Sports & Outdoors

Students at Puget Sound are known for passion and having a variety of interests and involvements. This is especially evident in student athletes like senior Casey Thayer (Boulder, Colo). Thayer is known for her goalkeeping skills on the soccer team, but like many student athletes she has been involved on multiple teams at the University. Thayer has been playing soccer since she was four but was originally recruited to play basketball at the University. “At first I thought I would only be able to play basketball,” Thayer said. “But when...

  Saturday’s matchup against Whitman proved to be a defensive struggle, but thanks to Robin Vieira’s goal in the 55th minute, Puget Sound came out on top 1-0 on Peyton Field on Oct. 6. The Loggers improved to (4-2-2, 2-1-2 NWC) which moved them up to sixth place in conference after starting the season off slowly. Puget Sound had its opportunities to break the game open in the first half, totaling eight shots on goal compared to Whitman’s five.  However, the Missionaries’ keeper Emily Davis (Eagle River, Alaska) made two...

The Logger volleyball team faced off against the Whitworth Pirates on Oct. 4 in a tough five-set match in Spokane.  The Loggers ultimately defeated the Pirates in five sets. With this win, the Loggers hold four wins and one loss in the Northwest Conference (NWC) and nine wins and five losses overall.  The Loggers were ranked in 16th place in the overall NCAA Division III rankings before the win over the Pirates.  The win on Friday leaves them still in second place behind rival Tacoma college Pacific Lutheran University. The...

Lacrosse season may be four months away but that has not kept the women off the turf. With 13 new recruits on the team, the Loggers are looking forward to a promising season and are hard at work in preparation. The 2014 season has a roster of 25 girls with more collective experience than the program has seen since head coach Liana Halstead has been with the program. Women’s lacrosse is coming off difficult seasons in the past few years, but the program has a strong history and players are...

This week, the baseball world is in the midst of what might be the saddest exit in MLB history.  Arguably one of the most respected player in all of sports, Mariano Rivera, is playing his last games ever in the MLB. While it might sound dramatic to those on the outside, as a young baseball player myself, Rivera leaving the game is one of the most significant sporting events of our lifetime. Rivera has been dominating the game for 19 years. People will truly miss the role model he has...

The Loggers have had a bright start to the 2013 season with two wins in conference already, with a 3-2 win over Pacific University (Ore.) and a 4-0 win at George Fox University. Most recently, in a rainy affair on Sept. 28 the Loggers triumphed 4-1 over the Willamette Bearcats. The early game saw few decisive attempts by the Bearcats, though the Loggers largely maintained possession. The Bearcats began to show signs of life at the 10-minute mark, and nearly opened the scoring against the Loggers. However, their forward was...

Loggers’ football brought home a win from California on Sept. 21 with a final score of 42-33 against Whittier. The win is their first of the season and marks the highly anticipated end to a losing streak that has been ongoing since 2011. This was also the first road victory since a 2008 game against Pomona-Pitzer. The first quarter ended with Puget Sound tied with Whittier at 7-7, but by the end of the second quarter the Loggers pulled ahead and ended the first half at 21-7. The Loggers were...

What is the surgery to have as a competitive baseball pitcher? The Tommy John surgery. A surgery so specific to a playing position has never been more common in baseball than it is today. The injury that occurs in many baseball pitchers is a tear in the elbow, which is caused by a rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). Ever since the first UCL surgery in 1974, when Dr. Frank Jobe operated on Dodgers’ pitcher Tommy John, the most effective and efficient method to fix this injury has been...