LEWISTON, Idaho – After a successful opening meet, track and field returns to Spokane for the Bucs Scoring and Multis. Men's golf takes on Whitworth in Lewiston on Thursday, and baseball hosts UBC in the first Cascade Conference series of the season.

TRACK & FIELD

The Warriors are coming off one of the best season-opening meets in program history with six national qualifiers, three school records and numerous personal-bests. LC State returns to Whitworth on Thursday and Friday for the Bucs Scoring and Multis. 

Jennah Carpenter and Kea Stieglitz both hit A marks at the Sam Adams Classic over the week, with Carpenters setting the school record in the high jump at 1.67m. Her mark is currently second in the NAIA. Stieglitz, an All-American in the javelin last season, punched her ticket to go back with a throw of 40.52m. Anika Grogan (400m), Madigan Kelly (100m hurdles), Ashley Britt (400m hurdles) and Leon Menten (javelin) all earned provisional marks. 

MEN'S GOLF

No. 19 LC State Men’s Golf will take on NCAA Division III Whitworth in its lone duel of the season on Thursday at the Lewiston Golf and Country Club. 

The Warriors are coming off a fourth-place finish at the RMC Intercollegiate in Henderson, Nev., led by Kristof Panke who tied for fifth.  He was named the Cascade Conference Golfer of the Week after finishing with a 1-over-par 145.

Both LC State teams will be in action the WWU Wine Valley Invitational March 28-29.

BASEBALL

Third-ranked Warrior Baseball opens Cascade Conference play on Friday when the UBC Thunderbirds come to Lewiston. LC State split the four-game set with British Columbia back in 2020 before the rest of the season was canceled, and the Thunderbirds were unable to compete last season due to border restrictions. Dating back to 2016, LC is 17-15 against UBC. The Thunderbirds are 14-15 on the season heading into the weekend.

LC State swept a doubleheader with DII Central Washington on Thursday to push its winning streak to 23 games, the longest in college baseball. Aidan Nagle, the Cascade Conference Player of the Week, totaled five hits, including an impressive 4-for-5 performance in game two that featured a pair of home runs and seven RBI. LC won the games by finals of 11-1 and 18-5 (7 innings).

The Warriors lead the NAIA in doubles by 11 (87), and are second in extra-base hits (134), fourth in hits (346) and ERA (2.74), fifth in RBI (272), sixth in fielding percentage (.974), seventh in total strikeouts (288), and 10th in slugging percentage (.546) and home runs (40).

Sam Linscott is currently tied for third in the NAIA with 53 hits and is fifth in RBI (44). Linscott and Riley Way are tied for seventh with 13 doubles each and both are 12th in extra-base hits (20). On the mound, Trent Sellers is tied for the NAIA lead in wins with seven, and is seventh in ERA (1.24).