Sports & Outdoors

The Logger track teams travelled to McMinnville, Ore. last weekend for the Northwest Conference Track & Field finals. The women finished with 67 points, taking sixth place, while the men took seventh place with an 18 point finish, but several individual efforts put Loggers at or near the top in the conference. On Friday, two Loggers competed in the men’s and women’s 10,000 meter runs, both taking fifth place in their respective events. Marnie Hazelhurst (Portland, Ore.) finished with a time of 39:22.27 while Matt Klein (Portland, Ore.) finished with...

It was an exciting week at the NCRC Championships on Saturday. The women’s novice boat saved their best for last as they took home the gold in an impressive win against Humbolt State. It was a mere 0.4 seconds that edged them in front of their opponents in the heated battle. Freshman Molly Larsen (Anchorage, Alaska) said, “It was an amazing and slightly unbelievable feeling to win our race. We had come close to beating both Western and Humboldt earlier in the season, and we knew that winning was within...

The weather is far from ideal for golf, but whether rain or shine, the Loggers drive to the Fircrest Golf Course to practice their strokes in preparation for each tournament.  Each tournament has proven that the Loggers, both men and women, are a strong group of golfers. However, it all comes down to the end of the season pièce de résistance: the Northwest Conference Championships. The men and women ended their season at the Canyon Lakes Golf Course in Richland, Wash. over the past weekend.  The Logger men finished third...

The Puget Sound crew teams found anything but placid waters  at the Western Washington University regatta on April 17. The women’s varsity eight boat rowed against teams from Division I school Gonzaga as well as Western Washington. With a time of 6:53.0, the Loggers came in third out of the three boats; however, they put up a valiant effort.  Gonzaga took the lead with a time of 6:37.7. Western Washington, which is the top-ranked team of the NCAA’s DII, took second with a time of 6:40.0. Although the Loggers did...

A weekend of good weather is not something to waste here in the Pacific Northwest, and the Puget Sound men’s and women’s golf teams seemed to take that mentality to heart at the Pacific Invitational last weekend.  When it was all said and done, the men came away hoisting the championship trophy after their first place finish.  The women finished in fifth place overall and know that they have one more week to put it all together at the Conference Championships. Through one day of the Pacific Spring Inviational, senior...

The Puget Sound women’s lacrosse team ended the 2011 season on a high note this past weekend, wrapping up the year with a 19-8 victory over the Linfield Wildcats on Saturday. The Loggers dropped a match to Pacific University on Friday by a score of 18-12, but salvaged the split with the victory over Linfield. The split this past weekend gave the Loggers a 6-6 final record for the 2011 season. On Friday, senior Ana Calciano (Farmington, Conn.) posted 17 saves for the Loggers, but it wasn’t quite enough to...