Pomona-Pitzer Sports Information

October 28, 1996

Tues., Oct. 29 Women's Volleyball vs Cal Lutheran Away 7:30
Wed., Oct. 30 Women's Soccer vs Cal Lutheran Home 2:30
---Men's Water Polo vs Redlands Away 7:00
Fri., Nov. 1 Women's Volleyball vs Claremont-M-S Home 7:30
Sat., Nov. 2 Men's Soccer at SCIAC Tourn. TBA TBA
---Women's Soccer vs Chapman Home 11:00
---Men's Water Polo vs Occidental Home 7:00

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MEN'S FOOTBALL Overall: 5-2

10/26 win PP d. Occidental, 35-7

Pomona-Pitzer's men's football team defeated Occidental Saturday in Eagle Rock. The Sagehen win was the second year in a row over the Tigers--the first back-to-back victories for The Drum since wins in 1956 and 1957 that concluded a six-game victory streak over Occidental.

The victory also assures Pomona-Pitzer of a winning season in 1996 that comes on the heels of 1995's 6-3 winning record. The back-to-back winning seasons are the first for Pomona-Pitzer since 1955 (7-1) and 1956 (4-3-1). Pomona-Pitzer does not play this Saturday, but concludes the season Saturday, November 9 against cross-campus rival Claremont-M-S at home on Merritt Field.

Against Occidental, the host Tigers scored first with 6:55 left in the second quarter, but Pomona-Pitzer answered back two minutes later when James Regan rushed in from eight yards out. His six points gave him 70 for the season, breaking the school record of 66 held by John Witham from 1954. Regan booted the PAT, and added four more PATs during the evening to stand at 75 points with one game remaining.

Steve Lecroy scored on a one-yard plunge with 21 seconds remaining in the half to give Pomona-Pitzer a 14-7 lead at the intermission. In the third quarter, quarterback rumbled 19 yards to score with 2:01 left, and then threw two TD passes in the final stanza: an 11-yarder to Ty Schultz and an eight-yarder to Raffi Avedian for the final margin of victory. The Sagehens tallied 549 yards of total offense to Occidental's 312. Ramirez completed 21-35 passes for 274 yards passing. Regan rushed 16 times for a season-high 176 yards.

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WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY SCIAC: 6-1 (2nd)

10/26 Second at SCIAC Championships

Pomona-Pitzer's women's cross country team took second out of eight teams Saturday at the SCIAC Championships at Prado Park in Chino. The Sagehens next compete at the NCAA III West Regional Meet Saturday, November 9 again at Prado Park, where the top two teams and the top four individuals not on the winning team will advance to the NCAA III Nationals November 16 at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

Pomona-Pitzer placed five runners in the top 15 to score 53 points. Claremont-M-S won the meet with 42, followed by Pomona-Pitzer, Occidental (99), La Verne (112), Whittier (115), Caltech (131), Redlands (158) and Cal Lutheran (inc).

Pacing the Sagehens was senior Stephanie Shideler, who took second in 18:56 over the 5000m (3.1 mile) course. Following her for Pomona-Pitzer were Alayna Smith (9th, 20:17), Leah Barnes (13th, 20:39), Anastasia Finnegan (14th, 20:44), and Eliza Krietzman (15th, 20:48).

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MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY SCIAC: 4-3 (4th)

10/26 Sixth at SCIAC Championships

Pomona-Pitzer's men's cross country team took sixth out of eight teams Saturday at the SCIAC Championships at Prado Park in Chino. The Sagehens next compete at the NCAA III West Regional Meet Saturday, November 9 again at Prado Park, where the top two teams and the top four individuals not on the winning team will advance to the NCAA III Nationals November 16 at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

Claremont-M-S won the meet with 52 points, followed by Occidental (62), Whittier (86), Redlands (109), Caltech (117), Pomona-Pitzer (119), La Verne (163), and Cal Lutheran (inc). Brook Bannister's personal record 27:23 for 12th place led Pomona-Pitzer over the 8000m (5 mile) course. Following the junior for the Sagehens were Brian Lottman (25th, 28:26), Tim Sherman (29th, 28:41), Pat Kuharic (32nd, 28:51), Aldo Ramirez (33rd, 28:51), Mike Miller (40th, 29:13), and Kiyoshi Yamazuki (43rd, 29:22).

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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Overall: 16-8 SCIAC: 7-3 (3rd)

10/22 win PP d. Occidental, 16-1, 15-8, 15-11
10/25 win PP d. Chapman, 15-13, 15-13, 15-3
10/26 win PP d. Gustavus Adolphus, 15-11, 15-7, 15-9

Pomona-Pitzer's women's volleyball team won all three matches, 3-0, last week heading into this week's showdowns. The Sagehens challenge nationally-ranked Cal Lutheran Tuesday before hosting cross-campus rival Claremont-M-S Friday to end the regular season. Pomona-Pitzer is currently ranked fourth in the region, with the top four teams typically advancing to the NCAA Region playoffs.

Against Occidental, Andrea Bustamante led in hitting, Kelly Teresi led in passing, and Lindsay Kasperowicz led in serving. Against Chapman, Krystyna Milewski led in hitting, which Heather Pilatic leading in passing and Kasperowicz in serving. Against Gustavus Adolphus Pilatic led in hitting, Kasperowicz in serving, and Teresi in passing.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER Overall: 4-8-2 SCIAC: 4-5-2 (4th)

10/23 win PP d. Claremont-M-S, 2-0
10/26 tie PP t. Redlands, 1-1 (OT)

Pomona-Pitzer's women's soccer team downed cross-campus rival Claremont-M-S at home Wednesday and then tied Redlands away Saturday. The Sagehens host SCIAC-leading Cal Lutheran Wednesday and non-conference Chapman Saturday.

At home against CMS, junior Jennifer Schuler rebounded her own shot in the 60th minute to put the Sagehens up a goal. Senior Monique Olesniewicz added an insurance goal in the 72nd minute for the final margin.

At Redlands, the two teams battled to a scoreless halftime before Olesniewicz scored in the 68th minute. Redlands answered in the 78th minute, but neither team could find the net again.

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MEN'S SOCCER Overall: 9-6 SCIAC: 5-2 (3rd)

10/23 loss Claremont-M-S d. PP, 2-1
10/26 win PP d. Redlands, 5-0

Pomona-Pitzer's men's soccer team fell at Claremont-M-S Wednesday but rebounded to shut out Redlands Saturday at home. The Sagehens will play three games in the top half of the SCIAC Tournament Saturday, Wednesday, Nov. 5, and Saturday, Nov. 9.

At CMS the two teams battled to a scoreless tie at halftime. In the second half, the Stags scored 54th and 66th minute before Pomona-Pitzer's Antony Reyes found the net in the 74th minute to close the gap. CMS had 12 shots on goal compared to PP's ten.

Pomona-Pitzer took a 3-0 lead against Redlands, and added two second half scores for the win. Eric Dugan scored twice, while Ryan Llorens, Francisco Diaz, and Steve Farley each added one.

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MEN'S WATER POLO Overall: 7-10 SCIAC: 1-0

10/26 win PP d. Cal Tech, 21-5

Pomona-Pitzer's men's water polo squad downed Cal Tech Saturday in Pasadena to open conference play with a win. The Sagehens travel to Redlands Wednesday before hosting Occidental (0-1 SCIAC) Saturday in Haldeman Pool. Pomona-Pitzer will face each SCIAC school twice in conference play.

Against Cal Tech, Steve Greene (6 goals) and Richard Won (5 goals) scored at will. Every player saw action in every quarter. Drew Lucas filled in at goal keeper and contributed a solid performance, including three assists passes to the counter-attacking Hens.

The team continues to revolve around the driving of Won and the perimeter shooting of Greene. Joe Hueblein and Kirby Kim handle most of the tough defensive assignments, while Anuj Datta, new-found help in the starting rotation, has been a factor in the Sagehens' man-up game

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WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING Overall: 0-0 SCIAC: 0-0

10/26 At Occidental Relays

Pomona-Pitzer's women's swimming and diving team opened the 1996-97 season Saturday at the Occidental Halloween Relays. Caroline Harris swam the Animal Relay by herself (100 breast, 200 fly, 400 IM, 500 free) and took fifth. The next meet for the Sagehens is the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational Saturday, November 9.

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