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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Armando Botello Ii, Author

All content by Armando Botello Ii

Senior aims to lead team

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a former Rutgers University tennis player, Matt Jones, the 21-year-old Sacramento State senior, decided when he was 11 years old that he was going to quit...

Men’s tennis can’t clinch against NAU

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

For only the fourth time this season the men's tennis team played a home game at its true home, that is, on the tennis courts at Sacramento State, but the home court advantage wasn't much as only a sparse...

Men’s tennis team enters tourney as No. 3 seed

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

A string of seven losses and the dismissal of its best player will not prevent the Sacramento State men's tennis team from entering this weekend's Big Sky Conference tournament in Phoenix as the No. 3...

Women’s hoops clinches playoff spot

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

"Big Sky here we come!" Those were the words shouted by women's basketball head coach Dan Muscatell after his team beat third place Eastern Washington 57-41 at the Hornets Nest on Saturday and clinched...

Changing Perceptions

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The 27-game marathon called a regular season in women's basketball ended for Sacramento State on Saturday giving way to the teams' first Big Sky Conference Tournament appearance in eight years. The Hornets...

Sheehy’s game winner keeps Hornets in hunt

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Every player from the women's basketball team that played in Saturday's game against Northern Arizona contributed in some way. In the end though, it was one player who would pull through to make the game-deciding...

New Blog! Raider Nation

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Leaping Larry Johnson gave the Oakland Raiders their fifth loss of the season with a 1-yard touchdown run in the final five seconds of the game. Up 23-20, the Raiders' defense allowed the Kansas City Chiefs...

Rowing team snaps 5-year title drought

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Since 2001, the Hornet women's varsity eight has tried to bring the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship trophy back to Sacramento State. Now is time to make room in the trophy case...

A loss that truly stings

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Since winning two straight games earlier this month, the Sacramento State women's basketball team has done nothing to assure itself of a playoff spot. Having dropped five in a row, the Hornets now find...

UC Riverside riding high after 2-1 defeat over Hornets

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Senior forward Eliot Ricks-Chambers' first goal of the season wasn't enough to top UC Riverside as the Highlnders came away with the 2-1 victory Friday afternoon at Hornet Field. Riverside freshman Nathan...

Academic penalties may hit 3 teams

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Three Sacramento State teams could face multiple penalties after their graduation rates fell under the NCAA's new academic requirements. New guidelines in the NCAA's Academic Performance Program indicate...

Women’s hoops again fails to clinch at home

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The Sacramento State women's basketball team failed to clinch its first playoff berth since the 1996-1997 season as they were defeated 59-57 by Portland State on Thursday night. Portland State, led by...

Women’s hoops drops fourth straight

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

After the disappointment of losing the Big Sky opener at home on Thursday night,the Hornet women's basketball team rolled backed into the Hornets Nest with not near enoughintensity to stop a hot Weber...

Athletes used to no spring break

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Green and gold jerseys will still be seen all over campus this spring break. Friday brings with it the first day when students will take off to various parts of the world ?" mostly Southern California...

Women want to be a Big Sky power

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Sacramento State women's basketball has high hopes about where they'll be in March. Last March capped off the Hornets' best season since 1995-96, as the team advanced to the Big Sky Tournament before losing...

Perez’s ace saves day for tennis at UC Davis

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

With a single swing of a racquet, four hours of intense competition ended with a game-winning ace served by Sacramento State's Ramon Perez.- The pressure was on for Perez at the Marya Welch Tennis Center...

Behavior leads to dismissal

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Frustration and intense emotion took hold of senior Matt Jones, resulting in a season-ending suspension handed down by head coach Sherif Zaher after men's tennis suffered its seventh loss of the season...

Athletics checks up on Web profiles

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

There was a simpler time. Back in the day (a few years ago to be precise), college students had to meet face-to-face in order to get to know each other's innermost thoughts and feelings. With the advent...

Women’s basketball improves on last season’s record with 9 wins, but misses tournament

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

For a women's basketball team that went from zero wins in 2001-02 to a single win in 2003-04, this season's Hornet team proved that last year's eight-win campaign wasn't a fluke. The Hornets finished 9-17...

Kim-possible ending

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The basketball bounced off the rim, hung in the air and finally dropped through the cylinder giving the Sacramento State women a hard-fought overtime victory over the Southern Utah Thunderbirds, 68-67....

NAU ends Hornets’ season

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Stephanie Cherry's second-half scoring barrage wasn't enough to keep pace with Northern Arizona. Despite Cherry's 17 points over the final 20 minutes, the Hornets fell to the Lumberjacks 67-58 on Thursday...

Big Sky Conference women’s basketball preview

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

At 5-7, the Sacramento State women's basketball team opens its Big Sky Conference schedule at 7 p.m. Thursday at home against Idaho State. The Hornets are perfect at home (5-0) and winless on the road...

Visualizing success is key to Foy’s play

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

From the soccer and croquet fields of New Zealand to the Sacramento State tennis courts Warwick Foy has always been an athlete at heart. The Sacramento State sophomore started playing tennis when he was...

Hoops coaches’ contracts extended

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Women's basketball head coach Dan Muscatell and men's basketball head coach Jerome Jenkins were both given contract extensions to 2008, Sacramento State athletic director Terry Wanless announced Friday....

Pointing the way

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Cherry: The fruit or wood of a cherry tree. Stephanie Cherry: A fiery point guard liable to make defenders look silly on the basketball court. Third-year Hornet Stephanie Cherry might have a sweet name,...

At a loss for wins

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

In order for the seventh-place Hornets to get into the Big Sky Conference tournament for their second-straight season, the team will likely have to pull out some upsets. Northern Arizona, Portland State...

Bobcats claw back to top Hornets

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Exclusive audioClick to hear Ashley Cadotte's post-game commentsClick to hear Kim Sheehy's post-game commentsClick to hear Dan Muscatell's post-game comments After a short-lived 2-game winning streak to...

Women split road games

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The "phenomenal individual feat" that women's hoops coach Dan Muscatell described on Monday night wasn't senior guard Lindsay Calmettes 4-for-4 shooting from beyond the arc for a career-high 12 points...

NCAA getting tougher on academics

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

In a decision that applies to every sports team at the Division I level, the NCAA Div. I board of directors approved the Academic Progress Rate at its 99th annual convention held this month in Dallas....

Rowing to host championships

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

Early morning winds gently caressed the surface of Lake Natoma on Saturday while the women's rowing varsity eight boat pounded the water with its oars defeating Long Beach State in a dual meet, keeping...

Men’s tennis losses in Big Sky Championship

Armando Botello II
January 6, 2007

The Sacramento State men's tennis team aren't too upset over their 4-0 loss to Montana State on Saturday in the Big Sky Championship match held in Phoenix, Ariz., having pulled an upset to get there. Whether...

Extreme Dance Team wins competition

Armando Botello II
February 16, 2005

Sacramento State's Extreme Dance Team won first place in the hip-hop division of the 2005 United Spirit Association Collegiate Nationals held in Las Vegas on Feb. 6-7. The team was judged on three different...

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