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The Chimes

Positivity on and off the field

Positivity on and off the field
Women’s soccer shows success after emphasizing the importance of teamwork and positivity.
Ella Flowers, Staff Writer October 1, 2025

With a strong start to their season, the women’s soccer team was named PacWest’s Team of the Week, and senior business major Marije (Mimi) Rechin was awarded PacWest Player of the Week, Monday, Sept. 15 after an impressive week of games.  From the sidelines we see the cheers and encouragement...

Eagles to face rivals in first faceoff of the season

Eagles to face rivals in first faceoff of the season
Biola will play Azusa Pacific on Wednesday night, continuing their final run for the Cornerstone Cup.
Thomas Rahkola, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2025

On Wednesday Oct. 1, the Biola Eagles will face longtime rivals Azusa Pacific University (APU) at 6 p.m. in home territory at Chase Gymnasium. This will be the second matchup of the Cornerstone Cup in what will be the final year of the rivalry. The volleyball squad is 6-1 at home as they head into Wednesday’s...

Built on brotherhood

Built on brotherhood
The Men’s Lacrosse team has built a tight-knit brotherhood that shows on and off the field, exemplifying a strong dedication to their team.
Ava Saputo, Staff Writer September 29, 2025

They pray together, play hard, and push each other to grow as athletes and as men of faith. Still, the Biola men’s lacrosse team often flies under the radar on campus, hardly getting the recognition they deserve.  BEHIND THE SCENES The coaching staff devotes countless hours to the team purely out...

Swim and dive prepare for excellence

Swim and dive prepare for excellence
The swim and dive team approaches the new season with lots of possibilities and expectations.
Ella Flowers, Staff Writer September 26, 2025

For the Biola swim and dive teams, the 2025-2026 year means a second year under diving coach Elizabeth Mackay, a large incoming freshman class and carrying on both their athletic and academic excellence from last season. The squads clearly are a very exciting group to keep an eye on this season.  Senior...

Hitting their stride early in the season

Hitting their stride early in the season
The cross country team opened the season at the Biola Invitational with strong performances and energy, setting the tone for a promising season.
Ava Saputo, Staff Writer September 16, 2025

Biola cross country started off their season with a bang at the Biola Invitational with the Women’s team coming in first and the Men’s team finishing at the top NCAA Division II team. Now in his 10th year coaching, Coach Sean Henning enters his first fall season as Director of Cross Country and Track...

From Alaska to back home, Biola volleyball uses pre-season tournaments to their advantage

From Alaska to back home, Biola volleyball uses pre-season tournaments to their advantage
Coming back from a weekend long tournament in Alaska, the girls get revved up for what the next tournaments have in store for them.
Ella Flowers, Staff Writer September 15, 2025

The Chase Gymnasium found itself packed with competition as it hosted the PacWest Volleyball Tournament Sept. 11-Sept. 13. The tournament was an annual conference for NCAA Division II colleges in the Pacific West region. The Biola volleyball team played against  Stanislaus State, Texas Permian Basin,...

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...