CMS Athletics Week In Review (3/21 - 3/27/16)

Athletics Week In Review (Full Version)

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Women’s Golf
After finishing second in the UC Santa Cruz Invitational, held March 19-20, the CMS women’s golf program had the past week off from competition. The Athenas will play in their second SCIAC tournament of the year this weekend, April 2-3, at the South Hills Country Club in West Covina.

Women’s Lacrosse
The Athenas currently sit third in the conference at 8-2 overall, 3-1 SCIAC play. Despite not playing last week, CMS will have a chance to improve on its standing April 6 at Occidental, kicking off a stretch of six straight SCIAC games to close the 2016 regular season. Goalkeeper Kate Annello (CMC ’16) leads the conference in goals-against average (5.97) and ranks second in save percentage (55.0).

Softball
The CMS softball team continues to strengthen its hold on first place in the conference thanks to a pair of wins at Redlands on March 25. Katie Savard (CMC ’16) went 3 for 4 with two RBI in the 4-2 Game One victory to extend her RBI streak to five consecutive games. The Athenas shut out the Bulldogs 1-0 in Game Two, scoring their lone run in the top of the first. Molly Rubidoux (CMC ’16) pitched 6.1 scoreless innings and earned her eighth win of the year. Now 20-5-1 (13-1 SCIAC) on the year, the Athenas will take on Occidental in a road doubleheader on April 2.

Women’s Tennis
The women’s tennis team’s nine-match win streak was snapped last week as the Athenas went 1-2 in three matches played at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. CMS fell 7-2 to Williams (Mass.) and 5-0 to Emory but bounced back and beat Trinity (Texas) 8-1 in the final match. A match at Pomona-Pitzer awaits the 11-3, 3-0 SCIAC Athenas on April 1, followed by a home contest against Middlebury (Vt.) on April 2.

Women’s Track & Field
The CMS track and field teams did not compete last week as they prepare for a SCIAC meet on April 2 against La Verne, Chapman, Redlands and Whittier at Redlands. The Athenas last participated March 19 at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational hosted by Point Loma University, where Tyra Abraham (SCR ’18) helped the women to a first-place finish with the fastest 100 and 200 meter times of any Division III runner this season.

Women’s Water Polo
The Athenas got back in the win column last week thanks to a 13-11 victory over the Virginia Military Institute. Roxy Kiessling (CMC ’18) scored the game-winner with just over a minute remaining to wrap up her three-goal night. CMS currently holds a 3-14 overall, 0-2 SCIAC record and will take on Brown (R.I.) on March 28, Redlands on March 30 and Caltech on April 2.

====================== Spring – Men========================

Baseball
The CMS baseball team was swept in a three-game series by Cal Lutheran. The Kingsmen outscored the eighth-place Stags 27-4, dropping CMS to 5-19 overall and 3-12 in SCIAC play. The Stags have three series left before the SCIAC round robin, including a three-game set with Caltech on April 1-2.

Men’s Golf
The Stags are currently competing in the West Cup at the Sierra La Verne Country Club. The tournament runs three days from March 28-29 and features 15 teams, including all eight SCIAC teams. After the West Cup, the CMS men’s golf team will play in its second SCIAC tournament of the year on April 9-10 at Anaheim Hills Golf Club, before the SCIAC Championships from April 24-26.

Men’s Tennis
No. 4 Chicago and Chapman were no match for the CMS men’s tennis team, which beat both squads back to back by identical 7-2 scores. Skyler Butts (CMC ’16) and Daniel Morkovine (CMC ’17) earned wins as the No. 1 doubles pairing in each match, while Glenn Hull (CMC ’17), Max Macey (CMC ’17) and Lestter Yeh (CMC ’16) helped CMS take four of six singles matches against Chicago. The 14-2, 2-0 SCIAC Stags will play four home matches this week against Williams (Mass.) (March 30), Pomona-Pitzer (April 1), Cal Lutheran (April 2) and Middlebury (Vt.) (April 2).

Men’s Track & Field
The CMS track and field teams did not compete last week as they prepare for a SCIAC meet on April 2 against La Verne, Chapman, Redlands and Whittier at Redlands. The Stags last participated March 19 at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational hosted by Point Loma University, where they finished fourth. Corbin Bethurem (CMC ’19) had the third-fastest time in the 200 meters and earned his way into the CMS top-10 all-time list for the event.

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Men’s Lacrosse
The Cougars had a tough loss on Friday afternoon to Northern Arizona University, who won after a 17-17 tie with a fast break during sudden death overtime. Saturday, the Cougars traveled to Cal State Northridge and handily defeated the Matadors 16-2. The game ball was awarded to Kaegan Ingrasci (Pitzer ’17), who scored five goals and had four assists. This week, the Cougars host UCLA on Saturday, April 2 for a 1:00 pm game on the Pomona turf field.

Men’s Rugby
On March 19, the men’s rugby team defeated Loyola Marymount 53-6 at Parents Field. The win secured the No. 1 seed for the Lions in the Pacific Coast Cup Playoffs. The Lions host Santa Rosa College at Parents on April 2 with kickoff at noon. The winner will advance to the NSCRO National Round of 16.

Women’s Rugby
The Claremont Women's Rugby Team returned to action Saturday with a 74-10 victory over Occidental College. Among the try scorers were Jessie Riberia (PZ ’19), Lindsey Mooradian (PZ ’19), captain Naomi Brooks (PZ '16), Emma Dubery (CMC '19), and Marly Coe (SC ’18). The win leaves the Foxes 3-3 in the league and undefeated against other DIV III opponents. The win also qualifies the Foxes for the USARugby DIV III playoffs as the #1 seed in the West Regional. The Foxes return to action April 9 in the first round of the National playoffs.

By Tony Steege and Chris Watts
Sports Information Assistant and Director of Athletics Communication