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Show Sports Monday • November 17, 2008 Sports Briefs Broadbent, Wilson garner weekly awards Mm B5 Senior night ends with sweep Kayli Broadbent and Allyce Wilson earned Great West Conference Volleyball Players of the Week for the week ending Nov. 9, the league office announced Tuesday. Broadbent collects her second weekly honor after guiding the Wolverines to a 3-0 victory over fellow Great West Conference member Houston Baptist this past week. The sophomore led all Utah Valley attackers with 14 kills for a .344 hitting percentage while also registering seven digs. Wilson earns her third defensive weekly honor with a brilliant defensive performance for the Wolverines in the 3-0 blanking of Houston Baptist. The Pleasant Grove, Utah, native registered 21 digs - her fifth game this season with 20-plus digs - while also adding two assists. The junior led a Wolverines defense that limited Houston Baptist to a .070 attack percentage. Morrill Wins the Northwest Open UVU's wrestling team was led by sophomore Justin Morrill as he won his respective weight division and freshman Wade Eldredge as he placed second (157) at the Northwest Open on Saturday. "Overall we did very well today," UVU assistant wrestling coach Erkin Tadzhimetov said. "Our varsity guys came out and did a great job for us. Also, this was great experience for our freshmen and an eye opener as they were able to realize just what they can do." Morrill led Utah Valley with his first place finish on the afternoon. The Logan, Utah native was able to go an impressive 4-0 as he beat the 149-pound number four seed, number one seed in the semi-final, and the two seed in the final as he dominated, winning (9-0). Red shirt-fresh man Brad Darrington finished fourth in the 174-pound tournament for UVU. Darrington went 3-2 overall and made it into the semi-final match, in which he lost by fall. True freshman Adam Fager went 3-2 for Utah Valley in the 197-pound tournament. Junior transfer Akmal Adilov for the Wolverines finished taking third place in the 125-pound tourney. He went an impressive 4-1 and his lone loss came in the semis to the man from Wyoming who won the 125 division. m Making headlines A's add Holliday The low-budget Oakland A's helped themselves recently as they acquired outfielder Matt Holliday in a trade with the Colorado Rockies. Holliday, a major contributor to the Rockies team from a season ago that went to the World Series will add his big bat to the Oakland lineup. For compensation, the Rockies receive right-handed reliever Huston Street, lefty starter Greg Smith and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. Baseball awards handed out As the Major League Baseball awards trickle in Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has been named American League manager of the year. Maddon ran away with the award after leading the traditional American League bottom feeders to the World Series. In the National League, Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella won the award after leading the loveable losers to the best record in the National League. Giants' pitcher Tim Lincecum won the N.L. Cy Young in his second season. The slender, second-year player went 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA on the season while leading the league in strikeouts with 265. Dave Iba/ UVU Review Wolverine sophomore Kayli Broadbent goes up on the serve in UVU's final home match of the regular season. Lone senior Kristi Lindley leads UVU in victory MATT BEAUD1N Sports editor Riding on the emotional wave of senior night and the confidence of a superior home record, the Wolverines finished off the Houston Baptist Huskies in a three-set sweep. The lone senior for the Wolverines, Kristi Lindley did her part in securing the victory with a .302 attack Wolverines began NCAA percentage on the night. competition. Lindley will "I think there is a lot of finish her career' at UVU pressure on senior night to after being named to the perform well and send our Division I All-Independent seniors out on a good note," First Team after leading all said coach Sam Atoa. "Our Independent players with a girls did a nice job of pro- single-season record 12.67 tecting our home court to- assists a game. night, which is what they've In the first set in the done all season." sweep over Houston BapLindley, a senior from tist, the Wolverines domiIdaho Falls, is second all- nated with a 25-17 win. time in assists at UVU and holds the record for assists in a single game since the See VOLLEYBALL • B7 Stretching for the block, Broadbent led all players with 14 kills. Dave Iba/ UVU Review |