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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (Aug. 16) – Four-time defending conference champion and NCAA Division II National semi-finalist Cal State San Bernardino received the maximum number of votes possible and was tabbed as the conference coaches’ pick to capture the 2010 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) title, it was announced on Monday.

The Coyotes, winners of four straight CCAA titles and seven overall since 2001, totaled 121 points and 11 first-place votes. UC San Diego, which placed second a year ago, finished second in the poll after collecting 103 points and one first-place vote. Cal State L.A. was third with 98 points, Sonoma State was fourth after garnering 97 points and Chico State rounded out the top five with 82 points.

Cal Poly Pomona (63) was picked sixth and followed by San Francisco State (61), Cal State East Bay (55) and Cal State Monterey Bay (36). Humboldt State and Cal State Dominguez Hills tied for 10th with 23 points and Cal State Stanislaus was 12th after collecting 22 points.

Cal State San Bernardino is coming off one of its finest seasons in program history after recording a 33-2 overall record and advancing to the NCAA National Semifinals where it lost in four sets to eventual national champion Concordia-St. Paul. It marked the second straight season that the Coyotes season ended at the hands of the Golden Bears.

Entering her 20th season at Cal State San Bernardino, head coach Kim Cherniss welcomes back two first-team All-Americans in senior outside hitter Jane Chafeh and senior setter Sara Hoffman.

First-year UC San Diego head coach Ricci Luyties takes over the reigns for Tom Black, who took the head job at Loyola Marymount, and inherits a talented team that includes honorable mention All-American junior libero Roxanne Brunsting.

The 2010 campaign is slated to begin Thursday, September 2 when Cal State East Bay plays at Alaska Anchorage, and Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State L.A. open play in the CPP/CSULA Labor Day Tournament. CCAA play is slated to commence on Friday, September 10 with a full schedule of contests.
 

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