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Baseball wins National Championship >> page 4 May 31, 2013

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“Going to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama with my Tibetan Buddhism class.”

-Beth Turner

Susana Fajardo

“I always have a great time at Wildstock.”

-Susana Fajardo

“This year’s English faculty and student retreat.”

-Katelyn Tamashiro

Melanie Hall

Liza Dadoly

“Multi-Genre workshop as we talked through story plans.”

-Melanie Hall

Katie Kieth

“Getting to ride an elephant for $3 in Thailand.”

-Katie Kieth

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“Studying abroad in Aixen-Provence, France.”

-Liza Dadoly

Leanne McCallum

Jenna Montgomery

“Macklemore at Wildstock.”

-Leanne McCallum

“Studying abroad.”

-Jenna Montgomery

“Meeting my girlfriend Kelcie Lei Nagata and all the other friends I have made.”

-Maika Kunioka

Brittani Drost

Rhianna Wallace

“Wildstock 2013.

Shadynasty.”

-Rhianna Wallace

Sean Iwamasa

“Tagging the campus with “Believe in Sherlock” in chalk, and it rained so no one saw it.”

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Maika Kunioka

Lori McEwen

“All my memories with my Phi Sigma Sigma sisters.”

-Lori McEwen

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Danny Urness

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-Sean Iwamasa

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Peyton Mizell

“Celebrating the baseball National Championship with fellow Wildcats.”

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Geoffrey Hamilton

“Being able to be apart of Linfield’s Upward Bound for three years.”

-Geoffrey Hamilton

“Finishing my economics senior discussion. I felt so accomplished and excited to finish.”

-Rhiannon Ladwig

Jenny Morgan

Tori Ogawa

“Meeting and getting to know all of the amazing people in my Hawaiian Club and ZTA.” -Tori Ogawa

Christine Tamamoto

“Being apart of the Linfield women’s soccer team and Hawaiian Club.”

-Christine Tamamoto

“All the senior trips.”

-Colby Saxe

Colby Saxe

“Learning all the things.”

-Keevin Craig

“HP shenanigans.”

-Mickey Inns

Thomas Ries

“Spring break 2013 in Arizona.”

-Thomas Ries

Catherine Nakamura

“The instant when everything clicked, and I knew I made the right decision to come here.”

-Meg Burgess-Hull

“Doing everything.”

-Catherine Nakamura

Chris Rogers

Nic Miles

“Running the flags at the football games.”

-Nic Miles

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Week In Review

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May 31, 2013

Joel Ray/Senior photographer

Above: Susan Hopp, dean of students, and David Massey, college chaplain, were among the students, faculty and community members in Fred Meyer Lounge who celebrated the Linfield baseball team’s last out to win the NCAA Division III National Championships.

Left: The Wildcats celebrate after winning 4-1 against the Southern Maine University Huskies on May 27 in Appleton, Wisconsin. The Wildcats won eight of 10 of their national and regional championship games.

Baseball wins National Championship Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Tyler Bradely Sports columnist

The trophy cases in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium need to expand.

The Linfield Wildcats baseball team dispatched the Southern Maine University Huskies 4-1 to win the first Division III baseball championship in program history.

On the mound for the Wildcats was National Pitcher of the Year, sophomore Chris Haddeland (151, 1.07 ERA). He went the distance—his eighth complete game of the season— and struck out five, but only after a shaky first inning.

“I was probably a little too amped up and that

caused me to make some poor pitches. I was also having difficulty with my footing on the mound,” Haddeland said.

Unfortunately for the Huskies, he found his footing and his proper level of adrenaline and did not give up a run after the first inning. It was the normal, dominant Haddeland once again.

“Luckily I found a groove and managed to work my way out of the jam and continue to throw successfully throughout the day,” Haddeland said.

When the last out was made, the ‘Cats made one last dogpile on the field in Appleton, Wis. Linfield fans everywhere, past

and present, in Appleton, McMinnville and across the country, could celebrate.

The 10-1 Linfield rout earlier in the week was buoyed by strong hitting up and down the line-up.

Junior Jake Wylie even waved goodbye to his tworun home run. Sophomore Aaron Thomassen provided what was perhaps his best start of an excellent season in the 10-1 win as well, throwing a complete game, striking out nine and giving up just the one run.

The 4-1 win for all the marbles was a much closer game. In fact, the ‘Cats trailed 1-0 until the fourth inning.

Husky starting pitcher Andrew Richards had not given up solid con-

tact until junior Nick Fisher smoked a double to left-center field in the fourth.

Maybe it was just a matter of time before the ‘Cats got to Richards. After all, Richards was nearing the 200 pitch mark for the day because he had thrown an unbelievable 152 in their 5-4 win against Ithaca College earlier in the day.

After Fisher’s double, Wylie popped out but junior Kramer Lindell singled to left field. This brought junior Clayton Truex to the plate with runners on first and third, and he delivered with a line drive to center field.

The ‘Cats would not stop there. Senior Jordan Harlow, who had a two-run double

against the Huskies earlier in the week, was intentionally walked to load the bases for senior Kyle Chamberlain.

Much to the surprise of the Huskies, Chamberlain laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt that could not be fielded cleanly. Lindell scored and Linfield grabbed a lead that would not be taken away.

The ‘Cats would score the only other runs in the same inning. Senior Michael Hopp was hit by a pitch to drive in the third run, and senior Tim Wilson used his incredible speed to beat a throw at first and score the fourth run.

The team had been playing with heavy hearts after

Seniors keep Linfield art tradition alive Samantha Sigler Editor-in-chief

While everyone stayed busy during the last few weeks of school studying for finals, four seniors dedicated their time and effort into keeping a Linfield tradition alive.

Although about 10 seniors signed up to help paint the bench, seniors Beth Turner, Katelyn Tamashiro, Brittani Drost and Nora Burnfield were the only students who showed up to paint the bench and represent the Class of ’13.

The four seniors spent three days painting Linfield’s senior bench through the rain and wind.

The seniors originally wanted to design the bench around the slogan “It’s your Linfield. Welcome home,” which was a prominent slogan their freshmen year at Linfield.

They decided to combine that idea together with an idea that Tamashiro had,

the second game of the regional tournament. Longtime Linfield fan and supporter Arnold Owens, a 1954 Linfield graduate, died unexpectedly just hours after the ‘Cats defeated the Huskies 10-1 earlier in the week. He always supported the baseball team and was in Appleton last week watching the ‘Cats.

But, Owens did get to see the team that the ‘Cats would need to defeat again in order to win the national championship.

As you can tell, there was a lot of work done at the plate by the bottom of the order. Whatever it took, the ‘Cats found a way to win it.

Tyler Bradely can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.

Graduation calendar Saturday, June 1

• Baccalaureate Service at 5 p.m. (Grads line up at 4:30 p.m.) in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium •Baccalaureate speaker: Charles U. Walker, president emeritus of Linfield College •Grad Finale/Senior Celebration at 6:30 p.m. in Dillin Hall Cost: Free for Grads; $10 for parents and family members

Sunday, June 2

Samantha Sigler/Editor-in-chief

The senior bench sits between Pioneer and Riley halls. Seniors Brittani Drost, Beth Turner, Katelyn Tamashiro and Nora Burnfield volunteered to paint the bench May 25, 26 and 27. which was to paint a quilt made up of the flags of all the countries students are from on the bench to represent how diverse Linfield is.

“I was really glad that

everyone worked their ideas together and cooperated,” Turner said.

Dan Fergueson, director of college activities, asked Turner to lead the project after she attended

one of the first meetings about painting the senior bench. Turner accepted the request, and is pleased with how the bench turned out.

“Just as we were painting it a lot of people would

walk by and [give] a lot of positive feedback,” Turner said. “We’ve gotten nothing but positive comments.”

Samantha Sigler can be reached at linfieldrevieweditor@gmail.com.

• Commencement Time: 10 a.m.

(Grads line up at 9 a.m. in cap and gown in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium.)

Place: Oak Grove •Nursing Pinning Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. (nurses line up at 2 p.m.) in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium