Renewed Optimism as CMS Baseball Season Begins

Last season was a disappointing struggle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team (0-1, 0-0 SCIAC). The team limped to a 7-32 record, with a 5-23 record in the SCIAC. But despite the struggles of last year, a renewed sense of optimism has swept the team as the 2016 season begins. Under

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Sagehens Win Three of Four in Round-robin Play

The Pomona-Pitzer baseball team (28-11, 20-8 SCIAC) booked its spot in the SCIAC postseason tournament, winning three out of four games in a unique five-team round robin tournament last week to finish the regular season second in the conference standings.  P-P ended its regular season slate of games in a

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Menthen’s Hot Day At the Plate Drives Stags to Series Victory

When first baseman Nolan Anderson CM ’18 stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning against Whittier College April 18, the Stags were mired in a six-run deficit. However, despite the unfavorable score, the team was unwilling to accept defeat. With the pressure on, the Stags

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Menthen’s Blast Gives Stags Victory in Series Finale

After suffering tough losses in the first two games of its series against Rutgers University, Newark (5-8), the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team (2-24, 0-15) closed out the weekend on a high note by defeating the Scarlet Raiders 11-10 in an exciting series finale March 21.  “Coming off of spring break is

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Two-Sport Athlete Smith Brings Spark to Stags Baseball

Last fall, Trey Smith CM ’18 was snagging passes as a wide receiver for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team. This week, after a scorching start to the baseball season during which he went 15-for-30 over his first eight games, the right fielder landed a spot on the D3Baseball.com Team of the

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Hens Sweep Stags in High-Scoring Series

The Pomona-Pitzer (5-2, 3-0 SCIAC) men’s baseball team knocked rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (0-9, 0-3 SCIAC) out of the ballpark Feb. 13-14, sweeping the Stags in a three-game series. P-P entered the series on the back of a high-octane 19-17 win over the University of Puget Sound (2-5), with its offense beginning

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Stags Go Out Swining, Win Last Two

Over the past week, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team (15-24, 11-17 SCIAC) participated in the SCIAC Round Robin Tournament, and things kept getting better as the week progressed. CMS dropped the first two games to California Lutheran University (31-8, 22-6 SCIAC) and the University of Redlands (15-23, 14-14 SCIAC), but then

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Witte, Kesselman Lift Stags Over Caltech

As Vince Lombardi once said, “Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.” This statement rang true this past weekend, at least for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team (13-23, 9-16 SCIAC), which played California Institute of Technology (1-29, 0-23 SCIAC) and earned its first series sweep of the year. The Stags enjoyed

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No. 1 Kingsmen Too Much for Stags

Even though the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team dropped two of three games to California Lutheran University on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5, the Stags still presented the No. 1 Kingsmen with stiff competition all weekend. The Stags lost the first two games 9-7 and 5-4, but defeated Cal Lutheran

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