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Sophomore Taylor Pena gets ready to hit the ball back to Linfield opponents

Women’s tennis wins NWC home matches

February 26, 2014

The Whitworth women’s tennis team opened the 2014 season with an 8-1 victory over Willamette last Friday and a 7-2 victory over Linfield last Saturday afternoon. The Pirates No. 1 doubles pair,...

Men’s basketball clinches NWC title in win over Whitman

February 20, 2014

In a battle of the top two teams in the conference, the men’s basketball team clinched the regular season Northwest Conference title in a 79-76 win over rival Whitman. This is the fifth consecutive...

Women’s basketball falls to Whitman

February 19, 2014

After jumping into the top-25 rankings, the women’s basketball team fell to second-ranked Whitman last night in Fieldhouse, 84-69. Despite being outrebounded 40-21, the Pirates stayed in the...

Men’s Basketball clinches title

February 19, 2014

The men’s basketball team clinched the Northwest Conference title in a 79-76 win over rival Whitman last night. Whitworth has now won the title for an NWC record, fifth consecutive season. In...

Men’s basketball tops Bruins in overtime thriller

February 19, 2014

Whitworth men’s basketball team closed the second half on a big run and surged ahead in overtime to edge George Fox 105-101 last Saturday night.The Pirates were able to come up with the win despite...

Women cap off conference games with win

February 19, 2014

The Pirates powered to a 72-68 victory over George Fox, the seventh-ranked team in the country, last Saturday on senior night in the Fieldhouse. “It’s always great to be playing well at the...

Swimming finds success at NWC Championships

Swimming finds success at NWC Championships

February 19, 2014

Whitworth men’s swim team earned its 12th consecutive NWC championship title, while the women were edged out for first place by Pacific Lutheran University this past weekend in the NWC championships. “It...

Spotted From the Crow’s Nest: Peter Delap

February 19, 2014

Senior decathlete Peter Delap, from Portland, Ore., continues to be a record-setting athlete who already holds the seventh-best NCAA DIII decathlon point mark this season, and Whitworth record, with...

Friday recap: Men’s Basketball defeats Linfield Wildcats

February 18, 2014

The men’s basketball team got out to an early lead and never looked back on the visiting Linfield Wildcats, on the way to their eleventh conference win, 91-59. The win, coupled with a Whitman loss,...

Friday recap: Women’s basketball closes out against Linfield

February 16, 2014

The women’s basketball team defeated the visiting Linfield Wildcats 82-60 after a big second-half effort. The win brings the Pirates to a tie for second place in the Northwest Conference after a...

Women’s soccer drops pair of conference games at home

January 30, 2014

Last weekend, the Whitworth women’s soccer team dropped a pair of conference matches with a 2-0 loss to Linfield and their 2-1 loss to Pacific. The rain was a factor last Saturday, creating a...

Interim athletic director: Melinda Larson

January 30, 2014

Melinda Larson, a former student athlete, instructor and head athletic trainer for Whitworth, has become the interim athletic director for the 2013-14 academic year. Larson grew up in Northern...

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