Page Ten sss i The Daily Utah Chronicle, Friday, December 3, 132 Dual meet Ute swinnnnmeirs open season people back who contributed to eight by Tony Tsakakis Chronicle staff The dynasty continues. The Utah swimming team, and 12-ti- me currently defending Western Athletic Conference champion, opens its 1982-8- 3 season Friday night in the Ute natatorium with a dual rival Brigham Young. The meet against meet is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. with free admission to the public. , The two teams will also go against each other in a dual meet Saturday afternoon in Provo. "I think the rivalry in swimming between Utah and BYU is the same as any other sport at the University. Our teams like to beat BYU," Ute swimming coach Don Reddish said. "My concern is winning; the problem is figuring out how." And that is the result of five of Reddish's swimmers leaving the team for a variety of in-st- ate - M . hs i ' ' " . " ' t'v- - reasons, including an LDS mission and disciplinary factors. "Our big problem is that we had five people not return that we hadn't counted on not returning," Reddish said. "But we do have ' championships in the WAC meet. Plus, I don't think that we've ever had a group that worked any harder. They really have a great attitude." The Utes will go after their fourth consecutive WAC swimming crown but Reddish said he feels if the Utah team is to repeat as champion, it will have to get some help from 10 freshmen. swimmers but we "We still have our are lacking the depth we had last season," Reddish said. "If our newcomers come through we should be competitive in our dual meets as well as the conference championships." The Utes will be led by seniors Bruce Kellcy and Matt Hayes. Both were WAC champions last year as well as NCAA National Championship qualifiers. Both should provide a scoring punch along with returning senior Charlie Turville. . Scott Mef ford leads a group of talented juniors that includes Alfredo Romo, Casey Turville and Marshall Macknicki. Mefford won conference titles in the and 200-yabackstrokes and was also on the Utes' three winning relay teams (400-yamedley relay, top-lev- el 100-ya- rd rd rd freestyle and 400-ya- rd freestyle 800-ya- rd an NCAA qualifier and should be one of the top swimmers in the WAC this season. . Sophomore Pat Hayes is also a returning conference champion (200-yafreestyle) and is considered to be one of the top competitors in his age group in the nation. Other returning sophomores are Sean O'Brien, Farrell Stevens, Jon Whitehead and diver Kurt Warnecke. Reddish had a good recruiting year, picking swimmers. Jeff up four high school Antimarino from LaPalma, Calif., is predicted to help in the butterfly event; Tim Smith from Quartz Hill, Calif., is expected to help in the breaststroke; and Mike Scannell from San Marino, Calif., should provide depth in the freestyle events. Doug Labrecque from Battle Creek, Mich., will compete in the diving events. ol Two Utah champions from 1982 will be joining the Utes for the upcoming season. Bruce O'Very from Salt Lake City and relays). He was -. rd All-Amer- ica high-scho- Justin Jensen from Cedar City are both expected to strengthen the Utah team. Newcomers Grady Ham, Ken Lyon, Chris Scott and Adam Garside will also contribute. Lady Utes hope for the best -- against Aztecs Saturday Utah control the boards. Most ofPorter's points against Weber came off offensive rebounds, and if San Diego can get the ball out in the open court, it has a dangerous fast break. To counter, Gardner said the Lady Utes will rely on their larger frontline. "We have bigger size than they do, so I think they're going to have to work really hard to close down our inside game." Last week the Utes opened the 1982-8- 3 campaign at home with a victory over Cal Poly by Jeff Arrington Chronicle staff The Lady Utes basketball team hopes to rebound from consecutive losses and even their record at 2 this Saturday night when they host the San Diego State University Aztecs at 8 p.m. in the Special Events Center. Coach Fern Gardner, after scouting the Aztecs overtime loss to Weber State Wednesday night, thinks her team will garner its" second ; victory of the young season. v . , "We have more power offensively, and I think we are a better defensive team and after watching them I think we can beat San Diego State," said Gardner. The Aztecs rely on two primary offensive weapons. Center Judy Porter scored 25 points 2-- r Pomona, but they stumbled on the road,, dropping contests to Arizona State and the University of Colorado. The game against the Sun Devils was not that surprising, given the Sun Devils are currently ranked among the top 20 teams in the nation. "I wasn't sure about that game," Gardner said. "I thought we could have beaten them had we had a really good game and we did V not, except for spurts." But the loss to the Lady Buffs in Boulder was an upset. "I was pretty confident we could beat them over there but we shot only 30 percent from the field," the coach said. "We did not play well at Colorado." Gardner, who doubles as assistant athletic director at the University, hopes the team will play more consistently than they did their ; against Weber, and senior guard Marcia Overton is a deadly threat from outside. Additionally, Gardner feels it is critical that Utes take to road The Utes take to the road this weekend to Fiesta Classic in compete in the two-da- y Ariz. Tempe, Friday night at 9 the Utes play the Gamecocks of South Carolina in the first round. Arizona State goes up with Connecticut in the other first rounder. The losers will play at 7 p.m. Saturday and the championship game will be played at 9 p.m. Both Utah games will be broadcast live on KALL 910-AUtah returns home Dec. 1 1 Nevada-Reno. face to South Carolina sports a 0 record heading into Friday's match with the Utes. Harold Martin leads the SC scoring parade with 15 points a game this season. Pace Mannion leads the Utes into battle with a 16.5 scoring average, while David Cecil is pulling down 12 boards a contest through the first two Utah victories. ' opening weekend. Guard Mary Tebbs didn't come alive until the Arizona State game, and 2-- fV - This will be a San Francisco at Los Angeles (1-a who have tremendous amount of game with two teams able to get untracked this season. San potential but haven't been Francisco by 7 (because Frisco won the Super. Bowl last year). (1-- 3) Ute forward Anne Handy (23) lets one fly in game earlier this year. Utah takes on San is set for 8 p.m. Diego State in the Special Events Center Saturday night. Tip-o- ff " 3) Minnesota romped on Miami this week. The it do on able should be to and Chicago will feast on the defense eater" Vikings' "purple people Minnesota (2-- 2) at Miami (3-- 1) by 7. Dolphins impotent offense. Minnesota - : Pretty hard to pick this (3-- 1) one. Green Bay should win because the Packers are playing at home and are hard to beat there. Green Bay by 3. , . . (2-at Chicago (1-- 3) The Bears' growl sounds more like a whimper these days. New England is excited after beating Houston and the excitement should remain this week. New England by 7. ' ' New England 2) tough at home and San Diego is not living up to its powerhouse . potential. Cleveland by 2. Baltimore is the only Cincinnati (3-- at Baltimore (0--4) winless team in the NFL and will be winless after this week, too. Bummer for the Colts. Gndnnati by 24. 1) (2-- 2) A lot of teams Houston (1-at New York Giants (1-- 3) seem to be playing each other with identical records. The Giants came alive on Turkey Day and could be on their way to a playoff berth.New Yorkby 5. 93) Kansas City t at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is hopping mad after being shut out by Seattle last week. Kansas (2-- 2) ', .' St. Louis at Philadelphia Don't count the Eagles out yet. They have played well this season but haven't managed (2-- 2) (1-- 3) to win the close one. They will Sunday. Philadelphia by 3. (3-- 1) b. " . Dallas (3-- 1) (2-- 2) at Cleveland (2-- 2) Cleveland is" always - (1-The Falcons let me down last it. It won't happen again this time. Atlanta . 3) . . . . at Washington (4-- 0) Washington is the only undefeated team in the NFL and the Redskins come up against a real test this week. The nod goes to Dallas because the Pokes always win. Dallas by 1. " Seattle '"'. at LA Raiders '" ',1 Seattle got lucky last week and it will happen again this week. Seattle by 3. (2-- 2) New York Jets (3-- 1) . (3-- 1) at Detroit (2-The Jets are a team and aren't about to let anyone stop them, not even Detroit. New York by 5. playoff-calib- San Diego at Denver week and they know ' :. . ' Atlanta - . in.. Chronicle photo by John Jelte City has the unenviable task of playing the Steelers after a loss. ' Pittsburgh by 4. 0 9 9 This week could Tampa Bay (1-- 3) at New Orleans (3-- 1) for if or Saints are the if real, floating in the just they're prove clouds. If you ask me, the boys from Bourbon Street are no fluke. New Orleans by 3, 5-- at Green Bay '".fffyw ica FoirecasteirpScks Cowboys Smnts ke Buffalo ; six-fo- ot Well, last week I failed miserably as a forecaster. I could have passed for the turkey I ate Thanksgiving Day. In case you haven't been keeping track, my record stands at 9 after the first weekend. Let's hope I can redeem myself somewhat post-stri. this week. Here goes nothing (3-- 1) All-Amer- candidate and leading scorer (14.6 ppg) Debbie Asper "played well at home, but did not play well on the road," according to her coach. One player who has been performing well is sophomore forward Leshia Lee from Rock Springs, Wyo. "Lee has really done a good job," said Gardner. She didn't play an awful lot last year since she was coming off a knee injury. We are really pleased with what she can add for us coming off the bench, M. jeffgochnour I er 2)