Sports & Outdoors

Saturday, Nov. 3 was bittersweet for Puget Sound men’s soccer as the team said goodbye to four seniors during Senior Day at East Field.  However, they were given a stylish farewell in the form of a 2-0 win against Pacific Lutheran. The Loggers (12-3-5, 8-2-4 NWC) scored twice in the second half of the game and senior goalkeeper Chris McDonald (Newton, Mass.) saved two shots to preserve the shutout. The Pacific Lutheran Lutes’ (10-7-2, 9-4-1 NWC) and the Loggers’ performance were not hindered by the soggy pitch, and both teams...

Northwest Conference Championships took place Saturday, Oct. 27. The Puget Sound’s men’s cross-country team took third place while the women’s team took sixth. Senior Matt Klein (Portland Ore.) and freshman Justin Bigelow (Highland Ranch, Colo.) were all NWC performers for the men’s team with Klein placing third to lead the Loggers. The Logger men finished with a total of 96 points, just six points behind Lewis and Clark, who took second place. Willamette won the conference title with 40 points. For the women, the Loggers’ 187 points landed them in...

The final home game for the Puget Sound football team was Saturday, Nov. 4 against Linfield. This was an especially important game for the seniors as they celebrated Senior Day. The Loggers fought hard on defense and offense to try to pull off their first win of the season, but it was not enough and the team lost the game 47-7. The Loggers stayed in great form during the first half, but it was during the second half where Linfield really took control. As the game progressed, the Logger defense...

As the regular season for Puget Sound’s women’s volleyball team wound down, the Loggers stepped up their game in a big way to keep their postseason dreams alive. On Wednesday, Oct. 31, Puget Sound celebrated Halloween in style with a sweep of their major Northwest Conference rivals Pacific Lutheran University (20-5, 14-2 NWC) for the top NWC finish. The match opened on a dramatic note, with the Lutes and the Loggers battling it out. After coming back from a 19-13 deficit in the opening set, junior Jackie Harvey (Santa Barbara,...

The Puget Sound swim teams had a pair of wins Saturday, Nov. 3. The wins came over conference rival Lewis and Clark at Wallace Pool. Junior Derek Frenzel (Moscow, Idaho), senior Aleksander Jeremikj (Skopje, Macedonia) and sophomore Melissa Norrish (Denver, Colo.) each brought in a pair of event wins in the dual meet. Frenzel swam an 8:52.79 in the 800 freestyle to win by an astounding 30 seconds over the second place competitor. Later in the day, his 4:17.64 was close to being 20 seconds faster than the rest of...

The Puget Sound men’s soccer team beat George Fox Saturday, Oct. 27. The win was not the only thing to be excited about, as senior Chris McDonald (Newton, Mass.) made four saves and now has the most shut-outs in Puget Sound history. Juniors Andrew White (Steamboat Springs, Colo.) and Chris Shaw (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) scored goals for the Loggers. McDonald produced his 31st shut-out of his career to claim the school record. He made four saves in the effort against George Fox as the Bruins held a 9-8 shot advantage...

The Puget Sound women’s soccer team had an impressive weekend with two conference victories. The team faced off against cross-town rivals Pacific Lutheran on Wednesday, Oct. 24 and George Fox on Sunday, Oct. 28. Early in the game against PLU, the women’s team had possession and would hold most of the possession throughout the game. After 40 minutes of a scoreless game, sophomore Haley Rosenberg (Lake Oswego, Ore) finally put the Loggers on the board with the first goal of the game. Soon after, freshman Amalia Acorda-Fey (Seattle, Wash.) scored...

Coming off of a championship-winning 2011-2012 season, Puget Sound swimming is looking to repeat their high level of performance in the pool this year. So far, so good. Led by veteran coach Chris Myhre in his 19th season as head coach of the Loggers, the Puget Sound swim teams started off the 2012-2013 season with a bang. Coming off of wins for both the men’s and women’s swim teams over College of Idaho a few weeks ago, Puget Sound went into the Northwest Conference Relays meet on Sunday, Oct. 28...

It is not exactly a secret these days that Puget Sound’s football team is in an extended funk.  Heading into their matchup against cross-town rival Pacific Lutheran, they had lost their first six games of the season. And that six-game losing streak is just a small part of a much larger 15-game losing streak. But for one day, the Loggers had a chance to salvage something from another lost season.  It was Homecoming and Family Weekend at Puget Sound and the football team tried its hardest to put its best...

This past weekend proved to be costly for the Puget Sound Loggers as Whitworth forced six turnovers to hold onto a 70-11 win on Saturday Oct. 20 in Spokane, Wash.  The Loggers (0-6, 0-3 NWC) had five passes intercepted, including two that resulted in Whitworth touchdowns. According to Logger Athletics, the windy conditions in Spokane on Saturday resulted in a less-than-respectable Logger offense. The Loggers were never able to get an offensive groove resulting in a  poor passing game.  Whitworth used this to their advantage with a strong ground game...