The Clause

The Azusa Pacific women’s water polo team broke their three-match losing streak, with a sweep on Saturday Feb. 11, where they were victorious against both Occidental and Cal State Bernardino.   The team bounced back from last weekend’s losses, where they were outscored 49-20 in a 0-2 trip to the Pacific Invitational. Saturday’s sweep evened out the team’s… [Read More]

  While every school comes across their great players, each player reaches the time where they must bid farewell to their school and their collegiate basketball playing days.   The players that graduate are always missed by the team. The trials that a team goes through are never forgotten, and teammates go through these trials… [Read More]

Many APU students are unaware of the intramural team made up of APU staff members called “Staff Infection,” a play on words with staph infection.   According to Steve Eubanks Executive Director of Enterprise Data Management at APU the origins of the team has been lost over time.   “I can say, however, that back… [Read More]

APU baseball finished the weekend in Atherton, Calif. with back-to-back wins, upsetting Menlo 3-2 and overpowering Westmont 14-5, earning the Cougars their fifth win of the season.   Right-handed pitcher Ben Ruder tossed a successful performance, completing eight of nine innings in game one against the Menlo Oaks. After allowing the Oaks a home run… [Read More]

On Saturday, Feb. 11, the Cougars won a perfect six-game sweep at the Simpson Tournament.   They had a huge win over the defending NAIA champion and currently top-ranked Oregon Tech winning them 8-4.   Besides winning Oregon Tech, the Cougars started of their day by winning Northwest Christian with a shutout of 6-0. They… [Read More]

APU’s men’s tennis team began their 2012 season on Saturday, Feb. 4 where they beat Pomona Pitzer 6 -3. Senior International business major Janosch Apelt is number one on the team, but was only able to play one set due to injury. His second set was the only loss of the day in the singles… [Read More]

The women’s tennis team won its ninth consecutive season-opening match Saturday afternoon, defeating UC San Diego 8-1 at the Munson and Bavougian Tennis Complex on West Campus.   The first match of the season promised to be a good challenge, with UCSD’s women’s tennis being a No. 17-ranked NCAA Division II team.   The Cougars… [Read More]

  On Saturday, Feb. 4, APU was winning Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes 8-7 until the bottom of the ninth.   There were two men on and one out then San Bernardino hit a walk off three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, which led the Coyotes to beat the Cougars 10-8.  … [Read More]

  APU’s acro and tumbling team was victorious in their first meet Saturday night against the Baylor Bears, outdoing their opponent 269.39 to 257.40.   “The girls did awesome tonight,” Head Coach Colleen Kausrud said.  “We did much better than we expected … Now, we want to take the score we got tonight and raise… [Read More]

APU’s track and field partook in a series of events in Northern Arizona University’s Mountain T’s Invitational on Jan. 28.  On the APU campus, track and field is always associated with Olympian and APU alumni, Brian Clay, and is known for winning more GSAC and NAIA championships than any other sport.   The women participated… [Read More]