Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The clock’s winding down on the softball season and the race for the GNAC championships. The Wolves looked to four pivotal home games from April 21-22 against Montana State-Billings to stay in postseason conversation. The first game...
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Baseball records 26 hits, demolishes Saints 22-4 for sweep
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Twelve straight runs by Western’s baseball team provided the starting point for the four game sweep against St. Martin’s from April 21-22. The runs created enough separation from St. Martin’s, as the visiting team went down, 12-4 in game...
Rugby contends for pacific coast championship
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The rugby ruck continued for the women’s rugby season, but ended on April 14, as the team pushed on to another trench match with Cal-State Monterey Bay. Despite the 15-5 defeat, the Wolves gave a copious amount of effort to where a...
MVP Corner: Lillard Time
Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The NBA’s 2017-2018 season will be one to remember. James Harden and LeBron James have played up to MVP standards and, while both are heavily favored for the award, Damian Lillard’s breakout year should also be worth consideration. He’s...
Wolves get even with Cavs
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...
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...