This Weekend in Hornet Sports

Russ Edmonson

Friday

Men’s Soccer- Hornets at Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m.

Saturday

Women’s Volleyball- Portland State vs. Hornets, 1 p.m.

Football- Weber State vs. Hornets at Fred Anderson, 6:05 p.m.

Cross Country- Hornets at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto

Sunday

Men’s Soccer- Hornets at UC-Santa Barbara, 2 p.m.

Women’s Soccer- UC-Santa Barbara vs. Hornets, 2 p.m.

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Men’s Soccer

Friday: Hornets at Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m.

Sunday: Hornets at UC-Santa Barbara, 2 p.m.

Record: 3-3-1 overall, 0-1 MPSF

Last game: San Jose State 3, Sacramento State 0,P> Notes: Sacramento State is looking to improve on its best start this weekend since the team was 4-3 after seven games in 1994 ?Sean Luigs leads the team with 10 points (2 goals and 1 assist) despite starting in only four of the Hornets’ first seven games.

Women’s Volleyball Cross Country

Saturday: Hornets at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto

Last meet: The men and women both finished second at the Aggie Invitational in Davis last Saturday.

Notes: Melissa Madeson was named the Big Sky runner of the week for the second straight week after she finished second overall out of a field of 136 collegiate runners in the five-kilometer race at the Aggie Invitational…. Erik Mencarini finished fifth in a field of 67 collegiate runners in the eight-kilometer race at the Aggie Invitational.

Women’s Soccer

Sunday: UC-Santa Barbara vs. Hornets, 2 p.m.

Record: 6-2-2 overall, 1-1 Big Sky

Last game: Hornets 3, Stony Brook (N.Y.)

Notes: The Hornet’s went 2-0 in New York posting a 1-0 victory over Fordham and a 3-0 victory over Stony Brook last weekend? The Hornets are out to their best start since starting 6-4 in 1998?Sacramento returns home to face UC-Santa Barbara on Sunday. The Hornets are 4-0-2 this season at Hornet Field.