FRIDAY, APRIL 26 Track and Field Brutus Hamilton Challenge Berkeley, Calif., 8 a.m. Forecast: high of 69 degrees, partly cloudy Softball Vikings vs. Sacramento State Erv Lind Stadium, 2 p.m….
Vikings softball squad loses series on the road
The Portland State softball team showed its fighting spirit over the weekend, hanging with Idaho State through three close games in Pocatello, but it was the Bengals who ultimately came away with the series victory. After the Vikings notched a win in the weekend’s first game, breaking a tie in the top of the eighth inning with a two-run single by Sadie Lopez, the Bengals came back with two extra-inning wins in a row. It was the first conference series loss this year for the Vikings, who now share the top spot in the Big Sky standings with Idaho State.
Volleyball gears up for spring
Though the season is still a few months away, the Portland State volleyball team is already getting some match play in as they gear up to host the University of Washington Huskies in their second spring exhibition match on Saturday. After winning the Big Sky regular-season title last season, the Vikings have high expectations coming into 2013. The team will have plenty of experience to rely on this year, with six seniors suiting up for PSU this fall.
The marathon
After a week like the one we just endured, I’m at a bit of a loss as to where sports fit in. Tragedy has a way of leveling the playing field for a society—there’s a sports analogy for you, if you like. It exposes our capacity for senseless violence, punctures our collective sense of security and shines a light on the overwhelming majority of good, loving people who are more than willing to cast aside any and all differences in times of dire need.
Closing in on Big Sky
In two weeks the track and field squad will head off to the Big Sky Championships, but they won’t have to travel very far. Portland State will host the conference meet for the first time May 8–11 in Forest Grove. With the outdoor season’s end in sight, the team is getting closer to their goal of being Big Sky champions.
Football on the horizon for PSU
Portland State football is already preparing for the 2013 schedule as spring practices have begun for next season. The Vikings have announced that they will hold their annual spring game at Evergreen High School in Vancouver on May 18. The season will start up again in September with a matchup against the University of California, Berkeley, on the road. PSU’s first Big Sky meeting comes against the University of California, Davis, two games later, followed by a nationally televised game at home against California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, on Sept. 26. The Mustangs are coming off a year in which they went 9-3 in the regular season, earned a playoff berth and beat the Vikings 37-25 in their matchup last season.
Solid start for the Winterhawks
The Portland Winterhawks opened the WHL Western Conference Finals against the Kamloops Blazers with two physical contests at Veterans Memorial Coliseum over the weekend. Picking up right where they left off in their sweep of Spokane in the previous round, the Winterhawks took control and won both games as Mac Carruth and Ty Rattie made their way through the record books and led the team to a 2-0 series advantage.
Recent Results
FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Track and Field Oregon Relays Mt. Sac Relays Top performers Sydney Johnson: third place in the discus throw, 47.72 meters (156-07) Sierra Brooks: third place in the…
PSU Sailing
The Portland State sailing club is one of the best-kept secrets on campus, but one that all PSU students and faculty can be a part of. Sailing offers a rush that few other campus clubs can match, and PSU has formed its own close-knit sailing community.
Baseball’s peerless beards
Unique facial hair is nothing new in Major League Baseball. In fact it sometimes becomes the trademark feature of a player’s career. Rollie Fingers, one of the greatest relievers in the game during the ’70s, is noted less often for his incredible pitching ability than for his waxed handlebar mustache.
Timbers prepared for disaster, send Earthquakes back to San Jose with a loss
Unlike other visitors to Portland this season, the San Jose Earthquakes did not have to face the usual roar and chants of the Timbers Army at Jeld-Wen Field alone. A charter bus pulled up before the game and disgorged a stream of blue-painted fans shouting “Earthquakes! Earthquakes!” with a vigor to rival the hometown crowd.