The University of La Verne softball team did not end the season as it would have liked, 17-22, but all the work and dedication throughout the season did pay off.
Every year, each academic department on campus recognizes the top students in its department in the annual Academic Awards night. Tuesday, the University hosted those students and their families in Founders Auditorium for the ceremony.
It was a weekend of irony for the University of La Verne softball team, sweeping Pomona-Pitzer, 3-1 and 15-10, last Friday, then being swept by Cal Lutheran in Saturday's doubleheader, 5-2 and 7-5.
After splitting two games with the Whittier Poets last Friday, the University of La Verne softball team split a non-conference two-game set with the UC San Diego Tritons on Saturday.
In the final two games before the Trinity Tournament at San Antonio, Texas, the University of La Verne softball team tuned up its game by taking both games from Colorado College last Friday.