Spring Break
The Sacramento State baseball team completed a four-game sweep of the Hawaii-Hilo Vulcans this past weekend. The Hornets beat the Vulcans in a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday. (0) comments
The No. 43 Sacramento State women's tennis team fell to No. 6 Cal 6-1 Friday at Hellman Tennis Center.
The Hornets' lone victory of the match came from No. 48 sophomore Katrina Zheltova, who defeated former NCAA singles champion and No. 18 Susie Babos 6-4, 6-4.
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New basketball coach Brian Katz was ready for the job before the job was ready for him. Without a set of office keys, a desk or even a OneCard, Katz dove into his first day of work on April 10 to take command of and turn around a team that finished its last season with a 4-24 record.
"If you can meet a coach and he's ready right then and there, he's a good coach," point guard Vinnie McGhee Jr. said.
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The Sacramento State men's tennis team has conquered Big Sky competition in the regular season and is ready for the league tournament.
With a 7-0 record, the Hornets will be the top-seeded team and they are eager to reign over the Big Sky again.
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For the seventh consecutive season the Sacramento State women's tennis team has won the Big Sky regular season title.
The Hornets were 8-0 against Big Sky competition, giving them 50 consecutive wins in their conference dating back to 2002.
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This year the Sacramento State track team has been leading conference competition from the beginning of the season to the present.
A big reason for the team's success is that distance runners have stepped up and emerged as conference leaders. The athletes do not receive the glory that sprinters receive, but they still go the extra mile - literally.
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The age-old saying 'practice makes perfect' is a good way of describing the Sacramento State softball team this season.
Although the team isn't quite perfect, with every team practice it takes a step in the right direction.
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The women's rowing practice has the energy level similar to that of a championship basketball game. Many would agree that the reason for the constant upbeat attitude, so rare in a group of 50 women, is due, in no small part, to one of the team's youngest varsity members: Kellie Cook. (0) comments
Too many experts
Justin Tejada
I sense belligerence in the air. It must be that time of year again. Y'know, where all the stat-junkies and die-hard team fanatics come out to parlay mock teams and trade grades and percentiles instead of blows. Then again, I have borne witness to some of these sessions ending up in fisticuffs, but I digress. When it comes to the NFL, it revolves around three events: the Super Bowl, the Combine and the Draft.
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Junior earns another Player of the Week
Softball's Jamie Schloredt was named Pacific Coast Softball Conference Player of the Week after the Hornets 3-1 victory over Portland State last week.
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After a month-long selection process, Sacramento State Athletic Director Terry Wanless announced Friday that Brian Katz has been named as the 13th men's basketball coach in school history. Katz received a five-year contract that will pay him $125,000 per year - by comparison, former Hornet coach Jerome Jenkins received $88,584 in base salary last season. (0) comments
The Sacramento State gymnastics team posted its best National Collegiate Athletic Association West Regional score with a 193.575 as the Hornets placed sixth on Saturday at Oregon State. Sac State had scored 192.050 during the 2006 Regional at UC Berkeley. (0) comments
Women's tennis coach Dima Hrynashka has coached tennis teams to success at many levels.
Shortly before he turned pro he began having back problems and the pain affected his serving mechanics. However, he was determined to be involved in tennis even if he couldn't play.
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One may call it luck or skill, but for Hilary Johnson playing softball at Sacramento State is about faith.
The senior centerfielder is having the time of her life, and she has only one person to thank: the Lord.
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It was back on March 29, after winning the first game of a double-header against the Hawaii Rainbows, 6-4, that a dozen Hornet baseball players made a circle with their arms interlocked minutes before the start of the second game. Senior second baseman Taylor Watanabe held a Bible as he read an excerpt from its pages to his teammates. (1) comment
Five mark NCAA regional qualifiers
Senior Jody Johnson led five Hornets who met the National Collegiate Athletic Association regional standard on Friday at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational. Johnson met the standard in the 100 and 200 meter runs.
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Leaders are typically described as commanding and loud-voiced. However, when speaking about Lori Vaught, track and field coach Kathleen Raske says she is dependable, caring and competitive. (0) comments
Coming off a sixth place finish at the Big Sky Preview on Thursday in Phoenix, Ariz., members if the women's golf team have their work cut out for them as they will be going back to the Foothills Club in Phoenix on Monday to defend their title at the Big Sky Championship.
The team has a lot of confidence heading into the championship, having carried a lot of the momentum from last year's victories and translating them into some solid play throughout the season. In fact, the past four years of the golf program have seen a lot of changes to its structure and the mood of its game.
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Pittsburgh Penguins
Cameron Ross
The NHL playoffs have begun and playoff beards and black eyes are the hottest fashion on the ice.
Checking has picked up and team trainers have their needles and thread ready to stitch up cuts and gashes.
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The Sacramento State men's golf team ends season placing 14th at the PING Cougar Class on Sunday at the Riverside Golf Club in Provo, Utah. The Hornets shot 892 in the tournament. New Mexico won the tournament with a score of 847 and BYU and Washington State tied for second with scores of 858. (0) comments
The Sacramento State men's golf team is tied for 13th place after the first round of the PING Cougar Classic at the Riverside Golf Club on Friday. The Hornets are tied with Utah Valley with a score of 591. New Mexico State, New Mexico and Saint Mary's rounds out the top three with scores of 559, 561, 563, respectively. (0) comments
Softball is a game of streaks, and for the Sacramento State Hornets a losing streak is the worst type of streak to be on.
The Hornets are on a four-game losing streak after losing in back-to-back doubleheaders against conference foe Loyola Marymount University.
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The Hornet baseball team dropped a decision to the UC Davis Aggies across the Causeway in Davis, 8-7. The Aggies rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning, scoring three runs and the eventual game-winner. (0) comments
The Sacramento State baseball handily beat the Hawaii-Hilo Vulcans Friday afternoon by a margin of 12-2. Senior right fielder Brian Boyd hit the first two home runs of his collegiate career in the Hornets' victory. With the win the Hornets improved their record to 16-18 while the Vulcans dropped to 13-18 for the season. (0) comments