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YOTE NOTES – September 30, 2010 C of I Sports Information Director – Mike Safford Jr. (208) 459-5681 [email protected] SPORTS RELEASE ATHLETIC NEWS: This Week’s Event Schedule THANK YOU FOR A GREAT COYOTE OPEN: The annual Coyote Open Golf Tournament was held last Friday afternoon at 10/1 WSOC vs. Warner Pacific 3 p.m. Falcon Crest Golf Course in Kuna and was a rousing success – as over MSOC at Concordia 6 p.m. PT 180 players and nearly 100 sponsors helped raise funds for The College VB at Northwest 7 p.m. PT of Idaho Athletic Association. A special thanks to Dave Hahn, Director 10/2 XC at Montana Invitational 10 a.m. of Athletic Marketing, for his hard work on this endeavor. MSOC at Corban 2:30 p.m. PT WSOC vs. Concordia 3 p.m. CIAA DINNER DATES SET: The College of Idaho Athletic VB at Evergreen State 7 p.m. PT Association will be hosting five dinners throughout the athletic season for fans to get an up-close look at Coyote athletics. On Nov. 1, Dec. 1, Jan. 12, Feb. 9, and Mar. 2, the events will be held in the Fireside Room Upcoming Events inside the Simplot Dining Hall on The C of I campus and are $8.00 per person. For more information, contact Dave Hahn at 459-5835. 10/8 WSOC at Northwest 3:30 p.m. PT VB vs. Southern Oregon 7 p.m. SOFTBALL ALUMNI GAME SET FOR OCT. 16: The annual C 10/9 XC at Idaho State 10 a.m. of I softball Alumni Game is set for Oct. 16 at Symms Field on The C of MSOC vs. Warner Pacific 2 p.m. I campus. The game, which will be a scrimmage between the alums and WSOC at Evergreen State 3 p.m. PT the varsity team, will begin at 11 a.m. There will be food and VB vs. Oregon Tech 7 p.m. refreshments for all alumni and their families in attendance. To RSVP 10/11 MSOC vs. NW Nazarene 3 p.m. for the event, contact head coach Al Mendiola at 459-5113 or by email 10/11-12 GOLF at Corban Invite 8 a.m. at [email protected]. 10/16 SOFT Alumni Game 11 a.m. BUY C OF I ATHLETIC ACTION PHOTOS: Over the last year, photographer Kari Stetson of Kari Stetson Photography has been Live Video covering the Yotes – with her action photography available online for purchase. To browse her photos, head to Throughout the 2010-11 season, a Live Video www.karistetsonphotography.com. feed of all C of I volleyball, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball home games will be IDAHO PRESS TRIBUNE FEATURES C OF I/NNU SPORTS available for free through Penn Atlantic. BLOG: Fans of C of I athletics can share their thoughts on the Yotes Access the games online via as part of the Idaho Press Tribune’s College of Idaho/Northwest www.pennatlantic.com . Nazarene Sports Blog. Beat writer Mike Stetson shares his thoughts and stories, along with pictures and videos, on both the Yotes and Live Stats Crusaders, with fans having the ability to leave their thoughts on their favorite team. The blog is linked on the front of The C of I athletic Throughout the 2009-10 season, Live website or can be visited at Statistics of all C of I volleyball, men’s http://www.idahopress.com/blogs/?blogid=6. basketball, women’s basketball, and softball games will be available live via the C of I - more - athletic website. Click on the Live Stats icon on the respective team’s homepage to keep up with the action. YOTE NOTES – September 30, 2010 C of I Sports Information Director – Mike Safford Jr. (208) 459-5681 [email protected] VOLLEYBALL: Lady Yotes hit the road this weekend, playing SPORTS RELEASE games in Washington against Northwest and Evergreen State LAST WEEK: vs. Eastern Oregon (W 3-2) 2010 Schedule and Results Date Opponent Time/Result COMING UP: at Northwest, Friday, 7 p.m. (PT); at Evergreen State, Saturday, 7 p.m. (PT) 8/27 ! Azusa Pacific L 3-0 LIVE STATS / LIVE VIDEO: Friday’s match at Northwest and Saturday’s at Evergreen State, will ! Westminster L 3-2 have live video available for fans at home. The live video stream will be available free of charge at 8/28 ! Daemen (N.Y.) W 3-0 www.pennatlantic.com – find the game under the proper date and enjoy. ! Westminster W 3-1 ! Azusa Pacific L 3-0 OWEN NAMED SETTER OF THE WEEK: Senior Whitney Owen (Caldwell, Idaho / Vallivue 9/3 * NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN W 3-0 HS) was named Cascade Conference Libero of the Week, announced Monday afternoon by the 9/4 * CORBAN W 3-0 league office in Portland, Ore. The third-year player had a pair of quality matches in leading the Lady 9/10 * Oregon Tech W 3-0 Yotes to a pair of victories - a straight set win over rival Northwest Nazarene, and a hard-fought five- set encounter with Eastern Oregon. Owen, who earned the honor for the 12th time in her Coyote 9/11 * Southern Oregon L 3-0 career, started the week with a 19-dig performance in the victory over Canyon County rival, NNU, 9/17 * WARNER PACIFIC W 3-0 followed by a 39 dig outburst in the win over Eastern Oregon - the second-highest dig total in a single 9/18 * CONCORDIA W 3-0 match in program history. She now has seven career matches with 30-or-more digs. 9/21 Northwest Nazarene W 3-0 9/24 * EASTERN OREGON W 3-2 WIN STREAK CONTINUES, RARE FIVE-SET VICTORY: With the Friday night thriller 10/1 * Northwest 7 p.m. PT against Eastern Oregon, the Coyotes extended their home court conference win streak to 49 in a 10/2 * Evergreen State 7 p.m. PT row. In 2009, The C of I notched their fourth-straight perfect season in conference play at home – having not lost a league tilt at home since September of 2005, recording an undefeated mark at 10/8 * SOUTHERN OREGON 7 p.m. home each of the last three seasons (9-0 in 2006 and 2009 and 10-0 in both 2007 and 2008). Overall, 10/9 * OREGON TECH 7 p.m. the Yotes have won 64 of their last 65 home matches – and have an all-time record of 155-37 in the 10/15 * Corban 7 p.m. PT facility, including a 103-13 record in the Activities Center under head coach Liz Mendiola. The five- 10/16 * Northwest Christian 7 p.m. PT set win was just the third match during the 49-match win streak that has been extended to a winner- 10/19 NORTHWEST NAZARENE 7 p.m. take-all frame, joining a five-set win over Concordia in 2005 and a five-set win over Southern Oregon 10/22 * EVERGREEN STATE 7 p.m. in 2009. 10/23 * NORTHWEST 7 p.m. EASTERN COMES CLOSE: The win over Eastern Oregon was a tough pill to swallow for the 10/29 * Eastern Oregon 7 p.m. PT Mountaineers – who came close to ending a 31-match losing streak to the Lady Yotes, dating back to 11/5 * Concordia 7 p.m. PT the 1996 season. It marked the fourth time that EOU has pushed The C of I to five sets in the streak, 11/6 * Warner Pacific 7 p.m. PT but the first time in Caldwell. 11/9 CCC Tournament (Qtrs) TBA C OF I RANKED NO. 17 IN LATEST NAIA POLL: The C of I remained at No. 17 in 11/12-13 CCC Tournament (Finals) TBA 11/20 NAIA Opening Round TBA the NAIA Top-25 Coaches' Poll for the second-straight week, released Tuesday afternoon by the national office in Kansas City, Mo. The Lady Yotes, coming off a pair of wins last week, received 322 11/30-12/4 NAIA Tournament TBA voter points in the poll, the 60th-straight week that the squad has received votes in the national poll. Home Games in Bold and CAPS Defending NAIA Champion, Fresno Pacific (Calif.), earned the No. 1 spot, followed by Lee (Tenn.), ! NAIA Tournament of Champions Biola (Calif.), Northwestern (Iowa), and Texas-Brownsville. Azusa Pacific, which handed the Yotes * Cascade Conference Match two of their three losses, was ranked No. 10, Southern Oregon was ranked No. 13, and Westminster, whom The C of I split a pair of matches with earlier in the year, received votes. ALWAYS TOUGH IN THE EAGLES LAIR: The Lady Yotes open up a weekend road swing through the Seattle metro area with a Friday night match at Northwest. The Eagles (9-5, 4-3 CCC) Cascade Conference Standings have played well this season, though it will be just their third match in the tiny Northwest Pavilion, the loud homecourt of the Eagles. NU is led by the tandem of Lauren Holtz (2.63 k/s, 3.12 d/s) and School CCC Overall Anu Akamine (2.45 k/s, 2.88 d/s), with setter Lauryn Ernster (8.39 a/s, 2.41 d/s) running the offense, Southern Oregon 8- 0 11- 2 and libero Heather Shulke (5.10 d/s) among the top defenders in the league. It is the 31st all-time College of Idaho 6- 1 9- 4 meeting between the teams, with the Lady Yotes holding a 25-5 series edge, including ten victories in a row.