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.
