Although high school tennis players tend to focus more on their singles game, the emphasis on doubles tennis grows dramatically in college. Doubles mixes both the traditional self-reliance of a singles...
Water polo, an under-the-radar club sport at Whitman College, is making a splash as it grows in popularity. This season the club has nearly 30 students signed up to play, practicing every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at Paul Harvey Pool. The team is made up of a diverse group: seasoned players and beginners, swimmers and non-swimmers. Ned Morris, a local veteran water polo player, primarily coaches the club sport.
To make it on the team one needs only basic swimming skills, as players are not allowed to touch the bottom of the pool and must move around through the water. Assistant Coach Jamie Kennedy said, “The water polo club is structured for people of all skill levels. Good hand eye coordination is important in order to combine swimming with catching, throwing and shooting."
For those unfamiliar with the sport, Kennedy describes it as being “similar to aquatic basketball with a hint of soccer. The offense and defense tend to function similarly to basketball, but there is also a goalie."
For determined off-season athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike, the Baker Ferguson Fitness Center (BFFC) provides a state-of-the art facility that enhances the athletic experience of the Whitman community...
A supplement to the activity courses for many years, the Sports Studies, Recreation and Athletics (SSRA) minor has been officially dropped.
The decision follows a 2006 self-study and a fall 2007 restructuring...
Billy: The way sports are watched, the way sports are played, the uniforms athletes wear and the money athletes make all change over time. But sports' nature as competition: whether recreational or serious:...
An increasing amount of frisbees can be seen gliding throughout campus every day of the year, but this spring there are perhaps a few more discs flying through the air than usual.
Intramural frolf, a new spring sport, has simple rules, according to senior Luke Sanford, the current frolf record-holder
“You basically just throw," he said.
However, there are some logistics to the game. Similar to regular golf, the goal of frolf is to throw a frisbee from the tee to the “hole", which may be a tree or a rock, in as few throws as possible. The player throws from where their disc lands, and they keep track of the total number of times they throw per hole.
To become a master at the sport requires hours of practice and skills such as distance, accuracy, different types of throws, experience and creativity.
Frolfers are beginning to discover new ways to go around obstacles that have decreased their score.
“Some people like to roll the Frisbee instead of throwing it because it can be more reliable over long distances," said junior Todd Sigley, a frolfer and member of the Intramural Committee.
Few people at Whitman can say they are national champions, but such is the case for Eloise Zimbelman. The sophomore skier won the 15-kilometer freestyle race last Friday at the U.S. Collegiate Ski &...
The men's volleyball club writes memories in its own Little Black Book, frequents Shari's at midnight and has a bond that the captains describe as the closest they have experienced in any sport. From this description, it is hard to believe that the team only came into existence this semester.
“When we came here, we started out by helping the women's team practice, and we played beach volleyball behind Anderson. Then we decided we should make a club team," said first-year Ryan Smith, a co-captain.
“They didn't used to have a club volleyball league in the Northwest, and that just started this year," said first-year John-Henry Heckendorn, the other co-captain. “We're in a league called PIVA (Pacific Intercollegiate Volleyball Association), and that league sets up three major tournaments per year. Two of them are at Walla Walla University."
Heckendorn said that because of the way the league is set up, men's volleyball players compete in as many games as the women's varsity team but without the need to travel every weekend.
The Whitman men's golf team has high hopes as they look toward the Pacific Invitational tournament this weekend at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course in North Plains, Ore.
"I am expecting our team to do very...
The Whitman women's tennis team blew out George Fox 8-1 on Tuesday afternoon. The two teams played earlier this season on February 21 when Whitman won by the same margin.
The win moves the team to 7-2...
The Whitman women's basketball team can take some solace in the fact that the team that ousted them from the conference tournament eleven days ago coasted into the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen on Saturday.
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The No. 7 Puget Sound men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Divison III sweet sixteen after beating conference foe Whitworth 84-72. Whitworth upset Puget Sound, 90-80 in overtime, in the Northwest...
