Heartbreak. That is what the Pomona-Pitzer women’s softball team felt twice this weekend. The Hens lost their first match-up against Whittier 9-8 in nine innings. Then, in the second game of the doubleheader, they succumbed 5-4 to the Poets in ten. Suffice it to say that a sense of heaviness,
Author: Michael Ceragioli
Softball Falls in Doubleheader to CMS
The Pomona-Pitzer softball team dropped both games of their doubleheader at CMS March 30, losing the first game of the series by a score of 6-5 and the second 6-1. The games were a make-up of the rained-out series originally scheduled for March 17. The Sagehens were on top in
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If we choose to remember them kindly, to emphasize their cultural accomplishments prior to their decline and fall, we will recall how the Greeks produced philosophers of the likes of Plato and Aristotle, and we will remember the Romans for their mighty army and their experiments with democracy. After the
From Center Back to Center Field, Munzer is at the Center of P-P Sports
Watch Erik Munzer PZ ’13 play any sport—see him smack a line drive into the outfield and subsequently bear down on the bases, or close upon, dispossess and then topple an opposing forward who has made a heavy touch—and you will immediately get the impression that he would be good
Saghens Fall in SCIAC Championship to CMS
Pomona-Pitzer Men’s Basketball came all the way back from being down 16 in the second half, closing the gap to as little as two in the final minute, but could not overcome CMS in the SCIAC Championship game Feb. 25. A night after taking care of Whittier 60-53 at home,
McAndrews Seals Thriller at CMS with 51-50 Win
Kyle McAndrews PO ’15 hit three free throws with 0.4 seconds remaining to give Pomona-Pitzer a thrilling 51-50 victory over archrival CMS on Tuesday at CMC’s Ducey Gymnasium. Prior to McAndrews’s free throws, CMS went up 50-48 on a Remy Pinson CM ’14 three-pointer with 12 seconds left. Without a
Sagehen Basketball Falls Again in Closing Seconds
Pomona-Pitzer overcame a 16-point first half deficit against Occidental only to drop another last-second heartbreaker, losing 57-55 on Wednesday night at home. Oxy’s Deshun McCoy scored the game-winning lay-up with 3.2 seconds to go on an assist from Jack Hanley. P-P was unable to muster a quality look on the
P-P Basketball Falls in Final Seconds Against Cal Lu
Aaron Van Klaveren’s free throw with 1.3 seconds remaining broke a 46-46 tie and propelled the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen to victory over Pomona-Pitzer in a scrappy contest at Voelkel Gymnasium on Wednesday. Cal Lu overcame a nine-point halftime deficit in a game in which neither team shot well. The Sagehens
A Response to Hook-up Culture: The Conversation Continues
Corin Hamilton wrote a very good article on the hook-up culture last week—so good that it deserves a follow-up. I thought Corin was right in asserting that the hook-up culture causes us to miss out on experiences that could be special or meaningful, and I thought he was equally correct
The Psychology of Facebook
Of Facebook’s 800 million active users, the group that far and away uses it best—and when I say best, I mean Mark Zuckerburg-defined best––is college students. No need to catalogue why and how; you know what I’m talking about. You realize that the life of a 20 year old without