Sports – The Pacific Index

Senior plays for key role Boxer baseball

April 19, 2018

Filed under Sports

Senior Cole Kanazawa has become an integral member of the Boxer Baseball team in the 2018 season. Finishing up his senior year this season, Kanazawa has been primarily a relief and closing pitcher for the Boxers and has been ...

Pacific hires new men’s basketball head coach

Luke Olson, Sports Editor

April 19, 2018

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Run-and-gun, up-tempo, in your face all game. This is the new identity for the Pacific University men’s basketball team. On April 11, Athletic Director Ken Schumann announced the hiring of Justin Lunt, the new head coach of the...

Pacific hires new women’s basketball head coach

Max Kirkendall

April 19, 2018

Filed under Sports

A healthy student-athlete and coach relationship is typically the recipe for success in collegiate athletics; and for Pacific University’s newly named women’s basketball head coach Alecia Wilson, this is a philosophy she believes ...

First recorded hole-in-one at Pacific

April 19, 2018

Underclassmen setting the tone for men’s tennis

Luke Olson, Sports Editor

April 19, 2018

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Underclassmen are setting the tone for the future of the Pacific University men’s tennis team with sophomore Rayden Murata and freshman Jonathan Chung. The two have been posting staggering numbers for the Boxers this season, sho...

Senior takes on fifth collegiate sport

"Maxipad" (Max Kirkendall)

April 5, 2018

Filed under April Fools, Sports

Pacific point guard preps for upcoming draft

"Cough Drop Dave" (Dave Cassady)

April 5, 2018

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Pacific basketball standout Aiden Lannom has been implicated in the NCAA’s play-for pay scandal that has rocked college basketball. According to the Blue Mountain Eagle Lannom was offered $100,000 to play for the University...

Football player sets sights on Hollywood

"Big Tuna" (Luke Olson), Sports Editor

April 5, 2018

Filed under April Fools, Sports

Former volleyball player takes on new sport

Max Kirkendall

April 5, 2018

Filed under Sports

For most student-athletes they work their whole life attempting to master their respective sports to get to the collegiate level. But imagine playing a collegiate sport you have never played before against players with extensive...

Men’s golf continues improvement each season

Bobby Ulrich

April 5, 2018

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If low numbers are always desired in golf, then the 2017-2018 Pacific University men’s golf team has something to be proud of. With only three more tournaments left, including the Spring Classic this weekend, the golf ...

Senior wrapping up successful career

April 5, 2018

Rowing prepares for spring season

Aidan Lannom

March 22, 2018

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After a short fall season, the Pacific University women’s rowing team will open their spring season in Eureka, Calif. at the Blue Heron Redwood Sprints Regatta. Coach Karolyn Milton, who was hired just this fall and will begin...