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Sewage flood closes first floor of Meiklejohn By Kali Persall MANAGING EDITOR The first floor of Meiklejohn Hall at Cal State East Bay’s Hayward campus was closed on Monday and Tuesday due to a sewage backup, numerous university officials confirmed Monday. The bottom floor of the building reopened yesterday at 9:30 a.m. according to campus officials. East Bay’s Interim Associate Vice President of University Communications and Public Information Officer Jesse Cantley told the Pioneer that Facilities Management believes the flooding was caused by inappropriately flushed items. The true cause was not confirmed at the time of publication. According to Cantley, the stoppage happened outside the building in the main sewer line, not in Meiklejohn Hall. “Things do happen in buildings,” he said. “We’re fortunate to have caught it early.” On Monday, the University Police Department directed traffic on West Loop Road around a sewage hole in front of the building. Maintenance staff, donning rubber shoe covers and gloves to pump water and sewage out of the building, told the Pioneer on Monday at 3:30 p.m. that they had arrived approximately three hours prior and were working in a team of six. Cantley confirmed that there were 600 gallons of water in the elevator pit, which prompted its closure. The water was drained on Tuesday and the elevator reopened at 9:30 a.m. yesterday. At the time of publication, there was no assessed damage to the building it-
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The bottom floor of Meiklejohn Hall flooded after a sewage pipe backed up on Monday on the Hayward campus. The floor was cleaned, sanatized and it reopened at 9:30 a.m. yesterday, according to multiple CSUEB officials. self, but several objects including cardboard boxes that contained various items, were discarded, said Cantley. Donna Placzek-Savage, Director of
Environmental Health & Safety at East Bay confirmed that the water was drained and the building was sanitized.
Belfor, a disaster recovery and property restoration company that East
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East Bay students volunteer at local organization By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Cal State East Bay students got a glimpse into what it takes to feed people in need on Sunday. Thanks to the Freshman Day of Service, East Bay students were able to visit the White Pony Express in Pleasant Hill and help process food that would eventually go to people who are homeless and do not know where their next meal might come from. The White Pony Express is a nonprofit organization that was founded on Sept. 22, 2013 by Carol Weyland Conner to combat hunger and food waste. The organization collects and receives food from over 45 places like local farmer’s markets and even larger grocery stores like Costco, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, according to their Public Relations Representative Steve Spraitzar. The food is received, sorted for quality and then taken to shelters, pantries, group homes and other nonprofit organizations to be disbursed to those in need. “Dr. Conner started this organization with two volunteers and $800 bucks,” Spraitzar said. “It is great to see how far it has come in such a short period of
time.” On Sunday, East Bay students found themselves sorting through strawberries for quality control and the significance was not lost on them. “It means a lot to know this food we are processing is going to somebody who really needs it,” freshman Kinesiology major Sara Wieland said. CSUEB junior communication major Kassandra Padilla works for Pioneers for Change at East Bay, an organization that hires students to engage with the community through events and nonprofits, which is how she became involved with White Pony Express. “I already knew how much of an impact we would be making in the lives of the people in Contra Costa County,” Padilla said. “It is a very rewarding feeling knowing that the food you are sorting through and saving from the trash is going to people who really need it. It is crazy to see how much food people waste just because they see an expiration on it.” According to Waste Management, approximately 50 percent of all produce in the United States is thrown away and more than 60 million tons of produce are thrown away annually. Many students admitted that if it weren’t for Freshman Day of Service,
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White Pony Express public relations representative Steve Spraitzar talks to CSUEB students as they wrap up their volunteer experience on Sunday. they would have never heard of the White Pony Express. Every spring quarter, CSUEB freshmen are required to participate in the Freshman Day of
Service where they volunteer at nonprofit organizations throughout the Bay
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What happened? Last Thursday, President Donald Trump gave the U.S. military the green light to launch a targeted airstrike on a government air base in Syria that killed six people. According to a statement that Trump delivered from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on April 6, the strike was authorized in response to a chemical attack that was allegedly launched by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on April 4. “Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched,” confirmed Trump. “It is in this vital, national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.” President Trump’s strike consisted of 59 Tomahawk missiles, of which 58 hit their intended target, a Syrian military airfield. The attack was successful in rendering refueling stations, airplanes and hangars inoperable, the Washington Post confirmed on April 8. The Syrian military maintains that it was not behind the attack, and that the toxic gas, which killed 72 men, women and children, was instead released when a Syrian warplane bombed a building that contained chemical weapons, according to abc7 News. After Assad became President in 2010, a civil war erupted in Syria between his supporters and rebel groups after teenagers were arrested and tortured for painting “revolutionary slogans”on a school bathroom wall, according to BBC. Pro-democracy protests broke out as a response and the Assad’s security forces responded to the dissent with violence. Statistics from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs show that as of March 2017, 13.5 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance, 5 million people fled the country and 6.3 million people were displaced by violence. The strike is the first military action that the United States has taken against Assad’s regime during Syria’s six-year civil war, according to CNN. It remains unclear how this will impact the U.S.’s relationships with Syria and its ally, Russia. At an emergency UN meeting that took place last Wednesday, Russia’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov denounced the U.S.’s strike as a supportive gesture to Syrian terrorists. “We must recall when you take your own path that this leads to horrible tragedies for countries in the region and the people living there,” said Safronkov. “Think of the consequences. Remember what you've produced in the Middle East.” During his campaign, Trump clarified his position on removing Assad from power. “We don't know who the rebels are,” he stated at the Third 2016 Presidential Debate, moderated by Fox News on Oct. 19, 2016. “But if they overthrow Assad, as bad as Assad is, and he's a bad guy, but you may very well end up with worse than Assad.”
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New York awakens student spirit By Louis LaVenture EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
With just two quarters to go before I graduate, I am starting to hit a wall. Some people call it ‘senior-itis;’ I call it fatigue. In addition to working nights, I also go to school full time and run this student newspaper. It’s safe to say, my time is stretched thin. I felt a lack of interest in all my classes last quarter and it carried over to this one, but it seemed even more intense. Then I got the news that turned it all around, a trip to New York for a college editor’s workshop at the legendary New York Times. For somebody interested in pursuing a career in journalism like myself, this is the holy land, Mecca, if you will. The trip caused me to fall even further behind in all of my classes but I didn’t care. I got to learn tips and tricks from some of the top people in the industry and the experience was priceless. I met editors from schools all over the country like the University of Miami and Cornell University. It was invigorating and exciting to see all of these young college students so passionate about journalism. I got back from New York late Saturday night and
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as I lay in my bed I thought about a story New York Times National Editor Marc Lacey told us at the workshop. He said that he and his friend visited New York when he was in college and they tried to get
inside of the newspaper’s building. The security guard in front said they needed clearance to get in and denied them, but he told them to sign up for a tour. Lacey said him and his friend took a picture in front of the building and promised each other they would work there some day, using the photo for inspiration. It worked; they both ended up working there and now Lacey is in one of the top positions in the country. So I did the same thing. While I wasn’t denied entrance, I still took a picture in front so I can use it as my motivation to not only get hired there, but to continue to work toward my dream job of writing or editing at a publication as prestigious as the Times. The trip lit a fire under me to finish school and made my classes exciting again, not because they are—trust me, Victorian-era British literature is not a class that screams fun—but because I know where my degree can lead me. From Hayward to New York, hopefully I can tell a room full of students my story some day, of how I went from South Hayward to the fifteenth floor of the Times that holds every Pulitzer Prize they won since 1918.
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Raiders could be quite the road rage with traveling NFL circus
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With the Not Yet Las Vegas Raiders facing as many as three seasons of lame-duck games in Oakland while building their pricey new desert digs, principal owner Mark Davis is straddling northern California and southern Nevada in a state of denial. “I wouldn’t use the term ‘lame duck,’” Davis said as if wearing a patch over his right eye like the guy in his NFL team’s logo and adding another to cover his left. “We’re still the Oakland Raiders, and we are the Raiders. We represent the Raider Nation.” That Raider Nation stuff doesn’t change the crutch-and-quack status of Davis’ team, which is sure to crimp attempts to generate good will with a community the Raiders are poised to abandon for a second time since the 1980s. A better idea is run away from home and–in the NFL tradition of Red Grange with the Bears back in the 1920s–barnstorm the country. Become Raiders in the truest sense. Lay claim to any and all interested cities that lack an NFL team but might be interested in bidding for the chance to take one in for a game. Exhibitions, regular season and possible postseason “home” games -- put them all up of for grabs for anyone and anywhere that puts together a viable proposal. The Cowboys talk about being America’s Team. A traveling road show could enable the Raiders to wrest that title through colonization. It might even make more sense than borrowing a fortune to help finance the $1.49 billion palace proposed for Las Vegas, an unproven pro sports market. That’s a serious commitment on a hunch. One complication already is that the expensive stadium in Las Vegas might not be ready until 2020. To remain in Oakland would require the Raiders to negotiate an extension of the two remaining years on their lease despite whatever bitter feelings there are. Being the Salt Lake City Raiders one week, the Honolulu Raiders another leaves everything free and easy, nothing but good times. Fayetteville, Ark.; Norman, Okla.; Sacramento; Portland, Ore.; Birmingham, Ala.; Des Moines; Lincoln, Neb.; San Antonio beckon. St. Louis has a big empty domed stadium just sitting there. The league always is looking for someone to play internationally. Dangle the possibility of landing a team permanently, if that helps. Who knows? If the Raiders hit a speed bump or sour on Las Vegas, anything is possible. Some super-rich dude with the money to cover the requisite financial guarantees may want to impress other rich dudes by putting a game on his estate grounds. Before anyone gets all haughty about not playing NFL games just anywhere, remember this is a league that began with franchises in Racine, Wis.; Massillon, Ohio; Muncie, Ind.; and Rock Island, Ill. With the billions of dollars in guaranteed TV money rolling in, its teams should be able to play games wherever they want. Plus, if NHL games played outdoors in baseball parks and football stadi-
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ums make for great television, imagine an NFL game in a public park with temporary stands. Meanwhile, things in Oakland are likely to get dreary. Knowing Davis expects to take the Raiders away has to undercut enthusiasm in the city that inspired Gertrude Stein’s line, “There is no there there.” Technically, Stein was referring to her childhood home in Oakland, which had been razed, not the whole city, but the Raiders will leave a void in the city where they’ve played home games 42 of the last 55 seasons. Forget Stein. How about Robert Frost? He wrote, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” How long can the Raiders count on Oakland for that? Their fans are famously passionate and many do travel to see their team, but they have every right to feel their loyalty is not reciprocated. If the ferocity with which they cheer their team gets redirected toward Davis and the Raiders instead, look out. Admittedly, playing home games on the road is a bold suggestion for Davis. Even if he buys in, other owners and fusty league muckety-mucks may balk. The Raiders can point to how the NFL owes its survival to Grange going on the road. The Bears’ 1925-26 cross-country tour ventured to such far-flung locales for pro football at the time
as Florida, Louisiana, Oregon and Washington. Through 19 games over 66 days, they exposed the NFL game to new fans at a critical juncture. A road show for America’s Raiders could inject new energy into what otherwise might be mundane games. NFL teams stay in hotels the night before home games anyway. So all the Raiders have to do is set up base camp for headquarters and practice, then get an airline sponsor to provide a really nice plane and a lodging chain to set them up with something fantastic. Think of how civic leaders in Chicago, a city that ought to be secure of its standing in the world at large and its association with the NFL in particular, went gaga over hosting the draft. Think of how NFL cities got excited when announcer John Madden’s bus used to blow into town rolling for a game in a given week before he retired. Now picture the reaction in a city where the only connection to the NFL has been through television. The barnstorming Raiders can go to red states and blue states, redrawing the map in wide swaths of silver and black. Taking the road less traveled, as Frost once wrote, makes all the difference.
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Hayward gives food options to Asian Pacific Islander community Hawaiian BBQ and bubble tea join downtown scene By Kamille De Guzman CONTRIBUTOR
A new chain of restaurants opened in downtown Hayward in late March, all of which are catering to a college-friendly environment and the large local Asian Pacific Islander community. Asian-Pacific Islanders make up 23.6 percent of the 7 million Bay Area population, according to the 2010 Bay Area Census. W&W BBQ, a Hawaiian and South American fusion BBQ restaurant, opened downtown on Foothill Blvd, in January. T4, a Taiwanese Bubble Tea beverage chain, is one of the businesses thriving from this large population and
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Flood From Page 1 Bay is contracted with for emergency services, assisted in the sanitization process, Placzek-Savage told the Pioneer. “When you have an emergency situation, what you need are more resources to help manage [it],” said Placzek-Savage. “Our [staff] could do it but again, when it goes beyond a normal situation you need extra help.” Placzek-Savage said that after the spill is cleaned, she will conduct an investigation, which includes looking at the date and time the incident occurred, what caused the spill, how much was spilled, and any corrective actions that need to be taken. Placzek-Savage confirmed that the leakage did not infiltrate any storm drains. Cantley said there are two major concerns regarding a sewage spill: sanitizing the areas that come in contact with raw sewage and the moisture content left behind. Certain materials such as drywall naturally have high moisture content, so an incident like this could require it to be ripped out, explained Cantley. The goal of the response team was to dry the moisture as quickly as possible in order to minimize the damage. At the time of publication, the blocked sewer pipe had been cleared, according to Cantley, who said it’s not likely that an incident like this will happen again soon.
held its grand opening in downtown Hayward on B St, March 24th. “The Chamber has worked to make downtown a more college-friendly environment by marketing more food options based on popular preferences. We’ve also added a mix of entertainment downtown, such as live music on the weekends and a mini-arcade,” said Kim Huggett, CEO of the Hayward Chamber of Commerce. Before W&W BBQ opened, there weren’t any Hawaiian BBQ chains in downtown Hayward. Before T4 opened, the nearest bubble tea beverage shop was located in Castro Valley, which is a 15-20 minute drive from the college campus. Jimmy Ho, owner of the new Hayward T4, also owns the T4 franchise in Fremont, which he opened in 2014. “I honestly like working here in Downtown Hayward because I feel like I could reach out to the community more,” said Ho. “When I first picked the location for the new establishment, I didn’t initially think of how close the college campus [Cal State East
Bay] was. I didn’t know how much the business would attract a younger generation and I was lucky to have obtained this spot.” T4 recently collaborated with the student fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, on April 5. Some CSUEB students feel there is a lack of food options on campus. “When I’m not eating at the dining commons, I usually buy my food at the local convenience store, such as Target or I would eat with my friends in downtown,” Regina Soratorio, a freshman and member of the Pilipino American Student Association (PASA) at CSUEB told the Pioneer. “I like how Hayward recently added new food places in Downtown, it gives people, that currently live in the dorms, better food options without traveling the extra miles.” The new restaurants appeal not only to students living on campus but also commuter students. “It’s convenient that there are new food places that opened up in downtown. This definitely gives Cal State East Bay more of an opportunity to use our provided shuttle system and check out the amenities we have
in downtown Hayward,” said Aaron Redila, a commuter student from Union City. In addition, the new restaurants not only cater to students who attend CSUEB, but also to a large 35,500+ Asian-Pacific Islander community in Hayward. “The Chamber of Commerce is very pleased with the new developments that downtown Hayward has already established,” stated Huggett. Huggett also mentioned future developments and projects for downtown that will begin in the next few years to come. “The Chamber is working on establishing more retail shops, housing developments and food options for downtown Hayward,” Huggett said. “The biggest advancement that Hayward locals and college students should look forward to is the $60 million dollar investment into the new Hayward Public Library, to be completed possibly next year or the year after. We hope that in building these new developments, it will give students more work opportunities and build a better college-friendly environment.”
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Golfer earns another award
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Cal State East Bay senior golfer Adam Stone extended his school record when he earned his fifth California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference golfer of the week award for 2016-2017. Stone now has won the award 7 times in his four year career and also has five individual tournament championships under his belt. Stone has also been named to the CCAA All-Conference team two times and finished in 17th place overall individually at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational on April 10 and 11 in Turlock. His strong performance helped East Bay secure eighth place at the invitational tournament.
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THE PIONEER Nonprofit From Page 1 Area. In addition to food, the White Pony Express also partners with organizations to give away clothing and they have a large warehouse where they have items that range from clothes to shoes and toys. According to Spraitzar, the clothing and food goes through a sorting process to assure quality and make sure these are things “people would give to their family members.” In January, two homeless men died from exposure to cold weather, which inspired the organization to create emergency backpacks that included in them tarps, coats, gloves, hats, blankets and food. The volunteers distributed 300 of the kits to homeless people in and around the facility, according to Spraitzar. Homelessness and food insecurity are also common issues for CSUEB students. A study commissioned by Cal State University Chancellor Timothy White in Feb. 2015 found that one out of every 10 CSU students is homeless and one out of five CSU students doesn’t have consistent access to food and are considered “food insecure.” According to the CSU system’s most recent enrollment report from fall 2015, of the 474,571 total students enrolled at the 23 campuses, eight to 12 percent were classified as homeless and 21 to 24 percent were listed as food insecure. White Pony Express has also started a new program earlier this year to create developmental toy kits for one through five-year-olds. Caryl Morton is spearheading the effort for the organization that includes wooden blocks and similar toys that promote developmental and motor skills. “Adults aren’t the only ones that suffer from homelessness,” Morton said.
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How Type 1 diabetes affects my abilities as a student Blood sugar levels dictate how and when education takes place By Daniel McGuire CONTRIBUTOR It’s 8:00 a.m. on a Monday and I’m sitting in class when one of those unique headaches starts to set in. It feels like someone is pressing a needle into the back of my eye — sometimes both of my eyes — and now I feel the urge to use the restroom again even though I did so ten minutes before class started. As if this wasn’t distracting enough, my mouth feels really dry and I forgot my water bottle at home. Is that a leg cramp I feel coming on? As a student with diabetes this is my reality, and these are only a few of the symptoms of high blood sugar, which spikes when I don’t take enough insulin. “I was like a puppet without strings” I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2006 when I was in the sixth grade, at 12 years old. There are two types of diabetes; Type 1 diabetics produce no insulin and Type 2 diabetics do not produce enough. Both types face risks associated with high and low blood sugar. At first, my symptoms didn’t seem that strange. I was constantly dehydrated, and because I drank a lot of water, frequent urination didn’t seem abnormal. One day I noticed that I was drinking more water more often than ever, but the more water I drank, the more I wanted. Once my father and I realized something was wrong, we went to my doctor who diagnosed me with Type 1 diabetes after a quick test. My blood sugar was so high that my body began to poison itself, and urinating often was my body’s way of detoxing. That explained the dehydration. I was admitted into the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). I was so weak in the elevator leaving my doctor's office that my father had to hold me up. I was like a puppet without strings. I spent the next three days in the hospital with an IV in each arm and boards taped around my elbows to keep me from bending my arms.
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snacks, like crackers or a juice box. Diabetes makes school more difficult. Controlling your blood sugar levels can prevent symptoms from appearing, but it’s a constant battle that never ends, resulting in what we in the diabetic
blood sugar at a secure level. Approximately 1.25 Million people in the United States are Type 1 diabetics, and 200,000 of them are under the age of 20. Each year 40,000 people are diagnosed, according to the Junior
“1.25 Million people in the United States are Type 1 Diabetics with 200,000 of them under the age of 20. Each year 40,000 people are diagnosed.” —Junior Diabetes Research Foundation Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). During the course of those three days I slept on and off inconsistently and was trained on how to give myself shots. I was a twelve year old pin cushion. Dealing with Diabetes in College At 23, I began my senior year at Cal State East Bay. The accessibility department on campus offers various accommodations for diabetic students like me, such as early registration, increased test-taking time and disability-related counseling. These resources would have helped me greatly but as an 18 year old freshman in college, was I was too preoccupied with this new stage in my life to act as the middleman between my doctor and the school. Extreme fatigue, shakiness and a false sense of hunger are a few of the many low blood sugar symptoms. diabetics can lose consciousness if their blood sugar drops too low, even while sitting comfortably and could fall into a coma in as fast as two hours. When afflicted with low blood sugar in class I can level it out with
community call “diabetes burnout.” Diabetes must be taken into consideration, 24/7, in everything I do. This constant battle can take a mental and physical toll that leads some to give up on maintaining their diabetes. Why Blood Sugar Matters High blood sugar can be treated by taking insulin with a shot or an insulin pump, a machine that delivers insulin steadily throughout the day and as needed with each meal. Prolonged high blood sugar levels in early adulthood could cause blindness, nerve damage and blood circulation issues that lead to amputations in severe cases later in life. Low blood sugar is much more urgent to treat because there is a risk of losing consciousness. Many diabetics, including myself, carry around glucose pills, which are flavored and made mostly of sugar to raise low blood sugars in an emergency. These chewable pills are a temporary fix until I can use carbohydrates to put my
My Future as a Diabetic Research being done to treat and cure diabetes is leading to new and improved methods. Instead of taking between three and six shots daily, I take one shot every three days with the use of my insulin pump. As I get closer to graduating and pursuing a career in Journalism, I have many conflicting thoughts. I’ve met other diabetics at conventions who have talked about how they have to hide their diabetes or the visual parts of their insulin pumps in the professional world. Journalism can be a physically and mentally demanding job, and high and low blood sugar symptoms affect my ability to report on stories. High blood sugar dehydrates me, which can cause muscle cramps. But I want to make a career out of journalism to speak for those that can’t speak for themselves. Type 1 Diabetes is my disease and I don’t plan on letting it dictate my future.
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Softball splits games against Monterey Bay Cal State East Bay now 24-18 overall and 16-14 in conference games with just three series left before the postseason By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER
The California State East Bay softball team improved their record to 24-18 overall and 16-14 in California Collegiate Athletic Association Conference play after a weekend road trip to Monterey. East Bay played the #8 ranked California State Monterey Bay Otters (31-7, 19-6) in a four-game series over the weekend and also one of their last conference series of the season. “I feel we did very well considering Monterey is ranked #1 in conference,” freshman infielder Jennifer Palmares said. “We hung in there and competed in every inning and I am proud of my team.” In the first game, the Pioneers fell to the Otters 2-0 and were unable to get on the board, but freshman pitcher Abby Greer had a very strong performance allowing just 2 runs in the game. In the second game, East Bay had a complete momentum shift and proved their capability of competing with nationally ranked opponents. Monterey opened up the game with a 2-0 lead in the second inning, as senior outfielder Sam Luna singled up the middle, which advanced senior infielder Jene Coleman and junior outfielder Joanna Perruccio. In the third inning the Pioneers’ bats woke up and they scored 6 runs, which was initiated by sophomore catcher Tanya Galvan who singled through the right side, advancing
were able to make adjustments at the plate,” Palmares said. “We have been going through a lot of hitting reps at practice, and once we applied that it benefited us.” Cerminara singled down the infield line in the top of the sixth inning, which allowed Fukushima to score after she advanced to third base on a previous play when Lerma grounded out. East Bay went on to score 3 more runs, which gave them the 11-7 win over the Otters. The Pioneers played their second double header on Sunday and in the first game, the Pioneers dominated the Otters, scoring 12 runs in the contest. They opened up the game by putting 3 runs on the board in the first inning. The same happened in the bottom of the third inning when sophomore utility player Meghan Amanita was walked and sophomore utility player Anabella Serfin scored. East Bay added 2 more runs after that, which extended their lead to 6-0. Monterey responded in the bottom of the third inning as they scored 3 runs but it did not do much for them as the Pioneers stayed hot at the plate. The Pioneers scored 6 more runs throughout the next 4 innings, which gave them the 12-4 win, and put them ahead in the series 2-1. The final game of the series on Sunday afternoon was much different for East Bay as Monterey seemed fired up
“I feel we did very well considering Monterey is ranked #1 in conference. We hung in there and competed in every inning and I am proud of my team.” —Jennifer Palmares, freshman infielder senior catcher Ali Cerminara, senior infielder Marisa Lemra to third, and sent freshman infielder Sarah Fukushima to home plate, putting the Pioneers within 1 run. The Pioneers scored 5 more runs and were ultimately able to capitalize off of Monterey’s mistakes. One run was made due to Palmares being hit by the pitch, which enabled Lerma to score and 2 of the other runs were fueled by Pioneer walks. Monterey answered with 3 straight runs in the bottom of the third inning, but East Bay was able to maintain their advantage as they led 6-5 heading into the fourth inning. In the fifth inning, Monterey tied the game as they scored 2 runs to make it even. The Pioneers did not let them shake their momentum. Instead, they answered the Otters with some offense of their own. “We let down a little on the defensive end, but we picked it back up and
about losing twice to the Pioneers. East Bay was able to get on the board early, scoring 2 runs in the first inning, but Monterey came back and scored 5 runs in the second and 6 in the third, which had a home run in both innings. The Pioneers weren’t able to come back and fell to the Otters 11-3, which ended the series tied 2-2. Despite the two losses, this was a great contest for the Pioneers, who were encouraged by their performance against a top team. “We know we are going to be facing the top number four and number five ranked teams in these next series,” Palmares said. “So we have to be focused, make adjustments at the plate, overly communicate on defense and stay loud in the dugout.” East Bay plays Sonoma State (2912,19-8) in a four game series beginning on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Pioneer softball field on the Hayward campus.
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Top: Cal State East Bay freshman infielder Jennifer Palmares hits the ball during the game against the Stanislaus State Warriors on March 25 at Pioneer Softball Field on the Hayward campus. Above: The Cal State East Bay women's softball team greets teammate freshman infielder Sarah Fukushima at home plate after she hit a home run during the home game against the Stanislaus State Warriors on March 25 on the Hayward campus.
8 SPORTS
THURSDAY APRIL 13, 2017
THE PIONEER
Pioneers sink Otters on senior day
East Bay beats Monterey Bay 11-9 By Marissa Marshall STAFF WRITER The California State East Bay women’s water polo team played their final home game over the weekend against California State Monterey Bay, in the last home contest on a stormy day. Before the game, East Bay honored the 7 seniors on the team; goalkeeper Nikki Vaughan, drivers Nicole Williams, Shelbie Higginson, Amy Chin, Katelyn Clark, 2-meter Olivia Mackell, and utility player Brandi Carroll. “I am saddened that I will be leaving this wonderful team that I have grown to genuinely love, “ Vaughan said. “But I am excited to be moving on and embarking on new adventures.” East bay was able to secure a sweep this season against Monterey Bay (6-10 overall, 0-2 conference). In their first match against the Otters on March 24, the Pioneers outlasted Monterey 11-10 in a competitive, back-and-forth game. This game proved to be similar. Monterey scored first early in the opening quarter when senior center Adrianna Craft scored at the 6:20 mark. The Pioneers responded just three minutes later, to tie it up 1-1. East Bay and Monterey continued to trade goals, but the Pioneers were able to stay ahead with a two-goal advantage, leading 6-4 going into the second half. Fifty-four seconds into the second half, freshman utility player Auriel Bill scored from an assist from junior utility player Rocio Fesembeck. “Coach [Lisa Cooper] reminded us of our potential and motivated us to get up on the scoreboard,” Bill said. The Pioneers went on to score 3 more goals in the third quarter, which gave them a comfortable 10-5 advantage. The Otters mounted a comeback in the fourth quarter as they put 4 goals in the period, but it was not enough
to beat East Bay. “Though we had the lead in the first half, we were still learning and adapting to our opponent and when it came to halftime we knew how to get the upper hand,” Vaughan added. Junior 2-meter Leilani Vazquez sealed the deal for the Pioneers as she scored with 2:54 left to add to East Bay’s 11-9 win. Bill had 4 goals and 2 assists in the game and has been solid all season for the squad as a freshman. Bill scored 4 or more goals in 5 games this season. “Honestly it is easy to do when you have teammates who believe and
“The team is aware of what we have to do to win, so the only thing we have do is execute what we know and have practiced.” PHOTOS BY KEDAR DUTT/THE PIONEER
—Nikki Vaughan, senior encourage you to keep pushing,” Bill said. “It strengthens your focus just knowing you have 22 teammates and four coaches who are cheering for you, it brings in a sense of momentum.” The Pioneers are now 11-12 overall, 1-1 in conference and will travel to Sonoma State (8-17, 0-1) on Saturday to play in their final Women’s Water Polo Association Conference game. The two teams have met twice before, in which they split games. “This next game is extremely vital in terms of placement for the WWPA championships,” Vaughan said. “The team is aware of what we have to do to win so the only thing we have do is execute what we know and have practiced.”
Top: Cal State East Bay senior two-meter Olivia Mackell looks for an open teammate during the game against the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters on Saturday at Pioneer Pool on the Hayward campus. Above: The Cal State East Bay crowd cheer for the home team during an 11-9 victory over the Cal State Monterey Bay Otters game against Cal State Monterey Bay Otters on Saturday at Pioneer Pool in Hayward.
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