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Women’s golf misses out on PLNU Invitational

Women’s golf misses out on PLNU Invitational
Loibl leads the Eagles to second-place win in San Diego.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor February 4, 2020

Women’s golf traveled to San Diego, California to compete in the two-day outing at the Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lion Invitational. The Eagles ended the event by placing second out of 11 teams with a final score of 621.  On the first day of the event, senior Jules Loibl led the Eagles...

Men’s cross country earns sixth place finish

Men’s cross country earns sixth place finish
Gabe Plendcio led the Eagles by placing fourth overall in the regional championships.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor November 9, 2019

After the men won the PacWest Cross Country Championships on Oct. 26 and the women placing second, both teams traveled to Monmouth, Oregon to compete in the NCAA Division II West Regional Championships on Saturday. The men picked up a top-10 finish by a strong performance from senior Gabe Plendcio, earning...

Men’s and women’s cross country earn high places

Biola cross country runner runs ahead of her opponents.
The women sweep with top finishes and place fifth at the Vanguard Invitational.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor October 12, 2019

Men’s and women’s cross country traveled to Costa Mesa, California to compete in the Vanguard Invitational on Saturday. The men placed ninth out of 13 teams and the women finished fifth out of 13 teams.  WOMEN EARN HIGH PLACES The Eagles flew in the 5k races by four Eagles placing high in the...

Swim and dive jumps into first meet

Swimmers dive off the block as their relay partner comes into the wall.
The men’s and women’s relay teams place with top three finishes.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor October 4, 2019

Biola men’s and women’s swim and dive opened their season by competing in the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Relays at Splash Aquatic Center on Friday. The meet consisted entirely of relays and both teams earned top three finishes for many of the races. The men finished second out of four teams...

Women’s soccer draws after double overtime

Senior defender Alyssa Chavez dribbles the ball.
Neither the Eagles or CSU San Marcos could come away with a win.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor September 21, 2019

After the Eagles grabbed their first blowout win of the season against Concordia Portland University on Sept. 14, they looked to continue their run at home on Saturday. The Eagles played through a challenging match against the California State University, San Marcos Cougars. The Eagles fought to protect...

Men’s soccer drop second road game

Senior defender Jake Munivez kicks the ball to his teammate sophomore midfielder Gio Passarelli.
The Eagles score a goal in the final minutes, but fall short 2-1.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor September 14, 2019

Men’s soccer lost a tough battle on the road against the University of California, San Diego Tritons on Saturday. Biola struggled to make shot attempts to the goal, but managed to score one goal in the final minutes of the game. The Eagles eventually fell to the Tritons  2-1.  Throughout the first...

Men’s soccer shuts out CSU San Marcos

Freshman midfielder Chad Sinclair attempts to steal the ball from his opponent, during the game against California State University San Marcos on September 11, 2019.
Two freshmen Eagles score winning goals for first win of the season.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor September 11, 2019

Men’s soccer collected their first home win under the lights against California State University, San Marcos Cougars on Wednesday. Midway through the match, two freshman Eagles both snuck a goal past the Cougars goalkeeper, earning their first victory of the season by a final score of 2-0. The first...

Women’s soccer drops first road matchup

Women’s soccer drops first road matchup
The Eagles fail to score in their second nonconference game.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor September 7, 2019

Women’s soccer lost their second nonconference game to the University of California, San Diego Tritons on Saturday. The Eagles struggled to score through the Tritons’ tight defense and were defeated with a final score of 2-0.  In the first half, the Tritons took off quickly, scoring the first...

Men’s soccer lose first home matchup

Senior Forward Hunter Finnegan, scores Biola's second goal against Northwest Nazarene on September 7, 2019.
The Eagles fall in nail-bitter second non-conference game.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor September 7, 2019

Men’s soccer kicked off their first home non-conference game in a close matchup against the Northwest Nazarene University Nighthawks on Saturday. The Eagles scored twice in the second half and worked to defend the goal but fell short after a three-point sweep from NNU, to end with a final score of...

Men’s soccer loses season opener

Senior defender Jake Munivez controls the ball against his opponents.
The Eagles drop their first match against Point Loma University.
Sasha Terry, Copy Editor September 5, 2019

Men’s soccer fell short in their season opener against the Point Loma Nazarene University Sea Lions on Thursday. The Eagles played strong until the end but lost by a final score of 1-0.  In the first half, the Eagles came out of the gates with nine shot attempts on the goal. However, Biola struggled...

Penor finds her stroke

After a slow day-one outing, Sami Penor moves up 25 spots on the leaderboard in the final round, leading the Eagles to a fifth-place finish.
Tori Apodaca March 16, 2019

Women’s golf hit the green at the Augustana Spring Fling in Palm Desert, California for a two-day competition. After the first day of competition, the Eagles sat in fourth place of the 10-team field. But during the final round on Friday, the women improved by eight strokes and finished in fifth place. Sophomore...

Volleyball claims second straight NCCAA championship

Biola volleyball players pose with the NCCAA championship banner following the Eagles' second consecutive title on Dec. 1, 2018.
The Eagles ride strong overall play to the national title.
Joel Ashor, Sports Editor December 1, 2018

Biola volleyball came into Saturday’s title game looking to defend last year’s NCCAA championship, and the Eagles did just that with a convincing four-set win over College of the Ozarks for their second consecutive championship. The first set saw the Eagles jump ahead early, and in the final...