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Jenna Dickstein, junior liberal studies major and member of the women’s water polo team...
Since sports teams, in the most simple terms, are groups of people, they are...
The CBU men’s wrestling team is heading to the Big 12 conference tournament for...
The women’s basketball team was in nonstop action this season. Jarrod Olson, head coach...
Karington Sebastian, member of the STUNT team and Junior Psychology major Q: How did...
Have you ever wondered to what extent student-athletes use their own image for advertising?...
It is rare in sports to be able to witness the rise of greatness....
Vianney Alfaro, senior criminal justice major and member of the Cheer team Q: When...
Leaving home and moving to a new city or country can be challenging for...
Referees play a vital role in sports by providing leadership and guidance to players....
The weight room is where champions are made and great teams come to life....
While student-athletes might like to remain eligible for life, NCAA rules state that Division...
College sports are the go-between for high school athletics and the professional leagues for...
Q: What made you get into diving? “I started diving about eight years ago...
Playing sports can have a positive influence on a person’s life, but it can...
Diving is a distinctive sport, marked by the game’s especially tough physical and mental...
Wrestling is a technical sport, especially when discussing the nutritional aspect. The results of...
Over the years, sports have evolved, with performances always becoming more impressive and new...
Everyone is familiar with sports in some way, shape or form. Many people have...
MEN’S BASKETBALL TAKES DOWN RIVAL GCU The Lancers put on a thrilling performance on...
Golf is a unique sport here on campus, as it is an individually-focused sport...
It is no secret that a home-field advantage exists, but how do athletes respond...
Q: How did you start running? “I do not remember. I used to play...
When people think of intercollegiate athletics, they usually consider high school athletes transitioning to...
There is nothing scarier than the thought of losing a part of yourself. The...
How do athletes manage to stay in shape during the off-season and not lose...
When people think of sports, they usually consider the physical requirements, but it can...
California Baptist University men’s water polo team has been a dominant force this season,...
Every year there are many exciting events held at California Baptist University, including the...
Something new may have stood out at recent California Baptist University games. Here is...
You may have walked by the Front Lawn on a Friday afternoon or Saturday...
The California Baptist University women’s volleyball team is spiking its way forward through the...
Have you ever wondered what it takes to put on a huge event like...
Q: How did you start playing water polo? “I started playing water polo because...
Between crazy schedules and being in the public eye, student-athletes are in a unique...
Q: How did you start playing volleyball? “I started playing volleyball when I was...
From cheerleaders to basketball players, all athletes have one thing in common: they work...
There is nothing more exciting than a packed home stadium. The people have gathered...
NBA Finals One of the biggest sporting events, the NBA Finals, took place this...
We made it. This year, California Baptist University Athletics will be competing at the...
Q: What is it like being on the Soccer team at CBU? “It’s a...
The start of the school year and students back on campus means the soccer...
Lights over a lush green field. Fans packed in the stands, holding their breath...
Everyone knows who the great Tom Brady is, whether it is for his talent...
The 2021-22 sports season has definitely been interesting. In the sports community, we have...
Playing professional volleyball is a huge accomplishment, and soon to be California Baptist University...
ACU tops No. 12 TCU The Abilene Christian University baseball team (13-11) marked their...
In the current sociopolitical climate, rates of mental illness are incredibly high and continue...
Lancers WIN Series over YaleLancers WIN Series over Yale California Baptist University came out...
California Baptist University ended the Seattle U Softball series 1-2 on March 19. The...
Golf can be tricky to understand, so The Banner put together a quick guide...
California Baptist University had its last home game for men’s basketball on March 2....
Wildcats Win Abilene Christian University women’s basketball topped Sam Houston 88-71 on Feb. 17....
The path to become an NCAA Division-I athlete is a long and arduous one,...
The California Baptist University track teams are looking to continue their momentum from the...
It’s baseball season! The 3-0, back-to-back WAC champions, the California Baptist University Lancers, won...
The path to become a NCAA Division-I athlete is a long one, and each...
The California Baptist University women’s water polo team had their home opener on Jan....
The California Baptist University softball team has had a tough schedule to open the...
The California Baptist University women’s basketball team has been continuing to build on its...
California Baptist University offers many degrees related to psychology and counseling, including the Master...
ACU 6-game win streak Abilene Christian University men’s basketball beat Tarleton State 77-76 on...
In their last regular season and dual meet appearance of the year, the California...
CBU wins with perfect score The California Baptist University men’s cross-country team successfully defended...
Christians are called to let their faith show in everything they do, whether they...
The first European settlers of what would become the state of California were Spanish...
In the New Testament, the apostle Paul uses athletic imagery to describe the Christian...
The California Baptist University women’s water polo team had a successful season in 2021....
Thirty years ago today, in Volume 36, Issue 5 of The Banner, sports editor...
New Member Joins The Western Athletic Conference announced on Nov. 12 that the University...
At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, held in the summer of 2021, softball...
CBU diver honored California Baptist University diver Evan Honer has been named the Ticketsmarter...
California Baptist University is gearing up to enter Division-1 sports and fans are excited...
California Baptist University athletics had a stellar weekend on Sept. 25. As the fall...
Name: Florian Le Pallec Major: Business Year: Senior Sport: Cross-country & track Notable Achievements:...
The men’s and women’s golf teams at California Baptist University have returned to fall...
As the quarantine aspect of the pandemic has drawn to a close, it has...
Wrestling has some unique spiritual history, having been mentioned in Genesis 32:34 when Jacob...
California Baptist University is in the third year of its four-year transition period to...
The California Baptist University cross-country teams are continuing their fall campaign by traveling to...
Player of the Week The Western Athletic Conference recently announced their TicketSmarter WAC Men’s...
Sam Houston in FCS The new Western Athletic Conference member Sam Houston State University...
Name: Ivo Balabanov Major: Kinesiology Year: Graduate Student Sport: Cross-country Notable Achievements: Won the...
We hate the Brooklyn Nets, don’t we? Unless you were a Nets fan, you...
California Baptist University is an unapologetically Christian university devoted to spreading the good news...
The California Baptist University men’s and women’s cross-country teams hit the ground running to...
California Baptist University men’s soccer is sitting on the sixth rank of Western Athletic...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of several notable events, including the Summer Olympic...
Shortly after winning the championship game of the Western Water Polo Association’s conference tournament,...
Although the California Baptist University dance team spent its third season competiting virtually, the...
California Baptist University’s women’s golf team found success in its season, winning second overall...
California Baptist University’s wrestling team will compete at the Big 12 conference starting in...
The California Baptist University cross country teams swept both the men’s and women’s individual...
The California Baptist University softball team had the majority of its spring 2020 season...
EA Sports has announced that it is bringing back its college football video game...
This COVID-19 season has been a bizarre experience for most sports team, but the...
California Baptist University’s athletics teams have been crisscrossing the country for competitions. The safety...
California Baptist University’s newest STUNT Team enters the cheer world with a point to...
The California Baptist University men’s water polo team has started its season receiving a...
Courtesy of Shutterstock | Wide view of Super Bowl XLVIII at the MetLife Stadium...
California Baptist University’s student-athletes and sports fans are often devoted to or inspired by...
Defeating Chicago State on Jan. 23 raised California Baptist University women’s basketball overall record...
The COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the sports world in 2020, forcing many sports to be...
The Western Athletic Conference officially announced Jan. 14, the addition of Abilene Christian University,...
Players from the United States women’s national team filed a lawsuit seeking equal pay...
As the COVID-19 pandemic surged in early 2020, California Baptist University gave issued a...
The California Baptist University Athletics department works hard to ensure the safety and health...
Another surprise has emerged on the sports scene as Major League Baseball decided that...
California Baptist University’s athletics communication staff works to manage media development and communication strategies...
California Baptist University athletics attracts many international students to study and compete in the...
Netflix released “Cheer” a documentary following the nationally ranked Navarro College cheer team from...
Certain sports at California Baptist University are more fast paced compared to other sports;...
After a series and season marked by delays as well as precautions and restrictions...
As a result of the pandemic, the Western Athletic Conference has postponed all fall...
To limit crowds, professional sports have implemented the use of “virtual fans” in their...
Due to the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Western Athletic Conference has...
California Baptist University’s international student-athletes are impacted by COVID-19 differently than American student-athletes because...
Amid the different safety measures in place across the country because of COVID-19, the...
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted sporting events across the world. The uncertainty certainty surrounding conditions...
Although the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed, many fans look forward to the...
California Baptist University’s fall athletic seasons are postponed to best protect student athletics from...
California Baptist University’s baseball has a history of having players drafted, and out of...
After nearly four years of dedication to their sport, college seniors in spring athletics...
COVID-19 has not only suspended all sports, but it is also prohibiting athletes from...
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo was the most anticipated sports event of...
Kobe Bryant’s final project, the young adult novel “The Wizenard Series: Season One,” was...
California Baptist University’s Recreation Center closed March 30 after the university announced a shut...
Lisa Siregar, assistant coach of men’s and women’s swim and dive, draws upon more...
College athletes are used to a rigorous schedule filled with practices, traveling, schoolwork and...
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the seasons of spring sports as well as the conclusion...
It is not an easy time to be a sports fan. It is not...
The California Baptist University’s softball team rose to the challenge of facing top-ranked Power...
Many students at California Baptist University do not know that the cheer program has...
California Baptist University athletics announced a new sports program, STUNT, coming fall 2020 with...
Students at California Baptist University have the opportunity to participate in intramural sports, which...
California Baptist University’s 2019-2020 baseball team is using its strong work ethic to gain...
Coming into the spring season in the second of half of the 2020 semester,...
When the Golden Coast Conference released its 2020 women’s water polo preseason coaches’ poll...
California Baptist University has promoted assistant cheer coach Olivia Miller to head coach for...
California Baptist University’s men and women’s swim and dive teams lost their last dual...
During my sophomore year, I interviewed California Baptist University’s baseball coach Gary Adcock about...
After logging top-three scores in California Baptist University’s program history and being named Western...
California Baptist University’s dance team heads into its 2020 season with new dancers and...
During the fall 2019 season, California Baptist University’s men’s water polo team had an...
Basketball fans around the world and the greater Los Angeles community continue to mourn...
The California Baptist University’s men’s basketball team is new and improved this 2020 season...
Sprint a set. Repeat. Work on technique. Repeat. Lift weights. Repeat. Keep a srict...
The Lancer Way is a storytelling program run by California Baptist University’s Athletic Communications...
Having been named WAC diver of the week three times this season, Evan Honer,...
In an effort to contribute to the community, California Baptist University’s Athletics Department sponsors...
At the beginning of the fall semester and the start of California Baptist University’s...
The Student Athlete Advisory Committee is a committee that provides student-athletes a place to...
Lights flash as the thunder of stomping feet and clapping hands echoes through the...
In fall of 2019, the Sports Administration of China partnered with California Baptist University...
In the past four seasons, California Baptist University’s wrestling team has struggled to find...
The California Baptist University cheer team is going through a time of transition after...
Major League Baseball’s World Series. The Fall Classic. The pinnacle of baseball excellence. What-...
For the second year in a row, California Baptist University’s women’s cross-country team took...
California Baptist University’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving team’s season is in full...
The women’s basketball team went 1-6 over the semester break, snagging a win Dec....
Athletics at California Baptist University is one of many universities that could be affected...
For the second year in a row, CBU women’s volleyball played a match in...
California Baptist University’s well-known mascot, “Lance the Lancer,” has grown historically with CBU’s Athletics...
This season, California Baptist University wrestling has a young squad, including 22 freshmen, five...
He went from shooting photos for California Baptist University’s Athletics Department to winning the...
The Lancers men’s soccer team finished its season overall 5-11-2 and went 4-5-1 in...
California Baptist University’s women’s volleyball team started their pre-season games on Aug. 30. With...
California Baptist University’s women’s soccer team went 12-5-1 in its inaugural Division I season,...
The California Baptist University’s Community Life Office spent the summer of 2019 preparing for...
Brandon Schuster, senior biomedical engineering major and individual medley swimmer, was named Best Male...
Lancer fans who thought the transition process from Division II to Division I would...
The Lancer Awards is an annual spring social event, which was held March 31...
California Baptist University women’s golf team is coming to the end of the season...
Winning individual awards and honorable mentions, California Baptist University baseball is rolling in its...
When the California Baptist University Athletic Department announced the school’s transition from NCAA Division...
Life is demanding, relentless and at times unforgiving. Even if it feel as if...
California Baptist University’s competition cheer team brought home the National Cheer Association title April...
Each year, the intramural soccer season finishes with an event that goes well beyond...
Samantha Martirez, junior journalism and new media major, has contributed to the women’s golf...
California Baptist University’s men’s soccer team kicks into gear a little early this year...
The winter sports seasons are winding down and hindsight is setting in on what...
Guard Jordan Heading, senior kinesiology major, has contributed five years to the California Baptist...