Photos by Adam Ottke and Sarah Purlee This year saw some club sports struggle, but yielded success for some teams. Both the men’s volleyball and men’s lacrosse team made it to the postseason tournaments for their respective leagues. For men’s volleyball, the Panthers succeeded in making it to the national championships in Dallas, Texas, but [...]
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Lakers can relight the tired fire
Few people enjoyed watching what looked like a promising Lakers season flame out in spectacular fashion. Off-season acquisitions Dwight Howard and Steve Nash had their worse seasons in years. Meanwhile, Lakers veteran Pau Gasol floundered in head...
Read MoreChanting Chapman’s teams to victory
For many students, the thought of college evokes anticipation of loud sports arenas and fields, greasy hot dogs and painted faces chanting songs from the stands. At Chapman, this experience seems a distant dream. However low campus spirit may be,...
Read MoreFour championship appearances highlight SCIAC success
Photos by Adam Ottke, Artem Barinov, Dev Mehta, and Kate DeSalvo With the first year of full-fledged SCIAC competition winding down, Chapman’s athletic teams experienced a mix of highs and lows. But despite the varied results, coaches and...
Read MoreTennis teams staggers in SCIAC championships
It was a disappointing season’s end for the men’s and women’s tennis teams in their first SCIAC championships Friday and Saturday. The men managed just a single win in their three matches, while the women dropped two back-to-back losses. The...
Read MoreHomophobia is still present in play
An avalanche of applause greeted NBA center Jason Collins for coming out as the first openly gay male professional athlete currently on a major league sports team last Monday. But in the very week that much of the country was congratulating...
Read MoreWomen’s lacrosse heartbroken after title loss
It was a tear-jerking end to an exciting league campaign that had seen the women’s lacrosse team make it to the SCIAC championship game in its first season as a conference member. Despite two standout playoff performances, Chapman fell to the...
Read MoreStalled scoring knocks men’s lacrosse out of SLC playoffs
The men’s lacrosse team lost 7-5 to a tough Arizona State University Friday in the first round of the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) playoffs hosted at San Diego State University. The SLC, which is home to Chapman’s club program,...
Read MoreBaseball ends first losing season since 1995
It hasn’t happened in 18 seasons. The baseball team ended its first SCIAC season with a losing 18-21 record – a first for the baseball program since 1995 when Chapman went 16-20. But despite the lackluster showing, the team put together a 15-1...
Read MoreSports Spotlight: Dylan Trumbull
1. What made you choose to attend Chapman? I wanted to play water polo all four years of college and Chapman also had a great art program. 2. Who was your favorite cartoon character as a kid? I was so hyper as a kid, so I can’t think of...
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