ZIEMER COACH OF YEAR; UCSD WOMEN WIN TITLE

Sonoma State's Marcus Ziemer has been selected California Collegiate

Athletic Association men's soccer coach of the year.

Ziemer, in his 12th season at SSU, led the Seawolves to a first-place

finish in the CCAA North Division. SSU was eliminated from the conference

tournament Friday by Cal State Bakersfield, which plays Cal State Dominguez

Hills for the championship today at 1 p.m. at Sonoma State.

The women's title was decided Saturday at SSU, with top-seeded UC San Diego

(15-2-1) edging UC Davis, 2-1.

Kristin Jones scored two goals, the first in the 15th minute. But the

Aggies (11-6-2) evened the match when Ashlee Brutzman converted on a corner

kick from Rohnert Park's Cynthia Rail. Jones scored the winning goal 40

seconds into the second half.

The victory earned the four-time national champion Tritons an NCAA West

Region berth with Davis also likely to get one of the three spots. Sonoma

State has an outside chance of getting in the regional with the field to be

announced today or Monday.

San Diego, No.6 in the nation, won the DivisionIII title in 1999 then won

DivisionII titles the past two seasons.

Four Seawolves made the all-CCAA first team -- senior goalkeeper Matt

Bernard, senior defender Ryan Smith, sophomore midfielder Brian Coyne and

sophomore forward Brandon Boone.

SSU senior forward Tony Bussard was named to the second team and defender

Justin Diener and midfielder Chris Daly made honorable mention.

Bakersfield senior forward Joey Mejias was the most valuable player and Cal

Poly Pomona forward Jonathan Bornstein was freshman of the year.

SSU sophomore midfielder Crystal Howard was named to the CCAA women's

all-conference first team. Senior defender Carly Broaddus (Santa Rosa High)

and UC Davis' Rail, a senior from Rancho Cotate, also made the all-CCAA team.

SSU sophomore defender Cassie Martinez and sophomore midfielder Amanda

Harris were named second team, as was Chico State's Katie Ferchland (Maria

Carrillo).

SSU freshman midfielder Adriana Diaz made honorable mention, as did Chico

State's Jenny Craighead (El Molino, SRJC).

UC Davis' Mary Claire Robinson was coach of the year, San Francisco State

senior defender Roberta Morrow was MVP and UC San Diego's Heather Szafraniec

was freshman of the year.