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The Eastern Washington University volleyball team hit .287 on Saturday, Oct. 8, to pick up a 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-21) victory over Southern Utah in Big Sky Conference play, completing a sweep of their Homecoming week matches at Reese Court. The Eagles opened the weekend by stunning defending conference champion Northern Arizona Oct. 6, 3-1 on scores of 25-23, 21-25, 25-22, 25-21. In the opening contest against NAU, Eastern rode the momentum of Ashley Seiler and Ka’iulani Ahuna as each had a match-best 18 kills. Both had a d...
Another record is in the books for Eastern Washington’s Chloe Williams, as she took sole possession of the school’s all-time career goals record with a score in the 18th minute of a 3-0 shutout over visiting Weber State on Sunday, Oct. 9. Eastern improved to 10-1-2 (13 points) and 4-0-1 in the Big Sky Conference, while Weber State drops to 5-7-1 and 3-3 in the BSC. Eastern trails Idaho (5-1-0, 15 points). Eastern is now unbeaten in its last nine games with seven wins and a pair of ties. In the second half, Williams was onc...
Six West Plains teachers were among those receiving $250 classroom grants as part of Spokane Teachers Credit Union’s efforts to welcome educators back to school. The not-for-profit credit union, which was founded by teachers, is honoring its roots by awarding the grants to 80 educators from throughout the region — a total of $20,000 to winners selected at random. The winners can spend their $250 grant on anything they believe will enhance students’ classroom experience, whether a basic need or something special. The winne...
Eastern Washington scored a 3-1 Big Sky Conference volleyball victory over Montana State Sept. 24 in Bozeman that gave them a sweep of opening-week play. The Eagles opened with a similar 3-1 victory Sept. 22 in Missoula and the weekend effort left them with a 7-4 overall record. “I’m really proud of how we are growing in the right areas,” head coach Michael King said. The Eagles head into their first home matches, over a month into the season, tonight versus Northern Colorado and Friday against North Dakota. Both start at 6...
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Spokane International Airport’s overnight runway maintenance work was completed in the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 20, which concluded the overnight closures of the main runway 3/21. That will return the airport to more familair traffic patterns, away from alternate aproaches over Spokane’s South Hill. The work, which involved removing, cleaning and aligning all of runway 3/21’s 755 light fixtures, as well as other maintenance, began on Sept. 11. The nightly runway closures were conducted from 8 p.m. — 5 a.m., a...
Game times for all 11 Eastern Washington University football games have been set, including all five home games at Roos Field. Eastern's home opener on Sept. 17 against Northern Iowa will begin at 4:05 p.m. and be televised live regionally by SWX. Eastern's home game on Oct. 1 versus UC Davis will be televised by ROOT Sports, and will start at 1:05 p.m. The following week Northern Colorado visits "The Inferno" with a 1:05 p.m. kickoff time in a game also broadcast by SWX....
Two All-Big Sky Conference selections from 2015 certainly validated their awards for Eastern Washington University's soccer team in the early stages of the 2016 season. The Eagles got crucial winning goals from all-league team members Chole Williams and Savannah Hoekstra leading the way to a sweep of a pair of nonconference wins to open the season. Hoekstra scored all three Eagle goals Aug. 22 in Eastern's 3-2 win over Utah State at the EWU Soccer Field. Three days earlier on...
Sophomore quarterback Gage Gubrud threw for 202 yards and had just a single incompletion as the Eastern Washington University offense rolled up 494 yards and 46 points Aug. 20 at Roos Field in the team's first preseason scrimmage Gubrud completed 16 of 17 passes with three touchdowns, and Reilly Hennessey added 130 yards and two more scores. The offense had 362 yards passing and another 132 rushing as EWU concluded its first two weeks of preseason practices. Four sacks and an...
The Eastern Washington University soccer team erupted for four goals in the second half against the University of British Columbia to win an exhibition contest, 4-1, on Aug. 13 in Cheney. Junior Savannah Hoekstra scored two goals in just 48 seconds to rally the Eagles from a 1-0 first-half deficit. Fellow junior Chloe Williams netted the team’s third goal in the 70th minute and sophomore Jenny Chavez capped off the scoring for Eastern, with her goal off an Aimie Inthoulay corner kick in the 86th minute. “I think teams are...
Eastern Washington University’s all-time leading men’s basketball scorer, Venky Jois, signed a contract Aug. 9 to play professionally with Tartu Ulikool/Rock, a club located in the European country of Estonia. “I’m excited to actually be a professional basketball player now,” Jois told the Sydney Morning Herald. “To jump into the lifestyle that (being a professional) brings will be great and being able to focus on training the past few months has seen me improve a ton this off-season.” Tartu is one of the leading clubs...
Coming off a record-setting season a year ago, the Eastern Washington University soccer team has high expectations for the upcoming 2016 campaign, and that was validated Aug. 8 as the Eagles were selected to finish second in the Big Sky Conference preseason soccer poll. EWU earned 81 total points and a pair of first-place votes to place second behind defending champion Idaho’s 92 points. “None of us can predict the future or injuries, or any other of the variables that encompass a season,” head coach Chad Bodnar, who enter...
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll Aug. 4, and once again the Eastern Washington University women’s basketball team was featured on the list, as they posted the fourth-highest grade point average in all of NCAA Division I. Eastern, which has become a fixture on the prestigious WBCA Academic Top 25 list, posted a team GPA of 3.637 during this past season. This year marks the 15th WBCA Academic Top 25 selection for the program, while 14 have come under head coach Wen...
There’s some unfamiliar territory in the 2016-17 Eastern Washington University men’s basketball schedule and it’s called Reese Court. The Eagles will play 16 games on their home court, equally spilt between nonleague and Big Sky Conference in a schedule released Aug. 8. In previous recent seasons, Eastern has played the majority of its nonleague contests on the road, but that changes as the Eagles will host two different four-team tournaments among their contests at Reese. “The schedule gives us many great opportu...
Nine Eastern Washington University football players and head coach Beau Baldwin were named to the College Sports Madness 2016 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team announced on Aug. 2. Baldwin was named Coach of the Year by the sports website and wide receiver Cooper Kupp was named Offensive Player of the Year. The Eagles had three players named to the first team, including Kupp, fellow senior wide receiver Kendrick Bourne and senior defensive lineman Samson Ebukam. Senior quarterback Jordan West, senior defensive lineman...
The Eastern Washington University football team will begin practices for the 2016 season on Tuesday, Aug. 9 on the Sports and Recreation Center practice fields. Players will report on Aug. 7 and 8, then the team will practice together on Aug. 9 at 9:15 a.m. Eastern will practice in pads for the first time on Friday, Aug. 12 at 9:15 a.m., followed by its first of five days of two-a-day practices on Aug. 13. The Eagles are expected to exclusively use the practice fields through...
Reese Court just got even busier in November. Following the recent announcement that Eastern Washington University’s men’s basketball team will host a pair of games in the Legends Classic — hosting Bryant Monday, Nov. 21 and either Seattle or Louisiana Monroe Tuesday, Nov. 22 – the Eagles added a new event, the EWU Men’s Basketball Classic. The tournament will include host, EWU and Big Sky rival, Sacramento State, who will take turns playing Denver and the University of San Francisco, Saturday, Nov. 26 and Sunday, Nov. 27. “T...
The Cup will remain in Cheney for at least another year. For the second-straight time and third in the last seven seasons, Eastern Washington University has again won the Big Sky Conference Presidents’ Cup for the 2015-16 school year, the league office announced July 18. Eastern finished ahead of runner-up Weber State and third-place Montana. Besides winning last year, the Eagles were also victorious in the 2009-10 school year. The Presidents’ Cup is unique in collegiate athletics in that it reinforces the Big Sky’s dedicatio...
If last season’s finish was the first indication of football parity in the Big Sky Conference, this year’s preseason polls in the league affirm it. The Eastern Eagles have been pegged to finish third by the media and fourth by the coaches as the picks were released July 19 at the Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff in Park City, Utah. Northern Arizona was picked to finish first in both polls, but after that the next four spots were scrambled. Montana was picked second by the media, followed by Eastern, North Dakota and Por...
The 15 Eastern Washington University students studying abroad in Nice, France remain safe and secure in residence halls at the University of Nice. The students are under the guidance of professor Florian Preisig and following the lead of the French authorities. The students are attending a four-week Intensive French Study program which is scheduled to end July 28. While the program at this time is scheduled to continue, EWU has offered to bring home any student wishing to return to the states before the end date. Counseling...
A trio of Eastern Washington women's basketball alumni made a name for themselves at the 2016 Spokane Hoopfest, as Aubrey Ashenfelter, Chene Cooper and Carrie Ojeda won the Women's Elite Division of the world's largest three-on-three tournament. Under the team name, 'Mambas', Ashenfelter (2010-14), Cooper (2008-12) and Ojeda (2009-13) teamed up with Whitworth College alum, Tayler Flemming, and went an impressive 6-0 to win the top female bracket. In the championship game, the...
With five players on its 2016-17 roster from Australia, the Eastern Washington University men's basketball program will tour the country in August. The Eagles will play a total of 8-10 games in the cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns. In September of 2012, following the first season in the tenure of head coach Jim Hayford, the Eagles toured Canada for eight days. "A big bonus is we get 10 extra summer practices on top of the games," Hayford said. His team must replace a...
When another site fell through just months before the 1996 state 1A, 1B and 2B track and field championships were to be held, a group from Eastern Washington University stepped up and rescued the event. That was in 1996 and EWU has been home to this event that features schools from the state's smallest classifications ever since and in 2016 mark the 20th year in Cheney. This year's event takes place May 26-28, and will also be 20 years under the direction of meet manager Jay...
There's certainly plenty of power in the offense and lots of pop on defense that was on display in the annual Eastern Washington University Red-White football scrimmage, Saturday, April 23 at Roos Field. The Eagle offense, led by sophomore Gage Gubrud and two other experienced quarterbacks fighting for the starting job, piled up 382 yards on 84 plays. But while the offense scored 34 points, the defense had its share of big plays, with seven sacks, eight passes broken up and a...
Call last Saturday’s second scrimmage of Eastern Washington University’s spring football practice a draw. Head coach Beau Baldwin certainly did after watching the 87 play scrimmage at Roos Field. The offense rolled up 386 yards of offense, including a 33-of-54 passing performance for 355 yards. “I wasn’t so much worried about who’s going to win this scrimmage,” Baldwin said. “I just wanted to see them responding back and forth.” But the defense made big plays as well, intercepting a pair of passes and finishing with...
