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Women’s Basketball falls twice more

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor

Over this last weekend, Feb. 13 and 15, the Women’s Basketball team held two matches that ended in losses. Thursday, Feb. 13, the Wolves played against Seattle Pacific University, a team that beat the Wolves in a previous match by almost 20 points. This game was not the same, the Wolves were able to work together and keep within the Falcons’ score. Throughout the first quarter, the Wolves were able to dominate the play and outscore their opponent, but this was the only quarter the Wolves were able to do this. The Falcons held the lead in each following quarter, but never gained more than four points ahead of the Wolves. With the final buzzer approaching, the Falcons were able to put in one last basket and not allow for the Wolves to come back, making the final score 55-53 — a close battle with the luck in the Falcons’ talons.

For the next match, the Wolves took on Saint Martin’s University — a team that beat them 71-64 in their last match up. The first quarter of the game made for a tie, with both teams scoring 11 points — the lowest scoring quarter of this game. The Saints had some members who were able to put away multiple field goals in a row without a response from the Wolves. Later, the Wolves were able to come back slightly and bring their score a little higher, but this didn’t help with the amount of turnovers they gave up to the Saints. In the final stretch of the game, the Wolves were trailing by three points with only 10 seconds left in the game — sadly, they were unable to take advantage of the time and score. This concluded the game, Saints won 62-59, making this the Wolves’ 10th consecutive loss.

Up next, the Wolves leave home to play against Central Washington University on Feb. 20 and Northwest Nazarene University on Feb. 22.

 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

Wolves’ track and field get ready for GNAC finals

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor

This past weekend, Feb. 14-15, the Wolves left homebase to compete at the Boise State Challenge in Boise, Idaho and the Husky Classic in Seattle, Washington. 

The Boise State Challenge showed for a solid competition with first-year Maya Hopwood, who competed on the 60-meter dash — running her second best mark of 7.58 seconds, and got a mark in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.17, .01 seconds off the school record and now #2 of all time at Western. Another feat from the Boise State Challenge included Bennen Sorah, first-year, who competed in the 800-meter dash, placing 10th and 31st overall with a time of 2:15.00.

At the Husky Classic, Justin Crosswhite, senior, ran a 4:04 in the men’s mile and almost solidified a qualifying position in the Indoor National Field, as well as moved up on the Wolves’ All-Time list to take #2. Kalulusno Ngaida, a junior, had her best triple jump score so far. Jumping a mark of 11.66 which also got her into the finals during this Husky Classic. Another result from the Husky Classic included a junior, Neal Cranston, who ran a time of 1:55.80 in the men’s 800-meter dash.

This next weekend, Feb. 21-22, the Wolves head to Boise Idaho for the GNAC Indoor Championships where they will attempt to break their PR’s, marks and make the podium. Last year saw Gabe Arce-Torres, sophomore , place sixth with a time of 50.19 in the men’s 400-meter dash; Curt Knott, junior, take second place overall in the men’s 800-meter dash with a time of 1:55.06 and Max Carmona, sophomore, with a 1:56.00 — not far from Knott. Fans are able to view results from the GNAC sports website or on the stories of the WOU XCTF on Instagram.

 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

Photos courtesy of Rick Edelman

Men’s Basketball win both home games

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor

Men’s Basketball brought home some dubs after this last weekend, Feb. 13 and 15, when they played against and beat Western Washington University and Simon Fraser University. 

On Thursday night, the Wolves came out ready for a challenge and the desire to beat the second-place team — the Vikings. Throughout the entirety of the match, the Wolves were able to keep their momentum and their points, never allowing the Vikings to take the lead. While the Wolves’ offense scored, the defense shut the Vikings down, making the team a force to be reckoned with. The fourth quarter buzzer rang off and the Wolves got their first win of the weekend, beating the Vikings 89-72.

During the next game the Wolves came in hot and ready to beat our foreign challenger, Simon Fraser University. The Wolves got an early lead during the second half which propelled their momentum going into the following quarters. Overall, the Wolves shot well and persistently, kept their lead, and never allowed Simon Fraser to come back. The final quarter allowed the Wolves to sail through, making their second win of the weekend a good one — beating Simon Fraser 76-64. 

Up next, Men’s Basketball leaves for Washington to take on the Central Washington Wildcats on Feb. 20.

 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

Men’s Lacrosse lose to Montana Grizzlies

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor

Winter means Men’s Lacrosse is back and running, ready to get work done. Saturday, Feb. 8, the Wolves hosted the University of Montana Grizzlies, who are nationally ranked in the top-10.

Currently, the Wolves are ranked 25th nationally by all Division II coaches — making for an entertaining game against the Grizzlies. 

Throughout the beginning of the match, the Grizzlies held the majority of the possession and remained ahead of the Wolves. The Grizzlies defense tested the Wolves’ offensive strength and didn’t allow them to gain closer to their score. 

During the second period the Grizzlies stepped ahead, scoring in the first 15 seconds — but the Wolves were able to shove back and bring the score 14-9, Grizzlies ahead, before the period ended.

The Wolves continued to allow multiple shots and offensive attacks by the Grizzlies, but lucked out after the Grizzlies missed multiple chances given to them. 

Towards the end of the game, the Grizzlies held their offensive attack and bombarded the Wolves’ goal, scoring again in the last seven minutes.

Final score, 18-11, left the Wolves with a sour loss and the Grizzlies with a fresh win.

Men’s Lacrosse will have their next home game on March 14, further details will be shared.

 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

Photos by Kay Bruley

Men’s Rugby take another L over the weekend

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor

A streak unlike before, Western Men’s Rugby continued the tears as their last home game on Saturday, Feb. 8, brought another loss. 

The Wolves held a home game against Pacific University Boxers, and boxed out the Wolves were. The Wolves’ defense struggled to hold any attack from the Boxers, which allowed for a great deal of scoring by the Boxers. On the other side of the playing field, the Wolves’ offense had no vision and was unable to find any way of scoring — every space was covered by the Boxers defense. Both sides of the ball continued to push, but not hard enough to take hold of the game at any point.

Similar to their last game against Oregon State University on Feb. 1, the Wolves had to borrow more players from the Boxers to be able to continue the game without being down any men.

The Boxers proved to have great ball movement and were able to find another scoring opportunity with only 12 minutes left in the game.

Though there were many great tackles, runs and plays made by the Wolves, winning was out of sight. The final score of the game ended with the Wolves at five points, trailing far behind the Boxers’ 43 points.

This game concluded the Men’s Rugby season of squads of 15 versus 15, and move on to play seven versus seven. Their next home game will not be until April 18, where the Wolves will be holding the League Championships for the seven versus seven teams.

 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

Photos by Kay Bruley

Power couples that win

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editors

Highlighted power couples throughout professional sports, that continue to break barriers and add medals and gold to their closets.

 

Zac + Julie:

the Ertz Power Squad

NFL Champion for the Eagles + USWNT two-time World Cup Champion.

These two bring elite athlete power couple to an entirely new level.

 

Megan Rapinoe + Sue Bird:

the Dominators 

One USWNT player, one USAB player, both professionals in Washington, winning medals.

 

Amanda Nunes + Nina Ansaroff:

the Lionesses that Shred

Two fighters that bring power to the name behind female UFC fighters. 

 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

Wolves’ Softball Hit Home Two Wins

Hannah Greene  | Sports Editor

Last weekend on Saturday, Feb. 8, the Wolves’ softball team held two games against Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers. 

The Wolves were able to hold the Mountees still, and take home a win during both matches. Due to the excellent pitching by sophomore Maddie Mayer and senior Chandler Bishop, the Wolves contained the Mountees and only allowed one run and several hits. 

Wolves showed for an entertaining game, hitting two home runs by two juniors, Tyler Creach and Sydney Bowers. Western was hitting so well that they outhit Eatern almost 7-1; hopefully this preview is a good teller for the upcoming season.

Each inning the Mountees trailed far behind the Wolves, barely able to find a way to score or even get a run in. 

The Wolves took both wins, 9-0 and 5-1. Softball hits the road for their next game on Friday, Feb. 14 to play against Texas A&M – Kingsville. 

 

Contact the author at hgreene18@wou.edu

Photo by Kay Bruley

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