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The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

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“Three Years in The Making”: CSUSM Wins Big at 2024 CCAA Tournament

“Three Years in The Making”: CSUSM Wins Big at 2024 CCAA Tournament

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor May 14, 2024

On May 1, CSUSM kicked off hosting the 2024 CCAA Tournament. By securing the #2 seed in the tournament, the Cougars got to take opening day off as Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State East Bay won their games to set the final matchups in place for day two.  On May 2, CSUSM faced their first test...

Nico Diaz: Not Winning the Conference Championship “Lit a Spark Under Us”

Nico Diaz: Not Winning the Conference Championship “Lit a Spark Under Us”

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor May 10, 2024

I'm here with Nico Diaz from CSUSM baseball. Nico just to get started, could you give me a brief timeline of your experience playing baseball, and how you ended up at CSUSM? Yeah, of course. So, I went to Chaparral High School. My first year out of high school I went to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside...

Cougar Sports Report 4/22/24-4/28/24

Cougar Sports Report 4/22/24-4/28/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor May 2, 2024

Welcome back to the cougar sports report. This week saw the end of most of our teams’ regular seasons as they look ahead to successful playoff runs.  On April 22 through April 24, women’s golf competed in the CCAA Championships taking first place for the fifth consecutive time. Regan Barton took...

Cougar Sports Report 4/15/24-4/21/24

Cougar Sports Report 4/15/24-4/21/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor April 23, 2024

Welcome back to the Cougar Sports Report.   On April 16, CSUSM baseball closed last week’s series against Cal Poly Pomona with a 13-10 win. On April 19, CSUSM softball kicked off their home series against Cal State East Bay with two wins, 1-0 and 6-5.   CSUSM baseball also kicked off a successful...

Cougar Sports Report 4/8/24-4/14/24

Cougar Sports Report 4/8/24-4/14/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor April 16, 2024

Welcome back to the cougar sports report!  Our sports week began on April 12 as CSUSM baseball traveled to Cal Poly Pomona to kick off their four-game series with a 6-4 win.   CSUSM softball also traveled to Cal State San Bernardino to kick off their four-game series. Both teams split games...

Cougar Sports Report 4/1/24-4/7/24

Cougar Sports Report 4/1/24-4/7/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor April 9, 2024

Welcome back to the Cougar Sports Report.  Our sports week kicked off on April 1 and April 2 with Women’s golf taking eighth in the West Texas Desert Invitational in Tucson.  On April 5 and April 6, women’s track and field competed in the Triton Invitational in La Jolla. Lilly McGraw set...

Cougar Sports Report 3/25/24-3/31/24

Cougar Sports Report 3/25/24-3/31/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor April 3, 2024

Welcome back to the Cougar Sports Report! Women’s Basketball kicked off their NCAA Division II Elite Eight run on March 25 beating No. 4 Gannon 85-80 in an overtime thriller. On March 25 through March 26 Men’s golf took 6th place in the Hanny Invitational at the Turlock Golf & Country Club. On...

U.S. Win Gold in First CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup

David Contreras Delgado March 12, 2024

The Unites States Women’s soccer team beat Brazil 1-0 to win the first edition of the Women’s CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match’s only goal came during injury time at the end of the first half with Lindsey Horan catching the Brazilian defense off-guard finishing on a beautiful cross from Emily Fox.  While...

Cougar Sports Report 3/4/24-3/10/24

Cougar Sports Report 3/4/24-3/10/24

David Contreras Delgado March 12, 2024

Welcome Back to the cougar sports report!  On March 3 to March 4 Men's golf participated in the NNU Nighthawks Invitational placing 3rd.  On March 8 and March 9 Women’s track and field competed in the Ben Brown Invitational with Rasha Badrani breaking the 22-year-old school 100m record with a time...

Cougar Sports Report 2/26/24-3/3/24

Cougar Sports Report 2/26/24-3/3/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor March 5, 2024

Welcome back to the Cougar Sports Report!  The Women’s Golf team competed in the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout from February 26 to February 27 and finished in sixth place.   Meanwhile, the Men’s Golf team participated in the Battle in the Desert competition from February 26...

Cougar Sports Report 2/19/24 – 2/25/24

Cougar Sports Report 2/19/24 – 2/25/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor February 27, 2024

Welcome back to the Cougar Sports Report!    The women’s basketball team traveled to Cal State East Bay on February 22 and finished strong with a 65-61 win. The men’s basketball team also played against Cal State East Bay but came up short with an 83-89 loss.   Starting on Thursday and going...

Cougar Sports Report 2/12/24-2/18/24

Cougar Sports Report 2/12/24-2/18/24

David Contreras Delgado, Sports Editor February 20, 2024

Welcome back to the Cougar Sports report! This week was filled with lots of sports action from our CSUSM teams.  Starting off on Monday February 12 through Tuesday the 13, the Men’s Golf team hosted the CSUSM Fujikura Invitational. They placed 5th at the Vista Shadowridge Golf Club.  On...

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