Yote Notes – March 20,
2008
Mike Safford Jr. – Sports
Info. Director
ATHLETIC NEWS:
JOSH OWEN NAMED NAIA ALL-AMERICAN: College of Idaho
guard Josh Owen was named to the
NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball All-America Team as an honorable mention
selection, announced prior to the national championship game in Point Lookout, Mo. The senior from Caldwell averaged over 17 points a game this
season and ranked among the Cascade Conference Top-10 in four different
categories. Owen finishes his career as
the only C of I player in school history to record 1,500 points, 300 assists, and
150 steals - while he is one of three players in the nearly 100-year history of
Coyote basketball to score 30-or-more points in three-straight games. Four other CCC players were named
All-Americans - including Ryan Fiegi of national champion Oregon Tech, who was
named NAIA Division II Player of the Year. Scott O'Gallagher of Warner
Pacific was named to the First-Team, Mark Carollo of Eastern Oregon was named
to the Second Team, with Nate Menefee of Evergreen State
named to the Third-Team. OIT head coach, Danny Miles, was named NAIA
Division II Coach of the Year.
THREE LADY YOTES EARN
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE HONORS: Three College of Idaho women's basketball players were named to the
Daktronics/NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete Team, announced this afternoon prior
to the NAIA Division II title game in Sioux City, Iowa. Seniors Denise
Hill and Magen Dufurrena along
with junior Christon Vander Esch
were among 220 student-athletes who were at least a junior status in eligibility
and maintained a 3.50 cumulative grade point average. Currently, Coyote student-athletes have now
earned 27 scholar-athlete awards, just two away from the school-record, set
last season of 29.
GOLFERS OPEN UP 2008 SEASON: The College of Idaho men's and
women's golf team will open up the 2008 portion of their schedule on Monday,
traveling to Corvallis, Ore., for the Cascade Conference Qualifier
#3 at Diamond Lakes Golf Club. The
Coyotes competed in a pair of fall qualifiers, with both the men and women
sitting in fourth-place in the CCC standings with two tournaments remaining. The C of I men have added a pair of players
to their roster - Monte Rinebold
of Mountain Home and James Taylor of
Emmett, while the Lady Yotes will receive the services of Catherine Everist, who missed the fall portion of the season while
playing for The C of I volleyball team.
VOLLEYBALL SIGNS THIRD PLAYER FOR
2008: College of Idaho volleyball coach Liz Mendiola announced today the
signing of Alicin German to an NAIA
Letter of Intent for the 2008 season. The
junior transfer played two seasons at Treasure Valley
Community College, where
she earned All-NWAACC Eastern Division honors last season. German started every match - recording 242
kills on the season (3.78 per game), while recording 74 combined blocks, earning
MVP honors. She was also an NWAACC Academic Team honoree. The 5-10 blocker/hitter joins Megan Spinks and Bryanne Gribble as signees for the 2008 season.
BASEBALL: Yotes hit road for three-game set at
Corban, return home for Monday-Tuesday series with Simpson
LAST WEEK: vs. Concordia (L 4-1, L 8-4, W 8-2),
vs. Central Washington (L 16-7, W 9-5)
COMING UP: at Corban, Friday, 1 p.m. (PT); at
Corban (DH), Saturday, 11 a.m. (PT); vs. Simpson, Monday, 1 p.m.; vs. Simpson,
Tuesday, 1 p.m.
LIVE STATS / INTERNET BROADCASTS: All home College of Idaho
baseball games will have Live Stats available, thanks to the NAIA’s contract
with DakStats. To access the live stats,
head to http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Team/TeamPage.aspx?association=10&sg=MBA&sea=NAIMBA_2008&team=1612,
and click on the corresponding webcast “W” next to the game being played.
O’BRIEN NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For his efforts in the Lewis-Clark State
and Concordia series’, shortstop Alex O’Brien
(Everett, Wash.
/ Everett CC) was named Cascade Conference and NAIA Region I Player of the
Week. The junior transfer hit .550 in
the six games, going 11-for-20 at the plate, with two doubles and four
RBI. It marks the first C of I player to
earn weekly honors in baseball this season.
LYON COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH: The Coyotes turned to a senior to try and stop a five-game
losing streak on Sunday and it worked. Pat Lyon (Bonners Ferry, Idaho
/ Bonners Ferry HS), who had worked out of the bullpen in 38 of his 41
appearances in his Coyote career, made the spot start, and was stellar. The right-hander went a career-high seven
innings, allowing just one run on six hits, walking one, and striking out three
– dropping his ERA to 2.08.
MILLER SWINGING HOT BAT: During the 12-game homestand, Coyote
outfielder Jake Miller (Idaho
Falls, Idaho /
Treasure Valley CC) has seen his bat catch fire. The junior transfer will take a team-best
nine-game hitting streak into the weekend series in Oregon – going 8-for-16 with three doubles
and five RBI during the five games played last week.
CARLSEN HEATING UP: Also breaking out of a slump is
second baseman Brad Carlsen (Reno, Nev. / Western Nevada
CC), who was 6-for-16 with seven runs scored over the weekend. Not only did the junior hit his team-best
third home run against Central Washington, but
more importantly, recorded a team-high .545 on base percentage during the five
games.
BOTTARI WORKS OUT OF NIGHTMARE: The key to the Yotes Tuesday win
against Central Washington came in the form of reliever, Jake Bottari (Wells, Nev. / Western Nevada
CC), who worked out of an extreme presser cooker. Working with the bases loaded and no outs in
a tight game, the junior struck out the 4-5-6 batters in the Central order,
preserving the Yotes lead – which turned into a 9-5 win.
OFF TO CORBAN: After playing 12 games in a row at
home, the Yotes hit the road for the first time in March, traveling to Salem, Ore.,
for a three-game series with Corban. The Warriors (5-11, 2-3 Region I) head into
the weekend on a four-game losing streak – having just been swept by Lewis-Clark State.
Corban is led offensively by shortstop Daniel Flores (.400 15 RBI),
infielder Nate Hiebert (.371 5 RBI), All-CCC outfielder Jaime McGraw (.341 1 HR
3 RBI), and All-Region second baseman Craig Spicer (.342 6 RBI). On the mound, returners Jason Braun (1-3 4.91
ERA) and Jordan Emery (1-3 5.34 ERA) have the ability to defeat any team in the
region. The Yotes swept the six games
last season and hold a 68-9 all-time series edge.
BACK TO BACK GAMES WITH SIMPSON: The Coyotes will play the final set
of three-straight mid-week series on Monday and Tuesday, as NAIA independent, Simpson, makes their first trip to Caldwell. The Redhawks (7-16), from Redding, Calif.,
will be in the middle of a week-long Spring Break trip that takes them to
Northwest Nazarene, The C of I, and Oregon Tech. Kenny Button (.400 1 HR 7 RBI) and Patrick
Roman (.266 3 HR 14 RBI) are the Redhawks top hitters, while Jacob Sanchez (3-1
4.18 ERA) and Shane Hillier (1-6 4.73 ERA) have logged the most innings on the
mound. It marks the first meeting
between the teams.
REGIONAL/NATIONAL POLL: The second regular-season NAIA
Region I poll was released on Monday, with Lewis-Clark
State maintaining the top spot,
followed by British Columbia,
and the Yotes. Concordia, Corban, and
Oregon Tech round out the rankings. L-C
remained the No. 1 team in the NAIA Top-25 poll, followed by Lee (Tenn.), Lubbock Christian (Texas),
Azusa Pacific (Calif.), and Oklahoma City. British
Columbia was the only other Region I team in the
poll, receiving seven voter points.
REGIONAL TEAM STATS: Batting Average – Lewis-Clark State
.346, College of Idaho .283, British Columbia .281, Concordia .271, Corban .253,
Oregon Tech .231; Earned Run Average – Lewis-Clark State 3.01, British Columbia
3.52, Oregon Tech 4.82, College of Idaho 5.45, Concordia 6.31, Corban 6.61;
Fielding Percentage – Lewis-Clark State .968, British Columbia .959, Concordia
.958, Corban .957, College of Idaho .948, Oregon Tech .930.
CONCORDIA SERIES: Day
1 - Concordia ended a six-game losing streak in impressive fashion,
sweeping Saturday’s doubleheader from The C of I, 4-1 and 8-4. Game 1 was a true pitchers dual between Joey Zubizarreta (Boise, Idaho / Cochise CC) of the Coyotes and
Concordia's tandem of Ben Rue and Zac Manor. Rue allowed an unearned run
on three hits in five-plus innings of work to get the win, with Manor recording
the final four outs to get his first save. Zubizarreta was the unlucky
loser for The C of I, allowing four runs on seven hits with five strikeouts. The Cavaliers got to Zubizarreta in the
fourth - loading the bases with one out. It looked like the Yotes would
get out of the inning, but a Casey McLeod would-be double-play ball struck the
base umpire, ruling the ball dead, allowing McLeod to reach on the single,
giving CU a 1-0 lead. Brad Himes would then roll into another apparent
double play, but Brad Carlsen could not get the ball out of his glove after the
force at second, allowing Ben Ingram to score. Brennan Ingram then laced
an RBI single through the right side to make it 3-0. Ryan Sussenguth made it 4-0 in the fifth,
lacing a two-out RBI double, but the Yotes would come back. getting a Ray Morrison (Cumming, Ga.
/ Chattahoochee Valley CC) RBI single in
the bottom of the frame to draw within three. The hosts would bring the
tying run to the plate with one out in the final frame, but Manor got pinch
hitter Gavin Gamboa (Boise,
Idaho / Bishop Kelly HS) to
pop up and Carlsen to ground out to end the game. Game 2 saw the Cavs jump out to a 4-1 lead,
but the Yotes would even the score in the sixth, as five-straight C of I
batters singled - but left the go-ahead runner stranded at third as Jason
Grisham came in from the pen to work out of the jam. CU would score three times in the eighth to
put the game away, Grisham went the
final four innings, allowing just one hit to get his first win of the
season. Ben Lanier had three hits in the win, while Alex O'Brien had
three hits in the loss for the Yotes. Day 2 - O'Brien went 3-for-4 with three
RBI, including a two-run double in a six-run fifth inning, as the Yotes ended a
five-game losing streak with an 8-2 win over Concordia at Simplot Stadium. Leading 2-1 heading into the frame, The C of
I batted around - taking advantage of their home park and the sun field to
notch a six-pack of runs. Luke
Howarth (Boise, Idaho / Centennial
HS) led off with a double in the right field corner, then following an out,
Carlsen hit a fly ball into center that was lost in the sun by Roberto Reyes,
as the sun-aided double scored Howarth from third. Jake Miller would then
launch a fly ball to left that was lost in the sun by Lanier, going for another
double, and the Yotes had a three-run lead. Richie Snider (Sandpoint,
Idaho / Porterville CC) added an RBI single to chase Cavalier starter Brett
Hawley, with reliever Kyle Corwin greeted by a Cody Brubaker (Post Falls,
Idaho / Spokane Falls CC) single, O'Brien's two-run double, and a pinch hit
RBI single from Bryan Champ (Boise, Idaho / Borah HS) to cap the
Coyote outburst. Pat Lyon was stellar in
his first start of the season, as the senior logged a career-high seven
innings, scattering six hits and striking out three.
SPLIT WITH CENTRAL: Ray Morrison hit a long three-run
home run, part of a five RBI Game 2, as the Yotes split a doubleheader with
Central Washington, losing the opener, 16-7, but winning the nightcap, 9-5, Tuesday
at Simplot Stadium. Jake Miller got the
Coyotes going in Game 2, lacing an RBI single in the opening frame, scoring
Brad Carlsen from second. After Cody Brubaker was hit by a pitch,
Morrison crushed a high fastball over the left field wall into the Caldwell
Night Rodeo grounds, making it 4-0. Leading 5-1 in the fifth, C of I starter Justin Marsh-Quinlan (Seabeck,
Wash. / Olympic CC) walked
the first two men, as the Yotes summoned Jake Bottari from the pen. After
hitting the first man he faced, Bottari struck out the next three batters with
the based loaded to get out of the jam.
The Yotes would get insurance runs in both the
fifth, on a two-run Morrison single, and in the sixth, on a two-run Miller
double. The opener was all Wildcats, scoring 16-straight runs after
spotting The C of I a 1-0 lead in the first. Hank Anderson hit a two-run
homer in a four-run second inning, then slammed a three-run shot in a four-run
seventh inning to put the game away.
ABOUT THE COACH: The 2008 season marks
the 21st year in The College of Idaho baseball program for head coach Shawn Humberger, his eighth year as
Coyote skipper. Last season, he led the
squad to a 31-17 mark, their third-straight Cascade Conference championship,
and a runner-up finish at the NAIA Region I Tournament. During his tenure, Humberger has compiled a 246-169-1
record, including a third-place finish at the 2002 NAIA College World
Series. He has been named CCC Baseball
Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007, along with earning NAIA Region
I Coach-of-the-Year and CCC Men's Coach-of-the-Year for all sports in
2002.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Coyote
baseball program, head to the official homepage of the Yotes – www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/baseball.htm.
SOFTBALL: No. 18 ranked Lady Yotes set to open
ten-game homestand Friday against Concordia
LAST WEEK: at Eastern
Oregon (W 10-1, L 4-1)
COMING UP: vs. Concordia (DH), Friday, 3 p.m.;
vs. Corban (DH), Saturday, 11 a.m.
LIVE STATS: All College of Idaho
softball home games will feature Live Stats on the Internet, via the NAIA’s
contract with DakStats. To access the
game, head to http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Team/TeamSchedule.aspx?association=10&sg=WBA&sea=NAIWBA_2008&team=1400,
and click on the corresponding “W” next to the game being played.
LADY YOTES RANKED 18TH IN FIRST
POLL: The NAIA
released its first Top-25 Coaches Poll of the regular-season, with the Lady
Yotes ranked No. 18 in the nation. The C
of I dropped four spots from their No. 14 perch in the preseason tabulation –
but find themselves amongst the nation’s elite for the seventh-straight polling
period. Cal Baptist claims the No. 1
spot, followed by Point Loma Nazarene, Lubbock Christian, Trevecca Nazarene,
and Savannah A&D. Two other
Northwest teams are in the poll, Simon Fraser at No. 12, with Oregon Tech
receiving two voter points. The national
poll will be released every Wednesday for the remainder of the season.
REGIONAL RANKINGS: The first NAIA Region I Top-5
ranking was released on Monday, with Simon Fraser maintaining the top
spot. The Lady Yotes were in the No. 2
spot, followed by Oregon Tech, Concordia, and Eastern
Oregon. Interestingly, Great Falls, who began
the season 9-4 (before two losses on Wednesday), was not in the Top-5.
RECORD-BREAKING GAME FOR VILLYARD: Playing in La Grande,
Ore., has been something Coyote first-baseman Dani Villyard (Kent, Wash.
/ Kentlake HS) would like to do all the time, as her numbers in the Grande Ronde
Valley have been
impressive. On Saturday, the sophomore
set a new school record with six RBI in the Yotes 10-1 Game 1 victory –
breaking the old mark of five, recorded three different times. She also tied a pair of school records –
becoming the third player to hit two home runs in one game, and joining Stacy Smith (Draper, Utah / Juan Diego HS) as the only players to hit three
home runs in a doubleheader. Villyard
now has four career homers – with the one she hit last season also smacked in
La Grande.
ZILLNER APPROACHING 400 K’S: With seven strikeouts in the
complete game victory over Eastern, Katie
Zillner (Emmett, Idaho
/ Chicago State U.) is quickly approaching the 400-strikeout mark in her
career. The senior has now fanned 397
batters in her two-plus seasons in the Purple and Gold – while recording 18
games with ten or more strikeouts.
YOTES SWEEP CCC/REGION I HONORS: The Lady Yotes swept the second
Cascade Conference/NAIA Region I weekly awards of 2008, as Dani Villyard was
named Player of the Week and Katie Zillner was named Pitcher of the Week. Villyard was 3-for-7 in the Yotes three games
from Mar. 9-15, with three homers and seven RBI, while Zillner went 2-0 during
the same timeframe, striking out 18 batters in wins over Holy Names and
Eastern.
HOME STREAK ON
THE LINE: After
playing 11 of their first 13 games on the road, the Coyotes return home this
weekend, set to open a ten-game homestand – spanning two-plus weekends. On the line is the Lady Yotes Symms Field win
streak, which stands at a school-record 11 games – dating back to April of last
season. Over the last two years, The C
of I has posted a 20-4 record at home.
ABOUT CONCORDIA: A familiar foe heads to Caldwell this Friday, as Concordia makes a return trip to the Treasure Valley. The Cavaliers (5-6) won a pair of games at
the C of I Classic two weeks ago, then traveled to Simon Fraser last Sunday,
dropping two games to the nationally ranked Clan. Former Coyote Nicole Illias (.474 2 HR 13
RBI) has been the offense for CU, as the Cavs have struggled at the plate,
hitting just .233 as a team – last in the CCC.
Concordia has one of the top pitchers in the loop in Danielle Pulfrey
(4-4 2.17 ERA), who leads the league with 75 strikeouts. The Lady Yotes swept all five games between
the teams last season and hold an 18-11 all-time series lead.
ABOUT CORBAN: The Lady Yotes will be looking for
some revenge on Saturday, as Corban meets
The C of I on the Symms Field diamond.
The Warriors (3-6) have been itching to hit the field, as the Salem school has not
played in over three weeks – having lost four of their last five games in
February. Jennifer Kollaer (.727 2 HR 15
RBI) got off to a blistering start to the season, while All-CCC performer
Lindsey Batey (.375 2 RBI) is a difficult out.
Erin Sailors (2-3 4.38 ERA) is Corban’s top pitcher, with one of her two
wins this season coming against the Yotes in a 2-1 Warriors’ victory in both
teams’ season opener in February. The C
of I won 4-of-5 meetings last season and hold an 11-9 all-time series edge.
TEAM CONFERENCE NUMBERS: Batting Average – Oregon Tech .311,
College of Idaho .291, Corban .279, Northwest Christian .254, Eastern Oregon
.246, Concordia .233, Southern Oregon .230; Earned Run Average – College of
Idaho 1.60, Oregon Tech 2.25, Concordia 3.27, Corban 3.75, Eastern Oregon 3.89,
Northwest Christian 3.99, Southern Oregon 6.77; Fielding Percentage -Concordia .959, Oregon Tech .956, Southern
Oregon .944, College of Idaho .942, Corban .936, Eastern Oregon .931, Northwest
Christian .918.
INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE NUMBERS: Batting Average – Jennifer Kollaer
(CRB) .727, Nicole Illias (CU) .474, Haley Butcher (CI) .417, Christina
Archambault (SOU) .414, Megan Platz (EOU) .412; Home Runs – Jenni Bittle (OIT)
5, Platz 4, Dani Villyard (CI) 3; Runs Batted In – Kollaer 15, Bittle 14, Katie
King (OIT) 14, Illias 13; Earned Run Average –Kelly West (EOU) 1.11, Katie
Zillner (CI) 1.32, Bittle 1.81, Danielle Pulfrey (CU) 2.17.
RECAP OF EASTERN OREGON
DOUBLEHEADER: Dani Villyard set a school record with six RBI in the opener and
smashed three home runs in the twinbill, as The C of I split a doubleheader at Eastern Oregon, winning the opener, 10-1, but dropping
the nightcap, 4-1, at Peggy Anderson Field in La Grande on Saturday. Villyard hit a two-run homer in the second,
followed by the second grand slam in C of I history in the third. The Yotes got RBI singles from Katie Zillner
and Haley Butcher (Eagle, Idaho / Eagle HS) in the sixth to help
end the game due to the mercy rule.
Zillner got the win in the circle, allowing just two hits and striking
out seven to pick up her fourth win of the season. Villyard, Butcher, and
Kelsi Murdock (Kuna, Idaho / Kuna HS) each had two hits in
the win. Game 2 saw the Mountaineers
break a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the fifth inning with a solo Iris Woodhead home run. They would add two
insurance runs in the sixth to pick up their first win over the No. 14 ranked
Coyotes since 2006. Villyard hit her
third homer of the day in the fifth inning to tie the score. However, the
Lady Yotes stranded four runners in scoring position and mustered just four
hits off EOU starter, Kelly West.
ABOUT THE COACH: Al Mendiola is in his third year as head coach of The College
of Idaho softball program and has a 64-41 all-time record – already the
all-time winningest coach in C of I history.
The native of San Diego,
Calif. has helped the Lady Yotes
become a force in Northwest softball, leading The C of I to back-to-back
playoff appearances, including the 2007 Cascade Conference championship. Following the season, Mendiola was honored as
CCC and NAIA Region I Coach of the Year after the Coyotes set a school record
with 37 wins, climbing to as high as No. 14 in the NAIA poll, an advanced to
the regional title game. Outside of
softball, Mendiola has also been the head coach of the Caldwell Silver Streaks
American Legion baseball team since 1997 and has also assisted with the Boise
Clippers men's fastpitch team. He was
also an assistant coach for The C of I baseball team for seven years. A 1994 graduate of The C of I, Mendiola
played two seasons of baseball for head coach Tim Mooney, earning honorable
mention NAIA All-America honors as a senior.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Coyote
softball program, head to the official homepage of the Lady Yotes – www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/fastpitch.htm.
TRACK:
Yotes win six events at NNU, head to Oregon for Charles Bowles Invite
COMING UP: at Charles Bowles Invitational, Salem, Ore.,
Friday night.
LAST WEEK: at Northwest Nazarene Invitational
and Multi-Events
HOPPER WINS TWICE AT NNU: Fresh off an All-America finish at
the NAIA Indoor Championships, C of I standout Tyler Hopper (Caldwell,
Idaho / Caldwell HS) got his outdoor track season off on the right
foot, recording a pair of wins in the opening meet last weekend at Northwest
Nazarene. The senior dominated the
1,500-meter race, winning by nine seconds, followed by a win in the 800-meters
– however, with the cold, windy conditions, the marks were not national
qualifying times.
FINCH WINS LONG JUMP: The Coyote men had another winner,
as Sam Finch (Redding,
Calif. / Foothill HS) took
home the crown in the long jump.
Competing in a field event for the first time on the men’s side since
the program returned in 2005, the Yotes picked up a gold, as the freshman
outdistanced the field with a leap of 21 feet, 11.5 inches. His mark was less than six inches off the
school record, set by Wes Remaly, during the 1974 season.
YOTES SWEEP 800: The women’s team dominated the
800-meter race, claiming the top-four spots in the field. Stephanie Sparks (West Jordan,
Utah / Juan Diego HS), who set the school record in the 800 indoors
this winter, won the race – followed closely by Jayne Saunders (Emmett, Idaho
/ Emmett HS), Katie Ball (Boise, Idaho
/ Boise HS), and Molli Lee-Painter (Moscow, Idaho
/ Moscow HS).
RELAY WINS: Also in the win column was the
women’s 4x400 relay – sprinting past a pair of Boise
State teams and a squad from Treasure Valley Community College
for a 19-second victory. Stephanie
Sparks, Jayne Saunders, Katie Ball, and Maggie Miller (Anchorage, Alaska
/ Lane CC) ran the race in 4:10.60 – just under three seconds off
the school record.
CHLEBECK SETS SCHOOL RECORD: Speaking of school records, Jesse
Chlebeck (Eagan, Minn. / Eagan HS) set a new
record for the Yotes in the 3,000-meters, placing second in the race in 8:47.99
– taking nearly 16 seconds off the record.
The 3,000 is not run at the NAIA Championships, but is a great training
tool for athletes building to run the 5,000 and 10,000-meter distances.
MULTI-EVENT SUCCESS: The Coyotes also competed on
Thursday and Friday at NNU’s Multi-Event meet – with Emily
McCutchan (Eagle, Idaho / Cole Valley Christian HS)
winning the women’s heptathlon with a two-day total of 3,359, the
second-highest total in the Cascade Conference this season. She had her best marks in the long jump and
the 200-meters. On the men’s side, Andy Swanson (Boise, Idaho
/ Bishop Kelly HS) placed second in the decathlon with 4,386 points
– recording the top mark in the high jump.
Both competitors will compete in the CCC multi-event finals in May.
TOP CCC MARKS: Two Coyote athletes have the top
mark in their event – as Stephanie Sparks has the fastest time this spring in
the 800-meters, with indoor All-American Stephanie Helm (Challis,
Idaho / Challis HS) recording the fastest time in the 1,500-meters.
OFF TO SALEM: The Coyotes will compete against
the best Division II, Division III, and NAIA teams this Friday at the Charles
Bowles Invitational, hosted by Willamette University. Running on a quality track, The C of I is
optimistic that they will have their first NAIA qualifying times of the season
on Friday night.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on The C of I track and field team,
head to the homepage of the Coyotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/track.htm.
WOMEN’S TENNIS: Lady Yotes end losing streak with
two wins in Oregon
COMING
UP: Idle
LAST
WEEK: at
George Fox (W 6-1), at Pacific (W 8-1)
YOTES
FINALLY IN THE WIN COLUMN: It took nearly a month, but The College of Idaho women's
tennis team finally notched their first match win of the season, winning a
convincing 6-1 decision at George Fox, followed by an 8-1 win over
Pacific. Playing indoors at the Tualatin Hills Racquet Club in Hillsboro, Ore.,
the Yotes won five of the six doubles matches and nine of the ten singles
matches over the weekend.
PERFECT
WEEKEND: A
trio of C of I singles players won both of their matches in the Willamette Valley, helping the Lady Yotes to the
wins. After starting the season 0-6, Kyla Westerberg (Caldwell, Idaho
/ Boise State U.) dominated her foes, losing just three games
combined in her two wins at No. 1. Also sweeping aside their competition
was Kim Clements (Boise, Idaho / Bishop Kelly HS) at No. 3, and Kate Leadbetter (Grand Junction, Colo. / West
River Acad.) at
No. 4. In doubles, Westerberg and Clements won both of their matches at
No. 1, with Amanda McEldowney (Caldwell,
Idaho / Linfield Coll.) and
Leadbetter sweeping their matches at No. 2.
LOOKING
AT THE NUMBERS: Kate
Leadbetter continues to lead the squad in singles wins with four, with Amanda
McEldowney right behind her with three, while McEldowney leads the team in
games won with 66.
MATCH
WITH TREASURE VALLEY
POSTPONED: The
Lady Yotes match on Tuesday against Treasure Valley CC was postponed due to
weather - making the outdoor courts at the River City Racquet Club in Nampa unplayable.
The match will be rescheduled, but a date has not be determined.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Lady Yote tennis team, head to the official
home page of the squad, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wtennis.htm.
