Wildcats clobber Bearcats in home opener
Braelyn Swan, Staff writer
March 19, 2018
The Wildcats swept the Willamette Bearcats in their home opener. On Saturday, the ‘Cats went 8-0 and 13-2. Sunday, the ‘Cats again blazed the field 12-4 and 12-1. All four games ended before a full seven innings due the ‘Cats’ immense lead. “It felt awesome to finally have games at home...
Tennis takes punch by fighting ‘Roos to Bulldogs
March 19, 2018
The Linfield men’s tennis team was outscored 4-5 on Friday against the Austin College Fighting ‘Roos. On Saturday, Linfield pulled ahead of the Bellevue Community College Bulldogs and won 7-2. Senior Ben McNair and sophomore Luis Rojas came out as the top doubles team Friday night, defeating the...
‘Cat Lax drops ball against undefeated team
Kaelia Neal, Editor-in-Cheif
March 15, 2018
'Cat Lax was outscored by powerhouse St. Mary’s College Wednesday night. Linfield lacrosse scored two goals, both by senior Genna Hughes. The undefeated team St. Mary’s was unstoppable, scoring 20 goals. “I do believe that we worked as a team and that the score did not reflect how we played,...
Pirates capture the match
Cassandra Martinez, Staff Writer
March 12, 2018
Match after match, the Linfield Wildcats unfortunately could not claim victory this time around and the Southwestern Pirates won the game. Southwestern won with a match score of 9-0, leaving Linfield with no match points on the board at the end of the game. “The game was intense and we competed hard...
Lacrosse wins conference openers
Kaelia Neal, Editor-in-chief
March 5, 2018
Linfield women’s lacrosse already looks like a new, successful team as it won its first two games of the season. And more importantly, the ’Cats defeated Northwest Conference opponents for the first time in four years. “It was an incredible feeling,” Head Coach Brittany Hartmann said. “After...
Track ’Cats win top honors at Icebreaker
Alex Jensen, Staff writer
March 5, 2018
The ’Cats had many top performances over the weekend at the Linfield Erik Anderson Memorial Icebreaker. Wildcat top performers were senior Jeff Lieder, Kaelia Neal, Emma Knudson, junior Maddie Shirley, sophomore Baylie Cameron and the women’s 4x400 relay team made up of freshman Kristen Burke, Cameron,...
Men’s tennis falls against Pirates, Blues in Wash.
Gabriel Nair, Staff writer
March 5, 2018
This past weekend, the Linfield’s men tennis team headed out to Washington to play against Whitman College on Saturday and Whitworth on Sunday. Whitman College are the defending champions and sits second in the conference standings, number four in regionals and number eleven nationally beat Linfield...
Wildcats have match, team successes
Braelyn Swan, Staff writer
March 5, 2018
Linfield women’s tennis team faced Whitman and Whitworth this weekend in the Rutschman Field House. Linfield walked away from both matches with team wins and match wins. In Saturday’s match against Whitman, Linfield took five wins from singles matches and 3 wins from doubles matches. Singles wins...
Wildcats capture Lutes
Angel Rosas, Staff writer
March 5, 2018
The Wildcats traveled to take on the Pacific Lutheran Lutes in a three game series. The Wildcats won the weekend series with the first and third games. In game one, the Lutes were first to score, but their lead was cut short in the top of the fourth when Colton Robinson, 20, singled to bring Alex Hendra-Brown,...
Wildcats dominate HSU, fall to Northern Colorado
Hannah Curry, Staff Writer
February 27, 2018
Men’s tennis competed against Hardin Simmons and Northern Colorado this weekend, dominating one team, and falling flat against the other. With a final score of 5-4 against Hardin Simmons and 0-4 against Northern Colorado, the ‘Cats prepare themselves for the season ahead. The weekend of matches...
Wildcats road ended with the Blues
Alex Jensen, Sports Editor
February 23, 2018
After a great fight by the Wildcats, the Whitman Blues still hold their perfect record. Linfield fought to an ending score of 86-74. The basketball team traveled to Whitman yesterday for tonight’s games after just playing them on Sunday. The Wildcats had 54 percent of the points on the field a...
’Cats got the Blues, Pirates capture team members’ hearts
Alex Jensen, Staff writer
February 19, 2018
The Wildcats brawled it out against the top seeded teams in the conference over the weekend. The ’Cats put up a great fight but were unable to top the Whitman Blues, who hold a perfect season and overall record, and the Whitworth Pirates, who are ranked second in the conference. The ’Cats will...