In its fifth year of existence, the University of Redlands women’s golf program notched its inaugural tournament victory in school history on Sunday with a score of 350 during the Lady Bulldog Five Match at East Valley Golf Course in Beaumont.

Redlands out-played the runners-up from Whitman College (OR) by 14 strokes.

The Bulldogs also competed against familiar foes Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (367), Occidental (415) and Pomona-Pitzer (440) during the one-round event.

Ranked eighth in Division III by Golfstat, junior Tracy Saracino led the Bulldogs with her score of 78 to finish one shot off of the leader, Occidental’s Katie Park.

Freshman Hannah Durrette supplied a solid showing of 83, while senior Kim Masunaga provided a score of 93. Freshman Siarra Waddy finished the round at 96 as the Bulldogs’ fourth contributor.

Redlands looks forward to competing in the SoCal Dutch Invitational on Tuesday and Wednesday at nearby Oak Valley Country Club, beginning at 1 p.m. each day.

There is an interesting feature on the minor league basbeall websight (MiLB.com) featuring a trio of former baseball players at Pomona-Pitzer – James Kang, Drew Hedman and James Brunswick.

Hedman graduated in 2009 and Kang and Brunsiwck followed in 2010. They played together on some great teams. Both Hedman and Kang are now playing in the Boston Red Sox organization in the low level minors.

The two decided to get away from baseball this summer so they took a trip to China where they got back in touch with Brunswick who is working there now as an English teacher.

It’s worth the read. It’s titled From Green Monster to Great Wall.

The University of Redlands football team will not be going to the playoffs.

Junior forward Jamie Griffin of the University of Redlands men’s soccer team was named the SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week.

Griffin led the Bulldogs to a 4-0 Homecoming victory over Cal Lutheran on Saturday with a first-half hat trick that took place in the span of 15 minutes. He sent one past the CLU goalkeeper at the 22:53 mark before heading in his second goal off of a corner kick less than six minutes later. He capped off his hat trick performance with a one-timer goal at the 38th minute.

Against the Kingsmen, Griffin posted six total shots with four of them coming on-frame.

With his recent offensive explosion, Griffin now leads the SICAC and Redlands with eight goals and 19 points (8g, 3a) on the season.

The Bulldogs (10-2-2, 9-1-2 SCIAC) currently sit in a tie for first place in the SCIAC standings and take on Occidental tonight at 7 p.m. on Farquhar Field. Prior to the start of the match, Redlands will honor its five graduating seniors as they compete in their final home, regular-season game.

Soccer player Andrea Smith of Whittier is the women’s Athlete of the Week.

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) cross country teams are both ranked highly in the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) preseason rankings which were released on August 24. 

The men, the defending West Region champions, are ranked first and the women, who finished third in the region last year, are ranked second.  The USTFCCCA preseason national rankings will be released on September 1.
 
The Stags return five runners from their region-winning team: Kris Brown, Georgi Dinolov, Brian Kopczynski, Kramer Straube and Brian Sutter.  All five earned All-SCIAC honors last year with Straube, Kopczynski, Sutter and Dinolov also earning All-Region honors.  In addition to winning the region, CMS also won the SCIAC and went on to place 15th at the NCAA Championships.
 
The Athenas return six runners from last year’s regional squad: Kate Crawford (SO, Seattle, WA), Julia Rigby, Ashley Scott, Jennifer Tav, Laura Wyatt and Aubrey Zimmerling.  Tav, Rigby and Scott earned All-SCIAC honors with Tav and Rigby also earning All-Region honors.  Tav was runner-up at both the SCIAC and Regional meets and earned All-American honors with her 27th place finish at the NCAA Championships. 

The Athenas tied for second in the SCIAC, but were the top finishing SCIAC team at the regional.  They finished 22nd at the NCAA Championships, second of three West Region teams.
 
CMS opens their season with a dual meet against Westmont College along the beach in Santa Barbara on September 4.

Now that the dust has cleared, pairings for the SCIAC men’s basketball tournament have been determined.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (19-6, 11-3) is the top seed and will host Occidental on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The other game will feature Cal Lutheran (15-10, 9-5) at Pomona-Pitzer (13-12, 9-5).

Going into the last game of the season Redlands, Cal Lutheran and Pomona-Pitzer were all tied for third so two of the three were going to make it in. Redlands looked to be the shoe-in with a game against seventh-place La Verne but the Bulldogs lost. They lost their last four games of the season so they didn’t deserve to get in.

Meanwhile Pomona-Pitzer beat Oxy 55-54 and Cal Lutheran upset Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 74-67.

The championship game will be on Saturday with the highest seeded team hosting.

Sophomore forward Courtney Carroll of the University of Redlands women’s basketball team was named the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Female Athlete of the Week for Nov. 30-Dec. 6.
 
She lit up the scoreboard at last weekend’s UC Santa Cruz Winter Tournament, averaging 24 points per game, as the Bulldogs defeated Whitworth University (WA), 81-57, and Santa Cruz, 75-60.  She shot .500 from the field and went 16-for-20 from the charity stripe.  She also pulled down 17 rebounds, including six offensive boards, to go along with eight assists, three blocks and three steals.
 
The Redlands women’s basketball team (4-2) takes to the road for a non-conference game against Chapman on Sat., Dec. 12, at 5 p.m., before heading to La Sierra University on Tuesday for a 7:30 p.m. showdown with the Golden Eagles.
  
 
Whittier’s DaMon Perry earned the male award.  

University of Redlands senior offensive lineman Travis McBride has been named to the D3football.com All-West Region Second Team.

On the heels of his First-Team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) accolade, McBride gains his inaugural All-West Region honor of his career.  In 2009, this three-year starter led a Redlands offensive line that surrendered just 11 sacks in 232 pass attempts while helping the Bulldogs rack up 2,618 yards of total offense.  He has not personally given up a sack in the past two seasons. 

 This year McBride served as a co-captain during the team’s 7-2 season that included a third-place mark of 4-2 in SCIAC action.
 
For a complete list of the All-Region recipients, please log onto www.d3football.com.
 

Senior center Ryan Floersch of the University of Redlands men’s water polo team was tabbed as the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Player of the Week.
 
Floersch served a vital role in the Bulldogs’ two wins on the week. In a 19-11 rout of Occidental College on Wednesday evening, he had five goals, an assist, a steal and four ejections drawn. Against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on Saturday evening, he scored three goals and added one assist, two steals and five ejections drawn in a 9-6 victory.
 
On the season, he has accumulated a single-season program record in ejections drawn with 97, surpassing the previous mark by more than 30. Sean McWhorter ’96 set the previous standard of 63 in 1995.
 
Redlands (14-16, 6-1 SCIAC) travels to Claremont this weekend for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championship Tournament. The Maroon and Gray matches up with the University of La Verne in the opening round on Friday at 12:45 p.m. in Claremont McKenna College’s Axelrod Pool.

The University of Redlands softball team made the trip to East Texas Baptist University for the First Round of the NCAA Championships and suffered an early exit from the tournament by losing both games on the opening day.

The No. 18 Bulldogs kicked of the double-elimination tournament in Marshall, TX, with a tough 1-2 loss to No. 4 University of Texas-Tyler.

The Patriots initiated the scoring in the first inning with back-to-back doubles.

Redlands responded in the second inning as senior left fielder Roxy Lambert (La Jolla, CA) drove a ball to left field, scoring junior designated player Amanda Doeppel (Monrovia, CA) to tie the game at one.

The game remained knotted until the top of the fifth inning when UT Tyler walked in what would become the winning run.

With the loss, the Bulldogs faced top-ranked Linfield College (OR) in the final game of the day.

The Wildcats jumped out to a three-run lead in the bottom of the first inning.

After 2 innings without a hit, Linfield capitalized on an error and two hits in the fourth to score two more runs.

Down by five, Redlands battled back with four runs in the top of the fifth inning. Doeppel doubled to right center and then freshman right fielder Breanna Ruelas (Brawley, CA) walked. With two outs, freshman shortstop Kai Masutani (Honolulu, HI) singled to right field to load the bases. Junior catcher Nicky Neumann (Fremont, CA) stepped up to the plate and knocked in two runs with a double to left center. Junior center fielder Kayla Peterson (San Jose, CA) followed suit with a two-RBI single up the middle to move the Bulldogs within one.

However, Linfield steadily scored runs in each of the remaining innings while Redlands mustered only one, resulting in a 5-8 loss for the Maroon and Gray.

Neumann accounted for three of the team’s seven hits, while Peterson provided three RBI.

Redlands finished out the 2009 campaign with a 30-12 record, boasting at least 30 wins for the fifth year in a row.