National Champion Women's Soccer honored by the Mariners

Western’s women’s soccer team is still celebrating after winning the NCAA Division II National Championships last fall

Mariners pitcher James Paxton poses with Erin Russell, a senior defender on the NCAA Division II National Champion Women’s Soccer team, after Russell threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game April 18.

Western’s women’s soccer team is still celebrating after winning the NCAA Division II National Championships last fall. Here, team members and coaches watch Senior Defender Erin Russell of Brier throw out a ceremonial first pitch for a Mariners game at Safeco Field.

Erin Russell, a senior defender on the NCAA Division II National Champion Women’s Soccer team, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game April 18.

Photos by Ben Van Houten/Seattle Mariners