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A New Chapter for Men’s Water Polo

A New Chapter for Men’s Water Polo
With a new head coach and lineup of new players, Biola Men’s Water Polo team begins an exciting new season
Ava Saputo, Staff Writer September 10, 2025

The Biola Men’s Water Polo team started off the 2025-26 season with big additions and high energy, featuring twelve newcomers and a new head coach, Jens Cole. After sending off the program's first four-year class and finishing in third place in the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) tournament in...

Soaring off in Style

Women’s Golf team photo Feb. 25, 2025
The Bola Women’s Golf program seeks to cap off what is tragically its final season with a run at a national title
Peter Koontz, Sports Editor May 3, 2025

To hoist a trophy is always the goal of any athlete, and a large part of what drives countless hours of training, toil, and study of the art of their sport. Many women have come to Biola to pursue this dream on the golf course, and they have achieved it greatly. Not once, not twice, but three times in...

Columbia Roots, Championship Dreams

Raquel Reyes on the mound at Biola Softball game.
How one Columbia graduate turned championship dreams into reality for Biola Softball.
Hannah Melgoza, Staff Writer May 3, 2025

Raquel Reyes, a Biola graduate student from Placentia, California, started her softball journey at the age of five, playing t-ball. She worked her way up the ladder, playing in the PYL League Placentia Yorba Linda (PYL) League and travel ball. Fast forward to her high school years, she was recruited...

Halo Dreams Become Reality

Joel Corral flashes a smile as a CCL baseball, Orange County Riptide Videographer Intern
Senior CMA major Joel Corral goes from aspiring Biola film student to the big leagues with the Angels.
Hannah Melgoza, Staff Writer April 24, 2025

PASSION FOR STORY-TELLING Coming from Orange, California, Joel Corral reflects on a childhood filled with storytelling. From writing fictional stories of his own, playing video games and watching a lot of movies and TV shows, to expressing these stories through a lens, Corral brought them to life in...

Finally on Top

Biola women's softball team and coaches posed with their PacWest awards on April 21, 2025 at Freedom field
The Biola Women’s softball team were crowned champions of the PacWest for the first time in the program’s history on Monday April 21
Peter Koontz, Sports Editor April 23, 2025

The Biola Eagles women’s softball team secured both the PacWest regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the PacWest Tournament with a doubleheader sweep of Menlo College on Monday, April 21, at Freedom Field. This marks the program’s first-ever PacWest title—a testament to the team’s hard...

A Historic Day on the Course

The Golf team posed with their award after winning a PacWest championship on April 13, 2025 at Aliante Golf Club
Biola Women’s Golf team clinched their third Championship, another step in a brilliant season
Peter Koontz, Sports Editor April 23, 2025

The Biola Eagles women’s golf team continued their stellar 2024–25 campaign with a blazing success in the desert of North Las Vegas, securing their third Pacific West Conference Women’s Golf Championship in the past four years. In their three day route to doing so, the team set a PacWest record...

Three-time All-PacWest athlete leaves Biola with something even more special

Daniel Esparza three-time all-pacwest athlete on Biola’s basketball team.
Daniel Esparza shares what has made his time on and off the court at Biola so special
Peter Koontz, Sports Editor April 9, 2025

Three-time All-PacWest honors would be enough to make a memorable college career for any athlete, but for Daniel Esparza, that’s not what he’ll remember most from his time at Biola University.  THE PATH TO BECOMING AN EAGLE Esparza started his college basketball career at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo,...

The Flight for the Top

Biola Baseball on Mar. 28, 2025 with Biola winning both games against Vanguard.
Biola Men's Baseball is right in the thick of a crowded PacWest field and a premier matchup comes to Eagles Diamond this weekend
Peter Koontz, Sports Editor March 28, 2025

High caliber competition is in full swing in the men's baseball PacWest competition and the Biola Eagles are right in the thick of the action. The squad is sitting right between longtime rivals Azusa Pacific University (APU) and new PacWest opponent Vanguard in the standings. All three are tussling for...

The New Voice of Biola Athletics

Aaron Rollins doing play-by-play for a Biola Basketball game.
Tuning into Biola Athletics sounds a bit different this school year.
Hannah Melgoza, Staff Writer March 22, 2025

While Jeff Woolson’s voice was treasured among the Red Sea, his time at Biola had to come to an end. During his time in the play-by-play role, Woolson had friends and families across the country and even beyond, excited to listen in on Biola’s sports. Hearing another voice join him got the audience...

The Race for Success

 Biola Track and Field vs. Point Loma at the Ross and Sharon Invitational March 15, 2025.
Coach Sean Henning reflects on an excellent 2024 track season and discusses his excitement for 2025
Peter Koontz, Sports Editor March 17, 2025

Ambition fuels success. Without drive, a team will fall short. A top-three conference finish for both men’s and women’s teams would be a great success for any program, but Coach Sean Henning has greater goals for the team.  2025 POTENTIAL The 2024 track and field season was one with much success....

Biola Baseball Makes History

Caleb Bennet (left) and Noah Ruiz (right) jump in celebration
Biola records their program's highest record of 25 runs in a 7-inning game.
Nina Corral, Sports Editor February 25, 2025

The Biola Eagles made history with a record-breaking program win. The Eagles played the Jessup Warriors for a pair of doubleheaders on Feb. 21–22, and in game two of the doubleheader on Feb. 21, the Eagles made sure to make their presence known. Jessup was undefeated with a 5–0 record and beat the...

The Frank Story

Luke Franklin shares his journey on the water polo team. Photo courtesy of Biola Athletics
Luke Franklin’s Biola story shows the growth of the water polo program, and his own personal community
Peter Koontz, Sports Editor February 22, 2025

From being a youthful visitor to the leader of a highly successful water polo program, senior history major Luke Franklin’s Biola journey is one that speaks volumes about Biola’s culture and athletic prowess. Franklin has not only benefited from these aspects of Biola but has also done his part to...