The Biola Sports Report…
The Biola baseball team ended their season in Riverside on the campus of Cal Baptist at the NAIA Region II tournament as they fell to Concordia University for the second time, in the Championship game by the score of 8-7. Chris Weems blasted a two-run homerun in the bottom of the ninth inning to bring Biola within one point. When trailing 8-4 in the eighth inning Biola went on a run, scoring two runs early but the run was halted by a controversial call that resulted in several players and two coaches being ejected. Jimmy Johnson got the start for Biola and went four innings, allowing three runs on six hits to record the loss before Garet Hill came in and pitched the next inning, allowing two more runs. David Mirabal led the Eagle offense as he went 3-5 including his third homerun of the season. Eagles finish second in GSAC and ninth in NAIA. Several players were named to the all GSAC team including Dietzen, Weems, Hill and Hawkins Gebbers.
In softball action on Tuesday the lady eagles closed out their season with a tough game against Concordia. GSAC All-Team, Amera Kesterson finished an amazing year with a 2-2 performance giving her the Biola record for hits a season with 78. Kesterson found her way into other record categories with ten homeruns and 16 triples where she tied for the NAIA record. Katie Gustaveson got the start for Biola and went 4.2 innings, allowing six runs, two earned, on four hits to record the loss. Tatiana Garcia came in a pitched the final two innings shutting out Concordia, only allowing two hits the rest of the way. Final score was 6 to 3.
Intramurals finished Wednesday night with the basketball championships. Winner’s included G-Unit over Mama’s boys with a score of forty-nine to twenty-eight in the B league. Over in the A league United beat Holy Fire by thirty-one points and in the women’s bracket Back Again defeated Senoritas forty-nine to eighteen.
Softball champions are SouthTown Stingrays in the A league and in the B League The Trop also received a championship.
Lastly, bragging rights went to Hope FC soccer team over AC Torrey as the game ended in a tie allowing for penalty kicks to decide the winner. Congratulations to all teams for a successful season!
Finally, Dorm competitions ended on Wednesday with a rousing game of capture the flag. Stewart came out with the victory receiving sweet t-shirts and dorm pride!
That’s it for sports news; make sure to tune in next semester for more extensive sports reporting covering all your favorite teams from Biola to professional. Have a great summer!
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