BOISE – Zdena Safarova had become quite familiar with airport terminals and long flights. The Boise State women’s tennis standout has crisscrossed continents and traversed America’s vast landscape in pursuit of her dream. And after years of grueling travel, she’s finally living it. The sophomore sensation rewrote the Bronco (20-6) record books and propelled them…
BOISE – Allyson Alden had overcame greater odds. So she didn’t fret down a set against Arizona’s No. 1 tandem with the Boise State beach volleyball team’s four-year home unbeaten streak on the line. Just two years after thinking her volleyball career was over due to a knee injury, the redshirt senior is now leading…
BOISE – Emily Lopez didn’t place in the first meet she ever did. “I just ran to my mom and started bawling,” said the Boise State fifth-year gymnast with a laugh. “I was like, ‘When am I going to medal?’ “So maybe that lit a fire under my butt or something.” It appears so. Lopez…
Courtney Blackson was trying to hold it all together. And then she looked up. The Boise State senior gymnast spotted her parents in the stands after sticking the landing of her uneven bar routine at the NCAA Regionals in Fayetteville, Arkansas two weeks ago. “My mom was crying and my dad was just staring at…
BOISE – Adriana Popp is probably not the first person who comes to mind when it comes to the Boise State gymnastics team. The fifth-year senior might not even be the second or third one either. But that can all change today by qualifying for the ever elusive NCAA Championships. The “Beam Queen” as she’s…
BOISE – Emma Loyim and Adriana Popp have both never been to Arkansas. When asked what they know about The Natural State, the Boise State gymnasts responded with “Arkansas Razorbacks” and that it’s probably “humid.” They and the rest of the Boise State gymnastics team will get to experience it all firsthand in nine days.…
