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Show The Signpost 9 Lady 'Cats beat EWU for fifth conference win of the season Monday, January 27, 1992 Sports 0. .. P By DOUG LANG Sports writer of The Signpost Cindy Holcomb set the pace for the Lady Wildcats in their win over Eastern Washington in the Dee Events Center Thursday night. From the tipoff, WSU and EWU looked like two prize fighters sizing each other up to see what the other would do. Both were hustling for shots, going for the rebounds. Finally at 14:35 in the first period, EWU took the lead on a three point shot by Keri Schwenke, but that did not discourage Weber as they kept fighting back to regain the lead. EWU's Schwenke kept the pressure on Weber despite good defensive drive from senior guard Jill Sperry. The lead changed hands time after time until only 2:21 remained in the first period, when Cindy Holcomb sunk a shot to give Weber the lead 30-29 at the half, despite shooting 38 percent on field goals compared to EWUs 52percent. As the second half began, EWU took the lead back at 19:20 in the second period on a shot by Lisa Graber. Then Weber started to pull away when a steal by Jill Sperry, a pass from Cindy Holcomb and a prayer shot by Jennifer Pokamay gave Weber back the lead. After taking the lead, the Lady Wildcats started to pull away from the pack. After beginning to break away, several miscues let EWU back into the game. EWU tied the score at 10:22 in the second period on a field goal and a free throw, but that didn't keep Weber from fighting back. It seemed that both teams were afraid to take over the game. Coach Carla Taylor said that Weber seemed afraid to lose and didn't keep a focus on what had to be done to win the game. Cindy Holcomb then began to take over the game by connecting on her free throws and shooting from the field. Holcomb had to work under the basket to get the rebounds and keep EWU from getting back into the game. The momentum shifted for Weber when EWU's 6-3 center, Missy Chubb fouled out of the game. Although trying to fight back into the game, Weber kept the driving to win the contest. With 1 :00 left in thecontest, Holcomb gave Weber some breathing room, and Kris-ten Tate sealed the fate of EWU by increasing the lead to five points. Weber won the game 62-57. Coach Taylor expressed that "This was not a pretty win. We need to regain our focus." This was echoed by Eastern Washington's coach. With the scoring threat of Cindy Holcomb, Weber can be a big factor for the remaining games this year. Weber State track teams compete at BYU Invitational Sportswr'rler of The Signpost iHfflisi-iiThe Weber State men's and women's indoor track teams both took full teams Saturday to compete in the BYU Invita-; tional in Provo. The men and women competed against teams from Southern Idaho, Ricks, Utah State, Utah, Southern Utah and BYU. iSHasfSiOne of the objectives of men's coach Chick Hislop was to get more of his athletes qualified for the Big Sky Conference meet later in the year. Going into the meet, freshman Nathan Kennedy had already qualified in the mile with a time of 4:19.38. He took second on Saturday with an even better time of 4:15.5. Kurt Black, who also has qualified for the conference meet, took third with a time of 4:15.4. :: Colby Gray, who had also previously qualified in the high jump with a school record jump of 7-1, took second in that event with a jump of seven feet, j :: In the long jump. Bill Person had a jump of 22 feet, 85 inches, which was good enough for second place. Brandon Rees placed fifth in the pole vault, making it over the 15 feet, six inch mark. : : : : On the women's side, coach Jim Blais-: dell has already seen 14 of his athletes qualify for the Big Sky Conference meet in eight different events. On Saturday, Weber State swept the 400 meters, with Elizabeth Kealamakia : winning it at 55.8 seconds. Jeni Holbrook : took second with a time of 57.3 seconds, while Cindy Burningham was third at 57.7 seconds. Kealamakia also won the 200 meters with a time of 24.7 seconds, while Nicole Alder was third at 25.6. Alder also placed : second in the long jump and third in the triple jump. Cheryl Hannay won the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.5, and Michelle Sloan placed second in the 3,000 meters at 10:18.9. Weber State's 4x400 relay team of : Shawna Halford, Sharon Hansen, Taunya Daniels and Stephanie Johnson also took first place. The men and women will travel to Pocatello next weekend fortheMountain : States Games, their most important meet of the year to date. Mens Basketball Women's Basketball Indoor Track Tennis Febl Feb. 6 Feb. 8 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 8 Idaho State Weber State Montana State Weber State Montana Weber State Idaho State Weber State Montana State Bozeman Univ. of Montana Missoula Jan. 31-Feb. 1 The Mountain States Cames Pocatello Feb.l Feb. 2 Montana State Boise men and women Boise State Boise men and women 4w- a V S XJ L JILL SPERRY SHOOTS to help kick up me score which helped result in a 62-57 victory over Eastern Washington at the Dee Events Center on Thursday night. Wildcats beat at the buzzer By JAMIE MARTIN Sportswriter of The Signpost The Weber State men's basketball team had their hearts broken at Cheney, Washington last Thursday night when Eastern Washington hit a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left on the clock. The shot gave the struggling Eagles a 71-68 victory over the Wildcats. Weber State had plenty of chances late in the game to put it away. Al Hamilton hit a pair of free throws to give Weber a 1 point lead with 1:57 left to play. But two traveling calls in the final 1:20 sealed the Wildcats fate and sent them home with their third conference loss. Weber led by as much as 7 points in the first half before EWU grabbed a 37-35 lead at the half. The game was close, with 12 ties and nine lead changes throughout the night. Hamilton again led the Wildcats in scoring with 26 points, while Dave Baldwin added 15 points and eight rebounds. With the loss, Weber State falls to 4-3 in league play and 9-9 overall. Wildcats give alums a break Special to The Signpost The Weber State Men's tennis team took on a formidable alumni group and felt fortunate to come away with a tie in the ten match event held Saturday at the Ogden Athletic Club. The Wildcat team had the disadvantage of having two of their starters out with the flu. Both Lasse Koskinen, who was scheduled to play number three and V.P. Man-nisto, slotted to play number four, have been hampered for over a week with the virus that has plagued so many on campus. "Having both players out," Coach Keith Cox said, "gave the alumni a real chance at beating us." Cox felt that the varsity would have won with the two players in the lineup. The final score of the match was a 5-5 tie. The event was attended by several alumni that did not play, racket club members and supporting Weber State students and ath letes. Members from the women's basketball team, the golf team and the volleyball team lended their support. Cox noted that there were people overflowing in the viewing lounge and lined along the court to see the event. Due to time restraints, the matches were abbreviated which Cox said helped the older, and in many cases, out-of-shape alumni team. Each match was played with "No-Add" scoring and a "Pro-Set", both of which shortened the matches by more than half. All of the alumni played with No-Add scoring during the playing days at Weber State. The NCAA switched to regular scoring two years ago and none of the varsity had played the format before. "That's why had a tie," Cox said. "Using regular full matches, I'm afraid the alums would have wilted." Among the players for the alumni were Dermot Sweeney, the currentstudent-assistant coach for the Wildcats. Sweeney played (See TENNIS page 11) |