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Show 10 The Daily Utah -- Chronicle FRIDAY, 4, 1998 - mmmsmmwmwmwwM,MM Football and Soccer Looking for Rivals Redemption With SEPTEMBER In-sta- te Erik Martinez coupled with the aggressive game Utah put under its belt on Tuesday, Chronicle Asst. Sports Editor may serve them well going into Saturday. Five players on San Diego were hit with yellow cards, including Gina Poltl, who was nailed with a red card and ejected. Registering goals for Utah on Tuesday were Stacic Burt and Tara McNeil. Both goals came in the second half, and both were assisted by sophomore forward Lorrie Tipton. The duo of Burt and Tipton will be sorely needed against the Aggies, as The University of Utah's vengeance upon Utah State athletics will be twofold on Saturday. While the football team awaits its crack at the Aggies in Logan, the Ute soccer team will be settling a score of its own on Ute field as it hosts Utah State at i p.m. Last season the Aggies beat the Utah team by a count of o in a sudden death overtime. It would the highlight of Utah State's year, as the Aggies put up only a 4-mark by season's end. This year is shaping up to be a Utah hopes to avoid the frustrating shut-othat came last year. "We need to combine around their defenders offensively. We're probably not going to be able to dribble in because they're usually so compact," said Winslow. "If we play good, organized defense, and we can transition ut much different story however, since the Utes have opened up impressively and reinvigorated in 1998. Utah took care of San Diego 1 on the road 2-- Tuesday and gave the Firebirds, an prep team, all they could handle in an exhibition game on August 22. The win at San Diego Tuesday all-ma- le quickly on attack, we should be able to get in before they get numbers back defensively." While the Utes were flustering and frustrating San Diego on Tuesday, their opponents Saturday recorded a win. The Aggies put together a 0 tured a more disciplined, more aggressive brand of soccer by Utah. It's a style that, if duplicated on Saturday, should send the Aggies home dejected and defeated as they watches their football team get worked by I: a 1 2-- win over first year program Idaho McBride's crew. "Our team effort was huge in San Diego. We played hard for the whole 90 minutes," said Utah head coach Amy Winslow. "San Diego was all over us in the first half and got a lot of the play. But we talked about it at half-tim- e and then came out on fire for the second." The revenge factor against USU, State. As was the case with the Utes, the Aggies scored both their goals in the second half, one from Jayne Gordy and the other from Emily Sutherland. Following the contest with the e Aggies, and its poster the Utes turn their attention school. Utah toward another will host Weber State Tuesday at 4:30 sign-ing- s, post-gam- in-sta- te l p.m. ' '' i" " The Ute soccer team ' " ' ' A ' ' ' - , host the Utah State Aggies at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Ute Field. U Blockers to Face First Real Foes Eric Walden eV S Chronicle Sports Writer Having scored a resounding victory over the pitiful Idaho State Bengals on Tuesday, the University of Utah volleyball team will now face its first real challenge of the young season. The Utes left for Pullman, Wash., Thursday afternoon to participate in the Washington State Les Schwab Cougar Challenge. season-- opening ERRN MORE THRN R DECREE The respected tournament invites some of the nation's top teams each year. The Blockin' Utes will play three matches in two nights, beginning with nationally ranked Washington State today at 5 p.m. The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps can start you on an exciting career as a pilot, surface warfare officer, submariner or Marine Corps officer. NROTC midshipman leave the U with more than just a degree, they have Washington State finished 1997 with a 26-- 7 record, placing 4th in the PAC-1- 0 with a 6 conference 12-- mark. The Cougars also reached the round of 16 in last season's NCAA tournament. They begin this year ranked 22nd in the nation, according to the USA TodayAVCA poll. Though the team returns seven letterwinners from last season, only one starter will be back. That player is 6'i" senior middle blocker Jennifer Stinson. She averaged 3.45 kills and 1.56 blocks per game, earning a spot on the Team. The Cougars defeated the Utes 1 last year and hold a 1 lead in series. Subsequently, the Ute coach Beth Launiere knows this will not be an easy game. "We're going to come up against a physical team in Washington State," she said. "It's going to be (the Cougars') first match of the season, so it will help to have a match behind us already. We've developed a good rivalry with them." Following that contest, the Utes move on to play a doublchcadcr on Saturday, beginning with Louisville 7-- 3-- all-ti- at loa.m., followed by Gonzaga at 5 a great job already lined up. 1 -j I 4 - X'Xit - - 1" yti-- j 1 .::' V""" 5 i i 1 oc ID -' v , X Tje (7fes are playing in the tough Washington State Classic today. p.m. The Cardinals bring back four starters and seven letterwinners from a team that went 2 overall and 3 in Conference USA. That finish was good enough for first in their conference. standouts Team Sonya Gubaidulina and Kelly McClain selecwere both tions a year ago. Gubaidulina is a 6'4" senior middle blocker while McClain is a 5'n" sophomore outside hitter who averaged 3.32, kills 16-1- 13-- and 2.57 digs in '97. The redbirds received 12 votes in the 1998 Top 25 poll, thereby creat SCHDLRRSHIPS RVHILHBLE 'scholarships available for qualified sophomores. ing another intriguing matchup for the U. "Louisville's a good team, and they have a lot of foreign players that we really don't know a whole lot about," said Launiere. That makes scouting Louisville near impossible, so it will be a dif--" ficult game for the Utes to get prepared for. Finally, the Utes will finish up their road trip against the vc Gonzaga Bulldogs. Though GU won its first match of the year in three straight games, SCC VOLLEYBALL, Qualified Freshmen can compete for two, three, or four year scholarships. Two year page II For more information contact 3 David Haldeman at or email: dhaldemannavsci.utah.edu LT. 581-672- ...i X |
