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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Men’s hoops not yet in mid-season form
In California Baptist University’s first year of Pacific West Conference play, the athletic department has seen success in four different sports already this year, but Lancers men’s basketball is fighting to maintain the pace. Men’s hoops has struggled to uphold the measure of success set by other programs this year, with a record of 3 [...]
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 [...]
Young team pulls their own weight
It is hard to believe that the California Baptist men’s soccer team is made up of mostly under-classmen since the Lancers are second in the Pacific West Conference behind Hawaii Pacific University. The young team, including fourteen sophomores and freshman, six of which are starters, has a record of 4-1 in the conference and can [...]
Lancer of the week: Ingrid Carmona
Fate united Ingrid Carmona, junior, and California Baptist University’s Women’s volleyball team on a service trip to the Dominican Republic in 2007. Carmona reflected that when she first came to the United States to become a student athlete at CBU in Fall 2008, she was unable to play volleyball that first season and did not [...]
Men’s soccer earns national attention
The California Baptist University men’s soccer team kept the ball rolling in the right direction on Sept. 9, tying their season high output of goals with five. The Lancers cruised to their fifth victory of the season in their first ever game as a NAIA coaches’ poll top-25 ranked team. The 18th ranked Lancers took [...]
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Falling into the top
With four teams ranked in the top 15 in the nation, California Baptist University Athletics excelled in the Fall 2010 season. Men’s soccer, water polo, and cross country, along with women’s volleyball and soccer thrived so far this year. The Lancers broke records in 2010. With five out six teams achieving national rankings, CBU has [...]
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Speech highlights changes
California Baptist University President, Ronald Ellis, presented the annual State of the University Address at chapel on Sept. 22, 2010. The State of the University Address informs the CBU students of Ellis’ review of the campus community, the major milestones and important occurrences that took place over the past year. The tragedy of the car [...]
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Coaches raise talent level through recruiting
Constantly recruiting new talent to create a successful athletic program at California Baptist University is a never ending job for coaches. Recruiting is a long process that can be exciting but also nerve-racking for high school seniors. These athletes can be seen around campus being schmoozed by their potential coaches. These are the up-and-coming athletes [...]
Softball searches for competitive greatness
Softball season is just around the corner and the California Baptist University softball team has been working diligently to achieve their goal of yet another winning season. Head coach Mike Smith said in order to continue to win and succeed the team must play with “competitive greatness.” Competitive greatness is a concept that comes from [...]
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