Holy Names University - News

[Women's Soccer] Hawks and Raiders Tied After Two OT's

Omar Sanchez — 2010-08-30T12:28:47-06:00

Dublin, Ca - Holy Names opened their first home game of the season against the Southern Oregon Raiders. Although the game was filled with plenty of actions, both teams failed to score resulting in a tied game.

[Women's Soccer] Women's Soccer Opens Against The Cascade Conference

Omar Sanchez — 2010-08-06T13:42:07-06:00

Oakland, CA - The Hawks return this year as the 2009 California Pacific Conference Champions and 2009 National Tournament Qualifiers. They also return 18 players from last year's team, but more importantly, they return 10 starters from last year's stellar team. They add 6 new players to this year's team including, goalkeeper Tiffany Irizarry; midfielders - Kassandra Angel, Kayla Kaleiohi, and Lina Lovgren; lastly, India Pleasant a freshman forward.

[Women's Soccer] Irizarry Signs Becomes A Hawk

Omar Sanchez — 2010-08-04T15:45:21-06:00

Oakland, CA - HNU women's soccer is proud to announce the signing of Tiffany Irizarry of Los Gatos, CA, to the 2010 squad.

[Women's Soccer] Needs of Oakland Unified School District's Athletic Programs

Omar Sanchez — 2010-07-08T12:47:27-06:00

Oakland, CA - In its continued efforts to support Oakland youth soccer, the HNU women's soccer team recently made a donation of its used equipment to Edna Brewer Middle School and several other local schools.

[Women's Soccer] HNU Women's Soccer Announces 2010 Recruiting Class

Omar Sanchez — 2010-05-27T14:34:00-06:00

Oakland, CA - Hawks Head Coach Nick Lusson is proud to announce the 2010 recruiting class for the Holy Names University women's soccer program. Says coach Lusson, "I believe these five players will make excellent additions to our already stellar squad, and the future certainly looks bright for Hawks soccer". The 2010 Hawks finished with a 10-9 record after playing a demanding pre-season schedule that featured three of the nation's top-ten NAIA programs.

[Women's Soccer] Coach Nick Lusson Named NAIA Western Region Coach of the Year

Omar Sanchez — 2009-12-29T20:27:25-06:00

Oakland, CA - Holy Names University is proud to announce that Nick Lusson, head women's soccer coach, has been voted the 20009 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) NAIA Western Region Coach of the Year.

[Women's Soccer] Hawks Downed By The Cavaliers

Omar Sanchez — 2009-11-21T11:32:05-06:00

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Hawks travelled to Portland to take on the Cavaliers of Concordia University in the opening round of the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championships. The Hawks faced the Cavaliers earlier in the year and lost 2-1. Today the Cavaliers would see the same results, beating the Hawks by a score 3-1 and advancing to Decatur, Ala.

[Women's Soccer] 2009 Cal Pac Women's Soccer All-Conference Team Announced

Omar Sanchez — 2009-11-18T16:08:46-06:00

Oakland, CA - If the Cal Pac women's soccer all-conference selections are a picture of what is to come, then the prospects are indeed bright for the league's future of the sport. A combined twenty underclassmen dominated the teams, including the co-players of the year - junior Courtney Opie from Simpson University, and sophomore Lindsey Cesena from William Jessup University.

[Women's Soccer] Holy Names Women's Soccer Declared Champions, Heads to NAIA

Omar Sanchez — 2009-11-17T16:23:29-06:00

Oakland, CA - Holy Names women soccer has been named the Cal Pac champion after regular season winner William Jessup forfeited two league contests following their discovery of an administrative error. HNU's record is now 11-8-0 overall, 9-1-0 in conference action. The Hawks advance to play #6 Concordia (Ore.) in the NAIA national tournament on Nov. 21 in Portland.

[Women's Soccer] Hawks vs. Warriors Today

Omar Sanchez — 2009-11-10T17:10:25-06:00

Rocklin, CA - William Jessup (8-0-1 Cal Pac, 17 points) defeated Menlo 3-1 on Saturday to set up a "for all the marbles" match on the final day of the regular season when Holy Names (8-1 Cal Pac, 16 points) comes calling. The winner receives the conference automatic spot in the NAIA nationals.

[Women's Soccer] California Pacific Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (10-26 - 11-2)

Omar Sanchez — 2009-11-02T00:47:27-06:00

Oakland, CA - Melissa Grimmond Wins Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. Holy Names University senior Melissa Grimmond was selected as the California Pacific Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the dates of October 26th through November 2nd, 2009.

[Women's Soccer] Hawks Spook-Off The Red Hawks

Omar Sanchez — 2009-10-31T15:12:42-06:00

Oakland, Ca - On this Halloween day your Holy Names Hawks have done it again! The Hawks defeated Simpson University 4-0!

[Women's Soccer] Hawks Make It A 2-0 Week

Omar Sanchez — 2009-10-23T10:56:59-06:00

Scotts Valley, CA - The travelled to Scotts Valley to take on the Bruins of Bethany University, looking to complete the sweep. With a 7-1 score the Hawks did just that vs. Bethany University.

[Women's Soccer] Hawks Get Back On Track

Omar Sanchez — 2009-10-21T10:34:54-06:00

Menlo, Ca - The Hawks take back their first place lead on Wednesday October 21, 2009 when they beat the Menlo Oaks 4-0 on the Oaks home turf. This completes the sweep on Menlo College.

[Women's Soccer] Hawks Fall To The Warriors

Omar Sanchez — 2009-10-17T19:59:32-06:00

Oakland, CA - The First place Hawks fought hard to a 2-0 loss to William Jessup in Oakland, Ca on Saturday Afternoon. It looked as though the Hawks had the edge in the beginning moments of the game then William Jessup fought back with high presser to disrupt the Hawks.