With seven teams representing Pomona-Pitzer in the fall, the first sports season of the 2025-26 academic year delivered individual and team championships, record-breaking performances and Sagehen spirit. Below are a few highlights.
Women’s Soccer
The Sagehens won 16 games, secured a seventh consecutive Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) regular-season championship and advanced to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals for the first time since 2019.
Teammates Hannah Hong ’26 (Offensive Player of the Year) and Vivian Rojas Collins ’27 (Defensive Player of the Year), along with Jen Scanlon (Coach of the Year), swept the SCIAC’s regular-season honors. Hong, Rojas Collins and Goalkeeper Hadley Johnson ’26 also earned All-American honors.
Johnson allowed only one goal in 1,010 minutes, a Sagehens record 0.09 goals-against-average (GAA) that led all NCAA divisions.
Men’s Soccer
Under first-year coach Clint Moore, the Sagehens hit double-digit wins for the first time since 2014 and came within a point of securing a share of the SCIAC regular-season title.
Moore and his staff were recognized as the SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year for getting the Sagehens back on the winning track, while Niclas Ulrich earned SCIAC Defensive Athlete of the Year honors for anchoring a back line that surrendered the fewest goals in the conference.
Women’s Volleyball
Paige Mountanos ’26 set the career record for total kills in the rally score era with 1,151 and earned All-SCIAC First-Team honors a third straight season.
Teammate Corrina Benson ’27 earned All-SCIAC Second-Team laurels after leading the Sagehens with 536 digs and 45 service aces—a single-season program record in the rally score era.
Football
The Sagehens defeated rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on September 28 and ended the season with five wins. They defeated Redlands in the SCIAC Third Place Game.
Defensive lineman Alden Kling ’27 received All-SCIAC First Team honors after leading the team in tackles for loss.
Women’s Cross Country
After finishing 30th at the 2024 NCAA Division III cross country championships, the Sagehens placed 14th at this season’s culminating race. All-SCIAC First-Team runners Joya Terdiman ’26 and Eva Novy-Hildesley led the way.
Men’s Cross Country
Paced by All-American and SCIAC Athlete of the Year Jack Stein ’26, the Sagehens finished eighth at the NCAA Division III cross country championships. The team continued its conference dominance, securing the program’s eighth straight SCIAC title.
Emma DeLira was named West Region Coach of the Year.
Men’s Water Polo
The Sagehens appeared in the USA water polo Division III championships for the first time since 2021 but lost to rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the title match.
The team repeated as SCIAC regular-season champions, while Greg Moore was named SCIAC Defensive Athlete of the Year, Jaden Winters, SCIAC Newcomer of the Year and Alex Rodriguez, SCIAC Coach of the Year.