With increasing competition, and sports teams practicing – or at least conditioning – for extended periods beyond their competitive seasons, some student athletes here struggle to balance their academic classes with work and their intense practice schedules.
The Leopards claimed a 10-9 victory against Claremont-Mudds-Scripps Wednesday. This is the second win in a row for the Leopards who now move to 4-6 in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
The men’s water polo team’s win streak was short-lived, as they took two home losses this week, falling to Cal Lutheran 11-7 on Saturday and to Whittier 18-8 on Wednesday.
The men’s water polo team fell short to the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference powerhouse, the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens, 19-16, as the Leopards were unable to respond to a third quarter scoring streak by the Sagehens.
The men’s water polo team suffered a big 15-4 loss against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in its Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener Wednesday night at the Axelrod Aquatics Center in Claremont.