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Show f sn Tf (TTs rfr i PHOTO COURTESY OF NATE CROWTHER think I can... Ryan Shupe, a member of the Weber State University mountaineering club concentrates on scaling a rock. In addition to rock climbing, the club participates in hiking, mountain biking, skiing and other activities. Although not at Weber State, baseball fever still in the air throughout the United States College World Series begins June 2 Weber State University's baseball program was called out in over two decades ago, due to the enstatement of Title IX. But at other colleges and universities throughout the United States, springtime is playoff time for NCAA Baseball. The 1995 College World Series begins June 2 at famous Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska. The annual championship consists of a 48-team field divided into eight brackets. The winner of each bracket moves on to the College World Series. The 48 teams participating in the tournament will be selected soon and thebrack-ets are set to be filled on May 22. The US1 Today Baseball Weekly American Baseball Coaches Association poll recently ranked the nation's top teams. The top 10 teams are as follows: 1. Auburn, 45-7 2. Cal. State Fullerton, 45-9 3. Clemson, 45-7 4. Florida State, 42-11 5. Oklahoma, 36-11 6. Wichita State, 45-12 7. Texas Tech, 41-1 1 8. Louisiana State, 41-12 9. Southern Cal, 36-18 10. Tennessee, 41-12 Coverage of the College World Series as well as the selection process will be provided by ESPN. The cable sports network is now in its 1 6th consecutive year of covering the Collene oost-season. en's qolf twelfth in West Re ai5 s national tourney by just six strokes WSU's Smeeth qualifies for trip to Ohio State By Bryan Martin Signpost staff writer The Weber State men's golf team finished the 1995 season at this year's NCAA Men's West Regional golf tournament held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque on Saturday. Featuring golfers from twenty-three of the top universities in the West, the Wildcat golf team finished in a tie for twelfth place with Fresno State University with a total of 889 points. Arizona State University won the tournament with a total of 844 points. The top nine teams from the tournament automatically qualify for the NCAA National Men's Golf Tournament held May 29 through June 3 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The Wildcats missed qualifying for the tournament by just 6 strokes. Head coach of the men's golf team, Mac Madsen, said'despite the miss he was very pleased with the efforts of his team. "We did a great job, only missing qualifying by just 6 strokes," Madsen said. "It was the culmination of a great season. We can say that we are the twelfth-best team in the West. Madsen also went on to say that he was pleased how his players matched up against the other universities. "Everything's relative," Madsen said. "We had players who weren't highly recruited going up against players who were highly recruited. They were not just competing against the players but against the money and prestige of the other universities.""I was very pleased with how they stayed in there." jf!iL Madsen said he was very pleased in particular about how one of his golfers overcame sickness. "Johan Elliot became very ill in the second round," Madsen said. "He barely made it off the course before he collapsed in the tent," he said. Despite this obstacle, Elliot came back strong, finishing with a score of 76 for a three day total of 231. Individually, the Wildcats were represented in the top twenty by senior Andrew Smeeth. As the No. 1 golfer for the Wildcats, Smeeth finished in an eighteenth-place tie with Tiger Woods of Stanford with a total of 216 points. A total of ninety-three golfers competed in the tournament. Madsen said that although Smeeth did well at the tournament, the chance for a high ranking always seems to escape. "Whenever Andrew has the opportunity to make a run at high honors, it has seemed to evade him," Madsen said. With players from the top nine teams qualifying for the NCAA tournament, two of the remaining forty-eight players are chosen as well. Among the two chosen to participate in the tournament is Smeeth. The last time Madsen took a player to the nationals was in 1989. College football rules committee cracks down on unsportsmanlike acts The NCAA Football Rules Committee is getting serious on unsportsmanlike conduct. In a meeting May 1 1-12 at the NCAA national office, the committee reviewed almost 150 videotaped examples of potential taunting or excessive celebration. In attendance was a group of conference commissioners, student-athletes and coaches association representatives, and together they agreed on what they believe is the difference between an unsportsmanlike act and the product of youthful'exuberance. The group will now share their insight u fth coaches, pla ers air J official by pn I .nji ig a video 'ape showing specific actions that are illegal, and illustrating the type of team-focused celebration that it wants to encourage. Tine video will include rulings on selected plays from the tape reviewed at .the meeting, and will be sent to allfootball-playing institutions and conferences later next month. Coaches will be encouraged to view the tape with their players. "First and foremost, we wanted to make sure that we did not remove the enthusiasm that has been part of college football for 125 years," chair of the committee and director of athletics at the University of Georgia Vincent J. Donley said. "But it's obvious to coaches, media and fans that there isa growing problem with unsportsmanlike conduct, particularly with excessive celebration and See Football page 10 |