With growing anticipation, the University of La Verne women's basketball team is diligently preparing for the upcoming 1997-98 season with the hopes that it can better last year's mark of 13-12 overall.
The rivalry goes deep. Both teams have fought hard to win each game. When they met earlier in the season, the Leopards lost to the Athenas, 62-57, in overtime. When they met Tuesday night, the women's basketball team tried once again to defeat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) but was unsuccessful, losing, 62-52.
Tuesday night, the field of battle was the Supertents, as the University of La Verne women's basketball team easily annihilated Southern California Inter-Athletic Conference (SCIAC) adversary Cal Lutheran (11-8 overall) by 18 points, 72-54.
Tuesday was a tough day for the University of La Verne women's basketball team. It played the No. 1 school in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), Pomona-Pitzer, whose record going into the game was 4-0 in conference. The Leopards lost, 73-72, in double overtime.
Closing last year's season with a bitter loss to league rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas, the University of La Verne women's basketball team is now looking towards an interesting 1996-97 season.