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Show B 6 Sports MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007 . THE COLLEGE TIMES Lady Wolverines get crucial first road victory at SUU u. the road iri, years past, and v it feels good to get the win Sports contributor .: against art in-state opponent, south on 1-15 to £ at that:" Cedar City last week for iW The Wolverines play women's j basketball team, continues to impress, as they for its' first road game of have won their third conthe season meant the team's secutive game by 20 points first-ever win at Southern or more as they downed the Utah,: 75-55, and its first- Thunderbirds, their latest ever 3-0 start. i. casualty. " O n e thing the Wolver "The Big Three," conines have struggled with in sisting of Sandy Marvin, the past.has beenfindinga Robyn Fairbanks, and Juway ta win on the road, as lie McMurray, continue to they* have only fiye victoshine for Utah, Valley, as all ries away from the MtKay three wound^ipvin double Events Center over the past figures. j'rt-i'* five .seasons, since jumping Led once again by th&; to Division I Athletics. ever-so-versatile sophomore Last year was by far forward, Julie McMurray, Utah Valley's best season on tying her career-high with the road. They went 4-7, fin23 points. ishing the 2006-07 season Junior shooting guard 15-13. Sandy Marviri put up 21; Utah Valley coach Cathy and the mos'frreliable WolNixon was pleased with the . verine, junior center, Robyn victory: "We really felt that Fairbanks, added 13. winning on the road was Utah Valley finished,-, very important for us to with four players in double be successful this season. figures scoring as the senior We've really struggled on * James Warnick forward, "Big Shot Bekah" Rebekah Peterson, had 10 points, as well. Utah Valley's first-ever win at Southern Utah improves its all-time record against the Thunderbirds to 2-3. The Wolverines ' hope that this season will be their breakout year as they are continuing to have consistent play on all ends of the floor, Utah Valley has 10 contributors on the team this year that are all stepping up. With only two seniors Utah Valley will only look to improve for the next couple of years. Up next, the Lady Wolverines host the Big East's Seton Hall the day before Thanksgiving at 3 p.m. in the McKay Events Center. Their next road test will be Saturday, Nov. 24, in Logan against Utah State at 7 p.m. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL from B8 several different players. "We want to have more people contributing consistently offensively," said coach Cathy Nixon. "We feel like that's something in the long run we'll need to be successful." In each game this year, players have stepped up to provide scoring other than Marvin and Fairbanks. In Friday's win junior Lauren Smith came off the bench to score a career-high 12points, while on Saturday Julie McMurray scored a game-high 23 to lead the Wolverines. With 15:54 left on the clock in the first half of Friday's game, Utah Valley was tied at 10 with Mesa State. A 17-0 run by Utah Valley helped them sprint to a 4432 lead at the half. A 15-0 run to start the second half all but put the Mavericks away for good. "We just tried to work on things and try to get some kids some minutes," said Nixon. "Kids like Lauren Smith and Jordyn Bowen came off the bench to give us a good effort." A smothering full-court press in the second half allowed the Wolverines to record 23 steals on the night. Marvin led the team with 6 steals, while Fairbanks had five. "Tonight we tried to play a little bit more aggressive on defense," said Nixon. "I was happy to see that intensity." onship in its three years as a member of the Conference. "We try to go out and work as hard as we can and get the other team to adjust to what we do," said Bagdan. "It's an awesome feeling to play and win." Utah Valley's (6-13-1) less than spectacular year turned out much better with • the conference champion- ship. "We are glad we can compete and play these games and turn the season around," Clough said after the team's semifinals win against NJIT. With only one senior, Utah Valley will come back next year with a shot to repeat and improve on what they did this season. Ma kin® headlines e^ Ricky Williams actually Barry Bonds was indicted last Starbury, also knownttjSteweek for perjury .and obstruction phon Marbury, and;;his coach just '(think- he will be able to come back of justice and charged with lying don't get afcngv The Nevp York and play in the NFL without failto a federal grand jury about not Knicks's guard decided to" leave ing another drug test? Well, he is knowingly using steroids. Prison is the team after getting in a fight trying. After 18 months out of the more likely for the home run king with Coach Isiah Thomas on the NFL, Williams was reinstated last than the hall of fame;ijflprthe four- team flight to Phoenix. Marbury week and joined the Miami Dolyear investigation, The( indictment .wasn't happy when he found out phins. The winless Dolphins.need cites 19'oc^asiphs. Bqritls; allegedly Thomas planned to bring Marbury all the help they can get, but what lied under oath in April 2003. The off the bench in a game against will Williams do? Does he just investigation also turned up posi- Phoenix. Marbury reportedly need money? tive steroid test results for Bonds, marched to the front of the plane Williams's suspension was exwhich were found at BALCO fa- and confronted Thomas. Marbury tended in April when he failed a cilities. Bonds, 43, denied any ac- will pay $195,000 for leaving the drug test after playing in the Cacusations his record was tainted by team. nadian Football League. The earsteroids. liest Williams can play is Nov. 25 against Pittsburgh. Sports briefs WRESTLING HOCKEY After receiving a No. 2 ranking behind Colorado in the Division II Western Regional in the American Collegiate Hockey Association's first rankings of the season Utah Valley dropped its first games of the season. No. 6 Denver beat Utah Valley 4-1 and the next night Utah Valley lost to UNLV 5-4. David Wyman leads the team with 25 goals and 30 assists in 16 games this season. Scth Armitage has 16 goals and 25 assists. This week, Utah Valley plays its final two home games of the first half of the season. Friday is an in-state game against struggling Utah and Saturday the Wolverines play host to Walla Walla, both games will be at the Peaks Ice Arena. Both games will be played in the honor of assistant coach Ken Dolezsar. SOCCER from B8 the Wolverines. Utah Valley controlled the ball for nearly the entire second half, resulting in two goals for the Wolverines extending their lead to 3-1. Longwood's late goal proved to be meaningless as time expired and the lady Wolverines swarmed the field in triumph. The win gave Utah Valley its first conference champi- Hobbling on one good leg, Katey Turner showed she has the goods, scoring 24 seconds into the second half during the USC championship match, even if she is at 75 percent. If Andi Bagdan channels her emotions, she could be the breakout star on the team. Bagdan's temper got the best of her a couple of times on the field, but when she used it as motivation, she dominated in one-onone play. Next year will be tough, there is no doubting that. But look out for a team that will be brilliant at times. "This team has a lot of dangerous players," Anderson said. MEN'S GOLF Ben Kjar's second-place fin- The Utah Valley men's golf ish in the 125-pound weight divi- team put together the best two sion highlighted ihe Utah Valley rounds in school history on Saturwrestling team's appearance at the day, shooting a combined score of Cowboy Open at the University of 30-under at the Agua-Caliente Air Wyoming. Force Academy Collegiate InviKjar was one of 12 UV wres- tational. The tournament is being tlers competing in the Elite Tour- held at the Indian Canyons Golf nament portion of the event. Two Resort in Palm Springs, Califorof the 12 are redshirting and wres- nia. tled unattached at the open tourThe Wolverines tied the best nament. The Cowboy Open is the round in school history with an second consecutive strong show- II-under277 in thefirstround and ing for the redshirt freshman Kjar shattered that with a 19-under 269 and the Wolverine wrestlers. in the second round. The previous Posting a 3-1 record, Kjar round shot at 11-under was at the advanced to the final match in Ron Moore Invitational on "Septhe championship bracket of the tember 27, 2004. Elite Division Tournament. Other All four golfers who accounted Utah Valley wrestlers that posted for the team score are under par double-digit wins were Flint Ray led by Nick Nelson, who is tied (3-2), Nate Gardner (2-2), Justin for fifth overall at lt-under after Morrill-who wrestled unattached- rounds of 68 and 65. Nick Neal is (4-2) and Jeb Clark who posted just one shot behind Nelson after a a 2-2 record while also wrestling 64 in Ihe second round and tied for unattached. eighth while Jeff Gibson is tied for 23rd at 5-under and Andrew Smith is 4-under and tied for 28th. UV Sports schedule Sports on Campus Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. 20 21 24 27 29 1 Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's basketball Utah Flash Utah Flash ' ; \- ^ Homecoming: Men's basketball COLUMN from B8 get better. Jenni Clough scored eight goals this season to break Utah Valley's all-time mark and will just add to the total during her senior year. Sophomore Adrienne Schneider stepped up late in the season to feed Clough's appetite for goals. Look out for this year's freshman as well. 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