EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE SPORTS: May 14-21, 2025
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 1 month AGO
Eastern Washington University's Track and Field team will be competing in San Francisco today and Thursday. Throughout Washington, college athletes are hitting regional and national competitions as spring sports winds up to a finale.
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MOSES LAKE – College athletes push through the final weeks of the season as they go through regional and national tournaments.
Wednesday, May 14
Golf
UW, WSU Men @ NCAA Regionals, Bremerton, WA 8 a.m.
Track and Field
EWU @ Big Sky Outdoor Champions, Sacramento, CA
Thursday, May 15
Baseball
UW vs USC 7 p.m.
Gonzaga @ Portland 6 p.m.
Yakima Valley vs Clark @ Roseburg, OR 1 p.m.
Yakima Valley @ Umpqua 4 p.m.
WSU @ San Diego State 6 p.m.
Softball
Wenatchee Valley @ Chemeketa CC, NWAC Tournament 1 p.m.
Yakima Valley vs Everett @ Portland, OR NWAC Tournament 10 a.m.
Yakima Valley vs SW Oregon/Centralia @ Portland, OR NWAC Tournament 3:30 p.m.
Track and Field
EWU @ Big Sky Outdoor Champions, Sacramento, CA
Friday, May 16
Baseball
UW vs USC 6 p.m.
Gonzaga @ Portland 3 p.m.
Yakima Valley @ Umpqua 1 p.m., 4 p.m.
WSU @ San Diego State 6 p.m.
Track and Field
UW @ Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Eugene, OR noon
EWU @ Big Sky Outdoor Champions, Sacramento, CA
Softball
UW vs Mississippi State @ NCAA Lubbock Regional 5 p.m.
Wenatchee Valley @ NWAC Tournament 6 p.m.
Rowing
Gonzaga, WSU Women @ WCC Championships, Sacramento, CA 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 17
Baseball
UW vs USC 1 p.m.
Gonzaga @ Portland 1 p.m.
WSU @ San Diego State noon
Track and Field
UW @ Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Eugene, OR 9:30 a.m.
Gonzaga, WSU Women @ West Coast Last Chance, San Francisco, CA 9 a.m.
EWU @ Big Sky Outdoor Champions, Sacramento, CA
Rowing
UW, Gonzaga Men @ MPSF Championships, Gold River, CA 12:30 p.m.
UW Women @ Big Ten Championships, Indianapolis, IN 6 a.m.
Gonzaga Women @ WCC Championships, Sacramento, CA 8:20 a.m.
Sunday, May 18
Track and Field
UW @ Big Ten Outdoor Championships, Eugene, OR 10 a.m.
Rowing
UW, Gonzaga Men @ MPSF Championships, Gold River, CA 9 a.m.
UW Women @ Big Ten Championships, Indianapolis, IN 6 a.m.
Wednesday, May 21
Baseball
WSU @ Mountain West Baseball Championships, Mesa, AZ TBD
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Tigers start summer 3-1 after split with Sunnyside Christian
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Fletcher named new Eagles volleyball head coach
SOAP LAKE — The Soap Lake Eagles volleyball team will be under new leadership this fall as Erin Fletcher has been selected as the new head coach. She is following the successful tenure of the previous head coach, Nikki Noble, who helped guide the team to multiple state appearances over the years. “I’m so excited,” said Fletcher. “I’ve had the opportunity to watch these girls play the last couple years as a (referee). I’m really excited to be able to step in after Coach Noble and continue on that winning and competitive spirit that they’ve had for so long and kind of take it now to the next level.” Her love for athletics came from growing up in an athletic family of basketball players, but in second grade, she became the first in her family to start playing volleyball. From there, a passion for volleyball began to grow.