Sports & Outdoors

Puget Sound Outdoors (PSO) is wrapping up its first month and has already launched multiple trips for students to explore hiking and backpacking. With many opportunities coming in the near future, it’s time to get outside! Not only have backpacking and day hiking trips begun, but the Outdoor Leadership Experience (OLE) has also kicked off. Junior and PSO Trip Coordinator Chris Eichar explained what exactly OLE offers. “OLE is a great opportunity to help students grow in the field of outdoor leadership. OLE is part of the process that helps...

The women’s crew team opened their spring season by hosting the Daffodil Sprints and racing hard against DI, DII and other DIII schools on March 28 at American Lake. The Puget Sound women’s crew team held a strong presence in the race, but couldn’t capture a win against some of the schools in higher divisions. However, the Loggers still walked away with impressive times. The Loggers’ first women’s varsity eight team competed in the 2K race and took third place behind Western Washington University and Humbolt State with a time...

First year Jessica Gott (Lynwood, Wash.) and sophomore Jaci Young (Alea, Hawaii) made impressive starts on the mound for the University of Puget Sound’s softball team, but were still unable to get the win. The University of Puget Sound’s softball team has improved their overall record to 4-20 over a 12-game span that includes games that were played over spring break. The softball team most recently suffered a 4-0 loss in its series against Whitworth, which was played on March 28 and March 29. Whitworth won the games with a...

The “Battle of I-5” is a common reference to a few sports rivalries on the West Coast but none is more intense than the rivalry between the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders. For those who are not familiar with the “Battle of I-5,” it received its name, as both Seattle and Portland are major stops on the Interstate-5 freeway. Of all the rivalries along the freeway down the years, none has lasted longer than the one between the Sounders and the Timbers. The rivalry currently spans four different soccer...

Logger baseball walked away with a win in their three-game series against Whitman. The Puget Sound baseball team played three games against Whitman College at home on March 28-29 and finished with a series victory when the Loggers won two of the three games.   Both winning games were ended by walk-off home runs, the first hit by sophomore Troy Kakugawa (Mililani, Hawaii) and the second by junior Nathan Backes (Seattle, Wash.). The doubleheader set against Whitman on Saturday earned Puget Sound their two wins for the weekend. The game...

There have been many ups and downs for the two Puget Sound tennis teams this season. The women’s team sits at 2-6 with a 1-6 NWC record.  The team picked up its first two wins of the seasons on March 7 and March 8 beating both the College of Idaho and Willamette 5-4. In the match against College of Idaho, the team was led by sophomore Elizabeth Chao (Oakland, Calif.) who won her match (6-3, 6-2) as the No. 1 singles player for the Loggers and as a part of...

As Kentucky continues to dominate throughout March, the college basketball faithfuls on campus don’t seem to think they will be slowing down anytime soon, with many of the fans expecting Kentucky to win it all. The Wildcats stand undefeated so far this season and after crushing West Virginia on Thursday, March 26, and narrowly beating Notre Dame on March 28, they are headed to the Final Four to take on Wisconsin. As to why they were picked, first-year student David Follet (Billings, Mont.) offered his thoughts. “They are by far...

There I sit, on the couch cursing at the television screen with my crumpled up bracket in the trash bin. And despite all the frustration that is collectively felt across the nation, I am happy because it is March Madness. March Madness, the annual NCAA Division I basketball tournament, is the greatest sporting event of the year. 68 teams from universities across the nation compete in a single elimination tournament over the entire month of March. It is a time of year where casual and serious fans of college basketball...

Both the men and women’s Logger golf teams hosted the Puget Sound Invitational to kick off their spring seasons. The two-day invitational, which took place at the Gold Mountain Golf Course in Bremerton, Wash. on March 7-8, put Puget Sound up against Lewis and Clark College, Linfield College, Pacific Lutheran University, Whitman College and Whitworth University. The Puget Sound Invitational is a two day tournament that Logger golf invites other teams in the Northwest Conference to participate in. Each day the golfers play 18 holes at the Gold Mountain Golf...

During a long spring break in Tuscon, Ariz., the Logger softball team played two games on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in The Grand Canyon State. First the Loggers took on the Eagles from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. The Eagles sprinted out to an early lead, earning four runs in a little over two innings. Kayla Andrus (Kent, Wash.) was first on base for the Logger comeback with a single straight out to right field. Amber Popovich (Miliani, Hawaii) propelled Andrus into scoring position with a sacrificial bunt....