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上海女排反败为胜

SPU Volleyball defeats national powerhouse CS San Bernardino The Falcons had never taken down national women’s volleyball power Cal State San Bernardino — until this year. After dropping the first two games of the match in the season-opening Coyote Classic, the Falcons stormed back for a 3-2 victory against the No. 14-ranked team in NCAA Division II on September 7, 2013. 在决定性的第五局, San Bernardino had an 8-7 lead on the switchover, 但SPU以一波8:3结束了比赛, getting the final point on a combined block effort by sophomore Jackie Arnold and junior Sara Biondi.

Late Goal Lifts Falcons Past Top-Ranked Simon Fraser

10月3日, 2013, one decisive shot took a different path than sophomore midfielder Danny Olivas had planned. But the ball ultimately ended up where he intended ... 在网的后面. Olivas scored the game-winning goal with 12 minutes left to play, lifting the SPU men’s soccer team to a 2-1 upset of top-ranked Simon Fraser.

猎鹰倾覆No. 西部第500次排球胜利

Junior Madi Cavell slammed a career-high 22 kills — including the match-winner on October 24, 2013, 猎鹰队击败了第一名. 8-ranked Western Washington Vikings in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s volleyball match. Freshman Lexi Biondi put down a career-high 13 kills, and senior Nikki Lowell also had 13 kills.

Women’s Basketball Team Posts 700th Program Win

11月8日, 2013, 凯蒂本森拿下20分和10个篮板, helping the SPU women open the basketball season by hanging on for a 71-66 victory against Humboldt State in the West Region Crossover Classic, 这是节目历史上的第700场胜利. The Falcons, who began women’s basketball in the 1974–75 season, is now 700-365 all-time (.657胜率). This is the second time the Falcons have won a milestone game under the guidance of head coach Julie Heisey. She was also at the helm for the 600th win, a 76-56 rout at Chico State on December 13, 2008.

Falcon Women Win GNAC Soccer Title, Earn NCAA Berth

Tournament Most Valuable Player Natalie Harold stopped the first two penalty kicks she faced during a shootout November 9, 2013, leading SPU to a 4-1 tiebreaker victory after battling 10th-ranked Western Washington to a 1-1 tie through two overtimes in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s soccer championship game at Starfire Stadium. The Falcons (14-5-1) captured their first GNAC Tournament championship, earning an automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Tournament, and extended their streak of national playoff appearances to 11 years.

唐斯带领斯坦福大学连续第二次获得篮下冠军

西雅图州立大学篮球队连续第二年获得锦标赛冠军 3月8日, 2014, David Downs scored 10 consecutive second-half points to fuel a run that rallied 18th-ranked 西雅图 Pacific to its second straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament championship with a 65-62 victory over Western Washington at Saint Martin’s University. The Falcons (26-5) earned the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. They made their 10th consecutive playoff appearance in 2014, the longest current streak among Division II men’s basketball teams. Downs became the first man to win both the GNAC Male Athlete of the Year and the Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards. This is the second year in a row that he received the Scholar-Athlete title.

奥康奈尔当选划船委员会主席

SPU Athletic Director Erin O’Connell was elected the first female president of the USRowing Board of Directors, the governing body for the sport of rowing in the U.S. The election was held at the March 22, 2014, meeting of the Board in Tampa, Florida.

Hundley Wins Three National Crowns; Tindall Captures Gold

SPU gymnasts earned national championships in all four events on April 13, 2014. Maria Hundley won the vault and balance beam crowns, and gained a three-way share of the title on the uneven parallel bars. Then Kai Tindall capped her career with a four-way split of the gold on the floor exercise in the individual event competition at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. Falcon sophomore Hundley took the vault with a 9.85分,平衡木也差不多. 在酒吧里,她又想出了9个.85. Senior Tindall, daughter of 39th-year head coach Laurel Tindall, pulled a 9.她的自由体操是875美元, putting her on the top step of the podium in Brown University’s Pizzitola Sports Center. The previous night, the Falcons earned the third-place team trophy.

弗里克比赛NCAA 800米冠军

麦凯拉·弗里克赢得800米冠军 SPU大四学生麦凯拉·弗里克, after a near-miss at the national indoor 800-meter title in March, 在5月24日赢得了户外比赛的冠军, 2014, pulling into the lead up the back side early in the second and final lap, then cruising down the homestretch at the NCAA Division II championship meet. 她用了2分6秒跑过了终点线.18 seconds — a personal best by nearly three-quarters of a second and a winning margin of well over a full second ahead of the next competitor at Grand Valley Track & 场体育场.