Rowing

Seattle University women’s rowing finished their 2022 season at the Windermere Cup on Lake Washington, May 7. 

Seattle U’s varsity 8+ finished fourth in the Women’s Erickson Cascade Cup with a time of 7:14.832. The third varsity 8+ boat lost in a head-to-head race against the University of Washington (UW) coming in at a time of 7:33.430. The Redhawks’ varsity 4+ rounded out action, taking third in a four boat field, finishing in 8:17.362.

Baseball

The Seattle U baseball team competed against UW at Husky Ballpark, May 10, losing the series 1-2. During the third game, seniors Matt Boissoneault and Kyle Sherick hit home runs, managing to bring the Redhawks back from deficits on two different occasions. Unfortunately, both home runs weren’t able to turn the tide for the Redhawks. 

The last game in the series took place May 15 against California Baptist University. Seattle U lost in a one-hit game, 0-13. Seattle U’s lone hit, a ground ball through the infield, came from sophomore Derek Gellos in the bottom of the seventh inning. 

The Redhawks finished their regular season May 19-21 in a series against Grand Canyon University May 19-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Although Seattle U lost all three games in the series, they were the first on the board in the first two games with RBIs from Gellos and fifth-year Connor O’Brien in the first game and a two-run hit from O’Brien the second game. 

Seattle U Baseball completed their 2022 regular season with a 16-32 overall record. They were 11-19 in conference play which earned them the three seed for the west division in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They kicked off WAC tournament games May 25 with a match against Lamar University. 

Softball

The Redhawks finished their 2022 season in the WAC semi-finals with a 1-0 loss to Stephen F. Austin, May 13. Coming off a thrilling 5-3 win over New Mexico State in eight innings earlier in the day, they were unable to keep their streak going and failed to reach the WAC final. Seattle U softball finished their season at 32-24, an impressive finish considering the injuries they had to fight through.  

On top of this being the third-year in a row that Seattle U has won at least three games in the WAC Tournament, the Redhawks also earned seven honors from the WAC’s 2022 end-of-the-year awards. Graduate student Carley Nance received Player of the Year and Grace Luderer received Freshman of the Year. Nance also earned All-WAC First Team, Junior Stefanie Madrigal was named to the All-WAC Second Team, and Juniors Lily Garcia and Madison Kahwaty along with Senior Olivia Viggiano earned WAC All-Defensive.

Track and Field

Finishing up their season May 14, Seattle U track and field earned a total of six All-WAC Second Team awards, set four school records, seven top-ten marks and 23 personal records (PR) during the three-day event. 

Junior Ellie Postma set a new PR in the 1500 meter finals with a time of 4:35.99, earning seventh place overall and Second Team All-WAC honors. Four Redhawks—Junior Marie-Therese Chahrouri, First-year Lilianne Hargreaves, Second-year Grace Much and Postma—qualified for the 1500m finals on Saturday with all of them setting new PRs during the event. 

Beating his previous mark by .9 seconds and setting the school record, Ansel Pendley-Griffin finished seventh overall in the 800m which earned him Second Team All-WAC. 

Also named to the Second Team All-WAC in the 800m, Maya McCabe placed fourth overall with a time of 2:08.82. This was McCabe’s second consecutive outdoor season to receive a 800m Second Team All-WAC. 

Men’s Golf 

Senior Nathan Cogswell’s season finished at the NCAA Stockton Regionals at The Reserve at Spanos Park May 16-18. Cogwell finished the three-day, 54 hole event in 72nd with a three-round total of 16-over 232 (78-78-76). 

Cogswell ended a historic season for the Redhawks, becoming the first Redhawk to win medalist honors at the WAC Championships and earning All-WAC First Team honors in consecutive seasons. Cogswell also earned three WAC Golfer of the Week awards this season and finished in the top-five at three tournaments.