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Show Wednesday, November 8, 199s UTtah Hie Daily Utah Chronicle - 9 Sports Today Women's Tennis: ITA Central Region Rolex Tournament (at Eccles Tennis Center) Cleveland Can Only Blame Itself For Losing Team Greg Deacham Qironicle Sports . Writer CLS to Art Modcll. the week Browns' owner announced his intention to move his team to a $200 million stadium in Baltimore, taking his franchise away from its home of five decades. Although the Browns have a rabid following and sell out every home game, Modell has consistendy lost money running the team. Modell wanted the community to foot part of the bill for a bigger stadium. When Ohio balked, Modell walked. Browns fans across the country are mourning ModelTs decision, and the city of Cleveland has erupted in a backlash of hate and bewilderment Some call the move a sacrilege, some call it foolhardy, but it's actually nothing more than a sound business decision. '. If sports in the free agent era has one rule, it's this: you have to pay if you want to play. Baltimore was willing to do , what it takes to field a profes- sional football team, and Cleveland was not End of story. Sports are a business, but in the culture in which we live, the presence of a professional team is a symbol of prestige. Often, a team actually creates and represents a city's sport-promine- nt identity. Orlando is a Mickey Mouse sec "Beacham on page 10 PORTS Utah Jazz: vs. L.A. Lakers, Delta Center, 7 p.m. U. Impressive, But Falls in ITA Tourney Ute Soccer Team's Inaugural Season Fulfills Expectations RlCKVAZOJJEZ Chronicle Sports Writer JAMES EDWARD Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor A classic, '57 baby-blu- e Chevy. Once it gets in motion, there may be no finer sight on the road. On cold winter days, however, you can spend a lot of time waiting for it to warm up. Yesterday, the University of Utah The Utah soccer team has left the building. Don't worry, it's not because the Utes weren't good enough to survive their inaugural season, it is just that the season is over. It's time to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of an the expansion team's first year. "I really feel we had a lot of success this year," Utah head coach Amy Freeman-Winslosaid about her first season at the helm of the Ute program. Utah closed out the season with a victory over Wyoming, finishing fifth place at the first WAG Championships. Its finish was the women's tennis team turned the ignition key and had some trouble getting started as it dropped all three of its matches in the ITA Rolex Central Region Tournament However, impressive Ute performances by juniors Mirja Wallmark w and Diana Marek, and senior Jennifer Smith have head coach John Tsumas thinking this team will be on the road in no time. "I was pleased with the effort," said Tsumas. "We played some tough opponents and played really 1-- fifth-plac- well." 6-- 2. 4-- 2, and frustrating Pasahides with blazing forehands and serves 5-- 3, with tricky topspin. With the score however, Pasahides rallied, mixing up forehands and lobs which had Marek running all over the court With the match tied at Pasahides won the tie breaker 5-- 3, 6-- 6, 7--5. Marek never recovered, losing the next game, eliminating her from the tournament 6-- 2, In doubles action, Utah's two teams played a pro set, in which teams play one to eight games, rather than six. smgle-climinati- set The Ute team of Smith and Wallmark were ousted by Boise State's tandem of Taryn and Siri Malm, Smith, playing her first doubles match in nearly a year and a half due to shoulder Weir-Smit- h 8-- 2. season a which saw the Utes experience most of the ups, which is rare when talking about a new program. Northern Arizona's Sylvia Fasahides 6 Marek held leads of (7-5- ), e culmination of In the early match, Diana Marek lost a tightly contested match to 7-- 0 Chuonku Photo Cathy Linford Diana Marek blasts a wicked return in her match against Northern Arizona's Sylvia Pasahides yesterday. Marek lost 7--6 (7-5- ), 6-- 2. surgery, struggled with her accuracy. As she launched numerous shots out of bounds, her frustration started to net," said Tsumas. show. Wallmark against Iowa State's Raluca Olina. Sophomore Angie Olson will face Kansas' Kylie Hunt, Things weren't going so well, so I got a little bit down," said Smith. "My shot is coming back a lot slower than I expected, but it's getting there." In other doubles action, Marek and Rebecca Foulger battled a tough Kansas State team of Dorodnova Tsumas was satand Nicholson, isfied with his team's performance. "(Marek and Foulger) forced their team to commit a lot of errors and played them well away from the 8-- 5. Today Utah begins its action in the tournament's main draw, pitting and sophomore Linda Engblom will Kansas State's Kurina Kuregian. The latter matches will put Utah in an unenviable role, battling against the tournament's top face two seeds. Tsumas isn't worried. "We have two very good underdogs going against two great players," said Tsumas. "I think we have a chance to pull some upsets." . "Everything exceeded The average attendance at Utah's home matches was 721. The largest crowd of 1,468 came out to see Utah battle Brigham Young on Oct. 27. The emotion displayed both on the field and in the stands at the matchups leaves no reason to doubt that this rivalry will blossom as it has in all see "Soccer" on page 10 Ute-Coug- Pigskin Picks for Pizza at The Pie Pizzeria Sparky Speaks Looking for some expert advice to aid you in Pigskin Picks? Look no further: Sparky has spoken. That's right Fresh from his World Scries coverage for the Late Shaw with David Lttterman, Sparky Mortimer, the world's greatest (only?) sportscastcr, has offered the Chronicle his picks ' to help you win a two-itepizza from The He. 14-inc- Take into consideration Sparky's teams to avoid: Hawaii and the New York Giants. "Hawaii just stinks," Sparky says. The Giants stink just like Hawaii" Now that you know who not to. pick, just return this completed form to the Chrony office, room 240, Union, before 5 pjn. Friday. Last week's winner, Brad Hcdberg"er with cheese", picked his vay to a pic with a 12-- record. Sparky's new pal Ricky "Chip" Vazquez led Chrony staffers with an 11-record. Jimmy "Buddy" Edward finished one game behind Vazquez. Jimmy "Skippy" Jardine posted an even Greg "fttey" Beacham leads showthe overall race despite an ing last week while Rhctt "Corky" Evans continued his downward slide with a showing. 6 7 This week's games Jardine 6M2 BYU BYU at New Mexico Hawaii at Colorado St CSU Wyoming Wyoming at SDSU UTEP at Fresno St Army at Air Force Nebraska at Kansas Washington at UCLA Falcons at Bills Raiders at Giants Patriots at Dolphins Seahawks at Jaguars Panthers at Rams Bears at Packers Colts at Saints ehif t Charges Bues at Lions 49ers at Cowboys Broncos at Eagjes Edward Fresno St. Air Force Nebraska 66-4- 2 Beacham 68-4-0 Evans Vazquez 62-4- 60-4- 6 8 Sparky 65-4- 82-2- BYU BYU BYU BYU CSU CSU SDSU CSU SDSU CSU SDSU Fresno St. Fresno St. Air Force CSU SDSU Fresno St. Air Force Air Force Air Force Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska UCLA Wash. UCLA Falcons Bills Bills" Fresno St. UCLA Bills UCLA Falcons UCLA Bills Raiders Raiders Raiders Raiders Raiders Raiders Dolphins Dolphins Dolphins Dolphins Dolphins Dolphins Seahawks Rams Packers Seahawks Seahawks Rams Bears Seahawks Rams Packers Jaguars Jaguars Panthers Packers Rams Packers Colts Chiefs Lions Colts Chiefs Colts Colts Chiefs Colts- Lions. BllCS Cowboys Broncos Cowboys Broncos Colts Chiefs Lions Cowboys Broncos Cowboys Cowboys Broncos Eagles Rams Packers Lions Chiefs Lions Cowboys Broncos Your Pick 3 BYU SDSu" Fresno St. Air Force Nebraska - Chiefs 9-- 8-1-1 1 Name. Phone. Tiebreaker (byu at new Mexico) TOTAL POINTS IN GAME my expectations in terms of the support from the university, in terms of the crowd and the community said. support," Freeman-WinsloJudging by the fans who appeared regularly in the bleachers and Ute Soccer Field, it is safe to say that the University of Utah is glad to finally have a soccer team. 6 |