2008 Woodie Awards
The SDSU women's soccer team defeated the Colorado Buffaloes 1-0 on Nov. 14 in the first round of the NCAA College Cup at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium at the University of Minnesota. Senior Kellyn Farrell scored the winning goal, and her sixth of the season, 13:29 into the game when she stole the ball from the defender and kicked the ball in the goal from 15 yards out.
The SDSU women's soccer team ended their historic season with a loss to nationally ranked Minnesota (St. Paul) on Nov. 16 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Jacks, 15-5-1, became the first team in school history to win a game in the NCAA tournament when they knocked off Colorado on Nov.
Down by three, with less than a minute remaining, the Jacks stood 27 yards away from its goal line and were confident that scoring was a strong possibility. Southern Illinois ended that possibility when cornerback James Wheeler intercepted a pass from Jacks senior Ryan Berry.
On the Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball media day, someone asked why the Badgers would travel to Brookings to play SDSU? The Jacks gave an answer through drubbing UW 64-44 at Frost Arena on Nov.17 in front of 2,812 faithful fans. The Big Ten Badgers came out with an 8-0 lead.
The Jackrabbit cricket team dominated so much on Halloween weekend that SDSU did not need to play in a pre-semifinals match at the Mankato Tourney. The team bartered with an ISI team who should have been in their semifinals match-up. The Jacks picked Sri Lanka, while ISI picked the Superstars.
The SDSU men's basketball team started their 2008-09 season on the losing end. The Jacks fell to San Jose State 70-62 in front of 2,424 fans at Frost Arena Nov. 14. All 62 of the Jacks' points came from the starters. Junior guard Garrett Callahan led the team with 19 points, including five 3-pointers.
After splitting a pair of games against Minnesota-Duluth last weekend, the women's hockey team will host an eight-game tournament at the Larson Ice Center in Brookings. Eight women's hockey teams from Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa will travel to SDSU territory Nov.
Inconsistency and turnovers have plagued the SDSU women's basketball team in the first two games of the season, yet the Jackrabbits find themselves 2-0. The Jacks will look to continue their winning ways on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. against the Utah Utes in Frost Arena in a clash of two teams picked to win their respective conferences.
It was a cold, blustery evening when the Jackrabbit women's soccer team competed in their first NCAA tournament match. In their first year of eligibility for the postseason, they defeated seed Colorado in the first round and recorded their first-ever NCAA postseason victory in any sport on Nov.
Everybody likes to follow and watch a winner, and these days SDSU has been a winner in numerous sports. While the successes of the soccer and football teams have been given ink, the lesser-known sports have been faring pretty well also. The women's bowling team saw success two weekends ago in Madison, Wis.
The Jackrabbit football team has been known to give fans near heart attacks in the last few years. With that spirit, here are some of the high and lows of the 2008 football season. High: The Jackrabbits started the Missouri Valley Football Conference the right way, as the Jacks beat both Western Illinois and Youngstown State who were both ranked in the top 25.
YESInstant replay is used in every major sport so why not use it in baseball? It makes complete sense for it to be used only for home runs that are questionable or boundary calls. Today's parks are making it harder for umpires to tell if the ball went over the fence due to railings on top of the fence that are considered out of the field of play, so why not make sure the umpires get the call right? The yellow line no longer works.
Q: Isn't Coughlin-Alumni Stadium (CAS) an embarrassment to SDSU football? A: No, and thanks for your question. Okay, I suppose I could go into more detail with my answer. Games are more than playable at CAS. Furthermore, the stadium is on par with most of the stadiums in the Missouri Valley Football League.