No. 6 Chapman eliminated No. 11 Oregon in the first round of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) playoffs Monday night 14-9 in Greenville, South Carolina. The Panthers (17-4) beat the Ducks (14-4) earlier in the season, and snapped the Ducks' eight game win streak with a victory in Monday’s rematch, a win that advanced Chapman into the MCLA quarterfinals to be played today.
In the bottom of the ninth inning of the regular season finale, tied 5-5 against the University of Redlands with the bases loaded and the difference between a losing season and .500 on the line, the Panthers scored the game-winning run in the least climactic way to win 6-5.
Lying out under the warm Orange County sun, bar hopping in Southern California’s hot spots and putting on a tie to earn a paycheck are all strong arguments for a student-athlete to skip a summer workout. For Chapman’s 18 official and eight club teams, with nearly nine months between seasons for most sports, a lot of Panthers have a lot of temptation to face.
Head Football Coach Bob Owens gestures to the massive white board next to the conference table. On it are dozens of names in different colors written underneath the roster position for which they are vying. Behind Owens is a projector, probably still warm from the morning’s film work.
A pair of women’s doubles teams reached the third round while the men’s team failed to launch at the 112th Annual Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament last weekend at the Ojai Valley Tennis Club. Both doubles teams on the women’s side received a bye in the first round.
In the 2011 Southwestern Lacrosse Conference Championship game, No. 6 Chapman took the title by beating Arizona State University. This year was a different story. It was a tough Sunday for the Panthers (16-4), as the team never saw the lead and lost 10-4 to the Sun Devils.
The same day I plan to move my tassel from the left to the right side of my mortarboard cap, the late Emmett Ashford will receive an honorary degree from Chapman University. While Mr. Ashford and I were born into worlds separated by time, distance and race, there seems to be something cyclical and oddly fitting about us getting our diplomas together.
It’s 8 a.m. on a Friday, more than four months before his next game, as junior wide receiver Kali’i Kunitomo laces his running shoes and prepares for a grueling session of plyometrics, sprints and stadium runs. He goes to class then straight to a weightlifting session.
Freshman tennis player Sophia Duong is used to change and fast pace. Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Duong first came to the United States at the age of 9 to reunite with family who immigrated after the Vietnam War. Duong, a health sciences major, has been a pleasant surprise for the women’s tennis team because of a resolute commitment to the sport and love for the spotlight, something that wasn’t unveiled until she immersed herself in the sport this semester.
Following Chapman’s admission into the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) as the ninth and newest member, Chapman is working on making the adjustment into full-fledged conference competition beginning in the fall.
Chapman men's lacrosse walked over the University of Arizona in Friday’s Southwestern Lacrosse Conference semifinal game 13-7. It was all Chapman early thanks to the Wildcats struggling on defense, giving up 12 first half goals.
Junior leftfielder James Parr launched a record-setting grand slam as Chapman baseball demolished La Sierra University 16-1 Thursday at Hart Park. The Panthers (17-19), who have had a disappointing season so far, won their fourth straight game, their longest winning streak of the season during which the team has outscored opponents 44-3.
Chapman’s tennis teams may be relocating to a new home court. The administration is working on a building plan for Schmid College of Science and Technology that will occupy the space in which the tennis courts reside as soon as 2014, wrote Kris Olsen, vice president of campus planning and operations, in an email.
MEN’s CREW… Before the men of the crew team could hit the water, they had to hit the gym, as the lightweight four team showed up slightly overweight. But the team shed the pounds before the race to hold on for a silver medal in last weekend’s Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) championship regatta.
In its first season as a Division I club sport, the women’s lacrosse team is making moves. It was announced Tuesday that Chapman (11-4) earned a berth in the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) Division I National Championships and will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo.
The men’s lacrosse team will face the University of Arizona Wildcats in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC) semifinals 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4. The Panthers’ last win granted them a bye in the first round of playoffs and an extra week to prepare for the postseason.
Construction on the Hutton Sports Center is nearly finished with the most recent renovation of the gym floor. The upgrades, slated to cost $250,000, are set for completion by the end of this week. The construction started nearly three weeks ago.
Sam Alipour, a writer for ESPN the Magazine, published a story Wednesday afternoon that came as a shock to some. Football players from the University of Oregon smoke marijuana. The reaction blazed across the Internet and lit up message boards. When I saw some of the more indignant posts about how Duck athletes are smoking pot, I had a simple response.
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