news from the CSF website http://www.csfathletics.com/ 2009-07-04T11:26:32-06:00 text/html 2008-12-11T16:46:13-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/36.php <DIV>With the commencement of its inaugural season just around the corner, College of Santa Fe Head Baseball Coach Taylor Gantt is chomping at the bit to reap the benefits of over a year and a half of hard work and preparation.&nbsp;The Prairie Dogs open their season January 31 in Hobbs at the newly renamed University of the Southwest.&nbsp;A formidable schedule awaits a young and inexperienced CSF squad, with 40 out of 49 games on the road, 4 NAIA regional qualifiers from a season ago and one NAIA all-American first baseman.&nbsp; </DIV> text/html 2008-12-10T16:49:17-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/34.php <SPAN lang=EN> <DIV>The College of Santa Fe has been in intense talks with New Mexico Highlands University and the University of New Mexico in order for one of those institutions to take over the College of Santa Fe. There have been many questions regarding the implications of a proposed takeover, including the immediate and long term future of CSF Athletics. Dr. Kirk recently addressed the immediate state of athletics at CSF in an email that was distributed to the college community. </DIV></SPAN> text/html 2008-12-07T14:55:07-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/35.php The College of Santa Fe and New Mexico Highlands have entered into talks regarding a merger. Read more about it <A href="http://www.csf.edu/news?id=875">here</A>. text/html 2008-11-04T23:47:58-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/33.php <P>It was less then a year ago that the College of Santa Fe hired Brett Parker to lead the new Prairie Dog men's soccer team and to think of how far the program has come is amazing to Parker. Early on the focus was purely recruiting and with the season starting in August, that didn't leave much time to put together an intercollegiate squad. </P> text/html 2008-10-30T14:58:30-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/31.php Fifteen seconds is not a long time for most, but for the College of Santa Fe Prairie Dog soccer team, it was a very long time. In their second to last game of the season they faced the University of the Southwest Mustangs. The Prairie Dogs saw their one goal lead evaporate late in regulation and then saw the game slip away with only fifteen seconds left in the second overtime. The 2-1 loss dropped CSF to 5-10 on the season. text/html 2008-10-30T10:10:11-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Kelly Lloyd http://www.csfathletics.com/article/30.php <DIV><A href="http://www.csfathletics.com/imgres?imgurl=http://parks.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Prairie%2520Dog%2520scan%25201-24-03.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://parks.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Prairie%2520Dog%2520Town.htm&amp;h=1117&amp;w=705&amp;sz=182&amp;tbnid=KCRxNqHlqZgJ::&amp;tbnh=150&amp;tbnw=95&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprairie%2Bdogs&amp;usg=__BhZoKXS9znBJuG2OsfIgeZoSOEc=&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ct=image&amp;cd=1"><IMG title=http://parks.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Prairie%20Dog%20Town.htm height=150 alt=http://parks.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Prairie%20Dog%20Town.htm src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:KCRxNqHlqZgJ::parks.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Prairie%252520Dog%252520scan%2525201-24-03.jpg" width=95 align=middle border=1></A> <P>If you have ever wandered around the College of Santa Fe's campus you may have noticed the many creatures residing on campus that are not students.&nbsp;The Prairie Dog occupies prime property and keeps the local residents entertained by their antics particularly in the spring as they exit their burrows with their young.&nbsp;</P><A href="http://www.csfathletics.com/imgres?imgurl=http://parks.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Prairie%2520Dog%2520scan%25201-24-03.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://parks.ci.lubbock.tx.us/Prairie%2520Dog%2520Town.htm&amp;h=1117&amp;w=705&amp;sz=182&amp;tbnid=KCRxNqHlqZgJ::&amp;tbnh=150&amp;tbnw=95&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprairie%2Bdogs&amp;usg=__BhZoKXS9znBJuG2OsfIgeZoSOEc=&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ct=image&amp;cd=1"></A></DIV> text/html 2008-10-14T13:40:35-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/27.php <P>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </P> <P>Perfect weather greeted the College of Santa Fe in their only home match of 2008. Unfortunately, the Our Lady of the Lake Saints men's soccer team had other ideas. The Saints were able to pull out a 1-0 victory over the Prairie Dogs. </P> text/html 2008-10-08T15:56:30-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/19.php The College of Santa Fe men's tennis team got things kicked off this weekend in an open tournament&nbsp;at the Shellaberger Grand Prix at the Shellaberger Tennis Center. The team was very excited to finally get some match play under their belts and get comfortable playing in our world-class home facility. The combination of tournament participants and Prairie Dogs from around campus culminated in an electric atmosphere that left all very excited to have college tennis back in Santa Fe. text/html 2008-10-06T14:40:02-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/18.php <DIV align=left><STRONG><A href="http://www.csfathletics.com/schedule/6/5.php">2009 Tennis Schedule</A></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>The College of Santa Fe men' s and women's tennis coach Kyle Russell unveiled the Prairie Dog's 2009 schedule on Friday. The season will begin on January 31 where the P-Dogs will host a club team from the University of New Mexico at the Shellaberger Center at 1pm.</DIV> text/html 2008-09-30T10:19:26-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/12.php <P>The College of Santa Fe men's soccer team travelled to San Diego in Southern California trying to protect a two game winning streak against San Diego Christian College.&nbsp; The Prairie Dogs survived an overtime game and defeated San Diego Christian College by a score of 3-2. </P> text/html 2008-09-29T14:06:13-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/16.php &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <DIV>Even though the women's soccer team will not be starting their first season until the fall of 2009, a small group of players will be getting a jump start on their first season this fall.</DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>"These players will have a great opportunity to work on the technical and tactical aspects of their game in a very personalized setting.", remarked coach Kishimoto.</DIV>&nbsp; text/html 2008-09-28T19:25:47-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/15.php Cross country will be coming to the College of Santa Fe in 2009. CSF is currently conducting a national search for the Prairie Dog's first men's and women's cross country coach. The coach will start recruiting this year to field a team next fall. All interested runners are encouraged to submit information to the recruting tab. text/html 2008-09-27T19:00:35-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/14.php <DIV>The College of Santa Fe is steadily working towards the start of their inaugural season in the fall of 2009. The coaching staff has been busy hitting the recruiting trail identifying talented student-athletes that are looking to join the Prairie Dogs. </DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>"I have been very excited about the response that we have had from prospective soccer players that are very excited to be apart of what we are building here at CSF." </DIV> text/html 2008-09-25T13:46:42-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/11.php College of Santa Fe men's soccer team, having just played in the shadow of Hurricane Ike one week earlier, was now in the heat of Phoenix, Arizona. The CSF Prairie Dogs would play back to back games with Southwestern College. CSF entered the game with a 1-6 record and was looking for better results and came out with a 6-1 victory. text/html 2008-09-17T12:07:13-06:00 http://www.csfathletics.com/ Wilt Kishimoto http://www.csfathletics.com/article/10.php The College of Santa Fe Prairie Dog soccer team faced two opponents this afternoon at the Northwood University Soccer Tournament. The Prairie Dogs faced their second loss in as many days. The Mountain View College soccer team came into the match looking for a much needed win, but the Prairie Dogs also had to face Hurricane Ike.