By: Jeff Evans, Assistant AD for Athletic Communications
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The basketball season is in full swing and indoor track & field opens the 2026 portion of its schedule this week highlighting all the events in WWU Athletics.
The women's basketball team returns to WECU Court in Carver Gym with home games Thursday (7 pm) and Saturday (5 pm) against the Alaska schools in GNAC play. Thursday's game against UAF will be Pink Night in Carver Gym and Throwdown Thursday as the Vikings take on the Nanooks. In her 35th season as head coach of the Vikings,
Carmen Dolfo will coach in her 1,000th career game on Thursday. WWU enters the game with a 12-5 overall record and is tied for 3rd in the GNAC standings with a 4-2 league record. Senior forward
Olivia Hodges leads the team and ranks 5th in the GNAC averaging 16.9 points per game and ranks 2nd nationally averaging 12.4 rebounds per game and with 11 double-doubles.
The men's hoops team returns to the road facing No. 17 Saint Martin's on Thursday (7 pm) and Western Oregon on Saturday (4:15 pm) in GNAC games. WWU is coming off a home split defeating Seattle Pacific 71-66 and narrowly falling to Montana State Billings 94-92. Sophomore
Aidan Rice (18.5 points/game) and junior
Nehemiah Pollard (16.6 points/game) lead the Vikings in scoring. WWU is 8-9 overall and tied for 8th place in the GNAC with a 2-4 conference record.
The track & field program resumes the indoor schedule competing in the two-day UW Preview on Friday and Saturday at Dempsey Indoor in Seattle. WWU is scheduled to send a full squad of competitors to the University of Washington campus for the meet. Through the first two indoor competitions of the 2025-26 season, WWU has set a pair of school records and made 22 entries into the program
indoor record book.
All event information, including ticket prices and live game coverage, can be found online at
WWUVikings.com. For the third consecutive year, all current WWU students receive free admission to home regular-season games. Here are some handy links to follow the Vikings:
5 PM SATURDAY BASKETBALL GAMES
Please note that nearly all Saturday home basketball games the remainder of the season feature a 5 pm tip-off. We hope this allows for more families and community members to come out and support our teams in GNAC games in home games in Carver Gym.
ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
Click on the link below to read the great story in
Cascadia Daily News on WWU junior men's basketball player Nehemiah Pollard, detailing his travels to Bellingham from South Puget Sound Community College via Mount Tahoma High School.
