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Melanie Schwimmer '23

Front and Center: Harmful Working Conditions in Women’s Soccer

Front and Center: Harmful Working Conditions in Women’s Soccer

In this week’s edition of Front and Center, Melanie Schwimmer ’23 discusses the recent protests of 15 players on the Spanish Women's National Soccer Team, touching on the conditions that preceded their letters of protest and the ramifications for sports going forward.

Introducing Front and Center: A Women’s Sports Column

Introducing Front and Center: A Women’s Sports Column

In the first edition of “Front and Center,” Columnist Melanie Schwimmer ’23 explains the rationale for the content she will cover going forward, and highlights the most important news stories in women’s sports from the past few weeks.

Squash’s Depth Across the Ladders Proves Essential for Opening Weekend Success

Squash’s Depth Across the Ladders Proves Essential for Opening Weekend Success

Highlighted by the women's team's 5-4 win against Stanford University, both squash teams went 2-1 in their first weekend of play.

Sky Soar Past Mercury, Chicago Wins WNBA Title

Sky Soar Past Mercury, Chicago Wins WNBA Title

For the first time in franchise history, the Chicago Sky are WNBA Champions, beating the Phoenix Mercury 80-74 in Game 4 of the WNBA finals. Lead by stars Candace Parker and Stefanie Dolson, the team overcame adversity to achieve their title-winning goal.

Ashleigh Johnson: Stopping Goals and Sparking Change

Ashleigh Johnson, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner for U.S. water polo, has had to overcome numerous obstacles to become one of the few Black athletes in the overwhelmingly white world of water sports, Melanie Schwimmer ’23 writes.

Coaching Chaos Reveals NWSL's Growing Pains

Coaching Chaos Reveals NWSL's Growing Pains

After becoming the first professional league to return after Covid, the NWSL is starting to suffer from the same shortcomings that plagued its predecessors. With women's soccer on the rise, a culture change is needed to prevent it from meeting the same fate.

Margot Lurie: Championing Justice, One Question at a Time

Margot Lurie: Championing Justice, One Question at a Time

For all of her accolades at Amherst, Lurie will be remembered not by what she won but the people she inspired. Photo courtesy of Margot Lurie ’21.As she walked the halls of her deeply segregated Colorado high school, Margot Lurie ’21 saw injustice everywhere she looked. The structural inequalities