April 29th, 2009 06:36pm
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Sonoma State senior Lindsay Emmel has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year after leading the conference in strikeouts and opponent’s batting average.
Emmel, who sat out last season due to major shoulder surgery, returned to post a 16-9 record and 1.70 ERA with 165 strikeouts in 156 innings. Opponents are hitting .176 against the Atascadero native.
Emmel was one of three Seawolves honored by the CCAA after …
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April 29th, 2009 02:42pm
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Windsor High graduate and Penn State junior Lauren Rusert will participate in the Division I Rugby National Championships, which will begin Friday at Stanford University.
Penn State will meet Navy while defending national champion Stanford meets Brown in the other semifinal. Penn State won the national title in 2007 and lost to Stanford in te title game last year.
Rusert participated in soccer, cross country, softball and wrestling at Windsor.
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April 28th, 2009 02:50pm
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Santa Rosa Junior College guard Lucas Dominigue has signed with with William Jessup University, a Division II school in Rocklin.
The 6-foot-2 Dominigue, a graduate of Sonoma Valley High, averaged 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds as the Bear Cubs went 17-16 and earned a spot in the NorCal Regional playoffs this past season.
William Jessup, a private Christian school, went 18-14 in the 2008-09 season and earned a spot in the Cal …
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April 28th, 2009 02:48pm
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The Sonoma State women’s golf team has earned a spot in the nine-team Division II Super Regional in just its second year of existence.
The Seawolves earned the No. 5 seed in the regional, which will be held May 4-6 at Ironwood Golf and Country Club in Omaha, Neb. The top three teams at the regional will advance to the 12-team NCAA Championships from May 13-16 in Findlay, Ohio.
The Seawolves have …
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April 24th, 2009 12:41am
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The Santa Rosa Junior College men’s and women’s swimming teams paid for the price for their victories at the Big 8 Conference Championships last week in Sacramento.
And the price was about $8,000 — the amount of money the Bear Cubs raised to pay for the 40 Blue Seventy swimsuits they competed in.
The Blue Seventy, like the LZR Racer, is one of the technologically advanced suits that has cut performance times …
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April 23rd, 2009 06:02pm
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Montgomery High alums Jaime and Duncan Kelm are starters on the San Diego State rugby team, which has advanced to the Final Four of the National Collegiate Division I Championships for the first time in 22 years.
Duncan, an inside center who earned All-American honors last year, and Jaime, a flanker, have led SDSU to a 10-0 record.
The Aztecs will play BYU on May 1 in the national semifinals at …
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April 22nd, 2009 01:22am
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Sonoma State baseball fans eager to see the exploits of Joey Parigi have been disappointed this season.
Parigi, a three-time all-state selection at Monterey High who played at Texas and Arizona State, was expected to have a big impact as an outfielder and pitcher.
Unfortunately for the Seawolves, Parigi, a junior, was declared acdemically ineligible early in the season.
In nine games, he hit .333 (8 for 24) with a homer and seven …
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April 21st, 2009 10:53pm
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Former Windsor High star Jill Rizo, a freshman catcher/outfielder at Dominican University, has been named the California Pacific Conference’s Softball Player of the Week.
Rizo went 4 for 10 with two RBIs, two walks and a stolen base to lead the Penguins (8-26) to a 3-1 record last week.
Rizo hit .507 with 22 RBIs as a senior at Windsor and struck out once in 71 at-bats.
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April 8th, 2009 01:09am
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Sonoma State senior Gary Moran has been named the California Collegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week after allowing two hits and striking out a career-high 10 batters in a 10-1 win over 13th-ranked Cal State Stanislaus on Saturday.
Moran, a 6-foot-8, 265-pound right-hander, improved to 6-1 with a 1.58 ERA this season for the 15th-ranked Seawolves (24-9). Moran ranks 19th in the nation in ERA and has allowed four walks …
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April 4th, 2009 11:20pm
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Petaluma’s Sam Banister is having a memorable senior season at the University of Arizona, which is 32-8 and ranked No. 9 in the NFCA Top 25.
Banister entered the week hitting .358 with nine homers and 34 RBIs. She is tied for sixth in the Pac-10 in homers, ranks ninth in RBIs and slugging percentage and is 17th in batting average.
In a 9-2 win at No. 7 UCLA today, she went …
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Eric Branch’s blog focuses on Sonoma State, Santa Rosa Junior College and former Empire athletes who are competing in college or professionally.
