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Women’s track and field gear up for Indoor Nationals

Women’s track and field gear up for Indoor Nationals

Burtland Dixon March 4, 2015

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor The women’s indoor track and field season is coming to a conclusion this upcoming week. Select Cougars will be taking their talents to Geneva, Ohio to put their skills to the ultimate challenge, Nationals. With a collective impressive showing from the whole...

Heather Thompson, basketball standout

Heather Thompson, basketball standout

Burtland Dixon February 18, 2015

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor Heather Thompson is a 5-11 forward from Escondido, California currently in her senior year here at CSUSM. Thompson is nothing short of a warrior on the basketball court. Recently winning the A.I.I. player of week award only cements how much a great player Thompson...

The Real Super Bowl MVP

The Real Super Bowl MVP

February 18, 2015

By Amy Chastain Staff Writer It goes without saying that Super Bowl XLIX will forever be defined by the goal line interception where Patriots cornerback, Malcolm Butler, picked off a pass from Seahawks quarterback, Russell Wilson. Moments before that play, it seemed as if the Seahawks were...

CSUSM Men’s Basketball tearing up the courts

CSUSM Men’s Basketball tearing up the courts

Burtland Dixon February 18, 2015

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor Public service announcement to the kind folks here at CSUSM, the men’s basketball team is no joke. If you or a friend were not already a fan, now would be the time to ride this wave. During the 2013-14 season, the Cougars accumulated a total of only two losses...

Remembering Stuart Scott

Remembering Stuart Scott

Burtland Dixon February 4, 2015

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor The year was 1993 when ESPN hired what turned out to be one of their most special employees to this day. The sports world was certainly unprepared for what was to come next, but it was surely overdue. There are some people in life who seem to just get it, whatever...

High Aspirations for Lady Cougars

High Aspirations for Lady Cougars

February 4, 2015

By Erik Sandoval Sports Assistant The Lady Cougars have great aspirations for the upcoming season and why not? They wrapped up a successful 2014 campaign with 39 wins and also earned their fifth straight trip to the opening round of the NAIA tournament.   The squad is led by former UCLA...

Lady Cougars look to blaze the track

Lady Cougars look to blaze the track

Burtland Dixon February 4, 2015

By Burtland Dixon Sports Editor Last year the Lady Cougars finished their season ranked twenty-third, but now they look to improve on that ranking not just as a team, but as individual runners as well.   The CSUSM Women’s Track and Field team begin their indoor season on Feb. 7, 2015....

Women’s volleyball prepares for tournament

Women’s volleyball prepares for tournament

October 23, 2014
By Resty Grey Sports Editor CSUSM Women’s Volleyball continues its hot streak under head coach Andréa Leonard with a win percentage well above .500 as they look to finish off the season and defend their...
ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT: CoBA's scratch golfer

ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT: CoBA’s scratch golfer

May 23, 2014

By Justin Donner Sports Editor Kyle Inman is graduating this year from CSUSM with a degree in Business Administration. As one of the college’s brightest students, he has a great understanding for the world of business, but he also has a great understanding for the game of golf. The...

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Reflection of year shows future promise

April 24, 2014

By: Alan Albino As the lacrosse season comes to an end, the Cougars are sitting confident in the ability of the program to progress throughout its future. Having established a competitive team in only three years of official competition, the CSUSM men’s lacrosse team could be bringing home a championship...

Surf team gearing up for nationals

Surf team gearing up for nationals

April 24, 2014

By: Shaina Pardo This year’s surf team has been in five surf competitions ranging from Blacks Beach San Diego to C street in Ventura. As always, the team is loaded with talent and is ready to have a heavy presence at nationals. Top surfers include Kyle Marre, Taylor Divine and Alexa Dilley who...

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Baseball aggressively turns 180 degrees

April 24, 2014

By: Resty Grey CSUSM baseball has bounced back after a rocky start on the season. Cougars opened 2 - 8, but since Feb. 15 the team has improved to 27-15. "It only took a few games before losing got old,” said second baseman, Terrence Buchanan. “We got hungry and had big shoes to fill after last...

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