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Football dominates L & C to end regular season Tyler Jezierski Staff Writer The Whitworth Pirates visited Griswold Stadium on Saturday to battle Lewis & Clark in the season finale for both teams. Freshman quarterback Ian Kolste, starting in place of junior quarterback Bryan Peterson because of a shoulder injury, threw for 314 yards, as part of a 61-28 win. The Pirates ended the season 4-6 overall and 2-4 in the NWC. Lewis & Clark finished 1-8 overall and 1-5 in conference play. Whitworth scored first on a 29-yard field goal from freshman kicker Kyler Gracey. Lewis & Clark bounced back less than three minutes later with a touchdown pass from senior quarterback Keith Welch to senior wide receiver Andrew Frisina, making the score 7-3. Then, with 1:47 left in the first quarter, Kolste found junior wide receiver Drew Clausen for a 35-yard touchdown reception. Lewis & Clark started off the second quarter with another touchdown pass to take back the lead, 14-10, but it was all Whitworth after that. Freshman running back Griffin Hare scored a touchdown on a 3-yard run at 11:11 to regain the lead for the Pirates at 17-14. Senior wide
receiver Devon Lind caught a 28-yard that point.” Whitworth continued its offensive touchdown pass from Kolste, increasing production in the third quarter, scorthe lead to 24-14. The Pirates then controlled a three ing on Hare’s 2-yard touchdown run, to play, 87-yard drive that ended with Hare make the score 48-14. Senior running running it in from 20 yards out, to give back DJ Tripoli said it was crucial for Whitworth a 31-14 lead. Gracey made both offense and defense to work toa 36-yard field goal with 29 seconds re- gether to win the game against Lewis & maining. After L & C fumbled the kickoff, Clark. “It was a total team Whitworth was able effort,” Tripoli said. to score with 15 sec“This was a good way to “The offense was able onds left in the half to move the ball, and when Kolste found end the season with a the defense created Clausen once again for a 16-yard touchwin. It was exciting and turnovers that kept momentum in our down reception, finfelt good to see the sefavor.” ishing the half with a At the beginning score of 41-14. Clauniors play so well.” of the fourth quarsen said the intensity ter, senior fullback level on the sidelines —John Tully Alfonso Miranda ran had a huge impact for a 3-yard touchon the way the Bucs head coach down, increasing the played. lead to 55-14. Less “It was definitely intense. We wanted to send the seniors than a minute and a half later, senior out on a high note with a win so we were quarterback Michael McCune ran the all pretty jacked going into the game, ball for an 8-yard touchdown, for Whitand when the scoring lead was going worth’s last score, 61-14. Head coach John Tully was pleased back and forth we just kept battling,” Clausen said. “Our defense and special with his team’s play and with how they teams came with some huge turnovers kept the Pioneer’s offense in check. “This was a good way to end the seaand our offense was able to capitalize. You could definitely feel the intensity at son with a win,” Tully said. “It was ex-
Swimming wins two dual meets at home Jessica Razanadrakoto Staff Writer Following two consecutive dual meet wins, the Whitworth men’s and women’s swim teams came away with team victories by more than 100 points against Lewis & Clark after beating Pacific the day before. “This is our hardest point of the year because we train harder and longer, we are in the water for about five hours a day, and the fact that we were able to come together as a team and tried to pull up a couple of wins was good,” Whitworth junior co-captain Callum MacKintosh said. The Pirate men capped off their large margin of victory as they won the 400 medley relay in 3:35.84, as part of their 163-41 win. Pirate junior Alisa Stang edged out Boxer junior Katie Porter by six tenths of a second in the 50 and by 27 tenths of a second in the 100-yard freestyle, contributing to the Pirate women’s 137-68 win over Pacific. On Saturday afternoon, both teams swept the meet against Lewis & Clark, winning all 11 events. Sophomore Trevor Case was the only Pirate from the men’s team to win two individual events against the Pioneers, and also played a role in the win of the 400-yard individual medley
in 1:00.13, a season-best time. This win aided a 170-32 victory for the Whitworth men. Though athletes compete individually in swimming, senior Luke Welle believes that the program’s accomplishment comes from the effort of the entire team. “We had a great time. I was mostly proud of the team for coming out and swimming the way they did, especially tired and sore from a long week of training,” Welle said. “It’s great to have a couple more wins, and I think as a whole, we really performed well.” Whitworth sophomore Bridget Louis had three individual victories, including the 500-yard freestyle in 5:27.40. Junior Samantha Smith won both the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.46. The Pirate women won, finishing 159-49. “Our next meet is going to be a little bit different and a much harder competition,” MacKintosh said. “It’s gonna be a little intimidating because we will be competing against some Division I schools. And we really need to go with a mindset that we’re gonna win.” The Pirates will be competing at the Husky Invitational in Federal Way, Wash., Dec. 6-8. Contact Jessica Razanadrakoto at jrazanadrakoto17@my.whitworth.edu
citing and felt great to see the seniors play so well. We played great against the quarterback who is one of the best in the conference.” Welch found junior wide receiver Curtis Shirey for a 22-yard pass, closing the score gap to 61-21. Then at 5:11, Welch threw the ball once again to Nelson for a 1-yard touchdown pass, ending the game at 61-28. Kolste went 22 for 27, with 314 yards passing and three touchdowns. Clausen had nine receptions for 121 yards. Lewis & Clark’s Welch went 23 for 42 for 329 yards and four touchdown passes. Whitworth’s senior defensive back Fernando Noriega had nine tackles in the game. Sophomore defensive end Michael Plueard recorded Whitworth’s only sack of the game, which resulted in a loss of seven yards for the Pioneers. “We have a large group of players returning who have the experience. The players who had injuries will come back and I think we will have a great chance of being a really good team next year,” Tully said. The Pirates finished the season ranked fifth in the NWC. Contact Tyler Jezierski at tjezierski14@my.whitworth.edu