Pomona-Pitzer Sports Information

February 24, 1997

Schedule

Wed., Feb. 26 Men's Basketball vs. CMS Away 7:30
Thur., Feb. 27 Women's Basketball vs. La Verne Away 5:30
Fri., Feb. 28 Softball vs. Whittier Home 2:00
Fri., Feb. 28 Baseball vs. CMS Away 2:30
Sat., Mar. 1 Women's Water Polo Not Quite a Tourney Oxy TBA
---Men's Tennis vs. Cal Tech Away 9:30
---Women's Tennis vs. Cal Tech Home 9:30
---Baseball vs. CMS Home 11:00
---Track vs. Cal Lutheran/La Verne/Redlands Away 11:00
---Softball vs. La Verne Away 12:00
---Women's Tennis vs. UC San Diego Home 2:00
---Men's Tennis vs. Chapman Home 2:30
Mon., Mar. 3 Golf at Pt. Loma Invitational Away All Day
---Women's Tennis vs. Washington Univ. Home 2:00

==============================================================

WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING Overall: 8-3 SCIAC: 4-1

2/20-2 First at SCIAC Championships

Pomona-Pitzer's women's swimming and diving team took first place at the SCIAC Championships Thursday through Sunday in the Cerritos Swim Center. The Sagehens won the meet with 659 points, followed by CMS with 609 . During the three day event Kate Mayer (500 free), Breen Murphy (200 and 500 free), Nicole Bernier (100 fly), swam national "B" qualifying times. Diver Anne Struble has already qualified for NCAA Division III Nationals in both the one and three meter board.

The 200, 400, and 800 free relay teams also qualified adding Nicole Dobroski and Lea Scheppke to the Pomona-Pitzer national qualifying team. Sagehen swimmers recorded eighty two season best times and forty two lifetime best scores during the meet. Hen event winners included: Breen Murphy in the 500 free (5:08.60) and 1650 free (18:00.53),Kate Mayer in the 400 IM (4:39.50), Nicole Bernier in the 100 fly (59.39) and Anne Struble (1 meter diving). The 400 medley relay team (Wong Dobroski,Bernier,Scheppke), 800 free relay (Bernier,Murphy,Mayer,Scheppke) as well as the 200 medley relay (Wong,Dobroski,Grogan,Murphy) won their events as well.

The NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving championships will be held at the University of Miami of Ohio March 13th through the 15th.

==============================================================

MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING Overall: 6-3 SCIAC: 4-1

2/20-2 Second at SCIAC Championships

"Fewer, faster, tougher" has been the year long motto of the Pomona-Pitzer men's swimming and diving team and this weekend proved once again how far a seven man swim team can stretch without breaking. CMS won every race in the swim finals and the Hens dominated the diving boards during the three day event. The big question was the scoring ability of the P-P swimmers in the 12 place scoring format of the championship meet against teams like Redands and Occidental, who each have much larger squads.

"Our men all swam to the top of their ability. Six of our seven placed in the top three of at least one event and all of our relays finished in the top three. Everyone had at least one personal best mark except Scott Swanson who is not going to taper and will rest until the national meet next month," said Coach Gary Troyer.

Pomona-Pitzer divers Matthew Smart and Andy Gill finished strong. With the big points scored by the divers (49 on the 3 meter board and 45 on the 1 meter) the Sagehens were able to keep their second place position in the conference. Top efforts for the swimmers included Andy Gansner's mile swim (16:59.59), Adam Nisenbaum's second place performance in the 100 free (:46.78) which qualified him for nationals, and Aaron Bruhl's 200 fly time (1:58.37). Other fine performances were turned in by Eric Salinger in the backstroke (1:59.70) and the 2/3 place finish of Leo Tanaka and Scott Swanson in the 100 breast at 1:01.2. The national qualifying marks by Bruhl in the 500 free, Nisenbaum in the 50 and 100 free and Scott Swanson in the 200 breast will extend their season into March.

==============================================================

MEN'S TENNIS Overall: 3-1 SCIAC: 3-1

2/21 win PP d. La Verne, 9-0

The Pomona -Pitzer men's tennis team swept SCIAC opponent La Verne with a perfect 9-0 score this past weekend. La Verne had very little depth fielding only a five man team. Sagehens Paul Gilden, Kevin Carolan, Nick Barlett, and Gabe Murphy playing in spots 2 through 5 each hammered their opponents 6-0,6-0.

The men's tennis team plays two matches this Saturday, one at Cal Tech in the morning, and the other at home against Chapman in the afternoon.

==============================================================

WOMEN'S TENNIS Overall: 3-0 SCIAC: 3-0

2/21 win PP d. La Verne, 9-0

Like the men the, Pomona-Pitzer's women's tennis team blanked SCIAC opponent La Verne Friday. The Sagehens won each match and each set---losing only 11 games in all six doubles and three singles combined . Jamie Zadra, Amy Dewar and the doubles team of Heather Gorman and Bridget Humphrey defeated their opponents by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores.

The Sagehens play two matches at home on Saturday. In the morning, they host Cal Tech in a SCIAC match before playing UC San Diego in the afternoon. On Monday, the Hens host visiting Washington University.

==============================================================

MEN'S BASEBALL Overall: 4-7 SCIAC: 2-4

2/21 win PP d. La Verne, 15-6
2/22 loss La Verne d. PP, 5-1
loss La Verne d. PP, 9-3

Pomona-Pitzer's men's baseball team won a single game last Friday against La Verne before losing the double header on Saturday.

Last Friday the Hens started out strong scoring two runs in the first inning and four each in both the second and third against La Verne. They continued scoring runs in each of the innings after that except for the seventh. Kevin Hickey hit 3-4 for the day including 2 RBI's while Mike Witzansky hit a home run and had 5 RBI's.

On Saturday the Hens had the tables turned on them as La Verne's offensive power came alive and the Hens lost both games of the double header. On Friday, the Saghens play at CMS in a single game and then take on the Stags at home Saturday in a doubleheader.

==============================================================

MEN'S BASKETBALL Overall: 19-5 SCIAC: 12-1

2/19 win PP d. Cal Tech, 74-36
2/22 win PP d. La Verne, 76-69

The Pomona-Pitzer men's basketball team made it into the record books this week with an 11-1 SCIAC run, the best so far in the history of the men's basketball program. The 1988/89 team also only lost one conference game but played only a 10 game SCIAC schedule. The 1996-97 men's basketball squad continues to add to the Pomona-Pitzer historical records--- this season's present win/loss record at 19-5 ties the all time record for most games won in a single season.

Four Sagehens scored in double figures Wednesday against Cal Tech. Brett Lange led with 18 points while Jake Guadnola scored 11 and Travis Greer and Vaughan Wilson added 10 points each. The Hens led from start to finish against the Beavers and Coach Charles Katciaficas' bench saw plenty of playing time.

At home against La Verne last Saturday Pomona-Pitzer led 37-32 at the half-time break. Once again the balanced offense of the Hen squad made it impossible for the Leopards to key in one player. Both Brett Lange and Jake Guadnola scored 13 points each while Jason Lowery added 11 of his own and Erik Lund 10.

The Sagehens play their final second round SCIAC game this Wednesday away against CMS. The Hens have already clinched the conference championship and because of this the team will automatically receive a bid to the Division III/NCAA Championships.

==============================================================

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Overall: 18-5 SCIAC: 10-0

2/18 PP d. Cal Lutheran, 76-53
2/21 PP d. Whittier, 101-65

Adding two more conference wins to their record last week the Sagehens continue to lead SCIAC for the fifth week in a row. At Cal Lutheran last Tuesday the Regals trailed 21-20 with 7:47 left in the first half before the Sagehens ran them hard and pulled away 32-23 at the half-time break. Pomona-Pitzer out rebounded Cal Lutheran 51-22 which turned out to be a strong factor in their victory. Andrea Osgood pulled down 15 rebounds while Malia Langworthy added 11 more. Jasmine Obhrai led all scorers with 22 points against the Regals.

Five Sagehens scored in double figures in an easy win Friday over Whittier. Two Sagehens scored a double-double: Andrea Osgood posted 10 points and pulled down 15 rebounds while Kelly Teresi added 15 points and 13 rebounds. Jasmine Obhrai's 21 points against Whittier made it her sixth game in a row of 20+ point scoring.

The Hens' 101 point win against Whittier is only the third 100 plus point game in the history of Pomona-Pitzer women's basketball. In 1987 the Sagehens scored 102 points against Mills college while in 1981 the Hens defeated Cal Lutheran 101-48.

Pomona-Pitzer's women's basketball team completes the second round of SCIAC play this week when they play CMS in a huge match-up Tuesday at home and then travel to La Verne for there last regular season game. The Hens are in first place in SCIAC with CMS only one game behind going into tomorrow's big game. The conference winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA's.

==============================================================

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Overall: 0-0 SCIAC: 0-0

2/23 Cerritos Invitational

A small contingent from the Pomona-Pitzer men's track and field team competed last week-end in the Cerritos Invitational. Nathan Busse won the 400 intermediate hurdles in a good early season time of 55.10 and also anchored the 1600 relay to a win. Ed Castellon placed second in the hammer with a personal record of 143 feet and Matt Campbell also had a personal record in the hammer (126') and the shot put (43'4). Alec Moreno pole vaulted 13 feet for another personal record. The Pomona-Pitzer men's track and field teams next competition is a tri-meet at LaVerne against SCIAC opponents Redlands, Cal Lutheran, and La Verne.

==============================================================

WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD Overall: 0-0 SCIAC: 0-0

The Pomona-Pitzer women's track and field team heads out to La Verne on Saturday to compete in a tri-meet against Cal Lutheran, La Verne, and Redlands.

==============================================================

GOLF Overall: 0-3 SCIAC: 0-2

2/20 loss Cal Baptist d. PP, 332-345

The Sagehens suffered their third consecutive defeat last Thursday against Cal Baptist at Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside. The Lancers won by 13 strokes.

Leading the way for Pomona-Pitzer was senior Scott Schlesinger, who shot an 83 in windy conditions. Senior Ben Higgins and Dom Elias both carded 86's for the Hens. Freshmen Gordon Chin (90), Tak Otani (92), and Judd Legum (94), rounded out the scorecard.

Medalist honors for the match went to Cal Baptists Steve Tanis, who posted a two under par 34 on the back nine in route to completing a two over par 74. On Monday, the Hens head out to Rancho San Diego for the Point Loma Invitational.

==============================================================

WOMEN'S SOFTBALL Overall: 3-3 SCIAC: 2-2

2/21 loss CMS d PP, 4-3
---loss CMS d. PP, 3-2
2/22 win PP d. Redlands,7-4
---win PP d. Redlands,6-4

The Pomona-Pitzer women's softball team won two and lost two last week against SCIAC opponents. Friday against cross-campus rival CMS the Hens lost two close games by run each. In the first game on Saturday against Redlands Ayda Austin had a triple, two RBI's and a run while Lisa Fields went 3-4 including a double. In game two Ranee Morales led the offense for the Hens with one double, 3 RBI's and two runs.

On Friday, the women's softball team faces Whittier at home, before traveling to La Verne on Saturday for a double header.

==============================================================

WOMEN'S WATER POLO Overall: 0-0 SCIAC: 0-0

Pomona-Pitzer's Women's Water Polo begins its season at Occidental in the Not Quite a Tournament this Saturday.

==============================================================