Lake Larsen | Sports Editor An undefeated and sixth ranked Northwest Nazarene University stood as the last opponent for the Wolves Women’s basketball before school came back in session for Winter Term. Since the beginning of break, Western had won two of the last...
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Winter break sports recap
Lake Larsen | Sports Editor Dec.10 Western Men’s Rugby ranked 30 Nationally After being named the Co-Champions of the Northwest Conference, Western Men’s Rugby obtains the national ranking of 30. This is the first time in program history they have been nationally...
Wolves Men’s Basketball bounce back against Nanooks
Lake Larsen | Sports Editor With a break full of up and down games, the Wolves were in need of another win to help climb the GNAC rankings. After a narrow loss to Alaska Anchorage University in the days leading up to their match with Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 5, the...
Flag football phenom
Lake Larsen | Sports Editor Another year, another west coast region victory. For the second consecutive year Western fielded a sort of “Intramural All Star Team” to compete in the flag football western regional tournament held by the National Intramural-Recreation...
Cross Country competes in National Championship
Lake Larsen | Sports Editor After being named to All GNAC honors, two seniors, Justin Nading and Tyler Jones took their running talents to Pittsburgh, PA for the NCAA DII National Championships on Dec. 1. Nading and Jones were the only Wolves to earn the bid into...
Wolves take on Vikings in Monmouth
Lake Larsen | Sports Editor In their first major test of the season, the Wolves faced off at home with the 15th ranked Western Washington Vikings on Dec. 1. Coming into the match, Western had picked up an easy win against conference opponent Simon Fraser in the...
By the numbers: Fall Sports
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What’s what: Western’s women’s soccer club
Mikaela Wong | Freelancer Freshly formed in 2017, the Western women’s soccer club has attracted some campus attention. The team has recently won the championship title for the Division 2/Division 3 league for Oregon’s Women’s Club Soccer Tournament. Haylie Shinsato, a...
Western men’s basketball falls to Dixie State
Lake Larsen | Sports Editor The Wolves were a force to be reckoned with coming into their match-up with Dixie State University on Nov. 24. Western had had nothing but wins with three consecutive regular season victories prior to their game with the 1-1 Dixie State...
Wolves trounce Cougars in the second home match
Lake Larsen | Sports Editor Coming off of a season and home-opening win against the Warner Pacific University, the Wolves looked the continue their defense of the home court. Prior to this game the Colorado Christian University Cougars had only found themselves in the...