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Point Loma Nazarene University
3900 Lomaland Dr - San Diego, CA - 92106
Team Office: Tel: (619) 849-2694 Fax: (619) 849-2553
Team website: www.pointloma.edu/page188.aspx
Founded in 1902, Point Loma Nazarene University is a small liberal arts university offering more than 60 program areas as well as graduate degrees in biology, education, religion, business administration and nursing. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Point Loma Nazarene #23 among universities in the west offering a Master's degree.
The 90-acre main campus is located in San Diego (pop.1.3M) on the Point Loma oceanfront.
School website
www.ptloma.edu
College Profile
Type:
Private, co-edReligious Affiliation:
Church of NazareneEnrollment:
3,000Getting In:
Moderately Selective: SAT 25/75: 1020-1240Tuition + Room & Board:
In-state: ~$31,000Out-of-State: Same
Most Popular Majors
Business - Social Sciences - Psychology
Misc. Information
Head coach Bill Westphal enters his ninth season at Point Loma in 2007-08. Westhphal took over a program in 1999-00 that had had seven consecutive losing seasons. Westphal coached at the high school and college level including Grand Canyon University (1988-90), Western Washington University (82-85), and Occidental College (1973-80 and 1986-88). Following a successful playing career at Aviation High School, Westphal played for USC. Though Westphal struggled his first three years, he has come on strong in the last five; averaging 26 wins per season and making five consecutive NAIA tournament appearances in including a Final 4 showing in 2005 when he went 33-5. In 2006-07, the Sea Lions went 24-8 but lost in the first round of th NAIA I tourney to Westminster.
| Team Name | Sea Lions |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Division | NAIA I |
| All-Time Record |
Recent Record (Last 8 Years)
| Last Yr |
Last Yr - 1 |
Last Yr - 2 |
Previous 5 Years |
|
| Overall |
24-8
|
22-10
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33-5
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95-69 (.579)
|
| Conference |
17-3
|
14-6
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17-3
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64-32 (.667)
|
| Conf. Finish |
2
|
2
|
2
|
2, 2, 8, 4, 3
|
| Post Appear. |
1st Rnd
|
1st Rnd
|
Final 4
|
NAIA 2x
|
| Final 25 Rank |
#7
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#`15
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#4
|
2x
|
Coaches
| Head Coach | Bill Westphal |
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Birthday: 0000-00-00 |
| Started at Point Loma | 1999-00 |
| Contract Expires | |
| Record as Head Coach | 264-187 (.752) |
| Record at Point Loma | 174-92 (.654) |
| Coaching Awards | GSAC COTY 2x |
| Asst. Coaches | Alan Nakamura |
Recruiting Coordinator
Alan Nakamura, (619) 849-2694, alannakamura@ptloma.edu
Conference and Schedule
Point Loma plays in the Golden State Athletic Conference (www.gsacsports.org) which is comprised of 11 church-related institutions, all in Southern California. League play can start in late November or early December though non-league games are mixed in until January. More often than not, the 20 conference games are played on Tuesday and Saturday evenings and are piggybacked with the men. Point Loma plays each team twice, home and away. The farthest away game is at Westmont (Santa Barbara) some 175 miles from campus. The conference winner gets an automatic NAIA bid as does the winner of the eight-team GSAC tourney.
Conference Opponents
Westmont, Vanguard, The Master's, Biola, Fresno Pacific, Hope International, Christian Heritage, Concordia, Azusa Pacific, and Cal Baptist.
Facilities
Golden Gym
Capacity: 3,000
Style/Stats
Ver:2002-09-29