North
2 stories filed under North on Wazzu. The newest of them: “Wazzu's hoop squad loads the bus for a Pac-12 road trip north” and “Soccer takes the bus north for a familiar rivalry trip”. The Coug women's basketball team is loading the bus for a Pac-12 trip north. The bus is pointed north again. The unofficial read for people who left Pullman and stayed Cougs. The list below is every North story on Wazzu, newest first.
Wazzu's hoop squad loads the bus for a Pac-12 road trip north
The Coug women's basketball team is loading the bus for a Pac-12 trip north. That means a cold bus, a colder gym in somebody else's town, and the kind of road test that tells you what a squad is really made of. This group has been steady all season. The rankings have noticed. If you missed it, we just checked in on where they sit nationally in "Coug Women Hold Steady at No. 13, Still Top of the West", worth a read if you like seeing Pullman on a map that people actually look at. That kind of respect doesn't come from beating up on the easy teams. It comes from showing up on the road, in the cold, and winning the kind of game that doesn't make SportsCenter but does make the other side of the Palouse feel a little smaller. Headed north is its own kind of test. The altitude changes. The crowd is hostile. The bus coffee is terrible. But this team has been locked in since fall, and they have the mid-pack finishes and the Hawai'i trip behind them as proof they can handle the miles. Go Cougs. Bring back a win from the north country.
Soccer takes the bus north for a familiar rivalry trip
The bus is pointed north again. Soccer is heading to Logan, and if you've followed this team at all this season, you know what that means. Utah State is ranked 17th in the nation, and they are not the kind of host that offers snacks and a light scrimmage. This is a rivalry trip. The kind where the Cougs don't just show up to play, they show up to prove something. Wazzu soccer has been finding its legs. If you missed the Fresno State match, go back and read "Cougs on the grass: WSU soccer finds its rhythm against Fresno State." That one gives you a feel for the flow they've been building. This Logan trip is a different test. Grit. Altitude. A ranked opponent that knows your name. The team has already been out there once this season, and they know what's waiting. Citowicki and Carolan broke down the Fresno match pretty well, and that same sharp eye will matter up north. This isn't a bus ride for sightseeing. It's for business. Pullman and Logan are separated by more than miles. They're separated by the kind of history that makes a regular Tuesday feel like a rivalry game. That's the trip. That's the bus. Go Cougs.