<![CDATA[The Whitworthian - Sports RSS]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/se/the-whitworthian-sports-rss-1.1097161 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:38:14 -0400 en <![CDATA[Seniors ship out: Baseball]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/seniors-ship-out-baseball-1.2257920

By: Peter Landgren & Alex Blade, Sports Columnists



The baseball team is losing seven seniors this year. The team is losing three pitchers in Ryan Reitmeier, Collin Gibbs, and Stephen Baranowski. Reitmeier has played of the team for two years, and played for Spokane Community College before coming to ...

]]> 1.2257920 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:52:50 -0400 <![CDATA[Seniors ship out: Golf]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/seniors-ship-out-golf-1.2257918

By: Peter Landgren & Alex Blade, Sports Columnists



Rachel Dubes is a senior elementary education major from Quincy, Wash. She is a four-year letter winner for the Whitworth women’s golf team, and has been posting the lowest scores of her career in her final season. In her last fall tournament she...

]]> 1.2257918 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:50:34 -0400 <![CDATA[Seniors ship out: Track and Field]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/seniors-ship-out-track-and-field-1.2257914

By: Peter Landgren & Alex Blade, Sports Columnists



Elise Page is a senior English major from Lake Stevens, Wash. She is a team captain and four-year letter winner for the Whitworth track and field team. Listed as a distance runner, Page has been a Northwest Conference competitor in the 800m run and 4x4...

]]> 1.2257914 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:47:37 -0400 <![CDATA[Seniors ship out: Softball]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/seniors-ship-out-softball-1.2257911

By: Peter Landgren & Alex Blade, Sports Columnists



There are three senior women moving on from the softball team, all of which who are true, four-year seniors. The team is losing Ashley Carey, Lacey Kerr and Carrie Gibson....

]]> 1.2257911 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:40:30 -0400 <![CDATA[Seniors ship out: Swimming ]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/seniors-ship-out-swimming-1.2257910

By: Peter Landgren & Alex Blade, Sports Columnists



The Whitworth swim team is losing six senior team members this year, many of whom have been with the team all four years. The men’s team is losing three seniors total, including Kris Asleson, Daniel Bergman, and Quinton Darling....

]]> 1.2257910 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:35:32 -0400 <![CDATA[Seniors ship out: Tennis]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/seniors-ship-out-tennis-1.2257905

By: Peter Landgren & Alex Blade, Sports Columnists



Austin Abelar is a senior computer science and accounting major from Las Olivas, Calif. He is a four-year member of the Whitworth men’s tennis team. He appeared in both singles and doubles matches as a senior in 2010, and as a senior was 0-1 in s...

]]> 1.2257905 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:32:51 -0400 <![CDATA[Record-breaking weekend for Pirates]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/record-breaking-weekend-for-pirates-1.2257902

By: Danielle Douvikas, Staff Writer


Three members of Whitworth’s track team had outstanding achievements this weekend in Spokane, Wash. For the men’s team, seniors Jeff Kintner and Dusty Caseria both won events on Saturday at the Duane Hartman Open hosted by the Community C...

]]> 1.2257902 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:25:42 -0400 <![CDATA[Sports Talk: Put down the grudges and just play basketball]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/sports-talk-put-down-the-grudges-and-just-play-basketball-1.2257898

By: Colin Zalewski, Sports Columnist


When it comes to sports, few things are better than rivalries. It could be Kevin Garnett and the Celtics against Kobe’s Lakers. It could be Tim Wakefield’s curveball in Boston against the bat of the Yankee’s Derek Jeter....

]]> 1.2257898 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:22:13 -0400 <![CDATA[Pirate baseball brings it home]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/pirate-baseball-brings-it-home-1.2257897

By: David Rurik, Staff Writer



Whitworth baseball made an impressive showing this weekend to honor a team from years ago. While the current Bucs swept the Whitman Missionaries, a group of 11 members of the original 1960 NAIA championship team looked on....

]]> 1.2257897 Mon, 3 May 2010 22:15:26 -0400 <![CDATA[Pirates sprint past conference competition]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/pirates-sprint-past-conference-competition-1.2242225

By: Danika Heatherly, Sports Editor



The Whitworth men’s and women’s swim teams have found success off the blocks for dozens of consecutive seasons, making both their personal and team victories in 2009 and 2010 not at all surprising....

]]> 1.2242225 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:21:55 -0400 <![CDATA[2010 season: An “ace” for Pirate tennis]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/2010-season-an-ace-for-pirate-tennis-1.2242224

By: David Rurik, Staff Writer



Whitworth made their way to the NCAA D III tennis tournament for the second straight year....

]]> 1.2242224 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:20:41 -0400 <![CDATA[Sports Talk: NASCAR: Where do all the left turns leave us?]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/sports-talk-nascar-where-do-all-the-left-turns-leave-us-1.2242223

By: Colin Zalewski, Sports Columnist


This is the last straw. This is the straw that broke the camel’s back. The fat lady has sung. Sports fans have been tortured long enough by NASCAR pollution of the sports world, and I’m not talking about the oval hole in the atmosphere abov...

]]> 1.2242223 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:19:05 -0400 <![CDATA[Sports Shorts]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/sports-shorts-1.2242221

By: Danielle Douvikas, Jonny Whitmore and Peter Landgren

April 27, 2010

In Portland, Ore., on Saturday, April 24, both Whitworth men’s and women’s teams found themselves in the lead of the first round of the 2010 NWC Championship Tournament. This past weekend, more than 50 Whitworth students on four different t...

]]> 1.2242221 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:15:55 -0400 <![CDATA[Softball strikes out against Bearcats]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/softball-strikes-out-against-bearcats-1.2242218

By: Peter Landgren, Staff Writer


The Whitworth softball team was very busy this past weekend playing a makeup game in Newberg, Ore., in addition to a four-game series against Willamette University at home. The five games mark the end of the regular softball season....

]]> 1.2242218 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:12:37 -0400 <![CDATA[Pirate men claim Northwest Conference title]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/pirate-men-claim-northwest-conference-title-1.2242203

By: Alex Blade, Staff Writer



The Whitworth Track and Field team hosted the Northwest Conference Championship meet this past weekend, and they found a lot of success on their home turf. The men’s team dominated the competition, winning with a total score of 266 points, a who...

]]> 1.2242203 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:38:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Sports Shorts]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/sports-shorts-1.2231842

By: Peter Landgren & Danielle Douvikas


On April 17, both the women’s and the men’s golf teams won their tournament at Whitman.  The men’s and women’s teams played against Whitman College and Pacific University. The Whitworth Men’s tennis team lost in...

]]> 1.2231842 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:26:51 -0400 <![CDATA[Sports Talk: Transaction action]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/sports-talk-transaction-action-1.2231827

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Folks, put down your hot dogs and let’s talk baseball

Opening day for baseball was just a couple weeks ago and you know what that means? It’s time for everyone’s favorites: hotdogs, garlic fries, steroid controversies and inflated salaries!...

]]> 1.2231827 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:22:37 -0400 <![CDATA[Baseball steps up to the plate]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/baseball-steps-up-to-the-plate-1.2231816

By: David Rurik, Staff Writer



Whitworth baseball went 1-2 this weekend in a three-game series against the visiting Pacific University Boxers. Saturday’s morning game started off in Pacific’s favor as they went up 9-1 by the third inning....

]]> 1.2231816 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:17:32 -0400 <![CDATA[Mangis unstoppable from the mound]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/mangis-unstoppable-from-the-mound-1.2231805

By: Alex Blade, Staff Writer



Despite the success that she has found on the field, it’s not wins, ERA or strikeouts that junior pitcher Jessica Mangis values most about her experience with Whitworth softball....

]]> 1.2231805 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:13:53 -0400 <![CDATA[Women clinch Conference]]> http://www.whitworthian.com/sports/women-clinch-conference-1.2231795

By: Alex Blade, Staff Writer


The Whitworth women’s tennis team used a successful weekend at the Northwest Conference Tournament in Yakima, Wash., to vault their way into the NCAA Division III tournament....

]]> 1.2231795 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:09:00 -0400