CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

Bronco Sports News

For Immediate Release

Monday, Sept. 20, 2004

Contact: Paul Helms

(909) 869-2812

 

Schedule of upcoming events:

 

CROSS COUNTRY:

at Southern Indiana Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 9 a.m.

                                                           

MEN'S SOCCER:

vs. Cal State San Bernardino on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.

vs. UC San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 4:30 p.m.

 

WOMEN'S SOCCER:

vs. Cal State San Bernardino on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 4:30 p.m.

vs. UC San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.

                                                                                   

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL:

vs. Sonoma State on Friday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m.

vs. Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.

 

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VOLLEYBALL: BRONCOS REMAIN UNBEATEN IN CONFERENCE PLAY

2004 Overall Record: 9-5. 2004 CCAA Record: 4-0

 

BRONCOS SWEEP THROUGH A BUSY WEEK: Cal Poly Pomona’s women’s volleyball team remained unbeaten in California Collegiate Athletic Association play and also posted an impressive victory over the No. 2-ranked women’s volleyball team in the country last week. The Broncos are 4-0 in the CCAA and all four wins have come on the road. The Broncos have a one-half game lead over UC San Diego and are one of only two teams left undefeated in conference play. Cal Poly Pomona opened the week with a 30-19, 30-23, 30-27 victory over La Verne on Tuesday in Darlene May Gym. The Leopards entered the match with an undefeated record and a No. 2 ranking in the NCAA Division III. The Broncos, though, were too much on Tuesday and rolled to the win. Kellie Francis (Jr., Chino, Don Lugo HS) led the Broncos with 14 kills, while Elizabeth Defoort (Jr., Glendora, Citrus College) added nine kills and Allison Anderson (Jr., Chino Hills, Ayala HS) and Mallory Manzo (Fr., Fontana, Etiwanda HS) had seven kills each. Emily Kennedy (Jr., Upland, Upland HS) had 26 assists, while Jen Bullock (Sr., Anaheim, Eastern New Mexico) had 11 assists in the one game she played. Kiting Kolar (Fr., La Canada, La Canada HS) had a team-high four aces and 10 digs. Kolar also had a long serving run to close out the match. The Broncos trailed, 27-23, in the third when Kolar served the final seven points of the match. She had three aces in that run. Cal Poly Pomona then returned to CCAA action with a 30-22, 30-21, 30-23 win over Chico State on Friday in Chico. Francis had 14 kills to lead the way, while Anderson had 13 in just 25 swings and Christina Gordon (Jr., Moreno Valley, Riverside CC) had 11. Kennedy had 34 assists. The Broncos had 12 aces in the match, including five from Kolar. Defoort had three aces and Casey Riedel (So., Saugus, Saugus HS) and Kennedy had two each. The Broncos then ran their current winning streak to five with a 30-17, 30-14, 30-23 win at Cal State Stanislaus on Saturday. Francis had 17 kills in the quick match to lead the Broncos. Gordon had eight kills in just 10 attacks, while Anderson added seven. Kennedy had 23 assists and three aces, while Kolar led the team with 10 digs.

 

ANDERSON NAMED CCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Allison Anderson (Jr., Chino Hills, Ayala HS) was named the Molten California Collegiate Athletic Association Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 6-12. Anderson had 29 kills to lead the Broncos to road wins at Cal State L.A. and Cal State Bakersfield. Anderson, who earned honorable mention All-America honors last season, had 13 kills, six blocks, four digs, two assists and a service ace in the win over Cal State L.A. and 16 kills on a .361 hitting percentage against Cal State Bakersfield to go along with seven blocks, four digs and two aces. With the score tied at 12-12 in the fifth game, Anderson produced three kills to give the Broncos a 15-13 win in the deciding game. It’s the first CCAA weekly honor of Anderson’s Cal Poly Pomona career.

 

BRONCOS PLAY FIRST TWO HOME CONFERENCE MATCHES THIS WEEK: The first-place Cal Poly Pomona women's volleyball team will play its first two California Collegiate Athletic Association home matches this weekend in Darlene May Gym. The Broncos will host Sonoma State on Friday at 7 p.m. and then face CCAA newcomer Cal State Monterey Bay on Saturday. The Broncos are 4-0 in conference play and hold a one-half game lead over UC San Diego. The Broncos will also have home matches the following weekend against Cal State San Bernardino and UC San Diego.

 

MEN'S SOCCER: BRONCOS GET OFF TO TOUGH CCAA START

2004 Overall Record: 2-5. 2004 CCAA Record: 0-2.

 

BRONCOS DROP FIRST TWO CONFERENCE MATCHES: The Cal Poly Pomona men's soccer team got its 2004 conference schedule off to a rough start with a pair of shutout losses. The Broncos opened conference play on Tuesday with a 9-0 loss at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Cal Poly Pomona fell behind, 5-0, in the first 25 minutes of the game and never recovered. The Broncos were outshot, 28-12. Cal Poly Pomona played a much stronger defensive game on Friday, but the offense continued to struggle in a 1-0 loss to CCAA newcomer Cal State Monterey Bay. The Broncos managed only six shots – the Otters had only three – and two Cal State Monterey Bay goalies combined for a shutout. After scoring four goals in the season opener against Bryant University, the Broncos have collected only three goals in the past six matches. The Broncos had a golden opportunity to tie the game late in the match against Cal State Monterey Bay, but the Otter goalie made a diving save to stop a strong left-footed shot by Dawit Berhanu (Fr., Ontario, Montclair HS) from point-blank range. Tim Sisk (Jr., Diamond Bar, Diamond Bar HS) played in goal for the Broncos.

 

BRONCOS HAVE TWO KEY HOME MATCHES THIS WEEK: Cal Poly Pomona’s men’s soccer team will continue California Collegiate Athletic Association play with a pair of home games this week. The Broncos will host Cal State San Bernardino on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and then entertain UC San Diego on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Both squads reached the CCAA Championship Tournament last season.

 

WOMEN'S SOCCER: BRONCOS GET OFF TO STRONG START IN CCAA

2004 Overall Record: 3-4. 2004 CCAA Record: 2-0-0

 

BRONCOS POST PAIR OF WINS TO BEGIN CONFERENCE PLAY: Cal Poly Pomona’s women’s soccer team started the season with four straight losses, but the Broncos got things turned around in a big way. The Broncos opened California Collegiate Athletic Association play last week and posted a pair of victories. Cal Poly Pomona got two goals from Lisa Araujo (Sr., Rialto, Eisenhower HS) and recorded a 2-1 victory over long-time rival Cal State Dominguez Hills on Tuesday in Carson to start the week. The Broncos spotted the Toros a 1-0 lead in the first 6:24 of the game, but then blanked Cal State Dominguez Hills the rest of the way. Araujo tied the game at 1-1 with a goal in the 13th minute with an assist from Tia Rudolph (Sr., Rancho Cucamonga, Alta Loma HS). Vanessa Richardson (Jr., Upland, Upland HS) then preserved the tie late in the first half with a pair of remarkable saves, the first to stop a penalty kick and the second to deny a strong bid on the rebound. The Broncos were awarded a penalty kick in the 66th minute and Araujo didn’t miss. Her third goal of the season gave Cal Poly Pomona the lead and the Broncos never relinquished it. Richardson had six saves for the Broncos. The shots were even, 15-15. The Broncos returned home and exploded for a 6-0 win over CCAA newcomer Cal State Monterey Bay at Kellogg Field on Friday night. Araujo got the Broncos off to a strong start with a goal in the 13th minute, putting in the rebound of her own initial shot that had bounced off the crossbar. Stephanie Mrazik (Fr., Brea, Brea-Olinda HS) made it 2-0 in the 32nd minute when she headed in a corner kick from Chelsea Hipley (Jr., Sacramento, Woodcreek HS). It was Mrazik’s first goal at Cal Poly Pomona. The Broncos took a 3-0 lead before halftime on a Cal State Monterey Bay own goal. The second half continued much like the first. The Broncos extended their lead to 4-0 when Karen Nembhard (Fr., Pasadena, Pasadena HS) got the first goal of her Cal Poly Pomona career. Mary Real (Jr., Upland, Mt. San Antonio College) and Jacqueline Ragudos (Fr., San Diego, University of San Diego HS) had assists on the goal. Ragudos made it 5-0 with her first Cal Poly Pomona goal, dribbling around three defenders in the box and rifling a shot into the left corner of the goal. Kimberly Stillman (Fr., Arcadia, Arcadia HS) wrapped up the scoring in the 77th minute when she headed in a cross by Jamie Venegas (Jr., Lakewood, Los Alamitos HS). Richardson and Kimberly Weiss (Fr., Fresno, San Joaquin Memorial HS) combined for the shutout, which was the first of the year for the Broncos.

 

BRONCOS TO CONTINUE CCAA PLAY WITH HOME MATCHES: Cal Poly Pomona’s women’s soccer team will continue its California Collegiate Athletic Association schedule with a pair of home matches this week against divisional rivals. The Broncos will host Cal State San Bernardino on Tuesday at Kellogg Field at 4:30 p.m. and then entertain UC San Diego on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Broncos are in a stretch of four straight home games that will conclude next Wednesday, Sept. 29, against Cal State Bakersfield.

 

CROSS COUNTRY: ROJAS HAS BIG DAY AS BRONCOS RUN WELL IN SAN DIEGO

 

CAL POLY POMONA MEN TAKE FOURTH IN BIG MEET: Cal Poly Pomona’s men’s and women’s cross country teams got some outstanding individual performances at the Aztec Cross Country Invitational this past weekend at Balboa Park. Daniel Rojas (Sr., El Monte, Mt. San Antonio College) finished third in a field of 109 runners to lead the Bronco men to a fourth-place finish. The Broncos had 113 points, which put them behind only Northern Arizona, University of Arizona and Southern Utah and ahead of Division I programs Loyola Marymount, University of San Diego, Cal State Northridge and Pepperdine. Rojas was third in a time of 25:31 over an 8,000-meter course. Mark Batres (Jr., Rowland Heights, Don Bosco Tech HS) also had a strong race and finished sixth with a time of 25:53. James Tawney (Jr., Barstow, Barstow HS) was 30th in 27:16, Brad Theobald (Sr., Corona, Corona Centennial HS) was 37th in 27:35, David Cerecerez (Sr., Rancho Cucamonga, Mt. San Antonio College) was 46th in 28:04 and Chris Miano (Jr., Barstow, Mt. San Antonio College) was 60th in 28:42. The Broncos also had a “B” team that finished fourth in the Open Division. Humberto Arredondo (So., Azusa, Azusa HS) was 22nd in 28:45, Sean DiFilippo (Fr., Glendora, Glendora HS) was 24th in 28:49, Bernardo Santillan (So., Pico Rivera, El Rancho HS) was 25th in 28:53, Fidel Dominguez (Jr., West Covina, Mt. San Antonio College) was 26th in 28:58, Ben Miedema (Jr., Carlsbad, Carlsbad HS) was 28th in 29:19, Peter Barriga (Jr., Huntington Beach, Edison HS) was 34th in 29:43 and Matt Komoto (Sr., La Verne, Damien HS) was 44th in 30:12. Natalie Miano-Batres (Jr., La Puente, Nogales HS) had the top performance for the women, finishing 26th out of a field of 117. Her time over 5,000 meters was 19:18. The Bronco women finished eighth in the race, ahead of Division I programs from University of San Diego, Loyola Marymount, Cal State Northridge and San Diego State and Division II rival Cal State San Bernardino. Karina Vega (Fr., Chino Hills, Ayala HS) also had a strong race, finishing 41st in 19:57. Christina Jimenez (So., Apple Valley, Granite Hills HS) was 53rd in 20:11, Jamie Ray (Jr., Barstow, Barstow HS) was 76th in 20:43, Monica Valdez (Jr., Lake Elsinore, Temescal Canyon HS) was 86th in 21:00 and Shawna Winfrey (Sr., Santee, West Hills HS) was 95th in 21:18. The Broncos also had a “B” team that finished seventh in the Open Division. Whitney Hurley (So., Alta Loma, Alta Loma HS) was 29th in 20:55, Claudia Garcia (Fr., Whittier, La Serna HS) was 31st in 21:10, Carolyn Brown (So., Burbank, Burbank Burroughs HS) was 45th in 21:47, Aprile Grothe (Fr., Diamond Bar, Diamond Ranch HS) was 69th in 23:19, Tatiana Garcia (Fr., El Monte, S. El Monte HS) was 72nd in 23:36 and Keiry Perez (Fr., Ontario, S. El Monte HS) was 77th in 24:01.

 

BRONCOS TO RUN ON NATIONALS COURSE THIS WEEKEND: Cal Poly Pomona’s men’s and women’s cross country teams will get to experience the course that will be used for the 2004 NCAA Division II Cross Country national championships this Saturday in the Southern Indiana Invitational in Evansville, Ind. The national championships will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20.

 

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