Yote Notes – September
4, 2008
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Mike Safford Jr. – Sports
Info. Director
msafford@collegeofidaho.edu
ATHLETIC NEWS:
COYOTE OPEN SET FOR SEPTEMBER 26: The 25th Annual Coyote Open Golf
Tournament is set for Friday, September 28, at Falcon Crest Golf Club in
Kuna. Year in and year out one of the top events in the
HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER
3: The C of I
Athletic Department will hold induction ceremonies for the 1953 football team;
football, basketball and baseball coach Sam Vokes; and women's field hockey
coach Shirley Kroeger. A welcome reception will be held Thursday, Oct. 2,
from 5 to 8 p.m., in the McCain Student Union. The Hall of Fame induction
ceremony is on Friday, Oct. 3, in Simplot Dining Hall. The ceremony begins with
a cocktail hour at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and the ceremony at 7 p.m. Coach
Vokes' wife Ina and daughter Sandy are planning to attend as is Coach Kroeger.
Several members of the 1953 football team or their families are expected to
attend including: Ed Bonaminio, Pete Douroux, Bill Kundrat, R.C. Owens, Chuck
Ruby, Ted Shannon, George Shull, Rano Sullivan, Harlan Geach, John Park, Donna
Shannon (Bill), Barbara Rich (Don), Bernie Kahahawai (Joe), Joe Jakubowski
(Walt), Jerry Cole (Coach Eddie Cole). For more information, including tickets,
please contact Dick Carrow at 871-8863.
GOLF TEAM OPENS ON WEDNESDAY: The C of I men’s and women’s golf
team will open up their 2008 fall season on Wednesday with an 18-hole dual
match against Northwest Nazarene. A
preview of the golf team will be in next week’s Yote Notes.
BASEBALL ALUMNI GAME SET FOR SEPTEMBER
21: The annual C of
I alumni baseball game is set for Saturday, Sept. 21, beginning with a home run
derby at Simplot Stadium at 1 p.m. All
baseball alumni – contact head coach Shawn Humberger at 459-5861 to reserve
your spot for the fun afternoon.
FIRST EVER SOFTBALL ALUMNI GAME SET
FOR OCTOBER 5: The C
of I softball team will host their first-ever alumni game on Oct. 5, at the
Symms Field diamond. To RSVP, contact
head coach Al Mendiola at 459-5113.
VOLLEYBALL (3-4): Lady Yotes open Cascade Conference
play with tough road trip to No. 12 Southern and Oregon Tech
LAST WEEK: at
COMING UP: at No. 12 Southern Oregon, Friday, 7
p.m. (PT); at
BUHLER NAMED CCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
YOTES PLAY WELL IN
TROUBLE IN FIVE-SET MATCHES: When matches have been forced to a
deciding fifth set over the past two seasons, the Lady Yotes have struggled in
the 15-point situations. The C of I have
managed to win just two of the ten matches extended to a fifth set – going 2-5
last season (wins over Vanguard and Oregon Tech), while three of the four
losses this season have been in the fifth set.
OVERALL TRIP NUMBERS: Along with the outstanding trip by
Sarah Buhler, Kristin Henning (
CAREER RECORD BOOK: Four C of I players currently rank
among the Top-10 in the all-time career record book. Leading the way is Kathryn Ely (La
THE GAMES COUNT THIS WEEKEND: The 20-match Cascade Conference
schedule opens up this weekend, as the Lady Yotes look to defend their
back-to-back loop titles. They open up
play Friday against rival Southern
Oregon in
TOUGHEST ROAD TRIP: The Lady Yotes have made the trip to
Southern and OIT 18 times previously, and have swept the trip only twice – the
last time in 2006.
RECAP – DAY 1: The C of I volleyball team split a
pair of matches on the opening day of the 2008 Seaside Invitational in San
Diego, Calif., routing Mount Marty (S.D.) in the opener in three-sets, then
watching No. 8 ranked Point Loma Nazarene rally from a 2-1 deficit to top the
Yotes in five sets. The No. 9 ranked
Coyotes won the first match of the day against the Lancers, 25-16, 25-18, 25-6
- as all 13 ladies that made the trip to
RECAP – DAY 2: The C of I split a pair of
volleyball matches Saturday afternoon at the Seaside Invitational in San Diego,
Calif., losing a five-set marathon with No. 10 ranked Madonna, but making quick
word of Ashford in three. In the
opener, the Yotes had a 2-1 lead in the match, but lost to the Marauders of
Livonia, Mich., 22-25, 25-22, 18-25, 25-21, 15-12. Sarah Buhler led The C of I with a
career-high 21 kills, along with six blocks, and six digs, with Kristin Henning
adding 11 kills in the loss. Marcella Hernandez had eight kills and eight
blocks, with Madie Machurek adding 28 assists and 11 digs. In the afternoon game, the Yotes pounded the
Saints of Clinton, Iowa, 25-17, 25-14, 25-20.
Buhler had nine kills in the win, with Machurek adding 25 assists, five
aces, and six 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 164-68, the most wins and
highest winning percentage in school history. In 2006, she led the Lady
Yotes to their best season in program history, compiling a 35-4 record -
earning CCC and NAIA Region I Coach of the Year honors. The Yotes won
their first Cascade Conference championship in 24 years, becoming just the
second school to complete the league schedule without a loss. The Coyotes
also captured their second-straight CCC Tournament title, along with their
second-straight NAIA Region I Tournament title, before placing ninth at the
NAIA Championships. Her team set a school-record with 22 straight wins
and heads into the 2008 season with a 36-match home win streak.
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.
WOMEN’S SOCCER (2-1): Lady Yotes go 2-1 on
COMING UP: vs. Rocky Mountain, Friday, 4 p.m.
SEASON TICKETS: Single-person or family season
tickets will be available for all College of Idaho men’s and women’s soccer
matches, Single-person season tickets are $30, while a family pass is $60 –
which will get fans into the remaining 15 C of I games this fall.
YOTES OFF TO STELLAR START: After a 600-mile bus ride, The
College of Idaho women’s soccer team made the most of their first-ever trip to
HUGHES NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE
WEEK: For her
efforts on the trip to
ROCKY HEADS TO TOWN: The Lady Yotes open up their home
schedule this Friday afternoon, hosting Frontier Conference foe
GOALS GALORE: The trip to
SOLID FRESHMEN DEBUTS: Four different true freshmen made a
splash during their first-ever collegiate road trip – helping the Lady Yotes to
the 2-1 mark. Leading the way was Chelsea Heffner (
RETURNERS HAVE BIG TRIP: It wasn’t just the youngsters
excelling for the Yotes, returners put up big numbers in the
FOUR KEY PLAYERS MISS THE WEEKEND: The Yotes were successful in
RECAP – C OF I 8, MILLS 1: Jamie Reichel recorded a hat trick
and an assist and Mandy Greif added a goal and three assists, as The C of
I recorded their most prolific scoring game in five years, routing Mills
College, 8-1, in the season opener for both teams Thursday in Oakland,
Calif. Despite a 17-2 edge in shots
during the first half, the Lady Yotes were held scoreless until the 40th
minute, when the sophomore Reichel scored off an Ashley Page assist to
give The C of I the lead. Back-to-back
goals from senior Emily Dickerson in the first five minutes of the second half
ballooned the lead to 3-0. Reichel added two more tallies, with the
junior Greif, and freshmen Chelsea Heffner and Kelly Hardegree-Ullman each
scoring one. The Yotes had a commanding
41-5 edge in shots, including 24-4 on goal - while recording all seven corner
kicks in the game. It was the most goals scored by a C of I team since
2003, when the Lady Yotes defeated Cascade, 8-1.
RECAP – C OF I 1, HOLY NAMES 0: Chelsea Heffner beat the goalkeeper
in a 1-on-1 situation with five minutes left in the opening period and the goal
held up, as The C of I knocked off Holy Names, 1-0, Friday in Oakland,
Calif. The win for the Lady Yotes helped
the squad begin a season with two victories for the first time in the 20-year
history of the program. After multiple
HNU counter-attacks posed threats early, including a goal disallowed due to an
offsides call, the Yotes cashed in late in the period, as Mandy Greif connected
with Heffner with a through-ball and beat Brianna Witrado for the
game-winner. "It was a weird
game," said head coach Niki Taylor.
"We had trouble with their counter-attacks in the first half, but they
made changes in the second half that played into our strengths. We were
able to maintain possession the majority of the second half and preserve the
shutout." The Yotes outshot the
Hawks (0-1) 8-3, with Sadie Hughes recording the shutout in goal for the Purple
and Gold.
RECAP – DOMINICAN 3, C OF I 2 (OT): Eleanna Mendez scored the
game-winning goal in overtime off a long throw in, as the Dominican University
women's soccer team knocked of The C of I, 3-2, in a battle of unbeaten teams
in San Rafael, Calif. on Sunday afternoon.
Mendez, who got the Penguins (3-0) on the board in the 26th minute,
corraled the long throw in, beat two defenders, and slotted the ball in the
back of the net for the winning tally.
The Lady Yotes nearly had a victory, as a first half goal by Ashley Page
off an Emily Dickerson assist tied the score, with Dickerson tying the game
with a goal off an Allie Dufault assist in the 75th minute. The C of I
tried to hang on, but Bridget Folan found the net with under five minutes left
in regulation to send the game to overtime.
The Coyotes had a 9-7 edge in shots - but only three of the shots were
on goal.
PRESEASON CCC/NATIONAL POLL: Unlike the CCC Preseason Coaches
Poll, the NAIA releases a Top-5 poll for each conference prior to the release
of the NAIA Top-25 rankings. The Coyotes
were ranked No. 4 in both preseason polls, although the polls do not look alike
– as Concordia, Corban, and Oregon Tech are atop the national list, with the
Yotes and
ABOUT THE COACH: Niki Taylor is in her third season
as head coach of The College of Idaho women's soccer program. In her two
seasons with the Coyotes, she helped the Lady Yotes to their first-ever
back-to-back playoff appearances, including their first-ever postseason win in
2007, advancing to the Cascade Conference Tournament semifinals. A graduate of
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on the Coyote
women’s soccer program, head to the official homepage of the Lady Yotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/wmenssoccer.htm.
MEN’S SOCCER (1-1): Coyotes continue non-conference
slate with home match Saturday vs. Whitman
LAST WEEK: at Northwest Nazarene (L 4-3 OT), vs.
COMING UP: vs. Whitman, Saturday, 11 a.m.
SEASON TICKETS: Single-person or family season
tickets will be available for all College of Idaho men’s and women’s soccer
matches, Single-person season tickets are $30, while a family pass is $60 –
which will get fans into the remaining 15 C of I games this fall.
COYOTES OPEN SEASON WITH
BAUTISTA NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
MURATA SOLID: Two-time All-Cascade Conference
selection Kazuki Murata (Tokyo, Japan / International Secondary
Inst.) opened up his season in style – scoring a goal and an assist in the
loss at NNU, followed up with an assist in the win over
REYNOLDS STELLAR IN SHUTOUT: After a couple of mistakes against
NNU, freshman goalkeeper Aaron Reynolds (
NEW PLAYERS MAKE DEBUT: Along with Aaron Reynolds, five other
C of I players made their Coyote debuts last week –Travis Newbold (Meridian,
Idaho / Meridian HS), James Collet
(Pocatello, Idaho / Pocatello HS),
and Brian Griffiths (Boise, Idaho / Walla Walla CC) each
played in both matches, while Spencer Ward
(Kent, Wash. / Kentwood HS) and Brad Byers (Boise, Idaho / Capital HS) each played in one.
WHITMAN COMING TO TOWN: The three-game homestand continues on
Saturday morning for the Yotes, as they play host to Whitman at Symms Field. The
Missionaries (1-0-2) were picked to finish third in the Division III Northwest
Conference and have gotten off to a great start in 2008 – playing both
CCC PRESEASON POLLS: The C of I was the unanimous
selection to win the South Division as the 2008 Cascade Conference Men's Soccer
Preseason Coaches Poll was released in August.
The Coyotes, coming off a third-place finish last season and an 11-6-1
overall record, claimed the all nine first-place votes in their division - as
the CCC splits into a North-South arrangement for the first time this season. Joining The C of I in the South Division are
second-place Corban, followed by Cascade, Northwest Christian, and Oregon
Tech. The North was led by defending loop champion, Concordia, followed
by Warner Pacific, Northwest, and
GAME RECAP – NORTHWEST NAZARENE 4, C
OF I 3: Jose Oregon headed home an Alex Mangeac cross
in the first minute of overtime, as the Northwest Nazarene men's soccer team
made a triumphant return to intercollegiate play with a 4-3 victory over The C
of I last Thursday in
GAME RECAP – C OF I 1,
ABOUT THE COACH: Brian
Smith (5th year, 42-26-3)
is in his fifth season as head coach of The C of I men's soccer team. In
his first season two seasons, the Coyotes narrowly missed a spot in the NAIA
Region I Tournament, despite a second and third-place finish in the Cascade
Conference standings. In 2006, however, the Yotes claimed their first CCC
title since 2001 and advanced to the regional semifinals. For his
efforts, the Coyote skipper was named CCC Coach of the Year. Last season,
the Yotes missed out on the postseason by one game. Smith, who helped the Coyotes to a 35-21-1
record as a player for longtime coach, John Calpin, from 1990-93, returned to
his alma mater in 2004 after a successful high school coaching career in the
Treasure Valley. He coached the
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.
CROSS
COUNTRY: Coyotes set to open up season at NNU’s
Roger Curran Invitational
LAST WEEK: Purple
and White Intrasquad Race
COMING UP: at Roger Curran
Invitational, Saturday,
YOTES RUN
WELL IN INTRASQUAD MEET: After a week of vigorous training, The College of Idaho
cross country teams raced each other in the annual Purple and White Intrasquad
race on the
IT STARTS FOR
REAL SATURDAY: The Coyotes will open their season on
Saturday, matching up with four other teams for the Roger Curran Invite in
MORE ON THE
ROGER CURRAN INVITE: Northwest Nazarene has
expanded the former Fall Harrier Classic into the first major local cross
country meet of the season – trying to rival the Bob Firman Invite at
PRESEASON
NATIONAL POLL: For the first-time ever, The C of I women were ranked in the NAIA
Top-25 Preseason Coaches Poll, as the Lady Yotes achieved the No. 11 spot in
the polling released by the national office in Kansas City, Mo., on
Thursday. It marks the highest-ever
ranking by the Coyotes in program history, eclipsing the No. 14 mark they
notched midway through the 2007 season. They are joined in the Top-25 by
fellow CCC rival,
ABOUT THE HEAD
COACH: Pat McCurry is in his fifth season has the head coach for The C of I cross
country and track programs. In just four seasons
(after the Coyote running programs were dormant for nearly 30 years), he has
built the Coyote men and women into NAIA Top-25 programs, with the men's team
achieving berths to the 2005 and 2007 NAIA Championships. Both programs
have also had at-large runners at nationals each of the first four
seasons. He has also coached three NAIA All-Americans, and numerous
All-Cascade Conference and All-NAIA Region I competitors. A native of
FOR MORE
INFORMATION: For more information on The C of I cross country program, head to
the official homepage of Coyotes, www.collegeofidaho.edu/athlete/xc.htm.