A record-setting group of 99 student-athetes from 19 teams at California Lutheran University were recognized by the school's Scholar Athlete Society at a year-end banquet. All the students maintained a 3.4 GPA or higher for the academic year while particpating as a NCAA Division III student-athlete.
The conclusion of the 2008-09 athletics year came to a close with the California Lutheran women's programs taking third in the Conference All-Sports Standings. Points are awarded based on final conference standings for each of the nine SCIAC sports and awarded to each institution respectively.
Junior Emily Robertson was selected to the 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) All-West Region Third Team on Thursday after a record-setting season. The catcher was amongst the conference leader in four offensive categories.
Three players from the California Lutheran University softball team were named to the All-SCIAC Team. Junior Emily Robertson was selected to the first team while freshman Talia Ferrari and sophomore Lizzie Novak were each designated to the second team.
After a pair of losses to conclude the regular season at the University of La Verne on Friday, the California Lutheran University softball team could only watch on Saturday as Whittier College won its final two games and earned the fourth seed in the four-team SCIAC Tournament.
Facing the top two teams in conference play its playoff hopes in the balance the Cal Lutheran softball team earned doubleheader splits against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Redlands on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Today's victory over the No. 24 Bulldogs was the first since 2003.
Three wins in one day for the California Lutheran University softball team over Pomona-Pitzer Colleges pushed its conference record to 9-9 and gave head coach Debby Day the most wins in the program's history on Saturday. The first win came as a completion of a postponed game on Feb. 28 that finished 8-6 and the Regals continued with victories of 5-0 and 4-3.
Late offensive sparks by Whittier College handed the Cal Lutheran softball team a pair of road losses by 8-0 and 4-3 margins on Friday afternoon. The Regals hit just .196 as a team (9-for-46) and received its lone extra base hits on the day from the bat of Lizzie Novak.
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