The University of La Verne is no longer without a women's volleyball coach as former Olympic assistant coach Marlon Sano has been chosen to direct the Leopards program. He becomes only the third head coach at the school since 1974, following Jim Paschal (1974-1997) and Don Flora (1998-2008). The program has produced three national championships, 22 SCIAC titles and 26 ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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The University of Redlands football team landed at No. 22 on Sporting News magazine's Division III Preseason Top 25. The Bulldogs are the only team from the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) included on the poll.Redlands excitedly returns the 2007 SCIAC Offensive Player of the Year in senior quarterback Dan Selway (Villa Park, CA), who sat out much of ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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La Verne's Rizal Amin and Brianna Gonzales were honored as the Jesse Iles and Anthony P. Scafani Awards, respectively, as the school's top senior male and female athletes for 2008-09.Gonzales is a two-time First Team All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and is also a two-time Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Player of the Year (2007, 2008). ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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University of La Verne junior Mitchell Fedorka has been named winner of the 2009 Jack Nicklaus Award which goes annually to the nation's top golfer in Division III. Fedorka, out of Upland High School, led the Leopards to a runner-up showing at the Division III national tournament last month at the PGA Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The award ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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Senior center Sam Greenawalt (Riverside, CA) of the University of Redlands women's water polo team and Bulldog women's lacrosse's senior midfielder Lauren Matta (Holyoke, MA) both earned a spot on the ESPN The Magazine/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VIII At-Large Second Team for the College Division, according to an announcement made today by CoSIDA. Greenawalt, ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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About the only thing missing on the resume of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps senior Larry Wang is a win at the NCAA Division III Championships. He went a long way in remedying that with two victories on the first day of the singles draw Friday at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center. It is Wang's fourth appearance in the national event and he failed ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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University of Redlands sophomore midfielder Christy Smith (St. Louis Park, MN) landed on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA)/US Lacrosse All-West Region First Team. During the 2009 campaign, Smith led the Bulldogs in every statistical category for field players. In 13 games, she tallied 48 goals and 13 assists for 61 points. She picked up 49 ground balls ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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Sophomore Mackenzie Smith (Hoquiam, WA) and junior Jake Baechle (Aurora, OH) of the University of Redlands track & field teams gained invitations to the 2009 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Marietta, OH, according to an official announcement made today by the NCAA. Smith, who will compete in the Javelin Throw, enters the meet with the ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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University of Redlands junior Paige Sumida (Hilo, HI) was honored with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the West Region. She is now in contention for the national award, which will be announced on May 21. According the ITA web site, this award recognizes men's and women's tennis players at the NCAA Division I, ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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The University of La Verne golf team moved into first place after two rounds of the Division III national tournament at the PGA Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla. on Thursday. The Leopards (575) shot a team total of 5-under 283 over the par 72, 6,973-yards Ryder course to surge past first-round leader Methodist (NC) which ballooned to a 15-over ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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Upon further review and after obtaining an important agreement involving off-campus facility usage, University of La Verne Interim Athletic Director Julie Kline announced that the women's tennis program will continue as an intercollegiate athletic sport. Kline said that following an earlier decision to place both the La Verne women's and men's tennis programs on hiatus at the conclusion of the ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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Host East Texas Baptist put together a pair of big innings Thursday, and the Lady Tigers cruised to a 9-0 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on the opening day of the 2009 NCAA Division III Softball Championship West Regional at Taylor Field. The Lady Tigers (38-7), regular season champions of the American Southwest Conference East Division, advance to face rival Louisiana College at ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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The University of Redlands softball team made the trip to East Texas Baptist University for the First Round of the NCAA Championships and suffered an early exit from the tournament by losing both games on the opening day. The No. 18 Bulldogs kicked of the double-elimination tournament in Marshall, TX, with a tough 1-2 loss to No. 4 ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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In most sports the SCIAC does well to get two teams from the conference in the playoffs so it was a pleasant surprise that three have been selected to the double-elimination Division III West Regional to be hosted by East Texas Baptist starting Thursday. The University of Redlands (30-10) got the automatic bid by winning the four-team conference tournament but ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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By Michelle Gardner Staff Writer REDLANDS -- The young Claremont-Mudd-Scripps softball team knew it faced a formidable challenge in having to face traditional power University of Redlands in the championship game of the SCIAC tournament Saturday afternoon. It didn't help that the Athenas had to fight through the loser's bracket, outlasting La Verne in 13 innings, only to play Redlands ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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Last year the University of Redlands softball team was fortunate.<WC1> <WC>The Bulldogs finished first in the SCIAC during the regular season, only to lose the tournament final and the automatic playoff bid to University of La Verne. But the Bulldogs made it into the Division III West Region tournament with an at-large bid. They are hoping it doesn't come down ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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Senior tennis standout Tori Damiani (Sacramento, CA) was named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Female Athlete of the Week for her solid performance during the 2009 SCIAC Championship Tournament. Damiani went undefeated during the two-day event, competing at No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles. She played a pivotal role in the Bulldogs' share of the conference ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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By capturing the 2009 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championship with sweeps over Whittier College and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, the University of Redlands softball team looks forward to hosting the second annual SCIAC Postseason Softball Tournament on Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at the "Field of Dreams". The double-elimination tournament begins at 9 a.m. on Friday with ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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Lynsey Padilla capped off her final home appearance at Wheeler Park with not one but two grand slams in the second game of a doubleheader sweep over Cal Lutheran Friday as the Leopards earned mercy-rule wins over the Regals by scores of 8-0 and 10-2.Padilla, one of five seniors honored prior to the opening contest, erased a 2-0 Cal Lutheran ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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The University of Redlands softball team won both games of its doubleheader against Whittier College in walk-off fashion, 9-1 and 11-3. With its win in the second game, the Maroon and Gray captured its fifth straight Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) championship. Prior to the start of game one, the Bulldogs recognized senior second baseman/shortstop Dory Baga (Aiea, HI), senior ... Read the complete post at College Sports SCIAC.
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