Max Bonk (Jr., Kamuela, Hawaii) gave Pacific a strong start to the spring half of the 2009-10 schedule Saturday as the All-American led the Boxers to a 302-335 victory over Willamette in a men's golf dual match at the Quail Valley Golf Course. Bonk turned in a three-under-par 69 to win the event for the Boxers, finish seven strokes ahead of Willamette' Robbie Beard and Pacific's Ben Wright (Jr.
Winston Churchill once said, "Success in not final, failure is not fatal but it's the courage to continue that counts." With the season approaching, the Pacific softball team is determined to make a statement in the Northwest Conference. After opening their season 1-3 at the Northwest Cup Tournament in Clackamas, Ore.
It was second verse, same as the first for Pacific women's basketball, closing out the second half of the Northwest Conference season like they did the first, beating Willamette 83-74 on Feb. 20 in Salem, Ore. The win gave Pacific the season sweep after they beat the Bearcats at the PAC on Jan.
Ross Bartlett (Sr., St. Helens, Ore.) finished off his Pacific career with another monster double-double Saturday, but the performance could not overcome an outstanding first half by Willamette as the Bearcats beat the Boxers 95-86 in Northwest Conference men's basketball action at the Cone Field House.
By comparison to the NBA or even the NCAA Division-I regular seasons, 32 games doesn't seem like a big deal. If you were to ask the men and women of Pacific basketball, however, they'd all probably tell you that they're glad the long grind is over. In a word, both seasons were a disappointment, punctuated by both teams going in opposite directions during the first and second halves.
Pacific University's Boxers Sports Network webcast heads to the diamond in March for Pacific baseball and softball. Beginning March 6 and 7, the BSN will air selected Northwest Conference home games from both Chuck Bafaro and Sherman-Larkins stadiums in Forest Grove.
