By: Neil Frawley The vacation is over. The test begins. VSU volleyball team will have a week off by the time it plays Shorter, the best team in the Gulf South Conference. Looking closer into the future, the Blazers look to extinguish Lee University Flames at a home game on Friday. “It’s a big weekend for us. The next two ...

By: Kristin Whitman The fourth home soccer game of the season against Columbus State University kicks off Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m.   The battle between the Blazers and the Cougars will be the beginning of a seven game home stand for VSU.   CSU (8-0-1) is the second best team in the Peach Belt Conference and VSU (4-4-1) ...

By: Chris Webb If VSU’s game against West Georgia feels, ominous, it does.   “Basically this is our first playoff game,” head coach David Dean said.   Valdosta State and West Georgia have been rivals for over 30 years and this Saturday, at 2 p.m., another chapter will be added to the storied rivalry.   Asking around at practice, players ...

Written By: Kristin Whitman The Lady Blazers soccer team fell short in its fourth Gulf South Conference game to Lee University with a 0-1 loss. However, the Blazers outshot the Flames 12-9 on Sunday, Sept. 28. This was the first loss for VSU in GSC play, making their overall record 3-4 and 3-1 in GSC. The Flames back up goalkeeper, ...

Written By: Will De Lorenzo VSU Recreation has partnered with IMLeagues to introduce a new user-friendly application “REC* IT.” This app allows users to access their individual IMLeagues’ profiles and manage their intramurals directly from their phones. “Students can look at their schedule, add and drop members, and put in re-schedule requests [directly from the app.],” said interim Assistant Director ...

Written By: Austin Wells This past Saturday was VSU’s first home cross country meet in more than a decade, with the men’s and women’s teams both placing first overall.   With the first place finishes and some personal bests from seniors Jesse Prince and Juliana Boehm, head coach Clinton Bell is happy with the results but still thinks the team ...

Written By: Neil Frawley The VSU volleyball team improved its record to 8-3 after defeating the University of West Georgia on Tuesday in a three set sweep. Despite the sweep, Mike Swan recognizes when the score doesn’t match the performance that he expects out of his team. According to Swan, he is pleased with his team’s improvement thus far, but ...

Writen By: Kristin Whitman   Gulf South Conference announces Olivia Mills, VSU’s women’s soccer goalkeeper, defensive player of the week on Tuesday, for the fourth time in her career.   Mills led the team to two GSC victories this past weekend with a 2-1 finish against Christian Brothers followed by a 2-0 shutout against Delta State.   Mills faced nine ...

Written By: Lia Armistead The VSU Rugby Club started off their season this weekend and travelled to Statesboro, Georgia, to compete in a two-day tournament over the weekend against eight other teams around the state. VSU was pretty successful at the tournament, coming in second, with Georgia Southern in first place and Augusta in third place. The team only lost ...

Written By: Chris Webb The Blazers will have one thing on their mind this Saturday when they line up to play the University of North Alabama: revenge. No. 21 Valdosta State (2-1, 0-1) will pack their bags and head to Florence, Alabama and take on No. 5 North Alabama (2-0, 1-0) in a third straight top-25 matchup this season for ...