‘Yote Notes –
Oct. 1, 2002
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Mike Safford Jr.
– Sports Info. Director
msafford@albertson.edu
GENERAL ATHLETICS NEWS:
COYOTE
OPEN A HUGE SUCCESS: The Albertson athletic
department would like to thank the 180 golfers and 115 businesses that took
part in this years Coyote Open last Friday at River Bend Golf Course.
Everyone who participated or donated their time had a blast on the blustery
day. The following are the winners from the tournament (a list of raffle
ticket prizes that went unclaimed can be found online at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/2002Open.htm).
TEAM CHAMPIONS:
1st Place Open Division (52): Nancy Garrett, Becky Ward, Scott
Masingill, Ryan Masingill, Jeff Simmons
Men's Closest to the Pin Winners:
Chris Landa
Women's Closest to the Pin Winners:
Julie Johnson
Men's Long Drive Winners
Corey Russell
Women's Long Drive Winners
Betty Tollman
WOMEN’S SOCCER (5-2,
6-4): Win streak hits four with sweep
of Eastern, three tough battles this week
LAST WEEK: Defeated Eastern Oregon, 2-1; Defeated Eastern
Oregon, 4-0.
COMING UP: vs.
Northwest Nazarene, Tuesday, 4 p.m.; at Concordia, Friday, 4 p.m. (PDT); at
Evergreen, Saturday, 1 p.m. (PDT)
WIN STREAK AT FOUR: It is not often that a collegiate
soccer team plays back-to-back games against the same opponent on consecutive
days. In retrospect, the Albertson
women’s soccer team does not mind, as the Lady ‘Yotes ran their win streak to
four games with a pair of victories over Eastern Oregon. With the wins, Albertson has its longest
winning streak since the third game of the 1990 season, and its second-longest
streak in the 14-year history of the program.
MORE ON THE WINS: On the road in La
Grande, Friday, the two teams played a defensive-minded first half. However, midway through the final period,
the Coyotes broke through. Chelsea Stevens (Bend, Ore. / BYU Idaho)
got Albertson on
the board in the 63rd minute, with Becky Robertson (Othello, Wash. /
Columbia Basin CC) adding the eventual game-winner five minutes later off an Alyssa Latham (Walla Walla, Wash. /
Walla Walla CC) cross, as Eastern scored with 13 seconds left to make it
interesting. Back in Caldwell on
Saturday, Latham put on a clinic against the Mountaineers, scoring three goals
and assisting on another. Both Stevens
and Robertson assisted on first half goals, while Wendy Ross (Boise, Idaho /
Centennial HS) scored the ‘Yotes final goal.
CONSECUTIVE POINT STREAK: With her big explosion
on Saturday, Alyssa Latham leads the team with eight goals and eight
assists. She is second in the Cascade
Conference in assists, and fifth in goals scored. What is more impressive, however, is the fact that the junior has
recorded at least a goal or an assist in the Coyotes last seven games.
ANOTHER STREAK: Keepers Danielle Dorsch (Boise, Idaho / Capital
HS) and Jessica Bernard (Jupiter, Fla. /
Clearwater Valley HS) recorded the Coyotes second shutout of the season Saturday against
Eastern. For Dorsch, she did not allow
a goal during the weekend, extending her consecutive minutes streak without
allowing a goal to nearly 217-in-a-row.
The freshman ranks fourth in the conference in goals against average
(1.94).
UNCHARTED WATERS: Not since 1993 has a
Lady ‘Yote soccer team won six games in a season. In fact, only the inaugural team in 1989, when the College of
Idaho won eight games, has won more times than this year’s squad. During the 14-year history of the program,
only the 1989 and 1995 teams finished above the .500 mark, with the 1992 and
1993 teams at .500. Conversely, not
since the 1996 season has the Coyotes posted a winning percentage higher than
.300 percent.
REGIONAL RANKINGS: The fourth regional
rankings by the NAIA Region I coaches were released Monday and remained
status-quo. Second-ranked Simon Fraser
remains at the top, with No. 16 ranked Concordia at No. 2. Rounding out the top-five are Western
Baptist, Rocky Mountain, and Carroll.
INJURY BUG: Albertson played the weekend set against Eastern Oregon
without the services of senior defender Kristi Dalsoglio (Boise, Idaho / Meridian
HS). The All-Conference player missed both games
with a foot injury which is taking time to heal. Junior Joan Blankenship (Hillsboro, Ore. /
Glencoe HS) has
taken Dalsoglio’s spot in the starting line-up.
HOW FAR HAVE THE COYOTES COME?: A four-game win streak,
six wins this season – those are nice numbers.
But the question remains, how can Albertson compete against the top
teams in the league? This week will go
a long way in seeing how the Coyotes have developed as a team. Tuesday, Northwest Nazarene comes calling for their
lone visit to Symms Field. The NCAA
Division II Crusaders (3-6) are going in the opposite direction as the Lady
‘Yotes, having dropped their past six games since defeating Albertson, 5-0, on
September 2. In fact, NNU went four
consecutive games without scoring a goal, albeit against stiff Great Northwest
Athletic Conference teams. Lacey
Rasmussen scored a hat trick for NNU in the win earlier this season, extending
their win streak against Albertson to ten.
It’s then off to meet conference-leading Concordia on Friday afternoon in
Portland. The Cavaliers (6-0, 7-2) have
won seven consecutive games since losing a pair in Southern California to begin
the season. Grant Landy’s squad has
outscored CCC opponents 22-3 this season, and has won eight straight against
the Lady ‘Yotes. Missy Clark is the
go-to player for CU, leading the team with 11 goals in 2002. The road trip ends Saturday at Evergreen, in a crucial playoff
positioning battle. The Geoducks (4-3,
4-6) are battling with Warner Pacific, Albertson, and Southern Oregon for the
final two spots in the Cascade Conference tournament. Led by sophomore Tiffany Fenster (eight goals), Evergreen just
completed a sweep of Oregon Tech and Southern on the road. The Olympia, Wash. based squad holds a 9-4
all-time advantage on the Coyotes, with the two teams splitting a pair of games
last season.
AROUND THE CONFERENCE: Warner Pacific continues to be the
surprise of the Cascade Conference. The
Knights swept their two matches last week, defeating Evergreen in overtime and
stopping Cascade, 5-1 – and have just
one game this week, at home against Western Baptist. Speaking
of Western, the Warriors ended their 11-game non-conference losing streak last
Monday, defeating Northwest Nazarene, 4-2.
KeriAnn Lawson won regional player-of-the-week honors, and leads the
loop with 14 goals this season. Southern Oregon has fallen on hard
times, losing four straight games, including two at home. Same goes for Oregon Tech, who is the only
winless team remaining in the conference – with their three non-conference wins
coming against second-tier California Pacific Conference teams. Injuries continue plague Eastern Oregon, as Colleen Fagan’s
squad had five players miss the Albertson series with bumps and bruises.
INSIDE
THE NUMBERS:
|------------SHOTS------------|
## Name
GP-GS G A Pts
Sh Shot% SOG SOG% YC-RC GW
PK-ATT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 Alyssa Latham 10-10 8 8 24
48 .167 30
.625 0-0 2
0-0
8 Becky Robertson 10-10
6 5 17 44 .136
17 .386 0-0
4 0-0
20 Heidi Pitman 8-6 2 1 5 7 .286 5 .714 0-0 0 0-0
9 Chelsea Stevens 10-10
1 3 5 13 .077
8 .615 0-0 0 0-0
14 Adria Carley
10-10 2 0
4 9 .222 7 .778
0-0 0 0-0
18 Wendy Ross 5-0 1 1 3
4 .250 2 .500 0-0
0 0-0
6 Alana Hansen 7-3 1 0 2
5 .200 2 .400 0-0
0 0-0
2 Jessie Harwood 10-10
0 1 1 19 .000
9 .474 0-0 0 0-0
10 Lynnette Jacome
10-1 0 0
0 6 .000 3 .500
0-0 0 0-0
4 Andrea Ebert 7-0 0 0 0
5 .000 4 .800 0-0
0 0-0
13 Jessica Bernard
6-0 0 0
0 3 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
11 Dana Landon
10-10 0 0
0 3 .000 2 .667
0-0 0 0-0
23 Jessica Lopour
7-0 0 0
0 1 .000 1 1.000 0-0
0 0-0
7 Kristi Dalsoglio 8-8
0 0 0 1 .000
1 1.000 0-0 0
0-0
5 Nicole Voorhees 6-0
0 0 0 1 .000
1 1.000 0-0 0
0-0
22 Brittany Cross
4-0 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
21 Kammi Jeppesen
2-0 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
19 Joan Blankenship
5-2 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
17 Kelly Asbjornsen
10-10 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
15 Danielle Dorsch
10-0 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
12 Katie Rupert
10-10 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
Total............... 10
21 19 61 169 .124 92
.544 0-0 6
0-0
Opponents........... 10
20 16 56 103 .194 73
.709 3-0 4
0-0
|---GOAL AVERAGE---| |--SAVES--|
|----RECORD----| Shots
## Name
GP-GS Minutes GA
Avg Saves Pct W
L T Sho Faced
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
15 Danielle Dorsch
10-10 879:21 19
1.94 49 .721
6 4 0 1.5 98
13 Jessica Bernard
2-0 20:39 1
4.36 2 .667
0 0 0 0.5 3
Total............... 10
900:00 20 2.00
53 .726 6
4 0 2 101
Opponents........... 10
900:00 21 2.10
71 .772 4
6 0 2 165
Team saves: 2
GOALS BY PERIOD 1st
2nd Total CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd
Total
-------------------- ---
--- ----- -------------------- --- ---
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Albertson...........
10 11 - 21 Albertson........... 17
13 - 30
Opponents...........
13 7 - 20
Opponents........... 14 15
- 29
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st
2nd Total FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd Total
-------------------- ---
--- ----- -------------------- --- ---
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Albertson...........
91 78 - 169 Albertson........... 44
32 - 76
Opponents...........
53 50 - 103
Opponents........... 31 48
- 79
MORE INFORMATION ON THE LADY ‘YOTES: For game stories,
statistics, and information regarding the Albertson women’s soccer program,
head to the official site of Lady ‘Yote soccer: www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wmenssoccer.htm.
CASCADE CONFERENCE HOTLINE: For up-to-date scores
from the Cascade Conference, call the Cascade Conference Hotline at (208)
459-5135. Nightly scores and CCC
standings are posted each evening on the conference standings page, part of the
Albertson women’s soccer website (www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wsoccer/stats/standings.htm).
MEN’S SOCCER (3-1, 5-2): Coyotes
rebound with road sweep, Michaelson named Regional Player-of-the-Week
LAST
WEEK: Won at Cascade, 3-2 (2 OT); Won at Concordia,
3-2.
COMING
UP: at Northwest Nazarene, Tuesday, 3 p.m.; vs.
Warner Pacific, Friday, 4 p.m.; vs. Western Baptist, Saturday, 1 p.m.
CONFERENCE
ROAD WIN STREAK AT NINE: The road trip has become a work
of art for the Albertson men’s soccer team within the Cascade Conference as of
late. By stopping both Cascade and
Concordia last weekend by 3-2 margins, the Coyotes extended their loop road win
streak to nine-in-a-row, dating back to October of 2000. During that time, Albertson has outscored
its opponents on unfriendly turf, 24-9, and won six one-goal games.
MICHAELSON NAMED
PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK: Knocking home the game-
winner has become a common thing in the repetoire of forward Coe Michaelson
(East Wenatchee, Wash. / Northwest Nazarene). Michaelson tallied the golden goal in the win over Cascade, then
came back with the desicive goal in the victory over Concordia. Throw in three assists, and you have the Cascade
Conference and NAIA Region I Player-of-the-Week. For the senior, it is the fourth time in his career that he has
received the honor.
THE COMEBACK KIDS: Call them what you wish, but the Coyotes needed to
rally on two separate occasions to pull out the victory Friday at Cascade. After falling behind in the 20th minute,
freshman Tyler Seaman (Boise, Idaho / Centennial HS) scored his
first collegiate goal, taking a pass from fellow freshman John Mitchell (Boise,
Idaho / Boise State) in the 25th minute.
After the T-Birds went back ahead in the second half, Roger Aguilar (Payette,
Idaho / Payette HS) scored his sixth goal of the year on a cross from Coe
Michaelson. Heading into overtime,
senior keeper Jake Steele (Salt Lake City, Utah / Viewmont HS) was
peppered by five shots on goal, but the two-time All-American was up to the
task, setting up Michaelson’s heroics.
Aguilar had space on the near sideline and chipped a perfect cross to
Michaelson in the box for the flick winner to the left post.
COYOTES END CONCORDIA RUN: Heading into Saturday, Concordia had won four
matches in a row – but ran into the road warriors. After four goals were tallied in the first 22 minutes of the
contest, the defenses kicked in, not allowing a counter until Coe Michaelson
won the game in the 78th minute. After
the Cavaliers scored on a penalty kick just five minutes into the game, it took
Albertson three minutes to tie the score.
Michaelson fired a hard pass into the box, where Drake Jakovac (Boise,
Idaho / Timberline HS) redirected the ball into the net to tie the
score. The ‘Yotes took the lead for a
moment, when Ryan Abo (Boise, Idaho / Timberline HS) chipped a
ball down the far sideline to Michaelson, who found Jason Southward (Hailey,
Idaho / Wood River HS) streaking to the goal for the 2-1 lead. After Concordia tied the score, 56 minutes
would fly by before reserve Dustin Crim (Boise, Idaho / Borah HS) found
Michaelson alone in front of the net for the winner.
WINS, DESPITE THE INJURY BUG: Albertson played the weekend without the services
of two of its starting defenders. Brad
Brooks (Meridian, Idaho / Meridian HS) sat out with a bad knee,
while freshman Shane Carmody (Boise, Idaho / Timberline HS) is
still nursing a severely strained groin.
Head coach John Calpin was very pleased with the play of Drake
Jakovac, who stepped up in the two games, along with true freshman Sam Reed
(Eagle, Idaho / Eagle HS).
REGIONAL RANKING: With the two wins, coupled with a pair of losses
by Westminster, Albertson has moved back up to No. 2 in the NAIA Region I
rankings. The Coyotes trail only Simon
Fraser, who was ranked No. 14 in last week’s NAIA national poll. Westminster fell to No. 3, followed by
Concordia and Evergreen.
THE
IRONMAN: Cal Ripken and Lou
Gehrig were noted for their almost mythical consecutive games played streaks in
baseball. The Albertson men’s soccer
team has one of its own, which may surprise the average fan. Jake Steele has been a mainstay in goal for
the Coyotes for the past four years.
However, the senior has never left the box during his illustrious
career. All 6,809 minutes in the 73
games played through the 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 seasons have seen Steele in
goal.
BACK
IN THE VALLEY: Five of the next six
games the Coyotes play will be in the Treasure Valley, beginning Tuesday at Northwest Nazarene. The
Crusaders (1-9) have struggled mightily this season, seeing head coach Stefan
Mangeac resign not even a month into the season. Jeff Glassnep has taken over the reigns and NNU broke through in
the win column last week with a shutout of Walla Walla College. Although the team is led by Greg Kester’s
three goals, squad has been outscored 35-9 this season. Albertson holds a 38-10-2 all-time lead in
the series, and has won the last seven games in a row. Friday begins a string of four consecutive
Cascade Conference home games, as Warner
Pacific comes to Symms
Field. The Knights (1-3, 2-6-1) dropped
both games on their road swing to Northwest and Evergreen last weekend, and are
sitting in a three-way logjam at the bottom of the conference race. Last season’s leading scorer, Aaron Marvin,
has scored three goals this season for WPC.
The Coyotes have won the past six meetings between the school’s, but
trail the all-time series, seven games to six, with one tie. Saturday, the Cascade Conference scoring
machine makes its annual appearance, as Western Baptist heads to the
pitch. The 2001 CCC Player-of-the-Year,
Taurai Daka, has put up unbelievable numbers this season, but the Warriors
(1-3, 5-5-2) have struggled at times.
Daka has scored 15 of the 22 Western goals in 2002, leading the
conference in that category. The
problem has been defense, as the Warriors have allowed 27 goals this
season. Albertson swept the season
series last year and holds a 14-11 all-time advantage.
AROUND
THE CONFERENCE: Evergreen ended a drought
dating back to 1993 with a 4-3 win over Western Baptist. The Geoducks have now won four games in a
row, equaling their school record. Cascade was on the losing side of two tough games – the 3-2 overtime loss to the
Coyotes, and a 1-0 barnburner with Concordia. Northwest continues to play well, shutting out Warner
Pacific, before dropping a tight 2-1 game to Western. This week, Evergreen heads to Concordia with first-place on the
line, while Northwest travels to Cascade to try and stay in the title
hunt.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
|------------SHOTS------------|
## Name GP-GS G
A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG%
YC-RC GW PK-ATT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 Coe Michaelson 7-7 6 5
17 28 .214 16 .571
1-0 4 1-1
8 Roger Aguliar 7-7 6 2
14 23 .261 15 .652
0-0 1 0-0
20 Jason
Southward 6-5 3
2 8 20 .150 15
.750 3-1 0
0-0
16 Tyler
Seaman 7-7 1
2 4 6 .167 2
.333 1-0 0
0-0
4 Drake Jakovac 7-7 1 2
4 5 .200 3 .600
1-0 0 0-0
11 Ryan
Abo 7-7 0
3 3 5 .000 2
.400 0-0 0
0-0
12 John
Mitchell 7-7 0
2 2 1 .000 1 1.000
0-0 0 0-0
6 John Reinschmidt 7-5 0 1
1 7 .000 4 .571
1-0 0 0-0
14 Brad
Brooks 4-4 0
1 1 3 .000
1 .333 1-0 0 0-0
18 Shane
Carmody 2-2 0
1 1 0 .000 0
.000 0-0 0
0-0
15 Dustin
Crim 4-0 0
1 1 0 .000 0
.000 1-0 0
0-0
10 Nick
Zollinger 5-2 0
0 0 2 .000 1
.500 0-0 0
0-0
26 Sam
Reed 4-3 0
0 0 0 .000 0
.000 0-0 0
0-0
23 Conrad
Frank 2-0 0
0 0 0 .000 0
.000 0-0 0
0-0
22 Nate
Burns 1-0 0
0 0 0 .000 0
.000 0-0 0
0-0
21 Scott
Ward 3-0 0
0 0 0 .000 0
.000 1-0 0
0-0
19 Skiff
Larson 7-7 0
0 0 0 .000 0
.000 0-0 0
0-0
3 Nick Piccono 1-0 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
2 Shaun Shannon 1-0 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
0-0 0 0-0
1 Jake Steele 7-0 0 0
0 0 .000 0 .000
2-0 0 0-0
Total............... 7 17
22 56 100 .170
60 .600 12-1
5 1-1
Opponents........... 7
13 9 35 79 .165
50 .633 10-0
2 1-1
|---GOAL AVERAGE---| |--SAVES--|
|----RECORD----| Shots
## Name GP-GS Minutes
GA Avg Saves Pct
W L T Sho Faced
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Jake Steele 7-7
656:48 13 1.78
37 .740 5
2 0 1.0 79
Total............... 7 656:48
13 1.78 37
.740 5 2
0 1 79
Opponents........... 7 656:48
17 2.33 43
.717 2 5
0 1 99
Team
saves: 0
GOALS BY
PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2
Total CORNER
KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd OT OT2
Total
-------------------- ---
--- --- --- ----- -------------------- --- --- --- --- -----
Albertson...........
8 7 1 1 -
17
Albertson........... 17 13
1 1 - 32
Opponents...........
9 4 0 0 -
13 Opponents........... 16
10 0 1 - 27
SHOTS BY
PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2
Total FOULS BY
PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2
Total
-------------------- ---
--- --- --- ----- -------------------- --- --- --- --- -----
Albertson...........
41 54 3 2 -
100
Albertson........... 59 59
2 0 - 120
Opponents...........
41 32 6 0 -
79 Opponents........... 53 45 6
0 - 104
MORE INFORMATION ON THE
COYOTES: For game stories, statistics,
and information regarding the Albertson men’s soccer program, head to the
official site of Coyote soccer: www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/menssoccer.htm.
VOLLEYBALL (2-4, 5-9): Injuries decimate Coyotes, lose
back-to-back road games, big homestand begins Friday
LAST
WEEK: Lost at Northwest, 3-0; lost at Evergreen,
3-2.
COMING
UP: at Northwest Nazarene, Tuesday, 7 p.m.; vs.
Cascade, Friday, 7 p.m.; vs. Warner Pacific, Saturday, 7 p.m.
FIRST TIPTON, NOW PRICE: Heading
into the 2002 season, all eyes were on the two returning All-Region seniors
that were to lead the Albertson volleyball club. Last week, however, injuries dealt a blow to both players. Three-time All-Region outside hitter Kristyn
Price (Bellevue, Idaho / Wood River HS) severely sprained her right
ankle in practice on Wednesday and did not make the trip to Seattle for the
weekend set. X-Rays on the all-time
leader in kills were negative, but a time-table on her return in unclear. She joins fellow senior, Katy Tipton (Ontario,
Ore. / Ontario HS) on the injured list.
Tipton has been unable to play back-to-back games this season because of
pain in her lower back.
THREE-GAME LOSING SKID: The
road trip to Seattle was not kind to the Lady ‘Yotes, as Albertson dropped
matches to a surging Northwest team and a young Evergreen squad – running their
losing streak to three games. The
Coyotes did not come out focused against Northwest, dropping the match in straight
sets. In fact, the .070 attack
percentage was the lowest so far this season.
An injured Tipton led the way with eight kills. Head coach Liz Mendiola remarked “"We
didn't pass very well tonight. Northwest served very well (11 aces), and
it seemed every break, every tough dig, it went their way." The next night in Olympia, Evergreen rallied
from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Albertson in five sets, winning the final game,
15-11. Kristen Bailey (Fountain
Green, Utah / Snow JC) led the team with 17 kills, but the Coyotes could
not overcome the fact that Tipton and Price were not on in uniform.
A PAIR OF FIRSTS ON THE ROAD: For
both Northwest and Evergreen, it was a weekend of firsts against
Albertson. For Northwest, it was the
first time that the Eagles had defeated Albertson in school history, a span of
12 games. For Evergreen, just a
second-year program, its first-ever win against Albertson is a statement for
their program, considering the Coyotes were at the NAIA Championships in 2000.
BAILEY PLAYS BIG: The
big performance by Kristen Bailey against Evergreen was definitely her
break-out game. “I was really pleased
with the way that Bailey stepped up against Evergreen,” said Mendiola. “She tried to give us a spark we needed to
rise to the challenge. Unfortunately,
others were unable to step up in the fourth and fifth games when needed for us
to win.” On the season, Bailey is
averaging 2.2 kills a game and 0.8 blocks a game, which is good enough for
ninth in the Cascade Conference.
FRESHMEN IMPROVEMENT: The Evergreen game was also a chance for freshmen Fran
Hartman (Lakeview, Ore. / Lakeview HS) and Annie Rice (Eagle,
Idaho / Eagle HS) to get their first significant playing time, and the duo
responded. Hartman had a career-high 14
kills, while Rice had six service aces and a team-high 14 digs. The six aces are the most by an Albertson
player this season.
REGIONAL RANKINGS: With
the two losses, Albertson has dropped completely out of this weeks NAIA Region
I rankings. With its win over Southern
Oregon, Concordia has claimed the top spot in the poll, with SOU falling back
into second. A trio of Frontier
Conference schools (Montana-Western, Montana Tech, Carroll) round out the top-five. Northwest is in sixth-place, followed by Oregon
Tech, Rocky Mountain, Lewis-Clark State, and Western Baptist.
HOME
SWEET HOME: Following Tuesday’s van
ride to Nampa for the first of two meetings with Northwest Nazarene, the
Coyotes will play their next nine games in the friendly confines of the J.A.
Albertson Activities Center. Included
in that set is the 2002 Blocktoberfest Tournament and five Cascade Conference
matches, including a rematch with No. 19 ranked Southern Oregon.
THREE-GAME
WEEK AHEAD: Being able to sleep in
their own beds for just about the next month, the Lady ‘Yotes will begin a
ten-game stretch in the Valley with a Tuesday non-conference tilt with Northwest Nazarene. The
Crusaders (6-5) off to a good start and are riding a two-game win streak – with
both wins coming on the road at Humboldt State and Western Oregon, two very
difficult places to play. Last year,
NNU swept the two-game series with Albertson and leads the all-time series,
50-35, dating back to the AIAW days.
Louise Free has been a Coyote killer in the past and this year is no
different – Free leads NNU with a 3.7 kill per game average and 1.3 blocks per
game. This weekend, Albertson begins
the aforementioned nine-game homestand with a Friday match against Cascade. The Thunderbirds (0-7, 3-9) are
still searching for that first Cascade Conference win, almost two years since
their last. Cascade did not field a
team in 2001, and Tina Wagner has an improving bunch that will definitely
compete. Albertson has never lost to
the T-Birds in ten previous meetings.
Saturday, Warner
Pacific comes calling on the
Activities Center. The Knights (2-5,
2-7) are a much improved team from last season and have been playing well of
late – including sweeps of Evergreen and Cascade. Leading the way for WPC is Jo’Lene Bogle, an outside hitter that
is averaging 3.3 kills per game. The
Knights are also looking for their first-ever win against the Coyotes, having
lost the previous five meetings.
INSIDE
THE CONFERENCE: As mentioned earlier, Concordia stopped Southern
Oregon in three sets to stake claim to the top spot
in the Cascade Conference. With wins
over SOU and Oregon
Tech, the Cavalier consecutive CCC victory total
is now at 55 in a row. OIT surprised
some on Friday night, going to the C.E. Jeffers Center and defeating Western Baptist in four. Add
Northwest to the group of teams to watch. The Eagles swept aside Albertson and Eastern Oregon, vaulting themselves into third-place in the loop
standings. Eastern also got their first
two wins of the season, stopping Whitman in five and defeating Evergreen in four.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
|-----------ATTACK---------| |---SET---|
|-----SERVE----|
## Name GP-MP-MS
K K/Game E TA
Pct A A/Game SA
SA/Gm SE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 Kristyn Price 46 12-12 238 5.17
62 507 .347 10 0.22
20 0.43 10
13 Kristen Bailey 54 14-13 117 2.17
42 285 .263 2 0.04
5 0.09 7
3 Jessie
Lassen 52 14-14 108
2.08 70 284
.134 6 0.12 4
0.08 7
10 Amanda Basanez 54 14-14 52 0.96
32 176 .114 552 10.22
18 0.33 36
6 Lindsey
Ward 37 13-0 51
1.38 30 152
.138 7 0.19
1 0.03 0
11 Katy Tipton 14 5-5 40
2.86 15 85
.294 1 0.07
0 0.00 0
4 Fran
Hartman 29 10-3 37
1.28 22 97
.155 4 0.14
1 0.03 0
1 Jaime
Russell 32 10-1 27
0.84 18 80
.112 7 0.22
0 0.00 2
15 Annie Rice 32 13-2
26 0.81 11
79 .190 4
0.12 9 0.28
5
7 Cristin
Cook 47 14-10 12
0.26 4 26
.308 24 0.51
12 0.26 13
5 Kahli
Mann 54 14-8 3
0.06 0 9
.333 18 0.33
17 0.31 18
16 Amber Igoe 48 13-2
2 0.04 0
4 .500 9
0.19 0 0.00
0
9 Jennifer
Luchini 32 10-0 2
0.06 0 3
.667 2 0.06
11 0.34 18
8 Laura
Solberg 46 14-0 1
0.02 0 7
.143 3 0.07
15 0.33 11
ALBERTSON........... 54
14-14 716 13.26 306 1794 .229
649 12.02 113
2.09 127
Opponents........... 54
14-14 731 13.54 307 1885 .225
658 12.19 137
2.54 128
|---DIG---| |--------BLOCKING---------|
## Name G
RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 Kristyn Price 46 21 136
2.96 12 16
28 0.61 3
0
13 Kristen Bailey 54 2 16
0.30 14 27
41 0.76 5
1
3 Jessie
Lassen 52 5
16 0.31 10
33 43 0.83
7 0
10 Amanda Basanez 54 3 87
1.61 7 27
34 0.63 6
10
6 Lindsey
Ward 37 14 15 0.41 1
5 6 0.16 3 0
11 Katy Tipton 14 0 1
0.07 1 10
11 0.79 2
0
4 Fran
Hartman 29 1
7 0.24 3
5 8 0.28 2 0
1 Jaime
Russell 32 0
16 0.50 0
9 9 0.28 2
0
15 Annie Rice 32 3 44
1.38 1 6
7 0.22 1
1
7 Cristin
Cook 47 1
90 1.91 0
5 5 0.11 0 0
5 Kahli
Mann 54 21
97 1.80 0
0 0 0.00 0 0
9 Jennifer
Luchini 32 0
12 0.38 0
0 0 0.00 0 0
16 Amber Igoe 48 43 118
2.46 0 0
0 0.00 0
0
8 Laura
Solberg 46 6
32 0.70 0
1 1 0.02 0 0
TEAM 17
ALBERTSON........... 54 137
687 12.72 49
144 121.0 2.24 31
12
Opponents........... 54 113
667 12.35 35
138 104.0 1.93 23
11
MORE INFORMATION ON THE LADY
‘YOTES: For game stories, statistics,
and information regarding the Albertson volleyball program, head to the
official site of Lady ‘Yote volleyball: www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/vball.htm.
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