By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves athletes traveled to the conference indoor track championship at Boise State’s Nampa facility. They came home with conference titles, new school records and NCAA qualifiers. Junior David Ribich won two conference titles,...
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Paving the road to the championship
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Men’s basketball clinched a spot in the GNAC Championship tournament after a triumphant week in Monmouth. The Wolves beat two conference rivals, first topping Alaska 68-61 and then Alaska Anchorage 89-71. The seven point win over...
Crusaders sack Monmouth
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor It was another tough week for women’s basketball who lost both games at home, extending their losing streak to eight. The first game of the week was against Northwest Nazarene, who are currently fighting for the fourth-place seed...
The tide turns in Hawaii
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves softball found its rhythm after a week in Hawaii. After losing both games of their first double header to Hawaii Pacific, they went on a four-game win streak over the rest of the week with wins over Chaminade and...
Haley Fabian faces the test
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Haley Fabian didn’t know she would pitch in the 2016 GNAC title game. The Wolves softball team had earned a spot in the tournament coming off a red-hot end to the season. Twelve wins in the final 15 games saw Western Oregon finish...
Struggles persist
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Women’s basketball suffered a pair of losses last week when they hosted conference rivals Concordia and Montana State Billings. Late in the game against Billings, the Wolves held a 12 point lead but the Yellowjackets completed a...
End of the road
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Men’s basketball saw their five game winning streak come to a close as they dropped a pair of games on the road last week. A 63-73 loss to Western Washington on Feb. 9 was the rough start to the week. The first half in Bellingham saw...
Who’ll stop the rain?
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Wolves baseball is eager to get its season started, but the season doesn’t want to start for Wolves baseball. A slated double header against Concordia in Monmouth was rained out at the start of February. In last weekend’s trip to...
Wolves on a hot streak
By: Burke De Boer Sports Editor Men’s basketball continued its dominant streak with two wins at home last week. This extends the winning streak The Wolves beat St. Martin’s 82-73 in a Feb. 2 home match. Junior forward Tanner Omlid lead the scoring with 23 points. The...
Dispatches from the sports desk
By:Burke De Boer Sports Editor The Korean Zombie earned a first round knockout of ninth-ranked Dennis Bermudez in his return bout. Bermudez opened the Feb. 4 fight with strong blows, but found the inevitable lurch of Chan Sung Jung to be inescapable. A bear of an...