27 games

Linfield men’s basketball coach Larry Doty shared with me his published list of season goals:
They are, in order:
Team grade point average of 3.0;
Play 27 games (25 regular-season, two conference tournament games;
Earn NCAA playoff bid;
No distractions, on or off the court;
Undefeated at home;
Winning record on the road.
Well, at least one goal is no longer achievable [...]

Mind over Matter

ne of the aspects of college athletics I enjoy most is seeing students set high goals for themselves and then go out achieve them. In most cases, accomplishing one’s goals is easy to talk about, but much harder to get done.
Hats off to Linfield cross country stars Shawn Fisher and Marci Klimek, who last week [...]

Shifting Gears

We’re at one of those times during the sports year that can be especially difficult for the sports information director to navigate: The crossover period from one season to the next, in this case the transition from fall to winter.
While soccer, volleyball and golf are concluded for the fall, and football and cross country are [...]

From The Pressbox: Western Oregon Edition

Posted by Eric Evenson
We have an intriguing matchup today pitting the Linfield Wildcats and the visiting Western Oregon Wolves. One thing we can expect from Western Oregon is a big, physical and talented team. The Wolves may be first team in 2008 that could overmatch the Wildcats with their athleticism. Linfield is coming off a [...]

Getting Back to the Top of the Heap

Any see that men’s soccer result the other day?
Linfield bounced Willamette 5-0 in Salem. Five different guys scored goals in the game. All in the second half!
Great win for the Wildcats and a sign that the program is building momentum under second-year coach Ian Lefebvre.
While Willamette is not to be confused with a title-contending team, [...]

Win ugly or lose pretty?

Is it better to win ugly than lose pretty?
Silly question, I know.
When football places such a vital importance upon Linfield’s college psyche, we’ll always take a less-than-perfect win over a loss of any sort.
Saturday’s 32-24 Northwest Conference victory over Puget Sound was maybe as discombobulated as I’ve seen a Linfield football team play and still [...]