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Show THE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL · SOUTIIERl'{ UTAH UNIVERSITY · THUR DAY. JANUARY 28, 1999 Hoop squads try to ave~ge earlier losses Both the men's and women's hoop squads will look to avenge earlier losse to IUPUI and Valparaiso with a two-game homestand th.is weekend. Tonight, tbe men will face an IUPUI team that is 9-8 on the season and 4-4 in Mid-Con play after losing to Valparaiso 86-71 Saturday. Prior to that game, the Jaguars bad won five of six, and bave played a balanced Mid-Con chedule th.is season with four games on the · road and four at home. Man Hermes, who led the Jaguars against Valpo tied a career-high as he scored 26 points again t the Crusaders. Don Carlisle, a 6-6 forward recorded two double-doubt last week and wa named Mid-Con.player of the week in helping IUPUI to a 2-1 mark. The Jaguars are in their ftrst year of Mid-Con play, and aJthougb their wins and lo es count toward the conference standings, the Jaguars are ineligible to participate in the conference tournament. However, they are eligible for an at-large berth to postseason play if everything falls into place. U center Kenyatta Clyde saw a 12-game streak of double-digit oring games broken at OR . He has been first or second in scoring and rebounding in the Mid-Con all season, and his season-high is 29 points against Denver. He also tied his career-best in rebounds with 13 at UMKC last week. Clyde is averaging 17.5 points per game and is first in the Mid-Con in scoring and in blocks with 38 this ·eason. Tonight's game beg.ins at 7:35 p .m. following the women's game. aturday's conte t against Valparaiso will precede the women's game, beginning at 6 p.m., and will be broadcast over the Mid-Con basketball television network. The women will look to rebound from a tough lo to OR arurday. The women are 3-5 in MidCon play and will look to even their record at 5-5 with wins over IUPUI and Valparaiso this weekend. Tonight's game fearures a udy Jaguar team that hasn't had m4Ch success in the win column with just seven victories this season. However, they are currently 44 in the Mkl-Con and beat the the udy 'Birds 72-60 onJan. 4. Melissa Hines, who has poW1ded the boards lately, had 16 rebounds again t UMKC last week and is averaging 8 .7 rebounds per game. She also leads the Mid-Con in rebounds. Sunny Myers leads the team in scoring at 14 .1 points per game and also leads the team in three-pointers at 34 percent. The udy 'Birds will look to taJce advantage of the home court this week with two key games in the Mid-Con. Hillock said the road trip took a lot out of the women, but he feels they are in pretty good shape and bould play well. Tonight's game begins at 5:15 p.m. New records set at NAU time of 10:44.44. New Mexico, which finished second in that race finished at 11:07.79. Runners for the team included Mark Wright, Brad Parker, Daniel Thorpe and Adam Brown. The SU men's and women's track squads will be heading Chris Riding tied for first in the high jump with a leap of back to Northern Arizona University for th~ second-straight 6'08, and Richard Bush took third with a jump of6'04. week to participate in a non-scoring meet with NAU Other first place finishes for the The team is coming off a good men included Brown in the 800performance at the NAU. meter with a time of 1:56.80 and InvitationaJ held Saturday in Wright in the mile run with a Flagstaff, Ariz. Along with ho t time of 4:25.23. NAU, the 'Birds competed against Kris Watson' throw of 53 '09.75 athletes from New Mexico and CaJ. in the weight throw earned him a tate Northridge. According to cond-place finish and Dave Head Coach Eric Houle, the terun Forsberg fmished third in the shot did very well, scoring just four put with a mark of51 '00.75. points fewer than NA and 12 On the women's side, Gibson points fewer than the winner of started trong with a second-place the meet, CaJ. tate Northridge. finish in the 40().meter dash in a "We are happy with the time of 56.60. The time was just performance," he said. "A few one second off the leader. Gibson years ago Northridge beat us by then finished beth in the 60200 points in the America West ~ meter high hurdles. Teresa Rice Championship.• ~ finished a close third in the 800· even school records were established in the meet for the ·,w~!l!l,,.-.4fl~meter, just .69 seconds behind i:; Martina 'h:. of NA • and Kristen indoor program, including Natalie !'.i Connell finished seventh in the Gib on with two chool records in ; 200-meter at 26.14. Also, Anna the 400-meter and 60-meter. On the men' id , the di ranee el.Bullock finished third in the Brad Parker hands off to Mark Wright in the wight throw with a di tance of medley team smoked the other men 's distance medley at the NAU Invitational. 46'02.50. chools for a first-place fmish in a By CHAO LAMB JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR ==----.....1 Pacific -u p first for SU baseball By JERAD CIARU JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER The SU men's baseball team open the 1999 eason today with a double header again t the nivers.ity of Pacific in Stockton Calif., beginning at 4 p.m. SU also plays Pacific tomorrow and Sacramento State Saturday. Under the direction of second-year coach DeLynn Corry, the 'Birds wiJJ look to improve from last ea.son's record of22·28, which was one oftbe best records for the 'Birds since moving to the l·A ranks. To hit their goaJ of making the playoffs this season, the 'Birds will play one of their toughest schedules in school history which includes road trips to California, Colorado and Arizona. The season begins today with a 13-game road trip to Northern California, followed by their first home stint at the t . George Tournament on Feb . 10-13. This year the ' Birds will host in· tate foe BYU and the U of , along with WAC foe Air For e and NLV visiting Cedar City. According to Corry, the team i looking forward to its games this year, e pecially with perennial powerhou e Arizona tate which is among the be t baseball squads in the nation. Corry said he is very excited for this season after a great year of recruiting. The 'Birds will be led by tars Gavin Duckworth, Nick Roberts and Ted Beard. Corry said he believes the program can be a winning program by putting together his three aspects of winning. First, belief in the system. "You must believe you can win every game," Corry said. Second, he says you must be surrounded with great talent, and third, play a schedule that makes you work and play harder. Gymnasts gear up for Arizona St~_ Nationally ranked Arizona tate Univer ity visits the Centrum tomorrow night in a meet with the SU gymnastic squad beginning at 7 p.m. The un Devils, currently ranked sixth in the nation, have won nine of their la t 10 meets going back to last eason and have won their last, 14 home meets dating back to February of 1996. ASU is coming off a high scoring meet against UC Santa Barbara. The opening meet core for the Sun Devils was 195.075. fl C<lme t.-y the l'"am u hickoou e ca oo 13oa.-d? Ii memade S()IJP ser¥ed with sh~tl(e!C,.I;\ Toasted l)armesan Chee e 13read a ' - - ~~aJRJrfwith this ad, offer expires 2/8/99. L... .I.,~~ - O n b' S3! Espresso Dri..-iks, C ~~~med Flavored Milks, Brea ast % Off with stude..-it I.D. The Lady ' Birds opened last week with a score of 189.700 against Utah State, which will make tomorrow's meet a tough challenge for SU. In 1997, the only meeting between the two teams, the un Devil beat the udy 'Birds in Tempe, Artz. 196.675-190.350. Although injuries have hampered the team to begin thi season, Head Coach Scott Bauman is optimistic and • 1• feel the ladies have a chance to put up some good score against ASU tomorrow night. ·I <l<>IJ I <>h I llt>I <,II I · 227 South Main (Across from Maverick) 865-1770 MIDTOWN AUTO PARTS 65 W. Center Street • Quality Auto Parts a the Best Prices • Complete line of Domestic and Foreign Car and Truck Parts • Machine Shop Services 586-9481 • AUTO PARTS |