Editing University of Puget Sound (section)

==Athletics==
[[file:Pugetsound athletics simplelogo.png|thumb|120px|Puget Sound athletics logo]]
Puget Sound athletics teams are nicknamed the "Loggers." The teams' [[mascot]] is "Grizz the Logger," a costumed student dressed as an [[anthropomorphic]] [[brown bear]] wearing stereotypical [[lumberjack]] attire and carrying a small [[axe]]. The Loggers participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] [[Northwest Conference]], competing with [[George Fox University]], [[Lewis and Clark College]], [[Linfield College]], [[Pacific University]], [[Pacific Lutheran University]], [[Whitman College]], [[Whitworth University]], and [[Willamette University]].

===Varsity sports===
The institution offers twenty-three different varsity sports teams: Men's [[Baseball]], Men's and Women's [[Basketball]], Men's and Women's [[Sport rowing|Crew]], Men's and Women's [[Cross country running|Cross Country]], Men's [[American football|Football]], Men's and Women's [[Golf]], Women's [[Lacrosse]], Men's and Women's [[Soccer]], Women's [[Softball]], Men's and Women's [[swimming (sport)|Swimming]], Men's and Women's [[Tennis]], Men's and Women's Indoor and Outdoor [[Track & Field]], and Women's [[Volleyball]]. On a minor note, former [[United States men's national soccer team]] coach [[Bruce Arena]] got his coaching start at Puget Sound in 1976 as head of the men's soccer team.

===Club sports===
[[File:UPS - Peyton Field scoreboard 01.jpg|thumb|Scoreboard at Peyton Field]]
There are both men's and women's club soccer teams, as well as men's club lacrosse (which competes in the [[Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League]]). The institution also has a men's club [[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate]] team known as the "Postmen,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/a/upsultimate.com/www/ |title=UPS Ultimate |access-date=2014-08-22}}</ref> and a women's club Ultimate team known as "Clear Cut".

The institution is well known for its successful men's rugby club.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} The club has achieved regional and national success over the past three seasons under coach Mark Sullivan. In 2012 the club was ranked 10th in the nation for small college rugby and traveled to Cal Maritime University in Vallejo, California for the regional tournament. The success of the men's rugby club is attributed to the hard work of the players and continual dedication of their coaches. Also, an intense rivalry has developed between the Puget Sound rugby club and the Seattle University rugby club. Known as the Seatac Cup, Puget Sound has achieved eight straight victories over their rivals. In 2012, the victory over Seattle University clinched the Loggers' playoff spot.

The Puget Sound Loggers hockey team was founded in 2005 and is currently an [[American Collegiate Hockey Association|ACHA]] division II team. The team's most prominent victories include defeating the University of Washington Huskies in a 3-game series in the 2006-2007 season, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the 2007-2008 season. Loggers hockey is subsidized by ASUPS (the Associated Students of University of Puget Sound) student body and ticket sales for home games. Home games are currently played at the Sprinker Ice Arena in south Tacoma. Players come from the student body, and mostly consist of students hailing from Canada, Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, and states on the East Coast.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

===Achievements===
In a football game against Linfield University on October 21, 2023, linebacker Lily Godwin became the first woman to record an unassisted tackle in the history of the NCAA. Godwin shared her tackle and her history with football in a live TV interview with King5 News.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jake García |title=Lily Godwin makes history with tackle in NCAA football game |url=https://www.king5.com/article/sports/football/puget-sounds-lily-godwin-first-woman-solo-tackle-ncaa-football-game/281-7f49bed5-a40c-4e0c-bd72-9bb855e9ea30 |website=King5 |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>

Several sports teams have achieved some degree of success in recent years:
*The men's basketball team won three straight Northwest Conference championships beginning in 2004, with an average .826 winning percentage over the 2004, 2005, and 2006 seasons. In 2005, the [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] Loggers defeated the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] Highlanders of the [[University of California, Riverside]], making it their first Division I defeat since the 1970s. In the 2009 regular season, the Loggers went an undefeated 16-0 in Northwest Conference play, becoming the first team in conference history to do so, capturing the conference title in the process.<ref>[http://www.ups.edu/mbasketball.xml University of Puget Sound :: Basketball (M)<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502170129/http://www.ups.edu/mbasketball.xml |date=2006-05-02 }}</ref>
*From 1992 to 1995 the Puget Sound women's Cross-Country team were national champions. This tremendous 4-year run earned coach Sam Ring coach of the year honors in 1993.<ref>[[NAIA national women's cross country championship|NAIA Women's Cross-Country Records Page]]</ref>
*The women's soccer team took second place in the nation in 2004 and ended the 2005 season ranked fifth nationally.<ref>[http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/w_soccer_RB/2008/wsoc%20DIII%202008.pdf Division 3 Women's Records, page 14]</ref>
*The women's swim team won the Northwest Conference championship for eleven consecutive years, from 1997 through 2007, before finally finishing second to [[Whitworth University]] in 2008. This remains a Northwest Conference record.<ref>[http://www.ups.edu/wswimming.xml University of Puget Sound Women's Swimming] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126155740/http://www.ups.edu/wswimming.xml |date=2006-11-26 }}</ref> The Logger women reclaimed their title in 2009.
*The women's basketball team made the [[NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Championship|Division III Elite 8]] in the 2007 season after upsetting #12 ranked [[McMurry University]] and #2 ranked [[Howard Payne University]]. They finished #10 overall.<ref>[http://www.ups.edu/wbasketball.xml University of Puget Sound Women's Basketball] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303234130/http://www.ups.edu/wbasketball.xml |date=2007-03-03 }}</ref>
*The women's crew has earned a bid to compete at the [[NCAA Division III Rowing Championship|Division III Rowing Championship]] every year since 2003. The team placed second overall in 2003 and third in 2008, as well as fourth in 2004, 2005, and 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150709080353/http://loggerathletics.com/sports/crew/2014-15/releases/201505113hv9am Brief history of Puget Sound in the NCAA Championship Regatta]</ref>