Athletic Department News
Please be advised that due to unplayable field conditions, tomorrow’s baseball doubleheader against Worcester State, which was originally scheduled to be played at Worcester, will now take place tomorrow at Hagan Field in Westfield, Mass. with game one of the doubleheader set to begin at 2:00 P.M.
The Butova Award is presented to a local football player who went on to a distinguished career while continuing to support athletics.
The induction ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 4:00 PM in the Student Lounge at the Woodward Center.
Owls student-athletes Kobe Parker, Maddie Pond, Aiden Winslow, Jace Falcone, and Eliza Lee were all recognized as members of the 2025 winter sportsmanship team.
The women’s lacrosse game versus Mass. Maritime has been moved to Friday at 7:00 P.M. while both baseball and softball doubleheaders against Mass. Maritime have been moved up to 11:30 A.M. start times.
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Westfield State athletics is back in action for another spring weekend which features Owls softball and women's lacrosse at home while men's and women's track and field begin the outdoor season and baseball continues its non-conference schedule on the road.
After the conclusion of the winter sports season, Westfield State University Athletics continues to hold the top spot in the 2024-25 Howard C. Smith Cup standings, awarded annually to the institution with the best overall athletics program in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Westfield was listed as having the second-highest percentage of student athletes on the list.
Westfield State University Athletics recognized over 300 student-athletes with the celebration of the annual Director of Athletics 3.0 ceremony held on Wednesday night during halftime of the Owls men’s basketball game.
Westfield State athletics will have six teams competing on the road this weekend as men's and women's track and field, swimming and diving, men's and women's basketball, and men's ice hockey get set to go tomorrow.
What could be more representative of the Westfield State and NCAA D3 student-athlete experience than earning College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors for excellence on the field and in the classroom?
Three Owls teams achieved one of their ultimate goals – advancing to the NCAA Tournament during 2024.
In what’s become a regular occurrence, Westfield State athletics secured the 2023-24 Smith Cup as the best overall athletics program in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Westfield State welcomed a pair of new head coaches, as Seth Kaplan took over the reigns of the Owls baseball program last January, and Lou Conte, Jr. took the helm of Westfield State football in the summer.
A full slate of newcomers has the future looking bright across the Owls’ programs as five players were named as conference rookies-of-the-year in calendar ’24.
