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Show Tuesday, April 4, 1995 14 The Daily Utah Chronicle Air Force spoils sluggers' opener Bruins' bask in glory again, earn first title in 20 years loses r3 Utah year's first homestand r-- J V BY JIM O'CONNELL Associated Press fS-fc- ; - BY JAMES JARDINE Chronicle Staff Writer SEATTLE With the Wizard in the stands and its point guard on the bench, UCLA worked its own brand of sorcery over Arkansas. UCLA won its first national tide The University of Utah baseball team dropped both ends of its home opener doubleheader Thursday against Air Force. loss in the first game With a and a loss in the second, Utah remains winless in the WAC (0-- in 89-7- 8 because injured Tyus Edney barely played. Bruins won their The record 11th NCAA title before a 7 top-ranke- tides in (If n & - ar and basketball games. Utah athletic director Chris Hill MtyaU d The takes a swat: U. freshman Casey Child has played far his beyond years in center field. He had one hit and two runs in Mond ly's losses to Air Force. man-Chil- BY PATRICK SKELTRA Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor Four runs spells doom team. But when cess that the The U. survived weak fielding and scoring only two earned runs and defeated SUU twice by the score of on Saturday. The win boosted the U. to 1 in WAC play you have had the sucUniversity of Utah has Dollar, who replaced Edney when his sprained right wrist forced him to the sideline after only 2 12 minutes. "I'm very proud," Wooden said. "To be honest, I didn't think they could win it without Edney. He makes that team. run. But Bailey and Dollar played wonderfully." As UCLA received the championship trophy, O'Bannon, who was voted the outstanding player in the overall. and "They always play us tough, and we plan on that," said U. coach Jo Evans, commenting on SUlTs record. "They seem to play their ' 14-1- 1 4-2- 2 best when they play us." SUU had a 2-- 1 5-- 1-- 0 lead in both games, but lost when the U. rallied said the deal with the station, owned by New York-base- d V -- i t, V - Arkansas 76, Duke 72 1933 - North Carolina 77, Michigan 7 ' 1992 -- Duke 71, Michigan 71 199172, Kansas 65 1490 - UNLV 1989 -- MidiaHfW.Scton 1988 19S7 tttll 79 (Crt) " Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79 - Indiana ' ' 74, Syracuse 73 72,Duke69 ; 19a6rLouisviBe 19S5 " : 103, Duke 73 VtUanova 66, Georgetown 64 ''- in both games in means that were far from conventional. With one out in the bottom of the fifth in the first game, Emily Rushton beat out an infield hit. One out later, Tammy Beer singled to left, moving Rushton to third. Stacie Reynolds walked to load the bases, before Cyndee Bennett hit a slow Instead, it slipped under-heglove and her toss to the shortstop covering third was wild, enabling Rushton and Beer to score with the tying and eventual run. 1 J v.-- ft J A game-winnin- g "The one that stuck up for us today was Emily Rushton," said w Evans. "We weren't getting any production from our designated player and she did a real nice job." lead in the first SUU took a inning of the second game when Monica Jimincz threw a wild pitch on a swinging third strike, enabling what would have been the second out of the inning to reach base safely. One out later, Tammi Shruck tripled to right for the only extra-bas- e hit of the day to give the the early advantage. The U. earned the run back in . 0 - TV sports coverage. The Hatch family no longer and If ,x AN T-Bir-ds the bottom of the frame when The nationally, ranked Utah football program became a good television draw last season. The same was true for Ute basketball, which claimed a Western Athletic Conference title and trip to the A Sandy Rhea walked and took second on a sacrifice by Beer. Rhea stole third and when Reynolds grounded to third, Rhea scored uncontested, n it NCAAs this year. . i .i run once again in the fifth when Michelle Brown beat a throw frnm shortstop. Brown stole second and Indeed, three football games Young, Utah-Ai- r Mexico -Force and Utah-Ne21 a rating and averaged healthy 56 share on KUTV Channel 2 last -Ut- ah-Brigham w out another infield hit. Behind in the count . see "contract on page 15 1994 Beer at third for the third out. market, where for years KALL and KUTV television-- - once owned by the George C. Hatch dominated U of U radio family Several local stations are inter ested in joining KUTV in competing for the television contract this time around. Champions ball, she probably would have forced 1 changes in the local broadcasting fall. ' 5 r The apparent competitiveness for the contract reflects recent owns KALL, and has a minority interest in KUTV, which currently is held by NBC. That network plans to turn the station over to this summer. NCAA 1 Had SUU third baseman Stacy Culligan been able to pick up the Broadcasting, should bring the school about $200,000 a year. Still to be awarded are television rights, also expected to be lucrative given the school's recent athletic successes. "We're sending out a RFP (request for proposal)," Hill said. "All of the Utah television stations will get a chance to bid." see "champs" on page roller to third. A Apollo The Razorbacks had come to rely on its great defense anu great player, Corliss Williamson, in the softball takes two 2 - 1 victories had the past few years, four runs is usually enough. Especially when it is against Southern Utah University. in two games usually for a collegiate softball chanting, "Tyus! Tyus! Tyus!" For Arkansas, it was the end of a tournament run of close finishes and it ended one game short of becoming the second repeat champion since Wooden's Bruins won seven in a row, ending in 1973. years before retiring in man Toby Bailey and Cameron OrnmicU Pbift Masahir pact; deal up for grabs The UCLA fans then started Ed O'Bannon stepped up as he was supposed to, but so did fresh- i ' U. Total recall: u.a9ree!!"?yv i.v. rduiu 12 here." 1975. 4-- 4 The of has Utah awarded University KALL Radio a contract to broadcast Runnin' Utes football d Kingdome crowd that included John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood who led UCLA to 10 at-b- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) and kept the from repeating victoMonday night with an more was even that impressive ry 7-- 5 9-- 4 and drops to overall. The Falcons set the tone right off the bat as leadoff hitter Lance Massey hit a home run off Utah of ace Mike Sagas in the first the first game. U. first baseman Kevin Bracy, ' who missed (he previous 17 games with a broken thumb, responded with a two-ruhomer in the bottom of the first. "He's a fantastic player," coach Steve Gillispie said of Bracy. "He's a guy that makes us go. He gave us a lead but unfortunately we couldn't hold onto it and make his return a little more exiting." Utah did hold on Jong enough in the to keep the score tied at seventh frame, sending the game into extra innings. Both teams failed to score in the see "baseball" on page 15 20 years Razorbacks tournament, turned to the Bruins' fans in the stands," pointed at' Edney and shouted: "This is the real MVP right here. He got us 1-- Rhea was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. Beer fhed out to left before Reynolds worked the count to before walking, scoring Brown with 3-- 2 ' Andi Moore takes her cats In Sarurday'i doubleheader sweep of Southern Utah. With wins la their first home games of the season, the U. boosted their record to 1 overall, 1 WAC 14-1- 5-- the winning run.z " |
