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Show FRIDAY, MARCH 10 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 23, 2001 - oftball to Battle No. 2 'Cats 4 and only loss to Texas on March 17 at the Kia Klassic in Fulierton, Calif. rival Utah State Utah will return home to host on Wed., March 28. This single game will be at 3 p.m. at Ute Field. On Fri., March 30, the Utes open Mountain West Conference play with a doubleheader at New Mexico and finish up the road trip in Fort Collins, Colo., for a twinbill with the Colorado State Rams on April 1. recent MARK HARMSEN Chronicle Sports Writer in-sta- te fw.t . The University of Utah scftball team PY Arizona Wildcats (29-1- ) today and Saturthe No. day. Winners of their last four, the Utes' chances look better than ever to pull off an upset. Mountain West Conference Player Led by of the Week Lyndsey Trevis, the Utes were a perfect 0 in last week's Florida State Tournament. Utah clinched the No. seed in the tournament before it was rained out on the last day of competition. The Utes UConn defeated Florida A&M Georgia State ), ). (4-and Bethune Cookman Trevis went (.474) with seven runs, two doubles, two home runs, one walk and seven RBI last week. She was one of nine players selected from 14 teams to the team. "She just keeps on getting better progressively as the year continues," said Utah coach Mona Stevens. "Lynd-seydoing what she is capable of doing; she is hitting the ball well, and I feel that she might be one of the top in the country." The Utes also got some impressive play from sophomore Niki Hayhurst. The returning player with four runs, two doubles, two home runs hit and five RBI, for a .529 batting average. owned the Senior Hurler Kristin Arbogast (now mound, pitching 22.1 innings and giving up only 12 hits, one earned run and six walks in five appearances. Junior outfielder Molly McLean also contributed, stealing six bases for the Utes in the tourney. shutout victories, the Utes Coming off two double-dig- it can't afford to be overconfident against the Wildcats. Arizona may be seeking to let out some aggression due to its (18-1- r r vs. back-to-bac- 3) k 4-- ' I" 1 (2-c- (n-o- ), 2) (10-0- 's third-basem- en 13-- 8) 'fiir- r miwi The Utes went undefeated In - last week's Florida State tournament. Kristin Arbogasst's strong pitching will have to he betsecond-ranke- d Arizona. ter than ever as the Utes face Baseball Set to Star MWC Season Today RORY BRUNNER Chronicle Asst. Sports Editor 12-- 10-6- What a difference a week makes. After stalling last week's home opener a day, due to snow, the Utah baseball team gets to utilize the current perfect weather in the Salt Lake Val- -. e homestand startley for a today. ing The Utes have won four of their last five games, and carry a 2 MWC record into today's 2 p.m. matchup with the UNLV Rebels. Utah is locked atop the MWC list along with San Diego State and BYU. The Rebels, on tne vear are on the other end of the proverbial totem pole. Evened up at 3 in the MWC, the Rebels enter the weekend on a e skid, with their most recent losses coming in a sweep at the hands of San Diego State. Donnie Saba enters the series with the hottest stick on the U roster. In the three-gam- e block with the Air Force Academy last week (in which three-gam- 4-- 11-- 3-- four-gam- IS xf M igg ffl II1 pi TS the Utes won 2 and 4 before losand Saba went ing scored seven times. The sophomore left fielder currently leads the team in stolen bases (8) and is tied for the lead with Sam Swenson for triples (4). Swenson has supplied the bulk of the offense, with team highs in runs (28), homers (6), total bases (70), slugging percentage (.714) and percentage (479). Freshman Mike Westfall has been a pleasant surprise, leading the club and MWC in batting average (.381), and doubles (12), as well as a team-hig- h 40 hits. The Ute hackers lead the MWC in nearly every statistical category, including batting average, runs scored, RBI, homers, total bases, slugpercentging percentage and on-ba- se . on-ba- se age. On the hill, Ryan Bailey has a team-hig- h four wins and 32 whiffs. Mitch Maio has an impressive 1.93 ERA and 0 record in 23.1 innings pitched. 2-- MARCH 26-3- f Over 4000 Books MATH SCIENCE MEDICAL HISTORY LITERARY ijzM. 14-- ), M Saes re mi BUSINESS mi!e Suwiies is$t 1 1 I I |