Women’s team falls just short of conference championship

Women’s team falls just short of conference championship

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer After losing two tightly contested games, 73-68 to Seattle Pacific and 73-66 to Saint Martin’s, on Feb. 22 and 24, the Wolves found themselves ninth in the conference standings as the season ended. Coming into this week with impressive...

Wolves clinch GNAC regular season title as streak climbs to 20

Wolves clinch GNAC regular season title as streak climbs to 20

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer For the third time in the last four years, the Wolves have won the GNAC regular season title. On Feb. 22, Western took on Western Washington, the only team that stood in the way of a perfect season. Many players understood how big the...

Indoor track and field stretch toward the finish

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The last rounds of NCAA final provisional qualifier marks, three in all, were picked up by Western’s track and field team on Feb. 24. Six personal records as well as a few changes to the school record books were also accomplished in...

Lacrosse and rugby get two big wins

Lacrosse and rugby get two big wins

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The Wolves won big, then bigger, as Western’s men’s rugby and lacrosse teams outperformed their competition after picking up a few wins in the month of February. Rugby not only won, but trounced Oregon State, 41-12, on Feb. 17,...

Wolves looking to sneak into last playoff spot

Wolves looking to sneak into last playoff spot

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer Six women’s basketball teams will be eligible for the GNAC conference championships at the end of the season that are to be played from March 1-3, and there’s only one spot available. The playoffs are now in sight for the Western...

Men’s team hopes to avenge early season loss

Men’s team hopes to avenge early season loss

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer As the season starts to wind down, every game is bigger than the last one. This proves to be no exception this coming Thursday, Feb. 22, as it is a crucial game where the Wolves basketball team will be hosting Western Washington, the only...

Western earns three titles in championship

Western earns three titles in championship

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Western’s track and field teams competed in multiple events in Nampa, Idaho on Feb. 16 and 17. The team raced in the GNAC championships, and totaled scores of 43, good for seventh place for the women’s team, and 91 for the...

Baseball can’t avoid three-game sweep

Baseball can’t avoid three-game sweep

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor From Feb. 16-17, Western baseball traveled to California State University-Monterey Bay to compete over three games against the 6-0 Otters. In game one, the Wolves went down 3-13, and in games two and three, while close, also resulted in...

Men’s team extends streak to 16

Men’s team extends streak to 16

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer This past week was another showing of why the Wolves’s men’s basketball team is one of the premier groups across the country, as they picked up another two wins on Feb. 8 and 10 to add to their streak. On Thursday, Feb. 8, Seattle Pacific...

Ribich and Rufener outrun school records

Ribich and Rufener outrun school records

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Multiple Wolf track and field athletes set new personal bests and division marks at the Husky Classic at the University of Washington from Feb. 9 to Feb. 11. Seniors David Ribich and Kennedy Rufener finished first in their distances on...