While many college football teams were busy fighting over flags this past week, the College of San Mateo squad was busy planting its own flag as the best team in Northern California — and at this point, it’s not really close.
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Suayan and Hall each played big roles in returning the Lady Bulldogs to the California Community College Athletic Association Northern California regional volleyball playoffs for the seventh straight year. That postseason run came to an end, however, as No. 8-seed CSM fell 25-22, 16-25, 27-25, 25-17 at home Tuesday night to No. 9 Merced (20-6).
Continue reading this entry »Nov 23 2024
College of San Mateo’s Ericka Dorn expects to be one of the top freshman runners in Saturday morning’s California Community College Athletic Association State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno. The Westmoor graduate was third in the recent Northern California Championships at Toro Park in Salinas, running 19 minutes, 12.9 second on the three-mile course.
Continue reading this entry »Nov 21 2024
The College of San Mateo’s throttling of Laney College 57-7 last Friday put the finishing touches on the Bulldogs’ third straight Bay 6 Conference title and set them up as the No. 1 seed in the Northern California playoffs, which begin Nov. 30.
Continue reading this entry »Nov 18 2024
Lolo Mataele wasted no time taking care of business to ensure College of San Mateo would finish an unbeaten Bay 6 Conference season Friday night at Laney College. The Bulldogs (5-0 Bay 6, 9-1 overall) enjoyed a resounding 52-7 victory, with the 6-0, 210-pound star running back scoring the team’s first three touchdowns.
Continue reading this entry »Nov 12 2024
College of San Mateo wrapped up a third straight Bay 6 Conference football title with a 61-7 victory over visiting San Joaquin Delta College Saturday, all but clinching home playoff game when the Bulldogs begin the defense of their Northern California title later this month.
Continue reading this entry »Oct 28 2024
A team of future STEM entrepreneurs claimed the top title of a month’s long business pitch competition. Isabelle Ablao of San Diego State University, Michelle Gantos of College of Marin and Auner Barrios Vasquez of College of San Mateo are champions of the 2024 MESA Idea Accelerator.
Continue reading this entry »Oct 28 2024
College of San Mateo has hosted track and field for generations, but it’s safe to say no single hurdling feat has electrified like that of football standout Lolo Mataele. The sophomore running back produced the highlight of CSM’s season to date, turning a 69-yard touchdown run into a steeple chase in leading the Bulldogs (2-0 Bay 6, 6-1 overall) to a 49-14 win Saturday at College Heights Stadium over the Foothill Owls (1-1, 4-2).
Continue reading this entry »Oct 28 2024
The San Mateo County Community College District is continuing to see enrollment increases following the implementation of its free college initiative, following a decade of declines. Since fall 2022, the semester before the implementation of free college, the district has now seen a 24% increase in student head count, reported Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Storti at a board meeting Oct. 23. Enrollment increased 6% for the fall 2024 semester compared to spring 2024.
Continue reading this entry »Oct 24 2024
Born and raised in the Bay Area to a Brazilian family, psychology major Maryanna Oliveira is a first-generation student at College of San Mateo (CSM). After graduating from nearby Hillsdale High School, she is in her second year at CSM, charting a path toward transferring to UC Davis.
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