‘Yote Notes – Oct. 25,
2006
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Mike Safford Jr. – Sports
Info. Director
msafford@collegeofidaho.edu
ATHLETIC NEWS:
TICKETS
ON
CAA
DINNER: The first CAA Dinner of the year will take place Oct. 26 in the Simplot
Dining Hall on the ACI campus. To RSVP
for the dinner, contact Dave Hahn at 459-5835.
COYOTES
ON THE AIR: All 27 Albertson College of Idaho men’s basketball
games and all nine ACI women’s basketball road conference games will be
broadcast live on 1490 KCID-AM. Mike
Safford Jr. will begin his sixth season as the Voice of the Yotes, beginning
with a pregame show 20-minutes prior to each game. The Yotes would like to thank the Journal
Broadcast Group for their support of Coyote basketball again in 2006-07.
VOLLEYBALL (23-2, 15-0 CCC): No. 9
Coyotes look to clinch CCC title with win Friday night at
COMING
UP: at
LAST WEEK: vs. Northwest Nazarene (W 3-0), vs.
Northwest (W 3-0), vs.
YOTES CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT: With their victory over Corban on two
weeks ago, the ACI volleyball team clinched a berth in the Cascade Conference
postseason tournament for the eighth-consecutive season. In doing so, the Lady Yotes have an
opportunity to defend their 2005 CCC postseason tournament crown.
HOSTING THE PLAYOFFS?: The Coyotes hold a two and a half game
lead on second-place Southern Oregon – holding all tiebreakers with the Raiders
due to a home-and-home sweep by the Yotes.
The winner of the CCC regular season title earns the right to host the
CCC postseason tournament, to be held Nov. 10-11, and the right to host the
NAIA Region I tournament, to be held Nov. 16-18. ACI has never won a regular-season CCC title
since the league went to the current round-robin format in 1988.
STREAKS GALORE FOR THE YOTES: Impressive numbers dot the landscape
of the 2006 volleyball season for ACI, as the Lady Yotes have multiple streaks
still alive. The squad has dropped their
first game in CCC play at Southern Oregon on Sept. 8, and have now won their
past 39 in a row (won 45-of-46 games played in league play this year). ACI has won 18-consecutive matches at home,
dating back to last season, and has won 35-consecutive matches against teams
not ranked in the NAIA poll (or others’ receiving votes). The home win streak ties a mark the squad
accomplished from midway through the 2003 season to the start of last year.
NATIONAL RANKING: The Yotes were ranked No. 9 in
the eighth NAIA volleyball poll of the regular-season, released today by
the national office in
PREVIOUS RANKINGS: The Coyotes have been ranked in the
Top-25 on 14 occasions in program history – the second (No. 24) and third (No.
19) polls of the 1997 season, the preseason (No. 15) and first poll (No. 19) of
the 2001 season, the final poll during the 2005 season (No. 24), the 2006 preseason
poll (No. 16), and the eight rankings this year.
YOTES MAINTAIN PERCH ATOP REGIONAL
RANKINGS: With a
perfect 15-0 start to the Cascade Conference season and a 23-2 overall record,
the Yotes remain atop the NAIA Region I weekly Top-10 poll. ACI is followed by
MENDIOLA ADDS TO HER WINS RECORD: With the Lady Yotes victory over
Cedarville (
HOME SWEET HOME: Under Mendiola, the Lady Yotes are 59-12
in the
BEST START EVER: The 23-2 start by the Lady Yotes is
the best in program history, dating back to the 1982 season. In recent years, the 1997 and 2005 teams
opened the season with 7-3 marks (best ten-game mark), while the 2005 squad
opened with a 12-3 (best 15-game mark), 16-4 (best 20-game mark), and 20-5
(best 25-game mark) start to a season.
ACI is also a perfect 8-0 on the road this year (not including neutral
court matches).
CHERRINGTON SETS RECORD, NABS AWARD:
With an assist late
in Game 1 vs. Northwest Nazarene last Tuesday, Erin Cherrington (Granby,
Colo. / Middle Park HS) became the all-time ACI leader in assists, passing
Keri Farrington on the list. The senior
now has 4,644 assists in her four-year career and also became the eighth player
in ACI history to reach 1,000 digs with a bump in Game 3 Saturday vs.
DOMINATING THE LEAGUE NUMBERS: As a team, the Yotes dominate the
Cascade Conference statistics, leading the loop in hitting percentage (.255),
assists per game (14.74), kills per game (15.74), blocks per game (3.15), and
aces per game (2.44). Individually, Katie Hogue (Sparks, Nev. / Reed HS) leads the league in blocks per game (1.53),
while ranking second in hitting percentage (.385), fifth in aces per game (0.47),
and sixth in kills per game (3.39). Erin
Cherrington leads the league in assists per game (13.68) and is seventh in aces
per game (0.47), while Kristin Henning
is second in blocks per game (1.28) and is third in hitting percentage (.328). Anne
Parker (
YOTES LEAD NAIA IN ASSISTS AND KILLS,
CHERRINGTON LEADS ALL NAIA PLAYERS: As a team, ACI leads the entire NAIA in assists per game and
kills per game – while ranking No. 5 in blocks per game and No. 11 in hitting
percentage. Erin Cherrington continues
to lead the nation in assists per game, while Katie Hogue ranks No. 8 in the
NAIA in blocks per game and is No. 10 in hitting percentage.
RECORD BOOK: It has already happen, but it is
inevitable that the ACI record books will continue to be rewritten. Currently, four players are already among the
all-time top-ten. Katie Hogue ranks No. 3
all-time with 372 blocks, No. 7 with 878 kills, and No. 9 with 106 aces. Erin Cherrington holds the all-time record with
4,644 assists, is third with 176 aces, is No. 5 in games played (415), and is
No. 7 with 1,000 digs. Also on the list
are Tiffany Sower, who is fifth
all-time with 130 aces, and Anne Parker, who is sixth in blocks with 263.
YOTES HEAD TO EASTERN, LOOKING TO
HOIST BANNER: Friday
night, ACI heads to La Grande to meet rival
LAST WEEK’S RECAP: Last Tuesday, ACI toppled Northwest
Nazarene 30-18, 30-16, 32-30, in the Battle of Canyon County at the
The Coyotes
rode a big front line to the tune of 15.5 team blocks in the win. ACI jumped out to a 5-1 lead in Game 1,
thanks to four NNU errors. The NCAA Division II Crusaders cut the margin
to 15-14 on a Jocelyn Judd aces, but ACI would use a 12-1 push, including four
Catherine Everist aces to win the game. Everist again helped the Coyotes
dominate Game 2, using a 9-0 run on her serve midway through the set for
the win. Game 3 looked to be the
Crusaders, as they got four Lindsey Forseth kills and three blocks from Chelsea
Lewis to take a commanding 26-19 edge. However, the Yotes went on a 9-1
push, including three Sarah Buhler (
MORE INFORMATION: Updated information and statistics
on the 2006 volleyball team can be found on ACI volleyball official website at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/vball.htm. Up-to-date Cascade Conference standings can
be found online at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/vball/stats/standings.htm.
MEN’S
SOCCER (10-5-1, 8-2 CCC): Yotes clinch Regional Berth, look for CCC
title this weekend in
COMING
UP: at Cascade, Friday, 2:30 p.m. (PT); at Concordia, Saturday, 2 p.m. (PT)
LAST
WEEK: vs. Corban (W 4-1), vs. Warner Pacific (W 1-0)
COYOTES
SECURE PLAYOFF BERTH: With a victory over Warner Pacific on Saturday
afternoon, the Albertson College of Idaho men’s soccer team clinched a spot in
the four-team NAIA Region I Tournament, scheduled for Nov. 3-4 at the top
independent (either Simon Fraser or
PLAYOFF
HISTORY: The 2006 season will mark the 11th time in the 23-year history of the men’s
soccer program that the Coyotes have advanced to the postseason and will be
their tenth trip to either the District or Regional playoffs. ACI has won two regional titles, taking the
1989 championship after Warner Pacific forfeited the title, along with the 2001
championship – advancing to their lone NAIA National Tournament.
REGIONAL RANKINGS: The eighth NAIA Region I weekly
top-five poll of the season saw the Yotes remain in the No. 1 spot for the
second-straight week. Right at the
Coyotes heals is Concordia, followed by
THE LAST TIME: Prior to this season, the last time
the ACI men’s soccer team was ranked No. 1 in the Region I poll was September
of 2002 – when the Coyotes began the season No. 1 in the region and remained
their for the first polling period. The
Yotes have been ranked in the NAIA poll on five different occasions – finishing
the 2000 season No. 25, finishing the 2001 season at No. 23, earning a No. 16
ranking in the 2002 preseason poll, a No. 15 ranking in the first poll of the
2002 season, with their last time in the poll on Oct. 9, 2002 – at No. 24.
ANOTHER TEN WIN SEASON: The Yotes notched their tenth win of
the season against Warner Pacific on Saturday, the seventh time in the last
eight seasons that the Yotes got to double digits in the victory column. ACI has had ten or more wins in 13 of the 23
years of sponsoring men’s soccer.
WIN STREAK: The current seven game win streak by
the Yotes is their longest since they set a school record with an 11-game win
streak during the 2001 season.
WHITE NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK: the second-consecutive week,
YOTES SWEEP CORBAN FOR FIRST TIME
SINCE 2001: Four
goals in the first 25 minutes of play gave the Coyotes all the cushion they
would need, as ACI completed a season sweep of
WHITE WINS IT FOR COYOTES: Mitch White hammered home a goal
with nine minutes remaining, as the Coyotes extended their winning streak to
seven games with a 1-0 victory over Warner Pacific Saturday afternoon at Symms
Field. Despite holding a 9-2 edge in
shots on goal, ACI could not crack Knights keeper Brandon Mitalis until White
created some space at the top of the 18, split two defenders, and cracked a
shot in the top left corner of the net.
Keeper Jay Gentle (
OFF TO
ANOTHER CONFERENCE TITLE?: The Coyotes have only one Cascade
Conference regular-season championship in their hands – which occurred in
2001. ACI has won the CCC postseason
tournament on two occasions – in 2000 and 2003.
MORE
INFORMATION:
Updated information and statistics on the 2006 men’s soccer team can be found
on Albertson men’s soccer official website at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/menssoccer.htm. Up-to-date Cascade Conference standings can
be found online at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/msoccer/stats/standings.htm.
CROSS
COUNTRY: Coyote men take second at L-C Invite, four ladies break 20-minute barrier
COMING UP: Idle, next at Cascade
Conference / NAIA Region I Championships, Nov. 4, La Grande,
LAST WEEK: at Lewis-Clark State Open (Men -
second, Women - fifth)
COYOTE MEN MAKE STATEMENT, PART 3: The Albertson College men's cross
country team has thrived in the underdog role all season - despite defeating
Lewis-Clark State (at the Hampton Inn Classic) and Concordia (at the Eastern
Oregon Open) this season, and remaining to be ranked below them in the NAIA
poll. Last Saturday, the Yotes defeated
WHERE THE YOTES WILL MOVE IN THE
POLL: The Yotes
should move up from their No. 18 perch in the NAIA national poll after their
performance last weekend - part of a big logjam that is the NAIA Region
I. "The men are among a group of eight teams (Concordia, LC-State,
WOMEN HAVE GREAT MEET: A fifth-place finish at the L-C
State Open does not tell the job the Lady Yote runners did - as four women ran
under the 20-minute mark, a program first. Leading the group was Molli
Lee-Painter (
WEEK OF TRAINING: The Yotes will take this weekend off
from competition, preparing for the CCC/NAIA Region I Championships in La
Grande.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the ACI
cross country team, head to www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/xc.htm,
the official homepage of the Yotes.
SWIMMING:
Two relays, one individual qualify for NAIA Championships at season
opening dual meet
COMING UP: Idle until Nov. 4 at
LAST WEEK: short course dual at
ONE MEET DOWN, THREE QUALIFY FOR
NATIONALS: The ACI
swim team opened up their third season of intercollegiate competition last
Saturday at the
OTHER RECORDS BROKEN: Besides the women's freestyle relay,
four other school records were broken at Wallace Pool in
A WEEK OF REST: With ACI on its semester break, the
Coyote swimmers will do the same, take a week off from competition, preparing
for a second short-course dual Nov. 4 at
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the ACI swim
program, including results and top times, head to www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/swim.htm,
the official homepage of the Coyotes.
WOMEN’S SOCCER (6-10-2): Season
Recap
LAST
WEEK: at Eastern Oregon (L 2-1), Cascade Conference postseason tournament
quarterfinal at
LADY YOTES FALL IN PLAYOFF GAME: Alice Dietz scored the game-winner
in the 29th minute of action and The Evergreen State College defense held the
margin, as the Geoducks eliminated the Albertson College of Idaho women's
soccer team from the Cascade Conference postseason tournament with a 2-1
victory Saturday afternoon in
PLAYOFF HISTORY: The playoff contest Saturday was the
fourth time in school history that the Lady Yotes had competed in the posteason
during the 18 years of the program. The
1991 squad dropped an NAIA District semifinal game to Pacific, with the 1993
team losing to
THE REST OF THE PLAYOFFS: With Oregon Tech defeating Corban on
Saturday via penalty kicks, Concordia will host OIT and Eastern Oregon hosting
EASTERN TOPS YOTES 2-1 IN
REGULAR-SEASON FINALE: Tennly Paul-Bowden scored off a Maguerite Driscoll free kick one
minute before halftime, giving Eastern Oregon the cushion they needed, as the
Mountaineers knocked off ACI, 2-1, in a Cascade Conference women's soccer match
last Wednesday in La Grande,
LOOKING BACK, THE SEASON THAT WAS: Although the 2006 season ended on a
down note – with the Lady Yotes going winless over their final five games, it
was a remarkable season for ACI. After
opening the season with their first-ever victory over Whitman, the Coyotes
would lose five matches in a row and tie their Cascade Conference opener with
Northwest. That is when the fortunes of
the team would turn, as the Yotes would win five of their next six matches –
including four shutouts, to vault to the top of the league standings. Unfortunately for the squad, injuries would
do the team in, as a bevy of bumps and bruises would limit the ACI attack
during the final weeks of the season – ending the year in the CCC Tournament.
RECORDS BY THE WAYSIDE: The 2006 Lady Yotes tied a school
record this season with six shutouts – equaling the mark established by the 1993
team. They also ended a 17-match losing
streak against
LOOKING
AHEAD: The playoff game was the final collegiate contest for a pair of Lady
Yotes – seniors Allison Rupert (
MORE
INFORMATION:
Updated information and statistics on the 2006 women’s soccer team can be found
on Albertson women’s soccer official website at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wmenssoccer.htm. Up-to-date Cascade Conference standings can
be found online at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wsoccer/stats/standings.htm.