2008 Woodie Awards
Rivalry game ends with a loss for De Anza
Olga Ardulov
Issue date: 1/29/07 Section: Sports
The De Anza Dons took on Jaguars of San Jose City College last Wednesday. The two teams are considered major rivals and the audience in the stands proved the point. There was a definite increase in decibels from the crowd compared to the average game as well as fans in attendance.
The women played a hard game keeping up a full court press throughout the game. The teams played eye to eye, for every shot scored by the Jaguars, the Dons would answer with a shot of their own.
The first period was played with few penalties and clean passes for the most part.
Then with a good chunk of the first period out of the way the Jaguars made a mad dash for their basket and as sophomore power forward Dacia Taleni (51) went to block a shot she was thrown off balance and fell onto teammate sophomore small guard Dioselina Torres (33). Torres sprained her ankle and was taken out of the game for the night.
Nearing the end of the first period the Dons started losing steam in their game. The women started dragging their feet, which lent to several passing debachles.
Freshman shooting guard Derisa Taleni (24) and sophomore shooting guard Shay Williams (22) with some fast maneuvering were the only redeeming factor as the period wound down.
At halftime the score was DA Dons 26 - SJCC Jaguars 23.
The second period was even more cutthroat than the first. Taleni was scoring out of anger and frustration, pulling clean steals and interrupting passes on a regular basis.
Jamie VanDeSande (24) was on Taleni the entire game blocking shots, stealing passes and pulling intersections without missing a beat. Taleni still managed to stay on top of her game and together with her teammates the Dons were able to lose by only six points.
The final score was 60 - 54 in favor of the Jaguars. The women will be meeting their rivals a second time on Friday Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the gymnasium at De Anza College
The women played a hard game keeping up a full court press throughout the game. The teams played eye to eye, for every shot scored by the Jaguars, the Dons would answer with a shot of their own.
The first period was played with few penalties and clean passes for the most part.
Then with a good chunk of the first period out of the way the Jaguars made a mad dash for their basket and as sophomore power forward Dacia Taleni (51) went to block a shot she was thrown off balance and fell onto teammate sophomore small guard Dioselina Torres (33). Torres sprained her ankle and was taken out of the game for the night.
Nearing the end of the first period the Dons started losing steam in their game. The women started dragging their feet, which lent to several passing debachles.
Freshman shooting guard Derisa Taleni (24) and sophomore shooting guard Shay Williams (22) with some fast maneuvering were the only redeeming factor as the period wound down.
At halftime the score was DA Dons 26 - SJCC Jaguars 23.
The second period was even more cutthroat than the first. Taleni was scoring out of anger and frustration, pulling clean steals and interrupting passes on a regular basis.
Jamie VanDeSande (24) was on Taleni the entire game blocking shots, stealing passes and pulling intersections without missing a beat. Taleni still managed to stay on top of her game and together with her teammates the Dons were able to lose by only six points.
The final score was 60 - 54 in favor of the Jaguars. The women will be meeting their rivals a second time on Friday Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the gymnasium at De Anza College
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