Congratulations to to our Holy Names University Men’s Soccer Team on their fourth straight Cal Pac title! Below is parings and information regarding the 2009 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championships.
Your Hawks are matched up against The Master’s College and will be traveling down to Santa Clarita for the second time this year. HNU battled the Mustangs to a 3-3 tie back on September 12th. The Master’s college won both the Golden State Athletic Conference regular season and GSAC Tournament champ…
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California Pacific Conference champion Menlo College took the top individual honor and placed three players on the all-conference women's volleyball first team, Commissioner Don Ott announced today.
Senior middle blocker Deborah Bekowies captured the Player of the Year award in the closest vote for Player of the Year in recent memory. Bekowies along with teammates Stephanie Williamson and Sarah Poole made the first team. Menlo finished 16-9 overall and a perfect 12-0 in Cal Pac conference play.…
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California Pacific Conference champion Menlo College took the top individual honor and placed three players on the all-conference women's volleyball first team, Commissioner Don Ott announced today.
Senior middle blocker Deborah Bekowies captured the Player of the Year award in the closest vote for Player of the Year in recent memory. Bekowies along with teammates Stephanie Williamson and Sarah Poole made the first team. Menlo finished 16-9 overall and a perfect 12-0 in Cal Pac conference play.…
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Added by Dennis Jones on November 12, 2009 at 12:29pm —
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As Fall sports wind down, I want to update the campus as to all the happenings, this past week, as well as the near future.
First of all, Congratulations to Men’s and Women’s soccer, Women’s and Men’s cross country and Women’s volleyball on what has already been an outstanding Fall!
• Men’s soccer saw their 44 game conference win streak end yesterday, but captured their 3rd straight California Pacific Conference Championship and earned the Conferences automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournam…
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Oakland, CA - Juan Gomez Wins Men's Cross Country Runner of the Month for October. Holy Names University senior Juan Gomez was selected as the California Pacific Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Month for October.
The Dublin, California native had two wins and one top 10 finish in three…
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Oakland, CA - Melissa Grimmond Wins Womens Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. Holy Names University senior Melissa Grimmond was selected as the California Pacific Conference Womens Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the dates of October 26th through November 2nd, 2009.
The Clayton, California n…
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Oakland, CA - Katie Stiles Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Holy Names University guard/forward Katie Stiles was selected as the California Pacific Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the dates of October 26th through November 2nd, 2009.
Stiles, a native of Willits, Calif…
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Oakland, CA - Katie Stiles Named Women's Basketball Player of the Week. Holy Names University guard/forward Katie Stiles was selected as the California Pacific Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the dates of October 26th through November 2nd, 2009.
Stiles, a native of Willits, Calif…
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Oakland, CA - Senior night is always a tough day because it the culmination of your college career For both Michele Myers and Kendra Vasquez this was the case tonight. Both played with a sense of urgency and led the Hawks to a 3-0 victory of the Red Hawks. Leading the Hawks were one again sopho…
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Added by Dennis Jones on November 3, 2009 at 11:22am —
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Oakland, CA - With both senior point guard Larisa Nakasone and junior Sarah Henning out with injuries the Hawks did not miss a beat. With the Vodiscka sisters providing constant nagging pressure the Sunbirds had many problems dealing with it. At the end of the match the Hawks would force 36 turnove…
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LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Cold shooting would doom the Hawks as they drop the season opener at Biola, the Nations 17th ranked NAIA I club.
In contrast, the Eagles (1-0) had an outstanding shooting night to start the season, connecting on 56 percent from the field (35-for-63) including hitting their first eight shots in the game. Meanwhile, HNU shot just 34% from the floor including a frosty 26% from beyond the arc.
Biola was 8-for-8 to start off the game and scored on eight of its first nine posse…
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Added by Dennis Jones on October 30, 2009 at 8:30am —
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Oakland, CA - Rebecca Chase and Deborah Bekowies Selected As Co-Volleyball Players of the Week.
Holy Names University junior Rebecca Chase and Menlo College senior Deborah Bekowies were selected as the California Pacific Conference Volleyball Players of the Week for the dates of October 12th through 19th, 2009.
Chase, a native of Sacramento, California, had 41 kills, 32 assists and 21 digs in a 1-2 week for the Hawks. The Hawks lost to Academy of Art University 3-2 on Thursday in Oakland, beat…
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Oakland, CA - Mustafa Celik Three-Peats As Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week.
Holy Names University senior Mustafa Celik was selected as the California Pacific Conference Men's Soccer Offensive Players of the Week for the dates of October 12th through 19th, 2009.
Celik, a native of Cologne, Germany, had four goals and two assists in a 2-0 week for the Hawks. The Hawks beat Pacific Union College 5-3 in Berkeley on Tuesday and beat William Jessup University in Oakland 2-1 on Saturday.
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Added by Dennis Jones on October 22, 2009 at 6:44am —
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Holy Names received five first places votes and 42 points in route to capturing the 2009-2010 California Pacific Conference men's coaches poll. The Hawks took 42 out of a possible 206 points.
In second, by only one point, was William Jessup University with 41 points. The Warriors are coming off their second California Pacific Conference championship appearance last season. The other first place vote went to the CSU Maritime Academy Keelhaulers. The Keelhaulers went to the California Pacific Con…
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Holy Names received six first places votes and 47 points in route to capturing the 2009-2010 California Pacific Conference women's basketball coaches poll. The Hawks took 47 out of a possible 196 points.
In second was Menlo College with 41 points. The Oaks were the runner up in the California Pacific Conference playoffs last season. The other first place vote went to the CSU Maritime Academy Keelhaulers. The Keelhaulers went to the California Pacific Conference Final Four last season for the fi…
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Added by Dennis Jones on October 22, 2009 at 6:38am —
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The hawks showed resiliency Saturday as they defeated Simpson and William Jessup in the CAL-PAC PREVEIW. It was a blistering hot day and several of the athletes were injured, however that didn’t stop the women from smashing their competition. Freshman standout Maricruz Espindola rallied back from the flu to finish second in a staggering time of 23:08, following her was Sr. Chenique Jackson with a time of 24:33 for a respectable finish of 5th place. Freshman Laura Crabtree also stepped it up afte…
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Added by Dennis Jones on October 13, 2009 at 11:00am —
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When the HNU men’s cross country team crawled onto the start line Saturday at the highly prestigious CAL-PAC PREVIEW invitational with hopes of keeping their undefeated streak looking bleak. The top 5 runners were plagued with illness, injury, and a top runner sitting out for the race. To make matters worse the Hawks had to square off against a fresh ready to roll William Jessup team. Clearly the Hawk’s undefeated streak was in jeopardy on this over 100 degree day. But all this aside there was o…
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Added by Dennis Jones on October 13, 2009 at 10:51am —
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Juan Gomez and Heiti Larsen Top Finishers for the Hawks
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The Holy Names University Women’s Cross Country competed at the Mills College Invitational this past Saturday. The spectator-friendly course was packed with over 200 competitors. Leading the Hawks was sophomore Heiti Larsen who finished 24th with a time of 22:15. Larsen was followed by Maricruz Espindola (27th, 22:26), Chenique Jackson (35th, 23:03), Jenna Pasillas (44th, 23:45), Laura Crabtree (48th, 24:02), Ka…
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Holy Names University senior Mustafa Celik was selected as the California Pacific Conference Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for the dates of September 7th through 14th, 2009.
The Cologne, Germany native had three goals and one assist in a 1-0-1 week for the Hawks. The Hawks beat Point Loma Nazarene University 3-1 on Thursday in San Diego and on Saturday tied The Master's College 3-3 in Santa Clarita.
Holy Names University continues their 2009 schedule Saturday as they take on Conc…
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Added by Dennis Jones on September 14, 2009 at 5:51pm —
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Lancer Freshman Eva Solis, who had five assists in five games coming into this one, scored her first collegiate goal and, as usual, had an assist to lead the NAIA's No. 1-ranked Lancers to a 3-0 win over Holy Names Saturday.
HNU held their own against CBU, as the Lancers took the field for their first game as the NAIA’s No. 1-ranked team. “We played well;” said HNU Coach Nick Lusson, “we held up well in the first half, I felt like they kind of wore us down as the game went…
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