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Show BACK PACE i f Monday, August 23, 2010 V i L. nu ! Jr0 r LJd. r n tvc Wwl 1 J j 1 X t ASHER SWAN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Senior wide receiver Fesi Sitake catches a pass during practice outside of Eccles Coliseum Thursday afternoon. SUU opens its season on Sept. 4 at Wyoming. L r G" oV- 'w. By BROOKE CERSOSIMO bcersosimosuunews EDITOR . com football team The has a positive and confident outlook going into the 2010 season Head couch Ed Lamb says there is one major focus for SUU this year, and that is confidence We need to play with great mental toughness and more confidence, and that will lead to more consistency, Lamb said In the order to cairy momentum the team built last will need to season, the keep their standards high Every day we set out to be the hardest working team in America, Lamb said For a long time that was the coaches pushing that standard, and this year weve made the most progress in terms of the players holding themselves to that 586-548- 8 V , ODGJ Vfn) - t Carter Williams, standard game last season and is SUUs career leader in receptions and Last season, the just finished short of winning the ieceiving yaids He said the Great West Conference title pressute and expectation is The title is within reach and a high, but in the end every game is just another game big goal for the team ' "Its going to be tough, but I Weve got to play at the top w ill have to go through of our game week in before and week out, Lamb routine my Poots said Thats what a game time, said That gets me team championship focused " does The added Senior wide receiver Young Bngham Tysson Poots said any transfer team has the ability to University win the conference, sophomore quartei back and the team that has FOOTBALL Biad Sorensen to the the fewest mistakes offense this season He has a lot of talent, wall most likely take and hes done a really nice job the title If we cut down the penalties dining training camp, Lamb and plays that stop our said We are really pleased to this point momentum, nothing should Sorensen said the be able to stop us besides offense is similar to BYUs and oui selves, he said the coaches and players have Poots averaged 9 4 receptions, 120 yards and 10 0 points per made it an easy transition 1 o It wasnt anything new, just mainly getting to know the receiveis and the coaching staff and the way they run things, Sorensen said When you have receivers like w'e do, it makes it really easy to play quarterback. They do a gieat job getting open, so all I have to do is get the ball to them Practices during the summer has given the team a chance to adjust to one another Players said they think this is vital to the winning season the hope to have I feel like we are really on the same page from all the practice weve had together during the summer, Sorensen said. You can tell now that we are really starting to put things together Poots said that the chemistry in piactice has been very positive, but the real connection is shown in the season itself See READY, Page 11 SUU volleyball set for second season By JENNA VOGT FOR THE JOURNAL The SUU volleyball team held their second consecutive Red vs White intrasquad match inside the Centrum Aiena night, Saturday preparing themselves for the upcoming season Tonight I wanted to see how they interacted as a team playing in front of a lot of people, and in which positions they were able to handle the head volleyball pressure, coach Debbie Baker said While debuting some new faces on the team, the majority of last years team will return for the upcoming season This includes sophomore outside hitter Analaine Pelaez, who led the in attempts and kills and was awarded the Summit League Freshman of the Year last season these While having achievements under her belt, Pelaez said she hopes to bring another piomising season I learned a lot over the last year and being a captain your first year has a lot of so Ive responsibilities, mellowed out a little bit, Pelaez said Baker also thinks that Pelaez will help out the team just as much as the year before I think her maturity is going to help us, Baker said Shes getting to be smarter as a hitter, and so I think thats going to help us a lot Pelaez is also just getting over a shoulder injury in which she says feels great Freshman outside hitter Kylie kill Schofield got a to put the white team a point ahead of the red team after the first set It was awesome, I felt really good about it, Schofield said I was super nervous at first, but when I got that, it was just exciting to come out and do good Not only does Schofiled have her height as an advantage, she sets herself apart with other athletic qualities My blocking or hitting (give me an advantage), I can get up pretty far over the net, and over blocks when I hit, she said While Baker agreed with Schofields blocking skills, there will be other freshmen hoping to et see some playing time Youre going to see a lot of Kylie, Baker said Shell probably end up starting on the right side, she puts up a big block (Freshman middle blocker) Hailey Moore is in more competition everyday, the numbers are really tight and so Hailey has a really good shot at being our middle (Freshman outside hitter) Alissa Youart is going to get some playing time, were going to try to put her on the outside were picked The eighth in the preseason poll this one spot higher than year last years poll Volleyballs about passing and serving and tonight we didnt seive very well, Baker stated In practice were going to do a ton of reps of seiving and passing and thats what is going to win it for us SUU will start the season off Friday at the UniWyo Wyoming will Invitational The face Murray State at 9 a m followed by another match against Wyoming at 30 p m 1 CARTER WILLIAMS Freshman midfielder Kally Barker fights for the ball UNLV senior midfielder Amanda Forrester and sophomore forward Colette Jepson during the with 1 Soccer team drops season opener By CARTER WILLIAMS cwilliamssuunews com Utah Valley semorforward Nicole Spencer and junior midfielder Camille Broderick each scored to pace the Wolverines past the soccer team 0 Friday night at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sand, handing SUU et another shut out to begin the season were shut out 10 times last The season, including six of the hual seven Lames of the season The loss also extended SLU s vvinless streak to nine consecutive games dating back to Oct 4, when the T Birds defeated Oakland 2 for the opened Spencer scoring Wolverines in the 16th minute after getting the ball of a rebound from a shot b senior 2-- 4-- midfielder Andi Bagdan and banking a d shot past SUU sophomorp eoalkeeper Charly Booth UVU struck again nine minutes later when Broderick scored from 10 ards out with a shot to the lower left comer of the net Sophomore forward Regan Clifford was 50-ar- ASHER SWAN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Sophomore setter Megan Clyde leaps to set the ball during the Volleyball teams Red vs. White intrasquad match Saturday night. UNIVERSITY JOURNAL exhibition loss to the Rebels at Thunderbird Soccer Field Aug. 14. SUU will host Embry-Riddl- e Wednesday and William Penn on Saturday this week. 6-- 2-- 0 to rival Utah Valley credited with an assist The goals they scored were definitely soccer head coach ones we gave them The first one was Stock said misplaj ed by our goalkeeper and the second w'asjust a mistake dealing the ball Stock called his team tentative during the first 25 minutes of the contest before the team was able slow the pace down, but the hole was too deep to come back from We started out and everybody played fiantically, he said When we finally got settled down and back to knocking the ball around, we were two goals behind and thats hard to come back from Neither team was able to score in the final 65 minutes of the game SUU was able to master 10 shots throughout the game, including four shots on goal Junior forwards McKenzie Hadley and Brian Riley Basset, sophomore defender Rachel Krenzer and sophomore forward Missy Lazcano each had one shot on goal for the Booth finished w uh five saves Krenzer received a yellow card in the 28th minute of the game Stock said he believed the team played better overall than they did m a 1 exhibition loss to UNLV on Aug 14 Our play was definitely elevated from the (exhibition game), he said But, we still have to get better at the things we do well 6-- UNLV 6, SLU 1 (Exhibition) Senior forwards Amanda Forrester and Ashleigh Shoughro each scored a pair of goals to lead UNLVs offense in a 1 at the exhibition thrashing of the Thunderbird Soccer Park However, Stock was more focused on how the team played and the learning processes, while thinking less of what the final result was dunng the exhibition game 1 think it was a good lesson to take now, so we are able to still have a good benchmark (dunng the regular season), Stock said. You never want to have that result, but if See ROUGH, Page 11 6-- |