Women's Water Polo Opener

The Women's Water Polo team opened up against a familair SCIAC foe in the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens. This was our first game of the season and their third and the experience of game play showed. Our young Bulldog squad swam, passed, and shot well at Thompson Aquatic Center but not well enough to defeat the Sagehens. We lost 12-7. We'll see them again when it comes to conference play. I hung out in the stands and slept in the sun for the better part of the match. We have another game at 2:30 pm against the Coyotes of CSU San Bernardino. Enjoy the weather, watch some water polo, and rest your eyes between quarters. How can you beat that?

Bulldogs vs. Leopards II

The second half of the double header was witness to a packed and fun crowd. I'm sure they ran out of fan appreciation t-shirts early, but the crowd never waivered in enthusiasm. Thurber grabbed a t-shirt. Sorry. Even the mascot in training needs a little bling every now and then. At the start of the game, our men were tied for first in the SCIAC. By the end, we still were. The Leopards never led. Our defense held them to 33 percent shooting. Only one of their players scored in double figures while we had four on our way to a 78-61 victory. We were able to get in 15 different players tonight. Our guys are playing great basketball right now. The CMS Stags come into town on Wednesday for a battle of the number ones. Let's have another great showing of support.

Bulldogs vs. Leopards I

Thurber was the first out the door and in the car to tonight's game at Currier Gym. He knew this was an important game to get our ladies back on track and he wasn't going to miss our resurgence. And when he got there he found out we were going to need to do it with fewer players than usual. That just meant some players were going to have to step up and sure enough, they did. Chelsea, Christina, Katy, and Mackenzie all played well. But still, the Leopards were lighting it up from all over the floor; behind the arc they hit 62 percent and overall half of everything they threw up went in. There were nine lead changes and it took Mariah, Ali, and the recovering Courtney to bring our swagger back and then at the end, Meghan drove in for the final bucket and sealed the victory. That was a true team effort. That was fun. I just wish the next few home games won't be so dramatic, but it sure is good to be back to our winning ways.

Senior Day for Swimmers

After a long and rewarding week of Swimming 700 miles for Haiti, our swimmers and divers faced off against the Poets of Whittier at Thompson Aquatic Center. It was Senior Day for 19 athletes and true to form, the weather was as perfect as all 19 have swum over the years as Bulldogs. Before the meet all the seniors donned wonderful leis brought from Hawaii by the Loo family. That was nice surprise. Thurber and I hung around to watch the 1000, 200, and 50 freestyle events along with the 400 IM. The meet for both the women and the men was going well and I needed to head back home to rest for tonight's basketball double header (remember it's free t-shirt night!). Tomorrow we'll be back at the pool to watch the first women's water polo match of the season at our of two first mini-tournaments. It starts at 9 am and continues for much of the day. I highly recommend coming out to watch. It promises to be a perfect day to relax in the sun and catch some exciting action in the water.

Baseball Opener

Talulah and Thurber were entertained for the better part of the day by their Husky friend at Willis Center before wandering over to The Yard to catch the first baseball game of the season. Isn't this early for baseball? Oh well, our Bulldogs scored early over the Golden Eagles of La Sierra and held on with strong pitching for a 7-2 win.