COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS NOTEBOOK: VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAS TOUGH COMPETITION.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer VALENCIA - The College of the Canyons' women's volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. team does its best to prepare itself for the postseason by scheduling the toughest teams it can find during nonconference play. The Cougars then hope their intensity doesn't drop too much when facing weak teams during conference. Canyons, though, doesn't have to worry about that this year. The Cougars finish the regular season this week with two of their biggest matches of the year, both on the road. Second-place Canyons faces Western State Conference South Division leader Pierce tonight and third-place Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. on Friday. Pierce and Santa Monica both defeated the Cougars in late October and are ranked higher than Canyons (14-5, 6-2) in the state poll. Pierce is eighth in the state and fifth in the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, rankings. Santa Monica is 13th in the state, one spot ahead of the Cougars. Canyons needs to finish in the top two in the division to ensure a berth in the regional playoffs, which begin next Tuesday. The Cougars are coming off a victory over Bakersfield on Friday, in which they defeated the Renegades 30-22, 30-15, 30-23, led by eight aces, eight kills and 10 digs from sophomore opposite hitter Stephanie Cisneros. --Water polo honors: Although the women's water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. team finished last in the WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) , the Cougars' individual accomplishments did not go unnoticed by the conference as six players received all-conference recognition. Goalkeeper Theresa Gilmore was named to the first team. Christine Castellano and Kahlia Lear made the second team. Kelly Twarowski, Janna Thorne and Lindsey Berke were honorable mention picks. Gilmore, who set the state record for saves in a season, also made second team All-Southern California. --Welcome home: The women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team plays its home opener Wednesday against Oxnard at 7 p.m. The Cougars, who entered the week ranked 10th in the state and fifth in Southern California, are home again Friday against Cypress at 5:30 p.m. Friday's game will be a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® of a contest from this past weekend's Merced tournament, in which Cypress defeated Canyons 86-74. --Improve your game: Strength and conditioning coach Robert dos Remedios will hold a Speed, Agility, Quickness and Power workshop Dec. 21. The workshop is designed for coaches, trainers and athletes. In addition to linear speed, the focus will be on other aspects such as agility, body control, dynamic balance, deceleration deceleration /de·cel·er·a·tion/ (de-sel?er-a´shun) decrease in rate or speed. early deceleration , reactivity and foot quickness. Participants will learn dozens of easy-to-use drills, and the workshop exercises utilizing resistance, assistance, sand and other training tools. The fee for this all-day workshop is $60 per person, which includes lunch, clinic notes and a T-shirt. Information: (661) 362-3527. |
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