Defense shines in win
Rebuilding isn’t supposed to happen like this. Maybe a quarterback here, a running back there, and a receiver or defense later it’s ‘Maybe we’ll contend in a few years?’

Left Field: Report Card
Someone get Herky the Hornet a bigger shirt. After the kick-arse seasons that most fall sports are almost halfway through, the Sac State mascot is going to be in great shape from all the work.

Cross Country Causeway: Battered Hornets take second in Davis Invitational
The men’s and women’s cross country teams have lost top runners to injury, but both still took second place in a field of 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams at the Aggie Invitational in Davis on Saturday.

Assist queen: Rafferty sets Big Sky record
Senior Maureen Rafferty is enjoying her fourth season as Hornet volleyball player. She has earned two Big Sky Tournament Most Valuable Player awards and in a Sept. 12 contest against No. 1 University of Pacific, she seized the all time Big Sky Conference assist title. This Hornet volleyball veteran has been a cornerstone of the squad that has gone 79-34 in the Rafferty era.

Men’s soccer battles the best: Hornets fall to No. 2 Santa Clara in tourney final
Two weeks ago the men’s soccer team won their first game in nearly two years. Last weekend they were the runner up at the Santa Clara Classic, losing the championship game 1-0 against undefeated Santa Clara — the No. 2 ranked team in the nation.

Club scene: Why wait? Weightlifting awaits
A national championship caliber team resides here at Sacramento State, although most students probably don’t know it exists.

Women’s soccer splits road trip
The women’s soccer team split shutouts in their two games last weekend with a 2-0 win over Kent and a 3-0 loss to host Saint Mary’s in the Fall Soccer Classic in Moraga.