Contact:             Doug Aiken
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Release Date:   February 19, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

Upcoming Events Calendar
 

Date	Day	Team	Opponent/Event	Site	Time (Pacific)
2/20	Fri.	Women's Softball	Claremont	Home	5:00 pm (DH)
2/21	Sat.	Women's Track	Pomona-Pitzer All Comers	Pomona	10:00 am
		Men's Tennis	Cal Lutheran	Thousand Oaks	2:00 pm
2/23	Mon.	Men's Golf	Cal Lutheran	Thousand Oaks	12:30 pm
2/24	Tue.	Men's Tennis	Alliant International	San Diego	2:00 pm
		Baseball	Claremont	Claremont	2:30 pm
2/25	Wed.	Women's Softball	Vanguard	Costa Mesa	1:30 pm (DH)
2/26	Thu.	Men's Tennis	La Verne	La Verne	2:00 pm
		Baseball	Vanguard	Costa Mesa	2:30 pm

Last Week’s Results:

Men’s Basketball
 

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
2/12	@ West Coast Baptist	W, 84-42	15-8
2/14	San Jose Christian	W, 78-61	16-8

Chapman 84, West Coast Baptist 42 – Junior shooting guard Landon Lewis (Brea/Brea Olinda High) may have clinched the NCAA three-point shooting title with another 7-for-9 performance from beyond the arc in Chapman’s 42-point road win over West Coast Baptist. Lewis finished with 21 points and finished the regular season with a 52.8 percent success rate and ranks first in Division III in three-point shooting – more than four percentage points better than his next closest competitor. Three other Panthers reached double-digits in scoring, including junior Chad Bigler (Santa Ana/Foothill High), who scored 11 points and sunk three three-pointers.

Chapman 78, San Jose Christian 61 – The Panthers concluded the regular season with their season-best sixth straight win and 11th win in their final 12 games, a 17-point defeat of visiting San Jose Christian. Senior forward Dwight Blair (Compton/Dominguez High), playing in the final home game of his Chapman career, was 7-for-8 from the field for 16 points and five rebounds. Four Panthers scored in double-digits led by freshman guard Patrick Carney (Lake Forest/El Toro High) who scored 17 in the win. The Panthers, which rank 28th in Division III in free throw shooting, were 19-for-21 from the line versus the Royals.

NCAA Statistical Leaders
The Panthers find themselves amidst the top-40 in NCAA Division III in seven different statistical categories (through games of 2/15/04):
 

Field Goal Pct.	Chapman; 51.2%	3rd
Scoring Margin	Chapman; 12.3 ppg	24th
Three-Point FG Per Game	Chapman; 8.3	37th
Three-Point FG Pct.	Chapman; 42.3%	8th
Free Throw Pct.	Chapman; 74.8%	28th
Three-Point FG Per Game	Landon Lewis; 3.5	14th
Three-Point FG Pct.	Landon Lewis; 52.8%	1st

Women’s Basketball
 

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
2/13	Colorado College*	W, 77-42	19-3
2/15	Dallas (TX)*	W, 64-47	20-3
2/19	Biola	L, 63-72	20-4

*Chapman Tournament

Chapman 77, Colorado College 42 – Senior forward Caroline Jensen (San Diego/University High) paced the Panthers to a 35-point win over West Region rival Colorado College in the opening game of the Chapman Tournament. Jensen scored 24 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead all players. It was Jensen’s 10th double-double of the season. Junior guard Kelly Crampton (Livermore/Granada High) scored 10 points and led the Panthers with five assists. Chapman held the Tigers to just 26.3 percent shooting in the game and allowed just 42 points against, the second-lowest opponent point total of the season for Chapman. The Panthers finished their schedule versus West Region opponents with a 14-1 record, the one blemish a two-point loss to SCIAC leading Claremont in early December.

Chapman 64, Dallas 47 – The senior tandem of Caroline Jensen and guard Mel Bongiorno (Stowe, VT/Rice Memorial High) posted nearly identical lines in the box score, including 18 points and seven rebounds apiece to lead Chapman to a 17-point win over the University of Dallas in the Chapman Tournament finale. Jensen also finished with four blocked shots. The Panthers shot just 36 percent from the floor in the game, but out-rebounded Dallas, 45-36 in the game. The win was Chapman’s 11th straight victory and seventh straight at home.

Biola 72, Chapman 63 – On a night in which Chapman honored two of its all-time best, the visiting Eagles played spoiler, downing the Panthers, 72-63 in their regular season finale. The loss snapped Chapman’s 11-game winning streak and drops the West Region’s second-ranked team to 20-4 heading into Division III’s “Selection Sunday” on February 29th. The two teams engaged in a defensive struggle through much of the first half, with Chapman leading the entire way, taking a 26-25 halftime lead. But the Eagles came out of the locker room firing, opening the period on a 12-0 run and shooting 66.7 percent (16-for-24) from the field in the second half. The Panthers rallied midway through the second half, nearly overcoming a 12-point deficit and cutting the lead to two points with just under six minutes to play. But the Eagles answered with a 14-2 run of their own and held on. Senior guard Mel Bongiorno, playing in the final regular season home game of her career, led Chapman with 21 points and seven steals. Chapman’s all-time leading scorer notched her 1,700th career point late in the second half. She is currently at 1,706. Senior forward Caroline Jensen scored 13 points and was one rebound shy of 24th career double-double.

NCAA Statistical Leaders
Chapman’s women’s basketball team ranks among the best in Division III in seven different statistical categories (through games of 2/15/04):
 

Scoring Offense	Chapman; 77.5 ppg	13th
Scoring Margin	Chapman; 20.7 ppg	10th
Rebound Margin	Chapman; 10.0 rpg	8th
Field Goal Pct.	Chapman; 46.5%	4th
Win-Loss Pct.	Chapman; 87.0% (20-3)	15th
Points Per Game	Mel Bongiorno; 21.9 ppg	5th
Field Goal Pct.	Caroline Jensen; 55.3%	28th

Women’s Swimming
 

Date	Opponent/Event	Top Swimmers	Results
2/11-14	@ Pacific Coast Swim Championships	Kati Wise
		100 Free	52.96 (sr)
		100 Fly	58.01 (sr)
		200 IM	2:08.18 (sr)
		Wendy Martinovich
		200 Breast	2:34.20 (sr)

It was an historic weekend for junior swimmer Kati Wise (Westlake, OH/Westlake High), who not only broke three individual and two relay team Chapman records, but became the first swimmer in the school’s history to earn an invite to the Division III national championships. Wise set school records in the 100-yard freestyle, the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley and beat the ‘A’ Cut times – which automatically qualify her for championship participation – in both the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley. She ranks fourth in Division III in both of those events and 16th in the nation in the 100-yard freestyle. Wise will compete in all three events at the championships in St. Peters, Missouri.

Junior Wendy Martinovich (Costa Mesa/Costa Mesa High) broke her own two-year old school record in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:34.2, shaving two-hundredths of a second off her old mark. And two Chapman relay teams set new school bests in the 400-yard medley and the 800-yard freestyle. Wise anchored both teams and Jody Martinovich (Costa Mesa/Costa Mesa High) was also involved in both.
 

Baseball
 

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
2/12	vs. Pacific (OR)*	W, 5-3	4-0
2/13	vs. Whitman (WA)*	W, 14-0	5-0
	vs. George Fox (OR)*	L, 1-2	5-1
2/14	vs. Whitworth (WA)*	W, 3-2	6-1
2/15	vs. George Fox (OR)*	W, 10-4	7-1

*Arizona Desert Classic

Chapman 5, Pacific 3 – The Panthers broke open a 1-1 tie with four runs in the sixth inning to make a winner out of senior right-hander Al Lambert (Costa Mesa/Costa Mesa High) in the Arizona Desert Classic opener. Sophomore designated hitter Brian Brubaker (Denver, CO/Cherry Creek High) doubled in a run in the sixth and senior outfielder Chris Van Camp (Placentia/Valencia High) singled and drove a pair of runs in the win. Lambert allowed just three hits and no earned runs in six and a third innings pitched and junior right-hander Scott Akamine (Anaheim/Savanna High) retired the game’s final two batters, including a strikeout, for his third save of the season.

Chapman 14, Whitman 0 – Senior catcher Matt Graves (Glendora/Glendora High) came off the bench and hit two doubles in the same inning as Chapman sent 12 men to the plate and erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning to defeat Whitman 14-0. Senior shortstop Brian Sanders (Placentia/El Dorado High) finished 3-for-4 with a double and three runs batted in, while freshman outfielder Tyler Dean (North Plains/Century High) homered and scored a pair of runs for Chapman, which totaled 16 hits in the win. Freshman right-handers Devin Drag (Rancho Palos Verdes/Mary Star High) and Kyle Johnson (Mukilteo, WA/Kamiak) combined for the first shutout for the season for the Panthers.

George Fox 2, Chapman 1 – In the first rematch of last year’s West Region finals, the Bruins scored the game-winner in the bottom of the seventh inning off Chapman starter, sophomore left-hander Billy Sulentor (Rancho Palos Verdes/Mary Star High). The loss spoiled an otherwise solid effort from Sulentor, who scattered six hits and struck out five batters in the complete game. Chapman out-hit George Fox with singles from seven different players in its lineup. Tyler Dean scored Chapman’s only run in the third inning, an inning in which the Bruins escaped disaster as the Panthers left the bases loaded.

Chapman 3, Whitworth 2 – The Panthers scored a pair of unearned runs in a three-run fourth inning and that was all they needed to defeat the Pirates in Arizona Desert Classic action. Brian Sanders had two of Chapman’s six team hits and sophomore right-hander Buddy Klovstad (Orange/El Modena High) earned his first career win with five strikeouts over six shutout innings. Scott Akamine pitched two-thirds of an inning to earn his fourth save of the year. Akamine recorded five saves in 2003.

Chapman 10, George Fox 4 – The Panthers avenged their 2-1 loss to the Bruins two days earlier with five runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth inning in the Arizona Desert Classic finale. Senior outfielder Shaun Donahoe (Huntington Beach/Huntington Beach High) collected three of Chapman’s 13 hits and scored a pair of runs while Tyler Dean had a pair of doubles and three RBI. Junior third baseman Max Gruber (Cypress/Cypress High) homered in the fifth inning for Chapman. Junior right-hander Jeff Green (Santa Clarita/Valencia High) allowed just one earned run in seven innings to improve to 3-0 this season.
 

Softball
 

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
2/13	@ Texas Lutheran	W, 6-0	1-0
	@ Texas Lutheran	L, 1-4	1-1
2/14	@ Trinity (TX)	W, 12-4	2-1
	@ Trinity (TX)	W, 9-1	3-1
2/15	vs. Gustavus Adolphus (MN)*	W, 8-0	4-1
	@ Trinity (TX)	W, 9-1	5-1

*at Trinity, TX

Chapman 6, Texas Lutheran 0 – Senior right-hander Cassie Dunn (Susanville/Lassen High), an All-Region selection in 2003, opened the 2004 season with a five-hit shutout over the Bulldogs in freezing temperatures and sleet. Dunn struck out two batters in what was her 13th straight regular season victory. The Panthers broke open a 2-0 game with a four-run seventh inning, the big hit coming from sophomore first baseman Meredith Cipolla (Pleasanton/Amador High), who drove in two with a single. Sophomore outfielder Stacy Sherman (Escondido/Orange Glen High) and freshman designated player Sandra Burns (Anaheim/Canyon High) each had a pair of hits in the win.

Texas Lutheran 4, Chapman 1 – A bases-loaded double in the first inning spelled doom for Chapman as it never rallied from the early deficit and suffered its first loss of the year. The Panthers out-hit Texas Lutheran 7-5 and had runners on base and in scoring position in each of the final three innings, including loading the bases in the seventh, but failed to get the big hit. Junior outfielder Keely Starr (El Segundo/El Segundo High) had two hits and stole two bases and junior catcher Ashlie Vohs (Las Vegas, NV/Bonanza High) doubled – one of four Chapman doubles – and drove in Chapman’s only run.

Chapman 12, Trinity 4 – Chapman head coach Janet Lloyd won the 300th game of her head coaching career, as the Panthers pounded out 20 hits, five extra-base hits and 12 runs in victory. All nine Chapman starters recorded at least one hit, including Meredith Cipolla, Sandra Burns and senior third baseman Melissa Simerlink (Tustin/Tustin High) who had three apiece. Senior shortstop Brittany Ziegler (Irvine/Woodbridge High) had a pair of doubles and Ashlie Vohs hit a two-run home run in the fifth to pace Chapman. Freshman right-handers Allison Lewis (Irvine/Northwood High) and Maggie Wilder (Bakersfield/Stockdale High) combined to six-hit the Tigers. The win was the first collegiate win for Lewis, while Wilder picked up the save.

Chapman 9, Trinity 1 – The Panthers completed the double-header sweep of Trinity with another offensive outburst. Chapman collected 15 more hits and four more extra-base hits in a game that was shortened to five innings by ‘mercy rule’. Brittany Ziegler went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI and Meredith Cipolla had a pair of hits, including her first home run of the season, and three RBI. Sophomore right-hander Erin Bryant (Puyallup, WA/Emerald Ridge High) was the beneficiary of the offensive production and limited the Tigers to just three hits and one unearned run, as well as four strikeouts for her first win of the season.

Chapman 8, Gustavus Adolphus 0 – Brittany Ziegler homered in her first two at bats, doubled and drove in four runs as Chapman defeated the defending Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions Gustavus Adolphus, 8-0. Sophomore right-hander Marissa Becerra (Orange/Mater Dei High) stifled the Gusties over six shutout innings, allowing just four hits and one walk and hasn’t allowed a run over her last 19 1/3 consecutive innings, dating back to April 27, 2003. The shutout was her fifth career shutout. Meredith Cipolla also had three hits, including a pair of doubles and two runs batted in and Keely Starr collected three hits.

Chapman 9, Trinity 1 – The Panthers broke open a 2-1 game with two runs in the fifth and five runs in the six to earn an eight-run victory for the third time in two days over the Tigers. Brittany Ziegler had three more hits, including a double and a triple and two RBI and Meredith Cipolla drove in three runs. Sophomore outfielder Kailee Roeser (River Forest, IL/River Forest High) also had a pair of hits and a pair of runs scored in the win. Maggie Wilder picked up her first career win with three strikeouts in five innings of relief.
 

Men’s Tennis
 

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
2/11	@ Azusa Pacific	L, 0-7	1-3
2/12	La Sierra	W, 7-0	2-3
2/14	@ Pomona-Pitzer	L, 0-7	2-4

Azusa Pacific 7, Chapman 0 – Host Azusa Pacific swept the Panthers as Chapman lost its third match in four to begin the 2004 season. Brock Heimann battled but came up short in the number one singles match, falling, 6-4, 6-4. Number six seed Justin Jonas also lost by the same scores, 6-4, 6-4 in his singles match.

Chapman 7, La Sierra 0 – Top-seeded singles player, Brock Heimann, was a winner for Chapman in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0 to lead the Panthers to a clean sweep over visiting La Sierra. Heimann and Marcus Martinez also earned a doubles win, 8-0.  Bryan Bruno and Justin Jonas each improved to 4-1 in singles play with straight sets wins.

Pomona-Pitzer 7, Chapman 0 – Despite having already lost the doubles point and the top three singles matches, the bottom half of the Panthers order offered a valiant effort versus the nation’s 25th-ranked Sagehens. Marcus Martinez, Bryan Bruno and Justin Jonas all forced tiebreakers before falling in three sets to their fourth, fifth and sixth seeded opponents. Jonas and doubles partner Ryan McCormack combined to win the third-seeded doubles match, 8-2. The duo improved to 4-1 when playing together this season.
 

Women’s Tennis
 

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
2/11	@ Azusa Pacific	L, 0-9	2-2

Azusa Pacific 9, Chapman 0 – Chapman dropped to 2-2 on the season after being shutout by the host Cougars, 9-0. Senior Tiffany Lewis (Seattle, WA/Bush High) and sophomore Noelle Novoa (Mission Viejo/Mission Viejo High) dropped the number one doubles match, 8-2, then Novoa was shutout in the number one singles match, 6-0, 6-0, to the NAIA’s fourth-ranked singles player Jen Dao. Freshman Sam Galasso (Anaheim/Magnolia High) fell to 2-2 this season with a 6-1, 6-2 loss in the number four spot.