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The Chimes

The Young and Diverse

The talented women's swim roster is flooded with freshmen and out-of-staters
November 1, 2007

While many Biola sports like baseball, volleyball and soccer receive plenty of attention from the university, oftentimes the collegiate sport of competitive swimming is forgotten about. A new golf team was implemented this year for the first time in Biola history — but what about a team that has...

Biola volleyball leaves Hope hopeless

October 29, 2007

After winning their last four games, the Biola Eagles hit a bump in the road, which came at the hands of No. 10 Point Loma Nazarene. Though the outcome was a loss, the game was exciting from start to finish, basically nullifying the end result. Even junior Maggie McGill stated that it was “one of...

Flames halt men’s and women’s soccer season

October 29, 2007

Although the fires raging around Southern California have not hit Biola’s campus, the effects are still felt by the athletic teams that play outdoors. The men’s soccer team, scheduled to play California Baptist University this Tuesday and San Diego Christian University on Saturday, saw Tuesday...

Running to the record books

The cross country team wraps up what is arguably their best season ever
October 29, 2007

In one of the toughest NAIA regions in the country where six of the teams are in the nation’s top 25, Biola’s cross country team is reaching rankings they haven’t seen in years. At the GSAC championship race on Saturday, Biola’s women’s team finished second, the best finish in the school’s...

Men’s golf places 10th in Long Beach

October 29, 2007

Amid a tough field, the men’s golf team finished tenth place in the Concordia University Fall Classic last week at the Skylinks Golf Club in Long Beach. As the least experienced in the field of 10 teams, the inaugural men’s team finished 127 strokes over par. Point Loma won the event, finishing...

Swim team comes out strong at PCSC

Senior Christina Piakak competes in the butterfly stroke during last week's pentathlon swim meet. Piakak also competes freestyle.
October 28, 2007

The men’s and women’s swim teams turned in some impressive results as they opened up the 2007-2008 swim season at California Baptist University in Riverside on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, for the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference (PCSC) Invitational. The nine-school meet was one of the largest...

Women’s Volleyball falls to CBU, conquers Westmont

The volleyball team celebrates with some high fives during their victory over Westmont Tuesday night's game.
October 13, 2007

Celebrations came and went after the ladies walloped APU last week, and the No. 4 ranked Lady Eagles looked ahead to an even tougher and more challenging opponent: No. 2 ranked Cal Baptist. The Eagles traveled to Van Dyne Gymnasium in Riverside on Saturday night for what looked to be a clash between...

Cross Country dominates at Vanguard Invitational

October 13, 2007

Coming into last Saturday’s race in Costa Mesa at the Vanguard Invitational, the women’s cross country team boasted a No. 9 national ranking. With two consecutive first-place finishes going into the race, the women were looking to add to their ever growing list of strong outings. Not surprisingly,...

MLB championship series heads out west

Scrappy underdogs may finally get their day
October 11, 2007

If at the beginning of the Major League Baseball season you predicted the Arizona Diamondbacks taking on the Colorado Rockies in the National League Championship series, you would have met much opposition. But the completely unlikely and unexpected series begins today, Oct. 11, and it should be a...

The tolls of intramurals

This casual competition isn't so casual after all
October 8, 2007

The flags in intramural football haven’t prevented injuries from occurring on the field yet. Just one game into her first season of intramural football, sophomore Emily Blake was warming up with her teammates when she jumped to catch a pass and fell. When she heard her leg snap, she knew something...

Women’s golf: Yoo places 6th in Monterey tournament

October 5, 2007

The women’s golf team headed up to Monterey Bay, Calif., to play in the Lady Otter Invitational this past Monday and Tuesday. Jennifer Yoo represented Biola in the NCAA Division II tournament. There were 17 other schools that participated, including a few NAIA clubs and even Cal State Bakersfield,...

Week 7 soccer results: a mixed bag

Sophomore defender Heather Moseley fouls Fresno Pacific opponent on Tuesday during an intense fight for the first goal. The game went into double overtime with a final score of 0-0
Men take win & loss, women take tie and loss
October 4, 2007

After pulling off the upset over the highly touted Vanguard University last week, the men’s soccer team fell victim to yet another lackluster offensive performance at Point Loma last Saturday. The men’s lack of scoring led them to come up shorthanded against the No. 22 ranked Sea Lions with a...