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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, WALDEN continued from page 2001 15 VOLLEYBALL 14 continued from page Clearly, this man is more than any coach, general manager or psychotherapist is equipped to handle. His antics could convince a priest to sell his soul to Satan and spend eternity working for a phone sex compa- i ' s ' ' .,CVV ny, just to never have to deal with the dunce again. At least, however, he makes no pretense about his lack of devotion. Sure, every year when the latest "Will Someone Take a Chance on Isaiah?" episode rears its ugly head, he says all the right things, makeall the right promises about how he's committed now to the team he's with, and there will be no more no more tardiness to practices and games, no more selfish- ; ence with 2.97 digs per game. Allison Peckham will be the primary setter, and is leading the conference with 13.44 assists per game. The Utes will then have to travel to face the Wyoming Cowgirls the very next day, but Wyoming is at least a little less challenging than the Rams. Wyoming stands at 4 overall and in conference play. The team is coming off a loss to the San Diego State Aztecs. The Cowgirls are led by sophomore Michelle Rauter and senior Rachel Lue. Rauter is third in the conference with 4.00 kills per game, while Lue is fifth with 3.76 per game. Freshman setter Amy Doman is second only to CSU's Peckham in assists per game 6-- - s, ness. .with It's understood that, unless Webster's has your mug next to the word "gullible," you don't buy it no matter how much free Microsoft software comes included. People expect Rider to take the money (in this case, a $840,000 contract) and run. It comes as a little bit more of a surprise, however, when someone like Jim Mcllvaine is able to pull it -1 12.57. Defensively, Wyoming will need great play out of freshman Sara who is third in the conference with 2.97 digs per game. The Utes have a huge weekend and, if they come out undefeated, they will have proved that they are a serious contender for the MWC title. Howevthen it will er, if the team goes have taken a major setback and might have killed its chances to win the conference title. Either way, this will be a very telling weekend for the volleyball team. May-toren- a, one-yea- r, off. 12 0-- 2, x 0 mmmfWtwy; 1 a. , V ..:' " , v X . ( 5 and ! True, he is a seven-footei .v ' i I therefore inevitably destined to r riiiiiiiiittB'naifflrmiHrtMiMiTtitff' rn. "iMmmn r, receive sufficient attention from akudiyachronicle.utah.edu Kim Turner and the U volleyball team face a tough test Friday playing at unbeaten Colorado State. NBA GMs to make their wives question their husbands' sexuality, but you take one look at the crew-c'do and the cheesy goatee and wouldn't think him capable of dupe job. pulling off a Rider-esqu- e Despite never averaging more VI than 3 points per game in three ASAD KUDIYA lee Gardner lead the team, as they years with the Seattle SuperSonics, Chronicle Sports Writer he convinced the New Jersey Nets posted 6 and 7 individual records r, million last year. to give him a $35 After a disappointing season mired deal. This weekend will be a great test to 106 Now, after playing just games by many injuries to key players, the find out if the Utes can compete in the in the past three years and never University of Utah's women's tennis MWC. They must show well in this scoring team is going to attempt to make a run tourney because things don't get any translating his Jordan-lik- e ability into anything above 2.4 ppg, at the Mountain West Conference title. easier afterward. he's told the Nets he doesn't really The Utes finished last season with a Meanwhile, leading the U men will like basketball, and agreed to let record of be David Mercier, who finished on the team. Nicholas them buy out the remaining two The men's tennis team also had a MWC fifth and Corrie as finished it years of his contract worth $12.6 disappointing year, Yip Scheepers will be the senior leaders. in the Mountain West Conference. million, mind you for a This weekend, the men will head up $7 million sum. Leading the women this year will be I want to call the Nets fools for to BYU to compete against the Y, Boise team captain Irini Kotoglou, Cassie State, Utah State and Weber State. Kasteler, Sheri Esrock and Linn paying a man an average of $3.5 milBYU is the favorite, as it won the lion a year to do nothing for them, Ronnberg. vi .rA-5.6: but then, considering This week, the women's team will MWC last year. Utah will have to test that he appeared in but 18 games (at 10.8 host the Utah Invitational from Oct. 4 its thought of competing in the Mountain West against BYU. minutes per) a year ago, and hauled to 7, and will compete against three Weber State, Utah State and Boise in a whopping 1.6 points and 1.9 teams. Utah State, Weber State and State will also help determine if the rebounds last year, I guess they Southern Utah will come up to comUtes have improved over the offseason. were already doing that. pete against each other. Men's coach F.D. Robbins knows Sarah led "It's just a personal opinion, he's a Utah State is by junior match is important. this guy who doesn't really enjoy the Lowe, though she did not do very well "Its a good way to see where the game of basketball. Why have him in her opener, as she lost a match to here? It's like torture," said Nuts...er, Weber State's Threina Steenkamp. players are at and how they will react to different situations," he said. Nets...coach Byron Scott. Steenkamp will lead the Wildcats After disappointing seasons for both That's some pretty flattering stuff. into the Eccles Tennis Center. She has 1 win an teams, they wilf see if they can comimagine he had to have had also already scored impressive some pretty good excuses for both over BYU's Dominique Reynolds. pete for a conference title with a prehis feigned and actual ineptitude Southern Utah does not have much view of the season this weekend. akudiyachronicle. utah. edu along the way (C'mon coach...I don't talent, though Kelly Paterson and Ash- wanna get posterized with this hairi cut. I promise I'll go to the barber tomorrow. Wink, wink.) before finally dropping the ruse and copSOUTH STATE IN SALT LAKE CITY ping to suckering a group that, quite frankly, has a reputation for being t J suckers in personnel decisions. 7:30 10:30 TUESDAY - THURSDAY I suppose I could complain about 7:30 12:00 FRIDAY & SATURDAY how inherently unfair it is that men NUMBER ONE CLOSED SUNDAY & MONDAY M such as Rider and Mcllvaine can HAUNTED draw a FAST PASS $16 ADULTS: $13 check to skip pracOur Participation in Creation feir tice and a seven-figur- e ri ATTRACTION one to show j CHILDREN $6 The Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish, Presenter: up and sit on the bench in a cheap FREE CHILDREN UNDER 6: Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah suit, when I can be in my office till 1 FOR GROUP RATES CALL Where: Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library midnight or beyond and not make University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah enough to afford the wardrobe of 8 DIFFERENT ATTRACTIONS, INCLUDING THE the guy who cleans Bill Gates' pool, When: Thursday, October 4 from 4 - 5:30 p.m. . INFO CALL: 463-770- 1 SCARASSIC PARK IN THE DARK-- F0R but that's not my beef... The western view of trio wcrid. Bid our pJnce in I'm just wondering if there's some has sMled fltca'iy m tho last one ttiousana years V kind of special class these guys took The Reverend Irish will ttscuss how to reoonoie AVA -- .4 T4 C-and religious perspectives dcademic. political, that teaches the art of excuse-makinwe msi live honorably or. the eu'th because I sure as hell want in. 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