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Show Monday, March 22, 2010 StatesmanSports Page 9 Glass slipper with endorsements? By CONNOR JONES sports editor SENIOR BRITNEY WATTS sets up to make a return during her two set win against North Dakota's Megan Sween. JAMIE CRANE photo Tough break for USU tennis By KAYLA CLARK staff writer Women's tennis got its four-match winning streak swiped from underneath it this weekend in San Luis Obispo, Calif. The match was a harsh loss compared to the easy victories that came in its last match against College of Idaho. It fell first to Dartmouth, ranked nationally at No. 37, 7-0, and then to Cal Poly, No. 71, 6-1. The women were bumped down to a 6-5 season record. Junior Hayley Swenson, at the No. 1 singles position, fell to Dartmouth's Molly Scott, 6-1, 6-0, in the first match of the day, and freshman Jaclyn West lost to Sarah Leonard, 6-4, 6-3, in the No. 2 position. Freshman Kristina Voytsekhovich, at No. 3, fell to Mary Beth Winingham, losing 6-3, 7-5, and sophomore Monica Abella dropped the No. 4 point, losing 6-1. Junior Taylor Perry, at No. 5, lost 6-4, 6-1 to Georgiana Smyser, and at the last singles position, senior Brittney Watts battled against Dartmouth's Carley Markovitz through sets to lose 7-6, 2-6, 10-6. Doubles action saw unproductive results as well, handing Dartmouth the point. At No. 1, Swenson and West lost to Scott and Winingham, 8-6. Voytsekhovich and Abella lost 8-2 to Leonard and King, at the No. 2 position. Perry and Watts claimed the first and only victory of the match, beating Jesse Adler and Georgiana Smyser of Dartmouth, 8-6. The women went on to face Cal Poly later that afternoon, claiming one of the 7 points from singles. Swenson was defeated at the No. 1 position, losing to Suzie Matzenauer, 6-1, 6-2. West surrendered the No. 2 point to Brittany Blalock, 6-4, 6-2. Voytsekhovich claimed the sole victory of the match, beating Steffi Wong 6-2, 7-5. Abella, at No. 4, fell to Diane Filip, 6-1, 6-2, and Perry dropped the No. 5 point after losing to Jocelyn Davis, 6-4, 6-2. At No. 6, the Mustang's Alexa Lee made a clean sweep over Watts, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles dropped the point, losing in all three positions as well. Swenson and West lost to Cal Poly's Matzenauer and Blalock, 8-3, at the No. 1 position. Perry and Watts lost 8-1 to Wong and Lee in the No. 2 position, and the Abella-Voytsekhovich team fell to Pane and Filip, 8-0. USU travels back to the Golden State for a match at Santa Clara Thursday, April 1. The Aggies will continue the competition in San Jose, Calif, opening the WAC action with two matches Friday, April 2, facing off with Hawaii and San Jose State. Men's tennis had a rough weekend as well, losing to Cal Poly, 7-0. This match brought the Aggies down to a 9-5 season record. Junior Jakob Asplund fell to Cal Poly's Matt Fawcett, 6-3, 6-0, in the No. 1 spot. Freshman Sven Poslusny, at No. 2, lost to Jordan Bridge, 6-4, 6-2, and junior Bryan Marchant lost 7-5, 7-5 to the Mustang's Alexander Sonesson. Senior Amit Maharaj fell to Drew Jacobs, losing 6-4, 6-4, and junior Alex Thatcher lost 6-2, 6-1 to Cal Poly's Brian McPhee. Junior Nikita Ryashchenko finished the singles competition at the No. 6 spot, yielding to Robert Foy of Cal Poly, 6-2, 6-1. At the No. 1 doubles spot, Asplund and Marchant fell to Cal Poly's Bridge and Sonesson, 8-5. The No. 2 spot was victorious for the Mustang's Fawcett and Foy, beating the Ags' Maharaj and Poslusny, 8-5. Finally, Ryashchenko and Thatcher lost to Wardman and McPhee of Cal Poly, 8-5, in their respective position. The Aggie men will host their next match, playing against the New Mexico State Aggies for the WAC home opener Tuesday. - kayla.clark@aggiemail.usu.edu Jared Quayle's story is as Cinderella as they come. A lifelong Aggie fan, originally turned down from a spot on the team, returns for an extraordinary twoyear USU basketball career. While Quayle's final 35 minutes in a Utah State jersey may not have been his finest, his other 2,134 minutes played in an Aggie uniform are something true Aggie basketball fans will long appreciate. Quayle's 2,169 total minutes, that's more than 36 hours, just more than one and a half days or 130,140 seconds, played in Aggie games endured him to USU fans young and old. His 892 career-points may fall well below former Aggie greats like Greg Grant and Wayne Estes, 2,127 and 2,001 points, respectively, during their four-year careers, but Quayle's personality, style of play and beauty on the court was something special to see. He gave Aggie fans the gift of surprise: you never knew when Quayle would cut through the lane making a tear-drop floater, coil up and hit a timely 3-pointer, dish it for a Nash-like assist or drive to the basket for a layup (or an occasional dunk). That element of surprise is what made Quayle special. With Jaycee Carroll everyone expected the shot from beyond the arc. He could score like crazy but didn't have the basketball IQto truly elevate the players and team around him like Quayle does. Even though it's been a while since an Aggie has made it to the NBA, some say Quayle has a good shot. Jonathan Givony, a well-known draft expert who runs the site draftexpress.com, has Quayle as the No. 11 senior point guard coming out of college. It's important to remember that there are some 347 SENIOR POINT GUARD JARED QUAYLE played in his final game as an Aggie but some experts say he could move on to the next level. PATRICK ODEN photo Division I NCAA basketball teams, each one with at least two point guards,so it's safe to say there are at least around 150 senior point guards playing college ball. During the ESPN broadcast of the WAC championship game against New Mexico State, commentator Stephen Bardo said of one of Quayle shots, "That shows you his ability to probably play at the next level. He reminds me of Steve Blake of the Portland Blazers, (they're) very similar in style. And this young man, Quayle, is a deceptive athlete. He's quicker and stronger than you think, and he can shoot from anywhere." Bardo's broadcasting partner, Terry Gannon, responded, saying, "Here's a guy who had no offers coming out of high school. Nobody wanted him, and here he is with a chance, maybe, to make the NBA." One can only hope these experts are right because it's not midnight and this Cinderella story isn't over yet. - c.h.j@aggiemaiLusu.edu ust ripe he sipping. 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