With spring sports in full swing now, there are a lot of sporting events in the area from which to choose. Here’s the rundown on what’s going on locally . . .

WEDNESDAY

Men’s basketball

Chaffey at College of the Desert, 7 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at Rio Hondo, 7 p.m.

Barstow at Mt. San Jacinto, 7 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

Occidental at Redlands, 7:30 p..m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball 

San Bernardino Valley at Rio Hondo, 5 p.m.

Chaffey at Desert, 5 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Victor Valley, 1 p.m.

Barstow at Mt. San Jacinto, 5 p.m.

Baseball

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Azusa Pacific, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Women’s basketball

Redlands at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.

La Verne at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Caltech at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Baseball

Azusa Pacific at Cal State San Bernardino (at Fiscalini Field), 2 p.m.

FRIDAY,

Men’s basketball 

Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m

Cal Poly Pomona at Chico State, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Chico State, 5:30 p.m.

Baseball

Whitworth (Wash.) at Pomona-Pitzer, 2 p.m.

St. Martin’s (Wash.) at Cal Poly Pomona, 2 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at Azusa Pacific, 2 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley and Chaffey at College of the Desert Tournament

Victor Valley at Grossmont, 2 p.m.

Softball

Cal Baptist at Cal State San Bernardino (DH), noon

Redlands at Azusa Pacific, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men’s basketball

Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Stanislaus, 7:30 p.m.\

Victor Valley at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

Antelope Valley at San Bernardino Valley, 3 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Barstow, 3 p.m.

La Verne at Cal Lutheran, 7 p.m.

Redlands at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.

Whittier at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Stanislaus, 5:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at San Bernardino Valley, 1 p.m.

Victor Valley at Chaffey, 1 p.m.

Cerro Coso at Barstow, 1 p.m.

La Verne at Cal Lutheran, 5 p.m.

Whittier at Clarmeont-Mudd-Scripps, 5 p.m.

Redlands at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.

Baseball

La Verne at Biola, 1 p.m.

St. Martin’s at Cal Poly Pomona (DH) 11 a.m.

Azusa Pacific at Cal State San Bernardino (at Fiscalini Field) , 1 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley, Chaffey at College of the Desert Tournament

Victor Valley at Southwestern, noon.

Softball

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Azusa Pacific, noon

Pomona-Pitzer at vanguard, noon.

Swimming and diving

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Redlands, 10 a.m.

Caltech at La Verne, 10 a.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occidental, 10 a.m.

SUNDAY

Baseball

St. Martin’s at Cal Poly Pomona, 11 a.m.

Chaffey at Desert Tournament

Softball

Redlands at Concordia-Irvine, 11 a.m.

Want to check out some of the local college sports action? Well there are a lot of contests to choose from!

MONDAY

Women’s basketball

Cerro Coso at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Men’s basketball

Chaffey at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.

College of the Desert at Barstow, 7 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Victor Valley, 7 p.m.

La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Occidental at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

Chaffey at San Bernardino, 5 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Victor Valley, 5 p.m.

College of the Desert at Barstow, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY

Men’s basketball 

UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at San Francisco State, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

UC San Diego at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

Cal State San Bernardino at San Francisco State, 5:30 p.m.

Redlands at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Whittier at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Baseball

Westmont at Pomona-Pitzer, 2 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men’s basketball

Cal State San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

Barstow at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino, 3 p.m.

College of the Desert at Victor Valley, 3 p.m.

La Verne at Redlands, 7 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occidental, 7 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Cal State San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

Mt. San Jacinto at San Bernardino, 1 p.m.

Desert at Victor Valley, 1 p.m.

Barstow at Cerro Coso, 1 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 5 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Occcidental, 5 p.m.

La Verne at Redlands, 5 p.m.

Swimming and diving

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 11 a.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Cal Lutheran, 11 a.m.

Redlands at Whittier, 11 a.m.

Here’s what’s happening in local college sports this week

MONDAY

Women’s basketball  -

San Bernardino Valley at Cerro Coso, 6 p.m.

Chapman at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

Men’s basketball

San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

San Francisco State at Cal Poly Pomona, 5:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Men’s basketball

Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 7 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at Barstow, 7 p.m.

Victor Valley at Mt. San Jacinto, 7 p.m.

Whittier at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.

Redlands at Occidental, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

San Bernardino Valley at Barstow, 5 p.m.

Rio Hondo at Chaffey, 5 p.m.

Victor Valley at Mt. San Jacinto, 5 p.m.

THUSRDAY

Women’s basketball

Occidental at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 7:30 p.m.

La Verne at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

Pomona-Pitzer at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Men’s basketball

Humboldt State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Dominguez, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Humboldt State at Cal State San Bernardino,5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Dominguez, 5:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Men’s basketball 

Sonoma State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Chaffey, 3 p.m.

San Bernardino Valley at College of the Desert, 3 p.m.;

Barstow at Victor Valley, 3 p.m.

Clarmeont-Mudd-Scripps at Whittier, 7 p.m.

Redlands at Caltech, 7 p.m.

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 7 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Sonoma State at Cal State San Bernardino, 5:30 p.m.

Cal Poly Pomona at Cal State Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.

Antelope Valley at Chaffey, 1 p.m.;

Victor Valley at Barstow, 1 p.m.

La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer, 5 p.m.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Whittier, 5 p.m.

Redlands at Caltech, 5 p.m.

The University of Redlands has been chosen to host the NCAA Division III men’s soccer sectional (round of 16) which will be held Friday and Saturday at Farquhar Field.

Joining Redlands in the field are Calvin (Mich.), Randolph College (Va.) and Texas-Tyler.
Bulldogs coach Ralph Perez said some upsets around the country paved the way for his team to be playing at home.

“I was a little surprised, then I started looking at some of the other results,” Perez said. “We’re just happy to still be playing. We also know that if we slip up once it could be over just as fast.”

The No. 13 Bulldogs (20-3-1) will play Calvin College (17-5-1) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The 5 p.m. game will pit Randolph (18-5) against No. 22 Texas-Tyler (17-2-1).

The Bulldogs enter with a 19-game unbeaten streak, highlighted by impressive playoff wins over Pacific Lutheran (4-1) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-0) in which the defense allowed just a combined 10 shots on goal.

Redlands is second in NCAA Division III in scoring with 86 goals and 76 assists. Freshman forward Charles Izydorek, out of Arrowhead Christian Academy, leads the team in points (36) and goals (15).

Tickets can be purchased at Farquhar Field up to one hour prior to kickoff. General admission is $6. Students with school I.D. and senior citizens cost $3, while children ages 2-12  are $2.

The University of Redlands football team has become the first SCIAC runner-up in history to earn an at-large playoff berth. The Bulldogs (8-1) made the 32-team field for the first time since 2007 when it shared the conference title but got the automatic bid.

The Bulldogs will not be heading to Cal Lutheran as most thought they would if they made the field. Instead they will get on a plane for a Saturday matchup against American Southwest Conference champion Mary Hardin-Baylor (10-0), which is making its eighth straight playoff appearance and 10th in 11 years.

Early in the week coach Mike Maynard said the only scenario in which his team would likely make the field was if the NCAA sent it back to Thousand Oaks because it has always limited the first-round field to one plane flight. Not only will Redlands be getting on a plane, so will Cal Lutheran which is being sent to Linfield (Ore.).

The Bulldogs making the field is good, not just for the school but the conference as well. Now there is a precedent for a runner-up making the field. A big part of Redlands qualifying, no doubt, was its nonconference win over then No. 6-North Central (Ill.). Maynard thought his team deserved a shot last year at 8-1, but strength of schedule was singled out as an issue.

So if Redlands didn’t get in, then strength of schedule really didn’t matter at all. That would have been sending a bad message that no matter what you do, you’re not getting in if you’re not first.

No Redlands wasn’t overly impressive in some of its SCIAC games, but margin of factor is not supposed to be a factor. A win is a win.

The next step is for the both Redlands and Cal Lu to put in good showings so the SCIAC is deemed worthy for a second spot in future years as well.

The University of Redlands football team has moved up one spot to No. 15 in the D3Football.com poll released on Monday.

Redlands also moved up a spot to 16th in the American Football Coaches Association poll.

The Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1) are coming off a 38-28 win over the University of La Verne and will host Whittier at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

SCIAC front-runner Cal Lutheran (6-1, 5-0) also moved up a spot to No. 9 in one poll and 14th in the other.

Pomona-Pitzer junior running back Luke Sweeney is now the leading rusher in all of college football (all divisions) after his 185 yards last week against Chapman, according to the new NCAA stats released today.

Sweeney currently averages 182.7 yards per game on the ground, a comfortable 13.7 yards per game lead in the NCAA Division III leaders (over Jeremy Murray of Mt. Union). The second leading rusher in all of college football is Jonas Randoph of Mars Hill at the NCAA Division II level, who averages 180.0 yards per game.

Sweeney has been remarkably consistent in the early going this season, rushing for 176 yards in the opener against Whitworth, then 187 yards against Lewis & Clark (with four touchdowns) and 185 yards against Chapman. Those are the second, third, and fourth highest rushing totals of his career, as he had a personal-best 220 yards last year against Occidental.

Sweeney has also reached his lofty totals efficiently, as his longest run from scrimmage through the first three games has been only 25 yards. Only five other running backs in all of NCAA Division III average over 150 yards per game, giving him a comfortable lead over most of the competition heading into a difficult road test at nationally ranked Redlands this weekend.

In addition to his high ranking in rushing, Sweeney is also second in the country in Division III in all-purpose yardage at 238.3 per game, trailing only Trey Fairchild of Otterbein, a wide receiver/kick returner.

The offensive line that has paved the way for Sweeney’s big numbers this season has included left tackle Tim Stapenhorst, left guard Kevin Ludlum, center Jack Horstmann, right guard James Lambert and right tackle Garret Bell, along with tight end Peter Ferrin and fullback Zack Tannous. Not only did that unit block effectively for Sweeney last weekend, they also prevented quarterback Luke Ferguson from being sacked a single time in 38 pass attempts.

The Pomona-Pitzer game at Redlands on Saturday will take place at 7 p.m., before the Sagehens return home the following weekend for a 7 p.m. game against Occidental.

Univrsity of Redlands senior wide receiver/kick return specialist Tyler Aubrey has been named as a semifinalist for the 2011 National Football Foundation William V. Campbell Trophy, which honors the sport’s best scholar-athlete in the nation.

Aubrey aksi remains in the running as one of possible 16 recipients of the NFF Scholar-Athlete Postgraduate Award of $18,000. The Campbell Trophy, endowed by Health South, increases the amount of the recipient’s grant by $7,000 for a total postgraduate scholarship of $25,000.

Aubrey joins 126 other candidates from all levels of collegiate football, including 29 from NCAA Division III. He is the sole representative of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) and the West Coast.

Candidates for these awards must be in their final year of eligibility, boast a minimum GPA of 3.2, possess outstanding football ability as a significant contributor, and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship.

With a cumulative GPA of 3.563, Aubrey continues his work toward a degree in Financial Economics while pursuing minors in Accounting and Business Administration. Among his scholarly achievements, the six-time Dean’s List member landed on the 2010 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District First Team and collected his third of likely four UR Scholar-Athlete awards.

As a football player, Aubrey played an integral role in the Bulldogs’ historical 8-1 run during the 2010 campaign. He made 20 catches for 183 yards, including a long of 41 and one touchdown. He also led the team with 12 kick returns for a total of 300 yards. Among these, he uncorked an impressive 83-yard return into the end zone during the team’s 21-17 victory over Chapman University.

Earlier this season, Aubrey made strong contributions to the Redlands’ upset win over then-third-ranked North Central College (IL), as well as the solid road victory of familiar foe Whitworth University (WA).

Beyond football, Aubrey consistently gives back to the community while revealing his compassionate leadership skills. During the 2010 May Term break, he organized and participated in Bulldog football’s Strong Hands, Soft Hearts campaign for Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times. He specifically coordinated housing, meals, and work crews for 75 teammates whose work continues to benefit 1,700 children with cancer and their families each year.

He also served as an active participant in the Benevolent Bulldog program, which takes $100 seed money and grows it into as much as possible for a worthy cause. Aubrey joined forces with three teammates to raise a combined $5,900 for the Susan G. Komen San Diego Breast Cancer Research Fund during the past two summers.

Redlands penned Aubrey as its nominee earlier this September and looks forward to the official announcement of the NFF Scholar-Athletes on October 26. All honorees will attend the 54th Annual NFF Awards Dinner on December 6 in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria where one member of the group will be announced live as the winner of the coveted Campbell Trophy.

The University of Redlands football program moved up the D3football.com and American Football Coaches Association Top-25 polls, marking improvement on every poll so far this season.

Redlands gains its highest ranking in its NCAA Division III history by rising two spots to No. 13 on the third D3football.com list of 2011. The Bulldogs also jumped into the No. 18 position on the second AFCA poll of the season, improving four spots during their idle week.

Redlands enjoyed a bye week this past weekend after defeating regional opponent Whitworth University (Wash.), 30-20, on September 17.

Against the Pirates, junior quarterback Chad Hurst and sophomore wide receiver Taylor Irwin headlined the offense attack with Hurst tossing four touchdowns and Irwin leading the team with 99 yards on eight catches and one score.

On the defensive side of the ball, Redlands forced three Whitworth fumbles, two of which led to scores for the Bulldogs. Junior linebacker Jordan Garcia came up with a team-leading 10 hits, including two for a loss of six yards.

The Bulldogs (2-0) travel to Thousand Oaks for the opening Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) game of the season on Saturday. Redlands kicks off against Cal Lutheran University, which boasts a ranking of 20th on the aforementioned polls.

Game time is set for 7 p.m.

The University of Redlands football team moved up two spots to No. 15 on the most recent D3football.com Top-25 poll. The Bulldogs also cracked the inaugural American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) at No. 22.

The Bulldogs are 2-0 after a 30-20 win over Whitworth (Wash.) on Saturday. They opened the season on Sept. 3 with a 36-29 win over then-No. 4 North Central (Ill.)

The Bulldogs are idle this week but return to action on Oct. 1 against reigning SCIAC champion Cal Lutheran, which is ranked No. 20 by D3football.