Lutes baseball sweep Boxers to stay in playoff hunt

By Nick Barene, Sports Writer The Lutes baseball team swept visiting Pacific University in a three-game series this weekend, winning 3-1, 1-0 and 8-2. In the first game of the weekend,...

PLU baseball inching closer to postseason berth

The Pacific Lutheran University baseball team finished a busy weekend of action in Oregon with a 3-1 record, beating Lewis & Clark twice and beating Willamette in a make-up...

Lutes baseball steal two games from third place George Fox

GAME 1 The Lutes came out swinging against the Bruins in the first game, recording a total of 17 hits off three of the Bruins pitchers. Pacific Lutheran University managed...

Lutes overwhelmed by strong Linfield pitching

By Nick Barene, sports writer The Pacific Lutheran University baseball team had a tall task in facing top-ranked Linfield this weekend in McMinnville, Oregon. While the Lutes tried to overcome...

Men’s baseball avoids three-game sweep against crosstown rivals

By Giancarlo Santoro, Sports Writer Game 1 Four hours, 442 pitches and 15 innings later, the Pacific Lutheran University men's baseball team fell at home to crosstown rival University of Puget...

Sam Says: Baseball team looking like perennial national champions

It hasn’t even been two years, but the scent of a national champion is in the air at Pacific Lutheran University. In 2012, the PLU softball team won the...

Power ball wasn’t always in Nilson’s repertoire

By Nick Barene, Sports Writer When junior Collin Nilson hits the ball, he hits it hard. Really hard. The pitcher and outfielder is the Pacific Lutheran University baseball team’s leader...

Final baseball game of the weekend comes down to the wire

By John Tveter The theme of the series between PLU and Whitworth was pitching, and the final game of the series proved to be no exception.  As the scoreless game...

Lutes baseball pitching goes awry

By John Tveter, sports writer The Lutes’ dominant pitching in the first game of the weekend turned against them in Game 2 of the doubleheader.  After giving up three runs...