The Wheaton men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams completed a season-opening six-meet homestand on Saturday in Balfour Natatorium, as they hosted Keene State and NEWMAC power Springfield.

The Wheaton women’s basketball team took the lead for good early in the second half and pushed its way to a 66-53 victory over Farmingdale State during the SUNY New Paltz Tip-Off Tournament consolation game on Saturday in Elting Gymnasium.

The Wheaton women’s basketball team had its one-point halftime edge taken away early in the second stanza and trailed for the remainder of play during Friday’s opening round of the SUNY New Paltz Tip-Off Tournament, with the Lyons falling to the host Hawks, 69-62 in Elting Gymnasium.

In her second year as the Wheaton synchronized swimming head coach, Rebecca Story is emphasizing a program-wide recommitment to the sport as the Lyons look to record a top-10 finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championship for the 21st straight season after claiming eighth in 2008.

The Wheaton men’s basketball team nearly withstood Emerson’s barrage of three-pointers before falling in its home opener, 100-97 in double overtime on Thursday evening in Emerson Gymnasium.

Senior Jessica Bramucci was selected to represent the Wheaton women’s soccer team as a back at the NEWISA Senior Bowl on Sunday, December 7, at Salem State at 11:00 a.m.

Sophomore Anthony Coppola scored eight of his career-high 37 points, the most by a Wheaton men’s basketball underclassman in nearly 19 years, in the final 2:21, rallying the Lyons from one point down to an 83-75 victory over Salve Regina on Tuesday at Rodgers Recreation Center.

Four Wheaton field hockey players picked up all-region accolades from the NFHCA, as senior co-captain Alisa Ardito and junior co-captain Alex Block were selected to the New England East Region first team.

The Wheaton men’s and women’s cross country teams completed their 2008 campaigns at the NCAA Division III New England Championship on Saturday, when senior Lauren Reddy earned an all-region honor for the second straight season.

The Wheaton women’s soccer team, which is ranked sixth in New England by the NSCAA, fell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday against Eastern, 1-0 during a contest played at Rowan.