The Hens closed out the 2002 season in winning fashion with a 4-1 win over Occidental on the 6th.  Four different Sagehens got in on the action as Netza Bravo, Wyatt Wells, Matt Lee-Ashley, and Josh Stanek all tallied goals for the Hens.  Pomona-Pitzer outshot the Tigers 24-9 on the afternoon.  Jay Schneider allowed only one goal, and it came on a penalty kick with under 5 minutes to play in the game.

The Sagehens defeated La Verne on the 4th, 8-0.  The score was close at 2-0 going into the second half, but then the Hens poured it on to run away with the win.  Joe Amick tallied a hat trick on the afternoon with his 3 goals, while Netza Bravo found the back of the net twice himself.  The visiting Leos managed just 2 shots on goal the entire game while the Hens got off 23 of their own.

The Sagehens took on Caltech in Pasadena on the 2nd and defeated the host Beavers by the score of 2-0.  Joe Amick scored both of the Hen goals in the second half on assists from Scott Coleman and Richard Cannon.  Jay Schneider and Dan Bendett split time in net for the Sagehen squad.  Pomona-Pitzer allowed just 5 shots on goal on the afternoon.

Pomona-Pitzer traveled to Thousand Oaks to take on the Kingsmen of Cal Lutheran on the 30th and came up short, 1-0.  The Hens outshot Cal Lu 18-14, but none of those were able to find the back of the net.  Scott Coleman led the charge offensively, getting off 6 shots on goal and between the posts, Dan Bendett played all 90 minutes, giving up just the one Cal Lu goal.

The Hens traveled to Redlands on the 5th and lost in 3 straight games to the Bulldog squad.  Vicenta Arrizon and Colleen Chrisco led the Hens with 13 and 10 kills, respectively.  Arrizon also came up with a game high 21 digs on the night, while Katherine Hopkins had 19 of her own.  Susan Caplow led the team with 33 assists, also a game high.

Pomona-Pitzer hosted the Tigers of Occidental on the night of the 1st and fell by 3 games to 1.  Katherine Hopkins and Vicenta Arrizon led the Hens offensively with 14 and 11 kills, respectively.  Arrizon and Hopkins also led the team in the digs, with 16 being credited to Arrizon, and 11 to Hopkins.  Susan Caplow dished out a team high 27 assists on the evening. 

The Sagehens drove down the street on the night of the 29th to take on the tough 10th ranked Leos of La Verne and fell in 3 straight games.  Katherine Hopkins and Renee Faulkner led the Hens offensively with 8 and 5 kills on the night, respectively.  Colleen Chrisco had a team high 7 digs and Alysha Lascano dished out 12 assists to lead the Hen squad. 

The Sagehens hosted the Panthers of Chapman on the 2nd and were upended by the visiting team, 2-1.  The Sagehens got down 2-0 with just 10 minutes to play before Anna Renery put the home team on the board in the 87th minute of play.  The Hens could not tie the score in the final minutes, however, and Chapman left victorious.  Rachel Stephenson made 6 saves in net for the Hens, playing all 90 minutes.

Pomona-Pitzer hosted the Regals of Cal Lutheran on the 30th and lost to the visiting squad, 4-2.  Thirty nine shots were taken in the game with 15 of them coming from the Sagehens.  Aliza Norwood and Anna Renery scored the goals for the Hens.  Both goals were assisted by Ashley Hovey.  Alison Mathes and Rachel Stephenson split time in net for the Hens.  Stephenson did not allow a Cal Lu goal in the second half.
 

The Sagehens took on and defeated Claremont-M-S on the night of the 8th, 10-9.  Ben Speicher had a huge game for the Hens with 7 goals, 4 steals, and an assist.  The Hens got off to a 4-0 start in the first quarter and took a 6-3 lead into halftime, before holding off a late surge by the Stags in the final period of play.  Tom Krebs, Eric Kort, and Glenn Anderson also found the back of the cage for the Sagehen squad.

Pomona-Pitzer traveled to Redlands on the 6th and fell to the tough Bulldog team by the score of 10-5.  Glenn Andersonled the team in scoring with 2 goals, both of which came in the first quarter.  Ben Speicher, Eric Kort, and Ian Kusow all had one goal apiece.  The Hens were tied at 4-4 in the second period, but a 4-0 third period put the Bulldogs up for good.

Pomona-Pitzer played at Whittier on the 2nd and suffered a tough defeat in double overtime, 9-8.  Ben Speicher tallied 5 of the Sagehens' 8 goals on the afternoon, while Glenn Anderson chipped in with 2 and Chris DeMento added 1.  Carlo Diy had a busy day in goal, making 17 saves on the afternoon.  Andrew Shetterly contributed 3 assists to the Sagehen effort on the day.  Pomona-Pitzer had a one goal lead with under a minute to play but could not make it stand up.

Frosh Nika Strzelecka led the Sagehens with her strong 6th place finish in 23:48 over the 6000m (3.7 mile) course. Following Strzelecka for Pomona-Pitzer were frosh Amy Rapp in 7th (23:53), soph Ann Prouty in 14th (24:24), Heather Callahan in 18th (24:37) and Susie Roley in 20th (24:45). Strzelecka and Rapp were named First Team All SCIAC, while Prouty, Callahan, and Roley earned Second Team All Conference honors. Senior Laura Bishop, the team's number one runner all season, ran with the lead pack past the 2-mile mark before knee tendonitis pain forced her to abandon her race.

Pomona-Pitzer scored 46 points to finish in the runner-up spot behind CMS (22), but ahead of La Verne (66), Caltech (130), Cal Lutheran (137), Occidental (142), Whittier (200), and Redlands (233).

Behind Freeman for Pomona-Pitzer were frosh Chris DuBois in 8th (27:28), junior Nate DeFelice in 9th (27:29), soph Golden Krishna in 12th (27:50), and soph David Marshall in 15th (28:07).

Sophomore springboard diver David Bates scored two second place finishes to lead Pomona-Pitzer to a 4th place finish at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.  Coach Gary Troyer noted that, "David is diving at a very solid level for this early in the season.  He has added some new dives with higher degrees of difficulty to increase his effectiveness this season."  Two freshmen came up with excellent early season marks to add to the Hen point total.  Both of Alex Jakle's backstroke marks of 57.35 and 2:06.6 scored in the top three places and Andrew Vonasch cruised to a 2:20.5 in the 200 breast to take third.  "We got very solid swims from the entire team.  Adam Demaray and Robert Wertheimer had good swims in the breaststroke and individual medley while Steve Hooper turned in encouraging times in the middle distance events.  This is a good start for a very young team," Troyer said.
 

The Sagehen women opened up the season with a 3rd place finish at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.    The Hens finished behind only Cal Baptist and Redlands.  Elana McDermott swam a 17:50.27 1650 Free to provisionally qualify to the national meet.  Winning races for the Hens were the 200 Medley Relay team, the 800 Free Relay team, Sara Ball in the 100 and 200 Backstroke, Lucia Schmit in the 400 Individual  Medley, Valerie Stout in the 200 Butterfly, and McDermitt in the 1650 Free.