OK, I haven't done one of these in several years (back to the old AOL site days), but here goes...a retrospective of the BE/\CH athletic season that just wrapped up with the track & field athletes competing at the NCAA nationals in Oregon. We'll start with the big 7 (M/W Volleyball, M/W Basketball, Women's Soccer, Baseball & Softball) in depth, then quick reviews of how the other sports did. It was a mixed season, buoyed by strong showings in the sprong sports, getting LBSU up to third in the BWC Commissioner's Cup standings, behind Davis and Fullerton.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Record: 15-18
BW Record: 9-7 (5th)
Lost to CS Fullerton in BWT First Round.
Season Highlights:
Wins over Pac-12 opponents Oregon State and Stanford.
Gabe Levin ties Ed Ratleff's single-game scoring record with 45 pts in Double OT loss to UC Davis.
Levin joined 1000-point club in loss at Hawaii.
Honors:
Gabe Levin: All-BWC 1st Team
Temidayo Yussuf: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Deishuan Booker: All-BWC Honorable Mention
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Record: 8-23
BW Record: 6-10 (T-6th)
Lost to UCR in BWT First Round at CSUF.
Season Highlights:
NC win at Pac-12 opponent Arizona.
Swept season series over BWT champion CSUN
Ended regular season on a 5-game win streak.
Honors:
Cecily Wilson: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Shanaijah Davison: All-BWC Honorable Mention, All-Freshman
Naomi Hunt: All-BWC Honorable Mention, All-Freshman
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Record: 10-19
BW Record: 7-9 (T-5th)
Honors:
Hailey Harward: All-BWC 1st Team
Megan Kruidhof & YiZhi Xue: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Radi Marinova: BWC All-Freshman
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Record: 28-1
BW Record: 9-1 (BWC Champion)
Inaugural BWC Tournament Cnampion, defeating Hawaii.
NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPION, defeating UCLA 3-2
Honors:
Josh Tuaniga: AVCA Player of the Year & 1st Team AA, OTB Lloy Ball Setter of the Year, VolleyballMag.com Co-Player of the Year, VolleyMob 2nd Team AA, All- BWC 1st Team.
TJ DeFalco: AVCA 1st Team AA, OTB Karch Kiraly OH of the Year, All- BWC 1st Team & Player of the Year, VolleyMob 1st Team AA, Volleyball Mag Co-POY.
Kyle Ensing: AVCA & VolleyMob 1st Team AA, OTB Brian Ivie OPP of the Year, All BWC 1st Team.
Nick Amado: AVCA 2nd Team AA, VolleyMob 3rd Team AA. All BWC 1st Team.
Simon Anderson: AVCA Hin. Mention AA, OTB & VolleyMob Freshman AA, All-BWC Hon. Mention and Freshman Team.
Bjarne Huus: All-BWC Hon. Mention.
Alan Knipe: AVCA & VoilleyMob Coach of the Year., BWC Coach of the Year.
Nick MacRae: AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year, named assistant on USA U19 nat'l team.
BASEBALL
Record: 27-30
BW Record: 12-12 (5th, 6GB of CSF)
Honors:
Clayton Andrews: All-BWC 1st Team SP, Drafted in 17th Rd by Milwaukee
Jarren Duran: All-BWC 2ndTeam 2B, Drafted in 7th Rd (220) by Boston.
Zak Baayoun: All-BWC 2nd Team SP.
Chris Rivera: All-BWC 2nd Team Closer, Drafted 33rd Rd by St. Louis
Eli Villalobos: Drafted in 14th Rd by Miami
Set official school Season attendance record of 61,179 (2110 per game),
SOFTBALL
Record: 43-14
BW Record: 16-5 (2nd) National Ranking #20
Lost in NCAA Regionals to Mississippi.
Season Highlights:
Three no-hitters by Cielo Meza (2) and Jessica Flores.
Meza sets school single-game strikeout record vs Hawaii (17)
Honors:
Taylor Rowland: NFCA 2nd Team AA, 1st Tean all-Region, All BWC 1st Team.
Cielo Meza: NFCA 1st Team all-Region, All-BWC 1st Team & Pitcher of the Year
Naomi Hernandez: NFCA 1st Team all-Region, All-BWC 1st Team, Freshman Team & Field Freshman of the Year
Nichole Fry: All-BWC 1st Team
Jessica Flores: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Lauren MacLeod: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Devyn Magnett: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Grayce Majam: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Kim Sowder: BWC Co-Coach of the Year
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Record: 9-6-3
BW Record: 3-3-2 (5th)
Honors:
Kaitlin Fregulia: BWC 1st Team & Defensive POY, 2nd Team all-West Region
Katie Pingel: All-BWC 2nd Team
Tori Bolden: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Dana Fujikini: All-BWC Honorable Mention
Rola Badawiya: BWC All-Freshman
Sarah Pistler: BWC All-Freshman
MORE TO COME...
