Share: With a 9-4 record, Pasadena City College women’s soccer team is looking to punch their ticket into the South Coast Conference tournament. To do that, the Lancers would need to win out, starting with a rematch against the Warriors of El Camino. A team that, despite the scores, comes to battle every game, and this game was no different. From the start of the game, it was clear that Robinson Stadium had been transformed into a battlefield. The overcast blocked any chance of sunlight, …
Lancers run-down Roadrunners to regain ranking
Share: Coming off a loss that ended the undefeated streak of the Lancers soccer team, head coach Francisco Cantero had to channel his inner Big Sean and try to bounce back against Rio Hondo. The Roadrunners are a team that, despite their record, played with the tenacity and aggression of an undefeated team while the Lancers looked to prove their loss was a fluke. “Coming off the first loss of the season, and this was our first conference game, so what we wanted to do …
Hoo can stop women’s soccer? Definitely not the Owls
Share: Coming into this game, the Lancers Soccer team was ranked 12th in the state with the ambition to climb higher in the rankings with a win against the Citrus College Owls. With this in mind, PCC stepped onto the field with killer instinct, and as soon as the whistle blew to start the game, the Lancers started their onslaught of the Owls. With the sun shining bright down onto Robinson field, the lancers put up shots like Ronaldo shooting anything that came close to …
Lancers water polo tries to stay afloat after fourth loss of the season
Share: Despite not having the most players, coaches, or even a pool to call home, the Lancers water polo team refuses to sink. This team has faced some hard times from understaffed, to undersized, to underperforming, but Coach Terry Stoddard and the Lancers have dealt with it all. Through all the tough times and turmoil, the bench’s energy was still as high as ever. The team’s pregame was in the pool, warming up with smiles from ear to ear as if they were undefeated, having …
Meet the Lancer leaders spearheading this year’s student body
Share: Last spring the associated students (ASPCC) executive board elections took place and this fall we have a completely new board! It’s time to get to know this year’s PCC’s student government representatives’ plans and goals for fall semester. The Office of Student Life (OSL), was designed to oversee our clubs, leadership opportunities, and school involvement here at PCC. Through the OSL themselves a program was created for the student voices to be amplified past the Pasadena community. Hence the creation of the associated students, …
Lancers locked in with latest lineup after losing season
Share: One of the worst things a college coach can do is have a losing season. The only thing worse than that is having two losing seasons, and Coach Peron for PCC, with his tenacious attitude, is determined not to let that happen. Last year, PCC’s women’s basketball teams lost multiple sophomore players before the first tip, leaving a team full of freshmen to try and lead the team. The Lancers struggled last year, ending with a 5-23 record, the worst under Coach Peron. When …
Women’s soccer tames the Cougars in a clutch comeback
Share: With the sun scorching over the battlefield at Robinson Stadium, the Lady Lancers were fighting to stop the raid of the Taft Cougars on their home turf. The Lancers came into the game with a 3-1 record, after suffering their first loss coming just four days before the game against the Cougars. “We were regrouping and getting back to the foundations when we played Saddleback. They’re a good team, but we were playing defensively. We didn’t get anything going offensively, so we were focused …
Business club brings opportunities straight to students’ doors
Share: When students think of becoming business majors, many will think of a number-crunching, tie-wearing, cubicle-sitting life, but the Lancer Business Organization looks to change the view on business majors. The Lancer Business Organization (LBO) held a general meeting during club rush to explain the general idea and motives of the organization and present the board members. It is a club focused on connecting business majors with professionals in their desired field to give insight and, hopefully, internships to PCC students. The LBO is slightly …
New bill could designate PCC as a Black-Serving Institution
Share: Black student enrollment and retention rates have been an issue at Pasadena City College for a long time. Additions like the Black Student Success Center, which hosts events and creates a safe learning space for Black students, have helped provide the support and community Black students need, but students have voiced the need for more. Assembly Bill 335 (AB335), which is currently up for consideration in the assembly appropriations committee, could be exactly what PCC needs to go the extra mile for Black students. …
Hitting the ball to a new park, PCC baseball bids farewell to leader
Share: Coach Pat McGee knew to count on catcher Evan “Nuke” Nahra when the Lancers baseball team was down big and needed a spark. Nahra brought life to the Lancers multiple times, one of the most notable being a 3-RBI performance against East Los Angeles, which ignited a comeback victory to win 9-3 after falling behind 3-0. Evan Nahra is a hometown player for Pasadena, having his high school career just down the road at La Salle High School. At La Salle, he would win …