Lancers WIN Series over YaleLancers WIN Series over Yale California Baptist University came out on top against Yale in a three-day series. The baseball team was victorious in game one with a score of 8-7. Game two favored Yale, finishing 10-12. To top it off, CBU fought back in game three, tying the game with […]
Category: Golf
Golf rules: A beginner’s guide to golf
Golf can be tricky to understand, so The Banner put together a quick guide to understand the basics. The official rule book is 100 pages long, so if you want to be knowledgeable without reading the rulebook, these tips from Golf Digest should help. It is important to note that you may not ask your […]
Golf teams tee up for first fall competitions
The men’s and women’s golf teams at California Baptist University have returned to fall competition for the first time since fall 2019. The men’s team tied for tenth place in its first tournament of the season, while the women’s team finished second. “My expectations for the first tournament were to represent the team and CBU […]
WAC headlines
Sam Houston in FCS The new Western Athletic Conference member Sam Houston State University has garnered attention in the latest Football Championship Subdivision polls. They are ranked first in the STATS Perform Top 25 and AFCA Top 25 polls. Fellow WAC member Stephen F. Austin State Universty also received votes in the AFCA and STATS […]
Women’s golf coach picks new word each match to unify team
California Baptist University’s women’s golf team found success in its season, winning second overall at the Grand Canyon University Invitational March 1-2 and third overall at the Pizza Hut Lady Thunderbird Invitational March 11-12 hosted by Southern Utah University. Haruka Shintani, junior kinesiology major, finished the GCU Invitational 2-under-par 214 to place second out of […]
International students bond through athletics while learning new culture
California Baptist University athletics attracts many international students to study and compete in the United States, with some teams having more international athletes than American athletes. The cross country and women’s golf teams are teams whose rosters are predominantly filled by international students. Jocelyn Chee, senior applied statistics major and captain of the women’s golf […]
Golf team debunks misconceptions
Certain sports at California Baptist University are more fast paced compared to other sports; however, despite their hard work and dedication to representing CBU at the highest level of NCAA competition, men’s golf requires greater patience. Despite the seeming lack of action in the sport of collegiate golf, the golfers and coaches at CBU put […]
Golf teams looks to finish strong
Coming into the spring season in the second of half of the 2020 semester, the California Baptist University’s men and women’s golf teams are set to finish strong in all its tournaments. The women’s team finished second Feb. 22 at the Grand Canyon Spring Invite in Phoenix, and the men’s team tied for sixth Feb. […]
Lancer golf readies for championship
California Baptist University women’s golf team is coming to the end of the season and will compete April 18 in the Western Athletic Conference Championship in Lakewood, Wash. Marc Machado, head coach of women’s golf, said the opponents in this tournament will be some of the toughest ones the team has faced. “Grand Canyon University […]
Martirez impacts CBU golf
Samantha Martirez, junior journalism and new media major, has contributed to the women’s golf team at California Baptist University for three years. Martirez is originally from Manggahan Pasig City, Philippines. She was introduced to golf by her father when she was 10 years old. “I remember watching Tiger Woods on TV and I was like, […]