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Show Friday, January 12, 1990 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Fourteen Coirhhuskers defeat U te; tankcirs op By In the 400 medley, the first race of the night; the Cornhusker team of Jan Loren Jorgensen Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor For the second time in the last two dual meets, the University of Utah's men's swimming and diving team led going into the final event Friday night the 400-yar- d freestyle relay. And for the second straight time the Utes ended up just barely losing. Blame it on a lack of depth. Still, Friday's outcome in the Ute Natatorium was encouraging. After all, the team Utah was swimming against was nationally ranked Nebraska. "To be able to come that close to a 10 is obviously encouraging," Utah Coach Don Reddish said following the 9 defeat. "I'm pleased with how we did, but when we were so close, I just wish we could have won it." team that, is in the top 122-11- The Utes led 115-10- 9 going into the final event largely due to the diving team and a Nebraska disqualification in the 400 medley ' relay. But the team was disqualified because Bell started too early, giving Utah first and second place instead. With the victory, Utah jumped out to an early 15-- 2 advantage. Utah's Ed Woodland then won the 1000 freestyle and fellow-Ut- e John Wieland touched first in the 200 free. The 'Huskers began to close the lead, finish by Kort Borg but a one-tw- o and Bret Peterson in the one-met- er diving kept the Utes on top. Borg's score of 332.1 broke a U. record in the event for six dives. In the second half of the meet, Warwick Mortensen in the 100 freestyle was the only Ute able to diving place first until three-metresults came in. By that time Nebraska had taken over the lead, er but Borg again came through for Utah by placing first, followed once again by Peterson. Utah's Scott Teerlink finished third, which gave Utah a 16-- 2 advantage in the event L Matthew Coles Will Utah ever T7 Quick, name five good things about Laramie, Wyoming! Stumped? So am I. But what really perplexes me is how the University of Wyoming Cowboys demolished the Ute football team in this past season. To bring back horrifying memories, Wyoming thrashed Utah 4 in Laramie's War Memorial Stadium. And last year's embarrassment 45-2- definitely was not an isolated example of the Cowboys' massacres which have almost become an annual event. In 1988, 8 the score was an incredible in favor of Wyoming. In the 1987 campaign, the Utes suffered a 31-- 7 loss. In '86, it was Wyoming all 61-1- 38-1- 4. of domination. . That's four years .by a team from Laramie. My question is: How can this mediocre educational institution in the blizzard belt of the it the Mountainwest University of Utah which is out-recru- beautifully situated in media-conscio- us Salt Lake City and has an enrollment of almost 25,000 students. The Salt Lake City metropolitan area contains upward of a million people; Laramie has a population that is pushing 30,000. Salt Lake's weather is mild compared to the ferocious winters at the campus of Wyoming. The U. is rated better educationally than this school of 10,000 students and Salt Lake City obviously has the arts and entertainment edge over Laramie. So why are athletes attending this school instead of the U. ? Consider these statements in the 1989 Wyoming football program Ragtimes: "Daring to be different isn't just a catch phrase at the Wyoming. It's a way of life." also Ragtimes boasts, "Wyoming's residence hall area is the most densely populated area in the state" and "White Hall, a dorm on the Wyoming campus, is the tallest building in the state." Those facts are certainly something to be proud of. But in my view, those sort of realities scare most city folks away; and the majority of football players are city folks. I'm sure the small town atmosphere of Laramie appeals to some players, but probably not to prime recruits.. - Although I recall a statement Karl Malone made the day he was drafted by the Utah Jazz where the Mailman said, "Yeah, I'm real excited to come play for the 'town' of Utah." Salt Lake City has a much higher profile than the college town of Laramie. So how do the Wyoming Cowpokes get good players to their school? Ute assistant coach Sean McNabb offers this answer. "Wyoming gets a lot of players from the north, in the states. The weather just doesn't bother those kids." Indeed, a check of the 1989 Wyoming football cold-weath- er media guide reveals that the overwhelming majority of Wyoming players hail from Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. Do the Utes have a recruiting problem? The Utes recruit all around the country, concentrating their efforts all along the West Coast, with the biggest push here in the state of Utah. McNabb, the Utes' recruiting urn and the lead overall, setting up the final relay race. "Kort dove extremely well for us tonight," Reddish said. "I'm pleased with how all of our divers did." Despite the fact that Borg broke the school record for six attempts at the level, he sees room for improvement. "I know I can be more consistent," he said. "After I broke the school record at the it made it a harder to concentrate on one-met- er 5V one-met- er - - Even though his team lost, Reddish is encouraged by the meet. "I would have been super pleased if they had told me before the meet that we would lose by only three points against a team of this caliber. I would A' never have believed it," Reddish explained. "We did just about as well as we could have tonight and we're going to get better." Utah will next face Arizona State tonieht at 6 D.m. and will then be- in . action again Saturday at noon when New Mexico and New Mexico State come to town. 'V" . .v 1 1 .1 11 i uacKsiroKe rnaay second m ine zuu-yar- a Utah's Arne Miles placed night in the Ute Natatorium. Despite the eiiort ot Miles and the other SwimmhY Utes, highly ranked Nebraska won the meet 122-11- . v 9. Netters win in Lady Ute Invite Christy Texeira in straight sets In the second round, Kempin 6-- 0. 6-- 3, By Matthew Coles Chronicle Sports Writer soundly beat Jennifer Holmes of Brigham Young Coach John Tsumas marveled at Kempin's play. "This is the best I've ever seen Julie play," Tsumas said. "She's really improving." Susie Costa enjoyed a tremendous day winning two singles matches and adding a doubles victory. First, 6-- 2, Lady Ute Invitational opened Thursday with a flurry of matches and a whole lot of good tennis at the George S. Eccles Tennis Center on the U. campus. After two rounds in the singles competition two Utes, Julie Kempin and Susie Costa, are still in the running for individual honors and doubles play features two pairs of Utes after one round of The competition. Kempin, in the first of three matches she would play on the day, easily disposed of Idaho State's 6-- 2. she allowed Anna Eyring of Utah State only four games in a short match Next, Costa surprised 6-- 1, 6-- 3. BYU's well- - regarded Patti Urban Freshman Ute Lisa Paal lost a close match to Idaho State's Story 4 after battling back from Hurst 7-- 6, 6-- 6-- 4, Stevens played her best tennis of her career in the second set according to Coach Tsumas. 6-- 4. 2-- 6, much improved Jennifer (BYU) upended the A Holmes tournament's sixth seed, Liz Fox of 1 in a match where Utah, the momentum did an incredible about-fac- e in the second stanza. This was a grudge match for Holmes, as Fox beat the BYU player two months ago in the ITCA Regionals. BYU's 'standout Anna Funderburk dominated play in the early rounds and her first victim was Ute Stephanie Ball by a score of However, Ball was hampered by a sprained wrist on her left hand that d forced her to hit a backhand when she normally sports 3-- 6, 6-- 4, 6-- 6-- 1. two-hand- backhand. ed 3 strong net play en route to a win. In the Utes' other doubles match, the fourth-seede- d team of Kempin and Paal lost a heartbreaker to Kim Chang and Holmes of BYU Weak serves hurt the Utes as Holmes and Chang pounded returns and repeatedly broke service. Tomorrow Utah has the unsavory task of killing off one of its own when Costa and Kempin meet in a third round singles match at 2:30 p.m. In the 6:00 p.m. time slot Costa 6-- 4, 6-- - grabbed month. " commend the Wyoming football program for developing 2-- 6, mediocre recruits into fine football teams and gaining western football in a city two Erominence playing 6-- the nearest major metropolis. Utah certainly has the advantages and the athletes. So, has apparently I challenge this during Ron McBride and his staff to recruiting off-seas- 6-- 2, 3. and Stevens meet BYU's tandem; the Fox and Stevens team will also play at continue to recruit the athletes and restructure the program so the U. Funderburk-Urba- n . 6:00. As Susie Costa turned to leave the Eccles Center, Tsumas asked her how on improvements, I look for the Utes to give me some answers and batter those buzzards from blizzard hell. Damn it, Utah, beat the Cowpokes! (and everybody else). Maddy d Diekman of BYU before bowing , enthusiastic Ron McBride last off-seas- fourth-seede- Missing from the Utes' singles lineup was senior Kristin Sieginund who was out with a case of the flu. Since team scores are not recorded and the tournament is strictly an individual competition, Siegmund withdrew from singles action in order to recooperate for her doubles match tomorrow with partner Fox after a first round bye today. "We didn't want to risk anything with Kristin since we have dual match competition coming next week. She hasn't played the last ten days except for light workouts the last couple days." In doubles play, the Utah pair of Costa and Stevens punished Weber State's Susie Ennega and Kristin Kelly with hard returns of serve and program? Could it be the coaching? Apparently Athletic Director Chris Hill thought coaching might be the after upset of a Then why can't Utah beat Wyoming? Could it be the Ute can win. In 1990, 5-- one-hande- probably not the big question. I 5 6-- 3, Then, are the Ute recruits the same athletic caliber of the Wyoming players? McNabb responds, "I think so. We have great kids." McNabb, a Utah assistant coach, then proposed his basic formula for a winning team, "Programs win with good kids and good coaches. . .and we have good kids." he deficit in the first set and actually holding 3 lead in the tiebreaker. "Lisa played well, but she didn't concentrate enough to win," explained Tsumas. Paal was definitely the victim of lost opportunities. Former Brighton High star Ruth Ann Stevens almost pulled off an -- 6-- 2, 6-- 2. Among these were: "They like the friendly attitude here. "We have a certain degree of family concept at the U."; "The academic considerations and we're strong in many of the. fields where players want to study"; "Some people love the outdoors' opportunities here"; "Local kids have had a dream all their lives to play for the U.". . . and on and, on. So a recruiting problem is so i 1 1 guru, cited reason after reason football players come to Utah. problem, Wm It gave me the three-mete- r. it also on my but was confidence, mind the whole time." beat Wyoming? 0 over Utah, Sean Framton, Peter Birdman, Giradeau and Ryan Bell apparently had won by just over two seconds. relay ffimi.all she felt after her three Chronicle I'Ihiio In' Boone . Chen d Lady Ute Liz Fox was upset by BYU's Jennifer Holmes in action at the Lady Ute Invitational. The tourney will continue until Saturday afternoon. first-roun- well-playe- d matches. Costa smiled and said, "Like a million bucks!" And Thursday Costa played exactly how she felt. |
