The women’s soccer team beat the Whittier Poets 2-1 in a nail-biter Saturday night at Ortmayer Stadium, in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.
Sixteen girls from ages 13 to 19 gathered early Saturday morning at the Ortmayer Stadium to participate in the La Verne Futbol Academy’s winter soccer camp, led by University of La Verne women’s soccer coach Lauryn Pehanich.
Despite outplaying Pomona-Pitzer, the men’s soccer team was punished for its inability to finish and suffered a tough 3-0 loss against the Sagehens Wednesday night at Ortmayer Stadium.
La Verne junior midfielder Justin Almandinger assists sophomore midfielder Auden Fox as he pasts Pomona-Pitzer senior defender Michael Cork and sophomore forward Peter Rentzepis in the second half of Monday’s game.
What the Leopards hoped would be a magical day during Homecoming weekend turned out to be much less than magical for the La Verne football team, as it suffered a tough loss to the Redlands Bulldogs, 64-28, Saturday at Ortmayer Stadium.