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The Student News Site of Biola University

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The Student News Site of Biola University

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Softball team works to keep their title

Softball team works to keep their title
After winning their first PacWest championship last season, the Biola softball team sets their eyes on defending the title.
Ava Saputo, Staff Writer • October 29, 2025

In April 2025, Biola’s softball team won their first PacWest conference title in the program's history. As they prepare for the upcoming season, the team returns with a purpose: to defend their title and keep building on the standards they set from last season's win.  LAST SEASON’S LEGACY  Along...

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...

Women’s Cross Country accomplishes three-peat

BU Women’s Cross Country team are the PacWest champions for 2024, making it their third championship in a row.
Biola Women’s Cross Country takes home the PacWest Championship for the third year in a row
Hannah Melgoza, Staff Writer • November 13, 2024

At the PacWest Championship meet in Irvine on Saturday, Oct. 26, Biola women’s cross country team competed against schools such as rivals Azusa Pacific University (APU), Concordia University Irvine (CUI) and Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU). Two of our own Eagles were placed in the race, with...

Cross country performs well at national championship

Graduate student Benjamin White leads the pack.
Women grab 26th place.
Ryan Wingert, Staff Writer • December 4, 2022

On Friday, Dec. 2, the men's and women's cross country teams participated in the NCAA Division II National Championship. Both performed well in this high-stakes event.  WOMEN'S TEAM GETS 26th PLACE On the cold Friday night, the Biola women hit the national level of the sport for the first time. Freshman...

Dawson leads Eagles to victory

Photo courtesy of Sean Jennings
Lyndee Dawson earns first career individual cross country championship as women take first and men take third.
Dale Fredriks, Writer • November 8, 2016
Lyndee Dawson earns first career individual cross country championship as women take first and men take third.

Eagles plan to kick it up a notch in 2016

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With many returning key players, women's soccer looks to build off a 2015 season where they exceeded expectations.
Kyle Kohner, Copy Editor & Office Manager • May 17, 2016
With many returning key players, women's soccer looks to build off a 2015 season where they exceeded expectations.

Women’ soccer make Nationals despite loss

Becky Mitchell/THE CHIMES
After losing to Westmont College Saturday in the GSAC Championship, the Eagles were still selected to go to Nationals.
Kyle Kohner, Copy Editor & Office Manager • November 17, 2015
After losing to Westmont College Saturday in the GSAC Championship, the Eagles were still selected to go to Nationals.