Show Womens hoopsters begin play despite many occurring transportation woes Staci Meyers lead the attack and found CEU trailing by two points with a short time left in the contest As lime expired Troy DcLuca sports editor College of Eastern Utah's womens' basketball team finally played against some competition other than themselves last weekend starting their season record at The lady Eagles opened up to play as they traveled Hobbes New Mexico Actually the trip should take but their mini-bu- s broke down again and the team spent the night freezing on restaurant benches They finally overcame their struggles and made it to New Mexico about 10 hours before their frsl game and faced a tough Frank Phillips Junior College With CElTs team on the tired side it helped explain their slow start Point guard Kelle Hansen said "we were all tired and consequently came out flat" The first half showed some positive plays for the lady Eagles However the scene showed the lady Eagles down by seven points at half After coach Dave Paur gave the ladies a pep talk they came out strong in the second half Frank Phillips ended up pulling away with a five point win and a quick advancement to the finals For the lady Eagles Meyers and Angela Ross tied for the game high with 16 points apiece Kim Liddell added 12 points to round out the 69 point output The final score had the Eagles 1- -2 30-hou- rs 16-ho- down 74-6- 9 Next up for the Eagles in the Western Sizzlin' tournament was a talented and nationally ranked team New Mexico Junior College was ranked number one last year and they are ranked fifth this year in the USA Today junior college poll It wasn't really a contest coach Paur said New Mexico literally scored at will and ended up pouncing upon the Eagles When the game was over CEU found themselves down by 43 points Ross managed to score eight points and Liddell combined with Meyers to split 12 points evenly The final lopsided score was 76- - 43 against the y -- ' Os 7 y -- W O Eagles With a crashing defeat from the previous game the lady Eagles had to show a little redemption against Cochise Junior College The first half went alright but it was the second half that supplied all the excitement in the contest With the CEU won by a convincing margin Offensively Ross and Jenny Powell each had 24 points while Liddell added 14 to aid the win The final score had the Eagles on top: 86-6- 6 game-endin- 20-poi- nt ' Lady Eagle Ross said "we should do a lot better than last year's squad If we stay healthy we should be tough I really think that we have the potential to beat anyone on any given -f- £ - f c'7 -- - $ - tv ' night" The women's basketball team will be in action on the weekend of November 20-2- 1 at CEU in the BDAC at 5:13 pm They are the host of a tournament that will include Fullerton State Salt Lake Community College and a list of other tough teams CEU will face this year T sets the team Kelle Hansen Lady Eagles point guard motion with one wave of her hang In photo by Travis Day Volleyball falls! by Chris Houck assistant sports editor c V ha-ft- o ' The volleyball season ended Tuesday night as the Snow Badgers doused CELTS dreams of traveling to Twin Falls this weekend for the region tournament When asked about the season Jen Kos and Jen Butler said "This season we were a Cinderella team and we surprised some people" Going to regionals has been an uphill climb for the Eagles The ladies finished the regular season with a 5 record which placed them in a tie for second ® from Snow The with the z two teamsBadgers met at UVCC Tuesday e a neutral site for a playoff With the victor advancing to the regional tournament to be held at the College of Southern Idaho ' in Twin Falls Id Snow came ready to play and beat the Eagles in 3 games 8-i The loss dropped 1015 and 8-the Eagles to 6 on the season eliminating any hopes for further tournament play 5-- vr £' ‘ j- ’ r r ' ft A r f i ’ j Jt- J t f ' V ? r r tr ‘A f - r "KAn ' ' ” ' i J - 4 i ' V ? 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' M-- ? 1? - A ono-gam- T V sj vvJ A ‘C : : ' V M ' i f i i 15 15 It v ' In a CEU victory Cheryl Callon alkfea under a Dixie spike for ono of her many digs photo by Mark Seely 3-- On Oct 30 CEU played UVCC in the BDAC and after being ahead 1 lost the next two 2-- games According to Tami Elkington "we ran out of steam in the final two games" The Eagles lost in five games by the 16-1- 4 scores of 15-- 1 1 5 and The following day the Eagles were shot down by Ricks in three and 3 quick gamcs6-1- 5 next match was Volleyball's Nov 3 against Snow The Eagles took the Badgers to five games and pulled off the upset thanks in part to the support of the crowd Outside hitter Cheryl Callon was a "spark plug” igniting the offense On Friday Nov 5 CEU played their final home game hosting the Rebels from Dixie With the team's parents in attendance the Eagles crushed the Rebels in three games straight: 15-- 5 3 And 15-- 6 Sophomores Julie Thompson and Becky Anderaon played outstanding games 8-- 9-1- 15 8-- 15 4-1- 15 15-1- |