Sports & Outdoors

The second meet of the season for the Puget Sound track and field team took place at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational on March 9, which comprised of several Loggers posting qualifying marks. Freshman Elizabeth King (Portland, Ore.) led the women’s team by performing her best jump in pole-vaults this year, finishing second at 3.18 meters. Sophomore Sierra Grunwald (Philomath, Ore.) and freshman Sunny Lewis (Portland, Ore.) also led the women’s team. Grunwald finishing second in the 1500-meter run with a Northwest Conference qualifying time of 4:55.13 and Lewis coming in...

It is no secret that Puget Sound men’s tennis has struggled at the outset of their 2013 season. Four straight conference losses to open the season—the last three of which saw the Loggers lose every set—had the team reeling. And so the Loggers began their slate of matches hoping for a different result. The first match of the week came against rival Pacific Lutheran on Wednesday, March 6. Unfortunately, this match was simply more of the same. To their credit, the Loggers fought hard during their doubles matches, as all...

The men’s golf season began this past weekend at the PLU Invitational.  At the end of the first day, the Loggers sat at fifth place, with junior Matt Kitto (Lake Oswego, Ore.)  leading the team in sixth place individually. Kitto fired a team-best 76 (+4) on the Home Course to lead the Loggers.  Trailing not very far behind was junior Derek Wilson (Bellevue, Wash.) as he shot 7-over for the day. Sophomore Ricky Howard (Madison, Wisc.) shot an 88 (+16) on Saturday to round out the Loggers’ scoring card. For...

This past weekend, men’s tennis made the trek out to Eastern Washington for a weekend of tennis against the Whitworth Pirates and the Whitman Missionaries. Although the Loggers (0-4 NWC) made an admirable effort, the competition ultimately proved too great to overcome.  The Loggers have yet to win a match this season, although there are still many matches left to play. On Friday, March 1, Puget Sound faced off against the undefeated Whitman Missionaries. The Missionaries swept the Loggers 9-0 in a convincing fashion, with Puget Sound winning only nine...

Both men’s and women’s lacrosse took the field over the weekend, though they experienced radically different results during their respective games. The intramural men’s team entered the weekend looking for a lift. After having gone winless in their first three games of their season and losing their previous two by a combined score of 38-3, the Loggers were hoping their game at home against College of Idaho on Saturday, March 2 would yield better results. Sadly, it was not to be. Despite four goals from senior Dan Leininger (Colorado Springs,...

Losers of their first eight games, Puget Sound’s softball team went into their four game set with Northwest Conference rival George Fox looking for anything to stop their frustrating losing streak. The weekend series began on Saturday, March 2 at high noon. As has been their tendency this season, the Loggers fell behind early. George Fox began the bottom of the first inning with a double, a single and a fielding error that allowed the first run of the game to score for the Bruins. Three singles, a steal and...

It was an eventful weekend for the Puget Sound women’s tennis team. On Friday, March 1 they faced off against cross town rivals Pacific Lutheran University; on the morning of Sunday, March 3, they had their final match of the weekend against Whitman. Both games were conference league games for the Loggers. During Friday’s game the Loggers initially struggled to get on the board during their several doubles matches. In the first doubles match, sophomore Josie Dow (Seattle, Wash.) and senior Maddie Thiesse (Chanhassen, Minn.) were defeated 8-1. Following that...

After recording victories at Pacific and George Fox to start the 2013 season 2-0, the women’s tennis team fell short against the visiting Pirates from Whitworth, 6-3 on Friday, Feb. 22 at the Puget Sound tennis pavilion. Whitworth earned victories in four of their six single matches, which was highlighted by Megan Wingfield (Broomfield, Colo.) coming back to defeat Josephine Dow (Seattle, Wash.) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5. The Loggers rallied with Malia Ford (Makawao, Hawaii) trouncing Caylee Lamm (Spokane Valley, Wash.) 6-1, 6-0, but it was not enough as the...

After falling short during opening weekend, the Loggers were looking to hit a high note in their games against Lewis and Clark and Pacific Saturday, Feb. 23 and Sunday, Feb. 24, respectively. Although the Puget Sound softball team had an offensive burst during the second game of the doubleheader against Lewis and Clark, the Loggers fell 13-1 and 17-9 to the Pioneers. The Pios (7-3, 2-0 NWC), as the Pioneers are affectionately known, took advantage of five Logger errors during the first game, thus scoring seven unearned runs. The Loggers...

Kelsey McKinnis (Ashland, Ore.) finished her Puget Sound basketball career in style on Senior Night, the last Logger home game of the season on Feb. 16, scoring 14 points despite the 71-53 loss to George Fox. McKinnis was recently awarded First Team All-Northwest Conference honors following the conclusion of the 2012-2013 basketball season, in which the Loggers finished 6th with a 7-9 conference record and 14-11 record overall. McKinnis has proven her skills on the court time and time again as a Logger. In her sophomore year, she was awarded...