The Clause

On March 10 the NAIA No. 11- ranked Cougars swept Webster University in a doubleheader to continue their 11 game-winning streak.   They won the first game 9-0 and the second 7-0.   It was the Cougars eight-victory week and thanks to their offense they combined a .444-team batting average with 70 runs of offense… [Read More]

APU’s softball team is utilizing a three-pitcher rotation this year as opposed to the normal two-pitcher rotation. Junior pitchers Taryn Devich, Rita Kim and Mariah Worley are sharing starting time this season. The decision to have a three-pitcher rotation was made in the beginning of season. Each of the pitchers all have something different to… [Read More]

APU women’s water polo team opened the Roadrunner Invitational in Bakersfield, Calif. on Saturday, March 10 against Bucknell with a 14-10 loss and closed the day with a 14-8 loss to Indiana, the No. 12 nationally ranked team. Even though the Cougars left with a pair of losses, they played well for having faced two… [Read More]

On March 10, the Cougars completed a double sweep over Fresno Pacific. It was the 17th-ranked Sunbirds’ first two-game sweep in the GSAC since 2007. Sophomore and catcher Matt Page ended the Cougars first game with a huge RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning, which gave APU the 9-7 win. The second… [Read More]

On Saturday night at CU Arena, Azusa Pacific was stopped from going any further in the Golden State Athletic Conference by suffering the loss to Concordia 85-62.   This game was an all-around bad game for the Cougars. Only two of their players went double-digits in the points column, opposed to Concordia having five players… [Read More]

APU won the 2012 NAIA Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Championship on Saturday, emerging victorious with 108 points — just a half-point over two-time defending women’s indoor champion Oklahoma Baptist. This is the program’s third NAIA women’s indoor national title and the university’s 37th total NAIA title. The team’s pursuit of first place climaxed… [Read More]

The APU women’s basketball team is defending NAIA champions, but have yet to claim the title in the GSAC league. APU faced Westmont in Santa Barbara Monday night for the championship, but failed to prevail over the Warriors.   After the tipoff, the Cougars started the game with a strong offensive jumper Amber Williams. After… [Read More]

The APU Cougars competed with the Westmont College Warriors last Monday in an away game in Santa Barbara. APU’s NAIA No. 4-ranked men’s team fought hard for a 5-4 win against No. 6 Westmont, and the women’s team finished the day off with a perfect 9-0 victory.   The men’s team started promisingly, with Jochem… [Read More]

The NAIA 32nd Women’s Swimming and Diving National Championships took place in Oklahoma City, Okla. from Feb. 29 to March 3, with APU taking fifth place overall. APU competed against top teams like the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds and the Oklahoma Baptist Bison. APU scored 336 points throughout the week to bring them to the top… [Read More]

The A-league finals between Free Ballin’ and Old Timers. Free Ballin’ finished the season with a 2-2 record while Old Timers finished with a 4-0 record.   Old Timers is a team of guys from the athletics department. The majority of the team was comprised of coaches from both the men and women’s basketball teams… [Read More]