November 13, 2000

Contact:  Ryan Witt

Phone:  909-621-8427

Fax:  909-621-8863

ryan.witt@pomona.edu

 

 

 

 

Check out our web page at www.pomona.edu/AboutPom/CampusLife/Athletics.html

 

 

Upcoming Schedule

 

Fri-Sat Nov.17-18                        Women’s Basketball @ Southwestern Tourney   8:00, 2:00

                        Georgetown, Texas

Sat-Sun Nov.18-19                        Men’s Basketball @ Puget Sound Tourney          5:00, 7:30

Sat Nov. 18                        Men’s & Women’s Swimming @ Caltech             11:00             

                       

                       

 

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY                        Overall: 6-1                        SCIAC: 6-1

 

            11/11/00          Division III West Regionals                      7th of 13 Teams

           

Senior Adam Boardman qualified to the NCAA Division III National championship by placing 2nd in the West Regional meet Saturday at Prado Park in Chino. Boardman clocked 26:18.2 over the 8000m (5 mile) course to qualify for his second cross country national meet. He earned All America honors last year at Nationals after placing 35th. This year's National meet is this Saturday hosted by Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. The race will be run at Wandermere Golf Course.

            Pomona-Pitzer's men's team placed 7th out of 13 teams. Behind Boardman for the Sagehens were John Singleton (29th, 27:41), Paul Miser (41st, 28:20), Matt Franck (43rd, 28:26), and Eric Morse (66th, 29:25).

 

   

           

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY                        Overall:  4-3                        SCIAC: 4-3

 

            11/11/00          Division III West Regionals                      10 of 14 Teams

           

            Pomona-Pitzer's women's cross country team finished 10th out of 14 teams Saturday at the NCAA Division III West Regional meet hosted by Pomona-Pitzer at Prado Park in Chino.

            Laura Bishop led the Sagehens as she has all season, but the sophomore didn't place as high as she had wanted. After running in 2nd most of the race, Bishop collapsed 50 meters from the finish line, struggled to get up and continue, and crossed the line in 28th place in 19:40. Behind Bishop for Pomona-Pitzer were Heather Callahan (50th, 20:30), Susie Roley (54th, 20:42), Stefanie McDougall (55th, 20:46), and Sarah Takahashi (71st, 21:40).

 

 

             

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

MEN’S WATER POLO                        Overall:  8-15                        SCIAC: 3-3

 

                      11/11/00          win            PP d. Occidental, 8-7

            11/11/00          loss            Redlands d. PP, 11-7

            11/12/00          loss            Whittier d. PP, 8-6

 

            The Pomona-Pitzer Water Polo team brought their season to a close with a fourth place finish in the SCIAC Tournament held at La Verne.  On Saturday, the first round game win over Occidental put the Sagehens into the semifinals for a matchup with top seeded Redlands.  Pomona-Pitzer fell behind the Bulldogs early but managed to close the gap late in the contest and lost 11-7.  On Sunday, the Hens battled with Whittier down to the wire but came up just short, losing 8-6.  The leading scorers for Pomona-Pitzer were seniors Marc Cavagnolo and Ryan Williams.  La Verne defeated Redlands for the SCIAC title in the championship game.

 

 

 

MEN’S SWIMMING/DIVING                        Overall:  6-1                        SCIAC: 6-1

 

            11/11/00            Pomona-Pitzer Invitational             7th of 8 teams

 

            With many swimmers finishing the water polo season, a small number of swimmers still took to the pool for the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.  Only three men participated in the meet.  Austin Anderson placed 8th in the 200 Individual Medley, 6th in the 100 Breast Stroke, and 5th in the 200 Breast Stroke.  J.R. Killigrew placed 14th in 50 yard Freestyle and 5th in the 100 yard Freestyle.  Matt Mester placed 5th in the 100 yard Breast Stroke and 7th in the 200 yard Breast Stroke.

            The men’s swim/dive team will next compete at Caltech this Saturday at 11:00.

 

 

 

WOMEN’S SWIMMING/DIVING                        Overall:  1-0                        SCIAC: 0-0

 

 

             11/11/00            Pomona-Pitzer Invitational            3rd of 10 teams

 

            The Sagehens fared quite well at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.  Christen Parker won the 500 yard Freestyle by 7 seconds over the second place finisher in a time of 5.18.85.  Parker also won the 200 yard Freestyle with a time of 2.00.36.  Kate Bollinger won the 400 Individual Medley with a time of 4.53.62 and finished 3rd in the 200 yard Butterfly.  Lizzy Davis also performed well, earning 5th place in the 200 yard Individual Medley and 3rd place in the 100 yard Butterfly.  In the diving portion of the meet, Anne Baptiste placed 3rd in the 1 meter competition with a score of 178.9, and she placed 4th in the 3 meter competition with 179.25.

            The Sagehens will next compete at Caltech on Saturday at 11:00.