Overcoming a 24-21 halftime deficit, Westmont women’s basketball held the Tigers of Occidental (2-1) to just 15 points in the second half as the Warriors posted a 59-39 victory. Junior point guard Amber Stevens scored 15 points and collected 10 rebounds in third double-double of her collegiate career, including a triple-double her freshman year.“We had a dysfunctional first half,” acknowledged head coach Kirsten Moore. “We were out of sync and out of sorts. This last week we lacked … [Read more...]
Four Dons go to pools in Pac-10
Monday, November 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara High water polo and swimming coach Mark Walsh has sent a lot of athletes to top universities in over a decade with the Dons, and this year is certainly no exception.Boys water polo stars Ian Gamble and Hunter Ploch signed their letters of intent to play for Stanford last week, while girls swimmers Lindsay Parrish and Lolo Blair signed on to swim for the University of Southern California.Parrish set the Santa Barbara High record in the 100 butterfly with a mark of 54.73, … [Read more...]
Trio of Owls swoop on to state
Monday, November 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Kevin Lunn, Parker Lilly and Sarah O'Connor of Laguna Blanca kept their cross-country seasons alive Saturday at Mt. SAC in the CIF finals."It was a big day for those three," said coach Bob Lunn. "We had some injuries that hurt us but it's great that they could move on."Cate's Mackenzie Walsh equaled her personal best with a 21:05 to finish 19th overall in the girls race. Despite her strong run, the junior missed qualifying by one place and one second.The state meet will be held in … [Read more...]
Gaucho offense sputters in loss to Arizona
Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
TUCSON, Ariz. — UCSB's women's basketball team slogged through a tough first half and despite a second-half rally, it resulted in a tough loss on Sunday to Arizona, 54-47.UCSB scored just 10 points in the first half, shooting a meager five for 30 from the field (16.7%). Yet as bad as the Gauchos were offensively, they couldn't have been much better defensively as they held Arizona to 23 points and limited the Wildcats' post players despite a significant size advantage.UCSB falls to 1-2 … [Read more...]
Westmont’s Griego represents Warriors at National Championship
Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Lisa Griego served as Westmont's lone representative at the 2008 NAIA Women's Cross Country National Championship on Saturday in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Griego finished in forty-first place out of a field of 336 qualifiers, completing the course in 18:22.It wasn't the experience which Griego had expected in her final year of competition. Last year, Griego competed as part of the Westmont team, but neither the men's nor women's teams qualified for this year's championship race at the Wayne E. … [Read more...]
Gaucho spikers snag season-ending victory
Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Outside hitter Lauren McLaughlin finished her career on a high note, recording a match-high 21 kills to lead the UCSB volleyball team to a 3-1 (16-25, 25-12, 25-23, 25-23) victory over Big West opponent UC Riverside on senior night Saturday at the Thunderdome. The Gauchos snapped a five-match losing streak with the win. UCSB finished the regular season with a record of 11-16 overall and 7-9 in the Big West. UC Riverside fell to 8-23 overall and 3-13 in the Big West. … [Read more...]
Pasadena routs Southwestern at Tremblay Bowl
Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Eldrin Jones passed for two touchdowns and ran for another Saturday night in the Tremblay Financial Services Bowl as Pasadena piled up the points in a 45-14 victory over Southwestern.Jones, a 5-foot-8, 155-pound freshman from Miami amassed 348 total yards to win MVP honors on the inaugural Community College football game. He rushed 12 times for 90 yards, completed 14-of-27 passes for 215 yards and returned two kickoffs for 43 yards. … [Read more...]
Golden goal keeps Warriors NAIA run alive
Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It has been an incredible 10 days for the Westmont men's soccer team. Ten days that started with a firestorm that tore through parts of campus, causing the closure of school and the destruction of head coach Dave Wolf's house.While most students returned home until school re-opens on Dec. 1, the team stayed and finished off a miraculous GSAC championship by beating top-20 teams three-straight times capped by a 2-0 victory over Azusa Pacific in the title game, just four days after the … [Read more...]
Local netters finish up at regionals
Sunday, November 23, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos' Lauren Stratman (#9 Girls 14's) and Erica Cano (#95 Girls 18's), finalists in the Channel League Singles Tournament, turned in solid performances in the Girls CIF Individual Tennis Regionals at Cate School on Saturday. Cano lasted two rounds, while freshman-phenom Stratman went three.Santa Barbara High fielded a pair of doubles teams at Carpinteria High. Channel League-champs Hannah Grokenberger and Kinzie McKeown won easily in the first round and went on to lose a tough … [Read more...]
