Simson Garcia | Sports Editor A move to Concordia’s softball facility in Portland changed Western’s playing field as rainouts caused a shift of four home games. But the Wolves evened up the series from April 14-15. Game one went to the Wolves and their...
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Cavaliers outduel Wolves in baseball series, 2-1
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Monmouth’s rainout also moved Baseball but the team kept things in order for their first game, 6-5, on April 13. Faced with a 4-1 deficit heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, the Wolves were down and had to settle in to inch...
Nighthawks prey on Wolves
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The Nighthawks rained down on the Wolves from April 5-6 in a pair of doubleheaders that saw a four-game series belong to Northwest Nazarene, 3-1. Northwest protected their diamond field in game one and put up a series of runs in...
Wolves rise to the peak of John Knight Twilight
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The track and field Wolves ran, dashed, hurdled, threw, jumped and vaulted to six victories overall, 30 personal records and a first place score of 163 points by the men’s team on April 6. In the first home event of the year, the weather...
Women’s rugby is all in
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor A sign read in giant, bold letters during a 2016 Western club fair: “NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.” Scanning the message was current junior Sabra Duarte, channeling that message was the Western Oregon women’s rugby club. Their worlds...
A dog fight of Wolves versus Coyotes
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Western Oregon’s lacrosse team hosted the College of Idaho’s Coyotes on April 8, but it was a slick fort to hold down as the Coyotes conquered the Wolves on their turf, 22-5. Rain came down on the Wolves, both on the field and on the...
Volleyball setter paints a picture for the world to see
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor A stereotypical question many college students are faced with is “what are you going to do in college?” When a student finds the answer, the question expands further to “what will that do for you?” Volleyball setter...
Wolves triple up Wildcats, split with Saints
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor As the Wolves resumed a postponed game with Central Washington from March 18 — a home game halted in the second inning due to weather inclements — the Western players continued where they left off: at 4-0 en route to a 6-3 win on March...
All clear, it’s time for more baseball
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor No more rainouts, no more postponements and clear low 50 degree weather allowed for more spring baseball as Western split a four game series with the Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks on March 30-31. In their first home field games of the...
Wolves’s season comes to an end
Morgan Swaim | Staff writer With the West Regional being hosted in Monmouth, the Wolves earned the chance to play the first three tournament games at home on their attempt to capture a national championship. In the opening round of the national tournament, the team...