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Show '• sj.'i September 8, 2008 B6 Could you be the next Ronnie Price? Do you think that you have what it takes to wear the green, white, and gold and be a part of the Utah Valley University men's basketball team? Now is your chance to prove it. W'alk-nn tryouts begin Tuesday Scpi. <•). Contact Coach Kelly at S63-K.W ;is soon as possible for necessary information regarding tryout times, procedures, and qualifications. There is also a link on the UVU.edu men's basketball page. Dove I b o / UVU Review UVU celebrates after a goal in its recent win. The Wolverines are 2-0. Schedule Dave I b a / UVU Review Junior Ashley Skeen tees off in the Wolverines 5-0 rout of North Dakota. Dove I b o / UVU Review Midfielder Adrienne Schneider goes high in the air after the ball last Thursday. UVU opens season with win • Parker Donat Sports writer Women's soccer opened their field to start season play on Saturday against North Dakota. Shantea Adams-Yeats scored a low roller in the right corner of the goal, to give the. Wolverines the lead and set the tone of the game early. "We took control of this game from the beginning," said forward Jenni Clogh. "1 think against Dixie, the first half we didn't come out and make it our game; we played Dixie's game. But in this game, from the beginning, North Dakota was playing our game." The first half was controlled defensively by UVLTs midfield and full backs. North Dakota struggled to gain possession of the ball in the game because of UVU's quick pressure. Starting out the second half 1-0, the Wolverines played their game of possession soccer. Putting the pressure on North Dakota was Clough, Nicoie Archibald, Jennifer Lohner, and Shantae AdamsYeats. Along with that pressure, Katey Turner had two goals taken away because she was off side. North Dakota answered with Lauren Herrmann who blasted a shot 20 yards away that looked like a for sure goal until Mallory Schott made a diving save that took away North Dakota's opportunity to tie it up. Still being 1-0, the Wolverines took control by making adjustments offensively. Nicole Archibald, a sophomore from Sky View, added one to the Scoreboard. Fifteen seconds later passing all defense. Turner connected with Jennifer Lohner to make it 3-0 for the Wolverines. Again Turner crossed from the far left to Lohner, who scored her second goal of the season. Coach Anderson explained that the difference has been, "Finishing opportunities. Sometimes in games you only create two or three scoring opportunities and you need to make the best of them. Today, fortunately, we created more and the girls finished them off." Jennifer Lohner. a sophomore from Timpanogos High School said, "Our whole focus has been keeping possession and just building it up from the back and keeping possession of the ball. Last game we struggled. We were on and off with keeping the ball. So this game our focus was no matter what, keep possession of the ball." Which is what they did, to take away North Dakota.'s opportunity to score. The game couldn't have ended better. Jenni Clough showed why she was conference MVP, faking out two defenders and scoring in the last few minutes of the game. Jenni Clough said that practice has played a part why they won, "We've been working on just finishing and we've been working on a lot of crossing games." Coach Anderson said about the team, 'They can sit back and take a look at what we've done and realize it's not good enough -- make those adjustments and then put them into action." UVU WOMEN'S SOCCER Sept 11, . vs Idaho State 4:00 p.m. Sept 13 at Southern Utah 4:00 p.m. UVU VOLLEYBALL Sept 12 vs North Texas 7:00 p.m. Sept 13 vs Idaho State 7:00 p.m. REAL SALT LAKE Sept 13 at New York Red Bulls 5:30 p.m. Volleyball suffers setback with 0-2 start Despite losses morale remains high as UVU looks to first home match of the season • Kyle Jellings Sports writer Utah Valley women's volleyball team starts the season off 0-2 after losing both of their matches at the Utah Invitational. The first match was against the University of Utah and the Wolverines fell 3-0(19-25, 10-25,22-25). The second was closer, against University of California-Santa Clara, but they just could not close it out, losing in five, 2-3 (18-25, 25-17, 20-25, 25-22, 0-15). Still, the losses were not all bad. "I saw some bright spots for us tonight against a tough team," Utah Valley head coach Sam Atoa said after the loss to Utah. "We're a young team, but there were some very encouraging moments with our young players." The young players certainly led the way at the Utah Invitational. In the two matches, freshman Chelsey Garfield and redshirt freshman Jaicee Kuresa combined to have 33 kills and 15 total blocks. Sophomore Kayli Broadbent also had 14 kills and five total blocks in the two matches at the Utah Invitational. Underclassmen were not the only standouts. Junior Kristin Anderson also made her presence felt in the two matches, having 12 kills and 13 total blocks. She also led all blockers against Utah with seven. With a 0-2 record and a tough five set loss against Santa Clara, the lady Wolverines and coach Atoa are looking to the future. "It's unfortunate that this is the way this match turned out because I thought our team really battled," Atoa said after the Santa Clara match. "The result is not a fair indication of how the match went. We have to live with it and learn from it, though. That's all we can ask, and that's what we'll do." The Wolverines try to get their season back on track with three matches, Sept. 5 and 6 at the Jayhawk Invitational in Lawrence, Kansas. The lady Wolverines then come home Sept. 12 and 13 at the UVU Invitational against North Texas and Idaho State. Dave Iba/ UVU Review The women's volleyball team practices before the season. The Wolverines first home match will be Sept. 12 , against North Texas. |