Boise State Golf Team Competes in Mountain West Championship

The Boise State men's golf team has had its share of bad luck this year.  As a golfer myself, I can completely identify--sometimes the ball just doesn't go where you want it to go.  But the team competes in the Mountain West Championship beginning tomorrow, and hopefully the team will peak at the right time.


The tournament gets underway tomorrow morning in Tucson, Arizona.  Teams will play 18 holes each day, Friday through Sunday.

Boise State Coach Greg Patton Named Mountain West Tennis Coach of the Year

Legendary Boise State tennis coach Greg Patton has earned another conference Coach of the Year honor, according to the Mountain West.

Patton helped reinvigorate the Boise State tennis program, leading the #38 Broncos to the regular season Mountain West title and the tournament championship as well.  Patton, in his 16th year as the head man at Boise State, earned his 10th conference coach of the year award.  Patton has won the honor in the Big Sky, the Big West, the Western Athletic Conference and now the Mountain West.

Patton will lead the Broncos into their 15th NCAA Tournament next weekend, as the Broncos take on Florida State in Athens, Georgia, May 12.

Way to go Coach!

Do or Die for the Lady Broncos

The Boise State softball team dug a hole with two losses to Colorado State, then dug deeper with a home loss to New Mexico.  To find their way out, the Lady Broncos have to sweep a weekend series in San Diego against four-time defending NCAA Tournament participant San Diego State.


Boise State, 32-16 on the season and 6-3 in Mountain West Conference play, must win at least two games of the three-game series to keep their conference championship hopes alive.  San Diego State finishes the season with three games at UNLV.  


The first game is set for Friday at 7 p.m. Mountain Time with Saturday and Sunday games scheduled for 2 p.m.  Saturday's game will be televised live on The Mountain, the first Bronco softball game ever to be televised nationally.

Sereke is the MWC Player of the Week

Nathan Sereke of Boise State has been recognized by the Mountain West Conference as the Tennis Player of the Week.


Sereke was 4-0 in singles and doubles at the Mountain West Championships in helping #38 Boise State to the conference title.  He defeated Daniel Sanchez of TCU (6-3, 6-2) as Boise State defeated the Horned Frogs 4-0 and downed Conor Berg of New Mexico, 6-0, 6-4.  Coach Greg Patton's Broncos also defeated New Mexico 4-0.  Sereke and James Meredith won both doubles matches, 8-3 and 8-4.

Klamczynska and Pietzuch Twins Named to All-Mountain West Tennis Team

Sonia Klamczynska, Marlene Pietzuch and Manuela Pietzuch were named to the All-Mountain West women's tennis team.


Klamczynska was 17-13 this season while Marlena and Manuele were honored for their doubles play after going 11-8 this spring.

Five Broncos Named to All-Mountain West Men's Tennis Team

Five Bronco tennis players were honored on the All-Mountain West Team, announced by the league office.


Andy Bettles, Damian Hume and James Meredith were named to the singles team while the duos of Hume & Scott Sears and Meredith & Nathan Sereke were named to the All-conference doubles team.


Meredith has a 16-10 record this spring while Hume is 17-2 and Bettles 20-7.  Sears & Hume are 8-4 in doubles action this year while Sereke & Meredith are 15-7.


Boise State takes on Florida State Saturday, May 12 in the opening round of the NCAA National Tournament.

Boise State sophomore outfielder Tara Glover has been named Mountain West Player of the Week, according to the league office.

Glover went 8-12 (.667) against New Mexico as Boise State won two of three from the Lobos.  Glover had two home runs and two doubles, scored seven runs and drove in three.  Tara also picked up her league-leading 15th stolen base of the year and played an errorless center field.

Boise State takes on conference-leading San Diego State for three games in San Diego this weekend.

Construction of Bronco Stadium Expansion

Geographically Challenged

Once again, geography skills in the U.S. are questioned.  This time, the NCAA placed Boise State in a sub-Regional tennis tournament in Georgia May 12.  Yeah, Florida State, Boise State's opponent, is close to Georgia.  Boise State?  Not so much.


The NCAA also put the Boise State gymnastics team in the Southern Regional in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  


The confusion could lie in the fact that there is a Boise City, Oklahoma and perhaps the NCAA thinks Boise State is in Oklahoma.  Someone needs to tell the NCAA that Boise, Idaho is in fact where Boise State is, and that that is a different place that Boise City, Oklahoma is--that Boise State is not in the South but in the Northwest.

28-Game Winning Streak Down to Last Out

Boise State has a runner on first but two out in the bottom of the eighth.  Mackenzie Whyte is up for the Broncos, trailing 6-5.

Lobos Strike For Sixth Run

These Lobo women like to go deep--lots of homers in the three-game series.  It seems like they have gotten nearly all of their runs from the long ball.


#1 Florida couldn't hit homers but New Mexico is blasting them right and left.  Go figure.


Pressure now on Boise State to hold them here and come up with a run in the eighth to tie.

Broncos Get Two Leadoff Hits But Do Not Score

Boise State had a lot going on in the seventh, even getting runners on first and third with two out but could not plate a run.  Extra innings we go.

New Mexico Ties it Once Again

A two-out homer by New Mexico in the seventh has tied the game at 5.  Boise State was two strikes from winning and now they will have to come up with more runs, as I predicted in my last post.


Boise State is batting in the bottom of the seventh.

Kreiger Has Done It Again for Broncos

Just when it looked like Boise State was going to blow a leadoff walk, Jordan Krieger's bat has breathed new life to the Lady Broncos.


Devon Bridges led off the sixth with a walk but two outs later, Boise State still had a runner at first.  Then, Jorday Krieger lined a 2-2 pitch over the fence and Coach Erin Thorpe's team is up 5-4.  You can bet the pesky Lobos will be battling in the seventh though and the Broncos may still need more runs.

New Mexico Scores Again

New Mexico is trying to be the team that breaks Boise State's home winning streak.  The Lobos have scored again in the sixth, getting runners or second and third with no one out.  A sacrifice fly has given them the lead with still that runner on second and one down.


Zell has walked the next batter.

New Mexico Ties Game in Fifth

The Lobo women have tied it once again, meaning the Broncos need something to keep their conference championship hopes alive.  Boise State has two outs with nothing going in the fifth and the game tied at three.

Projections for Men's Mountain West Track

Two Weeks before the Mountain West Outdoor Track Championships and Blue Through and Through has the only projections you can find on the web.


The Boise State men are right now slotted for fourth.  With some major things breaking their way, they could be in the hunt for the title as they were in the Indoor season.  Boise State is crippled in the running events, where they are projected to score just 44 points to 114 for New Mexico and 111 for TCU.  That's a lot of points to make up.  The Broncos fare very well in field events but the runners are going to have to get it done for Coach Hardy's team to have a shot.  But right now, here are the projected totals:


1.  New Mexico 183
2.  Air Force 162
3.  TCU 139
4.  Boise State 120
5.  Colorado State 102
6.  Wyoming 68

Jordan Kreiger Singles in Go-Ahead Run

It didn't take long for Boise State respond to the New Mexico score.  Allie Crump singled to lead off the Bronco fourth and advanced to second on a grounder.  Then Jordan Kreiger laced a single to score Crump and Boise State is still batting with a 3-2 lead.

New Mexico Ties Broncos at 2

Boise State batting in the third inning in a must-win game.

BREAKING...Boise State Wins Mountain West

Coach Patton's boys have done it again and Blue Through and Through is the first source in Idaho to break the good news.  Boise State blanked New Mexico 4-0 to win the Mountain West and advance to the NCAA's.
 
Way to go Coach Patton and Boise State!

		(1) Boise State		(3) New Mexico
		4		0

#1 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes PHILLIPS, Jadon, (3) New Mexico 2 2 Order of finish: 3 #91 MEREDITH, James, (1) Boise State 6 6

#2 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes DUNBAR, Ben, (3) New Mexico 7 2 #68 HUME, Damian, (1) Boise State 5 4

#3 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes ANDERSON, Phil, (3) New Mexico 3 2 Order of finish: 2 BETTLES, Andy, (1) Boise State 6 6

#4 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes BERG, Conor, (3) New Mexico 0 4 Order of finish: 1 SEREKE, Nathan, (1) Boise State 6 6

#5 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes IFTIKHAR, Sam, (3) New Mexico 6 5 POGOSTKIN, Filipp, (1) Boise State 4 0

#6 SINGLES   1     2     3   Notes HO, Carl, (3) New Mexico 6 SEARS, Scott, (1) Boise State 7

#1 DOUBLES   1     2     3   Notes #58 ANDERSON, Phil/PHILLIPS, Jadon, (3) New Mexico 4 Order of finish: 2 MEREDITH, James/SEREKE, Nathan, (1) Boise State 8

#2 DOUBLES   1     2     3   Notes BERG, Conor/DUNBAR, Ben, (3) New Mexico 8 Order of finish: 1 HUME, Damian/SEARS, Scott, (1) Boise State 3

#3 DOUBLES   1     2     3   Notes HO, Carl/HIGNETT, James, (3) New Mexico 7 Order of finish: 3 BETTLES, Andy/POGOSTKIN, Filipp, (1) Boise State 9