Soccer
Katie McIntosh #14A difficult 2008 season came to an end for the Chico State women’s soccer program with a 2-0 loss to Sonoma State on Sunday at Trione Fields in Santa Rosa. It followed a scoreless tie at Arcata versus Humbolt State. Katie had her second shot on goal in the finale - but it was one of 4 saves by Sonoma State .
A starting Wildcat defender in all 20 games with over 1800 minutes played, senior Katie McIntosh had three assists and two shots - both on goal, but neither scored. Her last assist was Sept 4 vs St. Martin's.
The loss concludes a very frustrating season for the Wildcats at 7-10-3, 3-8-3 in the CCAA. With five, one-goal losses and three scoreless ties this season, the Wildcats were just a few breaks away from posting their seventh-straight winning season.
Amanda Murray #20The Cal St Dominguez Hills womens soccer team, beat Cal Poly- Pomona 3-1 and lost to Cal State - San Bernadino 3-1 to finish the regular season 12-8, 9-5 CCAA.
They then entered the CCAA Tournament at UC San Diego as the #4 seed- taking on #1 Sonoma State.
They won that one 2-0, with the reward being a chance to play the host Tritons, whom they had lost to twice this season on Triton Field. It didn't go well - a 3-1 loss had them hoping that their #5 Far-West Region ranking and their win over #6 Sonoma would be enough to get them into the NCAA Div.-II Tournament.
It was. They were placed in the Far West Regional against San Francisco St - the winner taking on powerhouse Western Washington. A 2-1 victory left them looking for revenge against the 12th-ranked (NCAA) WW Vikings. The 2-0 loss to Western earlier this year was the Toro's first.
Sadly, it was not to be. The Vikings prevailed 1-0 after surviving an 8 shot onslaught by the Toros in the last 6 plus minutes of the game. It was just the fourth time they had been shutout this year and the second time by Western Washington. CSUDH concludes their season at 14-10 (9-5 CCAA).
Amanda, a junior transfer from Hancock, had 68 minutes in 3 appearances this season.
AHC - Men
Apart from a 2-0 win over Canyons on Oct 3rd and a 2-2 tie against Citrus on Nov. 4th, the Allan Hancock College men's soccer team could not get any traction in Western State Conference games, the latest a 5-0 loss to powerhouse SBCC in the final. Hancock finished 4-18-1, 1-12-1 WSC.
Juan Benivides (LHS) and Massimo Beeson (CHS) played for the Bulldogs, but no individual information is currently available.
Cross-country
Michael Coe
The Cabrillo product has been struggling with injuries this season, and had run in only 1 of their first 5 events. He finished 36th in the NCAA Prelim Blue Race with a time of 24:16 for the 8K course. That was the second fastest time for the Cal Golden Bears and helped pace them to an 8th place finish.
After sitting out the Bronco Invitational, where the GB's finished 8th of 14 teams, Coe competed in the Pac-10 finals on Oct. 31st. His 8K time of 24:22 was third on the team and 21st overall. The Bears took third in the tough 8 team field.
On 15 Nov. 08, the real competition started - the NCAA West regionals. Michael finished 17th, in a time of 29:34 for the 10K distance, just ahead of teammate Mark Matusak. He was second on the team and set a PR for the distance.
Four of the top 5 teams at the regionals were from the PAC-10. Oregon won, and was followed by Stanford, Portland, Cal, and Washington. Cal's fourth place finish propels them to the NCAA Finals for the second consecutive year and only the second time in their history.
AHC
The Bulldogs were led, as usual, at the SoCal Championship Meet in Bakersfield by Lompoc Valley athletes. The womens squad finished 24th out of 27 teams (196 runners) in the 5K race, and the men did not score because they only had two runners in the men's 4 mile race (202 runners). - both CHS alums. Several runners set collegiate personal bests. The valley runners took both the tops spots for Hancock.
Individual Results[Time/Finish/Score]:
Oscar Torres 21:18.61 61/-
Miguel Ortiz 23:05.33 164/-
Ariana Fabing 20:07.28 65/60 Prev Best CT -21:16.50
Duania Evans 23:22.23 169/153 Best CT ?
Not Running : Terri Ladja, Nick Gilligan
Basketball
University of Mary
The West brothers, Geoff (#5) a 5-11 senior guard from CHS via Santa Rosa JC, and Jason (#12) a 5-11 sophomore guard from CHS, are both expected to get some significant playing time for the Bismarck, ND based Marauders.
Geoff started all 27 games last year, finishing second on the team, by slim margins, in minutes (733, 14 behind) and points (27.1, 0.6 points behind). He led the team with 60 assists, 30 steals, and was fourth with 7 blocks. Jason played in 23 games - averaging 11.1 points and 7-13 shooting from behind the arc.
After exhibition contests versus North Dakota St. and Montana St., they start the regular season tonight in Seattle, WA against St. Martins.
****Unfortunately, it was not to be. As the school reported-
They stay in Seattle for the Seattle Pacific Tournament this weekend.
Geoff West scored a career-high 34 but that wasn’t enough as the University of Mary lost its season opener 106-82 at Saint Martin’s University.
Behind West’s impressive outburst that included making nine three-pointers in 12 attempts, the Marauders built a 44-43 lead at intermission. The Saints exploded for 63 second half points, including a 14-1 run after the two teams found themselves tied at 60-60.
For the game, the senior guard from Lompoc, CA, hit
12-of-17 shots from the field and made one of two free throws. West also added two steals.
They are slated to play Seattle Pacific and Western Wasington.
Others
Joel Smith, a 6-4 guard from LHS, will play his senior season at Chaminade University where he is working on his Master's Degree. The Silverswords lost an exhibition game to Hawai'i on Nov. 7th 80-63. It is their lone tune-up before opening the Maui Invitational on the 24th versus #1 ranked North Carolina.
Chelsea Cassulo, a 5-8 freshman forward from LHS, is the lone valley player on the AHC Womens Basketball team this year. The Bulldogs opened with a 79-70 loss to Reedley on Veteran's Day, and dropped games to East LA (77-64) and Bakersfield (86-72) at their Tournament last weekend. They hope to pick up a win tonight vs. the College of Sequoias.
Quick Notes
Danny Duffy, one of the top prospects in the Kansas City Royals organisation, has been spreading some of his good fortune around. In addition to stuff for the folks (natch), he has also sprung for new uniforms for the Cabrillo baseball team - check 'em out this spring.
Napoleon Kaufman, who was in town for the Big Game, had some interesting things to say about some of his former haunts - namely the University of Washington and the Oaklawn, er, Oakland Raiders. He talked with the crew at halftime of the game, so check the schedule for the re-broadcasts.
Bryce Luken , now stationed at El Segundo AFB, also stopped by to talk about the AFA and Lompoc football. ---- el stato
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