Hello, Bearcat Fan! Another fall season has drifted away like maple leaves on the Millrace. May the class of ʼ25 always remember the smell of Sparks’ turf baking in the sun, the roar of the McCulloch crowd, and the placid, almost menacing gaze of their loving mascot, Blitz. It’s been a helluva ride — in the words of Robert Hunter: “If I told you about all that went down, it would burn off both your ears.” Let’s go to the news!
Triathlon earned the No. 4 spot at nationals, their highest-ever team placement — one rank higher than last year.
PLU won the WSOC championships. The Bearcats outran their No. 8 preseason poll placement by three ranks after gracing the No. 2 spot in mid-season. They tied Pac and Linfield at ones to round out the fall. Krassner-Cybulski (ʼ25) notched her 11th goal.
MSOC fell to No. 7 to wrap-up Matt Corti-Young’s inaugural season. Leading scorers Krisna LaFrance (ʼ25) and Sean Kim (ʼ25) slotted home goals to defeat the Wildcats 3-1 as a pack of wayward Willamette alumni spectators drew the ire of Linfield security.
Volleyball met their season’s end at the hands of Pacific 1-3. Heavy-hitter Olivia Cadien (ʼ25) will graduate to greener pastures after a stand-out senior season.
Football. 10-24. Pacific. Lewis and Clark remains. Do you believe in miracles?
MBB shellacked Walla Walla 113-86; WBB was sacked by Christopher Newport U (yes, that’s real) 48-83.
Women’s swim blew George Fox out of the water 138-66, validating their No. 6 placement in the coaches poll. Men’s swim were blown out of the water 70-131 by the Bruins, making the coaches look silly. Something else with water … uhhh … Kevin Olmedo (ʼ26) made a splash in the 100-yard freestyle, earning first place (I’m here all week).
In the world of sport: Roger Penske won the NASCAR Championship again, the Thorns were knocked out of playoffs, and riots broke out in Amsterdam as AFC Ajax faced Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Consider in the coming weeks: What can be expected from the women’s basketball team, which now has a point differential of -84, and alternatively, are objectivity and subjectivity interrelated, as Kant would have us believe?
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