Sports & Outdoors

The Loggers got off to a great start in their game on Saturday, September 17th against Sewanee College, but turnovers and shoddy defense spoiled a great opportunity for the team to pick up its first win of the young season, as they lost 34-23.  The Loggers started off strong, travelling 60 yards in 14 plays on their opening drive, eventually settling for a 27-yard field goal by freshman Everett West (Anaheim, Calif.).  After an exchange of turnovers on downs, the Loggers’ offense struck again at the end of the first...

This Homecoming weekend fans poured into Memorial Fieldhouse to support the Puget Sound Volleyball Team. The Volleyball Team kept their winning streak from their previous tournaments going against the Lewis and Clark Pioneers on Friday and the Linfield Wildcats on Saturday by sweeping both games 3-0. Both of these games were NWC league games making the Loggers currently 2-0 in the league. The first match against Lewis and Clark had a slow finish with the Loggers only winning the match 26-24.The speed was picked up in second and third match...

It could be surprising to many to find out Puget Sound’s largest sports club on campus is the men’s Rugby Club. This club has been around campus since the 60s, but last season it had its true start. Last season the club went to the playoffs for the first time in Puget Sound history. A few years earlier, the Rugby Club was struggling from the lack of player commitment; only about eight players would show up to practices and the club would have to borrow other players in order to...

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...