The La Verne baseball team's Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship season looked just about over when they lost Saturday at Ben Hines Field, 16-8, to the Chapman Panthers. However on Monday, the Leopards were offered a bid to play in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama, keeping their tremendous season alive for at least another two games.
With the No. 1 seed in SCIAC, the La Verne baseball team will now advance to the first round of playoffs against the No. 4 Cal Lutheran Kingsmen on Thursday at Ben Hines Field after clinching the 2023 SCIAC regular season championship.
As the Leopards competed in their last events of the league season, the men’s and women’s track and field teams took part in the two-day Southern Conference Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship meet Saturday and Sunday at Ortmayer Stadium.
Senior Michael Ordona led the way for men and women’s golf teams at the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship tournament Sunday through Tuesday, hosted by Cal Lutheran at Mountain Meadows Golf Course in Pomona.
The La Verne women’s basketball team ended their historic season in a nail biting 70-69 loss against the Redlands Bulldogs in the Southern California Intercollegiate Conference championship game Saturday evening at Frantz Athletic Court.
The Leopards participated in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swim Championship at the East Los Angeles College swim stadium Saturday afternoon for the fourth and final day.