To celebrate Black History Month, TSL interviewed three students about their first-year experiences as Black athletes on 5C varsity teams.
P-P Softball
Hens softball parlays with Pirates, split weekend double header versus Whitworth
Sagehens softball shut out the Whitworth Pirates 5-0 in the first game of their preseason double-header on Friday, Feb. 16 but couldn’t achieve the sweep and fell in the afternoon 4-2 at home. Though they kept the energy up through all seven innings, the Hens had a hard time converting this energy to runs in the batter’s box.
Sagehens softball milk victory in game one but suffer udder defeat in game two to split weekend series versus the Ephs
Pitching ’til the cows come home. Although Sagehens softball’s elite pitching moo-ved them past the Williams College Ephs in game one, their arms couldn’t save their bats in game two, splitting the series against one of the best teams in the country.
Devin Waddell PO ’25 runs the two-way show for P-P in doubleheader victories
Dominating both on the mound and at the plate, young star Devin Waddell PO ’25 shines the brightest for the Sagehens in a 2-0 series sweep against Pacific.
First P-P female positions coach Baleigh McCuskey PO ’19 is happy right where she is
Coach Baleigh McCuskey spoke with TSL about her hectic work schedule, the nuances of coaching and the women in sports that came before her.
Sagehens hope to improve on last year’s second-place finish
Fresh off of last year’s second-place finish, the P-P softball team is seeking its first SCIAC title in program history.
RECAP: Sagehen softball goes 2-2 in inconsistent week of SCIAC play
The Sagehen softball team (29-10-1, 21-7 SCIAC) split a pair of doubleheaders last week, recording dramatically different results in each. On Friday, P-P beat Cal Lutheran (12-28, 6-22 SCIAC) 11-1 in the first game before losing 7-6 in the second. The next day the team traveled to La Verne (17-23,
Former Pomona-Pitzer softball player using Claremont experience to educate Derek Jeter’s Miami Marlins
Emily Glass PO ’15 researched baseball player development programs and philosophies in six countries during her Watson fellowship, leading her to realize that building an education program for a professional baseball team was her next career goal.
RECAP: P-P softball, winners of 11 of last 12, sweep doubleheader at Chapman
The P-P softball team (27-8-1, 18-5 SCIAC) kept up its recent surge and picked up two big road wins against Chapman (16-20,15-9) Saturday. The Panthers currently sit at third in the SCIAC, while the Sagehens are second. P-P won the games 10-9 and 15-6. In the first game, P-P trailed
RECAP: P-P softball team ends CMS’ perfect SCIAC season on walk-off, goes 3-1 on the week
Pomona-Pitzer softball (25-8-1, 17-5 SCIAC) had a successful week, splitting a pair of games against CMS (27-6, 21-1 SCIAC) before sweeping a doubleheader against Redlands (14-20, 8-14 SCIAC) 11-8 and 7-3. The Sagehens won the first game against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4-3 on a walk-off RBI single from Karina Falkstrom PZ ’21,