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...

Wolves drop one, but prevail to three wins

Wolves drop one, but prevail to three wins

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Western softball started the season on a positive note, winning three of four games at the West Texas A&M University on Feb. 9 and 11. They attached two wins versus Southwestern Oklahoma, 15-7 and 5-3, and split against the West Texas...

A slow start for baseball at 0-4

A slow start for baseball at 0-4

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The Wolves’s baseball action commenced as the team started out their 2018 season with four games. The Wolves were left 0-4 after three days of cross-conference play from Feb. 8-10 in Azusa, California. Having lost 8-1 to the Biola...

Wolves accelerate but couldn’t endure opponents

Wolves accelerate but couldn’t endure opponents

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Two early leads were unsustainable as the women’s basketball team lost two games on Feb. 1 against the Western Washington Vikings, 66-46 and Feb. 3 against the Simon Fraser Clan, 74-57. The last time Western Oregon played Western...

The low-down on the Olympic snow-down

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Get ready for takeoff when that snowboarder launches from that half-pipe. Brace for impact when that skier hits that gate. Then get your footing as soon as that ice skater gracefully lands that triple axle. Feast your eyes — the Winter...

Softball opens season at 3-2

Softball opens season at 3-2

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Wolves softball is back again on the diamond. The 2017 GNAC championship contenders emerge once again and have another season to look forward to. In January they were picked in the preseason coaches poll to finish third in the conference....

Keeping it going: men’s team extends win streak to 14

Keeping it going: men’s team extends win streak to 14

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer As the regular season winds down, every game becomes more important for the men’s basketball team. Luckily, this past week’s two victories on Jan. 30 versus Concordia, 86-72, and Feb. 1 against Montana State-Billings, 71-60, showed...