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         <description><![CDATA[Seven players, including three forwards who were first-team all-state selections, have signed National Letters of Intent to play women's soccer at Western Washington University, coach Travis Connell announced Monday. The three all-state picks are Brina Sych of Union High School in Vancouver, Kristin Maris of Issaquah, and Anna Geldenhuys of Sammamish High School in Bellevue.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Former Western Washington University softball standout Candace Adamo Parchen will be giving a seminar entitled "The Effect of Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors on Dystrophic Hearts" on Wednesday (Feb. 10) at 4 p.m. in the Biology Building, Room 234, on the WWU campus. Adamo-Parchen is a 2004 graduate of Western with a bachelors of science degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology. She is currently a Ph.D candidate in the department of Pharmacology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Western Washington University has been awarded the NCAA Division II West Regional Cross Country Championships for 2010. The meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20, at Lake Padden Park. It is the fourth time that the Vikings have been selected as the regional host. They also conducted that event in 1998, 2001 and 2004.]]></description>
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         <title>Cross Country. Western to host 2010 NCAA II West Regional</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Forward Rory Blanche came off the bench and hit his first nine shots from the field in scoring a team-high 20 points as nationally ranked Western Washington University defeated Saint Martin's University, 88-68, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball contest Saturday on Haggen Court at Sam Carver Gymnasium. The Vikings, No.18 in this week's National Association of Basketball Coaches/NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll and No.2 in the latest West Region Poll, improved to 21-3 overall and remain second in the GNAC at 8-2, one-half game behind leader and nationally No.9-rated Seattle Pacific.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Basketball. Blanche comes off bench with 20 points as No.18 Vikings defeat Saint Martin's, 88-68</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Western Washington University's Ben Elder broke his own school record in the men's 35-lb. weight throw with a mark of 50-2 (15.29) Saturday at the University of Idaho Indoor Track and Field Invitational held at the Kibbie Dome. Elder placed eighth with a toss of over 15 inches better than his previous best. He was also 14th in the shot put at 47-3 (14.40). The Vikings' Andrew Gray placed seventh in the men's]]></description>
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         <title>Track. Elder breaks own school record in men's 35-lb. weight throw</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Forward Willow Cabe scored a game-high 26 points as nationally ranked Western Washington University defeated Saint Martin's University, 77-64, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball contest Saturday on Haggen Court at Sam Carver Gymnasium. The Vikings, tied for No.19 in this week's USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll and No.2 in the latest West Region poll, improved to 19-2 overall and remained atop the GNAC standings at 10-0. It was the 10th straight victory for Western, which is 11-0 at home this season]]></description>
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         <title>W. Basketball. Western notches 10th straight victory, 77-64 over Saint Martin's</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lauren Hefflin isn't likely to lead Western Washington University women's basketball in scoring on many nights, but she's almost always a lock to pace the team in bruises - both given and received. Since returning to the Vikings' lineup in December after fracturing her finger, the junior post has plotted a black-and-blue course through the paint for the WWU.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Forward Zach Bruce had game-highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds as Western Washington University broke open a tight game midway through the second half and defeated Northwest Nazarene University, 81-61, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball contest Thursday on Haggen Court at Sam Carver Gymnasium. The Vikings, No.18 in this week's National Association of Basketball Coaches/NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll and No.2 in the West Region Poll, improved to 20-3 overall and stay second in the GNAC at 7-2, moving to within a game of first-place Seattle Pacific University, which lost, 85-72, at Central Washington.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Guard Amanda Dunbar had 16 of her game-high 26 points in the first half as Western Washington University overcame an early 13-point deficit and defeated Northwest Nazarene University, 76-63, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball contest Thursday on Haggen Court at Sam Carver Gymnasium. The Vikings, tied for No.19 in this week's USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll and No.2 in the West Region poll, improved to 18-2 overall and remained unbeaten and atop the GNAC standings at 9-0 with their ninth consecutive victory.]]></description>
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         <title>W. Basketball. Western rallies from early deficit for 76-63 victory over Northwest Nazarene</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[One of most intense NCAA Division II men's basketball rivalries in the country will be televised regionally as Western Washington University has contracted with FSN Northwest for a live telecast of its home game in late February with arch-rival Central Washington University. The contest has been moved one day from its original schedule date to Sunday, Feb. 28, to accommodate the telecast. Tip-off will be at 7 p.m. on Haggen Court at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the WWU campus. The game is traditionally a sellout on both campuses each season.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Basketball. WWU-CWU men's basketball game on FSN Northwest</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Western Washington University men's and women's basketball teams stayed No.2 in their respective NCAA Division II West Region rankings released this week.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Basketball. WWU basketball teams remain No.2 in respective NCAA Divsion II West Region Polls</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sampson-Steinauer is one of four former Viking student-athletes who will be inducted into the WWU Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, Feb. 6. The ceremony, which begins at 2 p.m., will take place in the Concert Hall at the WWU Performing Arts Center. The hall's newest members also will be honored at halftime of the WWU men's and women's home basketball games that day. The induction ceremony is open to the public with no admission charge. Those wishing to attend are asked to RSVP by phone (360-650-6525) or email (dorothy.goldsmith@wwu.edu).]]></description>
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         <title>Q&amp;A with Western Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Gina Sampson-Steinauer</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Four new members, three of whom won school Athlete of the Year honors and one who is now in charge of a major university athletics program, will be inducted into the Western Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday. Former Nooksack Valley High School and Western Washington University standout Jim Sterk, now the athletic director at Washington State University, will be one of the four inductees. The ceremony will be held in the Concert Hall of the WWU Performing Arts Center on campus. The event is free and open to the public.]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Just one victory away from the 11th 20-win season in Coach Brad Jackson's 25 years at the campus on Sehome Hill, the nationally ranked Western Washington University men's basketball team entertains Northwest Nazarene University on Thursday and Saint Martin's University on Saturday. Both Great Northwest Athletic Conference contests are scheduled to tip-off at 7:30 p.m. on Haggen Court at Sam Carver Gymnasium. The defending GNAC champion Vikings, rated No.18 in this week's National Association of Basketball Coaches/NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll and No.2 in the latest West Region Poll, are 19-3 overall and second in the GNAC standings at 6-2. They have won nine of 10 home games this season, the lone loss being to No.12-rated and GNAC-leading Seattle Pacific.]]></description>
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         <title>M. Basketball. Webb red-hot as No.18 Western hosts two GNAC games this week</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Riding an eight-game winning streak and perfect through the first half of Great Northwest Athletic Conference play, the nationally ranked Western Washington University women's basketball team plays host to Northwest Nazarene University on Thursday (5:15 p.m.) and Saint Martin's University on Saturday (5:15 p.m.) in a pair of GNAC contests on Haggen Court at Sam Carver Gymnasium. The Vikings, rated No.19 in the latest USA Today/ESPN/NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll and No.2 in the West Region Poll, are 17-2 overall and atop the GNAC standings at 8-0 following two victories last week. They won 66-49 at Montana State Billings on Jan. 28 and rolled to a 70-40 victory over Western Oregon on Jan. 30 at Carver Gym where they are 9-0 this season.]]></description>
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