Womens – The Daily Evergreen

WSU volleyball goes west for Apple Cup match

COLIN CONNOLLY, Evergreen reporter

September 20, 2018

Filed under Sports, Uncategorized, Womens

No. 22 WSU women’s volleyball team heads on the road for two tough matches to start Pac-12 play. First, the Cougars (9-1) will face No. 13 University of Washington (8-2). After that match, they will head down to Oregon to face No. 12 University of Oregon (7-3). Coming off a 2-1 record and second...

Cougars tame Mustangs

DANI PARAMO, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2018

Filed under Sports, Womens

No. 16 WSU soccer came away from the weekend with another win after taking down California Polytechnic State University 4-1 Sunday. WSU Head Coach Todd Shulenberger said the win gave them important momentum for upcoming Pac-12 matches. “It means a lot, we wanted to go out with a lot of momentum,”...

Volleyball served first loss of season

COLIN CONNOLLY, Evergreen reporter

September 15, 2018

Filed under Sports, Womens

No. 22 WSU women’s volleyball went to five sets for the first time this year and was handed its first loss of the season against East Tennessee State University. The final match of the WKU Tournament at E.A. Diddle Arena for the Cougars saw the first set go to the Bucs. A 10-2 run wasn’t enough...

Cougs down Grizzlies

DANI PARAMO, Evergreen reporter

September 15, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Sports, Womens

No. 16 WSU soccer defeated University of Montana 3-1 on a cold Friday night in Pullman. The Cougars improved to 6-0 and are now just one win away from equaling their best ever start to a season since 2015. The Cougs scored early in the game and kept pressure on their opponents, preventing the visitors...

Volleyball downs NIU to stay perfect

COLIN CONNOLLY, Evergreen reporter

September 14, 2018

Filed under Sports, Womens

WSU volleyball started off the WKU Tournament just the way they had hoped, with another win. The No. 22 Cougars (8-0) got a clean sweep of Northern Illinois University (2-11) and dominated in each of the three sets. Senior outside hitter Taylor Mims got the Cougs off to a hot start as she had three...

Ethridge brings experience to WSU

JOHN SPELLMAN, Evergreen reporter

September 14, 2018

Filed under Sports, Sports Weekend 2018, Womens

Winning a national championship while going undefeated in NCAA Division I and being a gold medalist in the Olympics is a dream career path for any athlete. However, it was more than just a dream for WSU women’s basketball Head Coach Kamie Ethridge. She lived it. Ethridge grew up in Texas as...

Haro kicks off final year at WSU

TAYLOR DUNLAP, Evergreen reporter

September 14, 2018

Filed under Features, Showcase, Sports, Sports Weekend 2018, Womens

From seeing palm trees and traffic every day in Corona, California, to viewing wheat fields and sunsets in Pullman, senior defender Maddy Haro had to make major adjustments when she committed to WSU soccer her sophomore year of high school. Haro started playing in a league when she was only 5 years...

Soccer faces two at home over weekend

DANI PARAMO, Evergreen reporter

September 14, 2018

Filed under Sports, Sports Weekend 2018, Womens

No. 16 WSU hosts University of Montana in Pullman in the first of two games this weekend before conference play begins. The Cougars will face the Grizzlies on Friday night before playing against California Polytechnic State University on Sunday. WSU Head Coach Todd Shulenberger said that the weekend...

Volleyball looks to continue perfect start

COLIN CONNOLLY, Evergreen reporter

September 13, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Sports, Womens

No. 22 WSU volleyball travels to Bowling Green, Kentucky, playing in its second-straight weekend tournament. The team is 7-0 and will look to end the perfect non-conference start at the Western Kentucky University tournament before starting Pac-12 play Thursday in Seattle. Head Coach Jen Greeny said...

WSU golf stumbles in day two of season-opening tourney

TAYLOR DUNLAP, Evergreen reporter

September 13, 2018

Filed under Sports, Womens

The WSU women’s golf team landed a 12th place finish in its season-opening tournament Monday and Tuesday. The team traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the two-day Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational. Of the seven women rostered, only five competed. They played in a total of three rounds ...

Evergreen Athlete of the Week: Jocelyn Urias

SIGMUND SEROKA, Evergreen columnist

September 11, 2018

Filed under Sports, Womens

The Evergreen Athlete of the Week for Sept. 2-9 is Cougar volleyball’s redshirt junior middle blocker Jocelyn Urias. WSU volleyball took on Illinois State University last Friday and Urias was at the forefront of the Cougars 3-1 victory. This would be the first match of the weekend where the team...

Women’s golf starts season Monday

TAYLOR DUNLAP, Evergreen reporter

September 10, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Sports, Womens

WSU women’s golf will head to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the opening tournament of the 2018 season. The team will compete at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational tournament on Monday and Tuesday. Head Coach Kelli Kamimura said the team has grown and developed tremendously over the past...