Riding to the Top

Another weekend and another successful run for the Union cycling team. This time it was up at the University of Michigan.

Rachel Millsop is making an impact with a pair of wins Sunday. She has five wins so far this year and could contend for the MWCCC Rider of the Year honor. She would be the third Union rider to ever win the award and it would be back-to-back years a Bulldog wins it.

Zach Winn is the defending MWCCC Rider of the Year and is not doing bad himself. He picked up a time trial win Sunday to lead a pack of Bulldogs in the event. What does that say about the Union team when the Bulldogs have four of the Top-5 finishers?

Grant it, the cycling travels north for most of the races, but if you get a chance, the NCCA National Championship is in Banner Elk, N.C. from Oct. 24-26. It should be an exciting event all weekend. Could Union capture the national championship to go with the 2002 title? Only time will tell, but first thing is first, reclaim the MWCCC Championship. That will be determined Oct. 11-12 at Purdue (Ind.) University.

That time...

Well, it is that time again - the Fall sports are starting! The Union men's and women's soccer teams kick the 2008 season off later today at West Virginia Tech. This weekend, volleyball plays four times at a tournament hosted by Anderson University while the cyclist ride to the University of Missouri.

It's just hard to believe that classes start today. It seems like just yesterday we were relaxing and getting ready for the fall sports, well now the seasons are HERE. The great thing about the new seasons are the hopes and dreams of championships are alive for everyone.

The new season brings championship dreams for everyone. The volleyball team looks to repeat the 2007 AAC crown this season. The soccer teams should contend for the conference titles. The cycling team fell short of the MWCCC championship last season, but should contend for the program's fifth conference title.

Now, I didn't forget about football and cross country as both open next weekend. I'll have some notes and thougths on the teams next week.

This should be a great year once again for Union athletics and each of you can keep up with it at www.ucbulldogs.com.