Yote Notes – December 3,
2008
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Mike Safford Jr. – Sports
Info. Director
msafford@collegeofidaho.edu
ATHLETIC NEWS:
YOTES LEAD CCC ALL-SPORTS TROPHY
STANDINGS AFTER FALL: With
three league titles to their credit, The College of Idaho has the lead in the
Cascade Conference All-Sports Trophy standings following the fall sports
season. Unofficially, the Yotes have 64
points, with Concordia right behind them with 62, with
BAUTISTA FEATURED IN SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED: In the
latest edition of Sports Illustrated, C of I men’s soccer standout Antonio
Bautista was featured in the “Faces in the Crowd” section. The senior, who lead the squad within a game
of the NAIA National Tournament, is one of six high school or college athletes
featured, including a color photo.
VOLLEYBALL AT NAIA NATIONAL
TOURNAMENT: The C of
I volleyball team has had a tough start to Pool Play at the NAIA National
Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa, dropping consecutive 3-1 matches to No. 6
ranked Georgetown (Ky.) and No. 7 ranked Cal Baptist. The Yotes (24-9) will complete their season
tomorrow against No. 18 ranked Indiana Tech.
Complete coverage of the tournament will be in next week’s Yote Notes.
FRUIT HEADING YOUR WAY: The annual Orange Sales by The C of
I baseball team has culminated, with delivery of the apples, oranges, and
grapefruit expected this weekend.
DONATE TO THE
MEN’S BASKETBALL (3-5): Coyotes sweep
LAST WEEK: at Menlo (W 66-41), at Holy Names (W
90-59)
COMING UP: at No. 1
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. This weekend will be the first of ten
women’s-men’s doubleheaders carried on radio, with the women’s pre-game set for
6:15 p.m. (MT). The OIT game will also
be carried live on 92.5 KLAD-FM in
LIVE STATS: Live stats of Friday’s game vs.
Oregon Tech will be available online at http://140.211.130.21/livembk/xlive.htm,
with Saturday’s game at
NAIA II’s – THANK YOU: After opening the season with five of
six games against NAIA Division I opponents, the Coyotes finally played teams
one an equal playing level – meeting two NAIA Division II clubs over the
weekend, netting two wins. Of the 56
non-conference games (including two 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 four
games against NAIA Division II teams (defeating William Jewell in 2003 and
Bethany in 2005, along with last weekend’s wins over Menlo and Holy Names) –
with just 15 of the 56 games played at home.
Overall, including this season, the Yotes are 31-23 in their last 52
non-conference counters – with four of the losses coming to NCAA Division I
teams.
25-POINT WINS ON THE ROAD: Despite the success of the Coyotes
over the last decade, the 2008-09 Yotes did something that had not been
accomplished in over ten years – win back-to-back road games by 25 points or
more. The last time the Yotes won
back-to-back games by 25-plus was in 2003-04, toppling Warner Pacific 73-35 and
Eastern Oregon 104-65 – both in
LOVIN’ IT AT HOME: The trip to the Bay Area gave five
Coyotes an opportunity to play in front of friends and family. Of the quintet, a trio had big nights – with Kelvin Potts (Oakland,
Calif. / Chabot CC) leading the way, averaging 14 points and five
assists in the two games, including a season-high 16 against Holy Names. Steffen Spinks (Manteca,
Calif. / East Union HS) continued to provide a spark off the bench,
tallying 17 points, on 6-of-7 shooting, against Menlo, followed by ten points
against Holy Names, with Brian Bergerson (Modesto,
Calif. / Modesto CC) scoring a season-high 18, including three
three-pointers at Holy Names.
MCGEE AND STOKES CONSISTENT: The top-two scorers for the Yotes
continued to put up quality numbers each night out. Leading scorer, Craig McGee (
CHAMP KEEPS STREAKS GOING: Senior guard Bryan Champ (
THE NEWEST LITTLE YOTE: Forward Kurt Nielson (
TOUGHEST TRIP TO OPEN CCC SLATE: The Yotes will make the toughest trip
in the Cascade Conference this weekend to open the 20-game league slate,
heading to No. 1 ranked Oregon Tech and Southern
Oregon. The long jaunt
south has been a graveyard for CCC teams over the last nine seasons – as only
seven times a league foe has swept the two games on the trip (in 89
tries). Warner Pacific has accomplished
the feat three times, including the last two seasons, while Corban did it in
2001-02 and 2004-05, with the Yotes pulling the upsets in 2000-01 and 2002-03.
ABOUT
COACH MILES CLIMBING THE HISTORICAL
LIST: OIT head
coach Dan Miles is in his 38th year in
ABOUT SOUTHERN OREGON: Saturday night, it’s over the hill to
meet
CCC LEADERS: Scoring Average – Ben Pawlak (CAS)
27.2, Nate Menefee (ESC) 23.3, Adam Moore (WP) 21.2, Christian Cavanaugh (OIT)
17.6, Steven Vaughan (CU) 17.6; Rebound Average – Kaylone Riley (WP) 12.0, Josh
Wetzler (OIT) 9.3, Steve Trotter (ESC) 9.0, Ryan Barker (CAS) 8.2, Paul Carollo
(EOU) 8.0; Field Goal Percentage – Cavanaugh .747, Wetzler .692, Craig McGee
(CI) .676, Dylan Perry (NCU) .651, Kao Saelee (CAS) .636; Assists Average –
Saelee 7.8, Justin Parnell (OIT) 6.9, Jeremy Templeton (EOU) 5.0, Kris Groce
(EOU) 4.0, Menefee 4.0.
NATIONAL POLL: The first NAIA Division II Top-25
Coaches Poll was released on Monday, with Oregon Tech remaining in the No. 1
spot in the rankings.
GAME RECAP: C OF I 66, MENLO 41: Holding Menlo College to just
13-of-48 field goal shooting and forcing 39 turnovers, The C of I picked up
their first road win of 2008, stopping the Oaks, 66-41, Friday at Pimm Pavilion. The Coyotes used a 15-2 run midway through
the first half to build a 29-14 advantage, then held Menlo without a field goal
for the first nine minutes of the second half, using the 21-2 run to push the
margin to 53-19 - and were never threatened.
Jordan Stokes and Steffen Spinks each had 17 points in the win - with
Stokes adding a game-high eight rebounds, with Spinks going 6-for-7 from the
floor. Kelvin Potts had 11 points and five assists, with Craig McGee
adding ten. The Oaks, the defending
California Pacific Conference champs, got 14 points from Julian Harris.
GAME RECAP: C OF I 90, HOLY NAMES 59: Six C of I players scored in double
figures, as the Coyotes completed a Thanksgiving Weekend sweep in the Bay Area,
stopping Holy Names, 90-59, Saturday inside Tobin Gym. Brian Bergerson started with the hot hand,
scoring 11 of his game-high 18 points in the first half, as the Yotes jumped
out to a 14-2 lead and were never threatened. The C of I would have a
comfortable 42-28 lead at the break, then use a 19-3 second half run to push
the lead to 81-48 - leading by as many as 37 in the win. Kelvin Potts had 16 points and five assists,
with Jordan Stokes adding 15 points and five rebounds. Steffen Spinks and
Craig McGee each had 11, with Bryan Champ adding ten in the win. The Hawks, who have lost all eight games
against NAIA competition this year, got 18 points from reserve Eric Adams.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more on The C of I men’s
basketball program, head to the homepage of the
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (8-1): No. 23 ranked Lady Yotes open CCC play
at Oregon Tech and No. 16 So.
LAST WEEK: Hosted Best Western Caldwell Inn and
Suites Lady Yote Classic – vs.
COMING UP: at
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.
This weekend will be the first of ten women’s-men’s doubleheaders
carried on radio, with the women’s pre-game set for 6:15 p.m. (MT). Saturday’s game at
LIVE STATS: Live stats of Friday’s game vs.
Oregon Tech will be available online at http://140.211.130.21/livewbk/xlive.htm,
with Saturday’s game at
YOTES CRACK THE NAIA TOP-25: The C of I cracked the Top-25 in the
first NAIA Division II Coaches Poll of the regular season, checking in at No.
23, as announced by the national office in
BEST START EVER: With an eight-game win streak (nine,
if counting the exhibition win over
WIN STREAKING: The eight-game win streak marks the third
time in program history that the Lady Yotes have won eight-or-more games in a
row. The school-record win streak is 13,
set during the 1996-97 season, while the last time the Coyotes won more than eight-straight
was during the 2006-07 campaign, when The C of I won nine in a row.
VANDER ESCH TIES NATIONAL RECORD: The Lady Yotes saw another name
etched into the NAIA record books over the weekend, as Christon Vander Esch (Riggins,
Idaho / Treasure Valley CC) set a new school and CCC record, tying the NAIA
national mark for steals in a game with 15.
The senior had nine swipes in the first half, adding six more in the
second half for her record total – all coming in just 23 minutes of
action. She previously had The C of I
and CCC record of 11 steals, set also against
MORE ON VANDER ESCH: For her efforts over the weekend,
Vander Esch was named CCC Player of the Week for the second time in her
career. She averaged 20 points and seven
rebounds per game in the two wins, to go along with her steals record. Vander Esch also extended a pair of long
streaks – she has now scored at least one point in 48-straight games, recorded
a rebound in 58-straight games, a steal in 26-straight games, and a blocked
shot in 15-straight games. She is No. 2
on the all-time steals (191) and blocked shots (116) lists – needing just 14
steals to break the career school record.
Vander Esch is sixth all-time in free throws attempted (286), seventh
all-time in free throws made (198), and tenth in rebounds (484) and field goal
attempts (645) – closing in on the top ten in field goals made (244) and points
scored (723).
ROSSI SETS WINS RECORD: C of I head coach Reagan Rossi took her spot atop the
wins list in Lady Yote women’s basketball history with the victory Saturday
against Linfield. Rossi notched her 124th
win of her career, moving past former coach and mentor, Todd Corman, into
first-place. In her eighth season, Rossi
has a 124-97 career record, with Corman winning 123 games in his tenure from
1995-01 at The C of I.
GETTING DEFENSIVE: The Lady Yotes have turned up the
defensive pressure over the last three games, holding their opponents to a
combined 50 points per game, while holding the visitors to just 34-percent from
the field and 22-percent from the three-point line. Even more impressive is the turnover number,
as The C of I has forced an average of 39 turnovers in their last three games.
ABOUT
ABOUT SOUTHERN OREGON: A battle of nationally-ranked teams
will headline the Saturday CCC games, as the Yotes travel to No. 16
CCC LEADERS: Scoring Average – Kristina Schumacher
(CAS) 27.0, Emily Gray (NCU) 18.6, Amy Russell (CAS) 17.0, Katie Steigleman
(CRB) 16.8, Robin Swain (CAS) 16.7; Rebound Average – Maya Gross (CAS) 10.7,
Russell 10.3, Rosiland Lee (ESC) 8.8, Christon Vander Esch (CI) 8.7, Gray 8.4;
Field Goal Percentage – Callie McVicker (NCU) .718, Gross .613, Danielle
Clauson (CU) .600, Haley Roth (CU) .559, Alyssa Garro (EOU) .556; Assist
Average – Meagan Miyasaka (OIT) 6.3, Jenny Fiso (EOU) 5.6, Whitney Scott (SOU)
5.4, Swain 5.3, Kailey Bostwick (CRB) 4.2.
GAME RECAP – C OF I 84, WILLAMETTE 53:
Christon Vander Esch
set a school record with 15 steals, leading an incredible defensive effort by The
C of I, who just missed the team record of 34 steals by one in an 84-53 rout of
GAME RECAP – C OF I 87, LINFIELD 57: Nicole
Gall (
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.