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.
After the La Verne baseball team fought back against the Chapman Panthers from losing the first game of the series, 14-9, on April 20 at Ben Hines Field, they were ready for a brutal fight and kept their opponents on their toes by clutching wins, 10-3 and 4-1, in Saturday’s doubleheader at Chapman’s Hart Park.
The La Verne baseball team completed a series sweep of the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen in a doubleheader on Saturday, winning game one, 7-1, and game two, 7-3, at Ben Hines Field.