Spring Break
This past week it has showered pink in the Hornets Nest and on the road. Pink socks, pink ribbons, pink headbands, pink rub-off tattoos, pink hair ribbons, pink rhinestones and pink leotards.
The Sacramento State gymnastics team began a breast cancer event last year entitled "Think Pink," which has expanded to the women's basketball team this season.
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The Olympic stage is the main event that track and field athletes strive for through their careers. They train year in and year out, studying film and keeping their bodies healthy and strong. Obviously not every track and field athlete makes it to the Olympics, but two Hornet senior sprinters are a step closer to the arena.
Jody Johnson and Raphael McFarlane from the Sacramento State track and field team have qualified for the Olympic trials this year. Johnson qualified in the 200-meter sprints and McFarlane hit his mark in the long jump.
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Sacramento State's golf teams were in transitional periods at this time last semester, both getting used to a new coach in former PGA pro David Sutherland, who joined the Hornets just weeks before the semester was about to begin. The men's team was also entering its first season as part of the newly-formed America Sky Conference. (0) comments
Sophomore Holden Ching boasts all the characteristics of an elite athlete. He is one of the top newcomers for the men's tennis team, which is favored to win the Big Sky Conference this season.
As a transfer, Ching has quickly adapted to Sacramento State, where he is enjoying playing tennis and receiving his education. Being an athlete means constantly being active and Ching defines active.
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It's Matador country at the Loomis home.
Junior Whitney Loomis was once a pitcher for the Mira Loma High School Matadors.
Senior co-captain of the rowing team Ashley Loucks never dreamed that being intrigued by a sport she saw in the 2004 Olympics would carry her throughout college and ultimately change her life.
Growing up in Rohnert Park, Loucks began participating in sports at a young age.
During high school, Loucks excelled in basketball and her collegiate path seemed clear.
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Dark sky's led to rain and sketchy pitching led to tough losses for the Hornets.
Sacramento State's softball team ran into a wet and sloppy road block on Tuesday, dropping two games against the University of Nevada Wolf Pack.
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Gymnasts senior earns 2nd honor
After posting a school record and career-high 9.925 senior Melissa Genovese helped the team post a 194.675-193.30 victory over Southern Utah.
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2006-07 Dallas Mavericks
Alexander Villanueva
There are a number of "chokes" in sports, but the one that stands out is the Dallas Mavericks loss to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 2007 NBA playoffs. This may have been the biggest choke in recent memory, with the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks loss to the eighth-seeded Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 2007 NBA playoffs four games to two.
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Two hours before the first pitch and some members of the Sacramento State softball team are already getting set for a grueling doubleheader.
For the Hornets, members of the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, playing in doubleheaders has become the norm.
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Hooters girls, clowns and trapeze artists
Jose Martinez
Wow, the 2008 NBA All-Star game is already here… wake me up when it comes and goes will you?
I mean seriously, this is just another ploy the NBA uses to get fans to watch and cheer for the Rudy Gays of the world.
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Track and field setting records
Four Sacramento State athletes posted four new school records during the Mountain State games in Pocatello, Idaho at Holt Arena. Along with the records, the Hornets totaled six first-place finishes during the Games on Saturday.
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Sacramento State football coach Marshall Sperbeck signed a contract extension on Jan. 22 through the year 2012. Sperbeck and the Hornets come off a 3-8 season that had fans excited and ready to see what the new coach can do for the program.
"We've changed a lot of things with the program," Sperbeck said. "Academics, study hall and student accountability to go to class. The discipline of the program has improved. Dr. Alexander Gonzalez and Dr. Terry Wanless took notice of those changes."
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Sacramento State signed 17 players to National Letters of Intent last Wednesday for the upcoming football season in the fall. Of those 17, 10 are on defense, a unit that lost nine starters from last season.
"We've had a good recruiting year. We knew coming in we needed to recruit better," said Marshall Sperbeck, head football coach. "This year we recruited for the future, but for our short-term needs as well. I'm sure we will have players step up and play big for us this fall."
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The Sac State softball team earned a split today in a season-opening doubleheader with San Jose State at Shea Stadium. The Hornets cruised to a 5-2 victory in the first game but lost the lead late in the second game and were defeated 6-5. (0) comments
The Sacramento State women's tennis team won its conference opener versus the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona on Friday, 4-3. (0) comments
Most students go to college and get the skills they'll need for a future job by achieving a degree. Eli Millan began that process by earning his bachelor's degree in organizational communication from Sacramento State in December, but he just landed a job that has nothing to do with what he learned in the classroom. (0) comments
The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks cut down the Sacramento State men's hockey team 12-0 yesterday in the first round of the American Collegiate Hockey Association Pacific Regional Tournament in Oakland, Calif. The number one seeded Lumberjacks overmatched the eight seeded Hornets who were missing three players that did not play for different reasons. (0) comments
There have been eight different men's basketball coaches, five different football coaches, five different men's soccer coaches, but only one baseball coach at Sacramento State over the last three decades. (0) comments
When it comes to collegiate sports, track and field has all the other ones beat. Not because of the athletes or the facilities, but because the sport has two seasons in one year to compete. However, is having two seasons a good thing?
"The great thing about indoor track is that the energy level of the events are that much more intense because of the close proximity of the athletes as they compete; it's a great spectator sport," coach Kathleen Raske said.
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The Sacramento State Hornets fell to the Montana State Bobcats 72-59 in women's basketball Wednesday night. The loss dropped the Hornets to 6-17 (4-7 BSC) while the Bobcats improved to 12-10 (7-3 BSC).
Atty Boyer notched 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets and was second on the team in minutes played with 38.
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The Sacramento State Hornets lost to the best team in the Big Sky Conference, the Montana Lady Griz, Thursday evening 75-63. This was the second game of a back-to-back for te Hornets.
"(Montana) knew we were tired, so they came at us," said junior center Atty Boyer.
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It's not about the win column, it's about heart.
That message was repeated over and over in celebration of Sacramento State's men's basketball head coach Jerome Jenkins, who is coaching his eighth season as the Hornets head coach.
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The Sacramento State Hornets lose another game on the road, falling to the Montana State Bobcats 87-82.
With the loss, the Hornets are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with a record of 4-20, 2-10 in the Big Sky Conference. The Bobcats' win improves their record to 15-10, 7-5 in conference.
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The Sacramento State Hornets gymnastics team posted a season-high 194.675 in its victory over No. 15 Southern Utah tonight in the Hornets Nest. The night was also filled with school-best-tying records and personal bests. (0) comments