Athletics
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| Vikings bring youth to regional quarterfinal | If anyone had told Western Washington University volleyball coach Diane Flick months ago that her young team would be making a fourth consecutive journey to the West Regional this year, she would have been skeptical. But that is exactly what the Vikings are doing. Earning the No. 2 seed… |
2015-12-04 | |
| WWU women’s soccer loses in Division II Final Four semifinal | The Western Washington University women’s soccer team gave two-time defending NCAA Division II national champion Grand Valley State all it could handle, but early goals in the first and second half proved to be too much to overcome in a 3-2 defeat Thursday, Dec. 3, in the national semifinal.… |
2015-12-04 | |
| WWU women handle Alaska in GNAC opener | Senior center Kayla Bernsen recorded her third double-double of the season with 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Western Washington Vikings to a 90-59 victory over Alaska in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference opener for both schools at Whatcom Pavilion. The Vikings improved to 4… |
2015-12-04 | |
| Impero leads Viking men to win over St. Martins to open GNAC | Senior guard Kyle Impero scored a game-high 16 points with 9 rebounds to lead the Western Washington University Vikings to a 71-68 victory over Saint Martin’s Thursday evening at Whatcom Pavilion in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball game. The Vikings have won three of… |
2015-12-04 | |
| WWU women’s soccer looks to take finishing steps for a Division II national title | The Western Washington women’s soccer team lost one of its first games of the year to something called Humboldt State, a disheartening setback for a senior-laden squad with national title ambitions. Or, funneled through a particularly blue-tinted prism, a wake-up call necessary to jolt… |
2015-12-03 | |
| UWF ready to host NCAA Division II soccer championships | The supply truck had not arrived Monday, so the set-up team from the University of West Florida was on hold and only minimal preparations could begin. Assistant athletic directors Tony Nguyen and Jake Marg were not in any panic mode, however. They know the drill. Recently, in fact… |
2015-12-02 | |
| Gandy hits game-winner for WWU women’s basketball | Junior forward Kiana Gandy hit the game-winning basket with less than three seconds left in the game to lift the Western Washington University Vikings to a 64-62 victory over Hawai'i Pacific Friday, Nov. 27, in the O’ahu Women’s Basketball Thanksgiving Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. … |
2015-11-30 | |
| WWU women’s runners have historic day at NCAA championships | The Western Washington University women’s cross country placed sixth at the NCAA Division II National Championships on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Joplin, Mo. — the Vikings’ best finish since moving to Division II in 1998. WWU’s previous best was an eighth-place finish in 2009. “What a… |
2015-11-23 | |
| WWU women’s soccer team advances to national semifinals | For the second time in three seasons, the Western Washington University women’s soccer team will head to the national semifinals of the NCAA Division II Tournament. The No. 2 Vikings advanced Saturday with a 3-1 quarterfinal victory over No. 6 Dallas Baptist on Saturday, Nov. 21, at… |
2015-11-23 | |
| Parker leads WWU men’s basketball to home victory | Led by a game-high 20 points by junior forward Jeffrey Parker, five Western Washington players scored in double-digits to lead the Vikings to a lopsided 92-53 victory over Flagler College on Friday, Nov. 20, in a non-conference college basketball game at Whatcom Pavilion. The Vikings… |
2015-11-23 |