Sports

The summer of 2012 holds much for sports fans to look forward to. Of course, there is the matter of the Olympic Games which will grace London and gather the world’s attention around sport.

As the National Tournament in Boulder, Colo. approaches, Luther’s Ultimate Flying Disc Association (LUFDA) grows optimistic and aggressive.

“This is an opportunity to win nationals, and the biggest chance of all the years we’ve had to get first place,” Jon Lang (‘13) said.

A rivalry was renewed on May 3 as Luther College track and field hosted Wartburg College. For the last decade, Luther and Wartburg have competed in a duel meet during the season.

The Luther men’s golf team hasn’t been letting the rainy weather get them down. The team competed in the IIAC Men’s Golf Championships April 27-28 in Pella, Iowa and May 4-5 in Iowa City for the chance to continue on to the D-III Championships in Florida.

Delayed one day by inclement weather for the second year in a row, the 2012 Iowa Conference softball regular season drew to a close Sunday as No. 4 Luther posted a 6-2, 8-7 doubleheader sweep of Cornell to improve to 15-1 in league play. The title is the seventh overall and fourth outright for Luther.

Luther students have been given many opportunities to participate in many different sporting events during the spring portion of the school year.

As the year winds down to an end, spring activities are also coming to an end.

The Luther men’s tennis team continued their undefeated streak within the IIAC by handing Coe College their first conference loss of the season this past Friday.