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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...

Finally on Top

Biola women's softball team and coaches posed with their PacWest awards on April 21, 2025 at Freedom field
The Biola Women’s softball team were crowned champions of the PacWest for the first time in the program’s history on Monday April 21
Peter Koontz, Staff Writer April 23, 2025

The Biola Eagles women’s softball team secured both the PacWest regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the PacWest Tournament with a doubleheader sweep of Menlo College on Monday, April 21, at Freedom Field. This marks the program’s first-ever PacWest title—a testament to the team’s hard...

A Historic Day on the Course

The Golf team posed with their award after winning a PacWest championship on April 13, 2025 at Aliante Golf Club
Biola Women’s Golf team clinched their third Championship, another step in a brilliant season
Peter Koontz, Staff Writer April 23, 2025

The Biola Eagles women’s golf team continued their stellar 2024–25 campaign with a blazing success in the desert of North Las Vegas, securing their third Pacific West Conference Women’s Golf Championship in the past four years. In their three day route to doing so, the team set a PacWest record...

Three-time All-PacWest athlete leaves Biola with something even more special

Daniel Esparza three-time all-pacwest athlete on Biola’s basketball team.
Daniel Esparza shares what has made his time on and off the court at Biola so special
Peter Koontz, Staff Writer April 9, 2025

Three-time All-PacWest honors would be enough to make a memorable college career for any athlete, but for Daniel Esparza, that’s not what he’ll remember most from his time at Biola University.  THE PATH TO BECOMING AN EAGLE Esparza started his college basketball career at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo,...

The Flight for the Top

Biola Baseball on Mar. 28, 2025 with Biola winning both games against Vanguard.
Biola Men's Baseball is right in the thick of a crowded PacWest field and a premier matchup comes to Eagles Diamond this weekend
Peter Koontz, Staff Writer March 28, 2025

High caliber competition is in full swing in the men's baseball PacWest competition and the Biola Eagles are right in the thick of the action. The squad is sitting right between longtime rivals Azusa Pacific University (APU) and new PacWest opponent Vanguard in the standings. All three are tussling for...

The Frank Story

Luke Franklin shares his journey on the water polo team. Photo courtesy of Biola Athletics
Luke Franklin’s Biola story shows the growth of the water polo program, and his own personal community
Peter Koontz, Staff Writer February 22, 2025

From being a youthful visitor to the leader of a highly successful water polo program, senior history major Luke Franklin’s Biola journey is one that speaks volumes about Biola’s culture and athletic prowess. Franklin has not only benefited from these aspects of Biola but has also done his part to...

Futures in the Rough

Biola woman’s golf team was the winner of the 2024 PacWest conference just months before Biola athletics announced the decision to discontinue the women’s golf program.
On Jan. 31, 2025 the Biola Women’s Golf program was cut, throwing the future of 10 students into disarray
Peter Koontz, Staff Writer February 19, 2025

On Jan. 31, Biola University Athletics announced the decision to discontinue their women’s golf program after the 2024-2025 season. The department made it abundantly clear that this decision was difficult to make and not at all due to the success or talent of the team or coaches, citing rising costs...

Finding Their Way

Men’s soccer vs. Hilo, Oct. 10, 2024
Biola’s Mens’ Soccer Program continues to find its footing in a hotly contested PacWest Division
Peter Koontz, Staff Writer November 23, 2024

Biola Athletics is on the rise. Every aspect of the teams in this organization is seeking improvement and working to be their best and compete at the highest level. Biola’s men's soccer team was no exception in their 2024 season, as they displayed improvement and a hunger for a bright future.  GREAT...

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...

Biola cross country showcases massive potential

Men's cross country runs at invitational.
Biola XC Finishes 1st and 2nd Overall
Colin Twisslemann, Sports Editor September 12, 2023

Both Biola men’s and women’s cross country teams impressed at an invitational on Sept. 8. Considering they planned to run at a controlled pace, the results proved Biola is poised to finish at the top of their conference. Going into the season the men’s team was ranked 3rd in the PacWest Conference,...

Bring out the brooms: Eagles sweep Urban Knights

Sophomore catcher Sam Lisiak crushes a pitch.
Biola sweeps ART U in a four-game series at home.
Caleb Crawley, Sports Editor March 28, 2023

Biola baseball rebounded from a disappointing series against Point Loma by sweeping Academy of Art at Eagles Diamond over the weekend. The Eagles outscored the Urban Knights 38-15 over the course of four games, dominating their PacWest opponent at the plate and on the bases. SLUGGING SERRATOS  The...

Athletics expands despite cutbacks

Scholarships [in the NAIA] are handed out much more need based than talent based. - Junior Meghan Warkentin of the volleyball team
Athletic department strategizes amid university's economic crisis.
Caleb Crawley, Sports Editor February 23, 2023

Biola’s athletic department has proven itself to be mostly unscathed during a rocky period for the university. In an era in which student enrollment is decreasing, faculty members are being laid off and degree programs are disappearing from Biola’s academic calendar, athletics is virtually untouched...