Contact:             Doug Aiken
                           (714) 997-6900

Release Date:   October 30, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

Upcoming Events Calendar
 
Date
Day
Team
Opponent/Event
Site
Time
11/1 Sat. Women's Swimming Cal Baptist Invitational Riverside 10:00 am
Men's Water Polo Redlands Redlands 4:00 pm
Men's Soccer Colorado College Home 7:00 pm
Women's Volleyball Cal Lutheran Home 7:00 pm
11/2 Sun. Men's & Women's Crew Autumn Rowing Festival Newport TBA
Men's Water Polo Claremont Claremont 11:00 am
11/3 Mon. Women's Soccer Cal Lutheran Home 5:00 pm
Men's Soccer Cal Lutheran Home 7:30 pm

Last Week’s Results:

Football
 
Date Opponent Result Record
10/25 Whittier W, 45-28 3-5

Chapman 45, Whittier 28 – Chapman used 20 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the visiting Poets, 45-28 on homecoming weekend. With the win the Panthers have won two of their past three games heading into their bye week, and will have two weeks to prepare for rival La Verne, in La Verne on November 8th.

The Panthers came out of the locker room and put twelve quick points on the board, leading 12-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Poets stormed back in the second quarter and shocked the Panthers with 22 points and trailed by only three points at the half, 25-22. After the halftime firework show and a brief Whittier lead of 28-25, the Panthers came out with some of their own fireworks by scoring three straight touchdowns to finish off the Poets.

Senior two-way player Michael Carter (Moreno Valley/Valley View High), playing in the final home game of his Chapman career, led the Panthers with 26 carries for a career-best 223 yards and three touchdown runs. The Chapman offense totaled a season-high 444 yards rushing. Junior quarterback Patrick Josten (Irvine/University High) also found the endzone three times on the ground. Josten hit a reaching sophomore wide receiver A.J. Herrera (Alta Loma/Damien High) in the corner of the endzone with a 20-yard touchdown pass for the Panthers first score of the second half, giving them the lead for good.

Carter also played solid defense turning in three sacks and a total of four tackles for a loss. The Chapman (3-5) defense only allowed just six points in the second half to the Poets.

NCAA Statistics Leaders
Three Panthers find themselves amidst the top-30 in NCAA Division III in statistical categories (through games of 10/25/03):
 
Passes Defended Per Game Randell Hill; 1.9 8th
Solo Tackles Per Game Josh Oskins; 6.6 20th
Punting Average Jesse Harmon; 39.2 yds 25th

Men’s Soccer
 
Date Opponent Result Record
10/24 Cal State Hayward W, 4-3 7-8

Chapman 4, Cal State Hayward 3 – The Panthers built a 3-0 lead with two quick goals early in the second half, then nearly watched it disappear as visiting Cal State Hayward scored three of the game's final four goals. Freshman forward Danny Aviles (Menlo Park/Pinewood High) scored the first of his two goals in the fourth minute of play and Chapman led for the final 86 minutes of the game. It was junior forward Tony Ferrari's (Yorba Linda/Esperanza High) fourth goal of the season that sealed the victory – Chapman's third straight at home. Junior forward Brock Schermerhorn (San Juan Capistrano/Aliso Niguel High) scored a goal and an assist to move into sole-possesion of seventh place on Chapman's all-time scoring list with 69 points. He leads the Panthers this season with 19 points. Aviles currently ranks second in points this season with 18, after his third multi-goal performance of the season.
 

Women’s Soccer
 
Date Opponent Result Record
10/24 U.C. Santa Cruz W, 3-1 13-3

Chapman 3, U.C. Santa Cruz 1 – Chapman earned the sweep in its season-series versus West Region independent rival U.C. Santa Cruz with a convincing 3-1 victory at home on Friday night. The Panthers capitalized on their only two corner kicks of the game, turning each opportunity into a goal in the first half. Sophomore forward Shari Lambert (Murrieta/Murrieta Valley High) chipped in the game's first goal in the sixth minute of play, followed by junior defender Liz Hopkins’ (Fullerton/Troy High) second goal of the season 12 minutes later. Junior forward Nicole Hurst (St. Helens/St. Helens High) scored her fourth goal in the last five games to put Chapman up 3-0 early in the second half. The Panthers improved to 7-1 at home this year. Chapman climbed two spots in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) national Division III rankings this week, moving from 19th up to 17th. The Panthers remain third in the West Region behind Puget Sound (13-1-1) and Willamette (13-1-2).
 

Women’s Volleyball
 
Date Opponent Result Record
10/24 Colorado College W, 3-2 11-11
10/30 Caltech W, 3-0 12-11

Chapman 30, 30, 19, 27, 18, Colorado College 27, 26, 30, 30, 16 – A year ago, Chapman’s women’s volleyball team couldn’t buy a win in five games. The Panthers lost six of seven matches in 2002 that went the distance, including the last six in a row. They even lost their first two five-game matches in 2003. Now they can’t lose in five. In fact, they just flat aren’t losing, period. Chapman took the first two games versus visiting Colorado College on Saturday night, then held on to win a thrilling fifth game by a final of 18-16, evening their record at .500 for the first time since September 5th when the team was 1-1. Chapman, which began the season 3-9, has won nine of its past 11 matches and is 6-1 in the Hutton Center this year. The Tigers finished with more kills (75-to-66), digs (126-to-117), and blocks (9-to-4), but couldn’t pull the match out in the end. Chapman served up 10 aces in the match, including a career-high six from senior outside hitter Darby Stern (Topanga Canyon/Viewpoint High). Stern also led the way offensively with a team-high 22 kills. Junior setter Renee Garand (Fullerton/Sunny Hills High) recorded 55 assists in the win.

Chapman 30, 30, 30, Caltech 14, 17, 15 – Chapman defeated Caltech in three straight games and has won eight out of its last nine matches to surge from a 3-9 record, to above .500 for the first time this season at 12-11. Darby Stern tied a school record with seven service aces in the match. With 13 aces in her past two matches, the senior is now three aces shy of her own single-season aces mark of 46, set in 2002. Junior middle blocker Sara Naumann (Oxnard/Oxnard High) led the Panthers with seven kills and 12 digs and recorded a hitting percentage of .700 (seven kills, no errors in 10 attacks).
 

Men’s Water Polo
 
Date Opponent Result Record
10/25 vs. Iona (NY)* L, 5-8 8-11
@ Air Force (CO)* L, 4-17 8-12
10/26 vs. George Washington (DC)* L, 6-7 8-13
vs. Cal Baptist* L, 7-8 (OT) 8-14
*East vs. West Tournament

Iona 8, Chapman 5 – The Panthers nearly rallied from a three-goal deficit and cut Iona’s lead to 6-5 early in the fourth quarter. However, Iona scored twice more to finish off Chapman in its first game of the East vs. West Tournament in Colorado Springs, CO. Junior James Foley (La Habra/Sonora High) scored a pair of goals and senior goalie B.J. Ploessel (Cypress/Los Alamitos High) made 14 blocks in the cage versus the sixth-ranked team in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) national poll.

Air Force 17, Chapman 4 – Chapman took its lumps versus 17th-ranked and tournament host Air Force. The Panthers found themselves down 11-0 at halftime and 16-1 heading into the third quarter. James Foley again led Chapman with two goals and sophomore Garrett Potter (Mission Viejo/Mission Viejo High) recorded an assist and a team-high three steals.

George Washington 7, Chapman 6 – The Panthers suffered a one-goal loss to another ranked opponent in Colorado. The CWPA’s ninth-ranked George Washington team outscored Chapman 3-1 in the third quarter to break a 4-4 halftime tie. Chapman managed just one goal in the fourth quarter and fell, 7-6. Sophomore Jameson Burmeister (Yorba Linda/Esperanza High) scored a pair of goals and assisted on another in the loss. The Panthers took advantage of three opportunities with a man-advantage.

Cal Baptist 8, Chapman 7 (OT) – The 19th-ranked Lancers needed sudden-death overtime to defeat the pesky Panthers in the tournament finale. B.J. Ploessel made 18 blocks in goal to keep the Panthers in the game. Jameson Burmeister scored three goals and two assists and Garrett Potter made five steals to lead Chapman’s defensive effort. Chapman finished the tournament 0-4 but lost three games by a total of five goals against some of the nation’s top-ranked teams.
 

Cross-Country
 
Date Event Top Performers Time
10/25 @ Titan Invitational Women - 7th (5K)
39. Kelly Crampton 19:57
59. Brittany Goettesch 21:23
68. Frances Ross 22:06
Men (8K)
47. Peter Silverman 28:27
67. Jeff Harris 35:16

Freshman Brittany Goettesch (La Mirada/Whittier Christian High) set a season-best with a time of 21:23 and 59th-place finish at the Titan Invitational in Carbon Canyon. Junior Kelly Crampton (Livermore/Granada High) finished the five-kilometer track in 19:57 – the second race this season in which Crampton has ran a sub-20 minute time. Freshman Peter Silverman (Washington, D.C./Georgetown Day) also eclipsed the 29-minute mark for just the second time this season with a time of 28:27, his second-lowest 8K time of the year.
 

Women’s Swimming
 
Date Event/Opponent Top Swimmers Results
10/25 @ Pomona-Pitzer Invitational Kati Wise
100-meter Butterfly 1:00.96
200-meter IM 2:15.19

Senior Kati Wise (Westlake/Westlake High) in her first-ever meet as a Panther, broke two school records, including besting Chapman’s previous record in the 200-meter individual medley by more than three seconds. The Panthers finished in fourth place in the eight-team meet, which was cut short due to local wildfires and unhealthy air quality.