Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges: May 2008 Archives
| Defensive tackle Gavril Gabriel of the University of Redlands landed on the Consensus Draft Services Division III Preseason All-American second team. Gabriel, who will be a junior in the fall, helped the Bulldogs win their 28th Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championship and advance to the NCAA playoffs for the fifth time in school history last season. He led the Bulldogs with 15 tackles for a loss of 69 yards, including nine sacks for a loss of 58 yards. Overall, Gabriel tallied 52 tackles to rank third on the team while recording eight quarterback hurries. Earlier this year, he earned first team All-SCIAC accolades and second team d3football.com honors. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps linebacker Ashton Clarke earned honorable mention. He was the leading tackler in the SCIAC last season. |
Gui Schils (JR, Shaker Heights, OH) and Larry Wang (JR, Orange) won the NCAA Division III Men's Doubles Championship on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Andy Bryan/Charlie Paukert of Gustavus Adolphus.
This is the first title for both and CMS' fifth doubles championship. Schils and Wang reached the semifinals of the NCAA Championships in 2006 and the quarterfinals in 2007.
The pair had their most difficult match in the first round as they beat Dan Greenberg/Bret Thacher from Williams 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. They beat the #4 seed - Randy Loden/Kaz Murata of Mary Washington 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals and the #1 seed - Jared Kamel/Marc Vartabedian of UC Santa Cruz 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) in the semifinals.
Wang and Schils had played all four teams earlier this season. They lost to the Williams (March 29) and UC Santa Cruz (April 13) teams and beat the Mary Washington (March 5) and Gustavus Adolphus (March 26) teams earlier this season. In the team championships, they beat the UC Santa Cruz team in third round play and the Williams team in the quarterfinal round.
Earlier in the week, CMS finished third in the team competition, beating Middlebury in the consolation final, one day after losing in the championships semifinals.
2008 All-SCIAC Baseball Selections Announced
May 14, 2008
The 2008 All-SCIAC Baseball Selections have been announced. University of La Verne Leopards claimed the SCIAC Conference title. Scott Marcus, a senior from La Verne has been named Player of the Year. The First and Second All-SCIAC Teams are listed below.
| Player of the Year: | Scott Marcus, SR | University of La Verne |
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First Team | ||
| Pitchers | Tim Jolly, SO | University of La Verne |
| Michael McCarthy, SO | University of Redlands | |
| Nolan Nicholson, JR | University of Redlands | |
| Catcher | Jefre Johnson, SO | University of Redlands |
| Infielders | Andrew Blomberg, JR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| Anthony Cappelletti, JR | Whittier College | |
| Paul Hartmann, SO | California Lutheran University | |
| Drew Hedman, JR | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | |
| Brandon Huerta, JR | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | |
| Jack Mehl, SR | University of La Verne | |
| Outfielders | Charles Acker, SR | Whittier College |
| Kyle Rizzo | University of Redlands | |
| Alex Weber-Shapiro, SO | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | |
| Second Team | ||
| Pitchers | David Colvin, FR | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
| Matt Jones, JR | Occidental College | |
| Jimmy Wilfong, SR | University of La Verne | |
| Catcher | Adam Franks, SR | Occidental College |
| Infielders | Trevor Boucher, SR | University of La Verne |
| David Iden, JR | California Lutheran University | |
| James Kang, SO | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | |
| Mike Moretti, JR | University of La Verne | |
| Travis Nishioka, SO | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | |
| Brian Schumaker, SR | University of Redlands | |
| Outfielders | Glenn Gray, SO | Occidental College |
| Michael Joannides, SR | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | |
| Zachary Mandelblatt, JR | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
CONFERENCE CHAMPION: UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
HEAD COACH: LAURIE NEVAREZ
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: NICKY NEUMANN, UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: MOLLY YRIARTE, WHITTIER COLLEGE
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FIRST TEAM | ||
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Pitcher |
Katie Brnca |
University of Redlands |
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Pitcher |
Julia Cruz |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
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Catcher |
Alyssa Corley |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
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1st Base |
Melissa Munoz |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
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2nd Base |
Dory Baga |
University of Redlands |
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Shortstop |
Ashley Paul |
University of La Verne |
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3rd Base |
Lynsey Padilla |
University of La Verne |
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Outfield |
Michelle Harvey |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
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Outfield |
Vicky Ovieda |
Whittier College |
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Outfield |
Remy Kawaguchi |
University of Redlands |
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DP |
Amanda Doeppel |
University of Redlands |
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Utility |
Billy McGrane |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
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At-Large |
Melissa Carlson |
University of La Verne |
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SECOND TEAM | ||
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Pitcher |
Olivia Ellis |
University of Redlands |
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Pitcher |
Lizzy Chacon |
California Lutheran University |
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Catcher |
Emily Robertson |
California Lutheran University |
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1st Base |
Nicole Acevedo |
Whittier College |
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2nd Base |
Trish McCormick |
University of La Verne |
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Shortstop |
Melanie Hamlin |
University of Redlands |
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3rd Base |
Christine Calderon |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
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Outfield |
MacKenzie Smith |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
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Outfield |
Kari Granger |
University of La Verne |
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Outfield |
Mandy Brenner |
University of La Verne |
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DP |
Alexis Garcia |
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
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Utility |
Erika Weingart |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
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At-Large |
Gabriela Chavez |
Occidental College |
| By Michelle Gardner Staff Writer LAVERNE - The University of La Verne baseball team knew it didn't have a lot of room for error. Not with so few games left in the regular season and three teams in contention for the SCIAC title. But the Leopards stayed in the hunt with an 8-7 win over defending champion Pomona-Pitzer Friday at Ben Hines Field. It was an eventful game with the Sagehens scoring three in the ninth to tie the game at 7 and La Verne winning it on a walkoff RBI single by freshman Eddie Kalankiewicz in the bottom of the frame. It was the 10th win in the last 11 conference games for the Leos. The win keeps La Verne (23-14, 14-4) one half-game behind Redlands (27-11, 15-4) which beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8-5. Both teams will play a doubleheader today with La Verne at Pitzer (27-11, 13-6) and Redlands across the street at CMS. Both twinbills start at noon. "We all know the situation. We pretty much have to keep winning," La Verne coach Scott Winterburn said. "This conference is tough year-in and year-out. It just so happens we came down to the wire this year with three teams. It doesn't get better than this." La Verne took a 7-4 lead into the final inning but faltered in the ninth as the Sagehens loaded the bases with no outs on an infield single by James Kang, a solid single up the middle by Drew Hedman and a walk to Zach Mandelblatt. Mike Silva grounded out to second, scoring Kang and closing the gap to 7-5 and forcing reliever Grant Wheatley from the game. Michael Joannides then lined an offering from Jimmy Wilfong to the right side of the infield where Trevor Boucher made a spectacular diving stop and leaped to his feet in time to get the runner. But Hedman raced home bringing the visitors within one. Boucher's stop momentarily prevented Mandelblatt from scoring too but he did so when the next batter, Andrew Nino, blooped a check swing single into shallow right field to tie the game. Pitzer then got a double by Eric Thompson that advanced Nino to third. Wilfong then made the defensive play of the game to keep the go-ahead runs from scoring. Edward Pickett hit a scorching line drive that took the glove of Wilfong's hand. He scrambled for the ball a few feet away and unleashed a strike to first baseman Jon-Michael Hattabaugh that just nipped the runner and ended the uprising. Had Wilfong not knocked the ball down, both runners would have scored. "You have to give them credit because they made a couple of great plays in the last inning," Sagehens coach Frank Pericolosi said. "We hit a lot of balls hard all day. It was just one of those when none of them found a hole." La Verne retaliated quickly, starting its rally when Boucher lined a triple to deep center field over the head of Pickett for a triple. James Brunswick, who entered in relief of starter David Colvin in the seventh, walked the next two hitters intentionally to set up a force and set the stage for Kalankiewicz, who entered as a defensive replacement the previous inning. He then stroked a fastball away for a solid single through the left side over the drawn-in infield. "I was just trying to put the ball in play, execute, nice easy swing," he said. "It feels good to be able to come through in such a big game. Now we have to keep the momentum." La Verne won the game on the base paths with some daring moves paying off. Jack Mehl went first to third on a sacrifice bunt by Dimitre Mondette, then scored on a single by Scott Marcus in the sixth. It also pulled off a double steal in the fifth with Hattabaugh racing home when Jason Munoz took off for second. Meanwhile the Sagehens went just 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position before the ninth inning and the top four hitters in their normally potent lineup were 0-for-12 to that point. Pitzer, which was ranked as high as 15 nationally, now needs to win both games today and hope Redlands loses twice. It has lost six of its last seven games and came back to the pack after getting swept by Cal Lutheran last week. But Pericolosi said he won't be worrying too much about the other pivotal game nearby. "If we're worried about what someone else is doing we're not focused on ourselves," he said. "We need to go out and win two games tomorrow before that even matters." The other factor could be a game that La Verne has not finished with Cal Lutheran. That game, postponed from Feb. 22, was tied at 12 in the 11th inning. Redlands won the series with La Verne so it has the tiebreaker over the Leos. Athletic director Chris Ragsdale said it wouldn't be finished by Winterburn thought it would be if Redlands was a half game out and could pull even with a La Verne loss. |
