With the deepest senior class in over 10 years and two of the top-three scorers returning, the 2016-17 season was not supposed to end abruptly for the Sacramento State women’s basketball team.
Sac...
The only thing that separated the ninth-seeded Sacramento State women’s basketball team from a matchup with No. 1 seed Montana State was 2.9 seconds Monday in Reno, Nevada.
In only a couple of seconds,...
The women’s basketball game between Sacramento State and North Dakota was expected to be a physical matchup — Wednesday night's game featured a total of 40 fouls.
However, when one of those programs...
Many people were surprised at the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States last November, and the result disappointed those hoping to see Hillary Clinton become the first woman elected...
Black History Month has long been a chance for African-Americans in all fields not only to celebrate their heritage but to educate others who don’t understand their background.
This includes athletes,...
Fresh off a 30-point win over Montana on Thursday, the Sacramento State women’s basketball team looked to keep that momentum alive Saturday against the visiting Montana State Bobcats.
However, the...
For the Sacramento State women’s basketball team, the halfway point of Big Sky Conference play will be the difference maker for the season.
While they have lost the last two games, the Hornets (8-13,...
In a contest that saw history made and carried so much potential, Sacramento State’s women’s basketball team couldn’t seem to get its game going at all on Saturday.
Shooting a season low 13.3...
Sacramento State junior shooting guard Maranne Johnson has built her way up from a quiet freshman to a face that the rest of the NCAA may not soon forget.
Not bad considering that she wasn’t a highly-ranked...
After starting Saturday’s game against Northern Arizona with a 16-8 lead, the Sacramento State women’s basketball team almost blew their chance at a second-straight win.
However, senior forward...
For the Sacramento State women’s basketball team, Saturday night’s game against the University of Southern California Trojans was truly a battle of David vs. Goliath.
With three players in the...
If you were to take a look at the career of Sacramento State senior forward Margaret Huntington, you could make a case that her career would make a great movie.
Huntington, a film major, is revered...
For the majority of Tuesday’s Stanislaus State-Sacramento State women’s basketball game, Maranne Johnson looked like King Midas on the court because every time she touched the ball, it went in.
Johnson,...
Thanksgiving came at just the right time for the Sacramento State women’s basketball team, as they rode an early 14-0 run to a 97-85 victory over the Hofstra Pride Friday afternoon at the Nest.
Junior...
After trailing for the first 27 minutes, the Sacramento State women’s basketball team went into the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s game against the Nevada Wolfpack with a nine-point lead.
The Wolfpack,...
In the lone tuneup before its Nov. 11 season opener, Sacramento State men’s basketball made quick work of Pacific Union on Thursday in an 84-53 victory at the Hornets Nest.
With four players in double...
For the Sacramento State women’s basketball team, 2016-17 is a redeeming type of season.
The team was picked to finish seventh in the preseason Big Sky media poll a year after being picked to finish...
For a young child, it was a conversation with her grandmother that changed the course of her entire life.
“I was brought up in a Christian home, and I remember accepting Christ into my life at five,”...
Facing a packed room of students in the Wellness Hub, Maggie Bertram bared her soul and gave some words of wisdom during her presentation, “From Silence To Strength,” hosted by the Sacramento State...
While many Sacramento State students took time during the summer to unwind from the nine-month grind of classes and exams, it was business as usual for the men's basketball team.
This summer, however,...
As we approach the end of the 2015-16 school year, it's also the end of the season for a majority of the sports teams at Sacramento State.
For some, like baseball and track and field, their commitments...
When you take a look at Sacramento State senior forward Sydonia Daniels on the basketball court, you see a lot of the physical attributes: the orange-tipped black hair, the physical demeanor in which...
Ninety percent of student-athletes who are struggling with a mental health concern do not seek help.
This statistic from the website Balance Position, http://www.balanceposition.com/, states a...
The Sacramento State women's golf team is off to a good start at the Big Sky Championships in Boulder City, Nevada, as the team finished the first day of the tournament in second place, behind Northern...
The friendly confines of Lake Natoma were not so friendly to the Sacramento State rowing team this weekend, as they won only three of 11 races at the Lake Natoma Invitational this weekend.
Sac State...
On a Saturday filled with light rain showers, the Sacramento State beach volleyball team dropped a pair of matches to CSU Bakersfield (3-12) and San Jose State (7-10) at Livermore Park in Folsom.
Sac...
After spending three years as an assistant coach for the Sacramento State women's basketball team, Kim Stephens is going back to where it all began.
Stephens has been hired as the new women's basketball...
When you have a moment, take the time to visit the Nest.
As soon as you walk in, you'll see a trophy case with an assortment of trophies. When you take a close look at it, you'll see that there...
If you were to walk around campus, you would be hard-pressed to pick out a member of the Sacramento State women's rowing team from a crowd of students.
That's because the level of recognition rowing...
The Sacramento State rowing team wasted no time in its spring season opener, winning five gold medals in six races at the Sacramento State Rowing Invitational on Saturday morning at Lake Natoma.
Considering...
As Sacramento State women's basketball head coach Bunky Harkleroad said after Monday's game against Southern Utah, "It comes down to a one-shot deal. You either win or you're done."
For Sac State,...
Momentum happened to be on the side of the Sacramento State women's basketball team Monday night.
Behind a career-high effort from sophomore Maranne Johnson and a record-breaking effort from her...
The Sacramento State women's basketball team put the Big Sky Conference on notice Friday night.
In the final game of the regular season before the Big Sky Conference Tournament, Sac State (13-16,...
Despite having three players out due to injury, the Sacramento State women's basketball team kept its composure in the closing minutes.
Senior guard Adella Randle-El, junior forward Gretchen Harrigan...
On a day when Sacramento State bid farewell to three seniors, the women's basketball team couldn't finish at the end of a close match.
Seniors Adella Randle-El, Ericka Magana and Sydonia Daniels...
The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks dominated from start to finish as they came away with a 97-71 win over the Sacramento State Hornets at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Saturday in...
For the Sacramento State women's basketball team, it's not how they start but how they finish.
After falling down early in the game, Sac State (11-15, 8-7 in the Big Sky Conference) pulled itself...
Sacramento State's men's soccer team showed that when playing with the pros, they are able to hold their own.
Playing in front of near-capacity crowd of 907 people, Sac State played wire-to-wire...
For the Sacramento State women's basketball team, this week will be the last chance they get to stir The Nest this spring.
This week's games against the University of Northern Colorado and the University...
What a great way to end your birthday if you're Sacramento State's Maranne Johnson.
With two seconds left in the game, Johnson took a pass from Ericka Magana and drained a 30-foot three-pointer...
Sac State junior guard Brianna Burgos drives for a lay-up against Idaho State's Isabel Vara de Rey on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. Burgos scored 16 points in the Hornet's 83-62 win over Idaho State.
Going into Saturday's game at Montana State, the Hornets had only made 30 3-pointers in their last three games.
Sac State ended up making 25 on Saturday, tying their own NCAA Division I record....
Two days after performing one of the greatest comebacks in program history, the Sacramento State men's basketball team almost gave the Nest an encore.
But Montana State was not about to become the...
Adella Randle-El gave all she could give on the basketball court Thursday night.
Unfortunately for her and the Sacramento State women's basketball team, her best effort was not enough, as the Hornets...
Adella Randle-El drives the lane against Violet Kapri Morrow of Eastern Washington on Saturday, Jan. 30 in the Hornets Nest. The Hornets went on to lose the game 100-83.
The shots simply didn't fall for the Sacramento State women's basketball team.
Four days after setting an NCAA Div. I-record with 25 3-pointers against Portland State, the Hornets (7-11, 4-3 in...
The Sacramento State's women's basketball team came into Saturday's game with their backs against the wall after a tough Thursday night loss to Idaho.
With Eastern Washington coming into the Nest...
