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Show B8 Sports MONDAY MARCH 31, 2008 • THE COLLEGE TIMES FLASH from B7 SOFTBALL from B7 a career be$r 7(?,on Saturday^ March 14. as ''Lftab,.Valley women's golf tfbttijieted in a two-day duel agaihfet Southern Utah. SUU edged the-'* ines 268-255, as the everified the modified Slableford Scoring System. The teams played at the Bloomington Country Club on Saturday and Coral Canyons Golf Course on Sunday in St. George, Echo Thatcher finished second overall with 62 points, just one point behind Southern Utah's Mandi Incorvaia. In stroke play, Thatcher shot a 77 on the opening day and followed that up with a 78 in thefinalround. Archibald finished tied for third with SUU's Candra Sumedhatip with 58 points, and Ashley MacKay finished fifth with 55 points. said. "We didn't give them any help offensively or defensively." Utah State entered the day with a non-intimidating 3-15 record and represented a real chance for the Wolverines to escape with two home wins. Utah Valley saw that opportunity belted out of the park in the first inning of game one when the Aggies jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a tworun shot. The Wolverines never saw the lead all day long. The Aggies accumulated 20 hits in the two games while the Wolverines could only muster six, and were outscored 19-4. "We are so much better than that it's not funny," said Fairbourne. "It's a matter COLUMN from B7 Opportunity is here Utah Valley's Tyson Green just couldn't get high enough to pull the ball away from Utah. It was a rough day altogether for the Wolverines as the Utes rolled to a 42-10 win. Utah Valley will be looking to get things turned in the right direction when they play host to the Pacific Coast Playoffs this Friday and Saturday. The Wolverines clinched the opportunity to play host to the tournament with a 56-14 beatdown of Idaho State in early March. U V SPORTS SCHEDULE Apr. 1 Softball doubleheader at Utah State • Apr. 1 Women's golf at the BYU Dixie Classic Apr. 2 Baseball against Utah Apr. 2 Women's golf at the BYU Dixie Classic .Apr. 3 Baseball at Utah ;6:00.;p.rn. Apr. 4 Baseball at Utah -6:00 p.m. Apr. 4 Track at §YU WA Apr. 5 Baseball against Utah 1:00 p.m. - • ., all day ^7:0Op.rn. all day ; at home. It's a major disadvantage. It's part of the growing process of becoming a fully-fledged Division I athletics program. And while the difficulties are magnified with the baseball team's schedule, other sports have to overcome the road during this transition period also. The softball team is in the same boat with 18 home games compared to over 30 on the road. Men's basketball played 17 games out of 29 away from the McKay Center. For the women's basketball team 12 of 28 games were at home. For the women's soccer team only a third of its games were at on its own pitch. The women's volleyball team played 18 of 31 matches away from the Shurian Activity early in their respective seasons. With next year being the last year Utah Valley will be considered a provisional Division I school, conferences will be more attracted knowing the school made the cut. For the majority of sports here there's little satisfaction right now in beating fellow Independents with student body enrollments nearly 20,000 less than Utah Valley's. But that's a good thing. < Coaches aren't satisfied with just winning. They want to compete with better competition, and they can. One day Utah Valley will be playing basketball in late-March on national television. Addicts Anonymous Earn up to $70 this weel Donate Plasma to Save Lives Earn up to $240 month for just a hours each week! We need your help & are willing to pay you for your time. Millions of people every day rely on the generous donations from people like you to go on living. Must bring ID, proof of residency and social security number. Bring this ad in for an extra $5 your first time. Call or stop by to learn more about our exciting offers! Also bring a friend and earn an additional $10! on their second donation. Center. In thoke si* sports combined, just 34 percent of their games are here at Utah Valley. It's worse for baseball and softball because play begins in February-not usually suitable weather for playing sports outside in Utah. For some of the teams it will get better next year, for others they might have to wait until a conference comes calling. And for baseball and softball they might have to wait until the ozone is more depleted. The men's basketball team will get a lot of return games next year, which will reverse its home-away ratio. But the baseball and the softball teams will still be traveling for a majority of their games,. especially •*". Need More Cash? Keep someonej rfuture the bottom line is whether we play good or not we've got to protect our home court." They certainly did when Kruger;hit three 3-pointers, one of which was at a shot clock buzzer and several team plays from "He-man" Hamilton. "We have talked about having smart energy," Jones said, "We have had energy throughout most of the year and most of our games, but then we just don't do things very smart...but we stuck with our game plan tonight, we're making progress." The Flash now are 20-22 for the season and are looking at three more games to go at the beginning of April. Ken Hmjlund / College Times WRESTLING The Western Wrestling Conference has announced its All-Academic Team and Commissioner's Honor Roll for the 2007-08 season. This year's academic awards will honor 26 student-athletes from the seven conference schools, including six Utah Valley wrestlers. Seniors Sam Allen and Nate Kearsley were both named to the All-Academic team while Casen Eldredge, Jeffrey Newby, Flint Ray and Zach Williams- were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll. To qualify for the All-Academic team, student-athletes had to secure a minimum 3.20 grade point average, be a starter or key reserve, and be a sophomore or higher in academic siaridfnfei.T.hjs year's WWC All-Academic squad is comprised of 11 studentathlrtcs. Of being consistent: pitching, hitting fielding." In a season that the Wolverines have struggled to put runs on the board they have been outscored by their opponents 154-73. "I'm more than disappointed," said Fairbourne. "You can't give teams at this level extra at-bats." Utah Valley's schedule remains tough after this weekend as they will take on Idaho State in a twin bill at home and then travel to California for a series with Cal State Bakersfield. With 10 of their next 13 games on the road, the Wolverines need to capitalize at home. 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