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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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Records set by wolf track runners

Records set by wolf track runners

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor Record setting performances were produced yet again as Western’s track and field teams took to the University of Washington invitational to display such feats on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27. Numerous changes were made in the record books...

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Wolves drop two games to finish home stand

Wolves drop two games to finish home stand

Morgan Swaim | Sports Editor The first game of the week on Thursday, Jan. 25, for the women’s team had a high amount of late tension, with the game needing five extra minutes to declare a winner. Northwest Nazarene pulled away from the Wolves in that game during the...

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Wolves ranked 4th in the nation after pushing win streak to 12

Wolves ranked 4th in the nation after pushing win streak to 12

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer This past week was a pivotal one for the Wolves. With a ten game winning streak on the line, the team traveled up north to play two GNAC teams located in Alaska. On Jan. 25, the University of Alaska Fairbanks had the first attempt to face...

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Western baseball crowned preseason conference favorites

Western baseball crowned preseason conference favorites

Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer Wolves’s baseball has caught the eye of GNAC coaches around the conference as the team to beat heading into the 2018 season. This comes as no surprise, as the team has garnered respect due to previous success. Over the past five years, the...

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Federer wins his 20th Grand Slam

Simson Garcia | Sports Editor The tennis world was in for another Roger Federer show at the Australian Open finals this past Saturday. On Jan. 28, the No. 2 world ranked Swiss rallied to defeat the No. 6 ranked Croatian, Marin Čilić, in five closely battled sets: 6-2,...

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