The sounds of hard work can be heard on weeknights in the Supertents. Yells of encouragement from teammate to teammate, the basketball bouncing off the hardwood, and 13 pairs of shoes stomping down as the players change direction during sprints.
The Leopards (8-15, 3-7) defeated the University of Redlands, 67-63, on Friday in what was a extremely close game that could had gone either way. But the Leopards were blown out by Cal Lutheran on Tuesday in what was a completely different game.
What started as a sloppy game for the University of La Verne women's basketball team ended as a down-to-the-wire shootout, which Concordia University won, 72-71, Friday in the Supertents.
The University of La Verne women's basketball opens its season tonight against Life Bible College at 7:30 in the Supertents. For ULV head coach Julie Kline, this will be her seventh season as the leader of the program.