The setting, most of the cast and the plot were all more or less the same for the Sacramento State softball team this time around. After ending each of the last two seasons in disappointment and watching...
There were many presents for Sacramento State softball coach Kathy Strahan on her 50th birthday on Saturday all resulting a doubleheader sweep of Portland State. The Hornets also took an important step...
The last two Pacific Coast Softball Conference champions have celebrated their titles on the infield at Shea Stadium. Kathy Strahan's Hornets watched them rather than revelling themselves. In 2004 it was...
It really is more difficult than it looks. That is the mantra for softball pitchers ?" who may as well be awarded honorary physics degrees ?" as their windmill underhand delivery may appear simple but...
Groundhog Day was more than two months ago but lately Kathy Strahan has been waking up to relive the same nightmare. The Sacramento State softball coach has witnessed an identical pattern of play since...
In stark contrast to Friday's Pacific Coast Softball Conference doubleheader in which Sacramento State and Santa Clara combined to score 16 runs Saturday's set of games was much more tame. Santa Clara...
So it wasn't a walk-off in the traditional sense ?" the kind of shot that ends a closely contested game in extra innings ?" but Danielle Ackland will still treasure this one. The senior first baseman led...
Faced with the prospect of losing three out of four games to the defending league champions Sacramento State softball coach Kathy Strahan asked her hitter to channel a happy memory. As she was walking...
Keep telling yourselves that, Hornets. Under the tutelage of first-year assistant head coach Cara Hoyt, the Sacramento State softball team is on pace to break nearly every program batting record in the...
Jamie Schloredt is used to driving in runs when she puts the bat on the ball. The freshman catcher entered Tuesday's doubleheader with UC Riverside with 22 hits on the season and a team-leading 23 RBIs....
During a cloudy practice last Friday Cassie Cervantes was alone in right field shagging batting practice fly balls ?" no one within 20 yards of her. Suddenly the clouds separated and a ray of sunlight...
Apparently Cassie Cervantes didn't want to leave any doubt about it. The freshman pitcher threw a no-hit shutout against Utah State on Sunday to clinch the Capital Classic Softball Tournament title for...
It appears as though the rain has stopped falling for now but there's something else that's been falling from the sky lately ?" Sacramento State softball program records. Senior centerfielder Lindy Winkler...
Cassie Cervantes said she didn't have her best "stuff" on Sunday against Utah State after pitching 11 innings against Syracuse the day before. "I was really sore this morning," said the freshman pitcher...
Click to read the recap of Friday's game against Southern Utah Click to read the recap of Saturday's early game against Syracuse Sophomore Amy Tompkins hit her first career homerun in the Hornets' evening...
With tension building in the bottom of the 11th inning of a thrilling softball duel that had lasted nearly three hours, Nikki Cinque strode the plate and what did she do? "I relaxed," said the senior pitcher...
According to the schedule it was supposed to be Sacramento State playning Southern Utah, but this softball contest could be more aptly described as Nikki Cinque vs. the Thunderbirds. Cinque struck out...
Exclusive audio Click to hear Cassie Cervantes talk about her near-perfect game Nobody's perfect but now freshman pitcher Cassie Cervantes knows what it's like to come awfully close. Cervantes struck out...
SUNNYVALE ?" Against a backdrop of snow on low hilltops in the distance and despite near-freezing temperatures the Sacramento State softball team came back from a two-week layoff to post a pair of wins...
Bad blood with the town of Davis is nothing new to Jamie Schloredt. The freshman catcher on Sacramento State's softball team grew up in Woodland and played softball at Woodland High, which has a long-standing...
BERKELEY ?" For 11 games Jennifer Fryou waited for her first taste of playing time in the 2006 season. On Friday she stepped into the circle against one of the nation's best teams and made the most of...
Sacramento State's softball team believes if it can "weather" its tough preseason competition that it will be in position for a conference title run. Head coach Kathy Strahan schedules the best teams in...
STANFORD, Calif. ?" Seventh-ranked Stanford jumped out to a big early lead and didn't look back as the Cardinal defeated Sacramento State 7-0 on Sunday at the Stanford Invitational. Sac State (3-6) was...
Katie Rhoe's softball career at Sacramento State is certainly worthy of a Hollywood script ?" that is, if that movie didn't already exist. "Katie has become our 'Rudy' ?" straight out of the movie," Hornets...
Senior center fielder Lindy Winkler and sophomore left fielder Hilary Johnson hit with the most power on the Sacramento State softball team. Not the kind of power that sends the ball over the fence, per...
Bobby Guillory, a football and track standout at Vallejo's Bethel High, signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Sacramento State on Wednesday afternoon. In all, Sac State football coach...
It happens time and time again in sports ?" from the professional ranks to college to high school to youths. A star player goes down with an injury and their teammates subsequently raise their level of...
Hype and the Sacramento State men's basketball program have historically gone together about as well as Terrell Owens and quarterbacks. But amid the 'hoop'la of Hornet Hollywood Hoopfest last Thursday...
Warning: This edition of John Parker's blog is more offensive than usual. If you take things too seriously, are a fan of UCONN women's basketball or are nursing, navigate away now. For those about to read,...
Even if you can beat 'em, join 'em. Former Sacramento State volleyball standout Lisa Beauchene posted one of her 18 career triple-doubles on Sept. 20, 2003, against New Mexico, posting 44 assists, 12 kills,...
After 10-straight 20-win seasons, eight straight Big Sky titles, six Big Sky Coach of the Year awards and another brief NCAA tournament appearance Debby Colberg says that she and her team are stuck. "There...
After taking two out of three games in a tripleheader at Portland State on Sunday, the Sacramento State softball team enters this weekend with a chance to win its first-ever Pacific Coast Softball Conference...
The Sacramento State softball team is heading to Oregon this weekend to play Portland State, and when the Hornets travel, they bring the noise. For Sac State, coordinated chants and dugout cheering are...
Amy Tompkins knew it was do-or-die time. Trailing St. Mary's in the top of the sixth inning with two outs and another run coming to the plate, the freshman second baseman came up with a backhanded stop...
The Sacramento State softball team can usually depend on its ace pitching staff to carry it through games. Playing card decks don't come with five of one card, however, and on Wednesday afternoon third-ranked...
As Lindy Winkler was on the field last weekend in Santa Clara making catches on the run and hitting doubles, the scene was in stark contrast to her condition last summer. Beginning last May, the junior...
SANTA CLARA--The Sacramento State softball team opened Pacific Coast Softball Conference play Saturday afternoon by splitting two games with host Santa Clara at Marsalli Park. The Broncos took the first...
A rich and storied career claimed another milestone Wednesday as young and burgeoning one just beginning to take flight recorded a first. Sacramento State softball coach Kathy Strahan got her 600th career...
To the victors go the spoils; or rather, the victors are the spoiled. After Sacramento State women's rowing's season opening sweep of the Jim Farwell cup over Santa Clara, the Hornets pointed to the fact...
Even Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls lost in their first six playoff appearances. "Right now they're the old Pistons and we're the young Bulls," said head coach Jerome Jenkins after his Hornets' 74-71 Big...
Even Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls lost in their first six playoff appearances. "Right now they're the old Pistons and we're the young Bulls," said head coach Jerome Jenkins after his Hornets' 74-71 Big...
Sacramento State pitcher Brianne Ferguson suffered her first -- and likely only -- loss to her former team Saturday afternoon as she was beaten 1-0 by San Jose State. The senior ace went the distance in...
The Sacramento State women's rowing team claimed a full sweep of Santa Clara in the Jim Farwell cup Saturday morning at Lake Natoma to open its season. The varsity eight, second varsity eight, novice eight,...
DAVIS ?" She forgot her regular No. 14 jersey, but it just didn't matter for Brianne Ferguson against UC Davis on Thursday afternoon. The Sacramento State senior ace hurled her first career no-hitter,...
I'll be honest; I had my doubts. Going to a Yuba College-Cosumnes River College basketball game wasn't exactly my idea of a fun Friday night out, no matter how much a friend of mine insisted it would be....
Although they're newcomers, they know all about the rivalry. The Sacramento State softball team relied on the efforts of two new players to propel them to a double-header sweep of causeway rival UC Davis...
Metallica's "Enter Sandman" roars on an old boom box near the practice field. Players sing a long as they go through drills, then the CD skips. The voice of junior catcher Joanna O'Neill can be heard carrying...
Sacramento State leftfielder Lesley Mayhorn always has a smile on her face. Her main focus, however, is making sure others around her are having just as much fun as she is. The Harlem Diamonds, an all-African-American...
The Sacramento State gymnastics team tumbled its way to its first win of the season over Seattle Pacific Friday night in the Hornets Nest. Despite recording four falls toward its total score, Sac State...
BERKELEY -- This is not how Sacramento State volleyball wanted to go out. After receiving their most favorable seeding in five years in the NCAA Tournament the Hornets had high hopes entering their match...
Happy just to be here? Not these Hornets. "For a lot of teams their biggest goal is just to make the NCAA Tournament," said head coach Debby Colberg who won her seventh Big Sky Coach of the Year award...
Sacramento State volleyball's NCAA Tournament fate was revealed Sunday evening when the 64 team bracket was announced live on ESPN News. The Hornets will face 10th-seeded St. Mary's in the opening match...
It looks like Ron Artest will be getting some time off to promote his soon-to-be released rap album after all. Actually, a lot of time after NBA commissioner David Stern handed down suspensions Sunday...
Senior setter Stephanie Gamst had every reason to relish Sacramento State volleyball's victory over Pacific back on Oct. 19. Sacramento State volleyball's only fifth-year senior was grinning from ear to...
This one's for the seniors. That sentiment echoed throughout the Hornets Nest and within each and every player for Sacramento State volleyball Saturday night as they took to the bright yellow court for...
Sandra Bandimere is about to leap into the Hornet record books as she approaches yet another milestone. With two more digs on the season she will become the second Hornet in the past four years to tally...
Sacramento State women's rowing started its fall rowing season Saturday with a strong showing at the Head of the American at Lake Natoma. Competing for the first time this season, the Hornets' "A" boat...
Sandra Bandimere continued her assault on Big Sky Conference competition Thursday night with 24 kills and 22 digs in Sacramento State's 3-1 (30-22, 30-27, 28-30, 30-20) win over Montana at the Hornets...
For the 45th time under head coach Debby Colberg, Sacramento State volleyball defeated their regional rivals across the Yolo Causeway, UC Davis 3-0 (30-17, 30-19, 30-16), Tuesday night at the Pavilion...
Sacramento State volleyball began the second half of conference play Saturday night the same way it started the first half -- with a sweep of Northern Arizona. The Hornets swept NAU in Flagstaff, Ariz....
Cross this one off the list. Coming into the 2004 season, the list of goals for setter Stephanie Gamst and Sacramento State volleyball was as long as it was lofty. Near the top of the list was beating...
Sacramento State volleyball was dealt a serious blow over the weekend in its quest for an eighth straight Big Sky Conference championship. Sophomore libero Kristin Lutes hurt the knuckle above her pinky...
LODI -- Last Sunday was 'breezy' afternoon in Lodi. Sacramento State softball, playing in their first fall ball tournament of the offseason, split four games, losing their first Saturday two but coming...
Maybe it was the Rice Krispie Treats. On her 55th birthday Saturday, Sacramento State volleyball coach Debby Colberg received one of the best gifts she could have imagined from her team: a sweep victory...
Sometimes a team can be its own harshest critic. Such was the case Tuesday night as Sacramento State volleyball swept Portland State 3-0, (30-14, 30-27, 30-17) in its Big Sky Conference home opener. "We...
To the untrained volleyball eye, the position of libero seems a little out of place. For one, they wear a different color jersey than the rest of their teammates -- like a goalie in soccer -- and for another,...
The Sandra Bandimere greatest hits tour rolled through Missoula, Mont. Saturday night. The senior outside hitter and Sacramento State team captain recorded a season-high 23 kills and 13 digs to go along...
Sacramento State volleyball took the first step toward an unprecedented eighth Big Sky Conference crown Saturday night, sweeping its first conference foe Northern Arizona 3-0 (30-18, 30-20, 30-17), in...
You don't need violence or profanity to beentertaining. If you could ask Homestarrunner, he'd tell you.Unfortunately, he's a cartoon and thus unable to interactwithout being drawn and dubbed with a voice....
There's a reason the Yankees are the most hated team in sports. It has less to do with arrogant Bronx fans or their payroll and more to do with one undeniable fact: They put a quality product on the field...
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The first thing Seton Hall volleyball coach Maureen Rafferty Del Rossi noticed upon returning to the Hornets' Nest after five years was something she...
Home sweet Hornets' Nest. Yosemite Hall has always been good to Sacramento State volleyball throughout the years, but the field of this year's Sacramento State Invitational found out just how well the...
