A Sacramento State men's basketball player reached a "mutual agreement" with a student volunteer who accused him of sexual harassment, said Leonard Valdez, a judicial officer with Student Affairs. The...

After five minutes of play the Sacramento State men's basketball team had the eye of the tiger. That's when the Tigers took over. After going on an 11-6 run to open the game, the Hornets (1-3) were pummeled...

Sacramento State's women's soccer team finished its regular season with a 1-1 tie Sunday in a non-conference match against the San Jose State University Spartans at Hornet Field. On Thursday, the Hornets...

Hornet Athletic Director Terry Wanless might not need to comb the nation in search of former football coach John Volek's successor. The next Hornet football coach could be right in his old backyard. The...

An injury-plagued Sacramento State cross country squad battled its way to a sixth-place finish in the women's team standings, and an eighth-place finish in the men's standings at the Big Sky Conference...

Former Hornet tennis player Sherif Zaher was named head coach of the men's tennis team on Thursday by Hornet Athletic Director Terry Wanless. On the court for the Hornets, Zaher was named Big Sky Conference...

Sacramento State student Janelle Takeoka just wanted her boyfriend Jeff Daigle to dance with her. Thanks to the Sacramento State Ballroom Dance Club and club president Curtis Vandermolen, her wish has...

Both the men's and women's cross country teams of Sacramento State finished in fourth place at the San Francisco State University Invitational on Saturday. "I was very pleased with the team's performance,"...

Click here to view the Rugby slideshow. The Hornet rugby teams were in full tilt this past weekend, as both the men's and women's teams destroyed their competition. The women's team started the Bay Area...

Joe Dawson and Joel Jones combined to score over 57 percent of Sacramento State's points this past weekend. The Hornet's, however, saw their conference road-losing streak extend to 44 games. The weekend...

Over the past season, Joel Jones has showcased his skills at Hornet Gym, where he has used superior athleticism and a soft outside touch to dominate his Big Sky competition. Now, after being selected to...

Looking to hit the slopes this winter? Check out Sacramento State's ski club, which grabs the skis, poles and boards with regularity. The club costs $20 for Sac State students. The club will also be holding...

There are three things I've come to expect from an old man- - bad knees, war stories, and the ability to blow babe Ruth's legend way out of proportion. The geezer will approach you with a huge cigar hanging...

Sacramento State's women's soccer team improved to 2-0 in Big Sky Conference play by defeating the Portland State University Vikings 4-1 at Hornet Soccer Field Friday. Lisa Wrightsman led the way for the...

With the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors ready to kick off their seasons, the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, and both Bay Area football teams off to hot starts, the Northern California...

It was quarterback Ryan Leadingham who broke the Sacramento State record for career passing yardage, but wide receiver Kenan Smith threw the game-winning strike. With one minute, 34 seconds remaining in...

Click here to view baseball slideshow. Chris Kinsey's titanic game-winning home run set the tone for a three-game Hornet sweep over Centenary College. The 10th inning homer gave the Hornets a 5-3 victory...

The Sacramento State men's golf team teed off their 2001-2002 campaign with an eighth place finish at the Countrywide Home Loans Intercollegiate Tournament. The tournament was held last Monday and Tuesday...

Riddled by injuries, Sacramento State's women's basketball team lost 69-50 to Div. II powerhouse Holy Names College of Oakland Sunday in the Hornets' only exhibition contest of the preseason. Due to injuries...

UC Davis linebacker Dan Elbanna couldn't have drawn up a better script for his first collegiate start Saturday night. In the Aggies' 38-21 Causeway Classic win over Sacramento State (1-4) at Hughes Stadium,...

Men's Basketball SlideShow: Cedric Thompkins lit up Hornet Gym this past week,averaging 12.6 points and 9.3 rebounds during athree-game home stand, which saw Sacramento State blowout Big Sky Conference...

Coming off a season where his defense gave up 38.5 points and 269 passing yards per game, Hornet defensive coordinator Lou Patrone is set to send out a defensive backfield carrying the weight of a 2-9...

The Hornets hula danced around their Hawaiian competition this past week, coming away with a perfect 3-0 record.The Hornets rolled past the University of Hawaii-Hilo, University of Hawaii, and the University...

The search is on for who will next take the reigns of Sacramento State's athletic program. The athletic director committee, which received 75 applications for the job opening, recently narrowed the pool...

When the cards were stacked against the Sacramento State football team on Saturday night against Eastern Washington, the Hornet offense simply ran right through them. With five players suspended for Saturday's...

Sacramento State held its own in a meeting of the top collegiate track and field athletes from California and Nevada. The Hornet men finished in ninth place (32 team points) while the women finished in...

Sacramento State men's basketball coach Jerome Jenkins is not Big Daddy Kane, but just like Kane's 1988 hit, there "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" when opposing teams come to face his squad. Oregon State University...

As if Sacramento State's heart-wrenching loss to Montana State University on Saturday wasn't bad enough, Hornet head coach John Volek has been suspended for his actions and comments directed towards the...

With a 13-point lead in the second half, it seemed as if the Hornet women's basketball team was on their way to pulling off the seemingly impossible last week against the University of California, Riverside....

Associated Students, Inc. is your student government. Their main purpose is to contribute to the welfare of the Sacramento State students. ASI is governed by a board of directors made up of students, which...

Sacramento State goaltender Amy Seely recorded her second shutout of the year in a 1-0 non-conference win over the University of California, Riverside Tuesday at the Hornet soccer field. With the win,...

Box Score At 155 pounds, University of Texas, El Paso running back Howard Jackson can't afford to be hit too often. So instead the sophomore spun, slashed and sped his way past Sacramento State defenders...

Box Score: vs Idaho State As Hornet fullback Derard Barton streaked downfield on a 42-yard scamper early in the fourth quarter, Sacramento State's sideline saw visions of a comeback flashing before their...

It's been almost four months since Hornet interim athletic director Debby Colberg resigned from her position on January 3. Since that time, 75 applications have poured in for the athletic director position,...

Sacramento State (23-10) defeated Montana State (21-10) in five sets (30-25, 30-24, 28-30, 30-32, 15-8) to advance to the Big Sky Championship match. Senior Jayme Wright led the Hornets with 23 kills....

When he arrived onto the Sacramento State campus three years ago, Tony Champion, who weighed 330 pounds at the time, was nicknamed "Big Tony" by Hornet head coach Jerome Jenkins. After dropping 70 pounds,...

I'm sick and tired of people in the dorms bitching and moaning about Dining Commons food. If you are a Sac State student reading this column who hasn't indulged yourself in a little DC action, I suggest...

Guard: Rebecca Alvidrez, Montana State University. Alvidrez was the defensive catalyst for a Bobcat squad that tied with Weber State for the conference title. The 5-foot-7 guard averaged 6.7 rebounds (8th...

If you want to know how deep the Big Sky conference is this year, just ask the University of St. Joseph. The Hawks, who were ranked No. 9 by the ESPN poll, were upset 68-67 by Eastern Washington University,...

The Sacramento State Hornets stung themselves in the foot Friday against Weber State University, losing 76-72 in overtime, but rebounded Saturday to knock off Idaho State University 90-80. The win over...

CLICK HERE FOR JIU-JITSU SLIDE SHOW: It provides the student with the ability to snap an opponent's leg like a twig, while at the same time teaching the student to know their own strength and respect...

Heart is not something you can measure. It's not something that you will find on the scoreboard or in the box scores. It won't win you any awards, trophies, or, in the case of Sacramento State's women's...

Hornet rowing got their spring season started with a bang over the weekend, as the men and women's teams dominated the field in their spring opener at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center. "As a team we...

Box Score Trickery and mental lapses plagued the Hornets in their 20-12 loss at Saint Mary's College on Saturday in Moraga, Calif. With nine seconds remaining in the first half, Gael quarterback Trevor...

The Sacramento State men's cross country team finished in eighth place out of 11 teams while the women's team finished 11th out of 15 at the Aggie Invitational at Davis Saturday. The host University of...

The band is playing, the cheerleaders are flying, the coach is screaming and the fans are going buck wild. This is the atmosphere that presents itself at a college sporting event, and it is an atmosphere...

Lipscomb University's men's basketball team probably should have checked for their wallets before Sacramento State left Nashville. The Hornets, who lead the Big Sky Conference with 9.18 steals per game,...

According to the Sacramento State Sports Information Department, junior Camron Mbewa, sophomore Ramon Payne and senior Gary Austin Jr. are cleared to play in Saturday's game against Montana State. Payne...

Sacramento State's women's basketball team received a boost and two losses this week. The boost was the return of power forward Nichole Hardaway from academic ineligibility. The Hornets' (1-10) losses...

When Terry Wanless was given a tour of the Sacramento State campus, prior to being named Hornet athletic director, he didn't sense a winning environment. He visited an outdated gymnasium, a football stadium...

Box Score: vs Cal Poly As a senior at Corning High School Garrett White was the big man on campus, earning all-league honors in four different sports. Five years, four positions, and multiple injuries...

In the last game of the season, junior Andrew Bonner scored his first touchdown of the year. Bonner's touchdown, a two-yard run, provided the Hornets (5-7) with the go-ahead score in a 42-35 win over Humboldt...

It's sad to see that an entire football season can be remembered for one, three-letter word: PAM It's sad that people so quickly forget an Oct. 12 road win over No. 8-ranked Northern Arizona. And it's...

In Saturday's game between Sacramento State and Montana State, 60 minutes of football came down to one fatal second for the Hornets. With no time remaining, Bobcat kicker Nate Cook connected on a 36-yard,...

Box Score: vs Portland State It took Portland State's Ryan Fuqua 12 minutes to get started on Saturday, but when the sophomore running back finally did, he carried the No. 12 ranked Vikings to a 34-20...

Hornet head coach John Volek was handed a one game suspension for his actions directed towards the game's officials after the football game against Montana State University on Nov. 2. Big Sky Commissioner...

Sacramento State sophomore Annette Corey's eighth place finish at19 minutes, 31.20 seconds carried the women's cross country team to a 2-1 record in dual-meet action at the Eastern Washington Invitational...

After losing their bid to the Big Sky Conference Tournament in the last week of the 2001-02 season, Jerome Jenkins and his Hornet men's basketball team is set to make another postseason run. The program...

The Sacramento State cross country team concluded its 2001 season Saturday with a 19th pace finish from the men and a 20th place finish from the women at the NCAA West Regionals in Tucson, Ari. Stanford...

The horrific sounds of Bolton recently rang through the ears of Sacramento State's men's basketball team. No, the sound was not Michael Bolton's latest CD, but rather the swish of Anthony Bolton's newfound...

Sacramento State put a scare into top-ranked University of Montana on Saturday, but let a fourth quarter lead slip away, falling 31-24 to the Grizzlies. Montana (10-0 overall, 5-0 in Big Sky Conference)...

On a chilly Friday afternoon, it was fitting that Sacramento State's women's tennis team breezed past San Jose State University at Rio Del Oro Racquetball Club. The Hornets got off to a quick start by...

Led by Joe Dawson's 20 points, the Sacramento State men's basketball team came away with its first victory of the season Saturday with a 81-65 win over Menlo College at Hornet Gym. The Hornets improved...

It was a tale of halves for the Hornet running backs Saturday against the University of Texas, El Paso. The first half belonged to Garret White, who accounted for 73 of the team's 77 offensive yards in...

After a nationwide search that brought in over 75 applicants, Sacramento State president Donald Gerth named Terry Wanless the school's next athletic director at a May 29 press conference. "I believe Terry...

Heat stroke has been a hot topic in the football world this summer. Several football players at the high school, collegiate and professional levels died this summer while practicing for their respective...

It's fitting that the holiday season has just gotten underway. The Sacramento State women's basketball team was in a giving mood this past weekend. Unfortunately, it was a combined 63 turnovers that the...

From Left: Derard Barton, Ramon Payne, Anthony Palomariz, Gary Austin Jr. and Camron Mbewa Five Hornet football players were suspended on Friday prior to the team's game against Eastern Washington University....

A 42-14 Tiger run to open Tuesday night's basketball game was too much for Sacramento State to overcome, as the Hornets lost their home opener 86-46 to the University of Pacific. The Tigers, who are predicted...

Box Score: vs Northern Arizona Around the locker room, Hornet running back Kendall Riley is known as "Big Juicy." But after Saturday's win over No. 7 ranked Northern Arizona, Riley was simply known as...

Local star Chris Kinsey has powered his way to the top of The State Hornet 2001-2002 Male Player of the Year ballot - literally. The sophomore sensation leads the Hornets in eight major offensive categories,...

The Sacramento State volleyball team captured the Big Sky Conference volleyball tournament on Saturday, upsetting top-seeded Eastern Washington in four games (30-25, 30-26, 26-30, 30-27) in Cheney, Wash....

Each Sacramento State student currently pays $52.50 of tuition toward the Hornet athletic department. This student money, totaling more than $2.3 million each, goes to Associated Students, Inc. before...

I've tried basketball, baseball, football, and tennis. None of those sports are for me. I'm short, slow and un-athletic. But there is one sport that I believe that I can really excel in and that's curling....

For Derek Lambeth, Saturday's 63-45 loss to the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks was unlike any of the other 72 defeats he's suffered through while on Sacramento State's men's basketball team. This one took...

The 2002-03 men's basketball season should have ended two weeks earlier than it did. The Hornets were on the brink of elimination, trailing by five points at the half against Montana State, needing a win...

Links to Audio clips from the game are at the bottom of the page Chris Lange's first half lob pass turned into a made 3-pointer wasn't the only unexpected occurrence for the Sacramento State men's basketball...

Coming into Big Sky Conference play this week, Sacramento State's men's basketball team was dead last in the conference in rebounding margin. Cue the return of Cedric Thompkins, who led Sac State in rebounding...

In a four-game battle for first place in the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, Sacramento State coach Kathy Strahan's team found their hitting stroke three games too late. The Hornets (28-22 overall,...

Sacramento State's women's basketball team (3-23, 1-12), riding a 60-game losing streak against Div. 1 opponents, upset Montana State (18-7, 9-3), 62-60, in Bozeman, Mont. on Saturday. The win also snapped...

I wouldn't be cool if I rolled through campus in Lebron James' hummer and walked around with Hornet cheerleaders draped over each arm. So this column doesn't apply to me. But as an outsider looking into...

A need for athletic facility upgrades led a slew of concernsfrom the Sacramento State community at the Athletics Task Force open forum on Monday. The 10-member task force will report their findings tofirst-year...

When HBO announcer Larry Merchant referred to Oscar De La Hoya as "the J-Lo of boxing" before Saturday night's bout with "Sugar" Shane Mosley, you knew the former super welterweight champion was in for...

It makes you wonder what really goes on in the locker room at halftime, because it has been a tale of two teams for the Sacramento State men's basketball. The Hornets (7-11 overall, 1-4 in Big Sky Conference)...

The Sacramento State men's basketball team's most illustrious season at the Div. I level came to a close Tuesday night, as the Hornets lost 82-60 to Weber State in the semi-final round of the Big Sky Conference...

His predecessor had a rough final season. Steve Mooshagian knows at least that much about his new job as Sacramento State's head football coach. Hornet Athletic Director Terry Wanless formally introduced...

The University Union has hired a pair of consultants to develop a plan for a events center to house Hornet athletics, recreational activities and the Student Health Center. Project Director Joel Zarr,...

The question with the Oakland Athletics is no longer whether they'll be good. A young nucleus of starting pitchers -- Tim Hudson, Barry Zito and Mark Mulder -- has all but guaranteed they will. The focus...

Maybe the Hornet men's basketball team was too cocky Thursday night. "We saw them warming up. They were looking at us, laughing, as if we couldn't play," said Idaho State guard Marquis Poole. "So that...

In what could have been the program's most critical road trip ever, Sacramento State came home empty handed. The Hornets (10-15 overall, 4-8 in Big Sky Conference) lost to Big Sky leader Weber State (22-5,...

The Sacramento State campus will serve as host to the 2003 Div. I Track and Field Championships from July 11-14. Preliminary rounds will be held on July 11-12, while the finals will be held on the 13th...

The winner of Sunday's Raiders-Jets game will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. Yes, I know there is still am AFC Championship game to be played. But get serious, the Steelers are not going anywhere...

Larry Augusta, a 1962 graduate of Sacramento State, recalls a far more spirited homecoming from the one he experienced this past weekend. "We used to have a big parade down K Street," he said. "All of...

Chris Lange's lob pass turned into a made 3-pointer wasn't the only unexpected occurrence for the Sacramento State men's basketball team this weekend. The Hornets (10-13 overall, 4-6 in Big Sky Conference),...

A look at the Hornets Sacramento State is coming off their most inspired homestand of the season -- a 77-71 win over Eastern Washington and a 72-58 thumping of Portland State. The Hornets had lost to both...

It took two overtimes to do it, but Sacramento State came out of Flagstaff, Ariz., on Saturday with their first ever Big Sky Conference road victory in 48 attempts. The Hornets (6-8 overall, 1-1 in Big...