On The Record With Megan Wong, Part VII

What a “Bar Fight” it was for us this weekend first against No. 3 Cal State San Bernardino Friday night then against the No.18 Cal Poly Pomona. No wonder why the Coyotes are No. 3 in the nation for division 2, they were ready for us from the first whistle. It was not one of our best performances of the year, but it was an actual game vs. Cal State San Bernardino. Although we were tied 7 all in the first game and up 6-1 in the third game we still didn’t play our best and we all knew it. It was our first lost at home putting our home record 12-1, overall record 20-6, and CCAA 11-4.

Despite the fact that we lost respectfully 3-0, we had to put that game behind us since it was done and over with and we had to focus on our next “Bar Fight” vs. Cal Poly Pomona. We knew it was going to be a fight for us to survive this battle. The Broncos had beaten us at their home gym 3-1 the first round in conference and now it was our turn to beat them in OUR HOUSE.

During the whole match every game was close. They had brought their fire the first game to let us know that they were here to play and not planning on going home anytime soon. We then made a turn around and took game 2. The Broncos were a dangerous team and we knew it, but we weren’t expecting them to take game 3 from us. Game 4 seemed like a breeze for our team winning 25-16. We knew game 5 was ours, so we went on our merry way and took it. It was 14-12 with one point left in the match. We served it then they hit it back at us and we dug it like it was pie then Junior Setter Lindsay Brown set Senior Outside Hitter Kristy Sather for the game winning point, but Pomona’s Middle blocker and Opposite, put up a huge block and basically it said, “Not this time, we’re still here and want to play. You’re not winning that easy.” Next they served it to us and we passed it right on target and Brown and Sather connected one last time and BOOM it was over. We had won the match. It was so exciting!!!

Our engine had been on for games 1-3, but we were just cruising, however, games 4 and 5 we finally burned some serious rubber and brought home a “W” for victory giving us another win for our record of 21-6 overall and 13-5 CCAA. This is the best record in school history for the volleyball program and with just 2 more games left we’re not giving up to go 23-6. We play Humbolt this Wednesday away and UCSD Saturday home. It’s going to be an interesting finish.

On The Record With Megan Wong, Part VI

Hey! Sorry I haven't been able to update you on our season lately. I've been busy with school. Anyway, as you can see, it's been a roller coaster ride for our team this year as it has been for many of the other teams in the CCAA. Teams have been beating and losing to other teams unexpectedly. Counting down the final games of the season 1st-5th place are up for grabs. It's going to be a dog fight for this last stretch.

This year seems to have been a tough one for us on the road. We lost to all the BIG teams in away games: CSULA, CSUSB, CPP, and UCSD. This past weekend were crucial games for us against CSUMB and SF State. Down 2-0 vs. the Gators, we managed to come back and take the victory going to 20-5 overall.

Our defense is what is keeping us in the games. As the saying goes "Offense sells tickets and Defense wins championships!" However, Junior Setter Lindsay Brown has been able to connect with Junior Middle Blocker Rikki Buckshins and Senior Outside Hitter Kristy Sather to make our offense unstoppable.

And on a side note Congratulations to Rikki (1st team) and Kristie(2nd team) for being ESPN The Magazine All-Academic Scholars.

Lately at practice we've been playing the error game, which puts in real game situation and it shows who and how our team is making errors when it comes to the real deal.

We face CSUSB Friday night and CPP Saturday @ 7pm. These games will determine if we can play with the BIG DOGS!

Sablle's Cross Country Report, Part V

Hey there,

Sablle again! This weekend was a really successful weekend for the Sonoma State cross country team. Our athletic sport is generally overlooked by most of the population, but for this race we had our chance to travel and get recognition. We flew out on Thursday to San Bernardino
for the CCAA Championships. The first day we found out when we ran that it is very very dry in San Bernardino which is definitely a change in weather for our team but come race day our team came through. We hydrated a great amount the days before our races because it is was greatly needed for this weather.

As far as the course goes it was awesome in my opinion. It was not repetitive which most races have been this year and it went by pretty fast while also having a beautiful view of this regional park. Come race day our team felt ready to run but it was very nerve racking since it was such a large race. Everybody competed at their best and did great. This trip was a lot of fun for our team and we are looking forward to next years CCAA Championships as well.

This week we are leaving on Thursday to the finest city in the world, San Diego. This is the race many of us have been looking forward to because it is in San Diego and we are traveling pretty far. This race is our last race of the season and pretty exciting for our team to compete with such a variety of teams. This meet we are racing our top seven women on the team with one alternate, so it is a run for the race right now between some girls. We have lost our number two runner Jacqui Trenkwalder. But, that just means our team has to try that much harder. I really believe in our top seven girls for this race and I know we will go to San Diego and perform.

Until next time,
Young Sablle