In the final Track and Field event of the season, three lone Logger athletes represented Puget Sound at the Pacific Twilight Meet on May 4 in Forest Grove, Ore., home of Pacific University. Junior Joe Cerne (Enumclaw, Wash.) finished 15th in the discus competition, throwing the discus 36.99 meters (121 feet and 4 inches). He also competed in the pole vault event, but no-heighted with the bar over 13 feet. Freshman Elizabeth King (Portland, Ore.) reached new heights in the pole vault competition, achieving a season-high score by clearing 3.37...

Men’s lacrosse here at Puget Sound is one of more than 200 non-NCAA collegiate teams that compete within the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association. A member of the Division II South division of the Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League, Puget Sound lacrosse competes with schools such as Gonzaga, Western Washington, Central Washington and Pacific Lutheran. The Loggers (2-2 PNCLL, 2-6 overall) are currently holding the third spot out of the five teams in their conference, below first place Gonzaga (3-0 PNCLL, 7-2 overall) and second place Western Washington (2-1 PNCLL, 3-7...

This past weekend, April 6-7, both the men’s and women’s Puget Sound golf teams competed in the Northwest Spring Classic at the Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington. On the women’s side, freshman Halle Peterson (Boulder, Colo.) led the Loggers after round one with a score of 90 (par +18), which put her in 21st place along with a competitor from Pacific Lutheran University. Junior Eve Grier (Port Angeles, Wash.) tied for 30th with a first round score of 104 (par +32), while freshman Lauren Boniface (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)...

Coming off of a successful Northwest Conference opening series against Whitman at home last weekend, in which the Loggers (7-9, 2-4 NWC) won two out of the three games, Puget Sound travelled to Eastern Washington this weekend to take on the Whitworth Pirates (8-6-1, 3-0 NWC) at Merkel Field.   The series opened with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 9.   Game ONE featured a pitcher’s duel between senior Matt Robinson (Lafayette, Calif.) from Puget Sound and Dan Scheibe from Whitworth, both First-Team All-Northwest Conference starting pitchers. Although Robinson struck...

This past weekend, men’s tennis made the trek out to Eastern Washington for a weekend of tennis against the Whitworth Pirates and the Whitman Missionaries. Although the Loggers (0-4 NWC) made an admirable effort, the competition ultimately proved too great to overcome.  The Loggers have yet to win a match this season, although there are still many matches left to play. On Friday, March 1, Puget Sound faced off against the undefeated Whitman Missionaries. The Missionaries swept the Loggers 9-0 in a convincing fashion, with Puget Sound winning only nine...

Kelsey McKinnis (Ashland, Ore.) finished her Puget Sound basketball career in style on Senior Night, the last Logger home game of the season on Feb. 16, scoring 14 points despite the 71-53 loss to George Fox. McKinnis was recently awarded First Team All-Northwest Conference honors following the conclusion of the 2012-2013 basketball season, in which the Loggers finished 6th with a 7-9 conference record and 14-11 record overall. McKinnis has proven her skills on the court time and time again as a Logger. In her sophomore year, she was awarded...

Women’s softball entered the 2013 season with high hopes and a brand new head coach, Kellyn Tate. Armed with four veteran seniors, the team also boasts a number of promising freshman players who are expected to make an impact on the Loggers’ future success. Following last year’s seventh-place finish in a tie, the Loggers were picked by the NWC poll to finish in eighth place this season amid a highly competitive and tough conference. The Loggers began their season with the Northwest Cup, competing in a double-header on Saturday, Feb....

Led by head coach Brian Billings, a former Puget Sound alumnus and baseball player with 10 years of coaching experience at Puget Sound under his belt, Logger baseball is looking to capitalize on the many talents of its dynamic mixture of veteran players and evolving young stars. Last season, the baseball team struggled to find its rhythm, finishing the 2012 season with a 10-28-1 (.269) record, including a 6-18 NWC (.250) finish, putting the Loggers at seventh in the conference. This season the Loggers have returned with a talented group...