Sports & Outdoors

With any new school year comes a new season for the Puget Sound athletics community, and women’s basketball not only starts off their season on the heels of last year’s incredible NWC and NCAA runs, but they also gain a new member of the basketball family: Head Coach Casey Kushiyama. For Puget Sound’s newest head coach, the love for basketball started young and has been a constant force in his life ever since. “Basketball has pretty much always been a part of my life. I started playing when I was...

By Kevin White Women’s Soccer: The Loggers managed to get a split this past week. The team fell just short against Pacific Lutheran University on Wednesday, losing 1-0 in double overtime. The team managed to rebound on Saturday, beating Lewis and Clark 1-0 on a goal by sophomore Tayla MacPherson (Seattle, Washington). The team’s next game is at Whitworth on September 30th. Volleyball: This weekend, the Women’s Volleyball team continued conference play. On Friday, the Loggers cruised against George Fox, winning in straight sets. Senior Rita Dexter (Anchorage, Alaska) led...

By: Will Keyse With the fall semester in full swing, the Puget Sound men’s and women’s soccer teams have gotten off to strong starts. The men’s team has posted a 5-2 record, including a pair of wins in last weekend’s matches with Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA) and Whitworth University (Spokane, Washington). The women’s team has come out of the gates with a 4-3-1 record, and are currently 2-2 in conference. With four seniors on the women’s side and eight on the men’s side, each of the teams has a...