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CLU adds junior varsity teams

At a time when many college athletic departments are making cuts due to the economy, California Lutheran University has added junior varsity teams to its 19 NCAA Division III sanctioned sports.

California Lutheran University will mark Ventura County's World AIDS Day 2009 with a series of events exploring the epidemic both locally and globally.

The California Lutheran University wind ensembles will mark the college's 50th year with a concert of celebratory music at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in Samuelson Chapel.

California Lutheran University will hold its annual International Chapel Service at 10:10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Samuelson Chapel.

A husband-and-wife team will compare Swedish and American business practices at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Roth Nelson Room at California Lutheran University.

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing have reaccredited California Lutheran University's School of Education.

"More Romantic and 20th Century Cello Music" will be presented at California Lutheran University at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Samuelson Chapel.

California Lutheran University's Theatre Arts Department will present Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" Nov. 12 through 22 in the Black Box Studio Theatre.

The founder of a Calabasas-based biotech company and former Amgen vice president will speak at the California Lutheran University Corporate Leaders Breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 12.

A Tanzanian band will perform its own brand of gospel music in a concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in California Lutheran University's Samuelson Chapel.

After defeating La Verne twice during the regular season for the first time since the new millennium, the third time was a charm for the Leopards. ULV dealt CLU a 3-1 loss in Currier Gymnasium on the Redlands campus Friday evening despite a career-high 22 kills from Regals junior Megan Thorpe.

As the saying goes, to be the best you've got to beat the best. On Thursday night at Pritzlaff Field the Cal Lutheran women's soccer team faced the regular season undefeated SCIAC champs in Claremont-Mudd-Scripps dropping a 2-0 decision to the Athenas in its conference tournament semifinal matchup.

The Cal Lutheran men's basketball team played its first of two schedule exhibition contests before getting its 2009-10 regular season underway. The Kingsmen dropped an 88-67 decision to the Matadors at The Matadome on Wednesday night.

Shut down defense was key as the men's water polo team defeated Caltech, 12-2 on the road Wednesday afternoon. The goalkeeping trio of Jordan Bouey, Danny Mock and Matt Baerg combined for nine saves in setting a new program record for fewest goals allowed in a single game.

With their regular seasons complete the Cal Lutheran women's soccer and volleyball team have qualified for their respective conference tournaments and an opportunity to claim automatic bids into the NCAA postseason.

On Monday evening the Cal Lutheran women’s basketball team hit the road to face Division I Cal State Northridge in its only exhibition game before starting its 2009-2010 campaign at home on November 22 against Linfield (OR). CSUN defeated CLU 69-53 behind an 18-point scoring effort from Bianca Davies off the Matadors bench.

Cal Lutheran ended its 2009 regular season on Tuesday night with a 3-0 road sweep of Caltech. Freshman setter Jackie Russell recorded 10 assists while playing only the first set to surpass the 1,000 plateau for the season.

An early deficit quickly faded by a 5-1 CLU second quarter run as the Kingsmen water polo team earned a 15-13 conference road win over Occidental on Saturday morning. Senior goalkeeper Jordan Bouey turned away 14 shots in pushing the team's win streak to a season-high three matches.

Toccoa Kahovec and Nicole Flanary ran to ninth and 17th place finishes respectively, leading the Cal Lutheran women's cross country team to sixth place in the SCIAC Championships on Saturday at Prado Park.

Ray Ostrander finished 32 seconds back of the leader for fifth place and led the Cal Lutheran men's cross country team to a fifth place team standing in the SCIAC Championships at Prado Park on Saturday