Men's Basketball - Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Costa Mesa, Calif. - The Pit - The San Diego Christian Hawks made themselves at home at The Pit this evening, shooting an incredible 61.4% from the field and 41.2% from the three-point line to defeat Vanguard in GSAC men's basketball. Looking to sweep the season series over the Hawks, the Lions could not keep up with the visitors' sizzling touch, as SDCC defeated VU 88-73 to avenge a January loss to the Lions.
Women's Basketball - Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Costa Mesa, Calif. - Slipping to No. 12 in this week's NAIA poll after back-to-back losses, the Vanguard University Lions went back to the drawing board this evening, trying to make a plan to ground the red-hot San Diego Hawks. Following a grim first half that left the Lions trailing by ten points, the Lions found the key to solve the puzzle and defeated the Hawks 71-64.
Baseball - Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Costa Mesa, Calif. ---The Vanguard Lions Baseball program opened the 2012 campaign with a split with visiting Arizona Christian on Monday, dropping the Firestorm 9-3 in game one before falling 6-2 in the second contest. The Pride had several chances in the second game, but could not take advantage and allowed ACU to escape Costa Mesa with their first win of the season.
Softball - Sat, Feb 4, 2012
Head Coach Beth Renkoski and the Vanguard Lions remained unbeaten with a 3-1, 11-5 sweep of visiting Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday afternoon, improving the VU record to 6-0 this season. The Lions were fantastic at the plate, and used some solid pitching to outperform the visitors and continue the run of victories to start the 2012 campaign.
Track & Field - Sat, Feb 4, 2012
Santa Barbara, Calif. - Westmont Sunshine Indoor Open - Vanguard University Indoor Track and Field athletes competed at Westmont College's Sunshine Open Indoor today in Santa Barbara. The Lions had a very promising meet as two athletes met NAIA automatic Qualifying marks for the NAIA Indoor National Championships in March and another broke a VU school record.
Women's Water Polo - Wed, Feb 1, 2012
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.
Men's Tennis - Sat, Jan 28, 2012
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.
Men's Basketball - Fri, Feb 3, 2012
Azusa, Calif. - Azusa Pacific rides 24 points and 13 rebounds by Tyler Monroe to an 82-71 victory over the Vanguard Lions in a conference men's basketball match-up at the Felix Events Center.
Women's Basketball - Fri, Feb 3, 2012
Azusa, Calif. - No. 12 Azusa Pacific defeats No. 9 Vanguard 57-54 in a GSAC game at the Felix Event Center.
Esther Timmermans led the way for the Lions with 15 points and six rebounds.
Paige Halberg contributed 11 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists;
Allison Burns put in 10 points and five rebounds in her 20 minutes of action.
Softball - Fri, Feb 3, 2012
Costa Mesa, Calif. - Coming off a season-opening sweep a week ago, the 2012 Vanguard softball team picked up from where they left off with two more wins today in a nonconference twinbill with NAIA opponent La Sierra University. The Lions held on for a 2-1 victory in the opening game and then completed the sweep with an 8-0 shutout in the nightcap.
