Oxy Pulls Away from P-P in Season Finale

The Pomona-Pitzer women’s basketball team (8-16, 6-10 SCIAC) wrapped up its season Saturday, Feb. 22, falling 71-58 to Occidental College (13-12, 7-9 SCIAC) at home in a game that encapsulated the Sagehens’ season in many ways, as flashes of a great team alternated with stretches of poor execution and inconsistency.

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Athenas Take SCIAC by Storm, Earn NCAA Bid

After claiming the SCIAC title on Saturday, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s soccer team earned itself a spot in the Division III NCAA tournament. The CMS Athenas, who finished 10-8-3 overall and 7-5-2 in SCIAC, will take on 12th-ranked Hardin-Simmons University this Saturday, Nov. 16, at California Lutheran University in the tournament’s

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Special Report: Athletic Atmosphere on Campus

The sizable difference between the athletics spending at Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has raised some questions about the value that the P-P administration places on athletics. Interim Dean of Pomona College Betsy Crighton, however, is quick to defend the value of athletics and physical wellness programs at Pomona. “Physical education in

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Special Report: Breaking Down the Athletics Budget

Pomona-Pitzer’s sports coaches are not breaking the campus budget, a close analysis of athletic spending shows. Men’s golf is pricey. Women’s track is cheap. And the Sagehens get outspent two to one by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in athletics. In 2011, the P-P athletic department spent a total of $2,177,673 according to a

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