At the Campbell/Cartier Softball Tournament held in San Diego Calif., the Sacramento State softball team held on for a 5-4 win over California State Northridge in the championship game.

Brianne Ferguson struck out Shannon Acevedo with the bases loaded to add a save to her previous two wins in the tournament. Nicole Deatherage picked up her third win of the tournament.

To advance to the title game, Sac State defeated Loyola Marymount 5-3 in 10 innings. Deatherage retired two batters in the bottom of the tenth inning after Amy Walter, Jillian Bivert and Amanda Moreland all had RBI singles to gain an advantage in the top of the 10th.

The road to Sac State’s tournament championship started on Friday with a 8-0 win over New Mexico, where Deatherage threw her second career no-hitter and struck out a career-high eight batters.

Ferguson then threw her first shutout of the season, helping the Hornets to a 4-0 win over previously undefeated Kansas. Sophomore catcher Erin Coyne had three RBI including a two-run homer in the first inning.

On Saturday, Sac State squeezed by UC Santa Barbara 2-1, with a Bivert RBI in the eighth inning.

In 38 innings of work, the Hornet pitching staff combined for an ERA of 1.11.

But pitching was not the only thing going well for Sac State, the Hornets bats were working well, with Coyne batting .462 over the five-game series. Moreland batted .385 and Bivert .353. Sac State is now 9-3 on the season.

Men’s indoor track places second at Bill Cosby Invite

Senior sprinter Jonathon Davis placed first in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.39 seconds, while Brandon Parker placed first in the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 2.75 inches.

As a team, the Hornet men’s indoor track team finished second at the Bill Cosby Invitational in Reno, Nev.

The Hornet women finished in ninth place and were led by Shanita Bryant’s third place finish in the long jump. Regina Ollison placed fifth in the triple jump for Sac State.

In the men’s 55-meter hurdles, the Hornets took five of the top six spots, including a second place (7.80 seconds) finish from freshman Ansenio Corbin. In all, the men’s team recorded 17 finishes in the top 10.

The Hornets’ next meet will also be in Reno, at the Holiday Inn Classic on Feb. 22.

Women’s hoops fall on road to Northwest opponents

The women’s basketball team shot under 40 percent and handed out over 26 turnovers in each of their losses over the weekend.

In Saturday’s 69-55 loss to Portland State, the Vikings were able to collect 19 steals from Sac State, the most the Hornets have given up this season.

The Hornets (2-20, 0-9) took a quick lead in the game when junior Diane Peterson sank a 3-pointer, but Portland proceeded to go on an 11-2 run and the Hornets could never find their way back to the lead.

Sac State did outrebound the Vikings 41-35, but freshman Sarah Craig was held to a season-low five points. Kristine Knowlton and Danielle Iceman each scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Nikki Petticrew from Portland State led all-scorers with 15 points.

On Thursday Sac State experienced the same difficulties, poor shooting and turnovers, in a 77-46 loss to Eastern Washington. Again the Hornets took an early lead with Craig scoring the first points of the game on a lay-up.

But with Sac State allowing the Eagles to connect on 10 3-pointers, the most they have allowed this season, Eastern Washington quickly took the lead back from Sac State, who never seriously threatened again.

Three Eagles scored in double figures, with Michelle Demetruk scoring 15. Craig and Peterson each finished with 12.

Baseball swept in three-game series versus Hawaii

Sacramento State (5-4) dropped a three-game series against Hawaii (6-1) this weekend, losing on Friday 3-2 following a lengthy rain delay. On Saturday the Hornets were shutout 2-0, and Hawaii finished off the sweep with a 8-7 Sunday victory.

Head coach John Smith is still searching for career win No. 700, despite leaving Sacramento with 699 under his belt.

Sac State held a 7-5 lead going into the ninth inning on Sunday, but Hawaii’s Joshua Green hit a two-out single to give the Rainbow Warriors the win in their last at-bat.

Right fielder Jesse Schmidt, designated hitter Aaron Powell and catcher Corey Watts each recorded two RBI for the Hornets.

In Saturday’s loss, junior pitcher Chris Kinsey performed well on the mound for the Hornets, allowing only two runs over 7-2/3 innings.

Men’s tennis beats Saint Mary’s, falls to Santa Clara

The Hornets evened their record at 3-3, while snapping a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Saint Mary’s on Sunday at Rio Del Oro Raquet Club.

Matt Jones, Julien Chatelan, Lewis Van Splunteren and Peter Farkas each won their singles matches, while Hornets Nick Sheehan and Anders Albertson lost their respective matches.

The doubles team of Jones/Farkas and Sheehan/Albertson each won their doubles matches to give Sac State the doubles point.The Hornets suffered a 4-2 loss to Santa Clara on Saturday, as the Hornets lost 4-of-6 singles matches. Doubles play was called off due to bad weather.

Men’s soccer to host MPSF Tournament in 2003

The Sacramrneto State men’s soccer team was selected in a 7-0 vote to host next November’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament at the newly renovated Hornet Soccer Field.