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Show S po rts FRIDAY MARCH 30 2012 Weber State wins on oses one Wildcats win 5-3 and lose 7-1 against Nevada Reno By Corie Holmes sports editor I The Signpost The Wildcats split the day against the University of Nevada Reno with a victorious score of 5-3 and a loss score of 7-1. "We are right where we want to be," said Tina Johnson, head coach. "This team has a good feel right now, and we really are doing OK." In the first game, WSU fell behind with a 3-0 score going into the bottom of the fourth inning. WSU quickly loaded the bases. First baseman Cydnee Clarke walked which scored one run. London Clarke got up to bat, hitting one to UNR's second baseman, who made an error, scoring another run and bringing the score 3-2. Bases were still loaded as Erika James-Dixon got up to bat. James-Dixon hit a triple down the left-field line, scoring three runs and bringing WSU's score to five. WSU then went on to play three errorless innings to end the first game with a 5 3 score. "They came out and got ahead right away, and we acted like it didn't even happen," James-Dixon said. "We came out hitting and came up with the clutch hits when we needed them with two outs, and it was exciting for our team." Senior Sarah Clark pitched the full seven innings on the mound for the Wildcats and had three strikeouts. Clark also earned her - If N. miller r Jeep See Softball page 8 Dodge Rae RIVERDA ► PHOTOS BY BRYAN BUTTERFIELD I THE SIGNPOST Top: Weber State University center-fielder Erika James-Dixon throws the ball. Left: Sarah Clark hits the ball. WSU split the day with University of Nevada Reno, winning 5 3 and losing 7 1. - Weber State victorious in Las Vegas Wildcats beat Seattle 4-3 Nathan's Notations Nathan Davis • The Signpost columnist By Kourtney VanDyke correspondent I The Signpost The Weber State University men's tennis team hit the road over the weekend to Las Vegas, Nev.On Saturday, the Wildcats were matched up against Seattle University, and at the close of the day, the men's tennis team ended up with a 4-3 win over the Redhawks. The No. 1 doubles team of Simon Unger and Oliver Good took on Mark Shkrebtan, a senior from Washington, and Yusuke Kanehira, a junior from Tokyo. The pair ended up with an 8-1 win over the Redhawks. "It took a while for us to get going, but after we started playing a bit, we cruised right on through," Unger said. Unger and Good are a nationally ranked pair. They are ranked at the top with Stanford and UCLA, putting WSU's name and their own at No. 43. Ryan Garner and David Hintze also came out with a win for the doubles matches. The WSU pair took on sophomores Kevin Lynch and Jason Bediones. "We knew that this was going to be a good match," Hintze said. "So as a pair we both knew that we needed to be focused and get to the net to be successful and end up with a win." The Wildcat doubles team beat the Redhawk pair with an 8-4 win. Overall, the doubles came out with a clean sweep. Pello Ramstromer and Caio Poitena ended up winning their match over the SU pair of senior Simon Meske and junior Kyle Rapp. The WSU pair came up ahead with an - My favorite MLB moment of all time PHOTOS BY BRYAN BUTTERFIELD I THE SIGNPOST Top: Weber State University's Oliver Good backhands the ball. Right: Simon Unger hits the ball. The Wildcats defeated Seattle University last weekend 4 3. - 8 4 win over the Redhawks. - "Caio played very good, as well as Pello; they had a great match," Good said. The 'Cats ended up winning three out of the six singles matches played. The No. 1 seat Unger beat his opponent Shkrebtan. The match ended up with Unger taking the win against Shkrebtan 6-3, 6-2. "He (Unger) played tough and played very well," Hintze said. Unger has only had a handful of losses this season, and this match will keep him tallying up the wins not only for himself but for his team. The Wildcats took two other wins in singles play. Hintze at the No. 4 seat defeated Bediones and ended the match with a 6-0, 6-4 win against his opponent. "This weekend was a great weekend for a match," Hintze said. "The Vegas weather couldn't have been better. It was very easy and comfortable to play in." The weather was in the mid80s while the team played its matches over the weekend. The next win for the Wildcats came from Ramstromer. Ramstromer played sophomore Kevin Lynch at the No. 3 singles seat. Ramstromer won the match with a 6-3, 7-5 score, putting WSU ahead to win the match against the Redhawks. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.co ►n. With the start of Major League Baseball on the horizon, I have been thinking about some of the biggest moments in baseball history. Maybe it's because I am a Los Angeles Dodgers fan, but for me, one of the greatest moments in baseball's long history came in 1988. I was only one year old, but had watched the videos many times, and the event has become my favorite play in baseball. In 1988, the Dodgers were in the World Series against the Oakland A's. The A's were the favorites coming into the series, and the Dodgers had been plagued by injuries toward the end of the season. Kirk Gibson, one of LA's best hitters on the team, wasn't supposed to play in Game 1 of the series. Gibson had a hamstring injury and a bad knee. For much of the game, he wasn't even sitting on the bench. That's what made his late-game heroics even more memorable. Gibson had arrived at the stadium early and desperately wanted to play in the game, but the pain in his leg prevented him from even being able to walk onto the field for the pregame introductions. Adrenaline and a bit of anger fueled Gibson, and he spent much of the game in a batting See Notations page 8 |