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Recruiting Update: Sac State Has Highly Rated Wide Receivers On Radar

Oct 13, 2011
Recruiting Update: Sac State Has Highly Rated Wide Receivers On Radar

The Sac State Hornets are in the hunt for four high school and junior college wide receivers while they have lost to another one to a future rival in this week’s football recruiting update. According to Rival.com’s latest database list of recruits with Sacramento State on their list, the Hornets have been looking at...

Hornets Video Interview: Women’s Basketball Forward Emily Christensen

Oct 13, 2011
Hornets Video Interview: Women’s Basketball Forward Emily Christensen

SacStateSports caught up with Sacramento State women’s forward Emily Christensen at the NorCal Basketball Media Luncheon on Monday. Christensen, who is a 5-11 senior from Oak Ridge High in El Dorado Hills, talked about the upcoming season, playin...

Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Thursday Edition

Oct 13, 2011
Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Thursday Edition

There’s no football this week, but we’ve got lots of other news to talk about. And, remember, we’re only a  day away from the first day of men’s basketball practice. Today’s video again comes from the NorCal Basketball Media Luncheon on Monday. It’s UC Davis Coach Jim Les, who is in this first year...

Hornets setter Schoener has learned to expect the unexpected

Oct 12, 2011
Hornets setter Schoener has learned to expect the unexpected

By John Parker, SacStateSports.com Staff Writer Standing at the back line preparing to serve the ball underhanded last season, looking across the net at smirking opponents Anna Schoener wondered “What am I doing here?” For one, she had never served a volleyball underhand, the kind of serve you see in high school gym class...

Hornets Video Interview: Men’s Basketball Center Josh McCarver

Oct 12, 2011
Hornets Video Interview: Men’s Basketball Center Josh McCarver

SacStateSports caught up with Sacramento State men’s center Josh McCarver at the NorCal Basketball Media Luncheon on Monday. McCarver, who is a 6-9 senior from Las Vegas and Cosumnes River Junior College, talked about the upcoming season, playing...

Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Wednesday Edition

Oct 12, 2011
Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Wednesday Edition

It’s a bye week, but it’s also the week of men’s basketball practice starting. Here’s some links to whet your appetite. Today’s video comes from the NorCal Basketball Media Luncheon on Monday. In cased you missed, it women’s basketball coach Jamie Craighead talked about digging out of a 4-25 rut of last season: In...

Women’s soccer goalie earns another Big Sky award for Sacramento State

Oct 11, 2011
Women’s soccer goalie earns another Big Sky award for Sacramento State

Women’s soccer goalkeeper Shannon Abercrombie was selected as the Big Sky Conference women’s soccer player of the week after posting two shutouts last weekend. Abercrombie was the third Hornet in two days to win Big Sky awards. On Monday, football linebacker Todd Davis was selected as the league’s defensive player of the week and...

Sac State On The Board In Sports Network’s FCS Bracket Projection

Oct 11, 2011
Sac State On The Board In Sports Network’s FCS Bracket Projection

And you thought “bracketology” was just a term used in the NCAA basketball tournaments. The Sports Network, which sponsors the weekly Football Championship Subdivision media poll, this week ran its second FCS bracket projection of the season – and Sacramento State was part of it. However, just because TSN runs the poll, doesn’t mean...

Ex-Hornet Wheeler Making His Mark In Minors, AZ Fall League

Oct 11, 2011
Ex-Hornet Wheeler Making His Mark In Minors, AZ Fall League

Former Sacramento State baseball player Tim Wheeler is making his mark this fall. Last week, Minor League Baseball announced that he was a finalist in voting for the Double-A hitter of the year on the heels of a 33 home run season for the Tulsa Oilers. He is leading that poll. This week, he...

Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Tuesday Edition

Oct 11, 2011
Sac State Morning Wake-Up Call: Tuesday Edition

Just because the Hornets football team has a bye week, we still have lots of links to start the day at SacStateSports.com. Today’s video comes from Monday’s NorCal Basketball Media Day, where all men’s and women’s coaches from Sac State, UC Davis and Pacific. Check out what Hornets men’s coach Brian Katz has to...