The Daily Hen Sports Update

Football

Overall: 4-5   SCIAC: 3-3

For the first time since 1987, the Sagehens defeated the Redlands Bulldogs, 28-25. Joe Cappola rushed for 168 yards on 33 carries and scored a touchdown and a two-point conversion in the win. The season-ending victory ensured a losing season for the Bulldogs, and was the first time in the past 11 games that the Sagehens had triumphed over Redlands. Trailing 18-6 at halftime, the Sagehens responded with a 15-0 third quarter highlighted by a pair of three yard scores by quarterback Cody Peterson and Cappola. Pomona-Pitzer outscored the Bulldogs 22-7 in the second half.

Joe Cappola rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns as the Sagehens defeated Colorado College 38-14 on Saturday in Colorado. Cody Peterson, filling in for injured quarterback Justin Fenchel, was 16 for 24 for 219 yards and rushed for two touchdowns. The Sagehens racked up 495 yards of total offense, 113 of those off of six receptions by Russell Ligon.  Patrick Crawley led the defense with two sacks, and Matthew Barbour had 12 tackles. On Saturday the Sagehens host the Redlands Bulldogs in the season finale at 1 pm at Merritt Field.

Men's Soccer
Overall: 13-6   SCIAC: 12-3

Two scoreless halves and two overtime periods could not decide who would represent the conference with the automatic NCAA bid, so the game between the Sagehens and Redlands Bulldogs came down to penalty kicks. In the end, the Bulldogs prevailed 7-6, overshadowing a great performance by goalkeeper Dan Bendett. Regardless of the outcome, both Redlands and Pomona-Pitzer will share the conference title, and senior Scott Coleman was named SCIAC Player of the Year.

Scott Coleman scored two goals and David Roy added two assists as the Sagehens defeated the Kingsmen of Cal Lutheran 2-1 on Saturday.

Women's Soccer
Overall: 8-5-4  SCIAC: 7-2-3

The Sagehens took the field for their final game of the 2004 season, facing Chapman in a non-conference match-up. Chapman entered the game ranked #14 in the country and on the verge of earning a bid into the NCAA tournament. The Hens played the game a bit-short handed with several players out due to class conflicts or injuries, but the group was looking forward to one last challenge against a top Division III team. Pomona-Pitzer played a good first half. Although the Hens gave up an early goal, the play was even after that, with the Hens taking two shots on goal to Chapman’s four.  The Panthers took over in the second half however, finding the net two more times to make the final score 3-0.  The Sagehens finish the 2004 season with an 8-5-4 record. Among the teams accomplishments this year include the longest consecutive streak of games without a loss in the history of the program.  Between September 22^nd and October 30^th, the Hens went 7-0-3, for a 10 game streak, which bests the streak of seven games without a loss in 1989.  The 7-2-3 record in SCIAC earned Pomona-Pitzer second place, the best conference finish since 1990. The programs successful season was fueled by a great team defense, which only gave up eight goals and had six shutouts in twelve SCIAC games. Freshman goalkeeper Kelsyn Bevins jumped to the top of the record books in her first season. Her .737 goals-against-average on the season is the best ever for Pomona-Pitzer. 

Pomona-Pitzer traveled to Eagle Rock to play Occidental College on Monday for a rescheduled SCIAC game. It was the Hens third game in five days and they were not able to hold a 1-0 halftime lead, eventually losing 2-1 in overtime. Occidental was out-shot 19-9 by the Hens, but capitalized on their chances. The Tigers scored the winning goal off of a corner kick in the 96th minute. Pomona-Pitzer’s goal was scored in the closing minutes of the first half to take a 1-0 lead going into halftime. Senior Izzy Smith, cracked a long range shot that hit the crossbar. The ball bounced to Freshman Jillian Duffy, who dove to head it in past the goalkeeper. The result breaks the Sagehen streak of 10 games without a loss. Their last loss came on September 18th against Redlands in the first SCIAC game of the season. Pomona-Pitzer ends conference play with a 7-2-3 record, which gives them second place in SCIAC. They will close their season with a non-conference match-up at home against Chapman. Kickoff is 2:30 pm on Thursday.    

Volleyball

Overall: 18-12  SCIAC: 7-7

The Sagehens season ended Thursday with a 3-2 loss to Cal Lutheran. Despite the loss, Pomona-Pitzer increased its win total from last year. Senior Katherine Hopkins was named to the All-SCIAC Second Team.

The Athenas defeated the Sagehens 30-20, 30-28, 30-25 on Tuesday. The loss drops the Sagehens to 5-5 in conference play. Rachele Treger hit .353 with eight kills, and Katherine Hopkins had 12 kills in the loss. Before the game, coach Valerie Cowan paid tribute to her seniors, Jeannie Kenmotsu, Katherine Hopkins, Jessica Rybka, and Alysha Lascano.

Women's Cross Country

Overall: 4-3  SCIAC: 4-3

Pomona-Pitzer's women's cross country team took a strong third Saturday at the SCIAC Championships meet held at Prado Park. The Sagehens scored 93 points to finish behind Claremont-M-S (39) and Redlands (77), and ahead of Occidental (98), Cal Lutheran (123), Whittier (158), Caltech (169) and La Verne (177). Pomona-Pitzer finishes tied for third in the overall SCIAC standings after finishing fourth in the Multi-Dual meet earlier in the season. Running on a flood-shortened 5500m course instead of the usual 6000m course, Junior Amy Rapp led the Sagehens with her 9th place finish. Rapp earns her third straight SCIAC First Team honor for finishing in the top 10 individually. Rapp's time was 22:06. Behind Rapp for the Sagehen scoring positions were frosh Kira Donnelly (11th, 22:16), senior Ann Prouty (16th, 22:32), junior Lisa Parrillo (28th, 23:35), and senior Laurel Williams (32nd, 23:47). Pomona-Pitzer next competes in the NCAA III West Regional Championships, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 13 at Prado Park in Chino. At the Regional meet, the top two teams and the top seven individuals not on the top two teams will earn berths to the NCAA III National Championship meet on Nov. 20 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Pomona-Pitzer women's cross country team won four meets and lost three Friday afternoon at the SCIAC Multi-Dual meet held at La Mirada Park. By finishing 4-3 in the dual meet season, the Sagehens look to move up in the SCIAC standings at the SCIAC Championships, to be held Saturday, Oct. 30 at Prado Park in Chino. The women's race begins at 9:45am. At La Mirada frosh Kira Donnelly paced the Sagehens with her 8th place finish over the 6000m (3.7 miles) in 24:39.8. Behind Donnelly for Pomona-Pitzer were junior Amy Rapp (11th, 24:53), frosh Erica Nelson (19th, 25:42), senior Ann Prouty (21st, 25:48), and senior Laurel Williams (37th, 27:05).

Men's Water Polo

Overall: 14-4  SCIAC: 4-3

After defeating Occidental, the Sagehens took on Whittier College in the SCIAC Championships, and fell 11-5. They rebounded however, and defeated CMS 7-6 behind Tim Brown's three goals and Carlos Diy's ten saves. On Thursday, the Sagehens travel to UC Davis to compete in Nationals, where they are the number ten seed. They take on Whittier at 10 am Thursday.

The Hens lost to Air Force, ranked 16th nationally, 11-4. Coach Scott Smith used a platoon system against the men in blue, much like he did against Cal Baptist, so that the team would have enough energy to defeat Chapman and maintain a high ranking in Division III. Mock scored two goals, Cooper one. the Hens were behind 5-1 at the end of one, 7-2 at the half, 8-4 after three. In the Chapman game, Cooper and Brown scored in the 1st, Su in the 2nd, Brown, Price and Cooper in the 3rd, and Cooper, Mock and Kusao in the 4th. The game was never in doubt, and this was the 3rd straight win over Chapman this season. Seniors Andrew Shetterly and Bobby "Dirty" Brown were introduced to the crowd for their last home game as Sagehen polo players, and the faithful gathered in the cloudy weather cheered for their heroes.

Men's Cross Country

Overall: 7-0    SCIAC: 7-0

Crosby Freeman paced three Sagehen runners in the top 15, as Pomona-Pitzer finished in second place at the NCAA Regionals at Prado Park on Saturday. Freeman finished with a time of 25:34.60, and Will Leer finished eighth with a time of 26:13.10; senior Golden Krishna finished in 13th with a time of 26:31.70. The second place finish qualified the Sagehens for Nationals in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Saturday.

Behind junior Crosby Freeman's individual championship, Pomona-Pitzer's men's cross country team nabbed first place Saturday at the SCIAC Championships meet held at Prado Park. Freeman becomes only the third SCIAC runner--and second Pomona-Pitzer runner--in the past 27 years to win consecutive individual SCIAC Championships. In winning its second straight conference title, the Sagehens scored 36 points by having runners finish in the 1-3-9-10-13 positions. Pomona-Pitzer narrowly defeated a highly-charged Occidental team that scored 43 points for a close second. Following those two schools were Claremont-M-S (69), La Verne (104), Caltech (136), Redlands (175), Whittier (204), and Cal Lutheran (206). Pomona-Pitzer finishes first in the overall SCIAC standings after going undefeated in the Multi-Dual meet two weeks ago. Freeman ran the looping 8000m (5 mile) course in 25:36 and pulled ahead of Occidental's Kevin Chavez during the third and final loop of the course to win going away. Behind Freeman for the Hens sophomore Will Leer (3rd, 26:06), senior Nate DeFelice (9th, 27:02), senior Golden Krishna (10th, 27:05) and sophomore Sean McCarron (13th, 27:12). Pomona-Pitzer next competes in the NCAA III West Regional Championships, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 13 at Prado Park in Chino. At the Regional meet, the top two teams and the top four individuals not on the top two teams will earn berths to the NCAA III National Championship meet on Nov. 20 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Pomona-Pitzer has been ranked 2nd and 3rd throughout most of the fall. In addition, the squad's most recent national ranking has been 21st in the last week of October.