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A new challenge for women's rugby
By The Front and By Alexis Edgar | November 8As the dark of night hovers above Robert S. Harrington Field, a team waits in silence. The only sounds disturbing the quiet are the soft scraping of cleats on the turf and the distant hum of the traffic outside of campus.
Varsity Sports
Concordia ended our streak, we ended their title hopes
By The Front and Eliana Ala'ilima-Daley | November 7Western women’s soccer ousted Concordia University, 1-0, in double-overtime, to claim its third-straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship on Saturday, Nov. 4, in Portland, Oregon.
Varsity Sports
Cavaliers won the battle, Vikings won the war
By The Front and Samuel Biehn | November 4
Varsity Sports
Shooting for a strong season
By The Front and Zach Slagle | November 3Both of Western’s basketball teams are preparing for back-to-back trips to the NCAA Division II playoffs coming off of strong 2016-17 seasons. The men’s team is chasing its second consecutive Great Northwest Athletic Conference championship, while the women’s team is going for its 17th NCAA playoff appearance under head coach Carmen Dolfo.
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Back to winning ways
By The Front | November 2By The Western Front Staff Second-half goals from junior forward Karlie White and sophomore forward Emily Bunnell gave the Western women's soccer team a comfortable 2-0 victory over Seattle Pacific University in the semifinal matchup of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament. The win sends the Vikings into the championship game against Concordia University. They will be playing at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, with hopes of retaining their conference championship from last season.
Club Sports
Hockey team looking for a new challenge
By The Front and Sierra Sandoval | November 2Western’s men’s hockey team is making the effort and striving to get into the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League within the next year.
Varsity Sports
Poised for the playoffs
By The Front and Kristina Rivera | November 2En route to another Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament appearance, the Western women’s soccer team is ready to enter the postseason and defend its national championship title.
Club Sports
Honoring a fallen rugby warrior
By The Front and Samuel Biehn | November 1Western’s rugby lost one of their own, back Caleb Huisingh, in a hiking accident.
Varsity Sports
The streak is over for women's soccer
By The Front and  Zach Slagle | October 31
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A record-breaking team
By The Front | October 27By The Western Front Staff History has been made. Western's women soccer team defeated Northwest Nazarene 3-1 giving them a 39 game win streak, the longest in school history. The previous record dated back to 1982-84. The Viking will be hosting Concordia at 1 p.m. Oct. 28. A win will secure Western their sixth consecutive GNAC regular-season championship.
Varsity Sports
The wins rise, but the ranking falls
By The Front and Eliana Ala'ilima-Daley | October 24After spending the first five weeks of the 2017 season atop the Division II national standings, the women’s soccer team’s run as the No. 1 ranked team in the country ended when they dropped to No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches D-II national poll.
