Spring Break
The Sacramento State women's volleyball team won the Big Sky Conference title in a three-game sweep of No. 1 seeded Portland State on Saturday night in the Hornets Nest.
The Hornets flew by the Vikings with a score of 3-0 (30-22, 30-24, 30-26).
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Fernando Gallo
Missouri
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) might be the worst idea since naming bowl games after their sponsors. How proud would you be to play in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl? That's its real name - no joke. Instead of letting the teams decide who will win the championship on the field, college football takes the votes of biased sportswriters and coaches in the Associated Press and Coaches' polls, then combines them with some computerized rankings to decide which two teams get to play in the championship game.
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Jason Harris only spent two years playing for the Hornets, yet he made a huge impact on the program. Before the 2005-06 season he was named the Big Sky's Preseason Player of the Year by four different basketball publications. "I just tried to play as hard as possible. There were people around me that helped me work hard," Harris said. (1) comment
Fernando Gallo
Derek Anderson
I have a big problem with MVP awards, because in the three major sports (football, basketball and baseball) the voters hardly ever get it right.
MVP stands for Most Valuable Player, but it's usually the best all-around player that gets the award. So the name needs to be changed or the voters need to stop choosing the honorees based on star-power or gaudy statistics. If a player is the most valuable guy in the entire league, then he should be someone who the team could not possibly succeed without.
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"It's showtime baseball," says Dominic Morris as he places his cleats back in a black bat-bag.
The Morris League is a recreational league co founded by twin brothers Donte and Dominic Morris. "It went from an idea to reality," says Donte as he explains how this season was a great success, "We went from 10 players last season to 25 players this season."
This season, the Morris brothers were able to put together two complete teams of collegiate level athletes in a ;Red Squad" and a "Black Squad" which play each other twice a week for one month.
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Sacramento State finished the season on a positive note, beating Idaho State 41-30. The Hornets finish the season with two straight wins, the first time Sac State has strung together consecutive victories all year.
"These guys did great," head coach Marshall Sperbeck said. "I'm certainly not satisfied with our overall record, but we can take a lot of positive things from the past two weeks. A two game win streak going into next year is huge."
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Sacramento State's women's soccer team lost to No. 1 Stanford by a score of 7-0 on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. It is the first time the Hornets have been shut out since Oct. 19 at Montana.
The game saw the Hornets playing in very unfamiliar conditions. Accustomed to playing afternoon matches, the Hornets were forced to play in only their third night game of the season. It was also below 60 degrees Fahrenheit at kick-off.
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The Sacramento State men's soccer team wrapped up its season with a loss at home on Sunday by a score of 1-0.
The Hornets concluded the season with a record of 4-13-2 overall and 3-6-1 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play.
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Sacramento State took first place at the fall tournament for the Western Collegiate Racquetball Conference, held at UC Berkley on November 11. (0) comments
Atty Boyer pulled down 12 rebounds and Erika Edwards added 10 of her own as the Sacramento State Hornets edged the San Jose State Spartans 60-57 Tuesday night in the Hornets Nest. Sami Field-Polisso contributed six assists on the game. The Hornets next game will be at 2 p. (0) comments
The Sacramento State women's volleyball team will be working off its Thanksgiving dinner at the Big Sky Conference Tournament this weekend at home.
The team will host because conference rules state that the winner of the regular season title will host the tournament the following year.
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Having been a sports enthusiast and all-around competitive girl in high school, Aimee Chenard came to Sacramento State as a freshman eager for a new competition, which, at the time, was to make sure she didn't gain the dreaded "freshman 15." Her quest quickly led her to the on-campus rowing team and now, five years later, she is a four-year varsity eight crew member going to school on scholarship and competing at the highest level. (0) comments
The Hornets picked up the second victory of the season Saturday with a win over Northern Colorado on the last play of the game. In a seesaw battle between the two bottom-dwelling teams in the conference, Sacramento State won on a last second 44-yard pass from Jason Smith to Tony Washington. (0) comments
At the end of the 2006 season, the Sacramento State women's soccer team suffered a close loss in the championship game of the Big Sky Conference tournament. Idaho State bested the Hornets in penalty kicks to send them back to Sacramento without their first championship in school history.
"We lost last year to a team that we shouldn't have lost to," said senior defender Katie Burton.
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After a grueling and laborious practice, Becca Reams and the rest of the Sacramento State women's basketball team gather in circle at center court, with their arms extended in the middle and let out a passionate "Big Sky Champs!" before heading to the locker room.
The chant signals the end of practice, but for the red-shirt Reams, it's a constant reminder of what she hopes to accomplish as a team this year.
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Freshman Vinnie McGhee Jr. became the starting point guard for the Hornets just two games into the season, beginning with the home opener against Simpson University.
"He's going to show some signs of being a true freshman," Jenkins said. "I'm just going to ride with him."
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So much for third year's the charm
The 49ers lost in primetime last week, falling 24-0 to the Seahawks on Monday night, and a national audience was able to witness the horror that is San Francisco's offense. The Niners managed only 94 passing yards and quarterback Alex Smith completed less than 50 percent of his passes for the second consecutive game.
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There were 37 participants in the Recreational Sports inaugural Badminton Tournament held Friday night inside Yosemite Hall 171. The indoor gym had eight courts set up as players exchanged forehands and backhands as birdies flew through the air. (0) comments
The Sacramento State men's rugby team lost its first preseason game to the University of Calgary Thursday evening by a score of 24-8 on the Hornets home "pitch"-adjacent to the Hornet Soccer Field.
The Hornets got on the board first when sophomore Domenick Vaticano scored three points on a penalty place kick in the Dinos red zone.
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The Hornets took the Eastern Washington Eagles in a three-game sweep (30-20, 30-17, 30-20) to win the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament tonight at the Hornets Nest.
On Saturday the Hornets will take on Portland State for the championship title. In her 32nd and final year, head coach Debby Colberg has lead the Hornets to their 11th consecutive Big Sky championship appearance.
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How do you spell overrated? D-A-U-N-T-E The Raiders lost again last week (big surprise!) to the Adrian Peterson-less Minnesota Vikings, 29-22. Quarterback Daunte Culpepper used to be MVP-caliber, but he ran one of the worst two-minute drills in NFL history on Sunday as the Raiders fought to stay alive in the fourth quarter. (0) comments
The women's volleyball team beat Eastern Washington on Friday night, but due to the loss at Portland State, the team takes the second place seed in the Big Sky Conference this weekend.
On Friday night the Hornets took on the Eagles of Eastern Washington, winning the match 3-1 (24-20, 30-28, 30-11, 30-17).
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The Hornets swept the Vikings of Portland State 3-0 (30-22, 30-24, 30-26) to win the Big Sky Conference tournament championship match Saturday night at the Hornets Nest.
The victory marked the sixth consecutive Big Sky Conference tournament title for the Hornets and gave the team an automatic berth into the NCAA Championships.
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The Sacramento State Hornets (28-7) will take on the Minnesota Gophers (18-12) Friday night in Palo Alto.
Exact time and the location of the gym have yet to be announced.
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