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Vikings advance to National Championship Game

With a dominating 3-0 victory over Kutztown, the Western Washington University women’s soccer team will play for the NCAA Division II National Championship on Saturday vs. three-time defending champion Grand Valley State.

The Vikings out-shot Kutztown 35-0 and set a Division II…

2016-12-02
Western Washington women eye perfect soccer finish

Western Washington hasn’t lost a women’s soccer match since Dec. 3 of last year, when the Vikings fell to eventual champion Grand Valley State in the national semifinals.

On Thursday, WWU returns to the Division II Final Four with an even more exceptional…

2016-12-01
Boulevard Park sunsets and a soccer coach she knew; why would she want to leave home?

After graduating from Sehome High School in 2014, Bellingham native Emily Webster had a wide selection of colleges to choose from when deciding where she would continue her soccer career.

But Webster found every other school fell short compared to Western…

2016-12-01
Western women’s soccer heads back to D-II national semifinals

Despite waiting until the 22nd game of the season to face its first deficit, the Western Washington University women’s soccer team is getting pretty good at playing from behind.

For the second straight game, the top-ranked Vikings found themselves trailing by a goal early on, but…

2016-11-21
Tearing her ACL twice was tough, but she got a new perspective halfway around the world

Jessica Valley knows adversity.

She tore the same ACL twice in back-to-back years of playing college basketball, but a trip to Africa between those injuries gave her real perspective.

“You should just be grateful for what you have in life,” she said. “And if…

2016-11-18
WWU's women's soccer team poised for another run to the Final Four

There is sort of an amusing asterisk next to the record of the top-ranked Western Washington University women’s soccer squad.

The Vikings are 20-0-1 headed into this weekend’s NCAA Division II West Regional tournament in Colorado.

But at one point, they were 0-…

2016-11-17
Huskies nearly lose to 'Division II Powerhouse' WWU

The Huskies were in danger of dropping their first exhibition in 14 years before Markelle Fultz took over.

Trailing by three points in the final five minutes to Division II powerhouse Western Washington, the star freshman point guard scored six straight points and the Washington men…

2016-11-04
Great weekend for the Vikings

Women's soccer finishes GNAC regular season play undefeated in conference; men's soccer, volleyball win as well

2016-10-31
Sehome alum Emily Webster claims weekly GNAC award for WWU

Former Sehome soccer standout …

2016-10-25
43 Vikings earn academic achievement awards

Western Washington University had 43 student-athletes selected recipients of 2013-14 Division II Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement Awards presented by WeatherPORT on Friday, Aug. 22.

It is the second highest figure for the Vikings since the program was initiated in 2008…

2014-08-25
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