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Coach Pugh announces retirement effective at the end of the season

Layda Galvan, Assistant Sports Editor April 13, 2016

  Baseball Coach Dennis Pugh announced his retirement at the seventh annual Student-Athlete Award Banquet on April 11.   Prior to coming to CSUSM, Pugh spent 27 years at Mission Bay High School in Pacific Beach. He led the team to 18 Western League Championships, eight CIF titles and...

Golfer, Healey earns Athlete of the Month

Golfer, Healey earns Athlete of the Month

Michael Tran, Health and Fitness Reporter April 13, 2016

  CSUSM golfer Dylan Healey led his team during March with impressive performances at the Lamkin San Diego Classic and the Cal Baptist Invite, and now proudly represents the golf team as Athlete of the Month. “I want to get golf and our team on the map. I’m so happy that I got to...

Werley is making her presence known at CSUSM, CCAA

Michael Tran, Health and Fitness Reporter April 13, 2016

  Track and field standout Raelyn Werley is launching a comeback campaign that has earned her the title of Athlete of the Month and March Star of the Month. Werley is only the sixth CSUSM athlete named to be named Star of the Month by the San Diego Hall of Champions during the 2015-2016...

Cougars set personal records at invitational

Cougars set personal records at invitational

Rebecca Sykes, Sports Writer April 6, 2016

  The CSUSM men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the California Collegiate Invitational, hosted by UC San Diego, on April 2. With track and field season nearing the end, the Cougars continue to set personal records (PR), and this meet was no exception with 20 athletes...

Left to right, President Stephanie Ferro, Treasurer Brooke Lunquist and Vice President Alex Ghilarducci.

Women’s soccer club offers competitive fun

Layda Galvan, Assistant Sports Editor April 4, 2016

  In Spring 2014, two CSUSM students created the Women’s Soccer Club to give “the opportunity to other students interested that still want to play” competitively “and be more involved on campus,” said Club President Stephanie Ferro. Ferro and a former CSUSM student, Shelby Ricks,...

Hardworking, driven freshman Lauren Wyckoff awarded Student-Athlete of the Month

Hardworking, driven freshman Lauren Wyckoff awarded Student-Athlete of the Month

Rebecca Sykes, Staff Writer March 30, 2016

  College students can agree that school is stressful and challenging at times. But Student-Athlete of the Month Lauren Wyckoff competes in both the classroom and on the track without any trouble. Just a freshman, Wyckoff has gotten into the grind of her schoolwork and her practices. “I...

Golfer Dale Smith leads the way in February

Ramon Flores, Health and Fitness Reporter March 30, 2016

  Leading his team to victory over Chico State, the number one team in NCAA Division II, is one of the many reasons golfer Dale Smith received the Athlete of the Month honor for February. “It was very cool recognition, as I’ve been working very hard these past few months...It felt...

Cougars had good showing at Aztec Invitational

Rebecca Sykes, Staff Writer March 30, 2016

  The CSUSM men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Aztec Invitational, hosted by San Diego State University on March 25. Jasmine Oliver, with her Cougar blue hair, anchored an impressive 4x100 relay. The relay team of Jolene Widmer, Kamarria Rehn, Lauren Wyckoff and...

Cougars drop two of three to Stanislaus Warriors

Amy Chastain, Sports Editor March 30, 2016

  The Cal State San Marcos bats went cold during the baseball team’s weekend series, dropping two of three games to the Cal State Stanislaus Warriors. After a draining seven-hour drive to Turlock CA, the Cougars quickly fell behind in game one against the Warriors. Entering the seventh...

Cougars close the San Diego Collegiate Invite with top finishers

Rebecca Sykes and March 13, 2016

On March 12, the CSUSM track and field men’s and women’s teams competed in the San Diego Collegiate Invite and despite the cloudy weather, the Cougars were able to bring some heat to the races. The meet, hosted by UC San Diego in La Jolla, started promptly at 12 p.m. with hammer throwing....

Cougar teammates watch the action in game one of Saturday’s double header.

Cougars defeated by CSUSB in weekend series

Amy Chastain, Sports Editor March 9, 2016

  Cal State San Marcos baseball fell to Cal State San Bernardino 1-3 in their second California Collegiate Athletic Association weekend series of the season. The weekend series is “just a grind, said infielder Tyler Place. “We’ll get better.” In the first two games on March...

Locker Room Talk website aims to aid athletes

Layda Galvan, Assistant Sports Editor March 9, 2016

Organizers of website designed to connect prospective student-athletes to their future schools hope to put CSUSM coaches and their teams in the spotlight.   Locker Room Talk (www.LockerRoomTalk.com), which was founded in November 2015 by Nick Petrella and two colleagues who recently graduated...

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