The Cardinal Chirp Podcast

Today we have a very special bonus episode of the Cardinal Chirp with your 2026 NCAA Division III National Champions Leila Epstein and Sarah Youngberg of the women’s tennis team. The Cardinals went 23-2 on the season under first-year head coach Steph Yanosov which concluded in the program’s second National Title! 

Today on the show we talked to All-Americans Eli Smirin and Nelson Bellows from the Men’s Crew team! The team won its first four races of the spring season and most-recently finished runner-up at the New England Championships. Eli is from Cali and Nelson is from Cambridge, Mass. Both have been on the V8 boat since their freshman year and achieved quite a bit in their four years including multiple...

This week on the show, we talked to Mia Holbrook and Head Coach Jon Wilson from the Women’s Golf team! Mia Holbrook, a junior from Pound Ridge, New York, is looking to continue her great Wesleyan career after being the NESCAC Tournament Runner-Up in her sophomore season! Coach Wilson is in his seventh season at Wes and is the first coach in Wesleyan women's golf history. In this episode we talk ab...

On the show this week, Cat spoke with teammates Ella DeCrescenzo and Ali Amante from the Softball team. Ella is a pitcher from Brooklyn, New York having a breakout junior year and Ali is a senior catcher from Massapequa, New York who is a steady defensive force for the Cardinals leading from behind the plate. We dive into all things Wesleyan softball, the annual Florida spring break trip, pitcher/...

James Marsden and Sam Hensinger of the Wesleyan Baseball team join host Will on this week's episode. Baseball currently sits atop the NESCAC West Division and secured the 2026 Little Three Championship with a series win over Williams this past weekend. Both James and Sam hail from the great state of Connecticut and both have unique paths to Wes, with James first arriving on campus as a football pl...

It's WeWoLa time on The Cardinal Chirp as seniors Dylan Green and Becca Dibble from women's lacrosse join Bridget and Cat to talk team culture, music, the art of falling, Coach Kim Williams and her impact within the program, a rowdy group of senior parents, and plenty more on what is our longest episode to-date! 

Spring sports are in full swing and this week we've got Will Miller and Charlie Hill from men's lacrosse joining the pod to discuss the NESCAC lacrosse scene, legendary head coach John Raba, motivation from Coach Whalen, and plenty more!

Today on the show, we have head coaches Roland Thornquist and Steph Yanosov of the Wesleyan tennis teams. Thornqvist is in his first year leading the men’s tennis team. A four-time NCAA D1 Champion coach at Florida with women’s tennis, Roland won 582 matches and 4 national titles and arrives in Connecticut looking to extend his long-standing success at the collegiate level. Steph is in her first f...

Today we’ve got Kellen Horst and Ike Guttentag from the wrestling team. Both are seniors, 4-year roommates, and big fans of Neil’s Donuts. This episode was taped prior to the weekend of the NCAA Regionals and we discuss that plus all things Wes Wrestling, best cutting and bulking foods, the high school wrestling (public vs. private), twin culture, RIP legacy admissions at Wes, and much more. 

We’re doing something a bit different this week with 3 athletes jumping on the pod. We’ve got seniors Danny Judge, Daniel Lurie, and junior Tanner Kontir from men’s hockey joining Cat to discuss team traditions like Phat Sundays, hangouts at Usdan, the music house, all things Block Blast, and being a student-athlete on campus. 

Hey Wessss! Olivia Quinn and Ali Murphy joined us this week for an awesome chat about team traditions, traveling to Vegas for a few games, Pi Cafe, and nyming...all the nyms! 

On this week's pod, Kayla and Cat got to sit down with Sam Galanek and Parker Caldara of the women’s ice hockey team. Sam is a senior captain out of Hopkinton, Mass. and Parker is a freshman out of Scarsdale, New York. The Cardinals are coming off back-to-back wins against Conn. in NESCAC play and the pair discuss that along with art classes at Wes, sleep schedules, bedazzling, Heated Rivalry, and...

The Cardinal Chirp is BACK! We're kicking things off in the spring semester bringing in Sam Pohlman and Oscar Edelman, two key contributors from the men's basketball team, who join Cat and Will on the pod this week to discuss the recent win over the defending National Champion and #1 ranked Trinity as well as last year's incredible run to the Final Four, among other things including Sam being the...

We got the dominant Smith sister duo Sami and Emily on the pod this week. Sami is a junior dual-sport athlete on the women's ice hockey and women's lacrosse teams while Emily is a first-year on field hockey, having just earned NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors this fall. 

As the 2025 fall sports season officially came to an end, Cat, Will, and Kayla highlight each team in what was the best fall season in the history of Wesleyan Athletics - as every team either won the NESCAC or competed in their respective NCAA Tournament or Championship.   Then, the group is joined by avid Cardinal Athletics follower Liam Farrell '26, who speaks on the incredible fall season and p...

Wesleyan football Head Coach Dan DiCenzo and Defensive Coordinator Adam Chicoine join Cat and Will to discuss the Cards' second straight NESCAC Championship, their professional journeys within the world of collegiate football, and what makes Wesleyan a special and unique place to coach. 

Yet another NESCAC Tournament appearance, the team's first outright Little Three Championship since 2011, and an epic come-from-behind Quarterfinal win over Amherst...Wesleyan men's soccer is enjoying another stellar season and joining us on the pod this week to discuss it and much more are seniors Josh Nadison and Will Geballe.

We got Molly Brumbach and Maria Utz from Women's Soccer for 40 minutes...a cappella, Halloween, high school, and slippers were all discussed in depth...many laughs were shared and we think you'll enjoy this one. 

This is your one-stop shop for all things Homecoming as we welcome the unofficial King of the the Wesleyan Tailgate - Dave Bagatelle, Class of 1986 - as the featured guest in this week's episode. 

Having just experienced one of the best weekends in program history, Audrey Pace '26 and Kenzie Mauro '27 join the pod to talk about the weekend that saw the Cardinals defeat Williams to secure the program's first Little Three Championship since 2003 and then follow that up with a 2-1 double overtime win at seven-time defending NCAA National Champion Middlebury, representing the first time Wesleya...

Fresh off a 42-point home win over Hamilton, senior defensive back Dylan Connors '26 and junior quarterback Matt Fitzsimons '27 join hosts Cat Palmer '26 and Will Littell '26 to discuss the current season, last year's historic outright NESCAC Championship, their personal journeys to Wesleyan, preseason shenanigans, and much more!  

Two-time All-American and two-time NESCAC Player of the Year Sophia Lindus '26 details her journey across the country from Los Angeles to Middletown where she has thrived both on and off the court despite having to overcome a devastating knee injury that forced her to miss the entire 2024 season. 

Hear from our team of four student-athlete hosts, Bridget Horst '26, Cat Palmer '26, Will Littell '26, and Kayla Howell '26, as they introduce themselves and detail what fans can expect from the podcast this season.