The Valpo men's soccer team came back to defeat Cleveland State 2-1 on Saturday.  The win gives the team the #3 seed and a home game in the Horizon League Tournament.  The Brown & Gold will take the home pitch at Brown Field Tuesday in the quarterfinals.  The time and opponent are not yet known.  It was two goals by Adrian Ortiz within five minutes that proved the difference on Senior Day at Brown Field.

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Carin Avery's squad swept UIC 25-11, 25-18, 25-15 to ensure that VU finishes with no worse than a #3 seed in the upcoming Horizon League Tournament.  Valpo was led by Angie Porche's 11 kills and Taylor Root's 12 digs.  The Crusaders sit on 19 wins going into their Senior Day matchup Saturday against Loyola. 

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The Valpo women's soccer team will head to the Horizon League tournament championship after they picked up their 2-1 semifinal victory against the number 2 seed Wright State Raiders. Brooke Henderson started the scoring for the Crusaders as she headed in a goal in the 29th minute, using as assist from Trisha Wladecki. Valpo never looked back as Jessie White knocked in her second goal of the season off an assist from Henderson to give the Crusaders a 2-0 lead. Wright State tried to crawl back into the game, getting a goal for Nicole Amador, but the Crusaders would hold on using four saves from Mele Cabral. The Crusaders play in the championship game Sunday at 1:00 P.M.

Football- Brandon Spinner discusses the Pioneer Football League and Keaton Gillogly narrows the focus to Valpo sports.

Women's Soccer- NWI Times correspondent Alex Smith and WVUR's Chris Kleinhans-Schulz review the Crusaders' recent success and Brad Colter talks about Horizon League accolades and the conference tournament.

Men's Soccer- Mike Pudlow recaps the Horizon League standings and Chris Kleinhans-Schulz describes the state of Valpo's squad heading into the playoffs.

Volleyball- Mike Targonski and Dave Schroeder analyze VU's struggles over the last weekend.

Men's Basketball- Dave Schroeder and Mike Targonski examine the Crusaders' loss to the University of Indianapolis and its potential regular season implications.

Women's Basketball- Mike Targonski and Dave Schroeder discuss the women's exhibition loss on Sunday and they make their season predictions for both Valpo basketball teams.

Justin Thompson-Gee looks ahead at the upcoming Vienna Boys' Choir concert on November 6th in the Chapel of the Resurrection.

Thomas Patrick has a star-studded Halloween podcast. Dressed as Pikachu, he sits down with ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees, and many others to discuss anything from buying a Senate Seat to the future of Pokemon. 

Brendan Kinney discusses Discretionary Funding Committee forms, safety in the campus parking garage, and how VU students can interact with Student Senators during the week of November 2nd.