Sports editor Krystal Deyo hands off her role to the next generation.
The Mariners have been on an offensive splurge the past week, which has helped their pitching retain a lead toward the end of a game. But there is still much work needed for this team to win; specifically, they must play better. For their next few series, the Mariners are facing division rivals and teams with a .
For one month, every four years, the world watches 32 nations contend for the title of world champion. The FIFA World Cup is the world’s most-watched sporting event. In 2006, it was estimated that the World Cup amassed 260 million viewers, more than two-and-a-half times the viewers of the Super Bowl.
For five years, Eastern athletic camps have been offering high school students and other youth the opportunity to be under the summer sun while exploring the possibility of becoming future Eagles. These camps feature football, both men and women’s basketball, volleyball and women’s soccer.
The EWU women earned a spot among the top three schools in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) up for the 2009-2010 All-Sports Trophy award. Altogether, the women’s teams earned 75.5 points, just behind the University of Montana and Sacramento State University who earned 76 and 88 points, respectively.
Before an event, most runners have a ritual. Sometimes they pace alongside the track, stretch for the umpteenth time just out of habit, or seclude themselves from their teammates to “get in the zone.” EWU sophomore, sprinter and jumper Brianna Okoro doesn’t have a ritual.
The Lady Eagles and Coach Miles Kydd look to change their strategy from power-hitting front to a defensive threat after losing four key starters from last season’s stellar lineup, including 2009’s Big Sky Conference Player of the Year Hayley Hills.
The Mariners are at the start of a “sink or swim” period. Sitting at a 14-24 record, the team must have a .572 winning percentage for the rest of the year to make 85 wins. To win just five more than that, they must win nearly two-thirds of the games left this year.
The women’s track and field team made history during the weekend as they traveled to Ogden, Utah, for the Big Sky outdoor conference championships. The women’s team finished with a total of 102 points, which earned them fourth place, the highest they have ever finished.
The Cleveland Cavaliers just found themselves packing once again in the NBA playoffs. People are questioning the organization’s acquisitions. They are wondering if the Cavs can play a lick of defense and are contemplating if LeBron can step it up in clutch time.
A new team will be playing in Seattle next season and with so many off-season changes they are almost unrecognizable. New Head Coach Pete Carroll has changed the culture in Seattle. Since leaving the University of Southern California, he has made an explosive re-entrance into the NFL.
MMA fighters do battle at EWU.
Dave Howard spins in the shot-put ring to get a solid mark at the Oregon Relays.
As the year winds down, Davin Perry and the athletic department are getting fired up for the award show that all athletes have been waiting for: the EEEWOOS. Using ESPN’s ESPYs awards show as a model, Perry, electronic media coordinator for the athletic department, started the show last year.
Ken Griffey Jr. may not be a Mariner for long. The Tacoma News Tribune’s Larry LaRue wrote a blog titled “For Griffey & the Mariners, the end is near.” The facts couldn’t be stated more clearly. While I’ll always be grateful to Griffey for his incredible talent in Seattle, this season has been far from his best performance.
Brad Wall: Map it out: what’s a day in your life? I wake up at about 7:30 a.m., I eat breakfast, get ready for school. I have class at 9, 11 and 12, practice at 1 … usually practice for two hours or so, maybe longer. I get back, do some homework, eat some dinner.
With spring practices coming to an end, EWU’s football team is looking ahead to their first game at the University of Nevada, Sept. 2. While standouts Matt Nichols and Nathan Overbay are enjoying their chance at stardom in the NFL, the rest of the Eagles are staying focused on the upcoming season.
Round one is out of the way in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and it would appear Cinderella has nothing on the Montreal Canadiens. The eighth-seeded Canadiens entered their series as the underdog against the highest scoring team, the first-seeded Washington Capitals.
Six more Eastern Washington track athletes qualify for Big Sky Conference Championships.
Following an unbalanced weekend, Mariners’ General Manager Jack Zduriencik has made some smart moves to improve the roster. After Sunday’s game, Manager Don Wakamatsu said, “If anyone had said we would throw 26 scoreless innings in a three-game series and get swept, I’d think you are crazy, but that’s what happened.
The color of blood isn’t the only reason why EWU football players are excited for the artificial red field turf to be laid down this summer. For years, Woodward Field has seen its fair share of soggy mud games slowing down players and turning the field into a 120-yard Slip-‘N-Slide.
EWU track breaks more records at Cougar Invitational.
It has been four years since the EWU football team has gone onto the field with a quarterback not named Matt Nichols. Now that Nichols has moved on to bigger and better things with the Dallas Cowboys, Head Coach Beau Baldwin must find Nichols’ replacement.
EWU women’s rugby squared off against a short-handed Gonzaga University Saturday. And despite wind on the intramural fields, they managed to beat the Bulldogs 47-25. This was the last women’s rugby game of the season that the girls finished off with a 4-3 record overall.
The women’s 4x100 meter relay looks to the be on top of the Big Sky podium again.
After an incredibly strong homestand, the Mariners struggled to maintain leads in their first look at the Chicago White Sox this season. Now sitting at 10-11, the team had opportunities to win their entire series with the formerly struggling Sox. Two weeks ago, the Mariners had won seven of their last eight games.
Nobody believed Matt Nichols would fill Erik Meyer’s shoes as EWU quarterback, but those doubters were proven wrong. Nichols is now NFL bound, and his departure leaves a hole at quarterback once again. With five players still competing for the starting job, one candidate seems to have the edge on the rest and the best chance to supplant the Peyton Award winner and conference record breaker — Bo Levi Mitchell.
After a quick 4-0 start in Big Sky Conference (BSC) play, the EWU women’s tennis team dropped their final four conference matches and missed the BSC tournament by a small margin. “We’re feeling like crap right now. It’s brutal, but the thing is, we went in and it felt like it was a very winnable match for us.
EWU’s men’s tennis fell out of qualification for the Big Sky Conference Championships (BSCC) during the weekend after being beaten by Montana and Montana State University (MSU) 2-5 and 3-4, respectively. The top four teams advancing to the semifinal round in the Big Sky include Sacramento State, Weber State, University of Montana (UM) and Northern Arizona University (NAU).
The women’s volleyball club placed third in the American Eagle NCCS National Volleyball Championships in Dallas after placing first in the Pacific Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (PIVA).
Numerous school records and personal bests were set by Eastern track and field athletes last week, all the way from Spokane to Southern California. The team was split with the multi athletes competing at the Spokane Multi Events Meet Wednesday and Thursday, while the rest of the athletes traveled to Walnut, Calif.
After a dismal during first week of baseball, the Seattle Mariners made a massive rebound in the form of a four game winning streak. Now sitting at 8-7, the Mariners have one of the easiest portions of their season ahead of them. Although two runs decided several of the games in the past week, the team improved as a whole and appears to be headed in the right direction.
With most of Eastern’s attention focused on the men’s rugby club, students are overlooking the women’s club, except for the women, of course. With women’s rugby, nicknamed the “Heavenly Banshees,” sitting at an even 3-3 record, they still have the passion and motivation to give it their all.
The Pelluer Invitational has been “the place to compete” in the past, usually bringing good weather and competition for EWU and visiting athletes. This year, with strong winds, chilling temperatures and nearly bare stadium bleachers, the Eastern Eagles looked past hindrances to find inspiration to put up some marks and distances for the record books.
EWU men’s tennis had an up-and-down weekend at home April 9-11, defeating Weber State University 5-2, losing 3-4 against Northern Arizona University (NAU) and winning the match against Seattle University (SU) 5-2. The Eagles are now 6-12 overall and 3-3 in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) and are in need of some perfect circumstances in order to make it to the BSC Championships.
As more Eagle track athletes make their way to the Big Sky Conference list, Luckenbach inches her way up on the NCAA list, nearing the 200-foot mark in the hammer throw.
After starting off with a 4-0 Big Sky Conference (BSC) record and being one win from postseason play, the EWU women’s tennis team has dropped three conference matches in a row. During the weekend, first-place Northern Arizona University (NAU) came to Cheney and beat the Eagles 5-2, in a match in which five of the six singles matches went three sets.
After nearly a week of baseball, the Seattle Mariners have faced an onslaught of criticism and questions about their performance on all sides of the game. Nine games into the season, the Mariners have only won three, a far different perspective that offseason hype brought for fans.
Tiger Woods may win the award for most interesting golfer of the year, but EWU has its own standout. As the oldest of the girls on the golf team, junior Kellie Holmstedt stands as a different, more personally successful role model than Woods. “I kind of fit the mommy role and make sure everyone has sunscreen, hair ties and are ready to play.
To most people, cereal and peanut butter toast is a typical breakfast meal, but to track athlete Kyle King, it’s a necessity to succeed. The meal used to be a prerace ritual for King, who recently broke EWU’s school record in the 10,000 meters, but now he is trying to treat race days like normal days.
For nearly half a year, baseball in Seattle has been dormant. It’s time for fans to wake up and embrace a new and improved Seattle Mariners team. The offseason has been busy and hugely successful for the team. Often lauded by local critics, moves made by Jack Zduriencik have attracted the attention of the national media.
Nicole Luckenbach What were you thinking when you found out you were the female scholar athlete of the month? I was pretty excited. I think it is a big honor to be recognized for your athletics as well as your academics. What is your major, and why does it interest you? Elementary education and health and fitness.
Three EWU students went to the 2010 District 10 Quiz Bowl and came home winners. Jake Ritter, Catie Fairgrieve and Caitlin Kokot represented the EWU Athletic Training Education Program at the Northwest Athletic Trainers Symposium. They beat seven other schools including the University of Montana and Washington State University.
EWU women’s tennis had a weekend of mixed emotions at home as they were edged out by Montana University in a close 3-4 loss April 2, but went on to defeat Seattle University in a 4-3 win April 4. The Eagles now have a 10-8 record and are 4-2 in the Big Sky Conference (BSC).
Four more Eagles qualified for the upcoming Big Sky Conference Championships last Friday and Saturday at the Al Manuel Invitational in Missoula, Mont. Two sprinters, Brianna Okoro and Whitney Leavitt, made their marks during the weekend. Okoro took third place in the women’s 100-meter dash with a time of 12.
Spring quarter brings the conclusion of the EWU women’s tennis team.
The EWU track team will compete in its first dual meet this weekend
Spring quarter marks the beginning of the outdoor season for the EWU track and field team, eliciting high hopes from the coaches.
With a new coach and a team of fresh faces, the EWU women’s golf team has taken advantage of the mild winter and are looking strong as they swing for the Big Sky Conference Championships (BSCC). “We’ve been practicing outdoors for almost two months now.
After coming off a 5-11 winter season with wins against Gonzaga and Idaho State universities, the EWU men’s tennis team is looking to win all four upcoming conference matches in order to qualify for the Big Sky Conference (BSC) Tournament.
With every quarter comes new classes, new professors and best of all, a new season of intramurals. Spring intramurals will start April 14, and the deadline to sign up is April 9. Basketball and volleyball continue to be year-round sports, with flag football, outdoor soccer and softball welcomed in the spring.
After injuries and triumphs, this tennis star is ready to show off his smooth moves come spring
Most EWU students would prefer to live in a place that has consistent 90-degree weather, but not Nico Riego de Dios. He chose the cold weather of Cheney over his humid home in the Philippines.
The women’s volleyball club won the Pacific Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (PIVA) conference championships and is on the way to nationals.
Junior Julie Piper has been named Big Sky Conference (BSC) Most Valuable Player, and teammate Brianne Ryan has been named co-Defensive Player of the Year. The decision was made by the nine league coaches who voted.
EWU women’s basketball are Big Sky Conference regular season champions. Two seniors, Jessica Huntington and Nicole Scott, were sent out on a high note Saturday night, beating Portland State 78-68 to claim the program’s first-ever conference title.
Nicole Luckenbach, one of four track athletes who competed in the last chance nationals meet in Seattle on Saturday, threw another national qualifying mark of 64-8 feet in the weight throw and making it into the national competition.
Eags can clinch No.1 seed and home-court advantage with win over Portland State
The chance to clinch the BSC regular season title is on hold for EWU women’s basketball.
EWU fails to make BSC Tournament with loss, seniors go out with win for the final game of the season
EWU men’s basketball had to win both games during the weekend to have a shot at qualifying for the BSC Tournament, but they lost Friday to the league leading Weber State Wildcats. They defeated the Idaho State Bengals on Saturday for a final farewell to five seniors.
BSC Indoor Track Championships mark the end of the season for athletes, look forward to outdoor season.
Weekend wins spark ACHA playoff run, games will be broadcast live on the team’s Web site
The EWU Eagles earned a spot in the American College Hockey Association (ACHA) Division 2 National Tournament after beating Texas A&M, 4-1, Friday and thrashing San Diego University, 10-5, Saturday at the West Regional Tournament.
Colin Cowherd attended Eastern from 1982-86 and is now host of his own ESPN radio show and co-host of SportsNation after working around the sports world for 15 years.
Last chance meet in Idaho allows track athletes to qualify for the BSCC as Luckenbach breaks school record in weight throw.
Two more losses dim playoff hopes for Eagle men, slim chance left
After winning back-to-back home games, EWU men’s basketball dropped two close games on the road during the weekend, losing 54-58 to Northern Colorado and 71-74 to Northern Arizona in an overtime thriller.
First-place women will have to hold their spot in hopes of hosting the Big Sky Tournament
The EWU women’s basketball team is playoff-bound in this year’s Big Sky Conference Tournament. The goal now is to remain the No. 1 seed and host the tournament here at EWU.
Eastern athletics provides marketing events and fundraisers for fans to enjoy at games.
The Mariners have reported to spring training in sunny Peoria, Ariz., and fans have many reasons to be optimistic about the 2010 season.
After playing in the East-West shrine game, Matt Nichols grabs attention of NFL scouts.
Eastern sweeps Montana schools, sits a half game back from postseason
EWU men’s basketball team broke a seven-game skid, defeating both Montana State University and the University of Montana during Valentine’s Day weekend.
After defeating Weber State during the weekend, the hockey team will start postseason play
EWU’s men’s hockey secured a place in the American College Hockey Association’s (ACHA) regional tournament after defeating the Weber State University Wildcats 8-0 Friday and 6-1 Saturday.
More Eags make their way into the EWU record books as they approach the BSCC
Distance runner Kyle King is now third on Eastern’s all-time record list for the 5,000-meter. King entered the position during the indoor UW Dempsey meet in Seattle.
After the installation of the red Field Turf, officials want to install a state-of-the-art video scoreboard.
EWU’s club rugby team is taking advantage of their well-bonded team to rise above the competition
Just five years after its inauguration, the rugby team has grown from being unknown to being ranked nationally after defeating their first Division I opponent, Washington State University.
Piper scores 20 in loss, Eags are still in first-place position in the BSC
EWU women’s basketball team hit the road last weekend looking to bounce back from two straight conference losses. The Eagles started the roadtrip on a high note, beating Montana State 71-64 Feb. 11. The Montana Grizzlies, however, were too much for the Eags, as they lost Saturday’s game 60-75.
Men’s basketball drops a BSC matchup against Sacramento State and will take on Montana State and Montana next weekend
Nicole Luckenbach threw an inch under the school record in the weight at the Kibbie Dome
This weekend in Moscow, Idaho, both EWU men and women’s track and field teams had an outstanding performance.
After losing their first game in conference play against Portland State a week ago, the women’s basketball team bounced back with a win against Seattle University, only to see their second-straight loss in conference play falling to Sacramento State Saturday night, 78-69.
The French Quarter in Louisiana hosted a party on Monday as the Saints returned to New Orleans as Super Bowl Champions for the first time in the city’s troubled history.
After finding a hidden talent in the long jump, Shene Davis broke the school indoor record, leaping 19-8 1/4 and surpassing her teammate.
Eastern hockey rolls over UW, outscoring the Huskies 20-2
The EWU Eagles sent the University of Washington Huskies to the doghouse last weekend, defeating the west-siders 14-2 on Friday and 6-0 on Saturday.
Dropping to 2-7, the men’s basketball team faces an uphill battle on the road to the BSC playoffs
EWU men’s basketball dropped two more games last weekend, bringing their losing streak to six games, losing 12 out of their last 14.
EWU hocket battled with Oregon Ducks over the weekend
The Eagles were looking to go on a duck hunt last weekend as they hosted the University of Oregon, losing the first game 0-2 and winning the second in a 4-3 contest.
Former EWU football player standout and current All-pro Tennessee Titans left tackle, Michael Roos, has jump-started a project to turn Woodward Field’s turf red, joining Boise State University and Division II University of New Haven as the only NCAA schools in the country with a field that is a color other than green. BSU and UNH both have blue fields.
The two best teams from the 2009-2010 NFL season will battle it out next Sunday, Feb. 7, at Land Shark Stadium in Miami. Four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning leads the Indianapolis Colts and their paltry rushing attack against a balanced New Orleans Saints team. Saints’ quarterback, Drew Brees, will lead his team in their first ever Super Bowl.
After a long and passionate journey, Mark Dunn has finally found where he belongs: Division I basketball for EWU.
After a 7-0 run, the women’s basketball team fell to second-place Portland State University
The EWU women’s basketball team suffered their first loss of the season in conference play last Saturday night against Portland State University. EWU had a 15-point lead in the first half, but it slowly slipped away as the chance to go 8-0 vanished when the Vikings caught fire in the second half, beating the Eagles 67-60.
UW team invite creates qualifying and record-breaking atmosphere for EWU track and field
The Eastern Washington University men’s and women’s track teams traveled to the University of Washington for a two-day meet that took place on Friday and Saturday.
History did not repeat itself Friday night as the Idaho State Bengals came into Reese Court looking for their 11th straight win against the Eagles. The Bengals won the previous 10 meetings against EWU, but were denied satisfaction of another triumph as the Eagles improved to 6-0 in the BSC with a 70-60 victory.
Heptathlete Kersee Lind makes multi-tasking look simple
An interview with track athlete Kersee Lind.
The men’s basketball team fell to two BSC opponents, dropping them to a 2-7 record in the BSC
The Eastern men’s basketball team dropped two games on the road last weekend to Big Sky foes Idaho State and Weber State. Eastern has now lost four games in a row, three of them by six points or less.
Ashley Wagner faces challenges both on and off the ice
Ashley Wagner performed at the U.S. Championships in Spokane, placing just four points out of the Olympics range.
The electronics media coordinator for Eagle athletics provides professional coverage for Big Sky TV and started the EEEWOOs.
Alex Smyth and Sarah Frey now place fourth on Eastern Washington University’s all-time best list in their respected events after running at the Cougar Indoor Invitational.
EWU students will be training the U.S. figure skaters
It’s time to finish working on that double axel and get your ice skates razor sharp; the U.S. Figure Skating Championships are in Spokane, and for two Eastern students in the sports medicine program, it’s just another day on the job.
Eight more athletes qualify for BSCC
Eight EWU track and field athletes qualified for the Big Sky Conference Championships this Friday and Saturday in Pullman, Wash., at the WSU Open. More than 525 athletes participated in the two-day meet.
The women’s basketball team currently leads the conference with a record of 5-0
Having to play in the higher altitudes of Flagstaff, Ariz., has given teams problems when visiting Northern Arizona University. The altitude didn’t have an effect on the Lady Eagles, however, as they beat the Lumberjacks to remain perfect in the Big Sky Conference, 66-52.
Eastern men dropped two close home games during the weekend by a combined seven points.
EWU’s men’s basketball team, who was 1-8 on the road before their most recent trip, went 1-1 during last week’s road trip.
Intramural sports have been around for years at Eastern, offering students sport activities as another outlet from the stress of student life.
The EWU women’s basketball team pulled off two hard-fought wins this past weekend as they took on the University of Montana and Montana State University. The Eagles came up victorious in both games, beating Montana in overtime, 67-64 Friday, Jan. 8, and beating Montana State, 69-63 Jan. 9.
Volunteers are needed for the Special Olympics to take place at EWU
EWU will host the 2010 Special Olympics Washington East Region Basketball Tournament Jan. 24.
Dean and Piper make scholar athletes of the month
Interviews with scholar athletes Glen Dean and Julie Piper.
Larry Weir has spent 19 seasons behind a microphone, calling play-by-play radio broadcasts for Eastern Washington University basketball and football.
EWU’s hockey team is arguably more popular than the bigger name sports like football and volleyball on campus, and it is only a club sport.
This will be the last Hawk Zone I will write this season, only due to the Seahawks failing miserably this year and not qualifying for the playoffs. Most of you might be upset after the Seahawks stumbled to a 5-11 record, the sixth overall pick in April’s draft.
The end of the year marked the end of Operation 1K, a program designed by the Eagle Athletic Association (EAA) to recruit more members and more funding.
After clobbering Corban College 93-33, the Lady Eagles traveled to Seattle to partake in the 2009 Husky Classic hosted by the University of Washington Huskies.
EWU Alumnus, living in Texas makes it to the Eagle football game that took place in the state.
After a humiliating 9-35 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Justin Forsett continued lobbying for the starting halfback position with 130 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Seahawks’ 27-17 win against the St. Louis Rams.
“With the 15th pick in the 2007 NBA draft, the Detroit Pistons select Rodney Stuckey from Eastern Washington University.”
The past week was tough for the EWU men’s basketball team. They faced Texas-Arlington, Boise State and Idaho, only winning against UTA.
The 2009 EWU indoor track season will kick off Dec. 4 at the annual Candy Cane meet in the Fieldhouse.
Men’s tennis coach Darren Haworth reflects on the fall season and looks ahead to the winter season in an interview with The Easterner.
Eagle volleyball takes two wins at home including one on senior night with a surprising ending
Lady Eagle volleyball was boosted into a second place tie in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) after winning two games this weekend against the University of Northern Colorado and against Northern Arizona University on senior night.
EWU Girls Basketball defeats Portland, but loses to Oregon.
After a hard fought battle, the Eags fall to the Universtiy of Portland
Nik Raivio had 16 points and nine assists, and Luke Sikma added a double-double, helping the University of Portland Pilots’ men’s basketball to a season opening victory against EWU.
High jump champions Adam Stewart and Stephen Praast will “jump” it out once the track season commences
Team Red pushes school spirit
Team Red is EWU’s sport club that is designed not only to bring students together to enjoy and cheer on Eastern’s sports, but also to help students come together outside sports.
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