Yote Notes – November
19, 2008
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Mike Safford Jr. – Sports
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msafford@collegeofidaho.edu
ATHLETIC
NEWS:
WOLFE
FIELD NAMING CEREMONY TUESDAY: “Build it, and they will come” – the famous line from the
movie Field of Dreams, about a
baseball field carved out of a field of corn in
CATCHERS
ONLY CAMP COMING UP: The
C of I baseball team will be holding their annual Catchers Only Camp from Dec.
12-14. For more information on the camp, contact Josh Hegstad at
459-5862.
ORANGE
SALES TO END THIS WEEK: Once again, The C of I baseball team will be out in the community,
selling boxes of apples and oranges. To secure yourself a box of fruit,
contact head coach Shawn Humberger at 459-5861.
NO
HOSPITALITY ROOM IN 2008-09: The
DONATE
TO THE
VOLLEYBALL (23-7): Lady Yotes to host Menlo in NAIA
National Tournament Opening Round Saturday afternoon
LAST WEEK: Hosted Cascade Conference Postseason
Tournament – vs. Eastern Oregon (W 3-1), vs.
COMING UP: Host NAIA Volleyball National
Tournament Opening Round, Saturday vs. Menlo, 2 p.m.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION: The Lady Yotes are one of 12 teams
that will be hosting Opening Round matches on Saturday, with the winners moving
on to the final site in
LIVE STATS: The Yotes hope to be able to have
some sort of Live Stats of the Opening Round match available on the main
athletic homepage at www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete.
HOW THE TEAMS GOT TO
HISTORY AT NATIONALS: For the Lady Yotes, it marks the
fourth time in program history that they have advanced to Nationals – joining
the 2000, 2005, and 2006 squads. In
2000, the Yotes went 1-3 in Pool Play and did not advance, in 2005, the Yotes
went 2-2 in Pool Play and did not advance.
Their last trip, in 2006, saw the Coyotes go 2-1 in Pool Play, advancing
into a quarterfinal play-in game, where they lost in three sets to
OTHER OPENING ROUND MATCHES: St. Thomas (Texas) at Point Loma
Nazarene (Calif.), Shawnee State (Ohio) at Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Asbury
(Ky.) at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Indiana Wesleyan at Dordt (Iowa), Union
(Tenn.) at Vangaurd (Calif.), Indiana Tech at King (Tenn.), Webber
International (Fla.) at Mobile (Ala.), Bethel (Kan.) at Doane (Neb.), Lee
(Tenn.) at Walsh (Ohio), Wiley (Texas) at Lubbock Christian (Texas), William
Penn (Iowa) at Black Hills State (S.D.).
THE LUCKY 12: Twelve teams will not play Saturday
and have already advanced to the Final Site in
ABOUT MENLO: The Oaks (20-8) have won 11 of their
last 12 matches in heading into their first national tournament appearance
after advancing to NAIA Region II Tournaments in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Of their eight losses, only one has come to
an NAIA team (
A FAMILY AFFAIR: It will be a family reunion of sorts
for C of I head coach Liz Mendiola,
as she will join her uncle, Menlo head coach Bill Imwalle on the sidelines
Saturday. Imwalle, in his ninth year at
Menlo, starred for Long Beach State in the early 1970s, the was one of the
pioneers in Pro Beach Volleyball in the 70s, winning four titles, including the
Hawaiian Open – earning Legend of the Beach status in volleyball circles for
the 1970s.
MENDIOLA NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR: For the third-straight season and
for the fourth time in her career, head coach Liz Mendiola was named CCC Coach
of the Year by her peers, as the All-Conference awards were released by the
league office on Monday. Mendiola, who
led the Yotes to their third-straight conference title and third-straight CCC
Tournament crown, has led her team to a 55-2 record in loop play over the past
three seasons.
FOUR YOTES NAMED TO ALL-CCC TEAM: Three Coyotes were named to the
All-CCC team – middle blocker Kristin
Henning (
OWEN EARNS FIFTH WEEKLY AWARD: The final CCC weekly awards were
announced on Monday, with Whitney Owen (
YOTES FINISH RANKED FOR THE FOURTH
STRAIGHT YEAR: The
Lady Yotes find themselves ranked in the NAIA Top-25 for the fourth-straight
week, climbing two spots to No. 19 in the final poll of the season. It marks the 33rd time in school history that
the Yotes have been nationally ranked – once in 2000, two times in 2001, every
poll from Nov. 16, 2005 to Aug. 19, 2008, along with the last four polls. It also marks the 44th-straight week that the
Coyotes have received votes in the national poll and the fourth straight season
that the squad has finished the year in the Top-25. Other C of I opponents were in the ranking –
No. 3 Concordia-Irvine, No. 11 Madonna, No. 13 Point Loma Nazarene, No. 14
Lewis-Clark State, with Southern Oregon, Menlo, and Oregon Tech receiving
votes.
AGAINST TOP-25 TEAMS: The Lady Yotes have played nine
matches this season against teams ranked in the Top-25 and have a 4-5
mark. The Yotes have defeated Eastern
Oregon in four sets, along with
CCC HOME WIN STREAK AT 35: With wins in their final two league
matches, the Lady Yotes ran their conference home win streak to 35 matches,
dating back to September of 2005. The C
of I has recorded an undefeated CCC mark at home each of the last three seasons
– going 9-0 in league play in 2006, and 10-0 in CCC play each of the last two
years.
20-WIN SEASONS: With a win over
CAREER RECORD BOOK: Five C of I players currently rank
among the Top-10 in the all-time career record book. Leading the way is Kathryn Ely (La
RECAP – C OF I 3, EASTERN OREGON 1: Jessie Link recorded 13 kills in a decisive Set 4, as The C of I
advanced to the 2008 CCC Tournament championship game with a 25-21, 25-21,
25-27, 25-12 victory over Eastern Oregon Friday night in the J.A. Albertson
meet Southern Oregon, a five-set winner over Oregon Tech in the first
semifinal, in tomorrow's title tilt. Set
1 saw the Yotes hold a 21-19 margin, but three straight points - including kills
from Link and Kristin Henning, helped The C of I take the early lead. A
kill by Grace Deboodt pulled the Mountaineers within 22-21 in the second
stanza, but an EOU hitting error and kills from Henning and Madie Machurek
closed out the period. Set 3 saw
momentum swing EOU's way, as the Mounties rallied from an 8-3 deficit with a
seven-point push, helped by five C of I hitting errors. After 13 ties,
Eastern capitalized on their third set point, winning the period on a Coyote
hitting error. However, the run was
short-lived, as the Coyotes ran off eight-straight points midway through Set 4,
building a 18-8 lead and cruised to the win.
Henning had 12 kills and six blocks, with Megan Spinks adding ten kills
and five blocks in the win. Naomi Reimer had seven kills, 22 assists, and
ten digs, with Machurek registering 24 assists and eight blocks. Marcella Hernandez led all players with
seven blocks, with Whitney Owen recording a career-high tying 25 digs. Eastern got a monster night from Jessica Lea
- recording a triple-double with 12 kills, 16 assists, and 12 digs, while
Deboodt had 11 kills and ten digs.
RECAP – C OF I 3, SOUTHERN OREGON 0: Megan Spinks had a match-high ten
kills and The C of I recorded just seven hitting errors in the contest, as the
Lady Yotes won their third-straight CCC Tournament championship with a
convincing 25-20, 25-17, 25-10 victory over Southern Oregon in a raucous J.A.
Albertson Activities Center. With the
win, the No. 21 ranked Lady Yotes advance to the NAIA National Championships
for the third time in the last four years and extend their overall win streak
to 12 matches. Set 1 saw the Coyotes and
Raiders trade side outs - with neither team taking a lead bigger than four,
with a Leah Bergstrom kill drawing SOU within 19-18. However, a Spinks
spike started a four-point push, helped by a trio of Southern errors, to pull
away for the win. The middle set saw the
Raiders jump out quickly to a 6-2 lead, but the Yotes would battle back, taking
their first lead at 11-10 on a Marcella Hernandez ace. The teams would
draw even on six occasions, until The C of I took the lead for good at 17-16 on
a Jessie Link kill - with the hosts scoring the last seven points of the
period. Set 3 was a runaway, as the
Yotes forced SOU into nine attack errors. A Sarah Holgen kill pulled the
Raiders within 7-6, but The C of I went on a 12-1 run to take control, with a
Southern hitting error ending the match.
Hernandez had six kills and five blocks in the win, Kristin Henning
added six kills and three blocks, with Madie Machurek recording 13 assists and
seven digs.
ABOUT THE COACH: Liz Mendiola is in her eighth
season as head volleyball coach at The C of I. During her first six
seasons at the helm, the Coyotes have advanced to six consecutive Cascade
Conference tournaments, four NAIA regional tournaments, and back-to-back trips
to the NAIA National Championships in 2005 and 2006. Last season, the
squad won their second-straight CCC title and advanced to the NAIA Region I
Tournament semifinals - while being ranked as high as No. 6 in the national
poll. During her career, she has amassed a record of 182-71, the most
wins and highest winning percentage in school history and has been named CCC
Coach of the Year in 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Coyote
volleyball program, head to the official homepage of the Lady Yotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/vball.htm.
MEN’S BASKETBALL (0-4): Yotes finally hit the home hardwood
hosting the 22nd Annual Golden Rule Shoot-Out
LAST WEEK: at United Heritage Tip-Off vs.
Northwest Nazarene (L 76-71), at
COMING UP: Host 22nd Annual Duane
Wolfe Memorial Golden Rule Shoot-Out,, Friday – No. 6 Eastern Oregon vs. No. 13
Westminster, 6 p.m.; C of I vs. Willamette, 8 p.m.; Saturday – No. 6 Eastern
Oregon vs. Willamette, 6 p.m.; C of I vs. No. 13 Westminster, 8 p.m.
ON THE RADIO: Both C of I games will be carried live in the Treasure
Valley on 1490 KCID-AM with Mike Safford calling the action. Saturday’s Eastern Oregon-Willamette game
will be carried live in the
SCHEDULING FINALLY CATCHING UP TO
THE YOTES: With a
pair of losses at the Las Vegas Classic last weekend – The College of Idaho
men’s basketball team has struggled out of the gates in 2008. However, looking at the past five years – it’s
a wonder that the Yotes have not had this problem before. Of the 56 non-conference games (including
those remaining this season) since the 2003-04 season, the Coyotes have played
43 of them against NAIA Division I competition – which is allotted nearly twice
as many scholarships at The C of I.
Conversely, the Yotes have played just two games against NAIA Division
II teams (defeating William Jewell in 2003 and Bethany in 2005) – with just 15
of the 56 games played at home. Overall,
including this season, the Yotes are 28-22 in their last 50 non-conference
counters – with four of the losses coming to NCAA Division I teams.
TROUBLE IN
MCGEE PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF: Post Craig McGee (Boise, Idaho /
Centennial HS) was off to a fabulous season last year, averaging 15 points
a game, before seeing his season come to a halt at the Golden Rule
Shoot-Out. The redshirt-junior has
responded, averaging 17 points and six rebounds per game in the Yotes first
four contests – not including a 19-point night in the United Heritage Tip-Off
exhibition against Northwest Nazarene.
McGee has converted 23-of-34 shots from the floor and averaged over nine
trips to the foul line per game.
BENCH STRUGGLING FOR THE YOTES: A key as the season rolls on for the
Coyotes is production from their bench, something that has not happened to this
point for the Yotes. No bench player has
scored in double figures in the first four games – in fact, the bench is
averaging just 16 points per game (the Yotes are averaging 65 per game as a
team). Players off the bench have
converted just 20-of-56 shots from the floor, while connecting on just 5-of-26
shots from the three-point line.
TOP SMALL COLLEGE
TOURNAMENT RETURNS FOR 22ND RUN: This weekend marks the 22nd edition of
the Duane Wolfe Memorial Golden Rule Shoot-Out, tabbed the “Premier
Small-College Tournament in the West.” A total of 31 different teams have
played in the tournament from 1987-2006, which has seen six different
champions.
PAST GOLDEN
RULE CHAMPIONS: 2007 – Westminster, 2006 – College of Idaho,
2005- Westminster, 2004 – C of I, 2003- Westminster, 2002 – C of I, 2001 –
Westminster, 2000 – C of I, 1999 – C of I, 1998 – Northwest Nazarene, 1997 –
NNU, 1996 – NNU, 1995 – Willamette, 1994 – C of I, 1993 – C of I, 1992 Central
Washington, 1991 – NNU, 1990 – C of I, 1989 – CWU, 1988 – NNU, 1987 – NNU.
ABOUT THE
TEAMS: The
GRSO will have the same four teams in the tournament for the third-straight
season – with the Yotes opening up against NCAA Division III power, Willamette. The Bearcats (11-15 in 2007-08) were picked
third in the Northwest Conference preseason poll and have played two exhibition
games – losing 89-77 to D-II Western Oregon, and defeating their Alumni
106-74. Post Cameron Mitchell has
provided the scoring punch early for the Cats, averaging 18 points and 11
rebounds in the first two games, with forward Kyler McCleary returning after an
All-NWC season a year ago.
PRESEASON NATIONAL POLL: The C of I earned one vote in the
2008-09 NAIA Division II Preseason Top-25 Coaches Poll, released Oct. 27 by the
national office in
CASCADE CONFERENCE COACHES POLL: The C of I was picked fifth out of
11 teams as the Cascade Conference coaches announced their 2008-09
Preseason Poll, released Oct. 15 by the league office in
GAME RECAP: NORTHWEST NAZARENE 76, C
OF I 71: Joel Ryman
hit a three-pointer with just over three minutes remaining, as Northwest
Nazarene closed the game on a 9-2 run, as the Crusaders defeated The C of I,
76-71, in the 7th Annual United Heritage Tip-Off exhibition game before 4,278
fans Tuesday night at the Idaho Center.
The win for NNU ended a three-game losing streak in the series - the
oldest basketball rivalry in the State of
GAME RECAP: WESTMONT 76, C OF I 59: Westmont College had four players
in double figures and forced The C of I into 20 turnovers, as the Warriors defeated
the Coyotes, 76-59, in the opening game of the Las Vegas Classic at Desert
Oasis High School on Friday afternoon.
Bobby Fenske led the Warriors, who were playing with heavy hearts - as
multiple buildings on their Santa Barbara, Calif., campus burned in a wildfire
on Thursday, with 14 points and six rebounds. Matt LeDuc had 13 points,
with Dan Rasp adding 13 and Tyler Dutton scoring ten. Transfer guard
Chris Jackson had five steals and seven assists in the win. The Coyotes hit just 4-of-18 shots from
behind the arc in the loss - starting the season with three losses for the
first time since the 2000-01 campaign. Craig McGee led the way with 13
points, with Bryan Champ (Boise,
Idaho / Borah HS) adding 11, and Brian
Bergerson (Modesto, Calif. / Modesto
CC) scoring ten.
GAME RECAP: FRESNO PACIFIC 83, C OF
I 74: James Lewis scored a game-high 25 points, as
Fresno Pacific knocked off The C of I, 83-74, on the final day of the Las Vegas
Classic at Desert Oasis High School. The
Sunbirds canned four treys late in the first half to erase a C of I lead,
building a 42-32 lead at the break. FPU would use a 13-0 run midway
through the second half to push the lead to 22, before the Yotes made a late
push to get back into the contest. Craig
McGee led the Coyotes with 24 points and seven rebounds, with Kelvin Potts (Oakland, Calif. / Chabot CC) adding 14 points, and Jordan Stokes
recording a double-double with ten points and ten boards in his hometown.
The Yotes, however, missed seven lay-ups in the loss, while converting just
8-of-17 free throw attempts. Jordan Wild
had 16 points and ten rebounds off the bench for the Sunbirds - the
fourth-straight NAIA Division I opponent for The C of I.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more on The C of I men’s
basketball program, head to the homepage of the
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (5-1): Yotes sweep games in Salt Lake, take
five-game streak into Friday game vs.
LAST WEEK: at
COMING UP: vs.
ON THE AIR: It is questionable at best whether
The C of I-Great Falls game will be carried on the Internet. All Lady Yote road CCC games will be carried
live on 1490 KCID-AM with Mike Safford Jr. calling the action. In addition, the Coyotes are hopeful that
live internet video will be available for home games through Penn Atlantic
later this season.
LIVE STATS: No Live Stats of the Coyote-UGF game
will be available.
YOTES RECORD FIRST-EVER SWEEP IN
CRACKING THE CENTURY MARK: In the tourney opener, the Lady
Yotes eclipsed the 100-point mark for the first time under head coach Reagan Rossi, putting up 102 points in
a win over Cal Baptist. It marked the
fifth time in program history that the Lady Yotes had scored 100 in a game –
scoring 127 against Cal State-Monterey Bay on Nov. 8, 1997, 107 points against
REBOUND RECORD SMASHED: The previous mention about the
2001-02 game against
BEST START IN 11 YEARS: With the five game win streak, the
Lady Yotes are off to their best six-game start since the 1997-98 season – the
first time The C of I advanced to the NAIA Division II national
tournament. That year, the Coyotes
opened with a 7-1 record, sprinting out of the gates to a 13-2 mark on the
season. Last year, The C of I began
winning four of their first five games.
HORNER NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For her efforts in the Westminster
Fall Classic, guard ShaNae Horner (
VANDER ESCH PILING UP THE NUMBERS: Also having a big tournament was
forward Christon Vander Esch (
BRUCE STEADY IN THE PAINT: Post Nicole Bruce (
ABOUT GREAT FALLS: The Lady Yotes return home to open a
three-game homestand, beginning Friday afternoon against Great Falls. The Argonauts
(2-5), of the Frontier Conference, head to Idaho for a pair of games – one
against The C of I, the other against Northwest Nazarene. UGF averages 70 points a night and has hit
46-percent of their three-point attempts this season, but has been outboarded
by their opponents by five rebounds a night.
Jocelyn Moore (14.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg) is the Argos top scorer, joined in
double-figures by Cassie Holmlund (14.4 ppg, .470 3FG%), and Marissa Francis
(10.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg). It marks the tenth
meeting between the schools, with the Lady Yotes holding a 7-2 all-time series
edge.
GAME RECAP – C OF I 102, CAL BAPTIST
89: The C of I
rallied from a 17-point first half deficit, recording their highest scoring
total since the 2000-01 season, upsetting nationally-ranked Cal Baptist,
102-89, in the opening game of the Westminster Fall Classic Thursday in Salt
Lake City. The Lady Yotes eclipsed the
100-point mark for just the fifth time in school history and the first time
since a 102-17 victory over Maine-Fort Kent in November of 2000. The team
also tied the school record for blocked shots in a game with 13, equaling the
mark set by the Yotes against Concordia in 2002. The Lancers, ranked No. 13 in the NAIA
Division I preseason poll, used a 15-0 run early in the first half to break a
9-9 tie, building a 30-13 edge with just under ten minutes left in the
period. However, the Yotes would battle back, cutting the lead to 53-43
at the half. The second half saw The C
of I connect on 60-percent of their field goal attempts, outscoring CBU
59-36. A Nicole Gall (Boise, Idaho / Santa Clara U.) three
capped a 14-2 run to open the period to give the Yotes their first lead at
57-55. The Lancers would eventually extend the lead back out to 69-62
with just under 12-minutes left, but the Coyotes took over from there - as Kayla Brewer (Arco, Idaho / Butte County HS) canned a trey with 7:46 left,
capping a 18-4 run, giving the Purple and Gold an 80-73 edge. Christon Vander Esch scored a game-high 24
points and six blocks, converting a school-record tying 14 free throw attempts,
with ShaNae Horner scoring a career-high 23 points. Gall added 16 points
and four steals, as the Lady Yotes forced 33 turnovers and recorded 22 steals
as a team.
GAME RECAP – C OF I 81, NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO 61: ShaNae
Horner scored a career-high 25 points as The C of I withstood a poor shooting
night to up their win streak to four, defeating Northern New Mexico College,
81-61, in Salt Lake City. Despite
missing 57 field goal attempts, the Lady Yotes recorded a school record 71
rebounds - including 32 offensive boards, in the lopsided win. The
first-year Eagles kept the game close, trailing just 47-42 midway through the
second half, before the Coyotes got an Alexandria
Allen (Yakima, Wash. / Columbia Basin
CC) lay-up to spark an 11-0 charge, capped by a Horner bucket, to put the
game away. The Yotes won despite a
woeful shooting night from starters Christon Vander Esch and Nicole Gall, who
went a combined 1-for-28 from the field. Vander Esch did have 12 rebounds
and Gall had ten boards in the victory. Katie Strunk (Shoshone, Idaho / Walla Walla CC) and Nicole Bruce added double-doubles
- Strunk with 16 points and ten boards, with Bruce scoring 11 points to go with
ten rebounds.
GAME RECAP – C OF I 92, HOLY NAMES
87: Nicole Bruce
had 14 of her career-high 20 points in the second half, as The C of I erased a
halftime deficit to win their fifth-straight game, a 92-87 victory over Holy
Names Saturday at the Westminster Fall Classic.
The Lady Yotes, off to their best start in the eight years under head
coach Reagan Rossi, eclipsed the 80-point mark for the fifth time in six games
this season - despite going 0-for-6 from outside the arc. The Hawks, of
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more on The C of I women’s
basketball program, head to the homepage of the Lady Yotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wmensbasketball.htm.
CROSS COUNTRY: Coyotes off to
LAST WEEK: Idle
COMING UP: at
NAIA Cross Country National Championships, Saturay – at the Dr. Wayne E. Dannehl
Cross Country Course, Kenosha, Wisc., Women’s 5,000-meters at 10:30 a.m. (CT),
Men’s 8,000-meters at 11:45 a.m. (CT)
WOMEN HEAD TO
NATIONALS FOR FIRST TIME: In just their fifth year of existence, the Lady
Yotes will head to the NAIA Championships for the first time. The C of I has sent individuals to Nationals
on three different occasions – Shannon Edwards in 2004 (112th),
Shannon Edwards in 2005 (48th), and Stephanie Helm (Challis,
HOW THE
YOTES STACK UP: The key to the Lady Yotes success will be how their 2-5 runners
compete on a course that will be packed – a field of over 300 runners, which is
bigger than the Willamette Invitational from last month. Top-runner, Stephanie Helm – who has yet to
be defeated by an NAIA competitor this season, will be off with the leaders
from the outset, however, the other runners will need to try and stay at a
19-minute pace to give the Yotes a chance at a Top-10 finish.
LOOKING AT
THE NATIONAL FIELD: The women’s race at Nationals will feature 336 runners – 32
teams, including 25 conferences/independents/unaffiliated champions and seven
at-large bids and 112 individual qualifiers.
The Top-22 teams in the final NAIA Top-25 poll are all in the field –
including three other teams from the Northwest – Simon Fraser, Concordia, and
MEN RECEIVE
REPRIEVE, GET AT-LARGE BERTH: The Coyote men had been here before – a less
than stellar race in the CCC Championships, leaving their fate into the NAIA
Championships in the hands of the national raters. Unlike in 2006, when the Yotes were left at
home, The C of I was ranked No. 15 in the final poll and earned one of seven
at-large berths to Nationals.
HISTORY AT
NATIONALS: The Yotes will head to the national meet as a team for the third
time in the last four years. The C of I
placed 17th in 2005 and 23rd last season, with David
Fluckiger recording the best finish by a Coyote runner at Nationals – finishing
in 26th-place in 2005.
HOW THE YOTES
STACK UP: For the Yotes to finish in the top half
of the field, they will need a better collective effort than they had at the
Cascade Conference championships. The
strength all season for the squad had been to run together – with the pack
broken two weekends ago in
LOOKING AT THE
MEN’S NATIONAL FIELD: The men’s race at Nationals will feature 335 runners – 32
teams, including 25 conferences/independents/unaffiliated champions and seven
at-large bids and 111 individual qualifiers.
The Top-21 teams in the final NAIA Top-25 poll are all in the field –
including four other teams from the Northwest – CCC Champion, Southern Oreogn,
along with Simon Fraser, Concordia, and
WEATHER
REPORT: The
course was blanketed by snow on Monday morning and it will be a question mark
whether that snow will be gone by race day.
High temperatures this week are expected to hover around the freezing mark,
with temperatures at race time Saturday expected to be in the upper 20s to low
30s – with no precipitation.
COACHES
CLINIC: The
Coyotes will be hosting the Snake River Regional Track & Field Clinic on
December 20 on The C of I campus. For
more information, contact head coach Pat McCurry at pmccurry@collegeofidaho.edu or by
phone at (208) 459-5085.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION: For more information on The C of I cross country program, head to
the official homepage of the Coyotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/xc.htm.
SWIMMING: Yotes win eight events at Linfield,
head to
COMING UP: At Northwest Invitational,
LAST WEEK: at Linfield (SC Dual) – Men (L
100-81), Women (L 117-81)
COYOTE MEN WIN FOUR EVENTS AT
LINFIELD DUAL: The
C of I men’s swim team came close in their Saturday dual at Linfield College,
winning four events and narrowly losing the team race, 100-81. Leading the way for the Yotes was freshman Forrest Shoemaker (University Place, Wash. / Curtis HS), who won the 100-free in an
NAIA “A” time of 49.65, while placing third in the 200-free in an NAIA “B” time
of 1:51.54 – just off the school record.
John Green (
LADY YOTES BREAK TWO RECORDS, WIN
FOUR AT LINFIELD:
The Lady Yotes recorded their closest dual meet in program history, dropping a
117-81 decision to Linfield. Annie Younggren (
OFF TO NORTHWEST INVITE: The Yotes will swim on back-to-back
weekends, heading Thursday night up to
NATIONAL MARKS PILING UP: Plane tickets to
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on The C of I
swim program, head to the official homepage of the Coyotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/swim.htm.
MEN’S SOCCER (14-3-1): Season Review
LAST WEEK:. Cascade Conference Tournament
finals – vs. Concordia (L 2-1)
COMING UP: Season Complete
YOTES FALL IN TITLE GAME: Tyler Camp assisted on a pair of
goals, including the game-winner in the 70th minute, as
RECORD STREAK ENDS AT 13: It lasted 53 days, but at some point
it had to end – as the Coyotes school-record 13-match win streak was snapped in
the CCC title game. The C of I became
just the second team to complete a perfect CCC regular-season and allowed just
one opponent in league play to score more than one goal in a match.
BAUTISTA NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Following the season, the CCC coaches
tabulated the All-Conference teams, with Antonio Bautista becoming the Yotes
second CCC Player of the Year recipient in the last three years (Mitch White
earned the nod in 2006). The senior had
a magical season, leading the loop with 21 goals – tied for the third-most in
program history, while leading the NAIA in game-winning goals with ten. Bautista was named NAIA National Offensive
Player of the Week in October and will be a nominee following the NAIA Championships
for All-America honors.
SMITTY EARNS SECOND COACH OF YEAR
HONOR: For the
second time in three years, head coach Brian
Smith was named CCC Coach of the Year.
The fifth-year skipper of the Yotes led the squad to the second-highest
winning percentage in school history (.806) – while he moved into first-place
in C of I history men’s soccer coaching list for career winning percentage
(55-29-4, .648 percent),
PENROD EARNS ALL-CCC NOD: For the second-straight season, Alex Penrod (Las Vegas, Nev. / Cimarron-Memorial HS) was named to the All-CCC
team – however this season at a different position. The senior, who earned honorable mention
All-America honors last year as a forward, earned All-CCC honors as a defender
– and was runner-up to Concordia’s Garrett Staples for CCC Defensive Player of
the Year.
OTHER ALL-CCC SELECTIONS: Five Coyotes were named to the
All-CCC Second-Team – keeper Aaron Reynolds, forward Garga Caserta (Aracatuba,
Brazil / North Idaho CC), midfielders Kazuki Murata, Jesus Lopez (Nampa, Idaho /
Skyview HS), and Mauricio Both (Cacheiora de Sul, Brazil / Nampa HS),
while defender Spencer Ward was named to the honorable mention squad. Reynolds helped the Coyotes to the lowest
team goals against average in the CCC, leading the league in GAA (1.01) and
save percentage (,824), while Caserta did his best work of the year against the
top-two teams – scoring three goals and assisting on two others in four matches
against Concordia and Warner Pacific.
All three midfielders had solid seasons – Murata tied for the team lead
in assists, Lopez recording three goals and four assists, with Both seeing his
season ended early prior to the October matchup with WP. Ward was a pleasant surprise for the Yotes,
teaming with Alex Penrod to anchor the back line and looks to move into the
sweeper role next year.
LOOKING BACK AT THE YEAR: A slow start picked up steam for the
Yotes – leaving the team one win away from their second trip to the NAIA
National Tournament. The C of I opened
the season on the short end of an overtime tilt with Northwest Nazarene, shut
out a Great Falls team that advanced to the Independent Tournament semifinals,
tied Whitman, who placed second in the Northwest Conference, and dropped a
tough 2-1 overtime decision to Pacific.
However, four-straight road wins to open CCC play jumpstarted the season
– as the Coyotes persevered through a waterlogged 3-0 win over Oregon Tech on
their final home game on campus (as Symms Field was deemed unplayable following
the match), to home games at Syringa Middle School, the Boise Capitals Soccer
Complex, and Vallivue High School – keeping a win streak intact. In all, the Yotes allowed just 18 goals in 18
games this season.
END OF THE ROAD FOR SENIORS: The title game marked the final
match in the Purple and Gold for seven C of I seniors – Alex Penrod, Garga
Caserta, Antonio Bautista, Mauricio Both, Scott Thompson, Derek Erstad (Boise, Idaho /
Timberline HS) and Brian Weiss (Mountain Home, Idaho / Mountain Home HS).
A LOOK AHEAD: The Coyotes will have stability in
2009, as seven of their 11 starters will return – along with five others who
saw action in a starting role during the season. The CCC schedule is still to be determined,
as Cascade College will shut its doors in May – with the loop deciding whether
they will continue with the divisional play (11 game league schedule), or
return to the double round-robin schedule (14 game league schedule).
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Coyote
men’s soccer program, head to the official homepage of the Coyotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/menssoccer.htm.
WOMEN’S SOCCER (12-6-2): Season Review
LAST WEEK: Cascade Conference Tournament Final
- at No. 4 Concordia (L 3-0)
COMING UP: Season Complete
LADY YOTES LOSE TITLE GAME TO
CONCORDIA:
TOUGH TO STOP A BUZZSAW: The Lady Yotes gave their all
against a top-five team on the road – but the juggernaut that is Concordia
women’s soccer is staggering. Against
CCC teams, the Cavaliers outscored their opponents 63-1, recording 14 shutouts
this season.
TWO OTHER OPPONENTS HEADED TO
NATIONALS: Concordia,
who will host St. Ambrose (Iowa) in the Opening Round of the NAIA Tournament is
not the only C of I opponent heading to Nationals. Simon Fraser, who was upset in the
first-round of the Affiliated Independent Institutions Tournament in a
shootout, earned an at-large selection and will host Rocky Mountain, who won
the Frontier Conference tournament, defeating Carroll, 1-0. A third opponent, Dominican, was to have
earned the California Pacific Conference automatic berth, but was forced to
forfeit six league wins due to an ineligible player.
FINAL NATIONAL POLL: For the eighth straight time this
season, the Lady Yotes received votes in the NAIA Top-25 poll, as the final
tabulation of the season was released on Sunday. The C of I had 20 voter points, the ninth
team listed in the Others Receiving Votes column, or No. 34 in the nation. The 20 points equaled the highest point total
for the Coyotes in the national poll, joining the total they received on Nov.
4.
TAYLOR NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR: For her efforts in leading The C of
I to their best finish in the 20-year history of the program, head coach Niki Taylor was named CCC Coach of the
Year by her peers. Taylor, who became
the all-time winningest coach in school history during the season, led the
Yotes to a school-record 12 wins and their first-ever trip to the CCC finals.
HEFFNER NAMED CCC NEWCOMER OF THE
YEAR: The Lady
Yotes also received one of the player awards handed out by the CCC, as Chelsea Heffner (Meridian, Idaho / Mountain View HS) earned Newcomer of the Year
honors. The freshman scored four goals
and assisted on eight others – tied for third in the league in assists and
assists per game.
YOTES HAVE RECORD NUMBER OF ALL-CCC SELECTIONS: A total of seven C of I players
were named to the All-CCC Team - a new school record. Chelsea Heffner was one of two Lady Yotes on
the CCC First-Team, joined by defender Colleen
Smith (
RECORD SETTING SEASON: The Lady Yotes established a new
school record for wins in a season with 12, shattering the old mark of ten, set
back in 2002. The squad also recorded
eight shutouts on the season, one more than they recorded last season, when
they established a new school record.
Only the inaugural 1989 squad, which went 8-3 (aided by a pair of
forfeit victories), had a higher winning percentage than the 2008 team.
A LOOK BACK: The season for the Lady Yotes had
plenty of ups, and a few downs – mostly due to the plethora injuries throughout
the year, including those that ended the seasons of starters Amanda Barrieau (Eagle, Idaho / Eagle HS) and Brittney
Hulin (Eagle, Idaho / Eagle HS). The Yotes won 2-of-3 on their season-opening
trek to
A LAST HURRAH FOR SENIORS: Last Wednesday’s game in the
Portland Metro area was the final game in the Purple and Gold for a trio of
Lady Yote players. Allie Dufault (
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2009: Teams in the CCC must cringe,
knowing that the Lady Yotes will return the bulk of their squad in 2009. All 11 regular starters will return – not
including a pair of injured starters – with the group combining to score 31 of
the squad’s 38 goals this season.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the