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Women's track team wins decisively in Turlock
Katrina Rodriguez posted an NCAA provisional mark in the pole vault.
3/6/2010 9:22:57 PM
TURLOCK – Katrina Rodriguez met the NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark with a clearance of 3.60 meters in the pole vault and Anna Eicholtz, Kara Lubieniecki and Paige Henker won their respective events to lift the Chico State women’s track team to a decisive victory at the Kim Duyst Invitational Saturday in Turlock. The Wildcats registered 205 team points, while second-place Cal Poly Pomona scored 169.
Eicholtz and Lubieniecki finished 1-2 in the 800 meters and Lubieniecki doubled back to win the 1500, with Eicholtz crossing the line in third. Henker then led a convoy of Wildcats across the line in the 5,000 meters. Shannon Rich finished second and Stephanie Consiglio third.
The other second-place finishers for the Wildcats were Julianne Conrad in the high jump, Rodriguez in the pole vault, Brandy Tummings in the triple jump, Katie Prucha in the 400-meter hurdles, and Ashley Atkinson in the javelin.
Sprinter Nicole Cooper also had a nice day, finishing fourth in the 100 and eighth in the 200. Michelle Burley grabbed third place in the 400 and Aimee Rodgers placed third in the 100-meter hurdles.
COMPLETE RESULTS
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Wildcats of the Week
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Men's Basketball
Amir Carraway capped a strong weekend with team highs of 16 points and seven rebounds in the Wildcats’ huge win against Humboldt State Saturday night to earn Wildcat of the Week honors for the second time this season.
The sophomore from Vallejo made two game-sealing free throws with 21 seconds left to finish the night 6-of-7 from the free throw line and pulled down key rebounds on two of the Lumberjacks’ last three possessions. He also set the screen on Jay Flores’ dagger 3-pointer with 40 seconds left.
Carraway finished with 10 points and four rebounds despite playing just 18 minutes due to foul trouble during the Wildcats’ loss to Sonoma State the night before.
The 6-foot-5 forward leads the team in rebounding at 5.5 per game and ranks second in scoring at 10.6 points per game a season after averaging just 1.4 points and one rebound in only 5.4 minutes a night. He’s now led the team in scoring five times and rebounding six this season.
Carraway and the Wildcats, among four teams tied for second in the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings, trail conference co-leaders Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Dominguez Hills by just one game. They’ll welcome Cal Poly Pomona to town Friday night and San Francisco State Saturday.
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Women's Basketball
For much of the season, redshirt freshman Caressa Williams has been sitting at the end of the Chico State women’s basketball team bench, seeing very little on-court action. But the former Paradise High School star continued to work hard on her game, and the extra effort has paid off in recent weeks with significantly more playing time. After a string of short but impressive relief roles, Williams delivered a breakout performance Saturday against Humboldt State, posting career highs in scoring and rebounding in the Wildcats’ 90-67 thumping of Humboldt State. Her strongest effort to date makes Williams the latest Wildcat of the Week.
Williams shot over 58 percent (7-of-12), averaging just under 10 points and five rebounds in Chico State’s two weekend contests. She began the weekend with a solid outing Friday against Sonoma State, contributing five points, two rebounds, one assist and two steals in 16 minutes of action. Saturday, though, she was a major part of the Wildcat reserves combining to score 51 in the team’s convincing 23-point win over Humboldt. Williams played 24 minutes, scoring 14 points and hauling in seven rebounds – both career highs – connecting on five of her seven field goal attempts. She also chipped in with an assist and a steal in addition to shining on the defensive end.
Williams’ productive weekend saw her season scoring average more than double, rising from 1.6 to 3.6 points per game. Overall, she is shooting 50 percent from the field and is averaging two rebounds a contest.
Chico State is back in action this weekend, hosting Cal Poly Pomona Friday and San Francisco State Saturday at Acker Gym. Both games are scheduled to tipoff at 5:30 p.m.
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