athletics Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
DAY 29 (Aug. 29): Just Keep Swimming
Most of the Azusa Pacific athletic department is preparing for a bit of the unknown in its transition to the Pacific West Conference (or Great Northwest Athletic Conference for football). The Cougar women’s swimming and diving team isn’t. Over the past four years the team has competed in the Pacific Coast Swimming Conference (PCSC), which includes programs from all levels of the NCAA and the NAIA. And amid all of the changes at Azusa Pacific it will be one of the few constants as it continues to be the conference home for the Cougars.
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athletics Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
DAY 28 (Aug. 28): The Biola Rivalry Survives
In recent years, the opinion of a few was that one of the best college rivalries along the west coast had seen its best days and was headed for irrelevance.
A long stretch of Azusa Pacific dominance over Biola, particularly in men’s basketball – the crown jewel of Biola’s entire athletic program – had some people wondering if the rivalry would ever be the same. It was around that time that a certain article appeared on the Cougar Athletics website that impatiently proclaimed the Azusa Pacific-Biola rivalry “over,” “done,” and “finished.”
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athletics Sunday, August 26th, 2012
DAY 26 (Aug. 26): Cougar Polo’s Fearless Approach
Women’s water polo at Azusa Pacific may be new, with the program entering its fifth season in 2013, but that doesn’t mean head coach Julie Snodgrass is taking baby steps towards bringing the Cougars into national prominence. With a fearless approach in scheduling her team has had the opportunity to play some of the nation’s elite, most notably in 2012 as the Cougars squared off with half of the teams that earned a spot in the eight-team NCAA tournament, including fifth place Loyola Marymount.
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athletics Saturday, August 25th, 2012
DAY 25 (Aug. 25): Basketball Accepts Bigger Stage
Nothing is certain but death and taxes… and for the past two decades, 20-win seasons from Azusa Pacific men’s basketball.
Since 1993, the Cougars are one of just three four-year collegiate men’s basketball programs to post 20 consecutive 20-win seasons. The only others are Georgetown (Ky.) and Oklahoma Baptist, which both compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Azusa Pacific, however, is putting its streak of 20-win seasons on the line on a bigger stage — literally.
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athletics Friday, August 24th, 2012
DAY 24 (Aug. 24): Volleyball’s New Look
The Felix Event Center is one of the premier NCAA Div. II venues on the west coast, playing host to the Azusa Pacific men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, and acrobatics & tumbling teams. And while it has been a great home to the Cougar volleyball program since opening in 2001, it will undergo a bit of a change for Azusa Pacific’s 11 regular season home matches.
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