Bi-Weekly Write-up - April 9, 2001  
Women's Softball Overall: 2-24

SCIAC: 0-12
The Hen softball (2-24, 0-12) squad lost three hard fought games to the Tigers of Occidental on the 6th and 8th of April.  On the 6th, the Hens fell by the score of 4-2.  The Hens held a 2-1 lead going into the 7th inning but the Tigers tallied 3 runs for the win.  Alicia Juskewycz went 2 for 2 for the Hens with a run, a walk and a stolen base.  Sharon Silveira pitched 6 innings, allowing just one earned run and striking out one.

On the 8th, the Hens played two more games against the Tigers, and dropped both contests.  The first game of the day saw the Hens fall by the score of 7-0.  Sharon Silveira and Anna Ramsauer both had hits for the Hens in the game.  

Game 2 was another nail-biter for the Hens as Pomona-Pitzer fell in extra innings by the score of 4-3.  Anna Ramsauer, Sharon Silveira, and Jessie Coe all had 2 hits for the Sagehens.  Silveira pitched a complete game, going 8 innings, allowing just two earned runs and striking out 4. 

 
Women's Tennis Overall: 10-4

SCIAC: 6-0

The women's tennis team (10-4, 6-0) swept visiting UC Santa Cruz on the 8th of April.  The Hens were involved in a couple tough doubles matches but in the end entered singles play up 3-0.  In singles action, no Hen dropped a single set en route to the win.  

The Hens beat rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Friday the 6th.  The win marked the first victory over the Athenas since 1994.  The Hens came out strong as they were able to sweep all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead into singles action.  From there, the Hens split the six singles contests for the 6-3 victory.  Winning for the Hens were Betsy Mork at #2, Meghan Gould at #4, and Whitney Henderson at the 5 spot.     

The Sagehens won two matches over the weekend of the 1st of April Linfield College and over SCIAC foe Whittier. The Hens defeated Linfield by the score of 7-2. The Sagehens swept all three doubles matches and won at #’s 1 – 4 in singles play, all in straight sets. Sheree Schwartz won at the #1 position, Betsy Mork at #2, Kelli Howard at the 3 spot, and Meghan Gould at #4.

On the 1st of April, the Hens improved upon their undefeated conference record with a win over the Poets of Whittier. The Hens did not have any trouble in the match as they won easily by the score of 9-0. No doubles team lost more than 2 games and every singles match saw the Hens victorious in straight sets. At #6, Katie Seidel stepped into the line-up and won 6-0, 6-0.

The Hens took on Lewis & Clark College on the 28th and defeated the Pios by the score of 9-0. The Hens did not drop more than 2 games in any of the three doubles matches and lost just 6 games in the 12 total singles sets played. Four Sagehen netters tallied 6-0, 6-0 scores on the afternoon. They were Betsy Mork at #2, Meghan Gould at #4, Whitney Henderson at #5, and Chelsea Heller at the 6th spot. Sheree Schwartz and Kelli Howard were also straight set winners for the Hens at #’s 1 and 3, respectively. 

 
Men's Tennis Overall: 11-5

SCIAC: 4-2

The men's tennis squad (11-5, 4-2) took on rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on the 10th and lost a very hard-fought match to the Stags by the score of 4-3.  The Hens fell behind early as they lost the doubles point.  The #2 tandem of Mike Benaroya and J.R. Hall was the only team to claim a victory in doubles.  In singles action, the Hens fell just one match short of a great comeback.  J.R. Hall and Dave Fern, playing #'s 1 and 2, played outstanding singles matches, winning in straight sets.  Mike Benaroya came back from a set down to win his match in 3 sets at the #5 position.  

The Hens traveled to Chapman on the 4th to take on a tough Panther squad and the Hens were victorious by the score of 4-3.  The Hens had a rocky start as the host Panthers won the doubles point.  J.R. Hall and Mike Benaroya were the only victors in doubles at the #2 position.  The Hens came back in singles action, winning at #'s 2, 3, 4, and 6.  Dave Fern won in straight sets at the 2 spot, Samir Vora at 3, Sam Gaines won in 3 sets at the 5 spot, and Jamie Frank won in straight sets at 6.

The Hens split two very tough matches over the weekend, beating Linfield 4-3 and dropping a contest to Pacific Lutheran by the same score. Against Linfield on the 30th , the Hens won the doubles point by winning at #1, 8-5, and at #3 in a tiebreaker. In singles action, the Hens’ J.R. Hall was victorious at #1 by the score of 6-3, 6-2. Dave Fern had the match-clinching victory at #2 singles with scores of 6-7, 6-2, 6-0. Sam Gaines was the other Hen winner on the day at #4 with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph.

On the 31st, the Hens dropped a tough match to visiting Pacific Lutheran. The Hens again came out the gates hard by winning the doubles point with victories at #’s 1 and 2. The Hens would lose 4 tough matches in singles play, however, as the Lutes were able to edge the Hens 4-3. The Hens did get straight set wins at #1 from J.R. Hall (7-5, 6-4) and at #4 from Sam Gaines (6-1, 6-3). Three 3-set matches went the way of the Lutes on the afternoon.

 
Overall: 18-9

SCIAC: 11-3

The men's baseball squad (18-9, 11-3) traveled to Chapman for a non-conference matchup with the Panthers on the 10th of April.  The Hens fell to the host squad by the score of 8-3.  The Hens started to rally in the 8th inning but it wasn't enough to catch the tough Chapman team.  Luke Smude had a good day at the plate for the Hens, going 2 for 4 with a triple, an RBI, and a run.   

The Hens swept a double header from Cal Lutheran on the 8th of April, bringing them within just one game of the 1st place Kingsmen.  The Hens won the games by scores of 22-2 and 5-3.  In the first game, the Hens exploded for 23 hits in the game.  Jose Cortez went 4 for 5 in the game with 2 two-run home runs and 6 RBI's.  Matt Rager and Alex Siele also left the yard for the Hens in the game.  Adam Gardner got the win for the Hens, pitching a complete game.  In game 2, the Hens were again sparked by Cortez as he hit another two-run home run in the game.  Luke Smude also had a big day for the Hens, going 2 for 4 with and RBI and a run scored.  Spike Einsiedler got the win for the Hens and Mike Renery the save.

The Hens traveled to Cal Lutheran on the 6th for the first game of a 3 game set over the weekend.  The Hens fell to the host Kingsmen by the score of 8-3.  The Hens got up early in the game as they took a 3-0 into the 3rd inning.  The Kingsmen tied the game at 3-3 going into the top of the 5th and added 5 more runs over the next 3 innings of play to extend their lead and hold on to the win.  Rob Ruiz and Spike Einsiedler both had home runs for the Sagehens. 

The Hens played three games against the Poets of La Verne on the 30th and 31st and were victorious in two of those games. In the first game on Friday the 30th, the Hens fell at home by the score of 16-2. Both Bobby Boeche and Jose Cortez hit solo home runs on the day to give the Hens their only runs.

On the 31st, the Hens traveled down the street to play a double header for the final two games of the three game set with La Verne. Game 1 saw the Hens climb out of an early 5-0 hole to take the game by the score of 15-7. Rob Ruiz, Spike Einsiedler, and Jose Cortez all had 3 hit performances in the game and all hit home runs in the game as well. Cortez hit two home runs in the game. Cortez had 5 RBI’s on the day while Ruiz knocked 4 in of his own. Adam Gardner got the win for the Hens, going 8 innings on the day, allowing 5 earned runs and striking out 6.

In the second game of the day, the score was much closer but the Hens still came out on top by the score of 7-4. Bobby Boeche and Ollie Morrison both had 3 hits on the day for the Hens. Boeche knocked in 3 runs with his performance at the plate. Jose Cortez was also strong at the plate, going 2 for 3, hitting his 3rd home run in 2 days. Cortez also walked 2 times in the game. Spike Einsiedler got the win for the Sagehens, pitching 7 innings, allowing 3 earned runs and striking out 5 batters.

 
Women's Track & Field Overall: 1-3 SCIAC: 1-3

The women's track & field (1-3, 1-3)  team fell to Claremont-M-S, 135-18, and to La Verne, 96-50, Friday night at CMS in a SCIAC 4-way dual meet. The Sagehens had two individual winners: Laura Bishop won the 1500 in a conference-leading 4:53.64, while Sara Hastings won the pole vault at 9'6".

The team sent a few individuals to the UC Riverside Invitational Saturday and came away with some strong marks. The Sagehens travel across Sixth Street this Friday afternoon for a SCIAC 4-way meet against CMS, La Verne, and Caltech.

Junior Sara Hastings demolished the school record in the pole vault by clearing 10'0. Hastings brushed the bar but cleared at 9'6 to set one record. Then, at 10'0, Hastings soared cleanly over the bar to up the Sagehen standard by an even foot. Hastings had co-held the previous record of 9'0 set last year.

Other strong marks for Pomona-Pitzer included personal bests from Lily Holmes in the 100m (14.93), Madeline Mundt (2:35.20) and Jamie Burns (2:41.46) in the 800, and Susie Roley in the 1500 (5:15.95).

 

Men's Track & Field  Overall: 2-2

SCIAC: 2-2

The men's track & field (2-2, 2-2) team dropped meets to Claremont-M-S, 130-33, and to La Verne, 96-67, Friday night at CMS. Senior Ari Polychronopoulos won the discus at 147'7 to record the lone Sagehen win. Other strong marks for Pomona-Pitzer included Dan Wire's 193'11 javelin throw--an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. Polychronopoulos also threw 45'10 in the shot put and 168'10 in the hammer. Jonathan Samples clocked 11.09 in the 100m--the #6 all-time mark for Pomona-Pitzer. Frosh Matt Franck ran the 5000m in 15:22.68.

The team sent its squad to the UC Riverside Invitational. The Sagehens are gearing up for Friday's SCIAC showdown at Claremont-M-S Friday where the three undefeated SCIAC teams will meet head to head: Pomona-Pitzer (2-0), Claremont-M-S (4-0), and La Verne (4-0), plus Caltech.

At UCR, Jonathan Samples ran the 100 (11.34) and 200 (23.51), Joe Hartford pole vaulted a strong 13'0", and senior thrower Ari Polychronopoulos tossed the shot (43'0), discus (134'1) and hammer (138'10).

 

Golf  Overall: 3-4

SCIAC: 3-4

The golf team (3-4, 3-4) competed against Occidental on the 9th of April and defeated the Tigers by the score of 324-352.  Ben Hochstein was the low man for the Hens with a 75 on the Annandale course.  R.G. Manalac was close behind with an 81 on the day.  

The Hens competed against Chapman and Master's College on the 3rd of April and ended up victorious over both squads.  The Hens (307) were victorious over Chapman (338) by 31 strokes but by just one stroke over Master's (308).  Luc Shuster was the top Hen out on the course with a 75.  Duke Gray and Ben Hochstein both came in just behind with 77's on the day.

The Hens competed against Cal Lutheran on the 29th of March and came up short to the Kingsmen by the score of 309-294.  R.G. Manalac shot an impressive 71 on the River Ridge course and Ben Hochstein came in 6 shots behind him with a 77 on the day.  No other Hen shot in the 70's on the day while 5 of 6 Kingsmen were able to accomplish that feat.

 

Women's Water Polo  Overall: 3-8

SCIAC: 0-2

The women's water polo team (3-8, 0-2) hosted Redlands on the 11th and came up short to the Bulldogs by the score of 14-5.  Lucia Schmit led the Hens in scoring with 3 goals in the game.  The Hens were able out shoot their opponent by 23-17.  Three different Sagehen players came up with 2 steals in the game.  

The Hens played 2 games on on the 7th of April and came up short in both contests.  In the morning, the Hens took on rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and fell in a close game by the score of 8-7.  Lucia Scmit was the lone multi-goal scorer with 2 for the game.  Claire Townsend had 13 saves in net for the game.  Blair Henderson and Morgan Sokolow each had 4 steals in the game.  Later that day, the Hens took on U.C. San Diego and lost to the Tritons by the score of 17-5.  Jacquie Cole had 3 goals for the Hens.  Claire Townsend made 8 save in net.  

The Hens took on Cal Baptist on the 28th and fell by the score of 16-10. Lucia Schmit scored 5 goals on 7 attempts for the Sagehens. Claire Townsend made 2 saves for the Hens in net.