Cal State men pick up game

Cal State San Bernardino men’s basketball coach Jeff Oliver has a tough time getting non-conference games. That’s what happens when you’re good. And he REALLY has a problem getting teams to come and play the Coyotes here at Coussoulis Arena.

So he got a bit lucky when he was able to schedule a game with Alaska-Fairbanks, a Division II team that plays out of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Fairbanks traditionally played in the Great Alaska Shootout but that event was canceled, leaving Fairbanks scrambling to fill its last few dates.

So Fairbanks was looking for games, any games. It will trek to Southern California for back-to-back games, the first coming Saturday, Nov. 15th at Dominguez Hills and then the next day against the Coyotes.

It will be good scheduling for the Coyotes who are a tough opponent, especially on the second part of a back-to-back. The other bonus is that the game will count toward the Coyotes always-important in-region ranking.

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Lancers blank Coyotes in soccer exhibition

California Baptist University made two first-half goals stand up for a 2-0 women’s soccer exhibition victory over Cal State San Bernardino Thursday at the Lancers’ field.

    Fabiola DaSilva assisted on both goals for the Lancers as Jacquelyn Witz put CBU up 1-0 in the 16th minute with a shot inside the near post. Lizzy Bendrick converted DaSilva’s corner kick into a goal in the 37th minute.

    The Coyotes had just two shots on goal, both in the second half. Scoring attempts by freshman Casey Hirsch and junior Ashley Salas were stopped by CBU keeper Brittany Buchanan. Overall, CBU outshot the Coyotes 14-8.

    Redshirt freshman Tiffany Mallick and senior Shawna-Rei Kam split time in goal for the Coyotes, each making one save. Only four of CBU’s 14 shots were on goal.

    CSUSB Head Coach Diego Bocanegra was not disappointed by the score. “The match gave us an opportunity to look at everybody on the team,” he said. Twenty Coyotes saw playing time in the match.

    The Coyotes complete their pre-season exhibition play on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Coyote Premier Field against Biola University, a 1-0 winner in its season opener earlier this week.

    CAL BAPTIST 2, CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO 0
CSUSB goalie saves: Tiffany Mallick (1); Shawna-Rei Kam (1).
CBU goals: Jacquelyn Witz, Llizzy Bendrick. Assists: Fabiola DaSilva (2). Goalie saves: Brittany Buchanan (2).

    
    

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Lancers check in at No. 2 in first poll

California Baptist finds itself in a familiar place once again as the Lancers are No. 2 in the preseason NAIA Volleyball Ratings just behind defending national champion Fresno Pacific.

CBU, who finished 2007 at 32-5, went to its third championship game in four years and became the only team to reach the semifinals of the national tournament in each of the last four years.

The Lancers earned 692 points in the poll just behind the Sunbirds who have 715 and captured all 25 first-place votes.

Fellow Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) members Concordia, Biola and Azusa Pacific round out the top five. Point Loma Nazarene is inside the top 10 at No. 8 while Vanguard sits at No. 21. Westmont also received votes in the poll.

California Baptist kicks off its 2008 campaign Friday and Saturday in Azusa, Calif., at the Cougar Classic. The Lancers play at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. both days.

The Lancers will also be playing local Division II powers Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State San Bernardino.

 

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