student and athlete thoughts on spring sports

Sophie Gray, Staff Writer December 10, 2020

COVID-19 has put a complete damper on allowing college athletes to play the sports that they have committed to playing. The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) is convinced that if student athletes...

Guilford names two interim head coaches

Hannah Preston, Staff Writer October 29, 2020

Although sports are not in full swing, several changes have occurred in the Guilford Athletics Department. Interim Athletic Director Dr. Sharon Beverly welcomed two new interim head coaches, Brad Davis...

NCAA vote to allow athletes to be paid

Ramya Krishna, Web Editor December 4, 2019

On Oct. 29, the NCAA Board of Governors made a unanimous decision to start the process for allowing collegiate athletes to profit from the use of their name, image and likeness, with directions to each...

Legislation passed on college athlete compensation

Mary Pyles, Staff Writer November 11, 2019

On Sep. 30, 2019, California passed a state law forbidding colleges from punishing college athletes for acquiring money for using their name or image. This law will go into effect in Jan. 2023.  Currently,...

Record anticipates launching first womens rugby season

Record anticipates launching first women’s rugby season

Mary Pyles, Staff Writer October 29, 2019

The new women’s rugby team is paving the way here at Guilford for up and coming women's sports. Guilford College Director of Athletics Sue Bower announced the addition of women's rugby to the school's...

Bower delivers as athletic director in year two

Trey Kawugule, Sports Editor October 11, 2019

In June of 2018, it was announced that Sue Bower would be the first full-time athletic director at Guilford College. Bower, a graduate of Dartmouth College, had worked for 24 years with Tulane University...

Hot start for softball heading into conference

Andrew Walker, Sports and Web Editor March 23, 2018

The Guilford softball team starts the Old Dominion Athletic Conference play in a very good position. The team has a 10-5 record in non-conference play and starts ODAC play tomorrow against Randolph College. “We’re...

Guilford College softball sophomore outfielder Kayli Blankenship throws the ball to sophomore infielder Sarah Adams at practice on Feb. 2, 2018.//Photo By Andrew Walker/The Guilfordian

Softball ready to hit it into NCAA tournament

Andrew Walker, Sports and Web Editor February 9, 2018

The Guilford College softball team has added talent to a team that broke many records last season. Guilford set the College records for most wins in a season with 30 overall and Old Dominion Athletic Conference...

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