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Bethany Miller reflects on Biola’s first year in the NCAA

Bethany Miller reflects on Biola’s first year in the NCAA
The athletic director pulls back the curtain on Biola’s inaugural Division II season.
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 25, 2018

Sitting in her spacious office above Chase Gymnasium, athletic director Bethany Miller had a wistful look in her eye. She had just been asked to recall some of her favorite memories from her program’s first year in Division II of the NCAA, and she was having a hard time choosing. “I could tell...

Lord Huron adds to their impressive repertoire with their third album

Lord Huron adds to their impressive repertoire with their third album
Huron’s third studio album keeps their good and takes on even greater.
Vic Silva, Staff Writer April 24, 2018

With a humble five million Spotify listeners a month, Lord Huron reigns as one of the definite indie kings on the 2018 music scene. The quartet has an iconic sound that extends throughout their entire discography: “Lonesome Dreams,” “Strange Trails” and their most recent album “Vide Noir,”...

Baseball roars back for series split

Baseball roars back for series split
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 22, 2018

In what may have qualified as a must-win game for baseball to stay near the top of the PacWest standings, the Eagles responded by setting a new high-water mark for runs in a single game this season, routing the Dixie State University Trailblazers 18-5. Junior starting pitcher Devin Sutorius took...

Baseball just misses shot at doubleheader sweep

Baseball just misses shot at doubleheader sweep
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 21, 2018

As the Eagles enter the home stretch of PacWest conference play, their chances of climbing the conference standings took another hit on April 20 when they allowed the Dixie State University Trailblazers to grab a 9-8 comeback win after Biola scored six in the first inning. The Eagles allowed five...

Dixie State pulls away late to beat baseball

Austin Green, Managing Editor April 20, 2018

As their first NCAA Division II season starts winding down, the baseball team finds itself clinging to a fourth-place spot in the PacWest and needing, like every Biola sport, a top-five finish in conference to quality for playoffs via the National Christian College Athletic Association. The Eagles’...

Men’s soccer reloads and prepares to rebound

Men’s soccer reloads and prepares to rebound
The Eagles prepare to turn the page on a disappointing 2017 campaign.
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 19, 2018

It could have been different. Maybe if they did not lose 1-0 to Chaminade University at home on Oct. 14, or if they survived just a little longer before falling to eventual conference champion California Baptist University in double overtime on Oct. 23, or did not blow another late lead to Point...

Rugby’s Joey Ryan prepares to pass torch

Rugby’s Joey Ryan prepares to pass torch
The president of Biola’s rugby club dishes on his final season.
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 18, 2018

Joey Ryan, senior communication studies major, has a lot on his plate as he prepares to graduate in less than a month. Even so, the global student has willingly taken on a new challenge. Ryan is currently in the process of writing a handbook to prepare others for the job he has held for the past two...

Baseball sweeps doubleheader and series

Baseball sweeps doubleheader and series
The Eagles get their first series win in almost two months.
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 16, 2018

Just one week after a brutal stretch at California Baptist University handed baseball its first series loss in the PacWest, the Eagles got back on track by cruising over the Holy Names University Hawks in an April 14 doubleheader for their first ever conference sweep. Biola staved off late HNU rallies...

Gallegos gives baseball victory over Hawks

Gallegos gives baseball victory over Hawks
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 14, 2018

Senior starting pitcher Micah Beyer did not perform his sharpest and the Eagles struggled to get runs across for most of the game against their opponent’s ace, but baseball still came out with a 4-2 win over the Holy Names University Hawks after freshman designated hitter Ryan Gallegos’ three-run...

Men’s and women’s tennis face another loss

Men’s and women’s tennis face another loss
Eagles look forward to the final regular season game.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor April 10, 2018

Men’s and women’s tennis played in tough competitions against the Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions. They managed to grab a few points in their sets but it proved not to be enough for a win on either side. The men lost to a final score of 8-1 and the women 8-0. MEN FALL SHORT IN CLOSE...

Baseball drops series to CBU

Baseball drops series to CBU
The Eagles take their first PacWest series loss against a traditional powerhouse.
Austin Green, Managing Editor April 10, 2018

After taking the first of their four games at the California Baptist University Lancers on April 5, the Eagles suffered their worst loss of the season on April 6 and could not recover, dropping the next two games as their offense sputtered. CBU leapfrogged the Eagles in the PacWest standings over...

Men’s golf places 10th in Turlock

Biola Golf
Alex Brouwer, Freelance Writer April 10, 2018

Men’s golf finished near the lower end of the leaderboard at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational on April 2-3, but they still posted one of their best tournament scores of the year. SEASON RECORD The Eagles put in their best day of the entire season on April 2, hitting under 310 on both of their...