By
Tony Lee
On
Thursday, October 08, 2009
The women's volleyball team were perfect coming into the Orange Empire Conference rival matchup against Golden West College Wednesday (Oct. 7) - unbeaten in seven consecutive swept matches.
After winning the first set 25-22, the third-ranked lady Pirates (7-1, 1-1 in the OEC) lost three-straight sets to the No. 10 ranked Rustlers (9-2, 2-0) 25-23, 25-21, 29-27.
Even though the match took place at Coast's Peterson Gym, the crowd was pro-Rustlers and, according to OCC's Nikki Osuna, "It didn't even seem like it was our gym."
Pictures and more quotes will follow soon.
Here are the game Tweets from the OCC Sports Blog's Twitter.
- Battle between Orange Coast and rivals Golden West has started. The lady Pirates have the early 6-3 lead - GW serve
- Golden West calls timeout...15-12 lady Pirates
- Golden West takes the lead 18-19. Coast's head coach Chuck Cutenese calls timeout. #oec #volleyball
- Orange Coast comes back to take the first match 25-22! #oec #volleyball
- Golden West is off to a fast start in the 2nd set. 3-6 Rustlers. Lady Pirates call timeout #oec #volleyball
- Lady Pirates tied it up at 11-11 but the Rustlers got the next 3 points. 11-14 timeout OCC #oec #volleyball
- Golden West started the 2nd set w/ a lead, finished the set with a 23-25 lead. It's tied 1-1. #oec #volleyball
- Golden West is off to another fast start. OCC head coach Chuck Cutenese is very verbal on the sidelines. 11-7 Rustlers. #oec #volleyball
- Lady Pirates have tied it up! The score is 21-21 in the third set #oec #volleyball
- After tying it up, the Rustlers got the next 4 points to win 21-25. GWC is up 2-1 sets. #oec #volleyball
- After exchanging 5 points back and forth, Coast took a 8-5 lead. Golden West responded with 3 straight of its own. Score is tied up at 9-9
- the lady Pirates on the bench are making the most noise in the whole Peterson Gym. OCC is up 18-16. #oec #volleyball
- The lady Pirates are on a 7-1 run. Score is 23-18 in the 4th set. #oec #volleyball
- Coast was up 23-17. Golden West went on a 8-1 run to be up 24-25 #oec #volleyball
- Coast was up 23-17. Golden West went on a 8-1 run to be up 24-25 and eventually won 27-29 #oec #volleyball
By
Tony Lee
On
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Under the LeBard Stadium lights, the lady Pirates soccer team snuck-out with a 2-1 victory against Fullerton College Tuesday (Oct. 6) as the last shot hit off the top crossbar.
This is the third straight win for Coast (8-2, 4-2 in OEC) and Fullerton drops to (5-4-2, 3-2-2).
Here are the game Tweets from the OCC Sports Blog's Twitter.
- The women's soccer game vs. Fullerton College in the LeBard Stadium (that's right, the football stadium) is about to start!
- Coast's Taryn Bales was stopped by Fullerton's goalkeeper Brianna Magana in a point-blank attempt. Score is 0-0
- Coast's Kallie Ryker was stopped by Fullerton's keeper again on a breakaway and Jazmin Antunez's rebound was wide. Score is 0-0
- Taryn Bales got the first goal of the game and finally broke Fullerton goalkeeper's impressive defensive stand. 1-0 lady Pirates
- Fullerton's Emily Smith is attended by the trainers because she got hit on the face with a ball and is bleeding. Ouch.
- Coast's Kallie Ryker scored the 2nd goal of the game. Ryker's first attempt was stopped point-blank by Fullerton's goalie. Score 2-0
- Fullerton cut into Coast's 2-0 lead with a 57th minute goal by Megan Byrum's point-blank shot. Score is 2-1 #OEC
- Coast wins despite Fullerton's last shot attempt hitting off the top crossbar. 2-1 lady Pirates led by Taryn Bales' goal and assist
By
Tony Lee
On
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Who gives a flying Tweet?
Athletes, prospective players and Pirate athletics fans do, so the Orange Coast College coaching staff should get on it.“But it’s just like a Facebook (status) update,” said 20-year-old psychology major Jason Hartwell. “And most of the time I don’t care about what someone’s eating or doing.”
I used to feel skeptical too until I started using Twitter and realized its potential.
For those who do not know, Twitter is a web-based messaging system that allows 140 characters to express one’s thoughts through the Internet or in a text message.
The message, known as Tweet, is supposed to answer the question, “What are you doing right now?”
Well Tweets are not limited to just what someone’s doing right now. There are so many advantages for a coach to have a medium to express some thoughts.
First is for the recruiting process — which, in my opinion, separates a great community college coach froman OK one.
I was, and still am, a college athlete and the first thing we want to know is what the coach is like before picking out our school.
Twitter would provide athletes with what type of personality a coach has, how they run their program and what connections they have.
If an athlete sees an OCC coach is following (Twitter’s way of saying who you are friends with) prominent Division-I coaches, members of the press or former players, it shows a willing coach that’ll help you transfer, give you press and attract interest from other universities and coaches.
Coast head softball coach Ruby Rojas (her Twitter is rrojas8) said she mainly used Twitter to remain in contact with other coaches and players.
By looking at who Rojas is following and who she is followed by, you realize that she knows famous softball athletes and coaches. By the messages exchanged between them, you also realize she is passionate about her sport.
Not only that, if I saw that a coach still kept in contact with former players, I’d believe that coach is likeable and cares more about just what you can do in games and practices.
Second advantage is giving the followers news about the team and program.
If you want more people to show up for your first home game, post information about the team’s fundraiser or Tweet about a heartbreaking loss but how the team should keep their heads up, Twitter allows for that.
I’m not talking about having to write a novel every time. A simple, less than 140 characters Tweet will go a long way.
Third advantage is that the potential is endless. You can use it to whichever way you think is for the best.
For the OCC Sports Blog, I plan to use it for covering games live, posting interesting quotes from athletes, showing important game dates and for breaking news.
I’m interested in what the coaches will do with Twitter and so is Rojas. She Tweeted to me, @OccSports, “Thats right!!! Let’s spread the word so all the coaches at OCC can have a twitter account.”
I’m hoping I did just that.
[Photo courtesy of jhuskisson.com]
By
Tony Lee
On
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Yours truly will be at the first women's volleyball home game Wednesday (Sept. 9) at 6 p.m. and reporting it live on twitter.com/OccSports.Tweets will include set scores and game commentaries and the OCC Sports Blog will have a Q & A session with the player of the game and head coach Chuck Cutenese.Good luck lady Pirates.
By
Tony Lee
On
Monday, August 31, 2009
Today (Aug. 31) was the first day of the 2009 fall semester at Orange Coast College and I'm excited to report to you that the sports season has begun.To my delight, I found out today that the men's and women's soccer teams already played its first games, all the fall 2009 sports are ready for the season and we have multiple aspiring sports writers on the Coast Report staff.[Click here to see how the men's soccer team played in its first match]This means more sports coverage for you guys and more dedicated time on the OCC Sports Blog from me.The year has already started I'm optimistic this will be the best sports coverage OCC has ever had in its history - and yes, you can quote me on that.I can't wait to reveal my "It's Me, Tony Lee" column on Sept. 9 and the rest of the upcoming stories for the 2009 fall semester. Make sure to follow the blog's Twitter account (@OccSports) to stay updated throughout the year.
[Photo courtesy of kellsmurthwaite.wordpress.com]
By
Tony Lee
On
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
No other sport provides the fans with as many come-back-from-adversity-feel-good stories as baseball.Baseball's latest is about former Newport Harbor High School and Orange Coast College pitcher Scott Beerer (pictured).In a feature story in the Rocky Mountain Independent on July 24, Jack Etkin writes about Beerer, a 2003 second-round draft pick by the Colorado Rockies, coming back as a position player after dealing with injuries as a pitcher throughout his professional career.At first, the Rockies didn't grant Beerer his wish to come back as a hitter and he returned back to SoCal.Shortly after, he started attending classes at UCLA and worked nights as a bartender to prepare for a life without baseball.Without giving away too much of the story, Beerer made it back to the Rockies and is now back on a baseball-oriented life path.OrangeCoast tweeted this story to twitter.com/OccSports and now I'm blogging a little bit about it to share with the world.And as always, OCC Sports Blog always welcomes tips, story ideas and/or comments.[Photo courtesy of eBay]
By
Tony Lee
On
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Some take the summer to relax and some are busy as ever.
OCC's head softball coach Ruby Rojas is the latter and is sharing her summer activities via Twitter.
So far from Rojas' tweets on twitter.com/rrojas8, she went back to Venezuela to practice with the international team, is actively involved in the BACKSOFTBALL campaign and played in the Canada Cup with multiple injuries (her team finished third in the tournament).
According to canadacup.com, Rojas batted cleanup and played left field for the majority of the tournament. Her best offensive game was on July 6 against Austraila, where she went 2-for-3 with a walk, two doubles and two RBIs.
I also found out from her tweets that she likes to watch BET, been playing with a dirty uniform, loves to cook and saw Transformers 2 and loved it.
And she still has a busy summer left. From her Twitter, Rojas said "3rd place @ Canada Cup. Not bad & way to not give up teammates! Next destination....Chicago to play against Chicago Bandits!"
Yes, I now have a stalker-esk knowledge of our softball coach from reading a couple of her tweets, but I think it's cool to get to know a coach this way.
It's always cool to know that our coaches, teachers, star athletes and students are just like everyone else. I hope more coaches will be active Twitters like Rojas in the future.
Anyways, I hope your summer just keeps on getting better Ruby and keep giving us Twitter updates.
After all, I am a nosy journalist who wants to know everything.
[Photo courtesy of Orange Coast College]
By
Tony Lee
On
Thursday, April 09, 2009
I just wanted to say thank you to all the viewers of the OCC Sports blog - especially the returning viewers. You guys make me want to make the blog better and work even harder to report all the OCC sports.
Since the OCC Spots blog is not even a month old, not many OCC students and faculty even know about it.
But through word of mouth by the coaches and athletes and my shameless-self advertisement I created on my sports page this week, the blog has finally hit 100-plus page loads, 300-plus viewers and almost 80 new viewers. [Click here to see the latest Coast Report issue]I just want to say thank you to everyone and I do mean that from the bottom of my heart.Also, I encourage people to leave comments, vote on the poll, follow the blog's Twitter account and read the Coast Report. [Click here to go to OCC Sport blog's Twitter account]Right now I'm just assuming this is what the viewers would want to read about. The more interactive this blog gets, the higher the chance I write about things you guys want to read about.
Because I learned that when you assume you make an @$$ out of u and me. Once again, help me, help you Orange Coast. [Click here to read my column "It's Me, Tony Lee" about asking for help]
I hope everyone will check back tomorrow to see the live coverage of the Coast Classic starting at 1 p.m. Go Pirates and, once again, thank you to everyone.
