Baseball (5-2)
Home-field advantage could not have been more applicable for Azusa Pacific and Cal Poly Pomona in their split of this weekend’s series.
Daniel Martin’s 10th inning walk-off single sealed the Cougars’ 2-1 victory over the Broncos at home Friday before traveling the short distance to Cal Poly on Saturday, dropping the second game 5-3.
APU will travel to St. George, Utah, for a three-game series against Montana State Billings on Monday and Tuesday.
Softball (4-5)
APU softball competed at the Desert Stinger Tournament in Las Vegas this weekend, finishing 2-3.
The Cougars opened Friday with an 11-1 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills before dropping games to Cal State Monterey Bay (11-0, five innings) and Saint Martin’s (13-4, five innings) that afternoon. They opened the second day with another win over Simon Fraser (12-6), but did not advance further after losing to Minot State 6-4.
The team will return home to host Adelphi in a doubleheader Tuesday.
Water Polo (4-7)
Women’s water polo dropped three games to ranked teams in Davis, California, this weekend. The Cougars lost Friday’s matchup 15-8 to 11th-ranked UC San Diego and Saturday’s games to No. 4 California (24-4) and No. 16 UC Davis (14-7).
The team will have two weeks of preparation for a four-game series Feb. 27-28.
Women’s Tennis (2-2) and Men’s Tennis (2-1)
The women’s tennis team cruised to a 9-0 win over Vanguard at home Saturday while the men’s team struggled against the Lions, losing 5-4.
Look for The Clause’s full tennis season preview in Wednesday’s issue (Feb. 18).
Track and Field
The Cougars competed this weekend at the NAU Invitational and UW Indoor Invitational (distance). Staci Foster broke a school record with her 4:46.73 mile time at UW.
For full meet results from NAU, click here.