La Verne senior second baseman George Holland steps on second to force out Occidental senior Alec Strain before faking a throw to first Saturday. Opening weekend at the new Campus West sports complex started off with a bang as the baseball team took the field against the Occidental Tigers. The Leopards split the doubleheader, losing the first game 6-3 and shutting them out in the second game, 6-0. Holland had an RBI over the weekend as well. With the win, the Leopards ended a four game losing streak. / photo by Hunter Cole
The La Verne baseball team's SCIAC championship season looked just about over when they lost Saturday at Ben Hines Field, 16-8, to Chapman. However on Monday, the Leopards were offered a bid to play in the NCAA Division III championship tournament in Birmingham, Alabama, keeping their tremendous season alive for at least another two games.
The first place Leopards began the series against the second place Stags at Ben Hines Field on May 5, winning 9-4 and celebrating eight seniors on their senior day.
With the No. 1 seed in SCIAC, the La Verne baseball team will now advance to the first round of playoffs against the No. 4 Cal Lutheran Kingsmen on Thursday at Ben Hines Field after clinching the 2023 SCIAC regular season championship.