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Show Monday, October 3,2005 Sports Editor: Jeremy Tyler The Signpost Sports Page 5 Phone: 626-7983 Women's golf team finishes sixth By M. Jared Wilhelmsen asst. sports editor | The Signpost The Weber State University women's golf team finished sixth place at the Wolfpack Invitational in Reno, Nev., on Sept. 26-28. The Wildcats shot an opening round of 321, which positioned them in the top six teams of the tournament. They kept their spot in the top six in the second round when theWildcatsshota330.They shot a final round of 325 to finish in sixth place. Weber State finished three shots ahead of Sacramento State University and nine ahead of Eastern Washington University, both of which are Big Sky Conference opponents. "I felt really good about the win. We got a lot of help from everybody and that is so important in a tournament," said Jeff Smith, WSU women's golf team head coach. Jessica Thomas led the Wildcats with a tie for 11th place after shooting a three-round total of 238 on rounds of 81-75-82. Thomas' second round of 75 tied her for the third best score of the day. "I have been working on my putting a lot and having a great teammates behind me helped a lot," said Thomas, aWSU anthropology junior. "I have tried to keep my confidence level high and not get down on myself." Freshman Amanda Case finished second on the Wildcat team and tied for 26th overall after shooting an 83-82-79 for a total of 244. Sophomore Katie Higham tied for 34th with a 247, senior Amy Mombert tied for 38th with a 248 and senior Heather Balli finished 54th with a 259 to finish off the scoring for the Wildcats. San Jose State University took control of the tournament and finished in first place. S]S, was 25 shots ahead of second place finisher Nevada. With the exciting sixth place victory, an added highlight came to the team later in the week when Weber State junior Jessica Thomas was named as the Big Sky Conference golfer of the week after her 11 th place finish in the invitational. "I was surprised and didn't expect this at all," Thomas said. Thomas is a native of Layton and graduated from Layton High School. This is Thomas' first golfer of the week award. Thomas shot a second round 75, which tied for the third lowest score in Tuesday's second round. With Thomas receiving the award and the team taking sixth in the tournament, it brings a muchneeded boost for the Wildcat golf team. The women's golf team will be traveling to the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., for the Heather Farr Memorial on Oct. 3-4. "This is going to be a difficult tournament," Smith said. "This is probably the most difficult tournament we have played in two years. We like this course and have played well here in the past." You can reach reporter M. Jared Wilhelmsen by calling 626-7983 Wildcats continue winning streak Weber State's Dewey Crayton breaks up a pass to Montana receiver Jon Talmage during the first half of Saturday's game. Weber State University lost the game 19-24 to the University of Montana. Football team suffers disappointing loss By M. jared Wilhelmsen asst. sports editor | The Signpost Weber State University football team lost 16-24 on Saturday to a tough University of Montana team - marking the third loss for the Wildcats this year, all of which have been on the road. Coming off of their first Big Sky Conference win Sept. 24 against Northern Arizona University, Wildcat football took on the Grizzlies in front of an angry crowd in Missoula, Mont. Weber State gave Montana a game that should have ended in the Wildcats' favor. The Wildcats started early and were able to get on the Scoreboard first with a Joe Johnson field goai from 33 yards in the first quarter. A 15-yard personal foul against the Grizzlies moved the Wildcats into position to get the field goal. Montana did not wait long to respond to Weber State by scoring a touchdown, putting the team ahead 7-3. Weber State was not to be out done and scored a touchdown of its own after the WSU defense forced a UM turnover. On WSU's first play after the turnover, Weber State quarterback Ian Pizarro found receiver Terry Larsen on a 45-yard touchdown pass. Pizarro threw for 373 yards in the game, compared to Montana's Jason Washington's 142 yards. Washington was injured later in the game and had to leave the game. Montana didn't really need a quarterback - all it See Football page 8 Wildcat volleyball loses to Utah Valley State College in four games By M. Jared Wilhelmsen asst. sports editor | The Signpost Wolverines bit the Wildcats for the first time ever Sept. 27 when the Weber State University volleyball team lost to Utah Valley State College. WSU fell 30-27, 27-30, 25-30 and 22-30. "This was almost a good thing for our team; we were on a high as a team and this will help us," said AI Givens, women's volleyball head coach. For the 10th time in 15 matches this year, Wildcats had won the first game of the match. After losing that first game, WSU then lost the next three. "We played all right as a team, but UVSC played a lot better," Givens said. For the Weber State volleyball team, this brings the season record to 7-8. WSU volleyball had won its previous two games against Eastern Washington University and Portland State University. It took five games in both matches to seal the victory for WSU. "This loss is pretty disappointing; we are capable of playing a lot better," said Weber State sophomore captain Shelby Walford. Weber State has been playing well lately, and this loss comes at a time when the volleyball team is meshing and playing well together. UVSC had 78 kills on game day, compared to only 58 for the Wildcats. The Wildcats were led by freshman Chelsea Bair, who had 17 kills and nine digs on the day, Freshman Leah Burmeister had her seventh double-double of the season with 12 kills and 11 digs. "Our team didn't pass very well and our serving placed a big part on our loss," Walford said. "I didn't play all that well myself," With this loss, WSU now has to go on the road See Volleyball page 8 At Saturday's Weber State University soccer game/ lady Wildcat Natalie Ellis sprints toward the goal between Utah State University players Liz Mason (left) and Alyssa Lovvry (right). WSU defense holds strong to ensure shutout versus USU By M. Jared Wilhelmsen asst. sports editor | The Signpost Lady Wildcat soccer players kept their four-game winning streak alive Saturday with a 1-0 win against instate rival Utah State University. "We did not play that well, but we came out of this with the win," said Tim Crompton, Weber State University women's soccer team head coach. Wildcats came out playing a little flat-footed and not attacking the USU players. It took about 15 minutes for Weber State to settle down and start playing like a team. Utah State came out aggressively and physically, going to the ball and running over WSU players doing it. Once WSU players became composed and started playing their style of soccer, then they started to dominate USU. WSU scored early in the game, but the goal was taken back due to a foul against Weber State. As the game continued, the player on the field became more physical and aggressive. In the game's 34th minute, Weber State's Haley McCoy received a yellow card for a hard foul. The score at half was 0-0. Weber State recorded 10 shots compared to only two by Utah State. As the second half started, both team didn't miss a beat and continued their strong play against each other. Weber State finally broke the 0-0 score at 73 minutes when an in-swing cross from the outside found the head of Weber State's Shaylee Stegan, who put the ball back across the box and found McCoy's foot, who put the See Wildcats page 8 |