Sports – The Pacific Index

Transfer lifts Boxer tennis above season expectations

March 9, 2020

After a successful fall season, Pacific women’s tennis star Sydnie Binder looks to continue her greatness and bring the Boxer tennis team to new heights. As a transfer, Binder was unknown to the Northwest Conference bu...

Women’s Basketball: Season ends in conference playoffs for a young Boxers team

Joey Balleweg

March 9, 2020

As the 2019-2020 Pacific women’s basketball season closes, the Boxers look to ride their success into the next year, and prove it was not a fluke. The team played in the Northwest Conference Tournament for the first time since 2009 a...

Softball projected to finish fourth in conference

Joey Balleweg

February 21, 2020

As the 2020 season begins, the Pacific University softball team looks to continue their success and make a push for the Northwest Conference title. The Boxers finished the 2019 season with 23 wins, the program’s most sin...

Boxer baseball looks to build after a strong 2019

Joey Balleweg

February 21, 2020

After a successful 2019 season, Pacific University baseball looks at the 2020 season with one goal in mind: Take home a Northwest Conference season title. Projected to finish 8th in the conference in 2019, the Boxers worked thei...

Editor’s Column: How my enemy became an inspiration: my Kobe Bryant story

Aidan Lannom, Sports Editor

February 21, 2020

I hated Kobe Bryant. There was not a single fiber of my being that would ever allow for me to root for him growing up. It had nothing to do with the type of person he was and entirely to do with what he could do on a basketbal...

Men’s Basketball: Sophomore Terrence Gilder steps into larger team role after strong first season with Boxers

November 21, 2019

Swim team leans on young talent in conference play

Joey Balleweg

November 21, 2019

Only six races into the swimming season and the Boxers have shown improvement in their growing program. But the Pacific University team is still looking to accomplish more as the season progresses. “We’re still early in the season and dis...

Editor’s Column: Carmelo Anthony to make or break Trailblazers year

Aidan Lannom, Sports Editor

November 21, 2019

The Portland Trailblazers needed to make their move before the season slipped out of their reach. What they did was grant NBA Twitters wishes and gave Carmelo Anthony a new home. Melo has been without a team since he was waived by t...

Sports roundup recaps most recent Boxer games

Aidan Lannom, Sports Editor

November 21, 2019

Boxer Football The Pacific University football team lost to Whitworth University 28-38 in their final game of the season. The Boxers had a halftime lead 28-21 but were not able to produce in the second half. Junior Quarterback...

Editor’s Column: Excitement never stop through off-season for NBA

Aidan Lannom, Sports Editor

November 8, 2019

After what felt like a summer of trades, signings and drama that you would only see in NBA 2K, the season has finally come. The players whose decisions we all obsessed over actually get to play basketball and the surprises di...

Handball releases statement with latest tournament results

Pacific Handball Team, for The Pacific Index

November 8, 2019

The Pacific University Handball Team continued to further its legacy of producing top-notch competitors and champions following a successful showing at the third annual Portland Classic Handball Tournament held Oct. 19-21 at t...

Women’s Swimming: Freshman starts season with record-breaking time

November 8, 2019