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A record-breaking team
By The Front | October 27By The Western Front Staff History has been made. Western's women soccer team defeated Northwest Nazarene 3-1 giving them a 39 game win streak, the longest in school history. The previous record dated back to 1982-84. The Viking will be hosting Concordia at 1 p.m. Oct. 28. A win will secure Western their sixth consecutive GNAC regular-season championship.
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The wins rise, but the ranking falls
By The Front and Eliana Ala'ilima-Daley | October 24After spending the first five weeks of the 2017 season atop the Division II national standings, the women’s soccer team’s run as the No. 1 ranked team in the country ended when they dropped to No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches D-II national poll.
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Western athlete in Sports Illustrated
By The Front and Abby Owen | October 24Junior Gabriela Pelogi, a forward for the women’s soccer team, was featured in this week’s edition of Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd." Pelogi is the only female athlete out of six mentioned in this article.
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There's no place like home
By The Front and Alex Dupille | October 24As you walked into the new Sam Carver Gymnasium, the sounds of the pep band filled your ears and the Western cheer team was entertaining the crowd.
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Western men's soccer defeats Montana State
By The Front and Samuel Biehn | October 17
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Walk-on athlete creates his own path
By The Front and Landon Groves | October 12When Stephen Jinneman arrived at Western, he wasn’t sure if he wanted to play college soccer.
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Bright future for national champions
By The Front and Samuel Biehn | October 12It may be their first year on the defending national champion Western Women’s Soccer team, but 2017’s group of freshman have been up to the challenge.
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Weekly GNAC awards dominated by Vikings
By The Front and Cutter Kilgore | October 10Forward Gabriela Pelogi makes a habit of scoring goals. She has collected 10 this season, more than any player in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
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Men's basketball looks to bounce back
By The Front | July 25Winn and Payne will be joining the Vikings, who won the 2016 Great Northwest Athletic Conference title with a 17-3 record.
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Men's soccer kicking into high gear
By The Front | July 20The Western men’s soccer team had an outstanding 2016 season, finishing second in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. With the 2017 campaign about to kick off, Western is shooting to win the GNAC championship.
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Started from the bottom, now woman of the year
By The Front | July 11The Sandy, Oregon native was part of a record-topping group of 543 nominated female college athletes from all three NCAA divisions. She is one of 117 Division II nominees and 87 track and field nominees.
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Stafford to crossover the ocean
By The Front | July 6Stafford graduated from Western in the spring of 2017 after playing one season with the team, where he averaged 22.8 points per game en route to a team record of 25-6.
