The Pomona-Pitzer men’s track and field team competed in the SCIAC championships hosted by California Lutheran University and held at Occidental College last weekend. All the men and women of SCIAC gathered in this ultimate showdown to close out the 2013 season. After two full days of preliminaries and final
Author: Sarah Tuggy
Water Polo Splits Doubleheader
Last Saturday was a day of extremes for the Pomona-Pitzer women’s water polo team. Following a 20-4 victory over SCIAC opponent Caltech, the Hens rushed over to Los Angeles to suffer a 22-5 defeat at the hands of the fourth-ranked University of California, Los Angeles, Bruins. To be fair, some
Hens Strike Back in SCIAC Against Whittier
The Pomona-Pitzer women’s water polo team is back on the rise. After a shaky start to the SCIAC regular season that placed the defending SCIAC Champions at 2-2 in SCIAC, the Sagehens have defeated California State University, San Bernardino, and fellow SCIAC opponent Whittier College to catalyze a SCIAC winning
Water Polo On Track for SCIACs
The Pomona-Pitzer women’s water polo team is on a mission this season to win the SCIAC Championship and reach the legendary NCAA tournament at Harvard University in mid-May. So far, they’re on the right track. The Sagehens secured a victory in their SCIAC opener on Wednesday evening with a 6-2 victory
Hens Look to Bounce Back at Claremont Convergence
The defending SCIAC champion Pomona-Pitzer women’s water polo team returned from a tournament at California Lutheran University last weekend after having battled through four close games and emerging victorious in one. They go into their first home games for the annual Claremont Convergence tournament this weekend with a 3-5 record,
Sagehens Set 14 School Records at SCIAC’s
It is a time of laughter, a time of tears, and a time when Pomona-Pitzer swimming and diving culminates their season with a 72-hour blur of blindingly fast swimming and waves of anticipation and excitement. It is a time when the 57 members and three coaches of PPSD operate as
Women’s Water Polo Begins Season Right Where They Left Off
This weekend, with a 14-11 victory over the University of La Verne Leopards and a 6-3 win over the University of Redlands Bulldogs, the top-ranked Pomona-Pitzer women’s water polo team extended their winning streak against last year’s SCIAC opponents to 15. Following the two losses against University of California, Santa
Swimmers Taper in Preparation for SCIAC Prelims
If you spot swimmers driving to class this week, don’t be alarmed. The Pomona-Pitzer swimming and diving team takes their taper quite seriously. With just a week and a half left until the SCIAC Championships at the Splash Pool in La Mirada, Calif., from February 17-19, the Sagehens are in
Men’s Water Polo Closes Out Season as National #5
The Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo team concluded the 2012 season with a set of exceptional performances at the WWPA tournament at Whittier College from Nov. 16-18. The Hens went into the tournament as the seventh seed, but a one-goal overtime victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and another one-goal win over number-19 Santa
Water Polo Falls in SCIAC Final, Ties for First Overall
Athletes have off games throughout their careers—games where everything seems to go wrong, and they cannot shake feelings of sluggishness and incoordination. Sometimes this phenomenon happens for an entire team—plays performed over and over in practice do not run smoothly, there is a lack of communication, players lose sense of