Stanislaus men and women 2-0 in CCAA

Four players scored in double figures, led by Alek Carlson’s 19 points, as Cal State Stanislaus earned its second straight win, a 68-52 victory over host San Francisco State.

Carlson, the team’s only senior, netted five three-pointers, and Christian Bayne had 16 points for Stanislaus (3-3, 2-0), which began league play with a 68-64 win Thursday night over Cal State San Bernardino.

Stephen Evans (12 points) and Lyle Gouveia (10 points, 13 rebounds) also starred for the Warriors over the Gators.

The Warriors led by as many as 15 points in the second half. They also outrebounded their hosts 43-23.

Stanislaus returns home for a nonconference game Wednesday night against Chico State.

Stan State women 61, S.F. State 54 in San Francisco – Senior guard Alysa Valentine rewrote the record book en route to 26 points, including eight consecutive three-pointers, as Stanislaus (6-2, 2-0) dropped San Francisco State.

Valentine, from Stockton, missed her first three-point attempt before she hit eight in a row. She broke the Stanislaus record set by Hall-of-Famer Lisa Minturn, who made seven straight threes on Dec. 10, 1988, against Point Loma Nazarene. Valentine also is one of six CCAA players to make eight triples in a game. The eight straight threes tied the mark set by J.J. Judge of Cal Poly Pomona in 2012.

Cassidy Sanders-Curry scored 15 points, and Riley Holladay dished nine assists. Ana Burch had 10 points for the Warriors, who’ve won five straight. Stanislaus travels to Fresno State for a game Tuesday night at the Save Mart Center.

Columbia men 71, MJC 61 in Sonora – Columbia (7-3) snapped the Modesto Junior College men’s four-game winning streak with a 71-61 win during the second night of the four-team Columbia Classic at Oak Pavilion. The Pirates (4-4) prepare for their 78th MJC Invitational, the annual 16-team tournament to be held Dec. 15-19 at MJC Gym.

Football

Sudfeld in East-West Game – Modesto Christian graduate Nate Sudfeld, the standout quarterback for Indiana, has accepted an invitation to play in the 91st East-West Shrine Game, to be held Jan. 23 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. It will be televised by the NFL Network.

Baseball

Former Nuts With Rockies – Former Modesto Nuts stars Raimel Tapia, Carlos Estevez, Antonio Senzatela and Trevor Story have been added to the Colorado Rockies’ 40-man roster. Senzatela, the California League Pitcher of the Year in 2015, posted a 2.51 ERA, the league’s lowest in over a decade. Tapia batted .305 and led the Cal League with 166 hits, then excelled in the Arizona Fall League. Estevez went 5-3 with a 3.40 ERA in 48 relief appearances between Modesto and Double-A New Britain. Story starred for the Nuts in 2013 and ’14.

Soccer

Regional honors for McDuffy – Stanislaus’ Maryssa McDuffy, a senior from Modesto, was named to the NSCAA Division II Women’s Soccer All-West Region second team. McDuffy was the leader of a Stanislaus defense that logged 10 shutouts while allowing only 19 goals. Senior midfielder Jordan Moineau was selected to the third team by the coaches association.

Swimming

Young Ceres star – Ceres resident Sofia Amaral, 12, has been selected to represent the USA at the Junior World Fin Swimming Championships in Annamesse, France, July 4-11. Amaral, one of 24 others on the team, trains at the USA Fin Swimming National Training Center at the SOS Club.

She has trained for over two years, despite a six-month hiatus for open-heart surgery. “Her recovery, her drive and will to succeed through very difficult times is truly amazing to watch,” coach John Hoskins said.

This story was originally published December 6, 2015 at 8:09 AM with the headline "Stanislaus men and women 2-0 in CCAA."