A Quiet Weekend In The PAC

This is a weekend I have been looking forward to for a while. For the first time since Labor Day weekend, no Pacific teams will be in competition over the weekend. After the men's wrestling team duels Clackamas CC and Highline CC on Friday, Pacific teams will be completely out of action until Sat., Dec. 13, when the men's wrestling, women's wrestling, men's basketball and women's basketball teams will be back in action.

Don't get me wrong. I love working our home Pacific athletics events and making sure you all have the most current information when they are away, but even the most dedicated employees need a break every once and a while.

Pacific's athletes, however, will not be taking a break. This is finals week, so all of our athletes are studying hard as they finish up their fall semester classes. There are finals on Saturday and continue on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Once finals are over, the teams will be back at it at a feverish rate. The women's basketball team will have the most action with four games over the Christmas Break, including home games against Concordia (Ore.) on Sat., Dec. 13 and Corban on Tue., Dec. 30.

The men's basketball team will play two more non-conference tilts before beginning Northwest Conference play on Jan. 2. They won't be easy as the 4-2 Boxers face a pair of tough Cascade Conference foes in Northwest Christian in Eugene on Dec. 13 and Concordia in Portland on Dec. 16.

The wrestling teams will also be loaded with dual meet competition. Both the men and women will compete next weekend in Canada, engaging Simon Fraser and Douglas in a pair of duals. The men will also take a trip to Las Vegas for the Wartburg Desert Duals on Mon, Dec. 21. The competition will give the Boxers their first taste of NCAA Division III competition this season (tough to come by as the only NCAA III program west of Iowa).

But...until then...I am going to enjoy some well deserved time with my two young daughters, who have been more than understanding about the amount of time daddy spends covering his teams.