CBU Athletics' Best Moments of 2020
12/23/2020 11:00:00 AM | Baseball, Cheerleading, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Water Polo, Wrestling, Swimming and Diving, Stunt, Cross Country & Track
#1 - December 31 | Lancers Set a New Department GPA Record
California Baptist University Athletics' historical year academically continued, as the Lancers announced they set new department records for grade-point averages for a semester and academic year twice in a row. CBU updated its department record for a semester GPA with a 3.475 in the spring of 2020 to top the record of 3.415 in the fall of 2019. It gives the Lancers a new record 3.445 GPA for the 2019-20 academic year, which is up from their previous best of 3.355 in 2018-19. The Lancers have now updated their record for a department GPA six times in the last seven seasons. All 18 CBU teams logged a GPA of at least 3.22 and 11 recorded GPAs above a 3.4.
#2 - December 30 - Multiple Sports | Lancers Rank Among Nation's Best in Recent Winning Percentage Report🚨 RECORD ALERT 🚨
— CBU Lancers (@CBULancers) May 18, 2020
CBU's historic academic season continues❗ The Lancers have set a new department GPA record in an academic year with a 3.44 in 2019-20. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/ayqug5Mc7L
California Baptist University's last five NCAA seasons have been wildly successful, as further evidenced by a recent research project completed by James Madison University Athletics. Over the last five years (2015-20), the Lancers boast a .645 All-Sport Winning Percentage. It puts CBU in impressive standing in the field of NCAA Division I schools, as it ranks top 20 within that group, according to James Madison Athletics. It put the Lancers ahead of national powers, like Duke, Oregon, LSU, Washington, Georgia and many more.
CBU's last five NCAA seasons have been wildly successful, as further evidenced by a recent research project completed by @JMUSports. The Lancers excelled across all sports, ranking 19th nationally with a .645 winning percentage!
— CBU Lancers (@CBULancers) October 19, 2020
👉 https://t.co/zZq7hAvpoh#LanceUp⚔️
The Lancers rank 3rd nationally by all-sport winning percentage over the past five seasons among NCAA Division I schools outside of the Power 5 conferences.#LanceUp | (via @JMUSports) pic.twitter.com/bqrWX9yB0O
— CBU Lancers (@CBULancers) October 19, 2020
#3 - December 29 - Baseball | Tyson Miller Makes MLB Debut👀 Top of the List! 👀#LanceUp⚔️ | (via @JMUSports) pic.twitter.com/zV97mz0AQG
— CBU Lancers (@CBULancers) October 19, 2020
Tyson Miller became the second Lancer in California Baptist University history to make his Major League Baseball debut for the Chicago Cubs on August 17. The Cubs' 2016 fourth-round pick and current Top-30 Prospect got the start for game two of Chicago's doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals. It makes Miller the second Lancer in three years to get the call up to the Big Leagues. Trevor Oaks is the only other CBU player to do so with the Kansas City Royals in 2018. Oaks is currently with the San Francisco Giants organization. Over three seasons at CBU, Miller was a two-time all-conference selection in the PacWest and three-time NCAA Division II All-West Region pick. To this day, he ranks third in Lancer history with 237 career strikeouts, fifth in wins (23) and innings pitched (272.1) and seventh with a 2.71 ERA. CBU has had 35 former players selected in the MLB Draft over the past 38 years with 24 players taken during head coach Gary Adcock's 16-year tenure as skipper.
Welcome to the Show, @Tyson_Miller07! #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/RTSBvSGpuy
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) August 17, 2020
#4 - December 28 - Women's Basketball | Lancers Own Best Record in the Nation at 8-0FIRST MLB PITCH ✅
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) August 18, 2020
FIRST MLB OUT ✅
Tyson Miller is out here representing CBU.#LanceUp⚔️ | #PitcherU pic.twitter.com/VW80wgCPbD
The California Baptist University women's basketball program currently has an unblemished record of 8-0 to start the 2020-21 season. In addition to CBU, there are only three other schools in the country with an 8-0 record as of December 27: Georgia, North Carolina State and Texas A&M. The Lancers are currently on an 11-game winning streak dating back to Feb. 29, 2020. CBU is tied with Boise State with the seventh longest active winning streak in the country. There are only eight NCAA Division I programs with a double-digit active win streak. In the most recent College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, the Lancers are ranked No. 24. CBU is the only member of the WAC currently ranked. The Lancers gained further national attention as they were featured on ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day segment on December 15. Senior Ane Olaeta drained a 47-foot shot from halfcourt as time expired at the end of the first quarter of a contest at Pepperdine.
⚔️8⃣-0⃣
— CBU WBB 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (@CBUwbb) December 20, 2020
CBU sits on 🔝 of the women's college basketball standings!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/eiQdIyxBH6
#5 - December 27 - Women's Golf | Lancers GPA Earns Top 3 Spot in NCAA Division I#⃣🔟 "Center-cut Pork Chop!"
— CBU WBB 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (@CBUwbb) December 16, 2020
The Lancers made it on @SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/9taAr9uBeX
The Lancers posted the third-highest team grade-point average in NCAA Division I last season with a cumulative total of 3.950 – finishing only behind Wisconsin-Green Bay (3.958) and New Mexico (3.965). The Lancers GPA ranked third among all three divisions, while New Mexico claimed the highest collective average team GPA among all NCAA and NAIA divisions. It marked the fourth-straight year that the Lancers earned a spot in the Top 20 of the NCAA's highest GPAs and the second-straight year in the Top 3 of DI.
#6 - December 27 - Women's Cross Country | CBU Ends Fall with Top 30 USTFCCCA Ranking📚🧠3⃣.9⃣5⃣0⃣🏌️♀️️⛳️
— CBU Lancers (@CBULancers) July 21, 2020
The @CBUwomensgolf team earned the third highest GPA in all of women's college golf this season!
👉 https://t.co/Xf4yJY9yOP#LanceUp⚔
CBU women's cross country is back to a top-30 standing in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's (USTFCCCA) final NCAA Division I National Coaches of the 2020 fall segment. CBU is the lone Western Athletic Conference team, male or female, to be ranked nationally. Of the 30 programs ranked in the national poll, only eight schools are outside of the Power 5 conferences: Air Force (27), Boise State (13), BYU (3), CBU (30), Furman (10), Georgetown (21), New Mexico (4) and Northern Arizona (26).
#7 - December 26 - Men's Basketball | Lancers Win OT Thriller on Homecoming & Senior Night📣📣📣
— CBU XC & Track (@CBUXCTF) November 24, 2020
The CBU women finish the fall ranked #⃣3⃣0⃣ in @USTFCCCA's NCAA Division I poll. They are the only @WACsports
team (men or women) to be ranked this year.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/4uQLQKZpAK
With less than five seconds left in overtime, Milan Acquaah hit the game-winner to send 5,058 Lancer fans into an uproar as CBU defeated Seattle U, 88-87, on Feb. 29. Acquaah received a screen from De'jon Davis at the top of the key and made his move down the left side with his defender on his hip. He stopped and stepped back, creating separation from his defender to take the final shot with less than three seconds in the game. The CBU Events Center was sent into a frenzy after Acquaah made the game-winner and secured the Lancers' 21st win of the season.
MILAN ACQUAAH CALLED GAME!#LanceUp⚔ | #WAChoops pic.twitter.com/lqdzecej6W
— CBU Men's Basketball (@CBUmbb) March 1, 2020
#8 - December 26 - Softball | Giant Killers: Wins over Ole Miss & Michigan State🗣 @braidenbellpxp with the fist pump as Milan Acquaah knocked down the game-winner! #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/jJnbMJNVh4
— CBU Men's Basketball (@CBUmbb) March 1, 2020
The Lancers picked up three wins over Power 5 foes during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. CBU defeated Ole Miss, 4-2, on Feb. 14 during the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge in Mexico. A few weeks later, the Lancers swept Michigan State in a doubleheader at Funk Stadium on March 5.
#9 - December 23 - Women's Water Polo | Best Start Since 2005 and National Ranking#⃣8⃣ - Best of 2020
— CBU Lancers (@CBULancers) December 27, 2020
Giant Killers! @CBUSoftball picked up three wins against Power 5 schools during a shortened 2020 season. The Lancers defeated Ole Miss on Feb. 14 in Mexico. A few weeks later, CBU swept Michigan State in a doubleheader.
👉 https://t.co/IPYsQFW7jR#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/iG7YaN73qa
Women's water polo went 4-0 in its final week of competition before the season was halted due to the coronavirus stoppage in March. CBU was on a seven game winning streak, pacing the Lancers to their best start to a season since 2005, with a 13-4 record. CBU was ranked 25th nationally in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top 25 poll.
#10 - December 23 - Men's Basketball | Lancers Win at GCU for First Time Since 1972🚨 RANKINGS ALERT 🚨
— CBU Women's Water Polo (@LancersWWP) March 11, 2020
For the second time this season, CBU is ranked in the NCAA Top-25. The Lancers have won 7⃣ games in a row, and are off to their best start since 2005 at 1⃣3⃣➖4⃣ overall.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/ghkbg3EL8s
The men's basketball team went on the road to defeat Grand Canyon, 61-57, in Phoenix on January 11. It was the first time that the program had won at GCU since 1972, snapping a 14-game road losing streak against the Lopes. At the time, the loss for GCU was just the sixth defeat at home against a WAC opponent since 2016. Coming into the game, the Lopes held a 24-5 record in their last 29 WAC home games.
Honorable MentionCelebrate in style!#LanceUp⚔️ | #WAChoops pic.twitter.com/zsvkET9t01
— CBU Men's Basketball (@CBUmbb) January 12, 2020
- Baseball: Lancers Open Crosstown Showdown in Front of Record Crowd
- Cheer: Lancers Win Ninth Straight USA Collegiate Championship
- Lancers to Officially Add STUNT in 2020-21
- MBB/WBB: Lancers Eligible for 2021 WAC Basketball Championships
- Men's Basketball Experiences Attendance Growth in Year Two
- Men's Golf: Three Lancers Named on All-America Scholar Team
- Women's Swim/Dive Finishes Runner-Up at WAC Championships
- Women's Track Posts 7th-Best GPA in the Nation
- Wrestling: Five Lancers Named National Collegiate Open All-Americans
