Cal State San Bernardino: May 2008 Archives

Senior Jennifer Joy, the most successful women's tennis player in the history of Cal State San Bernardino athletics, has been voted to the all-California Collegiate Athletic Association first team for the fourth straight year.

            Joy, a Palm Desert High School graduate, was an at-large selection on the nine-member first team picked by the CCAA coaches. She also earned first-team honors in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and was the conference MVP in 2006 and its freshman of the year in 2005.

            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.

           

    Cal State San Bernardino senior Jordan Dahl has been voted to the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-America third team for her outstanding performance during the 2008 softball season, leading the Coyotes to the semifinals of the NCAA West Regional tournament.

            Dahl, of Vacaville (Sacramento City College), was picked for the utility position since she divided her playing time between third base and shortstop in 2008 after pitching and playing first base in 2007.

            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.

    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 7793 Central Avenue, just north of Fifth Street, west of Alabama. For information, contact William Chapman at the Y, (909) 425-9622, ext. 200.

 

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 San Diego area.

 

Parnell has also signed six high school seniors, five of them from Inland Empire schools.

 

The Coyotes have inked Dan Stenavich, a right-handed pitcher, and Jorge Dryjanski, a left-handed pitcher, both from Southwestern College, a team that produced a 22-3 regular season record and won the Pacific Coast Conference title.

 

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 Grossmont College who had a 2.27 earned run average and a 4-2 record for a team that went 20-20 on the regular season and finished third in the Pacific Coast Conference. Garret Jones, another lefthander from Grossmont, also signed.

 

Heading the list of prep players who have signed with the Coyotes is Aaron Brooks of Cajon High School in San Bernardino, the San Andreas League champions. At last report, Brooks was hitting .507 with nine homers and 40 runs batted in and posted a 7-1 record on the mound with a 1.07 ERA.

 

Also coming to CSUSB next year are:

n      Terrance Buchanan, a shortstop from Mount Carmel High School in San Diego, who hit .380 this year.

n      Andrew Harrison, a slugging first-baseman from Norte Vista HS in Riverside.

n      Matt Winn, an outfielder from Canyon Springs HS in Moreno Valley.

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.

WALNUT CREEK -- Ian Bridges and Kris Haycock highlighted a group of 10 Sonoma State players that were honored as all-conference, it was announced by the California Collegiate Athletic Association on Tuesday. Bridges was tabbed the CCAA's Most Valuable Player while Haycock was selected Newcomer of the Year.

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.

2008 All-CCAA Baseball Team

FIRST TEAM
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
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)

 

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.