After ending last season with a record of 6-28 overall and 3-7 in conference, the men’s water polo team has high hopes for making it into the top four in the Southern California Intercolleg­iate Athletic Conference for the 2012 season.

Members of the University of La Verne men’s soccer celebrated Labor Day early in the afternoon before heading over to the new stadium for evening practice.

The Leopards beat the Concordia Tornadoes 8-5 Thursday to advance to the next round of the NCAA West Regional playoffs.

University of La Verne graduate Sean Smith has shown Leopard fans that age is nothing but a number, and has competed with some of the best shot put and discus throwers in SCIAC this track and field season.

After a successful baseball season for the University of La Verne, senior outfielder Jacob Ludvik thinks of one response while packing his bags and traveling to Oregon for the NCAA Tourna­ment: We did it.

Christopher Poindexter (No. 12) of the Ontario Warriors, receives a hit from Nevada Lynx player Rashad Jones as he attempts to score from the 10 yard line.

The sophomore anthropology major has been pole vaulting for five years and is this year’s Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Confer­ence champion in the event.

Senior Marcus Fortugno has been leaving his competition in the dust for the past four years. He has made a mark in Leopard athletics and hopes to continue his running career even after graduation.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at Saturday’s Occidental Invitational in hopes of improving their personal records weeks before heading to the NCAA Division III Championships.

Ontario Warriors running back Brian Flowers manages to fend off nearly the entire Alameda Knight’s defense to secure a first down during the second quarter of their game Sunday at Citizen’s Business Bank Arena in Ontario.