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LOCAL ROUNDUP: No. 15 Warriors land GSAC home tennis rout

April 8, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara News Press

The Westmont College women’s tennis team, ranked 15th nationally in NAIA, swept 17th-ranked Arizona Christian 9-0 at home without the loss of a set. The Warriors raised their Golden State Athletic Conference record to 4-1 with the conference win. more

Steve Bostrom: The glory of the cross of Christ

April 7, 2018 | Posted in Independent Record

After a 45-year absence, I visited my alma mater, Westmont College in Santa Barbara. I met a student who was reading Augustine (354-430). She marveled how he still communicates.  more

Westmont Sweeps William Jessup, Clinches NAIA Playoff Berth

April 7, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara's Noozhawk

Westmont Baseball swept both games of a doubleheader against NAIA 8th-ranked William Jessup and clinched a spot in next month’s Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament. The Warriors scored once in the ninth inning to win the opener by a score of 4-3, then rallied in the fifth inning to claim the nightcap 4-2. more

Lindsay Schwartz, Benjamin Ose Capture Sam Adams Invite Titles

April 7, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara's Noozhawk

Lindsay Schwartz won the heptathlon and Benjamin Ose captured the decathlon title at the seventh annual Sam Adams Combined Events Invitational on Saturday at Westmont’s Thorrington Field. more

LOCAL ROUNDUP: Gauchos open Big West play in style

April 7, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara News Press

The UCSB men’s tennis team is starting to heat up on the court, and entered Friday’s Big West Conference opener against Hawaii looking to put together a three-match win streak. … Jessup hiters collected 11 hits off Westmont starter Grant Gardner in a Golden State Athletic Conference victory at Carr Field. Tyler Roper and Michael Stefanic had two hits each in the loss for Westmont (24-13, 17-11), while Taylor Bush drove in two runs. more

Sports — Summer Camp 2018

April 6, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara Independent

Cate Sports Academy
Bring your child to the next level of sports. Located on a mesa overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Cate Sports Academy offers tennis, basketball, water polo, swimming, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, volleyball, softball … Westmont Summer Sports Day Camps
Westmont College is offering 10+ sports camps this summer! Directed by mostly Westmont varsity coaches, campers will be taught basic sport skills as well as how to excel at a sport they already have an interest in, including baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, archery, cheer, dance, soccer, track, and more. more

SCENE BRIEFS: April 06, 2018

April 6, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara News Press

An undeniably talented foursome hailing from Santa Barbara, the band known as the Idiomatiques started kicking up dust and impressing listeners with their variations on mostly acoustic Django Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz a few years ago. … This weekend’s choral music convergence is also bolstered by a performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” Parts 2 and 3, by the Westmont College Choir and Orchestra. more

LOCAL ROUNDUP: Coffey shines on the mound for Dos Pueblos

April 5, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara News Press

Dos Pueblos’ Isaac Coffey pitched a complete-game shutout to lead the Chargers to a 3-0 victory over Fountain Valley at the SLO Tournament on Wednesday. … Unaccustomed to playing the Division I format – which awards one team a single doubles point if it wins at least two of the sets from three separate matchups – the Westmont teams of Isabel Lee (prevailing 6-4) and Taylor Cheung-Damonte and Cade Pierson (7-6) carried the point. more

Out of the water to the top of the rankings for Archbishop Mitty

April 5, 2018 | Posted in ESPN

Haley Jones and her teammates and coaches looked to the left, and then they looked to the right. Then they sprinted. … The three graduating seniors are Blakes, 6-0 guard Karisma Ortiz, who signed with Penn State; and Krissy Miyahara, a 5-3 guard who signed with Westmont College, an NAIA school in Santa Barbara, California. more

Westmont Downtown Talk Looks at Hidden Prejudices

April 4, 2018 | Posted in Santa Barbara's Noozhawk

Carmel Saad, Westmont associate professor of psychology, will explore implicit bias, the unconscious prejudices that are absorbed in childhood and persist into adulthood, in a 5:30 p.m. talk on April 12 at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St. The Westmont Downtown lecture, Hidden Prejudices: How Implicit Bias Affects Our Work and Relationships, is free to attend. It is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation. more

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