Women's Water Polo won the NorCal Championship Tournament for the first time in school history this weekend. With a 3-0 performance at the playoff tournament in Merced, the No. 4 seeded Bear Cubs knocked off the No. 5 seed Foothill (8-3) in the first round, upset the No. 1 seed Sierra (6-3) in the semi-finals, and upset the reigning 2007 NorCal Champs, American River 7-6 in overtime. SRJC now advances to the State Championship Tournament, this weekend at Merced College. As the No. 1 seed in the north, SRJC will open with a rematch against No. 3 seed Sierra at 3pm on Thursday, and then face the No. 2 seed from the south, Long Beach, at noon on Friday. A win in either of those games would advance SRJC to a medal game on Saturday. The Bear Cubs overall record is currently 25-5. (Photo by Debi Pettit).
Women's Soccer are the Big 8 Champions. The team is currently 20-2-1 overall, and will open post-season play at home (Trione Fields) on Saturday 11/22 at 2pm, in Round I of the NorCal Playoffs. The Bear Cubs return 2007 Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year Niki Poole, who tallied 22 goals 5 assists in 22 games last season, as well as All Big 8 and Team Captain Kora Wood, Lea DeLuca, and 2006 returners Ali Ramos and Team Captain Daisy Castillo. The 2008 team is very young, with a 22-woman roster comprised of 17 freshmen. Key freshmen include goalkeeper Adrienne Goguen, Alesha Laranjo, Cat Barnekow, Shelby Stambaugh, Clara Saguto, Karly Brown, and Maddy Sweeney. In 11 games, the Bear Cubs have recorded 8 shutouts and have won two games in the 90th minute, showing tremendous character, tenacity, and a commitment to winning. 20 of the 22 rostered players come to SRJC from local Sonoma County high schools, including Montgomery, Casa Grande, Piner, Santa Rosa, Maria Carrillo, Ursuline, Analy, El Molino, Healdsburg, Windsor, and Rincon Valley Christian.
Men's Water Polo finished 5th in the north at the NorCal Championship Tournament in Merced after losing to American River in the first round 4-9. The Cubs finished second at the Big 8 Championship Tournament after easily defeating Sierra 9-4 in the first round, and pulling out a clutch win over, tournament host, American River 10-9 in the semi-finals to advance to the championship game against Diablo Valley. SRJC ended their season 15-15 overall under the new leadership of Head Coach, Tyler Denize.
Volleyball is currently 13-0 in the Big 8 Conference and 29-1 overall. The Cubs are ranked 1st in NorCAl, 3rd in the state behind LA Pierce and El Camino, and last week had a couple of 5 game thrillers starting with the Sac City match at their place on Wednesday. The Bear Cubs have a pretty big target on their backs being ranked 1st in the north and being undefeated in the
Big 8 Conference. Sac City came out playing flawless volleyball, and the Bear Cubs were a little stunned throughout the first two games. Suddenly, for the first time since the first match of the year, they were faced with a 2 game to 0 deficit, and they just turned it on. SRJC came roaring back and beat them pretty convincingly in 5 games. They then had Delta College at home on Halloween, and once again the Bear Cubs came out a little slow, and Delta was playing well. It was a seesaw match the entire way through to the 5th game, where the Bear Cubs were able to claim another 5 game match 15-12 in the 5th. SRJC still have four matches left in the difficult Big 8 Conference, and the goal is to continue to focus one match at a time, and to head into the playoffs peaking as a team.
Wrestling is off to a good start to the 2008 campaign. Currently the team is 5-5 and finished fifth at the Sac City Tournament. Four wrestlers placed at Sac City with HWT Marc Lewis taking the title and the most pins award. Mark Ryan at 197lbs and Keani Nishigaya at 157lbs finished third. Freshman Mike Ward (pictured) turned in a good tournament finishing fourth at 133 lbs. Head Coach Fitzpatrick believes this team, with their continued hard work, will develop into a very competitive group.
The BCAT Annual Golf Tournament was held on October 6th this year. Nearly 200 golfters and tournament sponsors came out to help raise funds for the athletic, dance, and physical education programs at SRJC. Pictured here is the winning foursome of Paul Balatti, John Dougery, Chris Manfirin and Jamelie Samonte, along with former Bear Cub alumn and Marjor League Baseball player, Jason Lane (on right). Thank you to all participants for helping SRJC Athletics raise thousands of dollars. The 2009 Tournament date will being October again, check back here for details next fall.
The SRJC Baseball New Press Box Fundraiser has begun. If you are interested in participating, please dowload this Press Box Brick Fundraiser form and contact Head Coach Neidlinger at 707-527-4389 for more information.
The Bear Cub Athletic Trust Hall of Fame Dinner will be held on Saturday March 14, 2009 at the Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club. SRJC Athletics would like to congratulate this year's seven inductees: Len Read-Baseball, Football & Golf Coach/Player, Tom Shepard-Baseball, Larry Lumpkins-Basketball, Patty Bird-Softball, Tia DeSoto-Track & Field, Rod McMasters-Football, and Kendra Klein-Women's Water Polo. A reception will begin at 5pm and dinner and the induction ceremonies will begin at 6pm. Tickets are $65.00. For more information and ticket sales please contact our Athletic Department at 707-527-4237.
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