Baseball

The Hornets took game one out of the three-game series against their district and conference rival Cypress College beating the Chargers 6-5 in 11 innings last Thursday. Halfway though the season, Fullerton is currently sitting in first place with an Orange Empire Conference record of 5-2 and an overall record of 15-5. Up Next: The Hornets will host Irvine Valley College on March 17. The first pitch will go out at 2 p.m.

Softball

Fullerton had a rough time of it last Friday falling to Santiago Canyon College 7-0 at home. FC has dropped their last three conference games setting them back to fifth place in the OEC standings. Up Next: FC (12-8, 4-5) will hit the road against San Bernardino Valley College on March 17 at 2:30 p.m. for a non-conference match-up. Then on March 19, the Hornets will host a conference game against Riverside City College at 3 p.m.

Swim & Dive

The Hornet swim and dive teams split their meets verse Santa Ana and Riverside Colleges last Friday. Both the men's and women's teams had wins over Santa Ana and then they both lost to Riverside. Hornet Standouts: Gabriella Garcia - 50, 200 freestyle, Joe Babbitt - 50, 200 freestyle, and Tom Beckleheimer - 1 and 3m diving. Single winner: Erika McFeggin, 100 freestyle. Up Next: Fullerton will participate at the College of San Mateo Invitational on March 20.

Women's Track & Field

The Hornets traveled to Occidental College last Friday and picked up five personal records. Hornet athlete Fanny Giron claimed, "I want to break 59 seconds in my race today." She met her goal and more with a time of 58.75 for the 400-meter. She continues to lead the conference in that event and second to her is teammate, Samantha Duong. Sam was within one second of her PR with a 1:01.45 effort. Jasmine Mendoza ran 1:04.47 and Jenny Cadman 1:07.52 for their personal records for the day. These ladies ran the 1600 meter relay in 4:14.62 for a season best effort shaving three seconds off their previous time. Andrea Mendez had a decent attempt in her 800-meter race and gave herself a small PR running 2:22.01. Breanna Arroyo had her first 5K (3.1 miles) on the track. This event entails running 12 and a half laps and finished with a 21:44.23 time. Teammate Julia Popick competed in her first 10K (25 laps - 6.1 miles) finishing in 44:02.69. Up Next: The Hornets will compete on March 20 at the Antelope Valley Invitational with the events beginning at noon.

Men's Track & Field

The Hornet Men competed at the highly competitive Occidental College Spring Distance Carnival on Friday night. Adrian Williams and Brendan Bartunek better their seasonal personal marks by nearly a full second in the 400 meters, with respectable times of 50.14 and 51.74. Freshman Ramiro Espinoza continues to improve in the 3000 meter steeplechase as he learns how to negotiate the 27 barriers throughout the race, running 10:25.62. Along with Espinoza, Fullerton High School grad, Johnny Nava continues to lead the Hornets with his 10:15.66 for that race. Other races throughout the night saw Freshman Jonathan Sheatz and Javin DeLa Torre tackle the 5000 meters for their first time on the track, 17:15 and 17:24 respectively. Brandon Velasco and Raul Bustamante ran the rarely contested 10,000 meters, (25 laps) at 10:30 p.m Friday night. While Velasco, suffered from cramping throughout the race, his 33:43.60. is respectable. Bustamante ran 39:27, in a race that had 58 athletes circling a track for well over 30 minutes. Up Next: The Hornets will compete on March 20 at the Antelope Valley Invitational with the events beginning at noon.

Women's Water Polo

Hornet women's water polo coach, Gabriel Martinez was a guest speaker at the LA84 Foundation's Success in Water Polo, Novice to Olympic Levels. Along with heading up the Hornet program, Coach Martinez has been an international coach leading the women's Mexican National team at the Pan American games. Other speakers included Patty Cardenas (2008 silver medalist), Chris Duplanty (three-time Olympian), and Alex Rodriguez (head coach of Pomona-Pitzer and the USA men's Junior National team).