Ben College sank 11 of 17 from 3-point range on his way to a career-high 37 points and the Whitworth Pirates cruised to a 104-74 victory over the D’Youville Spartans on Monday night.

Whitworth’s men’s team erupted for 71 second-half points, breezing past visiting La Verne 115-65 on Saturday in a nonconference game.

Jessica Schmautz of Whitworth, the Northwest Conference Player of the Year, has been named honorable mention on the American Volleyball Coaches Association 2018 Division III Volleyball All-American team.

O’Shanti Coleman scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting and added five steals, and Boise State defeated Eastern Washington 67-55 Friday in Boise.

Borislava Hristova scored 30 points as the Washington State women’s basketball team defeated Boise State 95-71 in a nonconference game Saturday afternoon at Beasley Coliseum.

Whitworth won at the Fieldhouse for the second night in a row, beating the Boxers 123-98 in a Northwest Conference game Saturday, matching the school’s single-game record for points.

With five starters returning from their NCAA tournament team a year ago, Whitworth players expect to perform the way they did Friday.

Jordan Smith poured in 24 points, and Whitworth opened Northwest Conference play with a 74-69 win over Willamette at the Whitworth Fieldhouse on Friday.

After trips to Oregon and Texas the past two weekends to play teams from four conferences, men’s basketball coach Matt Logie is happy to be back at the Whitworth Fieldhouse.

By many metrics 2018 was one of the best seasons in Whitworth football history: a 10-1 record and a playoff victory, feats accomplished by only this and the 2006 Whitworth team. Whitworth also broke Linfield’s hold on the Northwest Conference, winning a conference title for the first time since 2007.

Borislava Hristova scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and Washington State beat Jacksonville State 64-51 in the third-place game of the Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Classic in Northridge, California, on Saturday.

Whitworth will host thClaremont-Mudd-Scripps at noon Saturday, its first playoff home game since 2006.

The Whitworth Pirates put an exclamation point on their undefeated regular season Saturday.

Coach Rod Sandberg told his Whitworth Pirates football team this week that their season is half over.

On an afternoon when he wasn’t great, Whitworth quarterback Leif Ericksen made the throws he had to. And when he had to, he looked for Garrett McKay.

The 12th-ranked Whitworth football team will take the field at the Pine Bowl on Saturday in need of one more win to claim the Northwest Conference championship and a spot in the playoffs.

All that stands between Whitworth (7-0) and a playoff appearance is a win against either of the bottom two teams in the NWC standings: Lewis & Clark on Saturday, or Willamette the week after. One win clinches one of the 26 automatic playoff bids awarded to conference champions.

After striking early and often the last three games, the Whitworth offense didn’t look like itself early on against Pacific on Saturday.

Two-thirds through their nine-game schedule, the 14th-ranked Whitworth Pirates enter Saturday’s home game against Pacific in position to all but clinch the Northwest Conference title.

At Glacier High School in Kalispell, Leif Ericksen didn’t start at quarterback until his senior year. At Whitworth, he waited two seasons behind record-setter Ian Kolste. Even his academic pursuit – pre-med – suggests he has a long way to go before he’s done with school.

Leif Ericksen threw for three touchdown passes and Mason Elms rushed for 167 yards and two scores Saturday, powering the Whitworth Pirates’ 47-13 Northwest Conference football victory over Puget Sound (4-3, 3-1) at Baker Stadium.

In its quest to secure the guaranteed playoff bid tied to the Northwest Conference title, the Whitworth football team can take a big step Saturday.

Whitworth (5-0, 3-0 NWC) scored six first-half touchdowns and held Pacific Lutheran without a first down until just before halftime, coasting from there to a 55-13 victory at the Pine Bowl.

So far this year the Pirates (4-0, 2-0) have been assessed an average of 9.5 penalties per game for 97.3 yards. That’s about double the team’s 2017 numbers, when those figures were 4.8 and 47.6.

Scan the crowd at a Whitworth football game and there’s a good chance you’ll find a section from Sedro-Woolley, Washington. Last week, a road game, was no different.

Leif Ericksen threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Whitworth avenged last season’s Northwest Conference football loss to George Fox.

Last season, the Whitworth football team took two good wallopings in conference play.

Whitworth came out of halftime and held Linfield without another first down until the final play of the third quarter. By then the Pirates’ offense had started rolling, and Whitworth earned a 19-14 come-from-behind victory over Linfield on Saturday at the Pine Bowl. It was the program’s first over the Wildcats since 2007 and only the Pirates’ sixth in the 45-game series.