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The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Gators celebrate winning the 2025 National Championship

Gators Win the National Championship

Paxton Crockett, Staff Writer April 13, 2025

In a historic win, the Florida Gators have taken home the trophy for the first time since 2007, beating the Houston Cougars with a final score of 65-63. The entire game was chaotic from start to finish,...

The NCAA women’s volleyball committee made a game-changing ruling legalizing doubles in the sport, sparking much backlash from club and professional players.

The NCAA’s doubles rule: Undermining fairness in women’s volleyball

Sarah Qiu, Staff Writer March 23, 2025

The NCAA women’s volleyball committee made a game-changing ruling legalizing doubles in the sport, sparking much backlash from club and professional players. On one unassuming Wednesday in January,...

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 women's 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...

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