Another weekend series and yet another tough loss to swallow. Pioneer baseball dropped two of three to Willamette over the weekend, and fell to 3-7 overall and 2-4 in the Northwest Conference.
After winning the first game of the three-game set, the Pios lost the final two on the road and failed to win a series for the third consecutive weekend.

The Lewis & Clark softball team started its season stuck in a rut from the previous season; the team and its opponents were convinced of LC’s inevitable doom every time they took the diamond.  Since those early days of insecurities, the team has grown not only in skill, but also in confidence and in passion for the game.

This past weekend concluded the track and field season for Lewis & Clark at the NWC Championships in Spokane, Wash.  Coming off of a strong season, the women placed sixth with 81 points and the men took eigth with 23.  The women scored the most points they have in a long time. Although they kept their sixth place from last year, they were only three points off of fifth place Pacific Lutheran.

This past weekend, the men’s and women’s golf teams competed at the Heron Lakes Golf Club in Portland for the 2010 NWC Championships.  
For both the men and women, Whitworth was able to pull out the win and Lewis & Clark finished last. 

Since spring break, the softball team has yet to snag another win. For their last weekend of the season, it looks to be promising, since opponent George Fox is hovering over them in the NWC rankings. Comparing win-lose statistics for the teams thus far, George Fox holds a 3-20 conference ranking, and 9-26 overall while Lewis & Clark has 0-24 in conference and 3-32 overall.

The women came out of their final weekend of tennis at the NWC championships in third place after defeating Linfield in day two, 5-4.

Pacific jumped out to an early lead and held off a late Lewis & Clark comeback to hand the Pioneer baseball team its eighth consecutive loss, 9-5, on Tuesday in Forest Grove.

It may have lacked the headline-grabbing appeal of the Masters, but Northwest Conference Spring Classic was still a major as far as the Lewis & Clark golf teams are concerned.

For Lewis & Clark baseball, April certainly has been the cruelest month. Since a 15-10 win over Willamette on the last day of March, LC has dropped four straight to slip to 9-17 overall and 6-12 in the Northwest Conference. The most recent defeat came at the hands of Concordia University on Wednesday at home 13-4.  

It should come as no surprise that as the track season nears its end, competition continues to flourish while athletes prove themselves. The team loaded up and headed to Forest Grove to compete in the Pacific Luau this past Saturday for a sunny afternoon of track, completing the day with 21 finishes in the top three for the team.

The softball team has seen six defeats in the past week after two consecutive days of doubleheaders versus NWC fifth place Whitworth and a Wednesday make-up game against NWC leader Linfield. The team currently stands 0-20 in conference rankings.

 Filling out your bracket is always tough, especially when you are a senior in college and making any plans or choices about your future is terrifying. I waffled for a while, and then it hit me. I would fill out my bracket basing all my choices on the likelihood that I would be admitted to the institution in question.

There is no slowing down for the track team at the moment.  This past weekend at the Northwest Conference South meet, the Pioneer women finished first with 173.5 points. Not only did this mean victory over NWC teams George Fox, Pacific, and Linfield, but also non-conference team Concordia.  The men finished the meet with 83 points. 

There is no slowing down for the track team at the moment. This past weekend at the Northwest Conference South meet, the Pioneer women finished first with 173.5 points. Not only did this mean victory over NWC teams George Fox, Pacific, and Linfield, but also non-conference team Concordia. The men finished the meet with 83 points. 

Not traditionally thought of as a hoops hotbed, the Pacific Northwest, and more specifically the greater Seattle area, has recently become the launching point for many successful NBA careers. Often overlooked by basketball Meccas such as New York, Southern California, and the Baltimore/District of Columbia area, Seattle has become one of the surefire regions to provide skilled, NBA-ready ball players.

Every Lewis & Clark student loves to stick it to Reed College. This weekend Artemis, the LC women’s ultimate Frisbee team, got to live that dream when they topped Reed in the championship game of the Grover Ultimate Madness tournament in Forest Grove.

Single elimination means you only get one chance. The men’s basketball team lost to nationally ranked, no. five Whitworth 89-65 in the first semifinal game of the Northwest Conference playoffs last Thursday at the Whitworth Fieldhouse in Spokane, Wash.

It was all school records, NWC qualifying marks and personal records last weekend in Newberg, Ore. Competing in the first NWC meet of the season, Lewis & Clark track managed to dominate their opponents Linfield and George Fox.