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"Different Here" Warriors Build for a Strong Future

Women’s Soccer

With the theme “Driven by Devotion, Defined by Discipline,” the women’s soccer team produced stellar performances by Skyler McNamara ’28, who led the team in goals (5); senior co-captain Amelia Villa with the most assists (4); and senior defender and co-captain Makenna Meyers. In her first year, Head Coach Lauren Dorr Matthias ’16 led the Warriors to victory in five of six games in October, including two wins in Hawaii. The team came up short in their final regular season match and failed to advance to the PacWest Tournament, finishing 5-11 overall and 5-5 in the PacWest. “The best is yet to come for the program,” Matthias said.

Men’s Soccer

Kicking off the season with the theme “Brotherhood,” taken from a painting by Rob Ring ’90, men’s soccer lost only one of six games in September. Erik Guerrero ’26 paced the Warriors with 7 goals and 6 assists, while Weston Ash ’29 scored in four of the last six games to finish with 6 goals for the season. Redshirt goalkeeper Aidan Strickler ’28 shut out the opposing team in the final match of the season, which the Warriors won 3-0. They finished 6-9-2 overall and 2-7-1 in the conference.

Volleyball

Volleyball won its first three and last four matches of the season, including a conference sweep of Azusa Pacific. Outside hitter Maddie Finnegan ’28 led the team in kills (267), setter Sierra McClure ’29 posted the most assists (506), Rylee Elias ’28 tallied the team high in digs (358) and Camila Cornejo-Farmer ’28 made 84 blocks. They posted a record of 12-14 overall, 6-6 in the conference. “We sought all season long to embrace both grit and gratitude,” says Head Coach Ruth McGolpin. “This team always stayed together.”

Swimming

Led by a theme of “unshakable,” the Warriors dove into the 2025-26 season by finishing first among NCAA DII teams with 182 points at Pepperdine. They beat Fresno Pacific by claiming first in 11 of 14 events in its first dual meet of the season. At a double-dual meet at Cal Lutheran, Madi Edwards (2:15.62) and Kate Spraul (2:18.59) finished in first and second in the 200-yard individual medley. Head Coach Jill Lin, now in her seventh year, is preparing her team for the PCSC Championships in February in Monterey Park and the NCAA DII Championships in March in Indiana.

Men’s and Women’s Golf

In their last fall season match, women’s golf finished second among six PacWest teams in the East Bay Fall Invitational at Stonebrea Country Club. Kyla Layman ’28 led the way and tied for 24th place (+16) after 54 holes. Competing at the Wasatch Golf Tournament hosted by Westminster (Utah), the Warriors finished second, one stroke shy of Westminster, earning honors as the PacWest Women’s Golf Team of the Week. Santiago Lopez finished second and Fernando Jimenez tied for third at the Danish Classic in Solvang for the men’s golf team. In his second season, Head Coach Leo Maes has welcomed Harley Richardson, a new assistant coach.

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Cross Country

Men’s cross country competed at the NCAA DII West Regionals in Monmouth, Oregon, finishing in 15th place out of 23 schools in the 10K. The core of the men’s team consists of one junior, one sophomore and three freshmen. “I’m excited for the ways this young team will continue to grow and develop in the future,” said Coach Chris Hanessian. Both the men’s and women’s teams ran under a rising Hawaii sun in the 2025 PacWest Championships. For the men, a pair of All-PacWest runners highlighted a fifth-place finish out of 10 teams, while the women came in eighth out of 12. In the women’s 6K, Molly Sandridge ’27 emerged as Westmont’s top-finisher. In the men’s, 8K Samuel Nealon and Hunter Skoglund sprinted to the final two All-PacWest honors.