Costa Mesa, Calif. - Costa Mesa High School Aquatics Center - The Vanguard Lions hosted Azusa Pacific University this evening to kick off the beginning of the 2012 women's water polo season at VU's home pool at Costa Mesa High School. APU extended a 7-2 halftime lead into a 16-4 victory.

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Murchison Gym - It was another gut-wrenching night for the Vanguard Lions, who nearly knocked off the No. 22-ranked Westmont Warriors on their home court. However, the Lions could not hold onto a three-point lead with less than a minute to play and dropped a GSAC men's basketball game 82-80 to the hosting Warriors.

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Rising to No. 9 in yesterday's NAIA poll, the Vanguard University Lions traveled to Santa Barbara to challenge the No. 4-ranked Westmont Warriors in GSAC women's basketball. Matching up the top two teams in the conference standings, separated by only one game at the beginning of the evening, some would preview tonight's battle as the GSAC Championship game. The Warriors, who trailed for the first 30 minutes of the game, came from behind and defeated the Lions 73-58, taking a commanding two-game lead in the GSAC race with the victory.

Costa Mesa, Calif. - Vanguard University's softball team opened the 2012 softball season on a beautiful, windy day at the VU softball field. Hosting the California Lutheran Regals for both teams' season opener, the Lions started the season with two wins, defeating the visitors 3-2 and 5-0 for the nonconference sweep.

Riverside, Calif. - UC Riverside - Less than a week before the NAIA Preseason top 25 poll is released, the Vanguard Lions kicked off the 2012 season against NCAA Division I Northern Arizona University. Playing at a neutral site at UC Riverside, the teams dueled in their season-opener using the seven-point format of the NCAA. Winning all but one singles matches, the Lions captured a 6-1 victory over Northern Arizona.

Costa Mesa, CA---The Vanguard Lions, fresh off two straight wins in GSAC play, blew a ten-point lead with four minutes to go and let Biola escape The Pit in overtime for a second straight season, falling to the Eagles 86-84. Vanguard held the lead from the 4:48 mark in the first half until the 58 second mark in the second half, but the Eagles stormed back to tie the game and outscored VU 6-4 in the overtime period to sneak away with the victory.

Costa Mesa, Calif- Vanguard University defeats Biola University 43-38, in a Golden State Athletic Conference women's basketball game, behind a 10-point and a game-high 10-rebound effort from Allison Burns.

Costa Mesa, Calif. - The Pit - Coming off a solid five-point victory on the road at Fresno Pacific on Saturday, the Vanguard Lions continued to improve with their second crucial victory in a row. Hosting the Hope International Royals for the first time to complete the first round of GSAC play, the Lions put together another good team performance and defeated the visiting Royals 84-66.