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Men's
Basketball 12-8 Overall 7-3 SCIAC
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Pomona-Pitzer traveled to Occidental on the night of
the 9th and upended the Tigers, 66-52. The
Sagehens got a huge game from Mark Erler, who tallied 26
points on the night. Jeff Quinn-Cane was the only
other Sagehen in double figures with 10 points.
Erler also led the team in rebounds and steals with 6
and 2, respectively. The Hens shot 44% from the
3-point arc on the evening.
The Hens defeated a tough Whittier squad on the night
of the 6th, 60-57. Alex Lloyd hit a jumper with 4
seconds remaining in what was a tied ballgame.
Lloyd led the team with game highs of 19 points and 9
rebounds on the evening. Mark Erler was the other
Hen in double digits with 16 points. The Hens
struggled shooting the ball, connecting on just over 30%
from the floor and just over 40% from the free-throw
line.
Pomona-Pitzer drove to Pasadena to take on Caltech
and opened up the second half of SCIAC play with a
convincing 85-33 victory. Mark Erler led the team
with 17 points while Alexander Lloyd and Brandon Wood
each chipped in with 16. Wood also pulled down a
game high 9 rebounds on the night. The Sagehens
managed to shoot over 50% from the floor.
The Hens traveled to Thousand Oaks on the 30th and
lost a lopsided game to the Kingsmen of Cal Lutheran,
66-42. Alex Lloyd was the only Hen in double
digits with 11 points on the night. The Hens were
held to just 35 % shooting from the floor and made just
9 of 20 free throws on the night.
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Women's
Basketball 11-9 Overall 8-2
SCIAC
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The Hens swept the season series from rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
on the night of the 8th with a 67-48 victory over the
Athenas. Pomona-Pitzer got another big game from
Lindsay Hill, who tallied 22 points and 11 rebounds,
both game-highs. Tamara Zakim and Gre'Juana Dennis
also had good games with 18 and 15 points,
respectively. The Hens held the Athenas to just 14
% shooting from beyond the 3-point arc.
Pomona-Pitzer improved to an impressive 7-2 SCIAC mark
with a road win at Caltech on the night of the
5th. Five Sagehens (Lindsay Hill, Andrea Lievana,
Autumn Niibu, Debbie Birnbaum, Tamara Zakim) scored in
double digits in helping the Hens to the 90-41
victory. The Hens shot just under 50% from the
floor, committed only 9 turnovers, and outrebounded the
opposition by over 20 boards.
The Sagehen Women improved to .500 on the year and 6-2
in conference play with a road win over the Poets of
Whittier on the 1st of February. The Hens were
paced by three tremendous offensive showings as
Gre'Juana Dennis and Tamara Zakim each had 20 points
while Lindsay Hill tallied 17. Zakim also pulled
down 10 boards on the night. Leigh Ferrin
collected a game-high 11 rebounds. The Hens shot
46% from the floor in avenging an earlier loss to the
Poets.
The Hens improved to 5-2 in SCIAC play on the 29th with
a home win over the Tigers of Occidental. Going
into halftime, the score was just 19-8, but a big second
half by both teams ended in the final score of
65-53. Both Tamara Zakim and Lindsay Hill tallied
double-doubles on the night with Zakim scoring 25 points
and pulling down 10 boards while Hill chipped in with 19
points and 10 rebounds.
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Men's
Swimming/Diving 3-5
Overall 2-4 SCIAC
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The Sagehen men won all but 4 events in dismantling the
Poets of Whittier on the 9th. P.C. Fleming (400 Medlay
Relay, 200 Individualy Medley, and 200 backstroke) and Ben
Komer (200 freestyle, 50 freestyle, and 500 freestyle) were
each in on 3 wins on the day. David Bates and Neil
Bertrando again swept both diving events for the Sagehnens.
The Sagehens won 6 events, set a Haldeman Pool record,
and had some great performances in a losing effort against
reigning SCIAC champs Redlands on the 2nd of February.
Ben Komer dominated his best event with a huge :21.30 sprint
good for a pool record in the 50 free. Komer currently
holds the 3rd fastest time in the nation for that
event. Ben added a lifetime best 100 butterfly
(:52.53) for his second victory. Ben Demarchellier
also won two events in lifetime best efforts in the 100 and
200 freestyle events. Komer and Demarchellier teamed
with Justin Greenwood and Lucas Johnson to win the 400 free
relay. Patrick Fleming recorded a season best (:58.83)
to win the backstroke event.
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Women's
Swimming/Diving 7-1 Overall 5-1 SCIAC
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The Sagehens soundly defeated Whittier on the 9th in the final
dual meet of the season. Sixteen season best times were
clocked by the Hens on the day (Janetta Iwanicki, Marcie Holmes, and
Robin Kirschbaum in the 200 free; Erin Hafer in the 100 back; Lucia
Schmit in the 100 breast; Jessie Neufelf in the 200 fly; Jennifer
Ah-Kee in the 100 free; Valerie Stout and Chelsea Hauge, Jessica
Anderson, and Beverly Mielke in the 200 breast; Michelle Adams and
Laurel Williams in the 500 free; Liz Widmar in the 100 fly; Jessie
Neufeld and Robin Kirschbaum in the 400 IM).
The Sagehen women had a great meet against Redlands on the 2nd of
February, winning by the narrow margin of 127.5 to 115.5. Lucy
Keller swam an outstanding race in the the 200 free, winning with a
time of 2:01.20, while Jennie Marble followed in a close second
place finish with Jacquie Cole coming in third. The meet came
down to the last race, the 400 free relay, where the Hens pulled
through. Alison Davis led off in a :58.9, Lizzy Davis followed
with at season best :56.8, Cole swam a quick :56.4, and Elizabeth
Widmar finished it off with a season best of her own at :56.62.
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Men's
Tennis 1-1
Overall 1-0 SCIAC
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The Sagehens opened up SCIAC play at home with a 7-0 win over
Caltech on the afternoon of the 8th. The Hens started the
match by sweeping the three doubles matches and then proceeded to do
the same in singles play without dropping a set. J.R. Hall did
not drop a game in his win at #1 singles while Chris Croxton dropped
just one in his first set, playing in the #5 spot.
Complete Results
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Softball
0-3
Overall 0-0 SCIAC
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Pomona-Pitzer hosted a double-header with The Master's on the
afternoon of the 8th and were defeated both times. The Hens
struggled from the plate, getting just one hit in game 1 from Leanne
Stein and two in game 2 from Stein and Karen
Hamilton.
The Sagehens opened up their 2002 season with a close 3-0 loss to
Cal Baptist. The Hens gave up only 3 hits on the afternoon,
but were unable to come up with one of their own.
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Baseball
4-1
Overall 0-0 SCIAC
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Pomona-Pitzer played their home opener on the afternoon of the 7th
and won the game over visiting Westmont in dramatic fashion.
The Hens were down 8-5 in the bottom of the 8th (game was shortened
to 8 innings due to darkness) when the rally began. Ollie
Morrison had a base clearing double to tie the game and then Rob
Ruiz blasted a three run shot over the right field wall to give the
Hens the hard fought victory. Jose Cortez also had a three run
homerun in the first inning for the Hens. Alex Smith got the
win, pitching 2 innings, allowing no hits.
The baseball squad kicked off its season with 3 wins out of 4 games
over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of February. On the the
2nd, the Hens split two games with C.S. Hayward, dropping the first
5-4 and winning the second, 7-4. Matt Rager went 2 for 4 with
a homerun in the first game while Luke Smude and Jase Turner each
had three hits in helping the Hens to the game 2 victory. On
Sunday, Pomona-Pitzer swept two games from Menlo College in
domination fashion, winning 16-3 and 19-5. Alan Flores had 3
hits in the first game, while Spike Einsiedler had 3 RBI's, 3 runs,
and also pitched 6 very strong innings to get the win. Game
two saw even more offensive production from the Hens. Jose
Cortez had 4 hits, Luke Smude had 5 and Jase Turner and Ollie
Morrison each had 2 of the Hens' 21 hits on the afternoon.
Alex Smith pitched 2 shutout innings in relief for the
Sagehens.
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Women's
Tennis
1-0 Overall 1-0 SCIAC
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The Sagehens opened up the 2002 season with a convincing 9-0 win
over Caltech. No Hen lost more than two games in any one match
on the afternoon. Whitney Henderson and Ginger Wachter each
came up with 6-0, 6-0 wins on the day, and the doubles tandem of
Betsy Mork and Vicki Chen blanked their opponent 8-0. Complete
Results
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