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Show B l 2 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007 Sports • THE COLLEGE TIMES Making headlines ' Buyers* beware: Favorites Cincinnati Bengals' receiver probably shotjjd start taking no- Chris Henry is trying everything he tice.. If basketball teams thought can to stay away from football, or they-; coiild gft by their cupcake so it seems. The day before rejoinschedules wilhoul mishaps, they ing the team after an eight-game might want tp think again. Col- suspension, Henry was allegedly lege football'^ story of the year involved in an incident involving a has been'upsets; and so far. col- parking attendant. Henry allegedly lege 'basketball's story of the year parked his vehicle in a parking lot is a team called Gardner-Webb. without paying. Henry yelled at The "RunnirT Bulldogs" knocked the attendant and threw $5 on the off No. 22 Kentucky last week. ground. Trouble just seems to find Don't those underdogs know they some people ... or is it some people are supposed to just lose and get seem to find trouble? paid? It's robbery when the team gets both. . Chad Clark/ College Time* Women's basketball coach Cathy Nixon enters her 13th season at Utah Valley State. NIXON from Bll MLB NFL COLLEGfe BASKETBALL <••• ' c - '' Instant replay isn't perfect, but it's closer than just having referees or umpires decide sometimes. In a 25-5 vote, MLB baseball general managers took a big step to adding replay to baseball in certain situations. It will come into play on home runs, only if it gets approval from commissioner Bud Seltg, owners, and players and umpires. Selig has opposed replay in the past but recently said he would consider limited use. Sports briefs significantly. I had eight years as a junior college coach, and all of a sudden, I was a Division I coach." The work has increased because of the jump to Division I play, but that doesn't mean that she had an easier time before the move. Prior to going Dl, Nixon didn't have any full-time assistants to rely on. "We did everything. I drove the bus and did the cleaning checks," Nixon said. Although Nixon's 231137 record at UVSC stands on its own, it hasn't always been smooth sailing. The Wolverines only managed to win four games in the 2004-05 season, their first full NCAA schedule. "I was telling somebody, 'We had four miracles all in the same year,'" Nixon said. "For us to beat anybody was just incredible." Even so, overall records don't necessarily dictate how successful a team is, and Nixon notes that the 2004-05 season stands out for the positives that came out of the difficult time. "Sometimes you can't measure a team's success by wins and losses, because that may have been my best year of coaching ever, and ' i worked four different jobs ... I was (just) trying to make ends meet." Looking back, Nixon said that staying in Utah wasn't the first option after she graduated from BYU, as she was set to move back to Texas to coach and teach there. "Honestly, I thought the day I would finish playing basketball at BYU, I'd be home in Texas," she said. "(But) I had the chance to start coaching at BYU." And she took it. Although it looks like a perfect fit now, at the time, Nixon didn't see herself making a career out of coaching. "When I was playing, I didn'twanttocoach," Nixon said. "I thought it wouldn't be any fun. I couldn't figure out how it would be fun if you weren't actually playing in a game." But coaching seems to be in her blood as she assisted at BYU for three years before coming to what was then Utah Valley Community College. Her job has changed quite a bit from when the team was a junior college program. "I have been here 12 years; my job has changed we only won four games," Nixon said. With UVSC's transition, Nixon misses some of the junior college days. She said that she enjoyed developing players who would then move on to Division I programs. Those junior college experiences gave her some valuable insight into how she could go about coaching and recruiting players for four years, instead of two. "It helped me to develop a relationship and perspective on recruiting that I think has helped me at the Division I level," Nixon said. With another two seasons before full Division 1 status, Nixon is mindful of being the first women's coach to make the jump from junior college straight to DI, all the while, staying with the same program school. "It's been an exciting thing to make history, to do something no one else has done," Nixon said. "Personally and professionally, it's been a real exciting opportunity." SCHOLAR ATHLETES WOMEN'S GOLF WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Jessica Endres (volleyball) and Mallory Schott (soccer) have been named the Utah Valley Athletic Department's Perry Homes Scholar Athletes of the month for October. Endres, a senior from Gilbert, Ariz., carries a 3.55 GPA and was recently named to the Division I Independent All-Academic team and is a nominee for the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District team. Endres is Utah Valley's alltime leader in kilts and blocks and has been named the Independent Player of the Week three times this season. She is .350 with 3.87 kills and 1.19 blocks per game this season, while leading the team to its most successful record at the NCAA level. Schott, a junior from Vancouver, Wash., also maintains a 3.55 GPA while serving as the soccer team's primary goalkeeper. Schott has started each of the Wolverines' matches in goal this year, while combining fora pair of shutouts. Utah Valley women's golf wrapped up its fall season with a 15th place finish at the Lamkin Cup Cal Poly Invitational at Cypress Ridge Golf Course. It was Utah Valley's fifth tournament this season. Kasey Larson shot an 82 (+10) and tied for 45th to lead the'Wolverines, while Echo Thatcher had the low round of the day for UV, firing an 8-over 80 to improve by five shots from Monday's round. Thatcher finished tied for 53rd overall. Jennifer Bermingham of UC Riverside was the lone golfer to finish under par for the tournament (-2) to win the individual title by three shots over three different golfers. Bermingham's team followed up Monday's team score of 299 with another 299 to finish six strokes ahead of Northern Arizona and host Cal Poly, capturing the team title. For the third time- this season, Utah Valley senior Jessica Endres has earned the Division I Independent Offensive Player of the Week Award. Endres, who is one of three seniors honored before Saturday's final regular season home match against Nevada, posted big numbers in last week's sweep of Utah State. In Utah Valley's first win over its in-state rival; Endrcs hit .520 with 15 kills, six block-assists and two aces. For the week she totaled 31 kills (4.43 kpg), hit .333 and averaged 1.43 blocks per game. Endres leads Utah Valley into the Independent tournament this week. Utah Valley will play host to five other Independent schools Friday and Saturday. Sports schedule Sports on Campus WOMEN'S BASKETBALL from Bll off the bench. Lauren Smith, a 6-foot-5 jujtidPfcqpter out of California, also played well in limited minutes. ;The- Wolverines appear to;be.at their best when the defense creates scoring opportunities for the offense. 1 -in the second half of the preseason victory, Marvin led a 1.6-1 run with her abil- ity to make shots in transition off a steal or a turnover. The play of all-American Fairbanks could be determined by her team's ability to hit the open jump shot. "We're trying to be more of a threat on the outside," Marvin said. "We know they're going to have two or three people down in the post, and we need to be shot-ready." Utah Valley played back-to-back games over the weekend against Mesa State and Cal State Fullerton. The Wolverines will travel to take on Southern Utah before returning to play UC Irvine. Nov. 16 Women's volleyball Nov. 16 Women's volleyball Nov. 16 Hockey Nov. 16 Women's volleyball Nov. 16 Women's volleyball Nov. 17 Women's volleyball Nov. 17 Women's volleyball Nov. 17 Women's basketball Nov. 17 Hockey Independent tournament Utah Valley against Providence, 1 p.m. Utah Valley against Texas-Pan American, 6 p.rn against Utah, 8:30 p.m. at the Peaks Ice Arena Women's volleyball Independent tournament 5th place match, 1 p.m. 3rd place match, 3:30 p.m. Championship match, 6 p.m. Women's basketball against Cal St. Fullerton, 3:05 p.m. Hockey against Walla Walla, 8:30 p.m. at the Peaks Ice Arena Best sports on TV NBA Nov. 14 LA Lakers at Houston 7 p.m. on ESPN College football Nov. 17 No. 1 Ohio State at No. 12 Michigan LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO? 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