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Beatty's Story Featured on San Diego Padres Web Site
June 17, 2013
As Max Beatty begins a new chapter in his life as a professional baseball player, he is quick to express his gratitude for this opportunity, which 18 months ago took a back seat to...
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Women's Soccer ID Camp Scheduled for August 3, 2013
June 13, 2013
Pacific Lutheran women's soccer head coach Seth Spidahl has announced that the 2013 PLU ID Camp will be held on Aug. 3 at the school's synthetic turf field.
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Hatlen Wins NWC Woman of the Year Award
June 10, 2013
For the third consecutive year, a Pacific Lutheran University student-athlete has earned the Northwest Conference Woman of the Year Award.
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Max Beatty Picked by San Diego Padres in MLB Draft
June 8, 2013
A story of tragedy turned to triumph for Pacific Lutheran baseball pitcher Max Beatty moved into the spectacular range when Beatty was selected Saturday afternoon by the San Diego...
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PLU Football Announces 2013 Recruiting Class
June 3, 2013
Pacific Lutheran football head coach Scott Westering has announced that 47 freshmen have made deposits and will turn out for the team at the start of the 2013 season.
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June 3, 2013 | Football
PLU Football Announces 2013 Recruiting Class
Pacific Lutheran football head coach Scott Westering has announced that 47 freshmen have made deposits and will turn out for the team at the start...
May 30, 2013 | Track & Field
DenAdel Named to Academic All-District Team
Alan DenAdel, Pacific Lutheran's top cross country and track & field performer during the 2012-13 academic year, has earned Capital One...
May 28, 2013
New Olson Auditorium Bleachers Nearly Installed
New bleachers are nearly installed in the upper level of Olson Auditorium.
May 28, 2013 | Men's Basketball
PLU Men's Basketball Adds Seven in 2013 Recruiting Class
Pacific Lutheran men's basketball head coach Steve Dickerson has announced the addition of seven players to the Lutes program for the start of the...
May 28, 2013 | Women's Soccer
Women's Soccer Team Connects to Alumni
The Pacific Lutheran women's soccer team faced off against a group of Lutes alumni on Saturday, April 27, with fellowship and a connection from...
May 25, 2013 | Track & Field
Peart Finishes 18th in Shot Put at D-III Championships
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Kyle Peart placed 18th in the men's shot put on Saturday's final day of the 2012 NCAA Division III Track & Field Championshi...
May 24, 2013 | Track & Field
Peart Places 14th in National Meet Hammer Throw
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Kyle Peart nearly matched his season best in the men's hammer throw, but a particularly strong field meant that the Pacific...
May 23, 2013 | Track & Field
Potter Finishes 15th in Discus at National Meet
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Making her first-ever appearance at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships, Pacific Lutheran's Samantha Potter...
May 22, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Girls Basketball Camp Scheduled for Aug. 12-14
The Pacific Lutheran women's basketball team and head coach Jennifer Childress will host the first annual Lutes Girl's Basketball Camp from Aug....
May 21, 2013 | Softball
Hatlen Repeats As Capital One Academic All-American
For the second consecutive year, Pacific Lutheran University softball player Kaaren Hatlen has earned Capital One Academic All-America Division...
May 21, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Brasgalla Earns Academic All-District Honors
Michael Brasgalla, a four-year letter winner for the Pacific Lutheran swimming team, has earned Capital One Academic All-District 8 First Team...
May 21, 2013 | Track & Field
Peart, Potter Ready for Division III Track Nationals
Kyle Peart and Samantha Potter will represent Pacific Lutheran at the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships, which are scheduled to be...
May 16, 2013
PLU Places Second in NWC All-Sports Trophy Chase
Pacific Lutheran moved up one spot from last year to place second in the 2012-13 Northwest Conference McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy standings.
May 16, 2013 | Baseball
Beatty Named PLU Baseball's Most Valuable Player
Max Beatty, whose return to the Pacific Lutheran baseball team after a successful battle against cancer culminated in 2013 all-conference...
May 16, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Jake Yannello Named Most Outstanding Men's Tennis Player
Freshman Jake Yannello (Lakewood, Wash. / Lakes HS) has been named Most Outstanding Player for the 2013 Pacific Lutheran University men's tennis...
May 13, 2013 | Track & Field
Four Lute Athletes Seek Improvements at Whitworth Meet
A total of four Pacific Lutheran track & field athletes will attempt to improve on season bests when they compete Tuesday afternoon at the...
May 10, 2013 | Softball
Three PLU Softball Players Earn All-Region Recognition
Three Pacific Lutheran softball seniors - Montessa Califano, Kaaren Hatlen and Amanda Hall - have earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association...
May 9, 2013 | Baseball
Pitching the Main Story Line for 2013 PLU Baseball
Pitchers with a penchant for strikeouts provided a recurring story line to the 2013 Pacific Lutheran season, which ended last weekend at the...
May 9, 2013 | Track & Field
PLU Announces Cross Country/Track & Field Skills Camp
Pacific Lutheran will host a Cross Country/Track & field Skills Camp for athletes of all skill levels from July 29 through Aug. 1 on the PLU...
May 8, 2013 | Softball
PLU Softball Announces Summer Camp Dates
Pacific Lutheran softball will run a complete skill development summer camps for girls between the ages of 8 and 14. The camp will be held July...
May 7, 2013
Schilling, Hatlen Named Career Achievement Honorees
Cameron Schilling and Kaaren Hatlen received the Lute Career Achievement Award at the 43rd Annual Pacific Lutheran University All-Sports Dessert...
May 7, 2013 | Softball
Van Nostrand Resigns From PLU Softball Post
Erin Van Nostrand, who led the Pacific Lutheran softball team to the 2012 NCAA Division III national championship, has announced her resignation....
May 6, 2013 | Baseball
Four Lutes Named to All-NWC Baseball First Team
The future for the Pacific Lutheran baseball team appears to be solid, at least if you look at the All-Northwest Conference baseball team...
May 6, 2013 | Baseball
Olsufka Named to Academic All-District 8 First Team
Pacific Lutheran senior baseball player Jacob Olsufka has earned Capital One Academic All-District 8 Division III First Team honors as announced...
May 6, 2013 | Softball
PLU Not Extended At-Large Bid to NCAA Softball Tournament
There will be a new NCAA Division III softball national champion this year after defending champion Pacific Lutheran did not receive an at-large...
May 6, 2013 | Softball
Hatlen Earns Academic All-District 8 First Team Recognition
For the second consecutive year, Pacific Lutheran softball player Kaaren Hatlen has earned Capital One Academic All-District 8 First Team honors...
May 6, 2013 | Women's Soccer
Special Olympians Learn Soccer Skills From Lutes
Windy and rainy weather in April - remember that - didn't stop members of the Pacific Lutheran women's soccer team from lending their time and...
May 5, 2013 | Baseball
PLU Baseball Season Ends With 10-1 Loss to LCSC
LEWISTON, Idaho - Pacific Lutheran saw its 2013 baseball season come to a close with a 10-1 loss to host Lewis-Clark State College in the final...
May 4, 2013 | Baseball
Offense Deserts Lutes, Who Lose Two at LCSC Tourney
LEWISTON, Idaho - Pacific Lutheran managed a total of just seven hits in 18 innings on Saturday afternoon and ended up losing a pair of games at...
May 4, 2013 | Football
Updated: Frosty's Celebration of Life Service Today
A Celebration of Life memorial service honoring Pacific Lutheran University football coaching great Frosty Westering will be held at 11 a.m....
May 4, 2013 | Rowing
PLU Women Finish in Fifth at NCRC Championships
LAKE STEVENS - Pacific Lutheran finished in fifth place out of seven teams in the women's portion of the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference...
May 3, 2013 | Baseball
KING 5 Airs Story on Beatty's Inspiring Return to PLU Baseball
Chris Egan from KING 5 TV in Seattle put together an excellent story on the tragedy-turned-triumph story of Pacific Lutheran baseball player Max...
May 3, 2013 | Rowing
PLU Rowers Wrap Up Season at NCRC Championships
Pacific Lutheran wraps up its 2013 spring rowing season when it competes on Saturday at the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference (NCRC)...
May 3, 2013 | Track & Field
Three Season Improvements for Lutes at Oregon Twilight
EUGENE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran took 10 athletes to the Oregon Twilight Track & field meet on Friday looking for season improvements, but only...
April 30, 2013 | Baseball
Beatty Earns NWC Weekly Baseball Recognition
For the second time this season, Pacific Lutheran junior Max Beatty has earned NWC Baseball Pitcher Student-Athlete of the Week recognition.
April 30, 2013 | Softball
Hatlen, Califano Repeat on All-NWC Softball First Team
Kaaren Hatlen made it a three-peat and Montessa Califano earned first team All-Northwest Conference softball honors for the second straight year...
April 29, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes End Up 12-12 in NWC, Play Three Games to Close Season
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team wrapped up their conference play last weekend with one victory in the three-game series at Pacific. The Lutes...
April 29, 2013 | Men's Soccer
Men's Soccer Announces Five Commitments for 2013
Pacific Lutheran men's soccer head coach John Yorke has announced commitments from five players who have paid deposits and will join the Lutes...
April 28, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Finish Conference Play With Loss at Pacific
FOREST GROVE – A pair of Pacific University seniors playing their final games at Chuck Bafaro Stadium played key roles on Sunday afternoon...
April 28, 2013 | Baseball
Beatty Stymies Boxers as Lutes Settle for Baseball Split
FOREST GROVE – Pacific and Pacific Lutheran opened their final Northwest Conference baseball series of the season with a pair of polar...
April 28, 2013 | Rowing
Men's Novice 4 Places Fourth in WIRA Final
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran competed in two grand finals at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships on...
April 27, 2013 | Rowing
Two PLU Boats Qualify for Grand Finals at WIRA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran qualified for Sunday's grand final in two events after the opening day of rowing at the Western Intercollegi...
April 27, 2013 | Track & Field
PLU Men Place Fourth, Women Fifth at NWC Track Meet
SALEM, Ore. - I.V. Reeves and Samantha Potter won individual events on Saturday as the Pacific Lutheran men placed fourth and the women fifth at...
April 26, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Bower and Olson Lose Opening Matches at Ojai
OJAI, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran's participation in the Ojai Tournament's Division III men's tennis competition came to a quick conclusion on...
April 26, 2013 | Track & Field
Gonzalez Wins Shot Put at NWC Track Championships
SALEM, Ore. - Marisa Gonzalez pulled off the biggest surprise at Friday's opening day of the Northwest Conference Track & Field Championships...
April 25, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Poulin Named NWC Men's Tennis Coach of the Year
In just his second year at the helm of the Pacific Lutheran men's tennis program, Rocky Poulin has been chosen by his peers as the Northwest...
April 25, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Childress Named Pacific Lutheran Women's Basketball Coach
Jennifer Childress, women's basketball associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for national power Western Washington University, has been...
April 24, 2013 | Track & Field
Lutes Seek to Move Up at Conference Track & Field Meet
Both Pacific Lutheran track & field teams are hoping to move up at least one spot compared to last season when the 2013 Northwest Conference...
April 23, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball Announces Annual Award Winners
Pacific Lutheran men's basketball recently presented awards at its annual year-end banquet, with senior Cameron Schilling earning the Captain's...
April 23, 2013 | Men's Tennis
PLU Duo Entered in 113th Annual Ojai Valley Tournament
Pacific Lutheran men's tennis players Luke Olson and Jason Bower are entered in singles and doubles play at the 113th Ojai Valley Tournament,...
April 23, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Ackerman, Mesford Earn Top Honors at PLU Swim Banquet
Kina Ackerman and Chase Mesford were named Most Valuable Lute at the annual Pacific Lutherna University swimming team banquet.
April 22, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Face Pacific In Final Conference Series
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team wrapped up the last of their home games last weekend, sweeping Lewis and Clark College in a three-game Northwest...
April 22, 2013 | Men's Golf
A Better Score, But PLU Ends Up Fifth at Men's Golf Championship
WOODBURN, Ore. - The Pacific Lutheran men's golf team improved its team score by 10 strokes but did not improve its placing, finishing fifth at...
April 21, 2013 | Baseball
Lubking Strikes Out Pioneers Offense as Lutes Sweep
PARKLAND - Trevor Lubking struck out 14 batters in eight innings on Sunday afternoon to lead Pacific Lutheran to a 6-4 Northwest Conference...
April 21, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Fall to Linfield, 3-2, in NWC Softball Title Game
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Linfield scored the winning run on a one-out single in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Pacific Lutheran, 3-2, in the...
April 21, 2013 | Women's Golf
Lutes Finish in Fifth Place in NWC Championship
George Fox University dominated the competition this past weekend during the women's Northwest Conference Championship Tournament. The...
April 20, 2013 | Baseball
A Ninth Inning Rally, A Doubleheader Sweep for the Lutes
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the second game and thus earned a Saturday afternoon sweep...
April 20, 2013 | Men's Golf
Lutes Need to Pick up Pace to Win Title
OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Oregon played host to the first round of the Northwest Conference men's golf tournament this past weekend. ...
April 20, 2013 | Men's Tennis
George Fox Ends Season for PLU Men's Tennis
WALLA WALLA - George Fox defeated Pacific Lutheran, 5-0, to advance to the Northwest Conference men's tennis tournament championship, while at the...
April 20, 2013 | Softball
PLU Beats Pacific to Keep Hope - And Its Season - Alive
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - After suffering an 11-2 run-rule loss to Whitworth in the opening game of the Northwest Conference Softball Tournament on...
April 20, 2013 | Track & Field
Big Day for Throwers, Sprinters at Central Washington Meet
ELLENSBURG - There were numerous big marks from the throwers, and a strong tailwind aided the sprinters, as Pacific Lutheran had a generally...
April 20, 2013 | Women's Golf
Women Golfers in Fifth Place at NWC Championship
WOODBURN, Ore. - With three players all carding 90, the Pacific Lutheran women's golf team is in fifth place after Saturday's first round of the...
April 19, 2013
Kudos to golutes.com Sports Photographer Heather Perry
Congratulations are in order for Heather Perry, an award-winning Pacific Lutheran University student who has served as the primary photographer...
April 19, 2013 | Softball
PLU Softball Enters NWC Tournament As No. 2 Seed
Defending NCAA Division III national champion Pacific Lutheran enters the Northwest Conference softball tournament likely in need of a championshi...
April 19, 2013 | Track & Field
Lutes Track & Field to Compete in Ellensburg
Pacific Lutheran athletes will get one more opportunity to achieve or improve on Northwest Conference meet qualifying marks when they compete...
April 18, 2013 | Football
KLAY Radio to Air Feature on Life of Frosty
Area radio personalities Scott Overbo and Thom Beuning will host a 90-minute special highlighting the life and impact of iconic Pacific Lutheran...
April 18, 2013 | Men's Golf
Lutes Face Tough, But Possible, Task at NWC Tournament
Pacific Lutheran needs to play its best golf of the year, win the Northwest Conference Tournament, and hope for a minor Whitworth collapse in...
April 18, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Face George Fox in NWC Men's Tennis Semis
Pacific Lutheran meets George Fox at 5 p.m. Saturday in a semifinal match of the Northwest Conference Men's Tennis Championships being hosted by...
April 18, 2013 | Women's Golf
Lutes Hope for Strong Finish at Season-Ending Golf Tourney
Pacific Lutheran is hoping for a strong performance this weekend when it closes its 2012-13 season at the NWC Championships, which are slated for...
April 17, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Boys Basketball Camp Scheduled for Aug. 5-8
Pacific Lutheran University will host the PLU Boys' Basketball Camp from Aug. 5-8 in Olson Auditorium. The camp will directed by the PLU men's...
April 16, 2013 | Track & Field
Potter, Reeves Honored by Northwest Conference
Samantha Potter and I.V. Reeves were honored by the Northwest Conference as Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Week following their...
April 16, 2013 | Track & Field
Stam, Cerne Win NWC Multi-Event Crowns
PARKLAND - Beth Stam from George Fox University won the heptathlon crown and Joe Cerne from Puget Sound successfully defended his decathlon title...
April 15, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Look To Defend 14 Game Winning Streak Over Lewis and Clark
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team hosts Lewis and Clark College this weekend in a three-game Northwest Conference match up.
April 15, 2013 | Softball
Linfield Takes Two From Pacific Lutheran
Linfield won the continuation of a game suspended from Saturday, 8-3, and then took the second contest by a 6-1 score in sweeping a Northwest...
April 15, 2013 | Track & Field
Whitworth Athletes Lead At Multi-Event Championships
A pair of Whitworth athletes are the leaders after Monday's opening day of the Northwest Conference Multi-Event Championships being hosted by...
April 14, 2013 | Baseball
Pacific Lutheran Loses NWC Baseball Tilt to Bruins
NEWBERG, Ore. –Tom Zarosinski outdueled reigning NCAA Division III National Pitcher of the Week Trevor Lubking on Sunday afternoon with a...
April 14, 2013 | Softball
Close First Game, Runaway in Second as PLU Takes Two
Pacific Lutheran scored two sixth-inning runs to win the opener, 8-6, before breaking out the big lumber and walking away with a 10-0 victory in...
April 14, 2013 | Softball
PLU and Linfield Will Conclude Softball Games Monday Afternoon
Pacific Lutheran and Linfield will conclude their Northwest Conference softball doubleheader starting at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the PLU field.
April 13, 2013 | Baseball
Oord Has Big Day as Lutes Split Twinbill With George Fox
NEWBERG, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran rallied from a deficit to beat George Fox, 6-5, in the second game of a Northwest Conference baseball...
April 13, 2013 | Men's Golf
Nickerson Leads Way for Lutes' Second Place Finish
The Pacific Lutheran University men's golf team finished in second place among three teams today at Moses Pointe golf course in Moses Lake,...
April 13, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Nationally Ranked Whitman Nets Two Against Lutes
Whitman remained undefeated in Northwest Conference men's tennis on Saturday with 7-2 and 8-1 wins over Pacific Lutheran at Sprinker Tennis...
April 13, 2013 | Rowing
Loggers Sweep Lutes in Meyer Lamberth Regatta
Puget Sound made it a clean sweep on Saturday morning, sweeping all six races - two of them alumni competitions - at the Meyer Lamberth Cup, held...
April 13, 2013 | Softball
Unplayable Field Conditions Force Halt of Softball Twinbill
Intermittent rain, two long rain delays and finally an unplayable field has caused the suspension of a Saturday afternoon Northwest Conference...
April 13, 2013 | Women's Tennis
PLU Women's Tennis Season Closes With Road Loss
SPOKANE - Pacific Lutheran ended its 2013 women's tennis season on Saturday by dropping a 9-0 decision to the host Whitworth Pirates at Scotford...
April 12, 2013 | Football
Legendary PLU Football Coach Frosty Westering Dies
Frosty Westering, the iconic Pacific Lutheran University head football coach whose four national championships tell only a small part in the story...
April 12, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Hall of Fame Member Marv Harshman Passes Away
Marv Harshman, one of the most highly decorated athletes and coaches in Pacific Lutheran University sports annals, died this morning. He was 95.
April 12, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Rally From Big Hole to Beat Whitworth, 5-4
PARKLAND – Trailing 3-0 after doubles play, Pacific Lutheran rallied to win five of the six singles matches to defeat the visiting Whitworth...
April 12, 2013 | Rowing
Lutes Versus Loggers in Annual Meyer Lamberth Cup
Bragging rights in Division III rowing in the state of Washington will be on the line on Saturday morning as Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound...
April 12, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Conclude 2013 Regular Season at Home
Pacific Lutheran will stay at home this weekend for the final four conference games with key rematches against NWC leading Linfield and Willamette...
April 12, 2013 | Track & Field
Reeves Wins Two Events at Western Oregon Twilight Meet
MONMOUTH, Ore. - I.V. Reeves won the 100-meter dash and the triple jump to highlight Pacific Lutheran's performance at the John Knight Twilight...
April 12, 2013 | Women's Tennis
NWC Leader Whitman Makes Quick Work of PLU
WALLA WALLA - Whitman remained unbeated in Northwest Conference women's tennis by blanking Pacific Lutheran, 9-0, in a match played Friday.
April 11, 2013 | Baseball
PLU's Lubking Named Division III Pitcher of the Week
Pacific Lutheran sophomore Trevor Lubking has earned National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division III Pitcher of the Week honors for...
April 10, 2013 | Softball
Lutes, Boxers Split Softball Doubleheader
Jessie Moore hit two homers and drove in five runs to give Pacific a 10-2, five-inning victory in the first game before Kaaren Hatlen pitched host...
April 9, 2013 | Baseball
Conference Honors Lubking After Three-Win Week
Trevor Lubking put together a week to remember for the Pacific Lutheran baseball team, and as a result the Northwest Conference has honored him as...
April 9, 2013 | Baseball
Shout Out to Shoup, Who Pitches Lutes Past Saints
LACEY - Nathan Shoup allowed only one hit in four innings of relief work for his first collegiate pitching victory as Pacific Lutheran defeated...
April 9, 2013 | Softball
Pacific Doubleheader Rescheduled for Wednesday Afternoon
Pacific Lutheran will host the Pacific University Boxers in a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader beginning at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April...
April 9, 2013 | Softball
Butters Earns Conference Pitching Honor
Leah Butters earned Northwest Conference Softball Pitcher student-athlete of the week honors after registering pitching three wins for the Pacific...
April 8, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Head To Oregon To Take On Another Top NWC Contender
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team travels to Lacey on Tuesday to play Saint Martin's in a non-conference. The Lutes then stay on the road next...
April 7, 2013 | Baseball
Lubking Rains on Linfield's Hit Parade, Lutes Win 3-1
PARKLAND - Trevor Lubking limited No. 2-ranked Linfield to six hits in a complete-game effort as Pacific Lutheran defeated the visiting Wildcats,...
April 7, 2013 | Men's Golf
Rain Washes Away Second Round of NWC Spring Classic
BREMERTON, Wash. - You might say it was classic Washington spring weather as rain on an already saturated Gold Mountain Golf Course forced a...
April 7, 2013 | Softball
Softball Game Versus Pacific is Postponed
Unplayable field conditions, coupled with a forecast that calls for 100 percent chance of rain, has forced the postponement of Sunday's Northwest...
April 7, 2013 | Women's Golf
PLU Places Fifth in Rain-Shortened NWC Spring Classic
BREMERTON, Wash. - Pacific Lutheran finished in fifth place as rain on an already saturated Gold Mountain Golf Course forced a cancellation of...
April 6, 2013 | Baseball
Linfield Breaks Out the Lumber in Sweeping Aside Lutes
PARKLAND - Linfield scored 22 runs on 29 hits and got outstanding starting pitching in sweeping aside Pacific Lutheran, 12-8 and 10-2, in a...
April 6, 2013 | Men's Golf
Nickerson Keeps PLU in Men's Golf Title Hunt
BREMERTON - Seth Nickerson shot a 73 on Saturday and was just two strokes off the pace after the opening round of the NWC Spring Classic men's...
April 6, 2013 | Men's Tennis
PLU Men's Tennis Finishes Off Linfield
McMINNVILLE, Ore - Pacific Lutheran took another significant step toward a spot in the Northwest Conference postseason tournament by beating...
April 6, 2013 | Rowing
PLU Wins Both Novice 4 Races at NCRC Invitational
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Pacific Lutheran won back-to-back titles in the women's and men's novice 4 races at the 2013 NCRC Invitational held Saturday on...
April 6, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Split Softball Twinbill With Visiting Pioneers
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran and Lewis & Clark split a Northwest Conference softball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, the Lutes winning the...
April 6, 2013 | Track & Field
PLU Men Finish Third at Shotwell Invitational Meet
TACOMA - Pacific Lutheran finished third in the men's competition and fourth in the women's division at the JD Shotwell Invitational track &...
April 6, 2013 | Women's Golf
PLU Women Golfers in Fifth Place at NWC Spring Classic
BREMERTON - With Julie Heffernan and Kristina Norlin both shooting 90, Pacific Lutheran holds down fifth place after Saturday's first round of the...
April 6, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Linfield Beats PLU in Women's Tennis
PARKLAND - Linfield rallied from a 2-1 doubles deficit to win five singles matches and defeat Pacific Lutheran, 6-3, in a Northwest Conference...
April 5, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Make it a Season Sweep With Win at Puget Sound
Pacific Lutheran made it a season sweep, beating Puget Sound by a 7-2 score in a Northwest Conference men's tennis match played Friday afternoon...
April 5, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Lutes Fall to Loggers in Women's Tennis
TACOMA - Samantha Lund won her singles matches in a super tiebreaker, but that was the team's only victory as Pacific Lutheran lost an 8-1...
April 4, 2013 | Men's Golf
Lutes Hope to Make a Lasting Impression at Spring Classic
After finishing in fourth place with a total score of 621 at the Northwest Conference Spring Class last year, the Pacific Lutheran University...
April 4, 2013 | Men's Tennis
PLU Making Final Push for NWC Playoff Berth
With five Northwest Conference matches still to be played, the Pacific Lutheran men's tennis team is in pretty good position to earn one of four...
April 4, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Return Home For Two Conference Doubleheaders
After a much needed season sweep of cross-town rival Puget Sound earlier this week, Pacific Lutheran softball will return home to face two...
April 4, 2013 | Women's Golf
Lutes Look to Improve on Last Year's Performance
After finishing sixth last year at the Northwest Conference Spring Classic, the Pacific Lutheran University womenâ&Atild...
April 3, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Plow Versus PLU: Helping Emergency Food Network
The Emergency Food Network will be the beneficiary as the growing season "tips off" with coming Saturday morning when the Pacific...
April 3, 2013 | Men's Soccer
Men's Soccer Announces Alumni Game Set For April 27
Pacific Lutheran men's soccer will host its annual Spring Alumni Game on Saturday, April 27, at 2 p.m. on the turf athletic field.
April 3, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Complete Season Sweep of Puget Sound
TACOMA - Pacific Lutheran finished its four-game series sweep of the Puget Sound Loggers on Wednesday with 7-0 and 8-0 victories in Northwest...
April 2, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Set To Play Northwest Conference Leader Linfield
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team hosts Northwest conference powerhouse Linfield this weekend in a three-game series. After last week's three...
April 2, 2013 | Softball
A Comeback and a Runaway for PLU Softball
Pacific Lutheran rallied for a 9-4 victory in the first game and then ran away for a 15-0 five-inning win in the second contest to sweep a Tuesday...
April 1, 2013 | Baseball
Twice is Nice For Lubking and Lutes
Trevor Lubking picked up a pair of pitching victories, one in relief and one as a starter, as Pacific Lutheran swept a Monday afternoon non-confer...
March 30, 2013 | Rowing
Lutes Place Second in Two Women's Petite Finals
AMERICAN LAKE - Pacific Lutheran finished second in both the women's 4 and the women's 8 petite finals at the Cascade Sprints held Saturday on...
March 30, 2013 | Softball
Linfield Sweeps Softball Doubleheader From Lutes
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Linfield separated itself from Pacific Lutheran in the Northwest Conference softball race on Saturday with 8-6 and 5-2 wins at...
March 30, 2013 | Track & Field
PLU Women Win Peyton Scoring Meet Team Title
TACOMA - Pacific Lutheran won the women's team title and the men placed second to Northwest Conference power Whitworth on Saturday at the Peyton...
March 29, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Hit Six Homers in Doubleheader Sweep of Willamette
SALEM, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran hit a total of six home runs - three by Kaaren Hatlen - in sweeping away Willamette in a Northwest Conference...
March 28, 2013 | Softball
PLU Drops Doubleheader to No. 4-Ranked Texas-Tyler
TYLER, Texas - Pacific Lutheran finished its trip to Texas by dropping both ends of a doubleheader to No-4 ranked Texas-Tyler at UT-Tyler Ballpark...
March 27, 2013 | Men's Tennis
PLU Men's Tennis Finish Spring Break Trip With Win
LA MIRADA, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran closed its 2013 Spring Break tour of Southern California with a 7-2 non-conference men's tennis victory over...
March 27, 2013 | Softball
Sherwin's Monster Day Carries Lutes Past East Texas Baptist
MARSHALL, Texas - For someone known mostly for her glove work and speed while playing center field. Spencer Sherwin sure did a tremendous job of...
March 27, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Oxy's Singles Strength Overtakes Pacific Lutheran
GLENDALE, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran built an early lead by sweeping all three doubles matches, but host Occidental won five of the six singles...
March 26, 2013 | Men's Golf
PLU Places 12th at West Cup Men's Golf Tournament
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran dropped back one spot on Tuesday and ended up in 12th place at the 2013 West Cup men's golf tournament...
March 26, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Lose to Occidental in Men's Tennis
LOS ANGELES - Occidental College swept past Pacific Lutheran, 9-0, in a non-conference men's tennis match played at the Occidental campus on...
March 26, 2013 | Women's Golf
Lutes Finish Third at UC Santa Cruz Invitational
It was close, but in the end, the Pacific Lutheran University women's golf team managed to obtain third place at the UC Santa Cruz Invitatio...
March 26, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Grinds Up Mills, 9-0
PASADENA, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran improved its season record to 7-5 on Tuesday with a 9-0 non-conference women's tennis win over Mills College....
March 25, 2013 | Men's Golf
Lutes in 11th Place at West Cup Men's Golf Tournament
JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran is in 11th place after Monday's two rounds of the West Classic men's golf tournament being held at Goose...
March 25, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Open Texas Spring Break Trip With Sweep
BELTON, Texas - Pacific Lutheran opened its Spring Break trip to Texas on Monday with a doubleheader sweep of host Mary Hardin-Baylor at Dee...
March 24, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Swept by Cross-Town Foe Puget Sound
Puget Sound completed a three-game Northwest Conference series sweep of Pacific Lutheran on Sunday, knocking off the Lutes, 6-3. The Lutes now sit...
March 24, 2013 | Men's Tennis
PLU Men's Tennis Falls to Regionally Ranked Chapman
ORANGE, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran ran into a tough Chapman men's tennis team on Sunday and dropped an 8-1 non-conference decision to the Panthers.
March 24, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Whittier Hands Pacific Lutheran 8-1 Defeat
WHITTIER, Calif. - The doubles team of Allison McClure and Katherine Patton were the only Pacific Lutheran winners as the Lutes dropped an 8-1...
March 23, 2013 | Baseball
Offensive Woes Do In Lutes, Who Lose Twice to UPS
Pacific Lutheran dropped both ends of a Northwest Conference doubleheader to Puget Sound Saturday to fall to 13-8 overall, 6-5 in the conference....
March 23, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Open Spring Break Trip With Win at Cal Tech
PASADENA - Pacific Lutheran got strong performances from the lower part of the ladder on Saturday and opened its men's tennis spring break...
March 23, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Gear Up for Spring Break Trip to Texas
Pacific Lutheran softball prepares for yet another out of state road trip to Texas, where they will play six games against three different schools...
March 23, 2013 | Track & Field
PLU Men Finish Second at Lewis & Clark Invitational
PORTLAND, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran placed second in the men's division at the Lewis & Clark Invitational track & field meet held Saturday...
March 23, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Biola Finishes Strong to Beat Lutes in Women's Tennis
LA MIRADA, Calif. - Biola closed with three straight victories in singles play to defeat Pacific Lutheran, 5-4, in a non-conference women's tennis...
March 22, 2013 | Track & Field
Track & Field Team Competes at Lewis & Clark Invitational
Pacific Lutheran track & field athletes open and close their spring break with two meets. This Saturday, the Lutes will compete at the Lewis...
March 18, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Head Across Town To Play Puget Sound In Rivalry Games
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team heads across Tacoma this weekend for a three-game Northwest Conference series against cross-town rivals Puget...
March 17, 2013 | Baseball
Another Late Inning Rally Comes Up One Run Short for PLU
PARKLAND - After winning a pair of games on Saturday with late-inning rallies, Pacific Lutheran had defending Northwest Conference baseball...
March 17, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Split NWC Softball Doubleheader With George Fox
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran won the first game in five innings, but visiting George Fox built a big early lead in the second game and held on...
March 16, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Rally Twice to Sweep Doubleheader from Whitworth
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran rallied from behind twice on a cold and sometimes rain-swept Saturday afternoon, taking 4-3 and 5-4 Northwest...
March 16, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Men's Tennis Rained Out at Seattle U
SEATTLE - Rain washed out today's men's tennis match between Pacific Lutheran and host Seattle University, which was scheduled to be played on the...
March 16, 2013 | Rowing
PLU Rowers Take Four of Six Races Against Seattle Pacific
SEATTLE - It was a strong opening day for the Pacific Lutheran rowers on Saturday morning as the Lutes defeated host Seattle Pacific in both of...
March 16, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Blast Four Home Runs, Sweep George Fox
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran found its power stroke on a rainy, windy and cold Saturday afternoon, blasting four home runs in sweeping a Northwest...
March 16, 2013 | Women's Tennis
PLU Topples College of Idaho in Women's Tennis
After eight consecutive Northwest Conference opponents to open the season, Pacific Lutheran women's tennis finally played a non-conference foe on...
March 14, 2013 | Men's Golf
PLU Men Golfers Earn No. 17 Ranking in Division III
Pacific Lutheran is ranked No. 17 in Division III men's golf in the latest Golfstat national poll.
March 14, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Road Trips Continue for PLU Men's Tennis Team
Pacific Lutheran plays the fouth of nine straight matches away from the friendly confines of Sprinker Tennis Center when it faces NCAA Division I...
March 14, 2013 | Rowing
PLU Rowers Opens Season Against Seattle Pacific
Pacific Lutheran opens the 2013 rowing schedule this coming Saturday with a dual against Seattle Pacific on the Lake Washington Ship Canal on the...
March 14, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Return Home For Conference Series With George Fox
The Lutes return home and back to conference play this weekend for two doubleheaders against George Fox.
March 14, 2013 | Track & Field
A Weekend Off for the Lutes, Who Next Compete at L&C
With a number of her athletes suffering from early season muscle tweaks and strains, Pacific Lutheran track & field head coach Heather Kreier...
March 14, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Non-Conference Foe Next for PLU Women's Tennis
College of Idaho comes to Sprinker Tennis Center on Saturday to face a Pacific Lutheran women's tennis team that has built a solid 5-3 record this...
March 12, 2013 | Baseball
Conference Honors Lubking For Shutting Down Whitman
Trevor Lubking threw a three-hit, complete-game shutout at Whitman on Sunday and as a result has earned Northwest Conference Baseball Student-Athl...
March 12, 2013 | Track & Field
Bell, Peart Earn Northwest Conference Accolades
Pacific Lutheran track & field athletes Alan Bell and Kyle Peart have been honored by the Northwest Conference for their performances at last...
March 12, 2013 | Women's Soccer
Women's Soccer Alumni Game Slated for April 27
Pacific Lutheran women's soccer will host the annual Spring Alumni on Saturday, April 27, with the game scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m.
March 11, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Face Reigning Conference Champs At Home
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team returns from Eastern Washington this weekend for a three-game series at home against the visiting Whitworth...
March 10, 2013 | Baseball
PLU's Lubking Strikes Out 11, Shuts Out Whitman
WALLA WALLA - Trevor Lubking struck out 11 and walked none in a complete-game three-hit performance Sunday to lead Pacific Lutheran to a 1-0...
March 10, 2013 | Softball
PLU Ends With Two Losses at NFCA Leadoff Classic
COLUMBUS, Ga. - A pair of Texas teams dealt defeats to Pacific Lutheran on Sunday as the Lutes wrapped up their participation at the NFCA Division...
March 10, 2013 | Women's Golf
Womens' Golf Manages to Finish Third in Oregon Invitational
Shooting a 708 as a team over the course of the two-day Pacific Spring Invitational held in Aloha, Oregon, the Pacific Lutheran University women's...
March 10, 2013 | Women's Golf
Lutes' Next Test Moved Back to UC Santa Cruz Invitational
The women's golf team will be playing in their next golf invitational on St. Patrick's Day, March 17 at the Chambers Bay Golf Course...
March 9, 2013 | Baseball
Pacific Lutheran Splits NWC Baseball Twinbill at Whitman
WALLA WALLA - Pacific Lutheran gave pitcher Max Beatty some late inning support to win the first game, but Whitman grabbed the early lead in the...
March 9, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Sweep Three Through Six Singles to Beat Whitworth
SPOKANE, Wash. – The bottom half of the ladder led visiting Pacific Lutheran to a 6-3 win over Whitworth in a Northwest Conference men&rsquo...
March 9, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Lose Gold Bracket Opening Game to Trine
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Pacific Lutheran defeated Hiram in five innings on Saturday morning to reach the Gold Bracket at the NFCA Divison III Leadoff...
March 9, 2013 | Track & Field
Lutes Enjoy Great March Weather at PLU Invitational
It is perhaps overstating things a bit, but there is an argument to be made that the biggest story at Saturday's PLU Invitational track &...
March 9, 2013 | Women's Golf
Women Golfers in Third Place at Pacific Spring Invitational
ALOHA, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran finds itself in third place after Saturday's first round of the Pacific Spring Invitational women's golf event...
March 9, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Doubles Dominance, McClure's Victory Prove Decisive
Pacific Lutheran dominated visiting Whitworth in doubles play and got the match-deciding team point from Allison McClure in singles on Saturday in...
March 8, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Fall to Division I Eastern Washington
CHENEY - Pacific Lutheran played up two levels on Friday and found the adjustment to be too much to overcome as the Lutes lost a 7-0 non-conferenc...
March 8, 2013 | Softball
Matsunaga Proves Clutch as Lutes Win Twice at Leadoff Classic
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Lindsey Matsunaga provided clutch hitting on Friday as Pacific Lutheran beat Emory (Ga.), 4-1, and Kean (N.J.), 3-2 in eight...
March 8, 2013 | Track & Field
PLU Invitational Heat and Flight Sheets Posted
Heat and flight information for the 2013 PLU Invitational track & field meet is now available.
March 8, 2013 | Track & Field
Track & Field Team Ready to Host PLU Invitational
With only one home meet on the 2013 schedule - not counting the Northwest Conference Multi-Event Championships slated for early April - the...
March 8, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Hosts Whitworth on Saturday
After winning its first four matches of the season, Pacific Lutheran has fallen three straight times against Northwest Conference women's tennis...
March 7, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Pacific Lutheran Goes to Eastern Washington for Two Matches
Eastern Washington - literally - is the destination for the Pacific Lutheran men's tennis team, which plays a pair of matches during the weekend.
March 7, 2013 | Softball
Lutes head to Georgia for NFCA Leadoff Classic
After taking three of four games in eastern Washington against conference rival Whitworth, the Lutes will travel to Columbus, Ga., for the...
March 6, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Add Another Win to Streak Against Loggers
TACOMA - Pacific Lutheran improved its season record to 5-1 Wednesday with a 9-0 Northwest Conference men's tennis whitewash of the Puget Sound...
March 5, 2013 | Baseball
Beatty Selected to D3baseball.com Team of the Week
Max Beatty earned D3baseball.com Team of the Week honors after pitching Pacific Lutheran to a 1-0 win over Willamette last Saturday in the Lutes'...
March 5, 2013 | Men's Golf
Conference Honors Hegge For Winning Lutes Invitational
Dustin Hegge started his spring season in great fashion, earning medalist honors at the Lutes Invitational and also earning recognition as the...
March 5, 2013 | Softball
Hatlen Slugs Her Way to Northwest Conference Weekly Honor
Pacific Lutheran senior Kaaren Hatlen has earned Northwest Conference recognition for her performance as Pacific Lutheran won three of four games...
March 5, 2013 | Track & Field
Peart Honored After Winning Two Events at Opening Meet
Kyle Peart won the hammer throw and the shot put at the season-opening Linfield Erik Anderson Icebreaker Invitational on Saturday and as a result...
March 4, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Looking For Another Series Win As They Head East
After last weekend's two wins and a loss against Willamette,Pacific Lutheran's baseball team heads east this weekend for a three-game series...
March 4, 2013 | Women's Golf
PLU Look to Capture Another Victory
After winning as a team at the PLU Invitational in Chambers Bay on March 3, the women's golf team will be looking to capture another victory...
March 3, 2013 | Baseball
Willamette Fends Off PLU Rally for 7-6 Victory
PARKLAND - Brandon Simon pitched into the seventh inning for his first victory of the season and Willamette held off a late rally by Pacific...
March 3, 2013 | Men's Golf
Hegge Takes Home Top Honors as Lutes Win
The Pacific Lutheran University men's golf team won the team title at its own Lutes Invitational men's golf tournament today at the Home...
March 3, 2013 | Softball
PLU Softball Splits Doubleheader With Whitworth
SPOKANE - A furious last inning rally in the second game came up just short on Sunday as Pacific Lutheran split a Northwest Conference softball...
March 3, 2013 | Women's Golf
PLU Women Golfers Win Shortened Tournament
UNIVERSITY PLACE - Pacific Lutheran carded a 365 to win the title at the PLU Invitational women's golf tournament held Sunday at Chambers Bay.
March 3, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Unbeaten Whitman Gets the Best of Pacific Lutheran
Pacific Lutheran lost for the third straight time in Northwest Conference women's tennis, this one an 8-1 defeat to unbeaten Whitman on Sunday...
March 2, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Open Conference Play With Twinbill Sweep of Willamette
PARKLAND - Max Beatty and Trevor Lubking had stellar starting pitching performances and Daniel Altchech made his first collegiate hit a big one as...
March 2, 2013 | Men's Golf
Livermore Leads Lutes Toward Second Day of Invitational
The first day of the Lutes Invitational at the Home Course in Dupont ended well for the Pacific Lutheran University Men's golf team. ...
March 2, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Pacific Lutheran Now 4-1 After Victory Over Lewis & Clark
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran got straight-set victories in the final three singles matches Saturday afternoon on the way to a 6-3 Northwest...
March 2, 2013 | Softball
Hatlen and Lutes Swamp Pirates' Boat in NWC Action
SPOKANE – Kaaren Hatlen collected eight hits and seven runs batted in and pitched a three-hit shutout in the second game to lead Pacific...
March 2, 2013 | Track & Field
Strong Opening Day for Pacific Lutheran Track Team
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran opened its 2013 track & field season with six event championships and with numerous conference meet...
March 2, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Lewis & Clark Too Much for PLU Women Netters
PORTLAND, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran ran into a dominant Lewis & Clark team on Saturday, losing a 9-0 Northwest Conference women's tennis match...
March 1, 2013 | Men's Golf
Lutes Invitational Kicks of Men's Golf Spring Season
Pacific Lutheran tees off for the spring 2013 season this weekend when it hosts the Lutes Invitational at Home Course in Dupont. Saturday's first...
March 1, 2013 | Women's Golf
Venue and Date Change for PLU Women's Golf Tournament
Pacific Lutheran women's golf coach Mike Fosnick has announced a date and venue change for the team's spring season opener. The PLU Invitational...
March 1, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Lutes Fall to Loggers, Suffer First Women's Tennis Defeat
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran took a 2-1 lead after doubles play, but visiting Puget Sound rallied in singles to defeat the Lutes, 5-4, in a...
February 28, 2013 | Track & Field
Track & Field Team Opens at Linfield Icebreaker
The 2013 track & field season gets underway for Pacific Lutheran this weekend as the Lutes travel to McMinnville, Ore., to compete in the Erik...
February 27, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Return Home For One Match This Weekend
Off to a solid start with a 3-1 dual match record, Pacific Lutheran returns home to Sprinker Tennis Center for another conference dual, this one...
February 27, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Look To Gain Momentum In Spokane This Weekend
Defending National Champion Pacific Lutheran will look to pick up momentum on the road this weekend in a four-game series in Spokane against the...
February 27, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Plays Three NWC Matches in Three Days
Pacific Lutheran women's tennis puts its perfect 4-0 start on the line this week when it sandwiches a road match between two home matches over a...
February 27, 2013 | Women's Volleyball
PLU Volleyball Announces 2013 Summer Camp Dates
Pacific Lutheran volleyball head coach Kevin Aoki has announced that the annual PLU Volleyball Camp will be held in two sessions this coming...
February 26, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Women Swimmers Earn Academic All-America Award
For the second straight year, the Pacific Lutheran women's swimming team has earned Scholar All-America Team recognition from the College Swimming...
February 25, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Set To Open Conference Play This Weekend
Pacific Lutheran's baseball team will open up their NWC season this weekend with a three game series against the visiting Willamette...
February 24, 2013 | Baseball
PLU Pitchers Lead Lutes to Two Wins at CCC-NWC Challenge
PORTLAND, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran pitchers combined for 30 strikeouts in two games today as the Lutes defeated Corban, 8-1, and Concordia, 3-0, at...
February 24, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Conclude 2012-13 Season Early, Look Ahead to Next Year
Pacific Lutheran finished its 2012-13 campaign with an 8-17 overall record while finishing in sixth place in Northwest Conference standings with a...
February 24, 2013 | Softball
Lutes Softball Splits Games With Lewis & Clark
PORTLAND, Ore. - For the second straight day, the defending national champion Pacific Lutheran softball team was reminded that this is a new...
February 23, 2013 | Baseball
PLU Goes to Extra Innings Before Beating Oregon Tech
PORTLAND, Ore. - Markus McClurkin hit a single to drive in Jacob Olsufka with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as Pacific Lutheran...
February 23, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Beat Willamette, Improve Record to 3-1
SALEM - Pacific Lutheran made it three wins in four matches to start the 2013 men's tennis season as the Lutes defeated host Willamette, 5-4, in a...
February 23, 2013 | Softball
Butters Pitches Lutes to Win After Stunning Opening Loss
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Leah Butters threw a five-hit complete game shutout in the nightcap as Pacific Lutheran rebounded from a stunning first game...
February 23, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Another Victory for Pacific Lutheran Women's Tennis
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran is making up for lost time at the outset of the 2013 women's tennis season, defeating the visiting Willamette...
February 22, 2013 | Baseball
Linfield Pitching Stymies Lutes at CCC-NWC Baseball Challenge
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Aaron Thomassen limited Pacific Lutheran to just three hits in seven innings Friday to lead the host Linfield Wildcats past...
February 22, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Men's Tennis Schedule in Oregon Changes Due to Weather
Pacific Lutheran, winner of two straight Northwest Conference men's tennis matches to start the season, is having to sidestep lousy weather in...
February 22, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Regionally Ranked Bruins Too Much for Lutes
BEAVERTON - George Fox showed why it holds the No. 11 rank in Division III West Region men's tennis with a 9-0 victory over Pacific Lutheran in a...
February 22, 2013 | Softball
Softball Season - And NWC Play - Starts for Defending Champs
Pacific Lutheran jumps right into the fray when it opens the 2013 softball season with Northwest Conference doubleheaders against Pacific on...
February 22, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Lutes Add to Season-Opening Winning Streak
Pacific Lutheran made it three wins in a row to open the 2013 women's tennis season on Friday with a 5-4 Northwest Conference win over the...
February 21, 2013 | Baseball
With Rain in the Forecast, Baseball Schedule Changes
With a high probability of rain in the Friday forecast, the Pacific Lutheran schedule for this weekend's CCC-NWC Baseball Challenge in Oregon has...
February 21, 2013 | Softball
Defending Champion PLU Softball is All About Today's Masterpiece
Having tasted the fruits of their hard work last season with a Division III national title, the 2013 Pacific Lutheran Lutes come back with the...
February 21, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Potter Earns All-NWC Second Team Accolades
For the second consecutive year, Pacific Lutheran women's basketball center Samantha Potter has earned All-Northwest Conference Second Team...
February 21, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Lutes Seek to Add to Quick Start in Women's Tennis
Pacific Lutheran hopes to add to its quick start in women's tennis when it hosts George Fox and Willamette in Northwest Conference matches this...
February 20, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Schilling Named All-NWC Second Team in Men's Basketball
Cameron Schilling, who finished seventh in scoring and third in rebounding among Northwest Conference players, has earned second team all-conferen...
February 20, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Aarsvold Earns Conference Player of the Week Honor
Tina Aarsvold became the first Pacific Lutheran women's tennis player since 2007 to win Northwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week when she...
February 19, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Play Four Games at CCC-NWC Baseball Challenge
Pacific Lutheran plays four non-conference games, including a tilt against a conference opponent, when it participates this weekend in the CCC-NWC...
February 19, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Ranked 46th in Division III Men's Swimming Poll
For the first time since Pacific Lutheran joined NCAA Division III back in 1998, the men's swim team is ranked in the Endless Pools / CollegeSwimm...
February 19, 2013 | Women's Basketball
PLU Women's Basketball Ends Up Seventh in NWC
Pacific Lutheran's women's basketball team finished its 2012-13 season 6-17 overall and 3-13 in conference, placing them seventh in the Northwest...
February 17, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Men's Tennis Beats Pacific to Open Season 2-0
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran made it two straight wins to open the season as the Lutes defeated the visiting Pacific Boxers, 5-4, in a Northwest...
February 16, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lewis & Clark Holds Off Pacific Lutheran Challenge, 55-50
PARKLAND – Pacific Lutheran battled back from a double-digit deficit early in the second half but could not finish the job on Saturday night...
February 16, 2013 | Women's Basketball
10th-Ranked Lewis & Clark Handles PLU, 79-53
PARKLAND – Lewis & Clark showed why it is the No. 10-ranked team in Division III women's basketball on Saturday night with a...
February 16, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Lutes Like Winning Feeling, Make it Two in a Row
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran found out on Friday how good it feels to win in Northwest Conference women's tennis, so it decided to double...
February 15, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Schilling's Monster Game Lifts PLU Past George Fox
PARKLAND - Cameron Schilling put together one of the most complete games of his outstanding career on Friday night, tallying 29 points and 14...
February 15, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Lutes Men's Tennis Opens Season With 8-1 Victory
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran opened its 2013 men's tennis team in solid fashion on Friday afternoon, defeating the visiting Linfield Wildcats, 8-1,...
February 15, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Can't Keep Up With George Fox's Second Half Shooting
PARKLAND - George Fox found its sweet spot in the second half, outscoring host Pacific Lutheran by 19 points and earning a 69-46 Northwest...
February 15, 2013 | Women's Tennis
The Streak is Over: Women's Tennis Stuns Linfield
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran ended more than two seasons of frustration on Friday afternoon, defeating regionally ranked Linfield, 5-4, in...
February 14, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Home Matches for PLU Men's Tennis to Start Season
Pacific Lutheran kicks off its 2013 men's tennis season this weekend with Northwest Conference home matches against Linfield on Friday and Pacific...
February 13, 2013 | Men's Basketball
PLU Closes Season At Home Against Bruins and Pioneers
Pacific Lutheran closes out its 2012-13 men's basketball season this coming weekend with home games against a pair of Northwest Conference...
February 13, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Opens Season With Oregon Road Trip
Pacific Lutheran will open up the 2013 spring season on the road against Northwest Conference power Linfield at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15. The...
February 12, 2013 | Baseball
Beatty Earns Nod As NWC Pitcher of the Week
Pacific Lutheran junior Max Beatty threw 10 shutout innings and picked up a couple of wins last week to earn the Northwest Conference Student-Athl...
February 12, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Hope to End Season on a Good Note
Pacific Lutheran women's basketball team returns home for their final weekend of conference play. It takes on George Fox Friday night and...
February 11, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Finish 3-1 in Arizona, Prepare for CCC-NWC Challenge
Following a successful tournament appearance in the Arizona desert, Pacific Lutheran's baseball team returned to the Pacific Northwest to...
February 10, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Finish Arizona Trip With Third Straight Win
HAPPY VALLEY, Ariz. - Pacific Lutheran had a strong finish to its appearance at the Arizona Diamond Classic on Sunday, beating Whittier, 7-3, to...
February 10, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Men Third, Women Fourth at NWC Swimming Championships
FEDERAL WAY - Pacific Lutheran finished third in the men's competition and fourth in the women's division, and head coach Matt Sellman was voted...
February 9, 2013 | Baseball
Lutes Improve to 2-1 in Arizona With 7-4 Win Over Redlands
ANTHEM, Ariz. - Trevor Lubking picked up the pitching victory and both Alec Beal and Dominick Courcy had three hits on Saturday as Pacific...
February 9, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Schilling Surpasses 1,000 Points But Lutes Fall to Boxers
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran led by 13 points with eight minutes to go Saturday night but couldn't hold the lead and eventually lost in...
February 9, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Both PLU Teams in Third Place At NWC Swim Meet
FEDERAL WAY – There were eight school records established, an individual event champion, and a large handful of seconds for the Pacific...
February 9, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Pacific Beats Lutes in NWC Women's Basketball
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Samantha Potter scored 19 points on Saturday night but Pacific Lutheran came out on the losing end of an 87-43 deFOREST...
February 8, 2013 | Baseball
Beatty Stymies 16th-Ranked Concordia as PLU Wins 3-0
SURPRISE, Ariz. - Max Beatty allowed just five hits and recorded 12 strikeouts in eight innings on Friday to lead Pacific Lutheran to a 3-0...
February 8, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Shoot Lights Out, Beat Willamette 72-55
SALEM, Ore. - Shooting 55 percent overall from the field, including 6-for-9 from three-point range, Pacific Lutheran built a big lead early and...
February 8, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swimmers Shatter Eight School Records at NWC Meet
FEDERAL WAY - It was the kind of first day championship meet performance by a team that any coach would be happy to have, and third-year Pacific...
February 8, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Second Half Shots Don't Fall for Lutes in Defeat at Willamette
SALEM, Ore. - After shooting 52 percent in building a nine-point lead through the first half Friday night, Pacific Lutheran hit just 19 percent of...
February 7, 2013 | Baseball
Hardin-Simmons Handles Lutes in Arizona Opener
ANTHEM, Ariz. - Pacific Lutheran got off to a rough start at the 2013 Arizona Diamond Classic on Thursday, suffering an 18-1 defeat to Hardin-Simm...
February 7, 2013 | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Gears Up for 2013 Season
The Pacific Lutheran women's tennis team hopes to improve in their 2013 spring season after last year's finish at the bottom of the...
February 6, 2013 | Baseball
Arizona Trip Will Help Answer Baseball Questions
With two games under their collective belts, the Pacific Lutheran baseball team will get some more questions answered this Thursday through Sunday...
February 6, 2013 | Men's Soccer
Men's Soccer Announces Dates For Winter ID Camp
Head coach John Yorke of the Pacific Lutheran men's soccer team has announced the program's first identification camp for prospective...
February 6, 2013 | Men's Tennis
Men's Tennis Focuses on the "Lute Way" in 2013
While there will be differences compared to last season with five newcomers among the team's top eight players, there are aspects of the...
February 6, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swimmers Geared Up For Fast Times at NWC Championships
The culmination of an outstanding 2012-13 season comes this Friday through Sunday when Pacific Lutheran joins seven other teams at the Northwest...
February 5, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Cap Off Road Schedule This Weekend
Closing in on the final four-game stretch, Pacific Lutheran has its eyes set on the final Oregon road matchup this Friday and Saturday.
February 5, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Head To Oregon For Their Last Weekend on the Road
Pacific Lutheran's women's basketball team heads to Oregon this weekend with only four NWC games left in the season.
February 4, 2013 | Baseball
Pitching is the Story as Lutes, Cavs Split Baseball Doubleheader
PARKLAND - Outstanding pitching grabbed the headlines on Monday as Pacific Lutheran and Concordia split a season-opening baseball doubleheader at...
February 4, 2013 | Baseball
KING 5 Features Beatty's Return to PLU Baseball
It is a tragedy-turned-to-triumph story that those close to the Pacific Lutheran baseball program know well, and now KING 5 TV has helped to get...
February 1, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Make Plays Down the Stretch to Beat Linfield
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran scored 11 of the game's final 14 points to beat Linfield, 62-54, in a Northwest Conference men's basketball game...
February 1, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Linfield's Defense Holds Lutes as Wildcats Take NWC Win
Pacific Lutheran's women's basketball team couldn't find its stride and fell to Linfield, 62-49, Friday night at Olson Auditoriu...
January 31, 2013
PLU SAAC Hosts Tacoma Area Special Olympics Athletes
As part of the NCAA's Division III partnership with the Special Olympics organization, PLU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)...
January 30, 2013 | Baseball
PLU Baseball's Early Start Pushed Up One Day
Pacific Lutheran was set to open its 2013 season early this year with a Feb. 5 home doubleheader against Concordia (Ore.). Now, because of...
January 30, 2013 | Baseball
Conference Coaches Select PLU to Finish Second in NWC
In the annual preseason poll of Northwest Conference baseball coaches, Pacific Lutheran has been picked to finish second behind defending champion...
January 30, 2013 | Softball
Pacific Lutheran Starts 2013 Season Atop NFCA Top 25 Poll
Defending national champion Pacific Lutheran starts the 2013 season as the unanimous No. 1 pick of voters in the National Fastpitch Coaches...
January 29, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Puget Sound Returns the Favor, Beats Lutes in Olson
Puget Sound returned the favor to Pacific Lutheran, coming into Olson Auditorium on Tuesday night and beating the Lutes, 76-60, in Northwest...
January 29, 2013 | Softball
NWC Coaches Select Lutes to Win Conference Championship
Defending NCAA Division III national champion Pacific Lutheran has been selected by the Northwest Conference coaches to win the NWC title this...
January 29, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Loggers Pair Double Trouble for Pacific Lutheran
Kelsey McKinnis and Amanda Forshay combined for 38 points and 18 rebounds on Tuesday night to lead the visiting Puget Sound Loggers to a 70-54...
January 28, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Host Puget Sound, Linfield in Conference Contests
Coming off a weekend in which they came four points from sweeping the top two teams in the Northwest Conference, Pacific Lutheran continues a...
January 28, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Looking To Turn Losing Streak Around This Week
With only six regular season games left, Pacific Lutheran's women's basketball team looks to turn around their four-game losing streak...
January 26, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Drop Heart Breaker to No. 4-Ranked Whitworth, 71-68
PARKLAND - A long-distance prayer from Pacific Lutheran's Cameron Schilling in the form of a three-pointer from just inside the halfcourt line was...
January 26, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Pacific Lutheran Sweeps Puget Sound in Swimming Dual
What happened on Saturday afternoon at the PLU Pool certainly hasn't happened since 1978, and perhaps has never occurred. The big news was that...
January 26, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Can't Find an Answer to Whitworth's Offense
Despite a strong start, Pacific Lutheran's women's basketball team couldn't keep Whitworth at bay, and fell 67-54 Saturday night...
January 26, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Can't Keep Up In the Second Half, Lose Third Straight
PARKLAND - After a slow and predominantly defensive first half Friday night, Whitman's offensive strength in the second half helped it take...
January 25, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Overcome Foul Shooting Woes to Defeat Whitman
PARKLAND - Despite shooting just 18-for-35 from the free throw line, Pacific Lutheran picked up a much-needed 74-68 victory over Whitman in a...
January 24, 2013 | Baseball
2013 Pacific Lutheran Baseball Season is On Deck
Pacific Lutheran heads into the 2013 baseball season with an outstanding pitching staff, but with questions needing to be answered regarding...
January 24, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Swimmers Host Puget Sound to Close Dual Meet Season
Pacific Lutheran closes out the dual meet portion of its 2012-13 schedule at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, when the Puget Sound Loggers come to the...
January 22, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Return Home For Tough Games Against Whits
Trying to climb out of a four-game winless drought, Pacific Lutheran (4-13 overall, 2-6 in NWC) returns home to host the Whitman Missionaries this...
January 21, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Looking To Bounce Back From Last Weekend's Losses
Pacific Lutheran's women's basketball team hopes to bounce back from last weekend's tough losses as they return home for two conference...
January 19, 2013 | Men's Basketball
PLU Rallies From Big Deficit, But Bruins Prevail in the End
NEWBERG, Ore. - Cameron Schilling scored 19 points for Pacific Lutheran, but his potential game-tying three-point attempt was blocked from behind...
January 19, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Whitworth Swims Away From Pacific Lutheran
Whitworth remained unbeaten in Northwest Conference men's and women's swimming action on Saturday afternoon by sweeping aside Pacific Lutheran at...
January 19, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Pacific Lutheran Loses to Another Nationally Ranked Opponent
NEWBERG, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran shot just 26 percent for the game Saturday night as the nationally ranked George Fox Bruins cruised to a 59-34...
January 18, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Second Half Shooting Woes Spell Defeat for PLU
PORTLAND, Ore. - Shooting just 20 percent from the field in the second half Saturday night, Pacific Lutheran let a halftime lead slip away in a...
January 18, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Women, Whitman Men Remain Unbeaten in NWC Swimming
In a Northwest Conference women's swimming dual between a pair of unbeaten teams, it was Pacific Lutheran that came up with a statement win over...
January 18, 2013 | Women's Basketball
No. 8-Ranked Lewis & Clark Too Much for Pacific Lutheran
PORTLAND - Pacific Lutheran saw its modest three-game Northwest Conference women's basketball streak come to an abrupt end on Friday night as No....
January 17, 2013 | Men's Soccer
Lutes Men's Soccer Continues To Lead NWC
Since 2003 Pacific Lutheran's men's soccer team has finished in the top half of the NWC every season, and this year was no different....
January 17, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Lutes Test Mettle Against NWC's Top Swim Programs
Pacific Lutheran has made signficant strides back to the upper division of the Northwest Conference swimming ranks, and over the next two weeks...
January 16, 2013 | Softball
Former Lute Softball Player Building Trust As Pediatric Nurse
Amy McGlinchy, a former Pacific Lutheran University softball player and now a pediatric nurse in Gig Harbor, is building trust with young patients...
January 15, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Look to Bounce Back on Oregon Road Trip
After two disappointing home losses, Pacific Lutheran (4-11 overall, 2-4 in NWC) travels back to Oregon to face the Lewis & Clark Pioneers and...
January 15, 2013 | Women's Soccer
PLU Women's Soccer Looking to Build New Legacy
Pacific Lutheran's women's soccer team concluded one of their more successful conference seasons in recent years and if it's any indication, the...
January 14, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Travel South to Face Conference's Top Teams
Pacific Lutheran women's basketball capitalized in the second half of both games this past weekend, earning them two conference wins. The Lutes...
January 12, 2013 | Men's Basketball
PLU's Final Shot Doesn't Fall, Willamette Leaves With Win
A three-point attempt by Cameron Schilling missed and the visiting Willamette Bearcats escaped Olson Auditorium on Saturday night with a heart-sto...
January 12, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Clinch Third Consecutive Conference Win
Saturday night's Northwest Conference women's basketball game ended in a third consecutive conference win for Pacific Lutheran as it beat...
January 11, 2013 | Men's Basketball
PLU Can't Put Brakes on Brakebush, Fall to Pacific
Danny Brakebush went off for 26 points Friday night to lift the visiting Pacific Boxers past Pacific Lutheran, 81-73, in a Northwest Conference...
January 11, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
Pacific Lutheran Men Swimmers Fall to Seattle U
SEATTLE - As expected, the NCAA Division I Seattle University Redhawks had things their way against Pacific Lutheran in a men's dual swimming meet...
January 11, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes' Strong Second Half Helps Them Sail Past Pacific
TACOMA – Pacific Lutheran rallied in the second half to take a 52-44 win over visiting Pacific University in a Northwest Conference women's...
January 10, 2013 | Men's Golf
Golf Programs Add Simulator to Facility Improvements
As a result of generous donations, the Pacific Lutheran University golf programs purchased a state-of-the-art indoor golf simulator during the...
January 9, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Back on Winning Track, Lutes Host Pacific and Willamette
After sweeping Puget Sound and Linfield in Northwest Conference road games last week, Pacific Lutheran opens the home portion of its conference...
January 9, 2013 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Men to Swim Against NCAA Division I Seattle University
The Pacific Lutheran male swimmers will head to the Emerald City this Friday to swim against NCAA Division I opponent Seattle University. The meet...
January 8, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Return Home for a Weekend of Conference Play
Pacific Lutheran women's basketball came away with one win and one loss in last week's Northwest Conference play and opens its NWC home...
January 5, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Bench Play Lifts Pacific Lutheran Past Linfield, 75-61
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Getting a huge lift from a trio of players coming off of the bench Saturday night in Ted Wilson Gymnasium, Pacific Lutheran...
January 5, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Top Linfield, Put One in the Conference Win Column
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran made a nine-point halftime lead stand up on the way to 56-52 decision over host Linfield on Saturday night...
January 2, 2013 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Get it Figured Out in 78-64 Victory at Puget Sound
TACOMA - Pacific Lutheran put together its best half of the season on Wednesday night in beating the Puget Sound Loggers, 78-64, in a Northwest...
January 2, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Loggers Break Away to Beat Lutes in Women's Basketball
TACOMA – Puget Sound broke away from a tie game with a late first half run and carried that momentum into the second period of a 74-46...
December 31, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Back to Conference Play With Two Road Games
With the holiday break a recent memory, Pacific Lutheran returns to Northwest Conference men's basketball action on Wednesday, Jan. 2, when it...
December 31, 2012 | Women's Basketball
PLU Rides Three-Game Winning Streak Back Into NWC Play
Pacific Lutheran carries a three-game winning streak into the new year when it returns to Northwest Conference action Wednesday night against the...
December 28, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Training, Team Building Focus of Swim Team's Trip to California
Pacific Lutheran swimmers are enjoying a recent annual tradition as they train in the Cal Lutheran University pool in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,...
December 22, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Let One Slip Away as River Falls Rallies for 57-54 Win
RIVER FALLS, Wis. - Wisconsin-River Falls scored the final 10 points, including a game-winning three-pointer by Arik Smith at the buzzer, to...
December 22, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Miller Puts Up a Double-Double but Lutes Fall to Augsburg
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Freshman center Bryce Miller scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds but it wasn't enough to prevent host Augsburg from...
December 21, 2012 | Women's Basketball
PLU Beats Berry to Finish 2-0 at Daytona Beach Shootout
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla - With a 55-53 victory on Friday afternoon against Berry College, the Pacific Lutheran women's basketball team finished the...
December 20, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Time Change for PLU Game at Wisconsin-River Falls
Because of possible inclement weather in the midwest, the Pacific Lutheran at Wisconsin-River Falls men's basketball game start time has been...
December 20, 2012 | Women's Basketball
A Trio of Double-Doubles Leads Lutes to Victory
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Led by a trio of players with double figures in both points and rebounds, Pacific Lutheran defeated Presentation College,...
December 19, 2012 | Football
Lutes Ranked in Top 25 in Final National Football Polls
After a season of being on the outside looking in, Pacific Lutheran has squeaked into the final American Football Coaches Association Division III...
December 19, 2012 | Football
PLU Football Names Award Winners, 2013 Team Captains
The 2012 Pacific Lutheran football season ended with an appearance in the NCAA Division III national playoffs, and earlier this month the team...
December 19, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Pacific Lutheran Ranked 21st in Final Volleyball Poll
Pacific Lutheran, which ended its season with a 20-6 record, finished 21st in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Top...
December 18, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Play Two Games at Florida Holiday Tournament
Pacific Lutheran, 1-6 this season, finishes the non-conference portion of its season on Thursday and Friday of this week with two games at the...
December 17, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Wrap Up Non-Conference Slate With Midwest Road Trip
Pacific Lutheran finishes the non-conference portion of its 2012-13 men's basketball schedule at the end of this week with road games against...
December 15, 2012 | Football
Tuiasosopo Earns Second Team All-America Honors
The postseason awards continue to roll in for Pacific Lutheran defensive lineman Mychael Tuiasosopo, who today was named a second team All-America...
December 12, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swimmers Take Break for Finals, Holidays
After a performance at the 65th Annual Husky Invitational that saw 127 season bests by Pacific Lutheran swimmers, that same group will take a...
December 12, 2012 | Women's Basketball
With First Win Tucked Away, Lutes Prep for Florida Trip
With its first win of the 2012-13 women's basketball season safely tucked away, Pacific Lutheran turns its attention to preparation for a pair of...
December 11, 2012 | Baseball
Beatty Continues His Pursuit of a Professional Baseball Career
Now that he has overcome cancer, Pacific Lutheran pitcher Max Beatty continues his pursuit of a career in professional baseball. View this piece...
December 10, 2012 | Football
Frosty Westering to Receive AFCA's Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
Former Pacific Lutheran University football head coach Frosty Westering has been named the 2013 recipient of the AFCA's Amos Alonzo Stagg...
December 8, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Free Throws Are the Difference as Whitman Tops Lutes
WALLA WALLA - Whitman converted 19 of its 21 free throw attempts and that proved to be the difference as the Missionaries defeated Pacific...
December 8, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Two Solid Halves of Basketball Equals First Win for PLU
Pacific Lutheran played two solid halves of women's basketball on Saturday night in Olson Auditorium and as a result the Lutes picked up their...
December 7, 2012 | Men's Basketball
20th-Ranked Whitworth Holds off Pacific Lutheran, 63-56
SPOKANE, Wash. – Cameron Schilling poured in 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds but 20th-ranked Whitworth defeated Pacific Lutheran, 63-56,...
December 7, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Northwest University Rallies Past Lutes in Women's Basketball
KIRKLAND - Host Northwest University overcame a seven-point halftime deficit on Friday night to hand Pacific Lutheran a 70-56 non-conference...
December 6, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Head East, Open Conference Play With Tough Opponents
Pacific Lutheran men's basketball will open Northwest Conference play this coming weekend on the road against defending conference champion...
December 6, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Pair of PLU Players Earn All-West Region Honors
A pair of Pacific Lutheran men's soccer players have received National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-West Region recognition.
December 5, 2012 | Football
Tuiasosopo Leads Lutes on D3football.com All-West Region Team
Mychael Tuiasosopo, a junior nose tackle who anchored Pacific Lutheran's defensive front during a run to the NCAA Division III national playoffs,...
December 5, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Potter Gets a Double-Double But Lutes Fall to Saint Martin's
LACEY - Samantha Potter had a huge outing with 21 points and 16 rebounds Wednesday night but it wasn't enough as Pacific Lutheran dropped a 65-53...
December 4, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Three Games in Four Days for PLU Women's Basketball
Pacific Lutheran seeks its first win of the 2012-13 season when it plays three games in a four-day period this week. The Lutes face Saint Martin's...
December 3, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Earnest Points Lutes to 67-47 Win Over St. Scholastica
PARKLAND - Playing point guard instead of his normal shooting guard position, Andrew Earnest scored 19 points and contributed four assists to lead...
December 2, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Long Swimming Weekend Ends for PLU With Many Personal Bests
FEDERAL WAY - A long weekend of swimming wrapped up for Pacific Lutheran at the 68th Annual Husky Invitational at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic...
December 1, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Ruggles is PLU's Top Event Finisher at Husky Invitational
FEDERAL WAY - Brian Ruggles placed 43rd in the men's 100 breaststroke for Pacific Lutheran's best individual event finish in Saturday's events at...
December 1, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Second Half Rally Comes Up Short For Pacific Lutheran
SPOKANE, Wash. - Pacific Lutheran couldn't finish off a strong second half rally Saturday as Whitworth defeated the Lutes, 72-53, in Northwest...
November 30, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Prepare for Final Pre-Season Test
Pacific Lutheran will look to gain momentum in their last preseason test against St. Scholastica College this Monday at home.
November 30, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Men Finish 16th in 200 Free Relay at Husky Invitational
FEDERAL WAY - Chase Mesford, Basil Whaley, Joseph Parker and Brian Ruggles combined to place 16th in the men's 200 freestyle relay to lead Pacific...
November 30, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Big First Half Deficit Too Much for Lutes to Overcome
WALLA WALLA - Pacific Lutheran built itself a big first half deficit, and despite a strong performance in the final 20 minutes of the contest the...
November 29, 2012
Pacific Lutheran in Fifth Place in NWC All-Sports Race
With the 2012 fall sports season in the record books, Pacific Lutheran holds down fifth place in the chase for the Northwest Conference's 2012-13...
November 29, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Three Weeks of Practice Laps Later, Lutes Return to Pool
After three weeks of practice in their home pool, the Pacific Lutheran University swimmers finally return to competitive action this coming...
November 27, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Northwest Defense Stifles PLU in Men's Basketball
PARKLAND - Visiting Northwest University limited Pacific Lutheran to 29 percent shooting for the game in running away from the Lutes, 72-38, in a...
November 27, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Warner Pacific Pulls Away From Lutes, Spoiling Home Opener
PARKLAND - Warner Pacific scored 13 unanswered point during a 4 1/2-minute stretch of the first half on Tuesday night and went on to beat Pacific...
November 26, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Host Northwest University in Non-Conference Showdown
Pacific Lutheran will host Northwest University from Kirkland, Wash. this Tuesday night in a non-conference matchup.
November 26, 2012 | Women's Basketball
NWC Games Already, But First Lutes Host Warner Pacific
Believe it or not, the Pacific Lutheran women's basketball team opens Northwest Conference play this coming weekend with a difficult road trip to...
November 24, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Eastern Oregon Holds Off Pacific Lutheran Challenge, 51-48
PARKLAND - Jason Mumm drained a three-point shot with 51 seconds to play, erasing a one-point Pacific Lutheran lead and giving Eastern Oregon a...
November 23, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Pull Away in Second Half to Defeat Evergreen State
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran outscored Evergreen State by 27 points in the second half on the way to a convincing 76-45 men's basketball win at the...
November 21, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball Game To Be Replayed on TV Tacoma
Fans interested in watching a replay of the Pacific Lutheran versus New Hope Christian men's basketball game played last Saturday at the Doug...
November 21, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Give Valiant Effort But Eventually Succumb to Seattle U.
SEATTLE - Cameron Schilling had a strong overall performance and Drew Earnest lit up the scoreboard in the final 20 minutes on Wednesday, but...
November 19, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Busy Weeks for Lutes With Three Games in Four Days
Coming off of a pair of defeats at the Doug McArthur Classic hosted by the University of Puget Sound, the Pacific Lutheran men's basketball team...
November 17, 2012 | Football
Lutes Run Out of Time, Fall to Linfield 27-24 in Football Playoffs
McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran ran out of time. An-end-of-game drive toward a tying field goal – or perhaps a winning touchdown...
November 17, 2012 | Men's Basketball
New Hope Christian Defeats PLU Men's Basketball, 80-72
TACOMA - Drew Wiley scored 28 points to lead New Hope Christian to an 80-72 men's basketball win over Pacific Lutheran on Saturday night at the...
November 17, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Lutes Battle Before Dropping Season Opener at Western Oregon
MONMOUTH, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran rallied from a 20-point second half deficit but in the end couldn't bridge the gap in losing a 74-62 decision to...
November 16, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Texas-Dallas Rallies Past PLU in Lutes' Season Opener
TACOMA - Texas-Dallas shot 67 percent in the second half to rally from a 10-point halftime deficit and beat the Pacific Lutheran men's basketball...
November 16, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Western Oregon is PLU's First Opponent This Season
Western Oregon, a NCAA Division school located in Monmouth, Ore., is Pacific Lutheran's first opponent to start the 2012-13 women's basketball...
November 15, 2012 | Football
PLU Football Playoff Bound
Pacific Lutheran returns to the NCAA Division III football playoffs for the first time since 2001 when it faces Northwest Conference rival...
November 15, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Tip-Off 2012-13 at Doug McArthur Classic
Pacific Lutheran will open up regular season play this Friday and Saturday at the Doug McArthur Classic held at the University of Puget Sound.
November 15, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Potter and Smith Lead PLU Women's Basketball into New Season
With junior post players Samantha Potter and Katelyn Smith leading the way, the Pacific Lutheran women's basketball team enters the 2012-13 season...
November 14, 2012 | Football
Given At-Large Berth, Lutes Prep for Linfield in National Playoffs
Pacific Lutheran returns to the NCAA Division III football playoffs for the first time since 2001 when it faces Northwest Conference rival...
November 14, 2012 | Football
McFadden, Ritchey Pull Down NWC Weekly Football Honor
Junior safety Sean McFadden and sophomore quarterback Dalton Ritchey have earned Northwest Conference Football Defensive and Offensive Student-Ath...
November 14, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball Primed for Big Season
Pacific Lutheran's men's basketball team is set to tip off pre-season and conference play for the 2012-13 season with high hopes and...
November 14, 2012 | Men's Tennis
Sullivan Joins PLU Men's Tennis Coaching Staff
Scott Sullivan, a men's tennis standout at Gonzaga and a 2012 graduate of the Spokane school, has been added to the Pacific Lutheran University...
November 13, 2012 | Football
Ritchey-to-Warner Combo Heads PLU All-NWC Football List
The Dalton Ritchey-to-Kyle Warner passing combination has been crucial to Pacific Lutheran's football success in 2012, and Northwest Conference...
November 13, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Huston Earns Second Team All-America Recognition
Bethany Huston, Pacific Lutheran's prolific junior middle blocker, has earned American Volleyball Coaches Association Second Team All-America...
November 12, 2012 | Cross Country
Good News and Bad News for Pacific Lutheran's DenAdel
Sunday wasn't the best of days for Pacific Lutheran cross country runner Alan DenAdel, but good news came his way on Monday when he was named to...
November 11, 2012 | Football
Lutes Are In! PLU to Play at Linfield in Football Playoff Opener
Pacific Lutheran football fans didn't have to sit on the edge of their seats very long. The Lutes were announced as the second team in the NCAA...
November 10, 2012 | Football
Ritchey's Big Passing Day Lifts PLU Past Menlo
ATHERTON, Calif. - Dalton Ritchey accounted for five touchdowns, including four passing, to lead Pacific Lutheran to a 38-21 non-conference...
November 10, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swim Teams 4-0 After Sweep of Willamette
SALEM, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran swept a Northwest Conference swimming dual from host Willamette on Saturday, giving both Lutes teams 4-0 records in...
November 10, 2012 | Cross Country
Wilson and Knebel Record Season Bests for PLU Runners
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran freshmen Amanda Wilson and Lauren Knebel both recorded season-best times for 6000 meters at the NCAA...
November 9, 2012 | Football
Knoblauch, Lavis, Hibbard Earn Academic Recognition
A trio of Pacific Lutheran football players - senior center Court Knoblauch, junior defensive end Sam Lavis and sophomore safety Greg Hibbard -...
November 9, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swim Teams Both 3-0 After Defeating Linfield
McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Both Pacific Lutheran swimming teams improved to 3-0 in dual meets after a Friday night sweep of the host Linfield Wildcats....
November 9, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Chapman Knocks Lutes Out of Regional Tournament
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran saw its 2012 volleyball season come to an end on Friday afternoon as Chapman swept the Lutes in an...
November 8, 2012 | Women's Basketball
Women's Basketball Pre-Season Conference Poll Released
Pacific Lutheran has been picked to finish eighth by the Northwest Conference head coaches in the preseason poll.
November 8, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Larson Nabs All-Conference Recognition
Pacific Lutheran concluded one of its more successful conference seasons in recent years and if it's any indication, the best is yet to...
November 8, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Pacific Lutheran Trio Earns All-Region First Team Honors
Samantha North earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-West Region first team honors for the second straight year, and she was joined...
November 7, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Picked to Finish Fifth in Conference Standings
Pacific Lutheran has been picked to finish fifth by the Northwest Conference head coaches in their annual preseason poll.
November 7, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Three Lutes Earn First Team All-Conference Recognition
Prior to the start of the season, Pacific Lutheran men's soccer head coach John Yorke wasn't sure who would provide the goals during the 2012...
November 7, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Lutes Turn Focus to Chapman, Volleyball Regional
For the eighth time in the last 14 years, Pacific Lutheran will compete in the NCAA Division III national tournament. The Lutes open regional...
November 6, 2012 | Football
Lutes Close Out Regular Season With Visit to Menlo
Pacific Lutheran, winner of five straight games, closes out the 2012 regular season schedule this Saturday when it plays the Menlo College Oaks in...
November 6, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Ruggles Earns Conference Swimmer of the Week Honor
Brian Ruggles won all six of the races in which he competed in his first two collegiate dual meets and as a result has been honored by the...
November 6, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Gonzalez Earns Northwest Conference Weekly Recognition
Marisa Gonzalez recorded a pair of shutouts last week to earn Northwest Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week honors.
November 6, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
North, Huston, Bjorkman Headline All-NWC Volleyball List
Conference champion Pacific Lutheran placed three players - setter Samantha North, middle blocker Bethany Huston and libero Blair Bjorkman - on...
November 5, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
PLU Volleyball To Face Chapman in California Regional
Pacific Lutheran will face Chapman (Calif.) at 12:30 p.m. on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Division III regional tournament hosted by...
November 4, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Want to Know Who the Lutes Play and Where? Watch Here
Interested in finding out where Pacific Lutheran is going and who it plays in the NCAA Division III postseason tournament? You can watch the...
November 3, 2012 | Football
PLU Tops Whitworth, 35-14, For Fifth Straight Victory
PUYALLUP - Scoring touchdowns on four of its first five possessions, Pacific Lutheran built an early lead Saturday afternoon and cruised to a...
November 3, 2012 | Men's Soccer
PLU Men's Soccer Comes Up Short in Finale
TACOMA - After a scoreless first half, Puget Sound scored a pair of second half goals in a seven-minute time frame to beat Pacific Lutheran, 2-0,...
November 3, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Another Sweep for PLU in Conference Swimming Dual
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran made it two consecutive sweeps as both the men's and women's teams defeated the visiting Pacific Boxers on Saturday...
November 3, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes Beat George Fox, Finish With Winning Record
NEWBERG, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran finished its women's soccer season with a winning record for the first time since 2006 as the Lutes beat...
November 2, 2012 | Men's Basketball
Lutes Lose Exhibition Contest at Seattle Pacific
SEATTLE - Pacific Lutheran shot just 33 percent for the game in dropping a 72-48 decision to NCAA Division II opponent Seattle Pacific in a men's...
November 2, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swim Teams Leave Pioneers in Their Wake
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran opened its Northwest Conference dual meet schedule on Friday night by sweeping the Lewis & Clark Pioneers. The...
November 2, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Perfect Home Field Ending for Women's Soccer Seniors
PARKLAND, Wash. - It was a perfect ending to the 2012 home schedule for Pacific Lutheran seniors Mimi Granlund and Erica Boyle, who were feted...
November 2, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
NWC Champs! Lutes Earn NWC's Bid to Regionals
NEWBERG, Ore. - Pushed to the fifth set by a charged up George Fox team, injury-depleted Pacific Lutheran took a 15-11 victory and with it won...
November 2, 2012
New Athletics Fields
The transformation of PLU athletic and recreational facilities for the construction of an all-weather, multipurpose athletic field on lower...
November 1, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Rayburn Receives Academic All-District Recognition
Joe Rayburn, a junior goalkeeper who has helped lead Pacific Lutheran to a second place finish in Northwest Conference men's soccer, has earned...
November 1, 2012 | Softball
Hagensen Named to Prestigious Today's Top 10 List
Stacey Hagensen, who led Pacific Lutheran to the 2012 NCAA Division III softball championship, has been selected by the NCAA as one of 10...
November 1, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Swimmers Make Dual Meet Debut This Weekend
After some solid swims during the opening weekend of the season, Pacific Lutheran opens the dual meet portion of its 2012-13 season this weekend...
November 1, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Granlund Earns Academic All-District Recognition
Mimi Granlund, who plays the final two matches of her Pacific Lutheran women's soccer career this weekend, has earned 2012 Academic All-District 8...
November 1, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Women's Soccer Closes Season With Two Matches
Pacific Lutheran Women's soccer is set to conclude the 2012 campaign in the form of another home-away split
November 1, 2012 | Cross Country
DenAdel Leads PLU Foursome to Regional Meet
Pacific Lutheran will be represented by two men and two women at the 2012 West Region Cross Country Championships scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 10,...
October 31, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Lutes Close Season With Second Leg of Tacoma Derby
With at least a share of second place in the conference already assured, Pacific Lutheran plays its final match of the 2012 men's soccer season on...
October 31, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Amarh Earns NWC Recognition
Freshman forward Emannual Amarh was recognized by the Northwest Conference this week for his two-goal performance this weekend in Oregon.
October 31, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Loggers Topple Lutes, Set Up Big Final Weekend
Puget Sound stayed in the chase for at least a share of the Northwest Conference volleyball title Wednesday night with a closely contested 31-29,...
October 30, 2012 | Football
Lutes Close Out Home and Conference Slate Saturday
Pacific Lutheran, winner of four straight games, closes out the Northwest Conference and home part of its 2012 football season this Saturday when...
October 30, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Assured of Share of NWC Title, Lutes Host Loggers
Assured of at least a share of the program's seventh Northwest Conference championship since 1999, Pacific Lutheran hosts second place Puget Sound...
October 28, 2012 | Men's Golf
PLU Finishes Third at Men's Golf Fall Classic
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. - Pacific Lutheran improved its second round score by 11 strokes, but first-day leader Whitworth was just that much better in...
October 28, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Lutes Net Three in Win at George Fox
NEWBERG, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran finished their final Oregon road trip of the season Sunday with a 3-0 win at the Austin Sports Complex over...
October 28, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swimmers Place Third at NWC Relays
PORTLAND, Ore. - Whitworth swimmers won nine of the 15 events to take the team title and Pacific Lutheran placed third at the NWC Relays hosted by...
October 28, 2012 | Women's Golf
Much Better Weather, Much Better Round for Lutes
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. - The nationally ranked George Fox golf team won the Northwest Conference Fall Classic on Sunday, while Pacific Lutheran had a...
October 27, 2012 | Football
Lutes Score 35 Unanswered Points to Beat Loggers
TACOMA - Trailing 14-7 late in the second quarter, Pacific Lutheran scored 35 unanswered points to defeat the host Puget Sound Loggers, 41-14, in...
October 27, 2012 | Men's Golf
Hegge is First Round Leader at NWC Fall Classic
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. - Dustin Hegge took a successful first step in defense of his medalist award from a year ago, carding a one-under-par 71...
October 27, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Amarh Brace Leads Lutes to Wild 3-2 Win at Pacific
FOREST GROVE, Ore. – Rain-soaked turf greeted Pacific Lutheran at Lincoln Park Stadium as they traveled to Pacific for the 12th round of the...
October 27, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
PLU Swimmers Have Sprint Fest at Opening Meet
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran opened its 2012-13 swimming season Saturday evening with some solid performances at the NWC Sprints hosted...
October 27, 2012 | Women's Golf
PLU Women Golfers in Sixth at NWC Fall Classic
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. - George Fox took a big opening-day lead and Pacific Lutheran sits in sixth place after Saturday's action at the NWC Fall...
October 27, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes Get More Shots But Fall to Pacific, 2-0
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran took 14 shots compared to 12 for Pacific, but the host Boxers scored a pair of second half goals to take a...
October 27, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Pacific Lutheran Wraps Up Share of NWC Volleyball Title
Junior middle blocker Becca Holtgeerts had the match of her career on Saturday night in Olson Auditorium, and it couldn't have come at a better...
October 27, 2012 | Cross Country
DenAdel Finishes Second at NWC Cross Country Meet
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Alan DenAdel, who finished fourth a year ago, placed second this year at the Northwest Conference Cross Country Championships...
October 26, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Lutes Knock Out Boxers to Give Aoki 300th Victory
PARKLAND - Kevin Aoki picked up the 300th victory of his outstanding coaching career at Pacific Lutheran as his Lutes swept the Pacific Boxers,...
October 25, 2012 | Men's Golf
First of Three Majors Looms for PLU Golfers
The first of the three "major" tournaments that determine the overall Northwest Conference golf champions takes place this Saturday and...
October 25, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Lutes Make Season's Final Road Trip to Oregon
With its hopes of successfully defending its Northwest Conference championship pretty much dashed, Pacific Lutheran turns its focus to a second-pl...
October 25, 2012 | Women's Golf
Women Golfers Hope Experience Pays Dividends
The Pacific Lutheran women golfers played well two weeks ago at Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield, and they hope to carry that positive...
October 25, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Short-handed Lutes Make Final Conference Push
There is never a good time for a team to be beset by injuries and illness, but that is the case for Pacific Lutheran as it begins its final push...
October 24, 2012 | Football
Following Key Win, Lutes Travel to Play Loggers
Following a 41-27 home win over previously unbeaten and nationally ranked Willamette, the Pacific Lutheran Lutes return to Northwest Conference...
October 24, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes Can't Find a Goal, Fall to Loggers 3-0
PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran saw its string of scoreless games reach five in a row as the Puget Sound Loggers took a 3-0 victory Wednesday...
October 23, 2012 | Football
Puget Sound Football Game Tickets On Sale at PLU
Pacific Lutheran football fans can purchase tickets to the Lutes' Oct. 27 football game against host Puget Sound at Baker Stadium in advance at...
October 23, 2012 | Football
Angevine, Ritchey Earn Conference Recognition
Tayler Angevine and Dalton Ritchey earned Northwest Conference football honors after playing important roles in Pacific Lutheran's 41-27 victory...
October 23, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes, Loggers Set For Tacoma Derby Rematch
Pacific Lutheran women's soccer is set for a mid-week rematch with cross-town rival Puget Sound with Tacoma supremacy on the line.
October 23, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
PLU Falls in Three Sets to Saint Martin's
With five starters not playing Tuesday night because of illness or injury, Pacific Lutheran lost a non-conference volleyball match to visiting...
October 23, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Conference Honors Pacific Lutheran's Bri Vincent
It was quite a weekend for the Pacific Lutheran volleyball team, and in particular for senior reserve setter Brianne Vincent, who was named...
October 23, 2012 | Cross Country
NWC Championships Next for PLU Harriers
A season that started with long solo summer runs, continued with early morning team workouts, and that included six competitions, comes to a head...
October 21, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Linfield Builds Early Lead, Holds on to Upset PLU
PARKLAND - Linfield College scored a pair of goals inside the first 26 minutes, then added an insurance tally in the first three minutes of the...
October 21, 2012 | Women's Soccer
PLU Women's Soccer Ties NCAA Record for Ties
PORTLAND, Ore. - With its seventh tie of the season, this one a 0-0 double overtime Northwest Conference draw with Lewis & Clark on Sunday...
October 20, 2012 | Football
Lutes Make Statement in 41-27 Win Over Willamette
PUYALLUP - Quarterback Dalton Ritchey scored three rushing touchdowns, cornerback Tayler Angevine returned an interception 80 yards for a score,...
October 20, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Santoro's Brace Leads Lutes Past Bearcats, 3-1
Giancarlo Santoro scored a pair of goals in the second half as Pacific Lutheran rallied to beat the visiting Willamette Bearcats, 3-1, in a...
October 20, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Defensive Women's Soccer Game Goes to Linfield, 1-0
PARKLAND - Emily Fellows, Linfield's record-setting goal scorer, notched the game's only tally in the 12th minute as the visiting Wildcats beat...
October 20, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
PLU Volleyball Makes Quick Work of Lewis & Clark
PARKLAND - A trio of Pacific Lutheran players finished with at least 10 kills as the Lutes rolled past Lewis & Clark, 25-14, 25-8, 25-16, in a...
October 19, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Vincent, Urdahl and Defense Key PLU Volleyball Win
PARKLAND - Brianne Vincent and Haley Urdahl paced the offense and the Pacific Lutheran defense recorded 93 digs and 10 blocks as the Lutes...
October 18, 2012 | Men's Golf
PLU Men's Golf Team Ranked 15th in Division III
With one more event remaining on the fall season schedule, Pacific Lutheran is ranked No. 15 among NCAA Division III men's golf teams, accoring to...
October 18, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Men's Soccer Plays Final Two at Home This Weekend
With wins pretty much a must every time out, Pacific Lutheran closes out the home portion of its 2012 season with matches against Linfield on...
October 18, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes Prepare For Third Home-Away Split
The Lutes will be at home this Saturday facing conference leading Linfield before traveling to Oregon this Sunday to rematch with Lewis &...
October 17, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Volleyball Set For Six Straight Home Matches
Pacific Lutheran returns home this weekend for two crucial Northwest Conference matches against Linfield and Lewis & Clark.
October 16, 2012 | Football
Expect the Air to Be Filled With Footballs on Saturday
Pacific Lutheran will try to put a crimp in unbeaten Willamette's aspirations of a Northwest Conference title, while at the same time keeping...
October 15, 2012
Pacific Lutheran's New Fields Dedicated
A crowd of several hundred were on hand Friday afternoon to view the dedication of Pacific Lutheran University's new synthetic turf and natural...
October 15, 2012 | Men's Golf
Lutes Win Their Own Men's Golf Invitational
UNIVERSITY PLACE - Pacific Lutheran was a courteous host, but that didn't stop the Lutes from running away with the team championship at its own...
October 14, 2012 | Men's Golf
PLU Holds One-Stroke Lead at Own Invitational
UNIVERSITY PLACE - With rainy and windy conditions at Chambers Bay wreaking havoc with Sunday's opening round scores at the PLU Invitational men's...
October 14, 2012 | Men's Soccer
First Half Goal Holds Up As Pirates Beat Lutes
Samuel Engle intercepted a back pass and beat Pacific Lutheran keeper Joe Rayburn for the game's only goal in the 38th minute as Whitworth beat...
October 14, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Whitworth Beats PLU, 1-0, in Women's Soccer
Hannah Bokma scored on a rebound shot following a save by Pacific Lutheran keeper Marisa Gonzalez, giving visiting Whitworth a 1-0 Northwest...
October 13, 2012 | Football
Lutes Build Big Lead, Beat Boxers by TKO
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran took a 28-2 lead into the fourth quarter and added two late touchdowns as a knockout punch to beat the...
October 13, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Johnson's Game-Winning Goal Gives PLU OT Win
Derek Johnson has scored some important goals for the Pacific Lutheran men's soccer team this season, but none have been bigger than his overtime...
October 13, 2012 | Women's Golf
Four-Way Tournament Turns Into Dual Loss for PLU
RIDGEFIELD, Wash. - It was intended to be a four-team women's golf competition, but instead turned into a dual match in which the Whitman...
October 13, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Another Scoreless Draw Between PLU and Whitman
For the second time this season, Pacific Lutheran and Whitman battled to a 0-0 double overtime tie in Northwest Conference women's soccer action,...
October 13, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Whitman Upsets 14th-Ranked Pacific Lutheran
WALLA WALLA - Whitman rallied from a two-set deficit to hand Pacific Lutheran its first Northwest Conference volleyball loss of the season by a...
October 13, 2012 | Cross Country
Fifth-Place Finishes for PLU Cross Country Teams
ESTACADA, Ore. - Alan DenAdel placed third to lead the Pacific Lutheran cross country runners at the Lewis & Clark Invitational held Saturday...
October 12, 2012 | Men's Golf
Golfers Host PLU Invitational at Chambers Bay
Pacific Lutheran plays its second tournament of the men's golf fall season on Sunday and Monday when it hosts the PLU Invitational at Chambers Bay...
October 12, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Lutes Pushed to Five Sets Before Scuttling Pirates
SPOKANE - Pacific Lutheran came into Friday night's Northwest Conference volleyball match match unbeaten in NWC play and bearing the nation's No....
October 12, 2012 | Cross Country
One More Warmup Before NWC Race for Thinclads
Pacific Lutheran has one more "warmup" ahead of the Northwest Conference Championships, and that race happens on Saturday when the Lutes...
October 11, 2012 | Softball
Hagensen Named to Top 30 for NCAA Woman of the Year
Stacey Hagensen, who led Pacific Lutheran University to the 2012 NCAA Division III national softball championship, is one of 30 women selected...
October 11, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Women's Soccer at Home, Host Two Tough Matches
Pacific Lutheran will enjoy two consecutive home matches this weekend as they prepare to take on Whitman this Saturday on the East Field at noon...
October 10, 2012 | Football
Lutes Travel to Oregon to Face Upstart Boxers
Pacific Lutheran returns to Northwest Conference action at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, when it faces the Pacific University Boxers at 2,800-seat...
October 10, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Lutes Return Home, Face Big Conference Tests
Every match that the Pacific Lutheran men's soccer team plays from here on out has major import regarding the Northwest Conference championship,...
October 10, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Conference-Leading Lutes Head East for Two Rematches
Pacific Lutheran volleyball, which has moved up to the No. 14 spot in the AVCA Division III national poll, will travel to eastern Washington for a...
October 9, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Bjorkman Earns Weekly Conference Recognition
Blair Bjorkman, who averaged nearly 7.7 digs per set as Pacific Lutheran swept Puget Sound and George Fox last week, has earned Northwest...
October 7, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes Make it Two in a Row, Beat Willamette, 3-2
SALEM, Ore. - Blake Warner scored the tying goal in regulation and blasted home the winner with just under three minutes left in the second...
October 6, 2012 | Football
Dalton and Defense Equals Win Over Pioneers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Dalton Ritchey threw for three touchdowns and the Pacific Lutheran defense hassled dynamic Lewis & Clark quarterback Keith...
October 6, 2012 | Women's Golf
Lutes Place 10th at Saint Martin's Golf Tournament
OLYMPIA - Tarleton State from Texas carded rounds of 326 and 310 for a two-day total of 636 and a victory at the Saint Martin's Invitational...
October 6, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Larson's Strike Gives PLU First NWC Soccer Win
Lauren Larson hit a left-footed rocket from just outside the penalty area into the far side netting in the second overtime on Saturday afternoon,...
October 6, 2012 | Cross Country
PLU Women Ninth, Men 12th at WWU Meet
BELLINGHAM - Pacific Lutheran placed ninth out of 11 women's teams and 12th out of 16 men's teams at the 39th Annual WWU Invitational Cross...
October 5, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Lutes vs. Loggers Ends in 2-2 Double OT Draw
Battling into the night and under the lights Friday night, Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound ended their Northwest Conference men's soccer showdown...
October 5, 2012 | Women's Golf
Lutes in Ninth Place at Saint Martin's Invitational
OLYMPIA - Kristina Norlin was the only Pacific Lutheran golfer to break 100 as the Lutes shot a 407 total to sit in ninth place after the first...
October 5, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
PLU Volleyball Reaches NWC Halfway Point Unbeaten
Pacific Lutheran reached the halfway point of the Northwest Conference season Friday night with an unblemished record after beating the visiting...
October 5, 2012 | Cross Country
Lutes Runners Head North for Viking Invitational
With the Northwest Conference Championships looming in the not-too-distant future, Pacific Lutheran cross country runners will have another...
October 4, 2012 | Baseball
PLU Baseball Getting New Synthetic Turf Infield
Pacific Lutheran's baseball program will enjoy a new synthetic turf infield, which is currently being installed at the Lutes' field on the...
October 4, 2012 | Football
Lutes Travel to Portland to Face Another Unbeaten Foe
here are four Northwest Conference teams that are unbeaten at this point in the season, and one week after facing Linfield the Lutes will meet...
October 4, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Lutes vs. UPS in Conference Men's Soccer Showdown
Pacific Lutheran plays just its third home match of the season this Friday, and this one will be under the lights as the Lutes host crosstown...
October 4, 2012 | Women's Golf
PLU Women Golfers Open Season This Weekend
The 2012-13 Pacific Lutheran women's golf season tees off this weekend when the Lutes compete at the Saint Martin's Invitational to be held at...
October 4, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Another Home-Away Split for PLU Women
Pacific Lutheran will again face one home and one away match this weekend against the George Fox Bruins and Willamette Bearcats.
October 3, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
No. 17 Pacific Lutheran Sweeps Away No. 10 Loggers
The home team came into the match with an 11-3 record and a No. 10 ranking in Division III volleyball. The visitors took their 12-2 record, a No....
October 2, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Lutes, Loggers Square Off for Tacoma Supremacy
Pacific Lutheran prepares to face its toughest conference test this season in a rematch with cross-town rival Puget Sound.
October 1, 2012 | Men's Golf
Two Sub-300 Rounds Nets Third Place Tie for PLU
Pacific Lutheran recorded consecutive sub-300 rounds at the Whitman Men's Invitational golf tournament, but in the increasingly more difficult...
September 30, 2012 | Men's Golf
Hegge Tied Atop Leaderboard at Whitman Invitational
WALLA WALLA - Dustin Hegge carded a three-under-par 69 on the 6,760-yard Wine Valley Golf Club layout and is tied atop the leaderboard after...
September 30, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Piaquadio Puts Finishing Touch to PLU Victory
WALLA WALLA - Jeff Piaquadio scored his second goal of the season, and the second of his collegiate career, at a key time in leading Pacific...
September 30, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Gonzalez and Defense Save Another Tie for PLU
WALLA WALLA - Marisa Gonzalez recorded 14 saves as Pacific Lutheran played to its fifth tie in six Northwest Conference matches, this one a 0-0...
September 29, 2012 | Football
Classic PLU vs. Linfield Showdown Goes to 'Cats, 31-24
PUYALLUP - John Shaffer slipped away from a couple of tacklers, reversed field and raced 32 yards for the winning touchdown with about seven...
September 29, 2012 | Men's Golf
PLU Golfers Open Fall Season on Sunday
Pacific Lutheran opens its 2012 fall men's golf season on Sunday and Monday when it joins a field of seven other Northwest Conference team at the...
September 29, 2012 | Men's Soccer
PLU Can't Hold Off No. 11-Ranked Whitworth
SPOKANE, Wash. – Pacific Lutheran scored twice as many goals as Whitworth had allowed all season, but the No. 11-ranked Pirates rallied to...
September 29, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes Battle NWC-Leading Whitworth to 2-2 Draw
SPOKANE, Wash. – Visiting Pacific Lutheran rallied to force a 2-2 tie against league-leading Whitworth in a Northwest Conference women&rsquo...
September 29, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Lutes Sweep Willamette, Now 6-0 in Conference
SALEM, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran won for the 10th time in the last 11 matches as it defeated Willamette, 26-24, 25-17, 27-25, in a Northwest...
September 29, 2012 | Cross Country
DenAdel, Wilson Win PLU Invitational Titles
Alan DenAdel won the men's race and Amanda Wilson finished first in the women's division at the 2012 PLU Cross Country Invitational held Saturday...
September 28, 2012
Class of 2012 Enters PLU Athletic Hall of Fame
A trio of Weeklys and two national championship softball teams entered the Pacific Lutheran University Athletic Hall of Fame today at a luncheon...
September 28, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Lutes Make It Five Straight Wins in Conference Action
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Bethany Huston and Allison Wood both finished with 10 kills as Pacific Lutheran blitzed the Pacific Boxers, 25-19, 25-18,...
September 27, 2012 | Men's Soccer
Battle of Unbeatens - And More - This Weekend
Pacific Lutheran and Whitworth, two of the three men's soccer teams without a loss in Northwest Conference matches this season, will face each...
September 27, 2012 | Cross Country
Lutes Host PLU Invitational This Saturday
Pacific Lutheran will host a Canadian college team and two Washington community colleges this Saturday at the PLU Cross Country Invitational. The...
September 26, 2012 | Women's Soccer
Lutes Head East for Two Matches Against the Whits
Pacific Lutheran will seek its first Northwest Conference victory this weekend in another grueling road trip to eastern Washington.
September 26, 2012 | Women's Volleyball
Nationally Ranked Lutes Back to Oregon for Two Matches
Pacific Lutheran, ranked No. 18 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Top 25, heads back to Oregon this weekend for two more...
Conf | All |
Conf | All | |
Whitworth | 10-2-2 | 13-3-3 |
Puget Sound | 8-2-4 | 12-3-5 |
Pacific Lutheran | 9-4-1 | 10-7-2 |
Willamette | 7-5-2 | 10-7-2 |
Whitman | 6-5-3 | 8-8-4 |
Linfield | 5-9 | 7-11 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 3-11 | 5-14 |
George Fox | 2-12 | 2-16-1 |
Conf | All | |
Puget Sound | 13-2-1 | 14-5-1 |
Linfield | 12-2-2 | 16-2-2 |
Whitworth | 10-4-2 | 10-8-2 |
Lewis & Clark | 7-6-3 | 7-9-3 |
Pacific Lutheran | 4-5-7 | 6-5-7 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 6-8-2 | 8-8-4 |
Whitman | 4-9-3 | 5-12-3 |
Willamette | 3-11-2 | 5-13-2 |
George Fox | 2-14 | 3-15-2 |
Conf | All | |
Pacific Lutheran | 14-2 | 20-6 |
Puget Sound | 13-3 | 22-6 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 10-6 | 11-13 |
Whitman | 9-7 | 11-12 |
George Fox | 7-9 | 9-14 |
Willamette | 7-9 | 9-14 |
Whitworth | 6-10 | 10-13 |
Linfield | 4-12 | 9-15 |
Lewis & Clark | 2-14 | 6-19 |
Conf | All | |
Whitworth | 14-2 | 26-4 |
Whitman | 12-4 | 19-8 |
Lewis & Clark | 10-6 | 16-10 |
George Fox | 10-6 | 15-11 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 9-7 | 15-10 |
Pacific Lutheran | 6-10 | 8-17 |
Puget Sound | 4-12 | 9-16 |
Willamette | 4-12 | 7-18 |
Linfield | 3-13 | 4-21 |
Conf | All | |
Lewis & Clark | 14-2 | 25-4 |
Whitman | 13-3 | 23-6 |
Whitworth | 12-4 | 21-7 |
George Fox | 12-4 | 19-7 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 7-9 | 14-10 |
Puget Sound | 7-9 | 14-11 |
Pacific Lutheran | 3-13 | 6-17 |
Linfield | 2-14 | 3-19 |
Willamette | 2-14 | 2-23 |
Conf | All | |
Linfield | 21-3 | 42-8 |
George Fox | 17-7 | 26-12 |
Willamette | 13-11 | 20-20 |
Pacific Lutheran | 12-12 | 22-18 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 12-12 | 17-23 |
Puget Sound | 11-13 | 17-23 |
Whitman | 8-16 | 16-22 |
Whitworth | 8-16 | 14-25-1 |
Lewis & Clark | 6-18 | 9-31 |
Conf | All | |
Linfield | 25-3 | 36-8 |
Pacific Lutheran | 18-10 | 27-17 |
Whitworth | 16-12 | 23-20 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 16-12 | 21-19 |
George Fox | 15-13 | 18-22 |
Lewis & Clark | 10-18 | 16-22 |
Willamette | 10-18 | 14-24 |
Puget Sound | 2-26 | 2-37 |
Conf | All | |
Whitman | 12-0 | 18-7 |
George Fox | 11-1 | 14-5 |
Pacific Lutheran | 9-3 | 11-8 |
Willamette | 7-5 | 7-10 |
Lewis & Clark | 5-7 | 7-10 |
Whitworth | 5-7 | 6-13 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 4-8 | 5-11 |
Puget Sound | 1-11 | 2-14 |
Linfield | 0-12 | 0-13 |
Conf | All | |
Whitman | 12-0 | 18-4 |
Lewis & Clark | 11-1 | 16-5 |
Puget Sound | 7-5 | 13-5 |
Linfield | 7-5 | 8-10 |
Whitworth | 7-5 | 8-10 |
Pacific Lutheran | 5-7 | 7-10 |
George Fox | 4-8 | 7-11 |
Willamette | 1-11 | 1-15 |
Pacific (Ore.) | 0-12 | 3-14 |
Samantha Potter - Track & FieldSamantha Potter won her second consecutive Northwest Conference title in the discus throw and is preparing to represent PLU at the 2013 NCAA Division III Track & Field...