Sports News Blog: February 2012

Tennis

yote notes - edition 4

COMING UP: Idle until Alumni Matches, 3/10, 10 a.m.

LAST WEEK: Men – at Pacific Lutheran (L 7-2), at George Fox (L 7-1), at Linfield (W 5-4); Women – at Lewis-Clark State (L 9-0), at Whitworth (L 9-0)

Skiing

yote notes - edition 7

COMING UP: at USCSA Western Regional, Feb. 23-25, Steamboat Springs, Colo.

LAST WEEK: Idle

LIVE RESULTS: Watch live race results from the USCSA Western Regional live online at http://www.live-timing.com/races.php.

Women's Basketball

lady yotes win ccc tournament opener 

Felicity Jones scored a season-high 23 points as The College of Idaho opened up the 2012 Cascade Collegiate Conference Championships with a 75-60 victory over Southern Oregon, tonight inside the J.A. Albertson Activities Center.

With the win, the No. 20 ranked Lady Yotes (20-8) secured their third 20-win season in the last four years and earned a home date with Eastern Oregon in the tournament semifinals.  Tip-off against the No. 25 ranked Mountaineers is set for 7 p.m. on Friday night, as EOU rolled past Northwest, 88-57.

Men's Basketball

yote notes - edition 18

COMING UP: at No. 3 Oregon Tech, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. (PT)

LAST WEEK: vs. Concordia (W 80-66), vs. No. 10 Warner Pacific (L 87-80)

Women's Basketball

yote notes - edition 18

COMING UP: Cascade Conference Tournament – quarterfinal vs. Southern Oregon, Tuesday, 7 p.m

LAST WEEK: vs. Concordia (W 54-46), vs. Warner Pacific (W 62-56)

Women's Basketball

lady yotes rise to #20 in NAIA poll 

With a pair of home weekend last weekend, The College of Idaho climbed three spots to No. 20 in the final regular-season NAIA Division II Top-25 Coaches' Poll, released this afternoon by the national office in Kansas City, Mo.

The Lady Yotes (19-8) received 146 voter points in the poll, rising to their highest position since last season's preseason poll.  Two other Cascade Conference teams were in the Top- 25 - No. 10 Corban and No. 25 Eastern Oregon.

Softball

Skinner earns CCC Pitcher of the Week 

College of Idaho right-hander Nickayla Skinner was honored today as Red Lion-Cascade Conference Pitcher of the Week, announced by the league office in La Grande, Ore.

Baseball

Coyotes sweep snowy DH from Willamette 

Jarel Lewis had eight RBI on the afternoon to pace The College of Idaho, as the Coyotes beat both a late winter snowstorm and Willamette University, stopping the Bearcats 18-1 and 7-4, at Wolfe Field.

The Coyotes (10-2) completed their second-straight weekend sweep of a Northwest Conference team - running their win streak to eight games in a row.  The squad battled the elements today, as snow began to fall in the eighth inning of Game 1 and fell heavy at times during the first four innings of Game 2.

Baseball

Yotes win two, improve to 6-0 at home 

Jarel Lewis' RBI single in the eighth inning plated the winning run in Game 1, with Joshua Orr striking out eight men in a complete game effort in Game 2, as The College of Idaho swept a doubleheader from Willamette University, 6-5 and 5-1, at Wolfe Field.

The Coyotes (8-2) extended their win streak to six games with the victories - their first games against the Division III school since 1999.

Tennis

coyote men upset linfield college, 5-4 

The College of Idaho men's tennis team scored their biggest victory since the reinstatement of the program in 2009, defeating Linfield College, 5-4, this morning in McMinnville, Ore.

The Lady Yotes were unable to compete a Sunday sweep, as Whitworth blanked The C of I, 9-0, in Lewiston.

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