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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

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...

Siding with Seltzer

The women's volleyball coach is finding tim for family in the midst of a monumental season

October 4, 2007

Believe it or not, there is a former “Nestle Quik” poster boy roaming the Biola campus. While people around campus know Aaron Seltzer as the head women’s volleyball coach, few know him as that Nestle Quik kid — a family secret his wife, Jen, exposed. But for 33-year-old Seltzer, who is...

Intramural football alive & well at Biola

September 27, 2007

In line with the National Football League, Biola’s Intramural football season has kicked off as well. Intramural football games take place on both Thursday and Friday nights on the turf and all day Saturday on both Al Barbour and McNally fields. The game between Pigeon #2 vs. Alpha Chi was one...

NFL off and running

September 27, 2007

It’s just three weeks into the NFL season, but it has already been a year full of surprises. Teams that should be playing well aren’t, while others have won games they shouldn’t have. The season already has the makings of a feel-good story that could last through the year just like...

Women’s golf kicks off first-ever season

Two-person team competes in Grand Canyon Invitational

September 27, 2007

Waking up at 6 a.m. is most often not something to be excited about. The case is especially so if the place you are heading is notorious for splintery cactuses and blistering heat. With the temperature hovering above 90 degrees in Avondale, Ariz. on Monday, the two members of the inaugural women’s...

Volleyball struggles with two losses in a row

September 26, 2007

As Chase Gymnasium started to fill up last Saturday night, it set the stage for two powerhouses to collide for the first of two meetings this season. No. 5 ranked Biola and No. 3 ranked Concordia prepared for an epic clash, or at least that’s what one would assume. The two teams fought back...

Volleyball storms past Pt. Loma, Hope

September 20, 2007

With another week gone by, the No. 5 ranked Eagles refused to lose winning two more games. With the victories, they have improved their record to 12-0 overall and 5-0 in conference. The Eagles played host as No. 7 ranked Point Loma came to try and spoil Biola’s perfect season last Saturday. The...

Men’s golf tees off

September 20, 2007

Biola’s inaugural men’s golf team hit the links for the first time ever, placing sixth of six teams at The Master’s Invitational Golf Tournament on Tuesday at Angeles National Golf Club in Sunland, Calif. The Eagles’ group of five golfers — all of whom were playing in their first collegiate...