Sports & Outdoors

By STEPHEN HAMWAY   Club sports face an uphill battle for attention from the Puget Sound community, often being overshadowed by larger, better funded programs. However, what Puget Sound’s ultimate Frisbee team has accomplished is simply too exciting to ignore. Puget Sound’s ultimate team will be traveling to Milwaukee, Wis. to take part in the 2013 Division III USA Ultimate College Open Championship, where they will compete against the best teams in Division III from across the country. The ultimate team—nicknamed the Postmen as an allusion to the school’s acronym—has...

The Puget Sound baseball team finished off their 2013 season with a doubleheader this weekend on Saturday, May 4 against Northwest Conference rivals Whitman and Pacific. Since these two games were the last for the Loggers, both were considered important wins. Overall, the Loggers were relatively successful the majority of their season, heading into their final matchup with a record of 17-23 overall and 11-13 in their conference. The first game started against Whitman and senior pitcher Matt Robinson (Lafeyette, Calif.) was on the mound. Early in the game sophomore...

The school year is at its end. With one week left, students are beginning to focus on finals and their soon-to-be freedom. For graduating seniors, the next week is bittersweet as they move on from college life and enter the real world. But for those returning, there is much to look forward to in the athletic department. Last fall, Logger fans witnessed some highs and lows. The women’s soccer team won their 11th consecutive Northwest Conference Championship, while the Logger football team another winless season. These facts are at odds...

In the final Track and Field event of the season, three lone Logger athletes represented Puget Sound at the Pacific Twilight Meet on May 4 in Forest Grove, Ore., home of Pacific University. Junior Joe Cerne (Enumclaw, Wash.) finished 15th in the discus competition, throwing the discus 36.99 meters (121 feet and 4 inches). He also competed in the pole vault event, but no-heighted with the bar over 13 feet. Freshman Elizabeth King (Portland, Ore.) reached new heights in the pole vault competition, achieving a season-high score by clearing 3.37...

The men’s and women’s track and field teams concluded the Northwest Conference Championships in Salem on April 27 to finish fifth and seventh, respectively. The two-day competition, which features all eight teams in the Northwest Conference, represents the finale for track and field’s conference schedule. Puget Sound totaled six athletes who were awarded on the All-NWC teams. These Loggers included junior Alicia Burns (Spokane Valley, Wash.), senior Matt Klein (Portland, Ore.), sophomore Josh Seekatz (Philomath, Ore.), senior Joe Cerne (Eumclaw, Wash.), junior Kathryn Flyte (West Linn, Ore.) and freshman Allanah...

The Puget Sound rowing teams wrapped up a weekend on the water this past Sunday, April 28 at the WIRA Championships in Sacramento, Calif. The Loggers had an impressive showing and reestablished just why they are one of the top Division III crews on the West Coast. Both the women’s varsity and second varsity eights placed high enough in Saturday’s races to make it to Sunday’s final in the Division II/Division III/Club category. The varsity boat clocked in at 7:15.6 on Sunday, and although it was a tad slower than...

Men’s lacrosse experienced quite the midseason turnaround to propel themselves to the playoffs. After being left for dead following an 0-4 start, the team turned it around, winning two crucial conference games to sneak into the PNCLL playoffs for the first time in six years. However, their 2-2 record in their division belied their 2-7 overall mark. The team would have to play much better to make any noise in the playoffs, which began on Saturday, April 27 against the University of Portland. The Loggers knew they had their work...