May 2008 Archives
Cal State L.A.'s men's track and field team got an outstanding day from its sprinters and enjoyed a number of All-America performances Saturday at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Mt. San Antonio College.
Rialto native Damein White finished second in the 200 meters and sixth in the 100 and the 4x100 relay team finished third in the country to lead the Golden Eagles to 29 points and a team finish of seventh in the country. Cal State L.A. had the best men's team finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association and the West Region.
Lamar Taylor also picked up an All-America award in the 200 with an eighth-place finish. Desi Burt picked up two All-America honors on Friday after finishing third in the decathlon and fourth in the high jump.
White, who entered the meet with the No. 1 time in the country in the 200, was just edged out by St. Augustine's Dennis Boone, who won the event in 20.65. White was a close second in 20.71. Taylor also picked up a point for the Golden Eagles by finishing eighth in 21.37.
Earlier, White, a junior from Long Beach City College, finished sixth in a tightly-packed 100 meters. He recorded a season's best of 10.40. Boone won that event also in 10.21. Kawayne Fisher of Lincoln was second in 10.26, Brad Mueller of Slippery Rock was third in 10.29, Rodney Coley of Albany State was fourth in 10.34 and Kimour Bruce of Lincoln was sixth in 10.36.
The Golden Eagles' 4x100 relay team completed its spectacular run by finishing third in 40.00, earning All-America honors. The team of Francis Nunez, White, Taylor and Brandon Crawford entered the championships with a season's best of 40.63 and improved to 40.11 in the prelims on Thursday. Lincoln won the national title with a time of 39.65, while Albany State was second in 39.98.
Burt also competed in the javelin on Saturday and finished 16th with a mark of 172-6
Tsai leads five Cal Poly Pomona on all-CCAA teams
POMONA - Senior Jenny Tsai capped her four-year career with Cal Poly Pomona in fine fashion by earning first-team all-California Collegiate Athletic Association honors, the conference announced Wednesday.
Tsai, an Artesia native, played No. 1 singles for the second consecutive season. She finished her four-year career with three all-CCAA honors. She completed her career with 44-39 record in singles play and 45-33 in doubles.
"Jenny has played standout tennis during her entire career at Cal Poly Pomona,'' coach Sandy Kriezel said. "She's been a leader for us and she has shown a quiet resolve in everything she does. We're going to miss her next season.''
The Broncos placed four players on the all-CCAA second team - junior Jessica Winkler (Fullerton), sophomore Mallory Brady (Torrance) and freshmen Jennifer Chow (Diamond Bar) and Kaitlin Wooldridge (Fort Collins, Colo.).
Winkler played No. 2 singles this past season and played No. 1 doubles (with Tsai) and finished the season at No. 3 doubles with Wooldridge. Winkler and Tsai were 3-4 overall and 4-5 overall with Wooldridge.
Brady went 11-7 while playing at No. 3 singles. She was the winningest player for the Broncos this season.
Chow came on strong late in the season. She went 5-4 overall (5-2 at No. 4 singles) and teamed with Tsai at No. 1 doubles (6-6).
Wooldridge played No. 5 singles and went 6-8 at that spot and 10-10 overall. In addition to her doubles play with Winkler, she and Brady went 4-4 at No. 3 doubles.
The Broncos finished the season 7-10 overall and earned their 21st trip to the NCAA Division II postseason. That number is the most of any Bronco athletic program in school history.
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She posted a 5-3 record in CCAA play at No. 1 singles play in 2008. She split her meetings with Ioana Comsa of Cal State L.A., who was voted the conference MVP, and with Jenny Tsai of Cal Poly Pomona, another first team pick who played No. 1 singles.
Joy was 11-4 overall in singles play, reaching the quarterfinals of the 108th Ojai Invitational at the end of the season. In doubles, Joy was 6-8 with her partners Leslie Horn and Dottie Elwell.
She set the all-time tennis program record for singles victories in a career with a 54-12 record and was 26-8 at No. 1 singles in four seasons of CCAA conference play, another career record. Joy and her partners were 30-32 in doubles play in her career at CSUSB.
Joy is one of only two female athletes to earn first-team all-CCAA honors in all four years at the university, according to athletic records. The other was volleyball middle blocker Kim Morohunfola, a four-time all-American as well from 2000 to 2003.
The team produced a 5-7 record in 2008 under Head Coach Heather Langley and Assistant Coach John Smeby. CSUSB was 1-7 in conference play but that win was a first-ever 5-4 decision over perennial NCAA power Cal Poly Pomona.
Comsa also was voted the CCAA's freshman of the year. Newcomer of the year honors went to Kimmie Dao of CCAA champion UC San Diego. Liz LaPlante of UCSD was voted coach of the year. The Tritons have won 48 straight CCAA dual matches.
ALL-CCAA FIRST TEAM -- Iona Comsa, Fr., (CSULA); Krishana DeSilva, Sr., (CSULA); Kimmi Dao, Fr., (UCSD); Justine Fonte, Sr., (UCSD); Molly Sullens, Sr. (UCSD); Jennifer Avila, Sr., (CSULA); Jennifer Joy, Sr., (CSUSB); Jenny Tsai, Sr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Natalie Varnay, Fr., (UCSD).
SECOND TEAM -- Dalya Perelman, Fr., (UCSD); Mallory Brady, So., (Cal Poly Pomona); Jennifer Chow, Fr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Kaitlin Wooldridge, Fr., (Cal Poly Pomona); Casey O'Connor, So., (Sonoma St.); Jessica Winkler, Jr., (Cal Poly Pomona).
MVP -- Ioana Comsa; Freshman of Year -- Comsa; Newcomer of Year -- Kimmie Dao; Coach of Year -- Liz LaPlante.
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Selected by coaches as the California Collegiate Athletic Association's most valuable player, Dahl led the Coyotes to a 36-32-1 record, third place in the CCAA during the regular season and a runnerup spot in the team's first-ever appearance in the CCAA championship tournament.
She led the team in hitting (.376), at bats (221), runs scored (56), hits (83), runs batted in (51), and stolen bases (27). She was No. 2 in doubles with 17 and No. 2 in triples (2), playing in all 69 games during the season.
In overall CCAA statistics, Dahl ranked No. 4 in hitting, No. 2 in slugging percentage (.633), No. 6 in on-base percentage (.438), No.2 in runs scored, No. 4 in hits, No. 2 in RBI, No. 3 in doubles, No. 2 in home runs (12), No. 1 in total bases (140), and No. 1 in stolen bases.
She also earned Daktronics all-West Region first team honors as a utility player.
Defensively, Dahl mad only 11 errors in 243 chances for a .955 fielding percentage and led the team in assists with 120.
The Daktronics all-America and all-region teams are selected by sports information directors at colleges and universities in NCAA Division II.
She is the first Coyotes softball player since Tracie Schioppi in 2002 to earn all-America honors.
The only other CCAA conference players who were voted to the three Daktronics all-America teams were first baseman Natalie Galletly of NCAA champion Humboldt State (second team) and pitcher Lizzy Prescott of Humboldt State (third team).
Cal State San Bernardino's men's golf team
shot a collective 17 over par Saturday to wind up 18th
in the 20-team field on the final day of the NCAA
Division II Golf Championship at Colonial Park Golf
Course.
Senior Dane Bagnell, playing the final round of golf
in his collegiate career, produced the team's low
score of the day, a two-over-par 72, to finish in a
tie for 70th spot in the field of 105 golfers with a
72-hole total of 294, 14 over par.
Sophomore Gene Webster, selected earlier this week as
a member of the PING/Golf Coaches Association all-West
Region team, was the highest finisher among the
Coyotes, shooting a four-over-par 74 to finish at 285,
five-over-par and tied for 20th spot.
Junior Micah Burke had a 75 to finish at 290, 10 over par and in a
tie for 45th place. Sophomore Joe Alldis shot 78 for a four-day total of
303 and senior Bill Clayton closed out his collegiate
career with a 76 for a 72-hole total of 313. A double
bogey at the 18th hole cost Clayton a round of 74,
which would made for a more enjoyable finish.
Despite the disappointing finish, the Coyotes can
enjoy the fact they have competed in three straight
national championships and ranked among the top 20
teams in NCAA Division II in each of those years.
CSUSB finished the tournament with a total of 1170, 50
over par for the event.
Three teams tied for first place at the end of 72
holes - West Florida, the nation's No. 1 ranked team,
North Alabama and St. Edwards, all at 1129 - 41 shots
ahead of CSUSB - requiring a playoff to decide the
winner.
Jude Estaquio of Florida Southern and Jeff Goff of
South Carolina Aiken wound up tied for medalist honors
at 278 - two under par, requiring a playoff to decide
the winner. Jarin Todd of Sonoma State and Erick
Justesen of Cal State Stanislaus were among five
players tied for third at 279. Todd shot a 66 Saturday
to make a run at the top.
NCAA DIV. II NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT
@ Colonial Park Golf Course in Houston, Tex.
TEAMS: 1 (tie) West Florida, North Alabama and St.
Edwards - 1129; 4. George College & State Univ. -
1132; 5. Nova Southeastern - 1137; 6. Florida Southern
- 1142; 7. South Carolina-Aiken - 11423; 8. (tie)
Indianapolis and Western Washington - 1144; 10.
Clayton State - 1150; 11. Grand Canyon - 1151; 12.
(tie) Belmont Abbey and Colorado-Colo. Springs - 1152;
14. Grand Valley State - 1156; 15. Washburn - 1161;
16. Sonoma State - 1167; 17. Indiana (Pa.) - 1169; 18.
COYOTES - 1170; 19. Newberry College - 1186; 20.
Bryant - 1189.
INDIVIDUALS: 1. (tie) Jude Estaquio (Fla. Southern) -
63-74-73-68 - 278; Jeff Goff (South Carolina-Aiken) -
67-71-70-70 - 278; 3. (tie) Matt Galloway (West Fla.)
- 73-70-65-71 - 279; Erick Justesen (CS Stanislaus) -
73-68-69-69 - 279; Jarin Todd (Sonoma St.) -
69-72-72-66 - 279; and two others.
COYOTE CARDS - 20. Gene Webster - 69-69-73-74 - 285;
45. Micah Burke - 72-69-74-75 - 290; 70. Dane Bagnell
- 74-73-75-72 - 294; 95. Joe Alldis - 74-77-74-78 -
303; 102. Bill Clayton - 80-80-77-76 - 313.
BRONCOS QUALIFY SEVEN FOR NCAAs: When the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships take place at Mt. San Antonio College on May 22-24, the Cal Poly Pomona men's and women's teams will be represented in fine fashion.
Seven Broncos have qualified for the meet that Cal Poly Pomona will play host to next week. The men's team will send three student-athletes - seniors Sofiane Meniri (800 meters, Villeurbanne, France) and Joaquin Ortiz (800 meters, Woodland), and sophomore Jonathan Williams (100 meters, Temecula).
The women's team will send four student-athletes - seniors Claudia Garcia (10,000 meters, Whittier) and Adrienne Schumm (10,000 meters, Chino Hills), junior Jasmine Winn (long jump, Pomona) and sophomore Tokunbo Adeniji (400 meters, Pomona).
"Reaching the NCAA Championships is a testament to their hard work,'' said first-year Bronco coach Troy Johnson. "Their belief in themselves and their hard work has gotten them to this point.
"To have seven represent our school is an honor for themselves and to our coaching staff. It's a great first year to start off the program.''
Meniri won the 800 meters in 1:52.22 at the California Collegiate Athletic Association meet held at Cal State Los Angeles on May 2-4. Ortiz arguably is the most improved runner on the men's team this season as he dropped his time more than six seconds from year ago at 1:52.27. Williams (10.53) competed in last year's event in Charlotte, N.C., and looks to earn his first all-America honor.
For the women, Schumm and Garcia both will race in the 10,000 meters. At last week's Occidental Relays, Schumm established a personal best 36 minutes and 23.54 seconds. She also won the CCAA 10,000. Garcia owns a qualifying time of 36:53.27 - also a personal best.
Winn, who competed in the long jump at last year's NCAA meet, owned the nation's top mark in the long jump for the early part of the season at 19 feet, 3 ½ inches.
Tokunbo improved nearly four seconds this season in her event and owns a personal-best 55.49.
About Occidental Relays: Junior Tiffany Turner (La Crescenta) established a school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and senior Joaquin Ortiz (Woodland) earned an NCAA Division II provisional mark in the 800 meters as Cal Poly Pomona finished its regular season track and field schedule at the Occidental Relays onMay 10.
Senior Adrienne Schumm (Chino Hills) also had a standout performance as she improved her time in the 10,000 meters in 36 minutes and 23.54 seconds.
Turner ran the steeplechase in 11:08.87 seconds, surpassing the mark of 11:18.88 set by Emma Hartel in 2007. Turner's time met NCAA Division II provisional status, but did not meet the standard set Monday.
That Turner established the record at Occidental is noteworthy. She competed in last season's event as an unattached runner in the 5000 while studying at Glendale College and it was her first-ever race in a track and field event.
Ortiz continued his assault on his event and established a personal-best mark of 1:52.27.
Schumm's time ranks as the 14th fastest in the country. Teammate Claudia Garcia (senior, Whittier) ran 36:35.27 at Mt. SAC in April and ranks 17th in the country.
Sophomore David Rhodes (Auburn) established a collegiate best 15-0 3/4 in the pole vault to round out the top Bronco competitors.
2008 NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships Advisory:
May 22-24, 2008 • Walnut, Calif.
Hilmer Lodge Stadium
Cal Poly Pomona University • Host institution
When: May 22-24, 2008. First-day events run from 10:30 a.m. to 9:05 p.m. Second-day events run from 10:00 a.m. to 9:25 p.m. Third-day events run from 11:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Where: Walnut, Calif., on the campus of Mt. San Antonio College
Participants: More than 800 participants (including student-athletes, coaches and administrators) from around the country are expected to visit the San Gabriel Valley for the event.
Meet History: The NCAA has been holding a men's championship since 1963 and a women's championship since 1982. This will mark the third time in the event's history that Cal Poly Pomona has played host to the event and the second time in the last five years (1980 and 2004). Both previous events were held at Mt. SAC.
POMONA - Cal Poly Pomona baseball coach Mike Ashman has announced that 14 student-athletes have signed letters-of-intent to study and play baseball for the Broncos next season.
The group is headlined by Claremont High School RHP Kevin Bosson, who was 5-2 with a 1.99 ERA for the Wolfpack this past spring. His season included a no-hitter against Upland HS and a 15-strikeout performance against Los Osos HS.
"This is a sound group of newcomers who we look forward to having in our program,'' Ashman said. "Our staff worked exceptionally hard this offseason and in particular credit should be given to recruiting coordinator Ryan Heil, who since coming on board as a full-time assistant this year has been passionate in his recruiting efforts.''
Other Broncos signees include:
LHP Matt Dunbar (South Torrance HS)
RHP Casey McCarthy (Hart HS)
OF Jacob Bews (Del Oro HS)
RHP Graham Bills (Riverside Community College)
OF Cass Morrison (Carlsbad HS)
C Bryan Lucas (Hart HS)
OF Jamall Grimes (Long Beach Poly HS)
OF Jordan Hinshaw (Long Beach Poly HS)
SS Richie McDowell (Ohlone College)
SS Erik Reidel (Santa Rosa College)
3B Jenzen Torres (Hart HS
RHP Alex Bowen (Villa Park HS)
2B/RHP Chuck Andrews (Cochise, Ariz., Community College)
Cal State San Bernardino's men's basketball team, co-champions of the California Collegiate Athletic Association this past season, will conduct a basketball clinic for youths ages eight to 17 on Saturday, May 24, at the Highland Family YMCA.
Current CSUSB players along with some former players will join Assistant Coach Darren French in covering the fundamentals of basketball during the session which is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The clinic is free.
The YMCA is located at
Sophomore Gene Webster Jr. matched his
opening round of 69 Thursday to move within one shot
of the lead at the 2008 NCAA Division II National Golf
Championship on a warm, humid day at Memorial Park
Golf Course.
Webster's second straight 69 came while playing in
the same threesome with 36-hole co-leader Jude
Estaquio of Florida Southern who came back to earth
with a 74 Thursday after a sizzling 63 on Wednesday.
Estaquio and West Florida's Kyle Scott are tied at 137
- three under par for the tournament.
Meanwhile, the Coyotes improved their Wednesday score
by one shot on Thursday but lost ground in the team
standings, slipping from 14th to 15th spot with a
36-hole total of 577, 18 shots behind the second round
leader - Georgia College and State University.
CSUSB can make up some ground in a hurry on Friday if
the team performs well since they are only eight shots
out of seventh spot and 10 shots out of fourth place.
The 72-hole tournament over the 7,158-yard course
that hosted the PGA Tour's Houston Open for 12 years
from 1951 to 1963 ends on Saturday.
Webster, a graduate of Arroyo Valley High School in
San Bernardino, played the back nine first in the
morning hours on a day that was cloudy with
temperatures in the mid-70s to low-80s and humidity
around 80 percent.
He bogeyed No. 11, a 238-yard par-3, then got back to
even for the day with a birdie at the 473-yard par-4
12th hole and finished the inward nine with pars. On
the front side, he birdied the 388-yard, par-4 sixth
hole and parred the rest to finish at 69.
Not far behind is Coyotes junior Micah Burke who is
just four shots off the lead but tied for 19th spot in
a closely-contested tournament. Burke improved from
his 72 on opening day to a one-under-par 69 Thursday
to finish 36 holes at 141 - one over par.
Burke made all pars on the back nine and was even
through three holes on the front when he suffered a
bogey at the fourth hole. He got back to even with a
birdie two on the 223-yard, par-3 seventh hole and
closed out his round with a birdie at No. 9, a
409-yard, par 4.
Senior Dane Bagnell improved by one shot Thursday
with a 73 but is tied for 69th spot with a two-day
total of 147 - seven over par. Bagnell played steady
golf, parring all the holes on the back nine and the
first three holes on the front, but made a string of
three straight bogeys at the fourth, fifth and sixth
holes.
Sophomore Joe Alldis slipped from 74 to a 77 on
Thursday to place 94th at 151. Senior Bill Clayton
shot his second consecutive 80 for a non-scoring total
of 160. The fifth highest score is dropped in team
scoring in collegiate golf.
The weather in Houston calls for continued cloudiness
with possible thunderstorm activity on Friday and high
humidity.
2008 NCAA DIVISION II GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
@ Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston, TX.
Team scores: 1. Georgia College & State
University - 559; 2. Indianapolis - 564; 3. Clayton
State - 566; 4. (tie) West Florida, Colorado-Colo.
Springs and Grand Canyon - 567; 7. St. Edwards - 569;
8. (tie) Grand Valley State, North Alabama, Nova
Southeastern and Western Washington - 571; 12. (tie)
Belmont Abbey and South Carolina-Aikin -- 572; 14.
Florida Southern - 573; 15. CSUSB COYOTES - 577; 16.
Sonoma State - 578; 17. Washburn - 579; 18. Newberry -
586; 19. Indiana (PA) - 586; 20. Bryant - 597.
Individual leaders: 1. (tie) Jude Estaquio (Fla.
Southern) 63-74--137; Kyle Scott (West Florida) 72-65 -
137; 3. (tie) Gene Webster (CSUSB) 69-69--138; Jeff
Goff (South Carolina-Aiken) 67-71 -138; Sean Packer
(West. Washington) 69-69 -138; Billy Shider (Georgia
College) 72-66--138; Will Wilcox (Clayton St.) 66-72 -
138.
CSUSB cards: 3. Gene Webster Jr. - 69-69-138; 19.
Micah Burke - 72-69 - 141; 69 - Dane Bagnell - 74-73 -
147; 94. Joe Alldis - 74-77--151; 104. Bill Clayton -
80-80 - 160.
Cal State San Bernardino baseball coach Don Parnell has begun to fill positions on his pitching staff for the 2008-09 season by signing four talented community college players from the
Parnell has also signed six high school seniors, five of them from
The Coyotes have inked Dan Stenavich, a right-handed pitcher, and Jorge Dryjanski, a left-handed pitcher, both from
Stenavich is 8-2 with a 1.88 earned run average in 16 appearances, 13 of them starts. He struck out 52 in 86 innings. He pitched a six-hitter in a 5-1 Southwestern win over El Camino in the state JC playoffs.
Dryjanski is 7-1 with a 3.27 ERA with 16 appearances, 11 of them starts. He has 57 strikeouts in 74 innings pitched.
Also joining the mound corps for CSUSB will be Kevin McLaughry, a lefty from
Heading the list of prep players who have signed with the Coyotes is Aaron Brooks of Cajon High School in
Also coming to CSUSB next year are:
n Terrance Buchanan, a shortstop from
n Andrew Harrison, a slugging first-baseman from Norte Vista HS in
n Matt Winn, an outfielder from Canyon Springs HS in
n Darren Dworak, an infielder from Damien HS in LaVerne who batted. 494 with four home runs, 32 RBI, an .802 slugging percentage and a .560 on-base percentage with 28 runs scored.
n Ken Othman, a catcher from Martin Luther King HS in Riverside, who is batting .465 with two homers, 23 RBI, a .597 slugging percentage and a .460 on-base percentage.
The golf team from Cal State San Bernardino will compete in the NCAA Division II national golf tournament beginning today in Texas, but just getting there proved to be a challenge.
It's the third straight season the Coyotes have reached the national tournament, a 72-hole event played at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston. The field will include 20 teams and 10 individuals from non-qualifying teams.
The 24th-ranked Coyotes finished 11th in the event last season and seventh in 2006 with many of the same contributors.
Cal State San Bernardino has yet to have all five players put together good rounds in the same tournament like it did a year ago in capturing the school's first regional title. But it is capable.
"We had to knock off one of the top teams in the country just to get here," Cal State coach Tom Mainez said. "So I don't think finishing in the top five is unrealistic."
Sophomore Gene Webster heads the effort. The San Bernardino native has not had quite the season he did in 2007 as a freshman but appears to be getting closer as evidenced by a second-place individual showing last week at the West Regional tourney.
Mainez said it is part mental and part physical.
"He put too much pressure on himself, being the defending everything. We had a talk about that last week," Mainez said. "He was also going through a change in his swing."
Rounding out the quintet representing the Coyotes are seniors Dane Bagnell and Bill Clayton, junior Micah Burke and sophomore Joe Alldis. Bagnell had a 68 and led after the first day of the regional and finished a still respectable 10th.
There was plenty of drama to get to this point.
Last week at the West Region Tournament the Coyotes had to beat Cal State Stanislaus, the No. 6 team in the country, on an extra hole after tying for fourth in the team standings with the Warriors.
The Coyotes had finished their round early and were in fifth but Cal State Monterey Bay, playing behind the Coyotes, faltered late.
"We thought we were going to just miss out and had already loaded stuff in the van," Mainez said. "Then we started watching the scoreboard and they (Monterey Bay) started slipping. So I told the guys get stuff out and start taking some swings just in case."
It's a good thing they did. The Coyotes ended up winning the one-hole playoff to claim the final spot out of the region.
CCAA member Sonoma State is among the leading contenders for a team title. The Seawolves are ranked second nationally led by conference Player of the year Jarin Todd and a local product, senior Kyle Hopkins out of Apple Valley Christian.
University of West Florida is ranked No. 1. Barry University (Miami, Fla.) is the defending champion.
Staff Reports
Former Cal State San Bernardino pitcher Regina Farfan tossed five shutout innings and her Cal State Dominguez Hills teammates gave her a 4-0 cushion Thursday as the Toros beat the Coyotes 4-2 in second round play in the Division II West Region Tournament at Humboldt State.
The Coyotes (35-31-1), making their first appearance in the playoffs, will play an elimination game at 11:30 a.m. today against Seattle University which lost to Cal State Stanislaus 4-0 but beat eliminated Monterey Bay 4-2.
The Toros and Western Oregon, both 2-0, will face off at 2 p.m. today in the winner's bracket. If the Coyotes prevail over Seattle, they would return at 4:30 p.m. Friday to face an opponent in another elimination game.
Farfan (17-9) gave up five hits but no runs and struck out one in her five innings of work. She pitched for the Coyotes as a freshman in 2005 before transferring to San Jose State and later to Dominguez Hills.
Coyotes freshman Cassidy Lee was dominant early, retiring the first nine Toros she faced while Farfan was giving up a hit in each inning to the Coyotes but staying out of trouble.
In the fourth inning, the Toros got a run on three hits. With runners on second and third, Jackie Jacob replaced Lee and gave up a run-scoring single to Katie Garcia. Jacob then struck out two batters with the bases loaded to shut down the rally.
The Toros erupted for five hits and three runs off the normally stingy Tawni Baker to make it a 4-0 game. A Coyote error figured in the scoring as well.
CSUSB's Debbie Shisler finished up in the circle for the Coyotes pitching one and a third innings and giving up one hit.
Kristin Tanaka replaced Farfan in the sixth and the Coyotes finally got on the board in the top of the seventh when Tori Beaudette ripped a home run to left field, her second of the tournament and eighth of the season.
Jacquelyn Holtzclaw then singled to shortstop and advanced to second on a throwing error. Jordan Dahl followed with a sharp single inside the first base line to score Holtzclaw and make it 4-2 with two out.
But Jamie Lowe fouled out to end the game.
CSUSB scored 10 runs on 11 hits including three homers in a 10-1 win over Humboldt State in the tournament opener but mustered only eight hits against Farfan and Tanaka and only one went for extra bases.
Additionally, John Goelz, in his 23rd season at Sonoma State, was named the conference's Coach of the Year after guiding the Seawolves to a 42-12 overall record and the CCAA regular-season title. Cal State Stanislaus senior Marquis Fleming was a unanimous choice as Most Valuable Pitcher of the Year and UC San Diego's Tim Shibuya earned Freshman of the Year accolades.
Bridges batted a conference-leading .412 with five home runs and 39 RBI. The Seawolves' junior first baseman also hit a CCAA-leading .410 in conference play with 27 runs scored, three home runs and 31 RBI.
Haycock, a junior shortstop who transferred to Sonoma State from Fresno City College, batted .346 with four home runs, 25 RBI and stole 16 bases in 17 attempts during CCAA play. He has an overall batting average of .339 with a team-high 44 runs scored, 20 stolen bases, four home runs and 28 RBI.
Fleming went 11-3 with a 2.21 ERA and seven complete games while striking out 106 batters in 102.0 innings during the regular season. During CCAA play, he posted an 8-1 record, 3.00 ERA, struck out 62 batters in 63.0 innings and tossed four complete games in nine starts while limiting the opposition to a .202 average.
Shibuya turned in an impressive rookie campaign for UC San Diego as he went 7-0 with a 1.99 ERA while making 25 relief appearances. He logged 63.1 innings, struck out 50 and held opponents to a .228 average. In CCAA action, the freshman right-hander posted a 5-0 mark and 2.03 ERA in 19 appearances.
Goelz garnered Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season and seventh time in his career. During the 2008 campaign, Sonoma State was ranked as high as No. 2 in the country and produced a school-record 23-game winning streak.
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Name | School |
POS | YR | Hometown |
| Konrad Thieme | SSU | C | Sr. | Thousand Oaks, Calif. |
| Ian Bridges | SSU | 1B | Jr. | Valencia, Calif. |
| Garrett Imeson | UCSD | 2B | Jr. | Stockton, Calif. |
| Bret Ringer | CSUC | 3B | Jr. | Stockton, Calif. |
| Cody Puckett | CSUDH | SS | Jr. | Apple Valley, Calif. |
| Kyle Loretelli | CSUS | OF | Jr. | Modesto, Calif. |
| Dave Herman | SSU | INF | Sr. | San Francisco, Calif. |
| John Haas | CSUSB | OF | Jr. | Hesperia, Calif. |
| Evan Kehoe | UCSD | OF | Fr. | San Diego, Calif. |
| Tyler Warmerdam | CSULA | OF | Sr. | Lodi, Calif. |
| Josh Meagher | CSUC | DH | Jr. | Santa Maria, Calif. |
| Marquis Fleming | CSUS | SP | Sr. | Oakland, Calif. |
| Matt Means | SSU | SP | Sr. | Mountain View, Calif. |
| Bret Montgomery | CSUDH | SP | So. | Thousand Oaks, Calif. |
| Isaac Morales | CSULA | SP | Jr. | South Gate, Calif. |
| Keith Noe | UCSD | RP | Sr. | Vista, Calif. |
| SECOND TEAM |
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| Name | School | POS | YR | Hometown |
| Cody Dee | CSUC | C | So. | Moorpark, Calif. |
| Jason Klug | CSUSB | 1B | Sr. | Moreno Valley, Calif. |
| David Adler | SSU | 2B | Sr. | Thousand Oaks, Calif. |
| Drew Valenzuela |
CSUSB | 3B | Sr. | Riverside, Calif. |
| Kris Haycock | SSU | SS | Jr. | Tehachapi, Calif. |
| Vance Albitz | UCSD | INF | So. | Torrance, Calif. |
| A.J. Cavaletto | CPP | OF | Sr. | Santa Barbara, Calif. |
| Nick Nosti | SSU | OF | Sr. | Marin, Calif. |
| Mark Pestorich | SSU | OF | Jr. | Easton, Calif. |
| Kevin Pillar | CSUDH | OF | Fr. | West Hills, Calif. |
| Matt Cantele | UCSD | DH | Jr. | Los Altos Hills, Calif. |
| Kevin Asselin | SSU | SP | Sr. | Redwood City, Calif. |
| Eric Federico | CSUS | SP | Jr. | Stockton, Calif. |
| Mike Robbins | CSUC | SP | Jr. | Sylmar, Calif. |
| Kirby St. John | UCSD | SP | So. | Santa Cruz, Calif. |
| Andrew DeMott | CSUS | RP | Sr. | Atwater, Calif. |
HONORABLE MENTION: C: Matt Kavanaugh (Sr., SFSU); 1B: Jon Alia (Jr., CSUDH); 2B: Bobby Carini (Jr., SFSU); 3B: Jake Oketani (Jr., CSUC); SS: Darrick Hale (Sr., CSULA); INF: Brent Planck (So, CSUSB); OF: Jimmy Dodos (Jr., CSUC), Shane Farmer (Sr., CSUC), Kenny Shanahan (Fr., CSULA), Dennis Wolfe (Sr., CSUS); SP: Cheyene Hann (Sr., CSUSB), Pete Mickartz (Fr., CSUC), Gary Moran (Jr., SSU), Andrew Pluta (Jr., CSUC); RP: Tim Shibuya (Fr., UCSD).
Most Valuable Player: Ian Bridges (Sonoma State)
Most Valuable Pitcher of the Year: Marquis Fleming (Cal State Stanislaus)
Freshman of the Year: Tim Shibuya (UC San Diego)
Newcomer of the Year: Kris Haycock (Sonoma State)
Coach of the Year: John Goelz (Sonoma State)
ARCATA -- Nicole Camarena drove in six runs with a
home run, double and single Wednesday as Cal State San
Bernardino shocked top-seeded Humboldt State, 10-1, in
the first round of the NCAA Division II West Region
Softball Tournament.
The Coyotes, 35-30-1, advance to the second round
in the winner's bracket of the double elimination
tournament to face Cal State Dominguez Hills, a 6-4
winner over UC San Diego. The game will be played at
4:30 p.m.
The Coyotes jumped on Humboldt State ace pitcher
Lizzie Prescott (38-11) for seven of their 10 runs in
a game that ended in the sixth inning via the
eight-run mercy rule.
Debbie Shisler, who pitched three innings of
one-hit ball to start the game, earned her sixth win
of the season for CSUSB against six losses.
The Lumberjacks (47-18) will face UC San Diego in
an elimination game at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Ironically, it was the Coyotes who eliminated the
host Lumberjacks from the CCAA conference tournament
last weekend on this same field.
"This is No. 1," said a jubilant Camarena after
the game, comparing the win and her performance with
other softball highlights in her career. "I was really
nervous before the game. Inside my heart I was so
excited to play them because they are a tough team."
Camarena admitted she has been pressing in recent
weeks, particularly the plate.
"It all came together today. I just left it all
out there today."
Her homerun in the fourth broke open
a scoreless game and put CSUSB up 2-0, scoring Jordan
Dahl ahead of her. It also tied her with Krista
Hernandez for first place on the Coyotes all-time
single-season home run list with 14.
She came up in the fifth and delivered a two-run
single as CSUSB scored three times to lead 5-1.
The Coyotes broke it open in the sixth on a
leadoff home run by pinch-hitter Sara Bird and a solo
blast by Tori Beaudette that forced HSU to bring in
Hannah Jones in relief of Prescott.
Jamie Lowe drove in a run and Camarena brought in
two more with a double to right center. Five of the
team's 10 runs were unearned thanks to two costly
Humboldt errors.
Prescott was dominant early, striking out 10 and
walking only two before the Coyotes starting putting
the ball in play, finishing with 11 hits.
Beaudette and Tayler Wilson each had two hits
for CSUSB.
The Coyotes also made some defensive plays
behind the combined pitching of Shisler, Cassidy Lee,
Jackie Jacob and Tawni Baker. Baker allowed just two
hits in working the fifth and sixth innings.
This was the first regional tournament win the
history of the Coyotes softball program in their first
appearance ever in the tournament.
WADSWORTH, Ohio -- The 2007-08 men's basketball season ended in mid-March for his teammates but Cal State San Bernardino senior guard Marlon Pierce has been racking up the frequent flyer miles while playing in two all-star events in the East and Midwest in the past month.
Pierce finished his cross-country journeys with a 13-point, three-steals performance in the third place game of the Collegiate Basketball Invitational Tournament in this Ohio city 40 miles south of Cleveland. His team -- Premier Pontiac -- won the game 102-95, last Friday night.
It was the 6-2 guard's best showing in the tournament. He hit five of nine field goals, lincluding three of five shots from three-point range and collected one assist in 28 minutes as a starter.
The teams in the tournament were made up of graduating seniors from NCAA Div. II, Div. III and NAIA universities and colleges throughout the country.
In late March, Pierce had the privilege of playing in the NCAA Div. II All-Star Basketball Game at the James Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., during the Div. II national championship tournament, the same place Pierce and the Coyotes visited a year ago when they reached the Final Four.
In his other games with the Premier Pontiac team, Pierce scored four points, grabbed four rebounds and made two steals in 25 minutes in a 102-90 win over Renacci-Doraty Chevrolet on Thursday, April 24. Pierce scored eight points and grabbed two rebounds in 22 minutes in his team's 108-81 loss to First Merit. He sank two of four shots from three-point range.
Pierce was the only player from the California Collegiate Athletic Association to participate in the tournament. The championship game was telecast live on ESPNU.
