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Jeff's Journal: Support Your Toros and We Will Bring Home Another Championship
A Diary by Jeff Kunze, Toros Soccer Player
November 11, 2002

This series of journal entries is from sophomore defender Jeff Kunze. Jeff begins his third season in a CSUDH uniform after coming to the program in 2000 from Edison High School in Huntington Beach, CA.

Kunze has established himself as one of the top defenders in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and was named to the All-CCAA team as a freshman during the 2000 season when the Toros won the NCAA II National Championship. Kunze serves as one of the Team Captains for the 2002 squad.

Jeff's Journal I hope everyone had a great weekend. If you have not already heard, our soccer team had an awesome weekend.

We went up to Rohnert Park, CA for the Conference Tournament on the campus of Sonoma State University. First, we played UC San Diego. I thought we played a horrible game and they had a very good game. However, we came out on top 1-0. We had to play on artificial turf at a remote location because there was lightning striking different parts at Sonoma State.

All Journal Entries

1--You Do Not Want the Dream to End!

2--The More Support We Have, the More Motivated We Get!

3--We Always Appreciate Each Other's Company

4--Brushing Up on Chemistry 101 after Going Winless in Seattle

5--We're Hungry and Searching for Redemption

6--We Still Have the Same Goal in Our Sights

7--We Have Risen Over Our Milestones

8--Cal State Bakersfield Was Most Exciting Game of Season

9--Support Your Toros and We Will Bring Home Another Championship

10--Jeff's Journal: An Honor to Play with This Year's Seniors and Thanks to All for Your Support

The other game was between Sonoma and CS Bakersfield. The winner of that game would play us in the final. It was a very exciting game and Bakersfield ended up winning on penalty kicks. Destiny had brought us together for a third match.

We were a little nervous going into the game because it was moved back to Sonoma where there was no grass, however, there was a great deal of mud. We did not want them to win because of a lucky goal that went in due to the conditions. We knew that this game would be determined by who wanted it more.

It was evident that we wanted it more because we came away with a 2-0 victory. This was our fourth CCAA Championship in the past four years. The victory was celebrated by pulling head coach Joe Flanagan and assistant coach Jeff Tuttle into the mud!

Not only did we earn another championship, we also earned the honor of hosting the first round of the NCAA playoffs. We will host Sonoma State this Saturday at 1:00 at Toro Field. Joe Flanagan was telling our team that we are starting a new season right now. What we have accomplished up to this point does not matter. We have four games between us and another National Championship. Our goal is attainable and it will be reached.

I was having a conversation with Pat Guillen, our Sports Information Director, and he was telling me how cool my parents are and how great all of our supporters are. We had a great showing of support when we were in Sonoma and I would like to thank all of our fans who made the trip. Just remember, we are in the most difficult and the most exciting part of the season. Please come support your Toros and we will bring home another championship.

Till Next Time,
Jeff

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