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Men’s Volleyball serves up a season of transition

The California Baptist University Men’s Volleyball team wrapped up the 2012 spring season proudly, leaving nothing on the court. Starting off the regular season with three wins and six losses, the Lancers continued the struggle into the Penn State Invitational where they left with a 0-3 record, losing to D1 schools such as Ohio State [...]

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Wrestling with success

The California Baptist University wrestling team is the definition of domination this season. Starting the season off in the right way, the Lancers had six placers at the Roadrunner Open, ten placers at the Central Baptist Invite, and four champions at the Melo Invite, all within two weeks. Strong contributors to those events were: Jimmy [...]

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Women’s water polo cracks top 20; wins 11 straight games

Women’s water polo at California Baptist University has been anything but wading through the season this spring. The Lancers struggled at the start of the season, losing to No. 2 University of California, Berkeley and then to No. 5 San Jose State, the Lancers only came away with one victory in the Berkeley Invite. CBU [...]

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Pre-game preparation produces optimal results

Season after season, the athletes of California Baptist University go out and compete against many other teams and come out successful, but how do these athletes ready themselves for the battle? Before entering into competition, athletes need to make sure they are mentally prepared for every situation. Almost every athlete has a ritual to get [...]

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Lancer of the week: Cole Bullard

Cole Bullard has been a model of consistency on and off the baseball diamond. The senior infielder and catcher for California Baptist University’s baseball team is just the 6th player in program history to eclipse the 200 career-hit mark and is on pace to be the all-time leader in games played. Bullard has been playing [...]

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Softball starts off swinging for the fences

After being picked to finish third in the Pacific West conference, California Baptist University softball opened the season with a bang. In a season filled with success, the recent series against UC San Diego stands out as the most notable. UC San Diego came into the two game series ranked No. 1 in the NCAA [...]

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Using character to crush competition

When the dust settles on March 17, the members of California Baptist University’s women’s basketball team hope to have a championship trophy in their hands. Last year, the Lancers finished 27-8 in one of the most successful seasons in the program’s history. “The team was good last year,” Point Guard Myriah Hicks said. “We want [...]

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Battling their way to success

“Successful” is the word senior Justus von Wright used to describe the 2011-2012 men’s basketball season. On Wednesday, Nov. 2, California Baptist University’s men’s basketball team kicked off the season with an exhibition game against University of California, Irvine. Though that night ended in a loss, it was one of 5 of the 15 games [...]

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Looking back at the Lancers’ accomplishments of 2011

What do the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Mavericks, St. Louis Cardinals and the California Baptist University Lancers all have in common? They all have won championships in 2011. The year of 2011 has been a major year for sports teams; however, in the end there can be only one champion and four Lancer sports teams [...]

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Post-college post players

Athletes playing in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics have to say goodbye to sports after they graduate with a degree, but in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) graduate students can play on. In California Baptist University’s first year of play in NCAA Division II, the women’s basketball team has two post players that [...]

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