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LOS ANGELES – With points coming from all directions, the Humboldt State men's and women's track and field teams continued their season of impressive progress, finishing fourth and fifth in the respective divisions at the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championships that concluded Saturday.

ARCATA – With one tournament currently in progress, Humboldt State softball learned today that it will be hosting another next week when the NCAA announced that the West Region Division II Championships will be played in Arcata.

This Week’s Games: Humboldt State softball will again host the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament, schedule for Thursday through Saturday. The event begins with CSU Stanislaus and Cal State San Bernardino facing off at 1 p.m., followed by HSU taking on CSU Monterey Bay at 3:30 p.m. All games will be played on the HSU Softball Field.

This Week’s Event: Humboldt State resumes its season with competition at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday on Lake Natoma, near Rancho Cordova. More than 30 programs from all three NCAA affiliations will participate.

This Week’s Meet: Humboldt State’s second year of membership in the California Collegiate Athletic Association culminates this week when the Lumberjacks participate in the CCAA Track & Field Championships, hosted by Cal State Los Angeles. Competition in the decathlon and heptathlon open the meet Thursday, both of those events concluding early Friday. The rest of Friday’s schedule features heats and selected finals on the track and in the field, with the bulk of the finals scheduled for Saturday.

ARCATA - Lizzy Prescott struck out 13 and gave up only one hit, leading Humboldt State to a 5-1 victory over Chico State that clinched the California Collegiate Athletic Association title for HSU on Friday.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (April 21) – Humboldt State, which clinched a conference playoff berth last weekend, has been named the host institution for the 2008 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Softball Championships, commissioner Robert J. Hiegert announced on Monday.

ARCATA - After sweeping last weekend’s four-game series against UC San Diego, Humboldt State Softball continues to top the NCAA Division II West Region poll for the fourth week in a row while remaining at the No. 6 slot in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 poll released Wednesday.

This Week’s Event: In a way, the season begins for the HSU women’s rowing team when they travel to Vancouver, Wash., for Saturday’s Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Championships. The regatta is actually the first postseason-type event for 2008, with three and possibly four more to follow in the next month. The Jacks will compete for individual boat and team titles at the NCRC event, which includes six other schools.

This Week’s Meet: With the advertising slogan, “Where The World’s Best Athletes Compete!,” the annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut promise elite competition. Among those elite athletes participating in this year’s event will be four Lumberjacks who have established national prominence in the NCAA Division II. That group begins competition Thursday in the Puma Collegiate Invitational session, with two athletes involved, and the other two will be in action Friday. …Several HSU athletes will travel over the mountain to Redding to do battle at the Shasta Invitational hosted by Shasta College. The meet gets underway at 11 a.m. Saturday.

This Week’s Games: Humboldt State softball continues its California Collegiate Athletic Association season, but takes a break from hosting for the first time in two weeks. Instead, the Jacks travel to Rohnert Park to take on Sonoma State University for Friday and Saturday doubleheaders. Friday’s action begins at 1 p.m. and first pitch is at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

This Week’s Meet: Middle of the season progress continues for the Lumberjacks, who will face more stiff competition when the travel to the Johnny Mathis Invitational this week.

This Week’s Event: Another trip north sends the Jacks to Eugene, Ore., where they’ll compete Saturday at the Covered Bridge Regatta hosted by the Oregon Association of Rowers.

This Week’s Games: Humboldt State Softball continues its California Collegiate Athletic Association play this weekend at home, hosting University of California San Diego, for Friday and Saturday doubleheaders. Friday’s action starts at 1 p.m. and Saturday’s first pitch is set for 11 a.m

PALO ALTO — Humboldt State's Jesus Solis blasted a season-best time of 9 minutes, 17.94 seconds in the men's 3,000 meter steeplechase at Saturday's Stanford Invitational, achieving a provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA Division II Championships.

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Humboldt State's varsity four boat had a strong showing and its varsity eight pulled well enough to maintain its regional standing at the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Invitational Regatta on Lake Vancouver Saturday.

ARCATA – In a repeat of Friday’s games, Humboldt State split a doubleheader with Cal State University San Bernardino, losing game one 5-4 and winning game two 7-1, Saturday, for a series split.

ARCATA — Following two years as an independent, Humboldt State football returns to the Great Northwest Athletic Conference as a full member, with eight league games on its 2008 schedule.

ARCATA — Free shuttle service from the Student Business Services parking lot to the Humboldt State Softball Field will be provided for the Lumberjacks' softball doubleheader Saturday.

TURLOCK – Humboldt State softball completed a clean sweep of nine games played this weekend by taking both games of a non-league doubleheader from Central Washington, 4-0 and 7-3, on Monday.

This Week’s Event: Lining up alongside most of the crews from throughout the region, the Lumberjacks travel to compete in the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Invitational on Vancouver Lake, Vancouver, Wash. on Saturday. The seven members of the NCRC — HSU, Willamette University, University of Puget Sound, Lewis & Clark College, Pacific Lutheran University, Western Washington and Seattle Pacific — are all expected to attend, along with other invited programs. Last year’s attendees included UC San DIego, Gonzaga University, St. Mary’s and the University of California.

This Week’s Meet: Seeking the best possible competition that will lift them to improved marks, HSU’s track and field athletes head in opposite directions this week for a pair of prestigious meets. While the majority of Lumberjacks head north to compete at the Willamette Invitational in Salem, Ore., a small contingent of athletes will stay in state for the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto. Both meets are two-day events, beginning Friday and ending on Saturday.

This Week’s Games: The Jacks resume California Collegiate Athletic Association play this weekend when they host Cal State San Bernardino for Friday and Saturday doubleheaders to begin their stretch of 12 games at home this month. Friday’s doubleheader starts at 1 p.m. and Saturday’s begins at 11 a.m.

ARCATA — Humboldt State senior Devin Peal learned Thursday that his own basketball season has been extended one game by his selection to participate in the NABC/NCAA Division II All-Star game, scheduled for Friday, March 28 in Springfield, Mass.

ARCATA — Former Western Washington University offensive coordinator Eric Tripp has joined the Humboldt State football staff in that same capacity, reuniting with HSU head coach, and former Vikings' head coach, Rob Smith.