Traveling just across the pond for the chance to represent your country in the sport you love isn’t too bad innit? Ryan Long PO ’21 would say so. After competing on the Sagehen’s baseball team for four years, Long was drafted first by the Baltimore Orioles in 2021 and now was selected to represent Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic that took place this past week.
Tag: Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
P-P women’s lacrosse team finds silver lining in an early season loss
re-LAX! Despite losing the battle of the birds to No. 7 ranked Wesleyan 16-4, the Sagehens are using the loss as motivation for continuing their dominance of the SCIAC in hopes of bringing home a National Championship.
Stags baseball sweep Sagehens in historic Sixth Street series
Break out the brooms! Stags complete historic season sweep of Sagehens with three bombs in 16-4 series finale victory.
CMS, PP co-host 27 teams at annual Convergence water polo tournament
27 Dresses? More like 27 women’s water polo teams in Claremont. This past weekend, CMS and P-P women’s water polo co-hosted teams from all over the country across all divisions. Both the Athenas and the Sagehens had two wins and two losses, a promising sign for their upcoming spring season.
Clash at CARW: Top seeds P-P and CMS battle it out in Sixth Street shootout for SCIAC regular season title
Unfortunately for the Stags, the second time was not the charm. Swarmed by the Sagehens, who pecked away at their defense, the CMS men’s basketball team fell to their sixth street rivals in the last game of the regular season. Both teams moved onto the semi finals later that weekend, but failed to make the final game. The result of their final face-off, however, along with their better record, allowed the Sagehens to receive a bid for the D-III NCAA tournament which they will compete at this weekend.
Spotlight on Sports, Highlighting Black Excellence at the 5Cs
To celebrate Black History Month, TSL interviewed five students about their experiences being Black athletes at the 5Cs.
Q&A: PP’s Director of Recreation Dominiqic Williams on his first year on the job, vision for the program moving forward
Dom’s the bomb! P-P athletics’ Dominiqic Williams says make the trek for rec and club sports at the 5Cs.
Sagehen baseball heads into 2023 with high expectations following historic 2022 run
Was it a lucky season or are the Sagehens on an upward trend? The Pomona-Pitzer baseball team had one of the best seasons in program history last year and are hoping to build off their previous success.
‘Season still up for grabs’: P-P women’s basketball looks to move ahead after dramatic loss to Panthers
P-P proved if they go down, they go down fighting. Last Wednesday, the Pomona-Pitzer women’s basketball team lost a heartbreaking match to the Chapman Panthers. The final scoreboard read 66-62 in favor of Chapman, but didn’t reflect the incredible comeback PP had made from trailing the entire game, sometimes by as many as 15 points.
Sagehens soar past Poets in emphatic 40 point victory
Was it writer’s block? The Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens silenced the Whittier College Poets last Saturday at home for their biggest win of the season. The final scoreboard read 115-70, a 45 point lead to secure P-P’s victory.