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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE FRIDAY, MARCH TRACK continued from page son will be competing for the first time this ye at as she has battled leg and hip injuries. At the 2000 MWC Outdoor Championships, Nielsen placed fourth in the 10.000-metrun, but she will compete in the on Saturday. "We're going to run her in the 5,000-metbecause she is still overcoming her injury. We don't want to push her," said Jones. RORYBRUNNER 10 last fait The junior will be competing in the run, 5,000-met"We're starting to push Teren so he can qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, said Jones. Representing the female population will be Johanna Nielsbn. Niel- - country er er 5,000-met- er er fs FtS?" ' RANDALL HARRINGTON Chronicle Sports Writer Don't blink, or you might miss the University of Utah men's tennis team's matches against Mountain We?t Conference opponents. The conference season began last weekend in Provo and ends this weekend in San Diego, with Utah facing No. 37 UNLV today and Sah Diego State on Saturday. Utes (7-lost to No. 70 BYU and The No. New Mexico last weekend, defeating only the Air Force conference record. Academy, for a the Utes lost two doubles matches, giving BYU, Against the Cougars the doubles point. Daniel Carlsson and David Mercicr won for the Utes Nik Yip and Kevin Zenger from the No. 2 doubles spot, lost to the tandem of Carlos Lozano and Gcrt 7) -2 vl "V3 8-- 4. 4 V, I7th-rank- Vilms, cd 6-- 4, 6-- 1. the victory. IMkIv f safer! 1 The University of Utah women's tennis team MWC) will travel to Las Vegas this weekend for two Mountain West Conference matches. Utah will start things off by playing the host school, UNLV, Friday, March 30 and San Diego State Saturday, March 4-- 8, BASEBALL continued from page 9 Pitcher of the Week last week, fired his second straight complete game in game one of the series against UNLV, raising his record to Bailey is tabbed to get the start today against Aztec hurler Rory Shortell, who is 1 thus far. Short-e- ll is second in wins for SDSU behind reliever Royco Ring. In 16 appearances, Ring has won five games for the Aztecs 5-- 2. 4-- and has a 1.56 ERA to his credit Still, SDSU's real threat is its sticks. As a team, the Aztecs are hitting .305. In other Mountain West action, the BYU Cougars tied for second in the conference will travel to Vegas for three with the Rebels. In a battle of cellar dwellers, New Mexico (4-- 5 MWC) Air Force travels to The Utes follow the Aztec series by welcoming BYU to designated home e Franklin Covey Field for a series starting April 5. last-pla- (3-6- ). three-gam- 5-- 8-- 5, 10-- 3 11- -2 8-- 5. Women Continue in Conference MARK HARMSEN Chronicle Sports Writer Josh France and the Utes take on San Diego State this weekend. Because the Cougars had already secured the win, and because both teams will endure two more matches this weekend, the remaining singles contests of that match were not played. In their sole win over Air Force, the Utes swept the three doubles matches, earning the doubles point. They continued winning in the singles side, taking four of six matches, and came away with a 2 victory. and each Zenger and Yip won their doubles match won his singles match from the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively. Carlsson won from the No. 4 position, while in dual Scheepers won from the No. 5 slot to improve to play this season. Scheepers and Tyler Poulson's win in douon the season. bles improved their record the doubles point, as only lost Utah New Mexico, Against Utah also Mercier and Carlsson came out with a victory, took it on the chin in singles play as only No. 2 Mercier and No. 3 Nicholas Yip won, and the I.obos took the victory. Though the Utes conclude their MWC schedule this weekend, their season will play continue with five more matchups starting against St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., this Sunday. 5-- 2 8-- 6. In singles, Corrie Scheepers earned Utah's sole victory from the No. 5 position, defeating BYU's Anton Rudjuk, BYU proceeded to win at the top three positions, sealing f, 2- -1 31- - three earned singles wins against Air Force, although both Kareld and Thomus suffered injury defaults in their singles matches against the New Mexico. Thomas, at No. 4, rolled her ankle severely and may be out of action for this weekend's matches. Meanwhile, the Rebels of UNLV arc the defending Mountain West Conference champions, but they have struggled this season, posting a 7 record, with their most recent loss to Big Ten Ohio State, power and Following this tight loss, the Rebels were blown out at home by Stanford Despite these losses, the Rebels moved up 15 spots in the rankings to 4-- The Utes extended their winning streak to three matches after edging before out the Falcons of Air Force, No. 38 New Mexico snapped it with a 0 shutout on Saturday. This weekend's matches will be very important in determining the Utes' fate as they vie for a good seed in the postseason. Utah has been receiving some big contributions from Irini Kotoglou, Heidi Thomas and Frida Kareld. All 4-- 3, 7-- 4-- 3. 2ist-rank- (7-0- ). No. 60. The San Diego State Aztecs recently improved their record to 6 with their impressive 1 victory over Princeton. The Aztecs arc ranked 54th in the nation and sixth in the West Region. 6-- 6-- Their arc extremely strong in doubles competition. The sophomore pair of Silvia Tornier and Lindsey Hedberg are ranked 33rd nationally and eighth in the region. Whitney Wells and Katja Karrento are ranked third in doubles in the region. The Aztecs have won two of their last three matches and lead the Utah scries Following their matches this weekend, the Utes will head back to Utah here they Will finish out the regular season. On Saturday, April 7, Utah will take rival and on No. BYU. On April 14 and 15, Utah will play host to No. 37 Fresno State and Wyoming, respectively. The Utes close out the regular season with a match in Ogden against Weber State on April 17 before the MWC Championships get underway April 26 and 27 in Fort 8-- 0. ed te Collins, Colo. Matt Canham needs you to apply for a position on The Daily Utah Chronicle. Yes. 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