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Think Pink Friday, Senior Day Sunday for soccer squads
10/21/2009 1:24:48 PM
CHICO – The Chico State soccer programs have partnered with the Think Pink Team of Butte County for Think Pink Night at University Soccer Stadium this Friday as the Wildcats host rival Sonoma State. The women’s match is scheduled for 4:30, and the men will follow at 7. Pink game jerseys will be for sale, along with other Chico State soccer gear, and all proceeds will go to benefit the Think Pink Team of Butte County.
Sunday, the Wildcats will take on Humboldt State on Senior Day. The women’s match will kick off at 11:30, and just prior, seniors Ali Sward, Natalie Bensky, Alex Rodriguez, and Molly McFadden will be honored in a brief ceremony. The five seniors on the men’s team – Adam Raish, Michael Keohane, Kyle Conrad, Kyle Crain, and Evan Armstrong – will be honored before the men’s match, set to begin at 2 o’clock.
The Think Pink Team is a community-based volunteer organization dedicated to education the public about early detection of breast cancer in an effort to save lives, diminish suffering, and promote advocacy and support. Anyone interested in being a part of this effort can email the Think Pink Team of Butte County at chicothinkpink@aol.com.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Men's Track
As a decathlete, Brian Beeman is used to running all over the place. But he took it to a new level last week. After competing in the decathlon, high jump and javelin to help lead the Chico State men’s track & field team to the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship March 6-8, he got on a bus and arrived back in Chico in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Then, he turned around to head back to Southern California for the Claremont Classic Decathlon and turned in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and personal best score of 6,512 on Thursday and Friday.
That iron-man feet has earned him Wildcat of the Week honors.
Beeman finished sixth at the Burns Track and Field Complex while logging the 15th best score in the nation this year. He won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:31.75, placed third in the 400-meter dash (51.19 seconds) and tied for third in the high jump (6-feet-02.75).
Beeman and a number of his Wildcats teammates now await Wednesday morning’s NCAA Track and Field Championships selection show to found out if he’s earned a berth to the National Championships May 27-29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Softball
Kacie McCarthy’s freshman season as a Wildcat has been filled with highlights, but the Shingletown native turned in her most memorable performances of the year last weekend in the NCAA West Sub-Regional at Sonoma State, posting three straight victories and helping Chico State advance to the West Super Regional in Hawaii. The Wildcats are just two wins away from reaching the Division II College World Series, thanks in large part to the pitching prowess of McCarthy, who is the latest recipient of Wildcat of the Week honors.
In Friday’s Sub-Regional opener, McCarthy took over for Chico State starter Jessica McDermott and tossed seven-and-a-third innings of relief, striking out a career-high 11 batters and earning the win as the Wildcats beat 15th ranked Grand Canyon University 5-4 in eight innings. In Saturday’s winner’s bracket game versus No. 14 Sonoma State, McCarthy twirled a one-hit shutout in Chico State’s 7-0 victory over the host Seawolves. Sunday McCarthy completed the postseason trifecta, going the distance for the 18th time this year and getting credit for the “W” as the ’Cats rallied back from three runs down to score four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and pull out a 4-3 victory over Dixie State to sweep through the Sub-Regional and advance to this weekend’s West Super Regional.
McCarthy, now 16-10 on the season, lowered her season ERA to 1.92 with the three weekend wins and is ranked third among California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pitchers. She also is sixth in the conference in victories and innings pitched (164.1). She leads the Wildcats in wins, complete games, innings pitched and appearances (29).
Chico State takes on the No. 3 ranked Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the opener of the West Super Regional in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The winner of the best-of-three set will advance to the Division II College World Series May 27-31 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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7.20.10 | Women's Soccer
How rough and tumble is the Chico State women’s soccer team’s annual California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) schedule? Let’s put it this way: Cal State Dominguez Hills played in the NCAA Championship final last season following a less-than-spectacular 11-5 record in the CCAA.
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6.21.10 | Women's Soccer
The afterglow of the Chico State women’s soccer team Sweet 16 run in 2009-10 just keeps getting better. With a roster full of not only stellar athletes, but scholars as well, Head Coach Kim Sutton’s women recently received a pair of postseason honors.
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1.18.10 | Women's Soccer
LOS ANGELES – After a stellar postseason run in 2009, including the first NCAA Championship Tournament victory in the history of the program, the Chico State women’s soccer team has received two more individual honors. Senior goalkeeper Natalie Bensky and junior forward Ashley Perlman were both selected as Jewish All-Americans by the Jewish Sports Review in its January/February 2010 edition.
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1.7.10 | Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer
CHICO – The ever-popular Wildcat 7-vs-7 Soccer Tournament, hosted by the Chico State men’s and women’s soccer programs, will take place on May 1-2, 2010 at University Soccer Stadium. Everyone is invited to sign up with one or more teams. Men's and Women's Divisions include Open, Over 40, co-ed competitive, and co-ed recreational.
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11.30.09 | Women's Soccer
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – It’s there’s such a thing as hitting a postseason awards trifecta, Chico State’s Ali Sward has officially accomplished the feat. On the heels of earning All-CCAA First Team honors and an NCAA/Daktronics All-West Region First Team selection, the Wildcats’ senior midfielder was named Monday to the 2009 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Far West All-Region First Team. Sward’s teammate, sophomore defender Molly Downtain, was also honored as an NSCAA Far West All-Region Second Team selection.
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11.18.09 | Women's Soccer
Freshman defender Christine Kearney converted on a penalty kick shootout to help lift the Chico State women's soccer team into the NCAA Championship Tournament's second round for the first time in the history of the program, and then two days later, notched her first collegiate goal. She's been named a Wildcat of the Week.
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11.17.09 | Women's Soccer
CHICO – Chico State women’s soccer midfielder Ali Sward, already an All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) First Team selection, received another well-deserved accolade Tuesday – the Wildcats’ leading scorer for the just-completed 2009 season was among 13 players named to the Daktronics/NCAA Division II All-West Region First Team.
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