Junior outside hitter Brittany Yaxley’s spike resulted in a kill against Whitworth from Spokane, Washington, last Friday at the Pacific Coast Classic tournament at Frantz Athletic Court. La Verne won the match, 3-1. The Leopards also defeated Wheaton from Illinois, 3-0, earlier in the day. On the second day of the tournament, La Verne defeated St. Scholastica from Minnesota, 3-1 and UC Santa Cruz, 3-1. La Verne’s next game is at 2 p.m. Saturday against Westmont College in Santa Barbara./ photo by Kaung Myat Tun
After coming off a sweep to the Puget Sound Loggers, the University of La Verne softball team kept the energy high for the opening game of the double-header against the Whitworth Pirates as they took a 2-1 win, Saturday morning at Campus West.
Despite a late rally in the bottom of the ninth inning, the La Verne baseball team walked the plank in a 5-3 loss against the Whitworth Pirates Sunday afternoon at Ben Hines Field for the first game of the regular season.
The Leopards women’s volleyball team pulled off an incredible comeback in set five to win a senior night thriller, 3-2, against Cal Lutheran Oct. 28 at Frantz Athletic Court.