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Soccer alumni show off their skills

The Biola men's soccer team (in red) played the Biola alumni soccer team (in white). The alumni pulled out a win with a two goal lead over the Biola Eagles.
September 4, 2008

Written by Shalom Bako The Biola men’s soccer team displayed great effort in the annual alumni game for the 2008-2009 season. Despite losing the game with a score of 4-2, it was an entertaining night of veteran soccer players showing off their abilities and playing the sport hard. Several...

Behind the gold medal, a Biolan

Anya Tronson poses for a picture next to the final gold medal bracket, showing the winners of the women's beach volleyball event.
September 4, 2008

Written by Rachel McMahon and Justin Sledge For as long as Anya Tronson can remember, working with athletes has been her life dream. A Biola alumna and current assistant coach to the women’s soccer team, Tronson has an impressive background in physical training and athletics. In 2005, while she...

Women’s soccer starts season on positive foot

Brittany Neill, senior, scored the only point against Biola's opponent William Penn.
September 1, 2008

Written by Shalom Bako A solid 27-yard strike in minute 56 from senior forward Brittany Neill captured the home win for the lady Eagles against William Penn University Friday night. The ladies of the women’s soccer team seemed to pick up the level of play at an escalating pace. The Eagles held...

Women’s soccer Japan bound

Freshman Brianna Yarber displays her ball handling skills while taking on an opponent from Azusa Pacific University.
May 16, 2008

Last summer, Megan Gularte, a sophomore soccer player at Biola, was on a missions trip in Japan with Missionary Athletics International, which heads the local Seahorses soccer team. Gularte and a host of other local women – including two of her Biola players – started their trip in Iwata,...

Seven Eagles represent Biola at track nationals in late May

Freshman Danielle Voland hurls a shotput during the GSAC Track and Field Championships. Voland competes in both throwing and sprinting events.
May 16, 2008

For Biola track and field, it has been a long season. For those track athletes who also competed in cross country, it has been even longer. However, the toil and time invested by these dedicated workhorses is paying off. The track and field team is sending a total of seven athletes to the NAIA track...

Baseball ousted by Concordia

Senior Jimmy Johnson pitches against Azusa Pacific in one of the last regular season games of 2008.
May 16, 2008

The baseball team finished an impressive season in disappointing fashion last week after being eliminated by sixth-seeded Concordia in a their third-round game of the GSAC playoffs. Biola threw senior Josh Baas in their final game of the year. He tossed 6 1/3 innings, allowing five earned runs on...

Spring Intramurals come to a close

May 16, 2008

After intramural championships this past weekend, a history-making season of competition officially came to a close. Tennis made its historic debut this spring on Thursday nights. Freshmen Kyle Lundquist and Michael Tourtellotte were the first ever men’s tennis champions, beating their opponents...

Lacrosse season humbly ends

May 9, 2008

In a sports world polluted by cheating, the Biola lacrosse team is a breath of fresh air. The lacrosse team also happens to be good — very good. The Eagles won 10 out of their last 11 games, and outscored their opponents by a total of 95 goals over the 11-game stretch. “It was a long...

Shalom sets goals high

Sophomore Shalom Bako, a forward on Biola's soccer team, has recently been accepted to join the Young Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team.
May 9, 2008

Just nine days following his twentieth birthday, Shalom Bako, boarded his 6:55 p.m. flight to Chicago ready to tryout for the Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire under-20 development team. Hours later, with a “No. 27” pinned to his soccer shorts, Bako was practicing with hundreds of...

Intramurals hit championship game time

Point guard of the Serious Business team fights off the Banana Warriors team members. Banana Warriors won their playoff game Tuesday night.
May 9, 2008

McNally Field on Saturday could be as busy as the library with Biola students preparing for finals. With just one week of classes remaining before final exams, the intramural softball championship will commence at 3 p.m. with all four playoff tournament games taking place before. The Usual Suspects...

From the farm to the field

Serving as an integral part of Biola's baseball team, junior Hawkins Gebbers has gained the respect and admiration of his coaches and teammates. He attributes his drive and work ethic to his family and hometown.
April 2, 2008

In the small town of Brewster, Wash., sits acres of apple and cherry orchards known as Gebbers Farms. It was here that a seven-year-old Hawkins Gebbers — now a star junior infielder for the baseball team — woke up at 4 a.m. to pick cherries to help his family’s company, or at least...

Baseball keeps on winning

Junior Nick Rotkowitz, went 2-5 with an RBI double in Biola's home victory over reigning Vanguard on Wednesday afternoon. Rotkowitz is hitting .355 on the season with nine doubles, ranking him third on the team.
April 2, 2008

The Eagles had a very successful Easter break. They went 5-1 over the week, winning all three of their league games. They have gone 9-1 in their last 10 games and now sit in second place in the GSAC with a 14-7 record. Junior Chris Foreman and senior Josh Baas led the charge over the break for the Eagles...