Category Archives: Sports

Vanessa Kuffner, Staff Writer   The Saints baseball team traveled to Hawaii for an eight-game series. It was a fun experience for everyone on the team, especially to those who get to call Hawaii home. Unfortunately for the baseball team, they only won one game in a doubleheader day against University of Hawaii at HiloContinue reading “SMU baseball preseason series ends with 7-1 loss”

Lauren Allison, Staff Writer   This past weekend was the closing ceremonies of the twenty-third Winter Games. This year the Olympics were held in PyeongChang, South Korea. A brand new Olympic stadium was built to host the Winter Games. The 35,000-seat stadium cost  109 million dollars to build. All of the venues used for competition wereContinue reading “Are you watching?”

Eric Parks, Staff Writer   After a season that started with two exhibition wins and a 4-2 overall record through the first six regular season games, the women’s basketball team went on a losing streak and ended the season 8-20 overall and 4-16 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) play. At the beginning of theContinue reading “Following strong start SMU women’s basketball falls short”

Patrick Burns, Staff Writer   The Saint Martin’s men’s basketball team playedin their second consecutive Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament hosted in Alaska. The men were the third seed in the 2018 Championships and took on Central Washington University (CWU) in the first round. The Saints finished off the last season beating CWU inContinue reading “Saints clinch postseason berth; will take on Central in GNAC Tournament”

Lauren Allison, Staff Writer   Ten Saints were named to the All-Academic team for the 2017-2018 Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) season. To be eligible for the GNAC All-Academic Teams, a student-athlete must be of sophomore standing or higher, be in their second season competing at their current institutions and have a cumulative GPA ofContinue reading “Ten SMU basketball players named to GNAC All-Academic Team”

Vanessa Kuffner, Staff Writer   The Track & Field Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) championships were held in Boise, Idaho this past month. We had multiple Saints make it to the finals, and break personal and school records across the board. Assistant coach Atanas Atanassov stated, “I think it was a very good performance becauseContinue reading “Saints break school records at GNAC Championships”

Patrick Burns, Staff Writer   The men’s and women’s golf teams both are starting their spring portions of their year-long seasons. The season for both teams is different than other SMU sports because they start at the beginning of the fall and then continue to the beginning of spring. This means the fall portion isContinue reading “Golf seniors looking forward to spring season and life after golf”

Vanessa Kuffner, Staff Writer   Luke Chavez and Makenna Schultz swept the GNAC Player of the Week, representing SMU basketball for Week 22 on Monday Jan. 29. This is Chavez’s third GNAC player of the week award. Chavez, from Woodacre, Calif., played at South Puget Sound Community College before transferring to SMU, where he ledContinue reading “Luke Chavez and Makenna Schultz clinch GNAC Player of the Week”

Staff Writer, Patrick Burns   During her 2017 softball season, Lauren Diuco improved in almost every category. Her average went up to .368, however with less hits because the Saints played less games compared to the 2016 season. One category that Diuco made a huge jump in was her stolen bases, as she improved fromContinue reading “Power, speed, and pitching: softball juniors, jack of all trades”

Lauren Allison, Staff Writer   Matt Dahlen Before SMU: Dahlen transferred from Oregon State University, He played in 30 games and had 10 starts for OSU. Averaged over 10 minutes a game and scored a total of 46 points where he shot 50 percent. Had a career-high of six rebounds last season as well asContinue reading “Basketball seniors go for their last layup”