Monthly Archives: August 2017

The visitor’s locker room deep inside the bowels of Harder Stadium exploded in celebration following Westmont’s 2-1 upset victory over UCSB in the 2017 edition of the Bryant and Sons Cup Saturday night. As far as exhibition victories go, Westmont won its Super Bowl, as the Warriors seized the opportunity to defeat an inexperienced UCSB team still reeling from the loss of it’s best player, Kevin Feucht, who tore his ACL on the opening day of preseason practice. more

Although the final touches of construction are continuing, dozens of Westmont College students returned to campus earlier this week with some moving into the new Global Leadership Center, a 45,000-square-foot facility featuring two residence halls and a central leadership building. more

Two late goals lifted the UCSB women’s soccer team to a 3-1 victory over Westmont in their annual exhibition match Wednesday night at Harder Stadium. The Gauchos don’t start school for over a month, and Westmont has only been in training camp for four days, but that didn’t stop the two crosstown foes from fiercely competing throughout the contest. more

With the help of some very special guests, the West Coast Symphony performed an array of classical pieces for hundreds of concert goers on Sunday for the 51st annual Fiesta concert at the Courthouse Sunken Garden. People of all ages brought picnic baskets and blankets while the 45-piece ensemble of brass, woodwinds, percussion and strings serenaded hundreds of Fiesta concert goers with movie themes, concertos and Spanish guitar. After performances from the Spirit and Junior Spirit of Fiesta, ballerina Emma Rodriguez, 5, also danced on the sunlit stage, but with a yellow dress and white tights. While Emma banged a tambourine on her tiny leg, the Cielo Foundation symphony opened with the theme from “Cowboys,” a movie starring John “Duke” Wayne. more