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Intangibles make Bibona hard to resist

by Aaron Fitt June 27, 2010 in Baseball

UC Irvine coach Mike Gillespie has gotten to know countless players in nearly 40 years as a college baseball coach. It’s safe to say Daniel Bibona ranks up there with his favorites.

“I’m a huge fan of his,” Gillespie said. “Anybody that’s around him or really watches him, it’s impossible to not like him. There’s nothing not to like.”

That goes for fans, coaches, teammates and media—it’s simply impossible not to like Bibona. Both on the… Continue Reading

Morgan shines on and off softball diamond

by Bill Plummer III June 14, 2010 in Softball

This year hasn’t been any different for Charlotte Morgan than any of her previous three years of playing softball for the University of Alabama. She unfortunately, however, has had to play through pain.

With this her senior year, Morgan had hoped to lead the No. 1 seeded Crimson Tide to a third consecutive berth in the NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. But after winning the first game of the Super Regional against 16th seeded Hawaii, the Crimson Tide lost the next… Continue Reading

Lacrosse winner Maisano glad the “desk job” can wait

by Geoff Shannon June 07, 2010 in Lacrosse

There was a point this season, Black Knights midfielder and 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award recipient Andrew Maisano remembers, when the Army men’s lacrosse team’s season ambitions were bleak. The team had just lost its fourth consecutive game, dropping a heartbreaking 8-7 overtime loss to rival Air Force.

Of those four early season losses, two were in overtime (Air Force, Cornell) and a third ended in a one-goal loss in regulation (Bryant).

Stuck in this early… Continue Reading