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As he watched the women’s soccer team play the first official game on the school’s new soccer field, Dave Odell couldn’t help but feel proud that he is the athletic director at Westmont College at this time.In only 18 months on the job, Odell has seen the college’s athletic facilities undergo a major transformation.Thorrington Field is the beautiful new home for the Warrior soccer teams. The field is of international width and length, and it’s manicured grass from end to end. … [Read more...]
Westmont Volleyball head coach Jim Smoot had his first chance to see how is team looked in game-time situation on Friday, and the veteran coach liked what he saw."I think this is a good indication of where we stand," said Smoot about their performance in the Point Loma Nazarene Seaside Invitational. "From what I am seeing, we can hang with everyone in our conference - if we play up to our level."While several other Golden State Athletic Conference teams are participating in the event, … [Read more...]
UCSB has nine returning starters but it was one of the new faces that created the biggest stir in Saturday’s exhibition match against Westmont.Sam Garza, a sophomore transfer from Denver, had Gaucho fans buzzing over his exciting style play. The forward, in a dazzling display of skill and flair, assisted on the first goal and scored the second in a 3-1 victory before 3,103 at Harder Stadium.It was the 10th straight win by the Gauchos over the Warriors. Westmont still leads the series … [Read more...]
MOBILE, Ala. — The season came to an end for Westmont Men’s Tennis (10-10) in the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Championship. The eighth-ranked Warriors fell 5-1 to top-ranked Fresno Pacific (19-1) at the Mobile Tennis Courts in Mobile, Alabama.The Warriors’ only win came at number two doubles where Mattias Neuman and Diego Almeida earned an 8-4 victory over Denny Fafek and Jose Hilla.“I felt like we completed well,” said Neuman who won three of four matches at the … [Read more...]
After suffering a heartbreaking loss to Azusa Pacific in the final game of the Golden State Athletic Conference season on Monday night, Westmont Men’s Basketball begins play on Thursday in the first round of the GSAC Tournament.In order to earn an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City, fifth-seeded Westmont will need to win the tournament championship, beginning with a match-up at twenty-three ranked and fourth-seeded Fresno Pacific. The Warriors and Sunbirds spilt … [Read more...]
It was the best of times, It was the worst of times. In the final minutes, it was a few plays that separated the two, as the Westmont men’s basketball team fell to Azusa Pacific 78-75 on Monday night in a critical Golden State Athletic Conference game in Murchison Gymnasium.“This is one of the toughest loses I’ve had in my coaching career,” said Westmont head coach John Moore. “Give credit to Azusa for the way they finished the game. I thought free throws and turnovers … [Read more...]
Despite 16 points from Dan Rasp that put the junior forward over the career millennial point mark, No. 22 Westmont Men's Basketball suffered an 81-66 loss at California Baptist on Tuesday night. The Warriors could not contain the Lancers who shot 56.9 percent from the field (29 of 51) and made 44.4 percent from beyond the arc (8 of 18)."I thought Cal Baptist played with lots of confidence," said Westmont Head Coach John Moore. "We got back on our heals and were playing catch-up the whole … [Read more...]
Westmont made a strong showing in its Tom Byron Classic opener on Tuesday, defeating Concordia of Nebraska 86-66 in Murchison Gym.The Warriors got off to a hot start thanks to on-target 3-point shooting from Blake Bender, who connected on his first three and finished the game with 18 points. Westmont jumped out to a 11-1 point lead and never looked back. The Bulldogs never got closer than 8 points after that.Dan Rasp also had a nice start with two alley-oop dunks set up by Chris … [Read more...]
Aolani Rueff is used to being one of the smaller girls on the soccer field, but it sure doesn’t keep her from finding the back of the net.In only her second collegiate game, the forward out of Santa Ynez High scored twice, including the game-winner with a minute left in the second overtime to lift Westmont to a 2-1 victory over the University of Hawaii-Hilo at Lovik Field on Tuesday afternoon.“In high school I used to get pushed around a lot and I knew I just had to step up my … [Read more...]
Western Trinity's Alicia Tesan ruined Westmont's women's soccer season-opener on Thursday, tucking in a late goal in the 85th minute to break a scoreless tie, ultimately sending the visitors to a 1-0 victory at Lovik Field."At the end of the game you get a late goal and it's hard to recover," pointed out newly appointed associate head coach Kristi Kiely. "I think overall that the girls did a great job today. We'll learn from it and we'll grow and hopefully be better."The Warrior women … [Read more...]
The 2009 Westmont women’s volleyball team began the 2009 campaign with four games at the Azusa Pacific Cougar Classic on Friday and Saturday and walked away with an early-season record of 3-1.Westmont’s only loss came in the first match on Friday when the Warriors fell to Eastern Oregon 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 16-25, 27-25). Junior outside side hitter Alison Sharp recorded 21 kills in the match and posted a .364 attack percentage. Senior outside hitter Beth Widicus added another nine kills … [Read more...]
