Sam Whitney (he/him) is a Sports and Recreation reporter for The Front this quarter. He is studying journalism with a public relations focus with hopes of one day working for a professional baseball team. In his free time, he likes to read about history and play pool with his friends. You can reach him at samwhitney.thefront@gmail.com
Maleah Andrews put together a stellar freshman season for the Vikings’ softball team in 2024. She started in all 64 of the Vikings’ games, batted .354/.456/.593 with 18 doubles and 34 RBIs and belted a walk-off eighth-inning home run to defeat California State University Dominguez Hills, sending the team to the NCAA DII Softball World Series.
In the 2023-2024 season, the Western Washington University men’s rugby team finished as Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference champions in both fifteens and sevens and were the College Rugby Association of America’s D1AA West Region runner-up in fifteens as well as the CRAA D1AA national champions in sevens.
The active Vikings softball roster, the 33rd in program history – called Team 33 for short – faced off with players that had come through the program before them on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Viking Field in Bellingham Wash.
The Western Washington University women’s volleyball team defeated the Western Oregon University Wolves 3-1 on Thursday, Oct. 31 at Sam Carver Gymnasium.
The swishing of robes, flash of neon lights and “click-clack” of clashing lightsabers are not ordinary occurrences in the Multi-Activity Court Gym in the Wade King Student Recreation Center.
Though one dugout was empty and the spectators sparse, the Vikings got important reps in at an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday, Oct. 5. The team played in a more casual setting, a mix of practice and game reps.
Solutions by The State News
