Mountain Day football game absent due to SAA changes
Ward Sutlive, sports editor The Berry College Mountain Day football game has been a part of the yearly weekend celebration since 2021. This year, the Southern Athletic Associations (SAA) conference schedule did not align with Mountain Day Weekend. Students are upset that they won’t have their usual football game. According to Director of Alumni Relations…
Vikings Women’s swim team welcomes eight freshman
Gaby Harris, asst. sports editor The women’s swim team enters the upcoming season with eight freshmen joining the roster. The Vikings finished last season with a 5-6 record and look to improve with 17 swimmers on the roster. The team is led by second year Head Coach Zach Healy as he continues to build on the…
Vikings keep rowing with a sweep of Randolph-Macon
Gaby Harris, asst. sports editor After two matches on Sept. 18, Berry volleyball showed no signs of slowing down on Sept. 19 as they took on Randolph-Macon College. The team held a celebration before the match where the players were introduced with their parents. The cheering continued as the match began, with the Vikings’ bench…
Volleyball Team wins three back-to-back games at Berry Invitational
Ward Sutlive, sports editor It is said that good things come in threes. This is certainly true in the case of the Berry College volleyball team, who won three consecutive games last weekend. Two of the games took place on Sept. 18th, with the third occurring on sept. 19th. The opponents that the team faced…
From Berry Soccer player to Berry Soccer Coach
Ward Sutlive, sports editor Katherine Brown, head coach of the women’s soccer team, graduated from Berry in 1995 after playing soccer for the team throughout her college career. Brown returned to Berry in 2020 to continue her career. Brown’s interest in Berry began when she witnessed Berry’s women’s soccer team play against South Florida State…
Women’s soccer scores nine in shutout victory over Johnson & Wales
Gaby Harris, assist. sports editor The Berry College women’s soccer team controlled the field from the opening whistle in their match on Saturday at the Bob Pearson Field vs. Johnson & Wales. The team kept the ball primarily on their opponents’ side of the field as they ended the match with a shutout score of…
Athletics Department prepares for new season
Ward Sutlive, sports editor and Gaby Harris, asst. sports editor The Berry College Athletics department has one primary mission statement according to Assistant Director of Athletics Ginger Swann. The mission is to educate the head, heart, and hands of its student athletes. That motto comes from Berry founder Martha Berry, who encouraged those values when…
Berry College football team prepares for new season
Ward Sutlive, sports editor and Gaby Harris, asst. sports editor It’s often been said that change is the only constant. The Berry College Football team experienced this firsthand at the beginning of their 2026-2027 season. According to Tony Kunczewski, the head coach of the football team, 34 seniors graduated and left Berry at the end…
Berry College Welcomes Ned Kaish as New Men’s Lacrosse Coach
“To me, it’s a very unique, small campus that gives a college experience that not every college gives, and they support athletics extremely well,” Ned Kaish
Berry coaches reflect on past year, prepare for the future
As the 2025-2026 academic year draws to a close, athletic teams across campus are reflecting on their seasons, pushing through the home stretch of current seasons, and preparing for the future. As with every year, some athletes from each team will not be returning next year after graduation. For head football coach Tony Kunczewski, this means a…
Intramural sports offer community, healthy competition
Sometimes it feels liberating to take a break from intense competition. Charlotte Karkuff, an intramural sports supervisor, expressed that sentiment when highlighting the exact things that separate intramurals from typical intercollegiate sports.
Track and field places third in Berry-hosted invitational
At the end of the spring 2025 semester, six seniors from the women’s track and field team graduated. According to head coach Luke Syverson, this led to a somewhat smaller roster than usual for this year. Because of this, several members have found new ways to hone their skills. Despite the small loss in runners,…
Sports Medicine department fosters physical, mental health
Sports are unpredictable for both viewers and players. For players, the risk of a life-changing injury is always present. For many players, that risk becomes reality.
Men’s lacrosse beats Oglethorpe, Southern Virginia
After a string of losses, a win can be exactly what a team needs to regain their inspiration. Curtis Gilbert, coach of the men’s lacrosse team, said this about his team’s two consecutive wins against Oglethorpe University and Southern Virginia University. While Gilbert had felt that his team struggled in certain areas during earlier games,…
Berry athletes, coaches speak on rise of sports gambling
Sports gambling has seen a surge in popularity in recent years due to easily accessible online platforms and widespread legalization across 39 different states, accounting for 20% of the betting industry. Betting websites such as DraftKings and FanDuel are constantly advertised on social media and television, even during professional sports games. An increasing rate of…
Berry College hosts SAA basketball championship
In 2024, the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) met and discussed which college should host the 2026 SAA basketball championship tournament. After some debate, they decided that the best candidate was Berry College. According to Director of Athletics Angel Mason, while this was a huge honor, hosting an SAA tournament turned out to be a very…
Women’s lacrosse team fighting for top spot in SAA
Brittni Hall, head coach of the women’s lacrosse team, came to Berry eight years ago. A collegiate coach for 15 years, she started her career at nearby Shorter University. However, Hall had always known Berry to be a beautiful spot, and after leaving Shorter to participate in overseas mission work, she knew exactly where she…
Brotherhood, drive make the dream work for baseball
“The people make Berry,” David Beasley, head coach of the baseball team, said.
As someone who has worked at Berry College for 31 years, Beasley has had a lot of experience with both coaching and the college. From being an honorary alumnus to having multiple family members attend and graduate Berry, Beasley has seen many…
Men’s tennis loses to Wallace State Community College
“Failure is the best teacher.” Douglas Elly, the coach of the Berry College men’s tennis team, takes that saying to heart. On Friday, during a 2 p.m. game at the Rome Tennis Center, the men’s team lost to Wallace State Community College 0-7. Despite that setback, Elly believes that his team can learn from the…
Softball continues training with strong roster of returning players
Berry’s softball team had no idea that their scrimmage on Saturday would be canceled due to cold temperatures. With an upcoming game against Maryville College fast approaching, many players wondered how they would prepare for the match. However, Meredith Mills, the team’s coach, had a contingency plan in place in case something like this occurred.…
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