Show Section Friday November 21 2003 Pagel The Herald Journal Aggies tip off season tonight Inside By Jeff Hunter sports writer five players to step in at the three spot AGGIE BASKETBALL "Right now we've got Cardell When asked Thursday afternoon (Butler) who we've got to play both the two and three Spencer who the Aggies might start at the small forward position tonight Utah (Nelson) who can play the three and the four Jason (Williams) State head coach Stew Morrill grabbed an imaginary quarter tossed John Neil and Chad Evans" Morrill it into the air caught it and slapped it said "Am I leaving anybody out?"i:?! on his wrist Morrill wouldn't divulge which Fortunately that’s one of the few ' 4 then name but the the Aggies have had to ’£ came questions player's up' real question is where did he get a worry about this preseason d coin'? Senior Mike Ahmad who redshirt- last season is solid at center into ed season the Heading opener ColDivision Fort Lewis II against See TONIGHT on B2 lege Morrill could call on any one of RADIO: KVNU Mustang swimmers bounce B2 back from bad outing '' ' Sports briefs 0 FM-9- 4 KVFX 5 in Logan 983 FM in Salt : W AM-61- FLS: USU: 19-1- 2 24-- 9 (2002-03- ) (2002-03- ) hit lire Lake 1023 FM in BearLake TV: None Ciiike u Oni Son five-side- Friday — 6:05 At pm the Spectrum PROBABLE STARTERS ht yr ppg rpg John Neil Jr' — Utah State F 25 F Nelson C 44 Mike Ahmad 15 Cardell Butler G 20 Mark Brown iyp ‘ ' Irom Samng average Jr 102 74 -G Sr: Sr 87 Sr V 86' -- 26: 45 ht yr ppg rpg 42 105 Jr Jr Jr Fr Sr ' 32 i:Q -- - 45 23’ 'avtwti per gart the Twice at Rice for Grizzlies Logan Bear River both eyeing titles three stitches Asia Gray who has two chil- - V ' dreii with Green is charged with1 assault and domestic violence and if convicted on both counts could face two to eight years ini yvT?vV' prison " ‘‘She was in another room when it happened and she called for help" ' said herattorney Henry Hilow “Ifs also important to note that she took him to the hospital" ' Gray' was released from jail after posting $18500 bond Family mem ' By Thomas Manning sports writer The stage is set A stage the Logan Grizzlies earned the to on right perform All they have to do now is1 "Win Twice in Rice" and they're 4A State football - ’' y : ' - 6-- 4 5-1- 0 '' : ' 8 6-- 9 F 42' Nick Brooks ft ?fi 6-- 6 6-2 G 2 Kevin Williams 5-G 1 Derek Yutzey ' 6-- 4 G 23 TimBieri 5-G 12 Tim Edstrom WESTLAKE Ohio (AP)— William Green’s fiancee pleaded inmv v cent Thursday to changes she stabbed the Cleveland Browns tunning back at ' their home Green was wounded under his left shoulder blade during a fight Wednesday police said His ' lawyer Brian Downey said the player was released from ibehospi- tal later that night after getting ' 6 6-- Fort Lewis College Green’s fiancee pleads innocent ' 6-- ' champs' "They'll Logan bebigger than we are but J think yye’il play hard- - football fer"GrizzM i coach 611 Uicero(Heiald Journal' MB Faveroiv gsaiid Utah Slate's Erin Cartwright Jeff spikes the be Joines defends Thursday night at Hie Spectrum It won't be easy though" Thc'f®' are facing'fhe Grizzlies (8-defending state champs in Saltpsr ''Lak'e City at Rice-EccidiUm at 130 pmi today-Si-Bountiful leads the series ' f?$'‘ 5) SWiS es Thursday's scores NY islanders :2: Tampa Bay-Ottawa 6 Carolina 1 : Columbus 3 Detroit 0 ' Philadelphia 3 Minnesota 1 Edmonton 3 Toronto 2 Calgary 2 Montreal! Colorado4 NY: Rangers 3 Vancouver 3 Chicago 2OT ' ' VSs usiial - On tolovisfon ' 10 i ' BOXING ' pm ESPN2 — Junior welterweights' vs Ernie Juan Valenzuela (18-6-at Fresno Cajif Zavala (18-2-6) (same-da- y tape) COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 pm " 9) : ball-handli- ctatc' Normally she' sees action ' -' sive purposes Occasionally she spells better Andrea Delsigne On this night she'd play: the whole match ' With Delsigne sitting out for precautionary reasons ' because of abdominal tenderness the freshman from Quebec City Canada got an opportunity tp shine' " That she did 1 30-2- r Cernianska jn jjgj and Taubi Neves also had 15 contributed fOur blocks and committed jusi one: The Aggies defeated 8 Pacifig 3--l (30-2- 8 2700 Thursday "?: error njght at the Spectrum did Arsenault admittedly had 1 ' so largely because a reserve' jitters beforehand but it came through big with 58 didn't show much on the assists floor She seemed to be in: "I'd like to give good communica- ' tons of credit to itau tion with her hit- Dqminique" Fuller VOLLEYBALL ters all night and said "Dominique iarely set a bad Aggipt 3 did a tremendous ‘“l1 Tigers job putting up "I was nervous somq great balls to chance" Arse-- " ' that's but my She came in not ' ' nault said "AU season I swing at realizing that she was going ' have waited for that J to have to set an important wanted tobe in there" match" The others wanted her ’ How clutch was Arse- there too in part because of uault in her first career her solid evening Cemians-k- a start? Her assist total was (20) Erin Cartwright ' more than the 47 she had (18) Beth Hodge (14) and Mari Ruddick ( 1 3) were able coming into the match She to record solid kill totals also tiedfor the team high 31-2- ' in the back row for defen- AHL Worcester 4 Utah :u By Dayid Cordero sports writer The volleyball match changed for Utah Static's Dominique Arsenault about three hours before it began She was summoned to coach Burt Fuller's office and told she was going to jplay a little more than 3 ” : witnS Arsenault cdiriplHrough - : - : get some games jri —not to S1 Last year it was the Braves take anythiiigaway fifom Andrea" said sophomore playoffs in the quartrfi- Ingrid Roth who posted M8- eventually gomg on the five kills and six blocks in take the coveted istate title: the middle "We have a lot of depth: I think it shows' when lyecah pull a four- gamer but against Pacific ogan ade believers out of with our freshman setter" doubters in last week s many There were clutch outings with a miraculous semifinals from others to be sure Cer- win against nianska put the team on her back in Game 2 and the Ags umpview Bat those doubters should have been watching the USU rode her to1 Grizzlies all season and maybe called timeout after falling ' week’s game vs Tim- behind 4 then ran off six of the final seven paints PyieW would have seemed a bit more mundane The sophpmore from Logan has been surprising Prague Czech Republic was either partially or totals opposing teams all year with amazing resiliency and ly responsible for each of those points She had five unprecedented heart J ste - ! eome-from-behi- 27-2- - See BOUNCE on B2 See TWICE on B4 ESPN2— Boise State at Fresno State 'GOLF TNT — PGA Tour The Presidents Cup second round at George South Africa (same-da- y tape) No 1pm V ' ’ ESPN — LPGA ADT Champi- onship second round at West Palm Beach Fla 6pm i : " TGC — Champions Tour UBS Cup at Sea Island Ga (same- -' day tape) MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 pm ESPN2— Preseason NIT second round Massachusetts at Texas Tech first round - ' NBA ' ESPN — Minnesota at Cleveland pm FOXSN — Washington dOpm— ESPN at Denver Houston at Portland WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL 7 pjn KULC — Mountain West quarterfinal match This is the Iqst of a five-pa- rt series chronicling the demise and resurrection of the Utah State women's basketball pro- -' gram lt resumes play tonight after a hiatus 16-ye- ar By Ctevfd CoRtoro " ' sports writer ' 6 pm 7 ' games to look forwa rd to last season Touma-men- L One thing Utah State women's basket- ball coach Raegan PeMcy preached to prospective players is thaL on the upstart Aggies diere would be an opportunity to play immediately While that's true in the case of the 10 players who joined the roster this year what about die four who were on the learn a year ago? There was nothing tan gible to practice for No games to play No NCAA Tournament to aspire too: No conference title to chase ' Just a lot of conditioning weight-roo- m work and drills "Back then (games) seemed like forever' said Tressler a redshirt away” Brittany freshman forward See PRACTICE mB2 M4ch Maacaroftterald Journal Utah Stale guard Chrtetina Zdsnek runs into aome traffic at practice Last eeaeon USU had only a handM of pteyets so melee seen playing at the HPER buUing to help out regularly a recent R invited |