Thank goodness that’s over. When the NBA and its players skipped their Black Friday shopping to hammer out a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, they shared many of the same sentiments as the bustling shoppers outside New York City who passed by the law firm where it all went down. Get ready for Christmas. I’m not [...]
After going off on a tangent about the Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team’s recruiting, it is time to look at its nonconference schedule this year. Behind its recruiting principles, this might be my other biggest issue with the way things are being run currently. This team has one of the worst nonconference schedules of [...]
It’s almost over everybody. This blasted fall semester is on its edge, but basketball has just begun and hockey is halfway through, so get excited Fullerton, and go check out your Titan sports teams. Here’s a short preview of what’s to come this weekend. Men’s basketball Well, it’s hard to judge the season thus far. [...]
Posted on 07 December 2011
Every hockey team needs a gritty, physical presence on the ice–a player who really grinds hard every shift to bring energy and momentum to the group. For the Cal State Fullerton hockey team, that presence comes in a rather smallish figure. Standing at 5’11” and listed at 180 pounds, sophomore forward Jakob Brummett is more [...]
This season, the Cal State Fullerton women’s volleyball team played like its conference record (8-8)—average. There were some definite highs, like the ones I’ll mention below, and some definite lows. The 3-0 loss at home to Pacific was the lowest point of the season. But they found a way to come back the next match [...]
Posted on 07 December 2011
Nothing has changed the last two seasons when it’s all said and done. UC Santa Barbara and Long Beach State have met in the Big West Conference tournament championship and the Gauchos have gotten the best of the 49ers each of the last two years, earning the conference’s automatic bid. Resurgent teams like Cal State [...]
Posted on 06 December 2011
Cal State Fullerton men’s and women’s soccer teams certainly were turning heads to start the season. The men’s team was receiving national attention, adding to an already stacked Big West Conference. The women’s team went on an early five-match, unbeaten run after an early season drop in form. Overall, it saw massive improvement from last [...]
Posted on 06 December 2011
The Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball team lost 54-64 Sunday in a matinee game against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Rolls Activity Center in Flagstaff, Ariz. The loss drops the Titans’ overall record to 3-4. Senior guard Megan Richardson paced the Titans’ offense with a season-high 21 points on 6-of-15 shooting from the floor and [...]