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Gambler’s Guide: The Other Sports

CODY SCHOELER, Evergreen Columnist

September 20, 2019

Last week, readers of Gambler’s Guide made millions of dollars in profit. (Disclaimer: there is no actual evidence to back up this claim it is purely speculation and most likely not even true. Just go with it.) That is the easy part, call it beginner’s luck. The difficult part comes when you have...

Cougs head to wild south to battle Texans

DAMIEN ALVERADO, Evergreen reporter

September 20, 2019

WSU Volleyball will travel out to Texas this weekend to participate in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Tournament on Friday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg, Texas. The team will start their morning against Houston Baptist at 8 a.m. The Cougars beat their competition in the...

Cougar Soccer heads to Hawaii

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen reporter

September 19, 2019

The WSU Cougars soccer team will play the University of Hawai'i and Pepperdine in the Rainbow Wahine Shootout starting Thursday in Honolulu, Hawaii. No. 24 WSU (5-1-0) dropped 11 spots after the University of Michigan defeated them last weekend. “I think when we gave up that one goal, heads started...

Women’s golf has best finish in Cougar Cup

SHAYNE TAYLOR, Evergreen reporter

September 19, 2019

WSU women’s golf finished the WSU Cougar Cup tournament with its best finish in the nine-year history of the tournament on Tuesday at the Palouse Ridge Golf Course. However, it was Oregon State University who walked away with the tournament victory of 844 (-20). WSU placed fifth with a final...

Athlete of the Week: Pia Timmer

SAM GRANT, Evergreen reporter

September 17, 2019

The Daily Evergreen’s athlete of the week is WSU volleyball freshman outside hitter Pia Timmer. Timmer helped lead the Cougars to a three-game sweep over the opponents this weekend at the Cougar Challenge, a volleyball tournament held at WSU’s Bohler Gym. She had 32 kills over the three games...

Cougars XC crosses another race off the list, women win

DAMIEN ALVARADO, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2019

The WSU women’s cross country team finished first, while the men's team came in second in the Cougar Classic Friday in Colfax, Washington. This event featured WSU, Gonzaga, Idaho, Loyola Marymount and Portland State. The women’s team finished with a total of 43 points, while Gonzaga came in...

Women’s golf tees off

SHAYNE TAYLOR, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2019

WSU will host the Cougar Cup for the first time in two years. This two-day event will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Senior Marie Lund-Hansen said she is excited to come back and compete after being injured for two and a half weeks. “I know there is going to be some pain I am going to work ...

Cougars put out Flames

DAMIEN ALVARADO, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2019

The WSU Cougars (8-1) defeated the Liberty University Flames (5-4) in three straight-set wins, on Saturday in the final match of The Cougar Challenge in Pullman. The Cougars are not ranked but improved their record to 8-1 while Liberty (5-4) lost for the fourth time in a row. The sets final set scores...

Cougars bounce back against Lions

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2019

The WSU Cougars (5-1-0) hosted the Loyola Marymount Lions (0-5-2) in a 2-1 win Sunday afternoon on the Lower Soccer Field. The last time the Cougars and Lions played was over a decade ago in 2004. The match marked head coach Todd Shulenberger’s 50th win as head coach of Washington State. “I...

Early upset for the Cougars

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2019

“We just had a four bad minutes of soccer,” junior forward Elyse Bennett said. The nation's longest non-conference winning streak in women’s college soccer came to an end last night for the #13 ranked WSU soccer team (4-1-0) against the University of Michigan Wolverines (5-2-0) in a tough 2-1 l...

WSU vs. UT Arlington

RYAN ROOT, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2019

WSU (7-1) cruised past UT Arlington(6-3) to victory in the final game of Friday’s double header in Bohler Gym. The final scores were 25-20, 25-13, and 25-14. Freshman outside hitter Pia Timmer led the Cougars in kills once again with eight in the match, followed by a 53 percent kill percentag...

WSU vs Idaho State

ALLEN LEISTER, Evergreen reporter

September 16, 2019

In the first home game of the season, WSU defeated the Idaho State University Bengals 3-0 on Friday at Bohler Gym. The Cougars (6-1) earned their fifth win in a row with set wins of 25-18, 25-19 and 25-13. For the Bengals (3-5), this is their fourth consecutive loss. In the first set of the ga...