The good, the bad and the unlucky: Recapping Chapman fall sports
Photo Collage by Emily Paris, Photo Editor
How the season ended: 37-34 loss to Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Sagehens in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championship game. The Panthers held a 28-7 lead at the half, but their opponents came back to deny Chapman their second straight championship victory over the Sagehens.
Awards: 12 members of the team were named to the SCIAC All-Conference First and Second Teams. Linebacker Alex Terriquez, a senior business administration major, was named the SCIAC Defensive Athlete of the Year. He stuffed the stat sheet all season and anchored the conference’s best defense. The rest of the award winners can be found at the Chapman Athletics website.
Notable moments: Chapman ended their streak of three straight losses in the Homecoming Weekend game, beating California Lutheran University 24-20 in front of a sold out Ernie Chapman Stadium.
How the season ended: 5-1 loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the conference championship game. Chapman finished as the fifth seed in the conference, making an improbable run to the final with upsets on the road against Cal Lutheran and first seeded Redlands University.
Awards: Senior defender Jackson Busby, a business finance major, and junior goalkeeper Alex Glynn, a business administration major, were both named to All-Conference teams. Busby made All-SCIAC First Team and Glynn made Second Team.
Notable moments: The Panthers beat Redlands on penalty kicks to earn a spot in the championship, knocking off the conference’s top regular season team. The unforgettable upset sent Chapman to their second championship game in three years.
How the season ended: 2-1 loss to Whittier College in the play-in round of the playoffs. The Panthers finished fifth in the regular season and did not have a magical run of their own.
Awards: Three players were named to the All-Conference teams. Fifth year defender Emma Harper, who is studying computer science, made the First Team. Junior forward Jenna Urrabazo, a strategic and corporate communications major, and sophomore sophomore Pilar Vanheusden, an applied human physiology major, both made the Second Team.
Notable moments: Harper and Urrabazo connected on a corner kick goal to beat eventual runner ups Pomona-Pitzer 1-0 in the regular season. It was one of Urrabazo’s seven assists on the season, which was second best in the conference.
How the season ended: Three sets to none loss to Pomona-Pitzer in play-in round of playoffs, after fifth placed regular season finish.
Awards: Both Olivia Harrison and Sampson were named to the All-Conference Second Team. Harrison, a junior psychology major and middle blocker, transferred to Chapman this season. Sampson, a junior political science major and outsider hitter, was recognized for the first time in her collegiate career.
Notable moments: Chapman beat La Verne University, the eventual conference tournament champions, three sets to two back on Oct. 22. Even with the disappointing end to the season, the Panthers showed promise for the future in this win.
How the season ended: 14-13 loss in the third period of overtime against Redlands in the SCIAC Championship game. It was Chapman’s first appearance in the match in men’s water polo history, after finishing third in the regular season. The team still had a chance at glory as they qualified for the USA Water Polo Division III National Championship tournament. After defeating the Massachusetts Institute of Technology they got a rematch against Redlands, losing 14-13 again.
Awards: Senior attacker Everett Prussak, a computer science major, and sophomore attacker Davin Castillo, an applied human physiology major, were both named to the All-Conference First Team. Prussak had the most goals in the conference. Senior Nate Randolph, a creative producing major, made the Second Team. He finishes his Chapman career with four consecutive All-Conference honors, the first to do so in school history.
Notable moments: Chapman came back from down 13-11 to beat Pomona-Pitzer in the conference semifinal game, scoring three unanswered to win on the road.
How the season ended: Both men and women’s teams finished sixth in the SCIAC Championship meet, and they placed 14th and 13th in the NCAA Division III West Regionals. Senior communication studies major Annika Carlson finished third in the SCIAC for the women, the highest individual placement in school history. She went all the way to the NCAA National Championships, finishing the race after suffering an injury in the final kilometer.
Awards: Carlson was part of both the All-SCIAC and NCAA West All-Region teams.
Notable moments: Carlson broke the women’s 5K and 6K school records in back-to-back weekends. Sophomore screen acting major Gavin White broke the men’s 8K school record at the Highlander Invitational, beating out Cole Cooper’s record set at the same event last year.