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MONMOUTH — Despite being pelted with intermittent rain showers throughout the day, the Western Oregon University track and field team picked up six individual titles while hosting the John Knight Twilight on Friday.

MONMOUTH — Darian Wilson had an impressive start to her collegiate athletic career on the Western Oregon University track and field team last year, when she competed in the NCAA Division II National Championship for javelin, came in seventh, and picked up an All-American accolade along the way.

MONMOUTH — There’s nothing like coming back to the roots from which you came.

MONMOUTH – The Western Oregon University baseball team earned a doubleheader victory at their home field on Saturday against the Concordia Cavaliers, clinching a 7-2 victory for their first game and posting their first shutout of the season to close out the evening 11-0.

MONMOUTH — The men’s distance medley relay team from Western Oregon University’s indoor track and field team is going to nationals this year for another shot at repeating All-American performances. 

MONMOUTH — Olivia Woods will be the lone Wolf on Western Oregon University’s women’s indoor track and field team to be heading to the NCAA DII Indoor Track and Field Championships in Pittsburg, Kansas, on March 8-9, where she will compete in the 800-meters race.

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With Western Oregon University head baseball coach Kellen Walker back in action from taking time off last season, the Wolves baseball team is gearing up for another successful spring.

Western Oregon University’s softball team will be hit hard from the get-go with three big series, but head coach Lonny Sargent said he’s feeling good about where the team is at as it edges closer to the start of the season, Feb. 1.

Playing on their home court for the first time all season, the Western Oregon University women’s basketball team made sure their home debut was a solid performance by taking a 79-62 win over Northwest Christian Beacons.

Seniors Dustin Nading and Tyler Jones have crossed the finish line on their collegiate cross-country careers at Western Oregon University.

With a slow start to open up Great Northwest Athletic Conference play against Simon Frasier, the Western Oregon University Wolves eventually found the basket to secure a 72-58 victory on their home court Thursday night.

Western Oregon University men’s basketball team may have graduated one of the team’s key players, Tanner Omlid, as well as all but two seniors, but this season’s Wolves are making sure they keep to what they believe are the two main ingredients to be a successful team: culture and hard work.

Growth will be the theme for this year’s group of women, many of them newcomers, that make up the roster of the Western Oregon University women’s basketball team.

Roundups for Nov. 14

If Western Oregon University’s men’s basketball team was supposed to be over matched against No. 14 Oregon Ducks in Thursday’s exhibition game at Matthew Knight Arena, the guys on the WOU roster didn’t get the message.

If there were to be a poster child of what any coach would want as a model cross-country runner, Rachel Bayly would be it.

Western Oregon University’s volleyball team dropped a frustrating and hard-fought five-set match against Saint Martin’s at home on Thursday night.

The Wolves (5-12 overall, 2-8 GNAC) were no match for Western Washington University (15-3 overall, 10-0 GNAC) on Saturday night as they lost in a 3-0 sweep on their home court at Western Oregon University.

The Wolves lost their GNAC home opener on Saturday against Central Washington 50-17, with the Wildcats outscoring the Wolves in each quarter and starting the first off with a 12-3 lead.

Coming off a rough season last year, the Wolves volleyball team is already shaping up to be in a better spot now than they were throughout last year.

The Western Oregon University baseball and softball fields are receiving a substantial makeover this summer.

Fall sports are just around the corner, and the Wolves women’s soccer team participated in a scrimmage against Chemeketa Community College on Thursday to get the preseason started.

Western Oregon University is looking to expand support for its student-athlete population in a new fundraising campaign titled “Drive for 325.”

Friday, the GNAC Track and Field championships saw 12 Western Oregon University athletes advance onto Saturday’s finals, scoring in five events and crowning a meet champion for the first day of the meet, held at McArthur Field in Monmouth.