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Show Sports The College Tinjes MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007 B8 Preseason best time for Price Ben Webster Sports editor Photoi by Merinda Pearce/ College Tim« (Above) Utah Valley forward Jenni Clough frustrated after a loss to Utah last week. (Bottom right) Utah Valley soccer players from left to right Kelly Vid#, Kendra Buchanan, Madeline McQuarrie, and Chelsey Ellison can only look on as Utah netted six goals in a win at Wolverine Field. Home, bitter home Utah Valley dropped to 0-2-1 at home and 2-7-1 after the loss to Utah last week Matt Beaudin Sports writer The struggles at home continued for the Utah Valley women's soccer team as the University of Utah blew them out on Wednesday afternoon 6-0. With Utah's six goals, the Wolverines have been outscored 10-1 in four home games, including an exhibition loss to Weber State. Ute forward Lauren Hair led her team with two goals while four other players also found the net for the defending Mountain West regular-season champions. "Utah is a quality program," coach Brent Anderson said. "They had some very good plays that produced goals. Hopefully we can clean some things up and rebound against Dixie." In the first half, Hair took her defender baseline and slipped the ball past the out stretched hands of goalkeeper Mallory Schott. Her second goal came early in the second half when she took the ball nearly the length of the field before firing it past Hailey Brown, who started the second half in goal for the Wolverines. Down 3-0, Utah Valley tried to get more push on the offensive side of the field by bringing Schott in to play forward in the second half, and sending more players forward. "We were connecting passes and getting opportunities," Anderson said. "When we do that we are successful." A header off the crossbar by forward Shantae Adams and a couple of near misses by Utah Valley freshman Taryn Smith and Lauren Bluth were the closest the Wolverines could get to the net all afternoon. The offensive attack of the Wolverines late in the second half left the defense exposed, and it showed. Utah midfielder Paola Marsenaro pounded a shot into the net off a rebound as Utah scored three late goals in the lopsided win. Utah Valley was out-shot by their opponents from Salt Lake 28-12. The Wolverines also failed to have any corner kicks, while Utah hoisted up nine from the corner. The loss drops the Wolverines to a record of 2-7-1 while Utah improves to 7-2-2. Utah Valley also remains winless at home this . season. The road doesn't get any easier for the Wolverines. Next are games over the weekend at Dixie State and UNLV, and the team will hit the road for games against North Dakota State and South Dakota State before returning for its final two home games prior to playing host to the United Soccer Conference Tournament when they welcome NJIT and Delaware State to Utah Valley. Without question, Ronnie Price is one of Utah Valley's most notable and noticed graduates. As the only basketball player from UVSC to go straight to the NBA from college, Price gets a lot of love around here. Every game Price has played in Utah during his NBA career has forced him to be the last player on his team to leave the building. Fans, friends and friends of friends flocked to the Energy Solutions Arena floor following the games between the Sacramento Kings and the Utah Jazz. Fans didn't know that Price would be in their presence for an even more extended period the next time he played in Utah, as a member of the Utah Jazz. Utah's first two preseason games may be the best time to catch Price playing meaningful minutes (granted it's preseason). Price's role as a member of the Utah Jazz will be important, but as the third point guard, he may not play the minutes his fans would like to see him play. Andrei Kirilenko is making most of the Utah Jazz headlines as they began training camp last week in Boise, Idaho, while the formerWolverine star is flying way below the radar. But there's probably a reason why. As great as it is for UVSC to have Price playing so close to where he dominated college basketball, Price is going to be the Jazz's third option at his position. And although Price is bigger, shoots better, and is more athletic than Dee Brown, he won't see much more playing time than the former Jazzman, who will play in Turkey this year and played in 49 games last season. The time to see Price break out some of his high-flying moves will probably be the two preseason games the Jazz play at the EnergySolutions Arena against Milwaukee Oct. 10, and a week later against Philadelphia. Price is obviously capable of making plays during the regular seasonhis dunk against Carlos Boozer is just one that can attest to his ability-but the Jazz have one of the better See COLUMN-85 Fall softball, a time for evaluation Matt Beaudin Sports writer In weather better suited for the Iditarod than a softball game, the Wolverines dropped a fall season game to the College of Southern Idaho 8-6 Saturday afternoon. Coach Todd Fairboume and the lady Wolverines played five games over the snow and rainedfi lied weekend in an attempt to get in as many innings as possible. Utah Valley will take on several teams from around the state including BYU, Utah and Snow College in preparation for the regular season, which gets underway in February. "We're just trying to see what kids are capable of," Fairboume said. "See which ones are progressing, which ones learn and how they react." In the loss on Saturday, the Wolverines jumped out to an early 6-1 lead, but fell apart in the late innings only to lose the game due to time restraint. Right fielder Alii Bramwell scored from third off a double steal for .the Wolverines in the bottom of the 3rd inning before infielder Jessica Anderson hit a homerun straight through centerfield. While Fairboume isn't too concerned with wins and loses in the fall season, he is concerned with the way his team plays. "The kids that are back from a year ago, you hope they can carry you," Fairboume said. "Something I've been disappointed in is that, with an exception or two, my returnees are the ones who are coming up short." While his returning See SOFTBALL-85 Easy win against Utes Britnee Nguyen Sports writer Knocking in one goal after another, Utah Valley was able to beat the University of Utah 13-1 in its second game of the season. Although it was apparent that the game was going downhill for the Utes, the Utah Valley players still played their hardest on the ice., "The thing I really liked about last week's game was that we played with a lot of intensity for the duration of the game when it was obvious that the game was out of control. The guys kept working hard," said Utah Valley coach Matt Beaudry. Goaltender Colin Stebner had 26 saves and only allowed the Utes a lone goal in period three. Jeremy . See HOCKEY. B5 |