This week's sports roundup
By The Front and Abby Owen | November 14Men’s basketball starts off season strong, but defeated shortly after
Men’s basketball starts off season strong, but defeated shortly after
History has been made.
As the dark of night hovers above Robert S. Harrington Field, a team waits in silence. The only sounds disturbing the quiet are the soft scraping of cleats on the turf and the distant hum of the traffic outside of campus.
Western women’s soccer ousted Concordia University, 1-0, in double-overtime, to claim its third-straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship on Saturday, Nov. 4, in Portland, Oregon.
Both of Western’s basketball teams are preparing for back-to-back trips to the NCAA Division II playoffs coming off of strong 2016-17 seasons. The men’s team is chasing its second consecutive Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship, while the women’s team is going for its 17th NCAA playoff appearance under head coach Carmen Dolfo.
By The Western Front Staff Second-half goals from junior forward Karlie White and sophomore forward Emily Bunnell gave the Western women's soccer team a comfortable 2-0 victory over Seattle Pacific University in the semifinal matchup of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament. The win sends the Vikings into the championship game against Concordia University. They will be playing at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, with hopes of retaining their conference championship from last season.
Western’s men’s hockey team is making the effort and striving to get into the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League within the next year.
En route to another Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament appearance, the Western women’s soccer team is ready to enter the postseason and defend its national championship title.
Western’s rugby lost one of their own, back Caleb Huisingh, in a hiking accident.