Gov. Jerry Brown allocated a $142.2 million increase to the California State University’s proposed budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, but the mark fell short of the $237.6 million the CSU asked for...
During the 60th Causeway Classic Saturday, a fight broke out in the student section that left one man injured and as many as two people arrested. “It was initially an argument about some of the players,”...
Before the fans can cheer after a place kicker splits the uprights on a game-winning field goal or a punter pins the return team deep in its own territory, it all starts with one man – the long snapper.“Being...
In the 60th edition of the Causeway Classic, Sacramento State will look to snap a three-game losing skid against rival UC Davis.Overall, the Aggies have dominated the regular season series 42-17, dating...
Sacramento State Athletics has once again struck a landmark deal to upgrade its facilities with outside financing, this time by partnering with the Sacramento Sports Commission.The project will resurface...
Behind a strong defensive display and an efficient offense, the Sacramento State men’s basketball team tipped its season off Friday with a win against Division III UC Santa Cruz.The 73-43 victory helped...
Sacramento State football wide receiver DeAndre Carter was named the Co-FCS Offensive National Player of the Week Monday after a record-breaking performance against Southern Oregon. After being held to...
Sacramento State men’s basketball senior John Dickson took another step on Saturday toward his childhood dream of playing in the NBA when he took part in the Sacramento Kings pre-draft workout. Dickson’s...
Sacramento State associate Professor Jordan Peters was arrested at the scene of an accident in Roseville April 30 on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, according...
Sacramento State Facilities Services hosted the university’s premiere Earth Week event Wednesday in the Library Quad. The celebration included PG&E, SMUD and other vendors from the Sacramento area, each...
Sacramento State Football seniors came one step closer to living their dream of playing professional football as the university hosted its NFL Pro Day on Wednesday. Among the NFL teams represented at...
It does not take a headcount to figure out Sac State students are not getting involved in events on campus.With a student body of more than 28,000, it is perplexing going to The Nest for an athletic event,...
Unkempt and seemingly nameless, people can be seen rummaging through trash receptacles all throughout the Sacramento State campus on a daily basis.These trash-bin diving, can-collecting freegans have become...
Since 1980 there have been 137 fatal school shootings that saw 297 human lives snatched away with the pull of a trigger. With untrained students and undertrained faculty and staff, the wide-open campus...
Short of placing armed guards around campus, Sacramento State has been able to implement a network of systems that help to limit crime and increase the safety of students and faculty. The systems include...
The Sacramento State women's basketball team improved to 5-3 in the Big Sky Conference after a road win against University of North Dakota. The 79-77 victory marked the fourth win out of the last five...
The Sacramento State men's basketball team lost a Big Sky Conference game on the road at Northern Arizona tonight. The 57-50 loss drops the Hornets' record to 6-5 overall. After opening the conference...
The Sacramento State men’s basketball team fell short in a loss to the University of Montana tonight at home, despite some last second heroics from nationally acclaimed point guard Dylan Garrity. A...
The Sacramento State men's basketball team dropped a contest on the road against San Jose State tonight. The Hornets 62-57 loss came in the final game before conference play begins next week. Despite San...
Greatness does not always have to be an innate quality. In the right environment, greatness is a trait that can be learned. Top-notch coaches and athletes can oftentimes be traced back to a particular...
When Sacramento State men’s basketball head coach Brian Katz took the job at Sac State he envisioned building a winning program which all Hornets, past and present, could be proud of. Five years in,...
The Sacramento State men's basketball team fell on the road against Arizona State on Saturday. In its second matchup of the season against Pac-12 completion, the Hornets dropped the contest 90-70. Senior...
The Sacramento State men's basketball team defeated Dominican University tonight 77-68. With the win, the Hornets improve to 5-1. The team is off to its best start in 13 seasons. The Sac State attack was...
The Sacramento State men’s basketball team proved to be cool under pressure as it pulled out a come-from-behind road victory against Central Arkansas. Central Arkansas was led by head coach Corliss Williamson....
An opportunity to start 4-0 for the first time in 13 seasons slipped away from the Sacramento State men’s basketball team (3-1) when it fell to UC Davis (1-2) tonight. In the 111th meeting between the...
Another Sacramento State athletic program has shown it can hang with the big dogs of the Pac-12 after the Hornet men’s basketball team knocked off Utah on the road tonight. The Hornets trailed by as...
As the competition was elevated, the Sacramento State men’s basketball team stepped its game up with an 85-67 victory over CSU Bakersfield Wednesday. CSU Bakersfield is the first Division I opponent...
All is fair in love and Causeway Classic. Although overused, this sentiment certainly holds true for some Sacramento State athletes. For Hornets like defensive lineman Matt Lawrence, linebacker Jeff Badger...
Sacramento State men’s basketball head coach Brian Katz is a homegrown talent who bleeds green and gold. Katz was born and raised in Sacramento, attended Casa Robles High School and always had his eyes...
The Sacramento State men’s basketball team started the season off with a bang after a 34-point lopsided victory over UC Merced tonight. The Hornets ran away with the game in the second-half and cruised...
Sac State men’s basketball is back on the court prepping for the season opener tonight against UC Merced. Some of the usual suspects are back. Sophomore Dylan Garrity will be at the point, senior Joe...
Looking back at what are considered the greatest moments in college athletics, you might find none of them belong to Sacramento State. From Christian Laettner hitting an improbable last-second shot against...
With high expectations come big letdowns, a lesson the Sacramento State Hornets learned today in a Big Sky Conference loss to No. 3 Montana State University. The Hornets had been riding an emotional upswing...
The Sacramento State women's volleyball team lost in five sets to Northern Colorado tonight. The Hornets jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the match, but they could not hold on and were overtaken by Northern...
How will Sacramento State men’s basketball point guard and 2011 Big Sky Conference Freshman Player of the Year Dylan Garrity avoid a sophomore slump? Garrity will get it done with hard work and a lack...
On Saturday, the Sacramento State women's volleyball team knocked off the Big Sky's third place team Northern Arizona at The Nest. The Hornets battled back after being down 2-0 to stretch the match to...
The Sacramento State women's volleyball team defeated Southern Utah University with a three-set sweep tonight. The much needed win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Hornets. Senior co-captain...
Jeff Badger is a senior leader on a Sacramento State team off to its best start in 20 years. The linebacker out of Windsor, Calif., a small town near Santa Rosa, played high school football at an all-boys...
On Saturday, the United Football League announced the suspension of the 2012 season. League founder William Hambrecht made the announcement in the morning. League spokesman Paul F. Pelosi attributed the...
Tonight, the Sacramento State women’s volleyball team fell short in a road match against Portland State after dropping 3 of 4 sets. The Sac State loss gives Portland State the season series sweep and...
The Sacramento State women's volleyball team dropped a non-conference match against Santa Clara Tuesday night 3-1. Senior Janelle Currey led the Hornets with 10 kills. The Hornets will look to bounce back...
The Sacramento State football team has been playing inspired with heavy hearts as thoughts of fallen teammate John Bloomfield loom. Bloomfield sustained a collapsed lung in a game against New Mexico State...
The Sacramento State women’s volleyball team will look to put together the lessons learned in the first half of the season in order to improve as it heads into the second half of what has been a rough...
On Friday, the Sacramento State women's volleyball team dropped its match against the University of Montana 3-1. Senior captain Jessie Genger had 16 kills in her first game back after missing seven games...
To the novice fan, building a powerhouse football program may seem simple. The thought is recruiters need to go out and get the best players in the country, hand out a scholarship and bang, Sacramento...
A loud bang from the corner of the end zone alerts fans in the stadium and surrounding neighborhoods that the Sacramento State Hornets football team has scored a touchdown. The cannon has no name but it...
The Sacramento State women’s volleyball team capped off a two-game home stand with a 3-1 victory over Weber State at The Nest on Friday. The Hornets extended a season-high six-game losing streak when...
They are big, strong and sometimes mean. These fierce competitors are accustomed to sacrificing it all for the good of the team while doing battle in the trenches to protect the men behind them. These...
Standing at 6-feet-2-inches tall, sophomore right-side hitter for the Sacramento State women’s volleyball team Kiley Mansfield has all the physical tools required to be dominant on the court. Mansfield...
The Sacramento State women’s volleyball team fell 1-3 to first-year Big Sky Conference foe North Dakota at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Saturday. The match marked the first time the two teams have...
The Sacramento State women's volleyball team was swept tonight 3-0 by the Big Sky Conference defending champion Northern Colorado Bears at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. The Hornets entered the game in...
On Thursday, the Sacramento State women’s volleyball team will travel to Greeley, Colo. to battle the Big Sky Conference defending champions the Northern Colorado Bears in the third game of a four-game...
Tonight the Sacramento State women’s volleyball team dropped its second consecutive Big Sky conference match when it traveled to the Rolle Activity Center to take on Northern Arizona. The loss leaves...
Today, The Sacramento State men’s soccer team dropped a match at home against San Jose State on a goal in the 88th minute. San Jose State’s senior forward Dylan Murphy opened the scoring early in the...
Today, the Sacramento State women’s volleyball team fell to its conference rival Portland State University in five sets. This was a rematch of last season’s Big Sky conference tournament semi-final,...
On Thursday, the Sacramento State women’s volleyball team opened conference play with a decisive victory over Eastern Washington in three straight sets at The Nest. The start of the first set was back...
When Edgar Castaneda hit a 30-yard game-winning field goal to help his team beat the Pac-12’s University of Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday, he earned more than a victory and the respect of his teammates...
Today, the Sacramento State men’s golf team wrapped up its third and final round at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate with a ninth place finish in the season opening tournament at Palouse Ridge Golf...
The Sacramento State women’s volleyball team traveled to the Save Mart Center on Friday to take part in the Fresno State Invitational before opening up Big Sky Conference play next week. In the first...
The Sacramento State women’s volleyball team is set to hit the road again as it travels to the Save Mart Center at Fresno State to take part in the Fresno State Invitational tournament marking the first...
The Sacramento State women’s volleyball team entered Saturday night’s Sac State Invitational championship against Saint Mary’s College on a three-match win streak. To reach the final, the Hornets...
Sometimes the butt of jokes and often overlooked, the kicker position is a hot topic surrounding the Sacramento State Hornet football team heading into the 2012 season. After last year’s woeful performance...
The Sacramento State Women’s Volleyball team opened the season Aug. 24 winning 1-of-3 matches in the College of Charleston Tournament at TD Arena, which included North Carolina State, Jacksonville University...
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