The Hens traveled to Azusa Pacific on the 24th of April to take on the tough NAIA school and fell just short by the score of 7-6.  The Hens held a slim 6-4 lead going into the 8th inning but the host squad rallied for 2 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th for the victory.  Luke Smude and Alex Siele each had 2 hits for the Hens on the day.  Smude's 2 hits included a home run and a double.  Mike Renery started on the mound for the Hens, going 7 innings and allowing just 5 earned runs in the contest.

The Hens took on rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on the 20th and 21st and dropped 2 out of 3 contests to the Stags.  In the 1st game on the 20th, the Hens rallied for 7 runs in the top of the 9th inning to send the game into extra innings, but fell in the bottom of the 10th.  Rob Ruiz and Nick Bulaich both had 4 hits in the game for the Hens.  Ruiz had 2 doubles, 6 RBI's, 3 runs and a walk.

On Saturday the 21st, the Hens split two shut-outs, losing 2-0, and winning 5-0.  In the loss, the Hens outhit the Stags, but could not get any runs across the plate.  Matt Rager went 3 for 4 on the day and Ollie Morrison went 2 for 4.  Adam Gardner pitched a complete game, allowing just the two runs, walking 3 and striking out 12 batters.

Game 2 on Saturday saw the Hens get back on the winning track with a 5-0 victory.  Alex Siele and Luke Smude each had 2 hits and a run scored for the Hens.  Spike Einsiedler earned the win for the Hens, pitching a 2-hit complete game shut-out.

The Hens took on Concordia at home on the 17th and rallied for the 6-5 win with 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning.  Pitching was done by committee as the Hens threw many pitchers for the win.  Jose Cortez went 2 for 4 with a home run, his 16th, on the day.  The Hens will face off against rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps this weekend for 3 big games with SCIAC title implications.

The Hen softball (4-31, 2-16) squad wrapped up their season with 3 losses to Cal Lutheran on the 27th and 28th of April.  The Hens fell to the Regals by scores of 10-1, 1-0, and 8-0.  The Hens ended the season with three players, Sharon Silveira, Jocelyn Burke, and Dara Sievers all batting over .300 against SCIAC opponents.  Pitcher Shannon Russell again proved to be a solid performer in the SCIAC as she made 23 starts, pitched 130 innings, and struck out 60 batters on the year.

The Hens squad took 2 of 3 games from Whittier College over the weekend of the 21st of April.  On Friday the 20th, the Hens won by the count of 7-2.  The win marked the first in SCIAC play this year for the Hens.  Sharon Silveira had 3 hits in the game, including a triple.  She also pitched a complete game, allowing just 2 earned runs in the contest.

On Saturday the 21st, the Hens split two contests.  In the 1st game, the Hens fell by the score of 2-0 as they were able to gather only 3 hits in the game.  Sharon Silveira again pitched a complete game, allowing just the 2 runs.

In the final game of the 3 game series with Whittier, the Hen offense exploded for 8 runs on 17 hits.  Jaeda dos Santos and Sharon Silveira both had 3 hits in the game.  Dos Santos knocked in 4 runs on the afternoon.  Shannon Russell pitched a complete game, allowing just 4 hits and 3 earned runs for the contest.

The Sagehen team lost two games against The Master's on the 13th.  In the first game, the Hens fell by the score of 5-0.  Sharon Silveira went 3 for 4 on the day with a double.  Shannon Russel pitched 6 innings for the Hens, allowing just 3 earned runs.

In the second game of the day, the Hens got on the board but it wasn't enough as they again fell, this time by the score of 6-2.  Five errors in the field hurt the Hens in their bid for the victory.  Sharon Silveira again had the best game for Pomona-Pitzer, going 2 for 4 at the plate with a double as well as pitching 6 innings, allowing just 3 earned runs, and striking out 2.

The Hens competed in the SCIAC Championships on the 20th and 21st of April and came away with a 2nd place finish.  The Hens defeated the Beavers from Caltech in the opening round and that win earned the Sagehens a spot in the semi-finals against rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.  The Hens edged the Stags by the score of 4-3 in a match that featured four 3-set marathons, 2 of which ended in 3rd set tiebreakers.  Singles winners on the day for the Hens were Dave Fern at #2, Sam Gaines at #3, Mike Benaroya at #5, and Jamie Frank at #6.  The following day saw the Hens meet up with SCIAC favorite Redlands in the finals.  The Hens were unable to match the performance from the previous day and wound up dropping the match by the score of 7-0.  The Hens' J.R. Hall and Dave Fern were both selected to the All-SCIAC first team.  The Hens' performance in the tournament should earn them a birth in the NCAA's. 

The Hens traveled to Caltech on the 14th and upended the Beavers by the score of 7-0.  The Hens won the doubles point by winning all three doubles matches and did not drop a match in singles play to complete the sweep.  J.R. Hall, Dave Fern, and Sam Gaines all won easily playing at #'s 1,2, and 3.  Max Italiaander got his first action of the season and pulled out a 3 set match.  The Hens will go into the SCIAC tournament as the # 3 seed and will most likely face Caltech in the first round on the 20th.  

The Hens wrapped up SCIAC play with a 2nd place finish in the conference tournament.  The Hens earned a tie for the SCIAC Championship with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps since they were undefeated during the regular season.  The Hens defeated La Verne in the first round of the tournament, 5-0.  That win put them into the semi-finals against Whittier, a match that saw the Hens again win in dominating fashion, 8-0.  In the finals, the Sagehens met up with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in a rematch of the great regular season dual.  Playing without #1 player Sheree Schwartz, the Hens came up just short by the score of 5-4.  Sheree Schwartz was named the conference MVP and was joined on the All-SCIAC first team by Meghan Gould.  Three other Hens were All-SCIAC 2nd team selections.  The Hens will now await an invitation to the NCAA's.  

The Hens dismantled the Beavers from Caltech on the 12th by the score of 9-0.  The Hens easily won all three doubles matches and did not drop a set in singles action.  Chelsea Heller, Katie Siedel, and Lorraine Salas, playing at #'s 4, 5, and 6 lost a combined total of 2 games in their 3 singles matches.  The Hens will next head into the SCIAC tournament as the # 1 seed.

Senior Ari Polychronopoulos tossed the hammer 166-1 to finish 12th in the field. Polychronopoulos ended up 7th in his preliminary flight, and did not advance to the final.

Senior Adam Boardman won the 5000m in 15:23.43 to give the Sagehens their lone individual crown at the SCIAC Championships held at Occidental. Boardman also took 2nd in the Steeplechase at 9:32.29.

Ari Polychronopoulos earned All-SCIAC honors in three events. The senior took 2nd in the shot put (45'6 1/2), 2nd in the hammer throw (163'5), and third in the discus (138'6) to score numerous points for the Sagehens. Other All-SCIAC honors won by Pomona-Pitzer included David Allen in the pole vault (3rd, 13'5 3/4), Joe Hartford in the pole vault (4th-tie, 12'6), Chris Avery in the hammer (4th, 149'5), Mike Kirtman in the 400 hurdles (5th, 58.25), John Singleton in the steeplechase (4th, 9:50.82) and 5000m (3rd, 15:36.01), and Dan Wire (4th, 182'1), Nick Grudin (5th, 175'9), and Greg Teplow (6th, 175'3) in the javelin.

Pomona-Pitzer scored 79 points to take third place in SCIAC behind Claremont-M-S (212) and La Verne (168), and ahead of Occidental (69), Cal Lutheran (27), Whittier (26), Redlands (5), and Caltech (3).

The Sagehens will send Dan Wire to the CA/NV Collegiate State Championships this weekend at UC Irvine Saturday and Sunday.

The Hen team won three dual meets Saturday the 21st at Occidental in a SCIAC 4-way competition.

Individual winners for the Sagehens included Dan Wire in the javelin (171'3), John Singleton in the steeplechase (9:55.85), Adam Boardman in the 1500 (4:15.30) and 5000 (16:11.88), Jake Oken-Berg in the 800 (1:59.18), Matt Hermsen in the triple jump (42'1 1/2), Joe Hartford in the pole vault (12'0), and Aristides Polychronopoulos in the discus (148'1) and hammer (174'3)--both personal bests and the latter an improvement on his provisional qualifying mark to Nationals.

Pomona-Pitzer hosted 1500 athletes Friday the 20th in the 15th annual Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. Teams from across the nation competed on Strehle Track. A few Sagehens competed, but most  rested up for the SCIAC Championships on Monday and Tuesday, April 23 and 24. Prelims and a few finals will be held on Monday, while Tuesday will see all finals.

The Hens sent one one individual to the U.C. Irvine Invitational on the 6th of May.  Laura Bishop ran a personal best of 4:41.55 in the 1500 to record a provisional NCAA qualifying time.  Bishop's time is the #4 mark in team history.

Hen team member  Laura Bishop took third place in the CA/NV Collegiate Championships Saturday at UC Irvine. Competing against NCAA I, II, and NAIA opponents, Bishop clocked 10:02.77 to set a huge personal best and automatically qualify to the National Championships in late May.

Bishop entered the meet with a best of 10:18, and dropped the mark significantly--and just missing the school record of 9:58.01 set by Stephanie Shideler in 1997. Also at the meet, Sara Hastings cleared 9'9 in the pole vault, Samantha Hauff threw the javeline 106' and Jeaneen Chapman hurled the hammer 127'.

Sophomore Laura Bishop won two individual events at the SCIAC Championships Monday and Tuesday to lead the Sagehens to a fourth-place conference finish. The meet was hosted by Cal Lutheran and held at Occidental. Bishop easily handled the fields in both the 1500m and 3000m. Her 1500 time of 4:43.07 was a personal best, and the #4 all-time mark for Pomona-Pitzer, while her 3k winning mark was 10:26.53.

Pomona-Pitzer scored 42 points to finish behind Claremont-M-S (212.5), La Verne (140.5) and Occidental (84), and ahead of Redlands (36), Whittier (27), Cal Lutheran (15) and Caltech (0).

Senior Jeaneen Chapman threw 132'9 to take 4th in the hammer and earn All-SCIAC honors, while frosh Madeline Mundt took 4th in the 800 in a personal best 2:31.62, and junior Sara Hastings tied for 3rd in the pole vault at 9'6. Pomona-Pitzer's 4x100 relay team of Anita Kapoor, Hastings, Anabel Fay, and Lily Holmes finished 3rd in 53.15, while the 4x400 relay team of Susie Roley, Mundt, Fay, and Shannon Wolff finished 5th.

The Sagehens will send four to the CA/NV Collegiate State Championships this Saturday and Sunday at UC Irvine. Laura Bishop (3000m), Sara Hastings (pole vault), Samantha Hauff (javelin), and Jeaneen Chapman (hammer) will compete for Pomona-Pitzer.

The Hen team downed Redlands and Caltech, but fell to Occidental, Saturday the 21st in a SCIAC 4-way meet at Oxy's track.

Individual winners for the Sagehens include Jeaneen Chapman in the hammer (139'11), and Laura Bishop in the 1500 (no time) and 3000 (10:34.16). In addition, personal bests were recorded by Anabel Fay in the 200 (29.54), Jamie Burns in the 1500 (5:33), Heather Callahan in the 3000 (11:36.65), and Samantha Hauff in the triple jump (33'0 1/2).

Pomona-Pitzer hosted 1500 athletes Friday the 20th in the 15th annual Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. Teams from across the nation competed on Strehle Track. A few Sagehens competed, but most rested up for the SCIAC Championships on Monday and Tuesday, April 23 and 24. Prelims and a few finals will be held on Monday, while Tuesday will see all finals.

The Hens traveled to La Verne on the 21st and came away with a 7-6 victory over the host Leopards.  Lucia Schmit scored twice for the Hens in a game that saw the Hens lead the whole way.  Claire Townsend made 23 saves in net for the Sagehens who will next participated in the SCIAC tournament to be hosted by Pomona-Pitzer from the 27th thru the 29th.

The Hens squad evened its SCIAC record with an 8-2 home win against Whittier on the 18th.  Lucia Schmit scored half of the 8 goals put up by the Hens.  In all, 5 different  players scored for Pomona-Pitzer.  The Sagehens shut out the Poets through 3 quarters of action.  

The Hens took on Occidental on the 13th and squeaked by the Tigers in overtime by the score of 8-7.  Sasha Moustakas had 3 goals in the win for the Hens.  Stephanie Forman scored the overtime goal that gave the Hens the victory.  Claire Townsend made 13 saves in net for the Hens.  

The Hens played 3 games on the 14th at Long Beach State and came up short to 3 tough opponents.  The Hens fell to Cal State Bakersfield in overtime by the score of 9-8.  Jacquie Cole led the offensive charge for the Hens with 3 goals.  Against Cal Baptist, the Sagehen squad was outscored 12-3.  Lucia Schmit had all 3 goals for Pomona-Pitzer.  In the final game of the day, the Hens lost another close affair to UC Irvine, 12-10.  Pomona-Pitzer came back to make it close after being down 6-1 at the end of the first half.  Jacquie Cole again led the Hens in scoring with 3 goals, all in the 3rd quarter of action.