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The boys on the baseball team are learning a valuable lesson: practice what the coach preaches and things will fall into place.

Capturing a 9-2 victory over Redlands last Friday was exactly what the La Verne Baseball Team needed to start a three-game series which con­tinued onto Saturday when the Leos split a doubleheader with the Bulldogs.

Staying strong in conference play this year, The University of La Verne's Baseball Team beat up on the Sagehens from Pomona-Pitzer last week to move its SCIAC record to 6-0.

"It ain't over, till it's over" is an old cliche made famous by Yankee Hall of Famer, Yogi Berra. What the quote by Berra best describes is the University of La Verne baseball team's present situation.

In the 72-year history of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), only two teams have ever gone undefeated. The first was in 1954 when the Occidental College Tigers went 8-0. The second happened Tuesday when the Universi­ty of La Verne Leopards completed an 18-0 sweep of the conference.

Riding a wave of success, the University of La Verne baseball team has ex­tended its season record to 9-2, overall and 6-0 in the Southern California Inter­collegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). Coming off a sweep of Pomona-Pitzer and a victory over Cal Baptist, the Leos are currently on a seven-game winning streak, taking eight of their last nine.