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Show 1? 1 3 CHRONICLE UTAH DAILY THE it A ? ; Four Utes Named ing 45.2 percent from beyond the arc. Jeff Johnsen led the team in steals (36) and was second in assists (2.89 apg). In MWC games, Johnsen was 15th in the league in scoring (12.1 shooting (40.1 percent). ppg) and 10th in In 14 MWC contests, Spivey averaged 7.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.43 assists a game. Spivey was second in the 10 league in assists per game, and posted a career-hig- h assists in a win over Pepperdine. RORY BRUNNER Chronicle Asst. Sports Editor First Team Marcus Bailey Ruben Douglas Wyoming New Mexico Randy Holcomb San Diego State Utah Britton Johnsen Dalron Johnson 190 6-- 5 200 222 6-- 5 6-- 9 UNtV Jr. Jr. CF Sr. F F On the heels of a 6 loss to Wyoming for the conference championship, the Utah men's basketball team has some drive heading into the MWC Tournament in Las Vegas. Four Utes received postseason honors, spearheaded by forward Britton Johnsen being named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year. "I'm not trying to be humble, but I don't think I really deserved it," said Johnsen, who was a Second Teamer last team. year and was voted to the preseason that coaches feel "But if other way, great" "I've always believed the league champ should have the MVP, because someone on the team enabled (the team to do that," coach Rick Majcrus said. Still, Johnsen has been instrumental for the Utes since center Chris Burgess went down with a torn ligament Dec. 29. Johnsen, a junior from Murray, Utah, has in led the U in rebounding u of 17 games since the injury. Over that span, Johnsen recorded five earning double digits in points and rebounds each time. In league games, Johnsen's 15.3 points and 8.1 rebounds ranked a respective seventh and third in the conference. Also in MWC games, Johnsen shot 55.7 percent from the land. In 27 starts this field and 40.4 percent from and 6.5 rebounds. year, Johnsen averaged 13.2 points in During the season, Johr.scn has set new carccr-high- s Feb. State and rebounds on 2) Colorado (28 against points (14 against Colorado State on Feb. 28). Three other Utes joined him in earning postseason honors. Sophomore shooting guard Nick Jacobson and senior guardforward Jeff Johnsen were both named to the MWC's Third Team, and senior point guard Travis Spivey rounded out the accolades with an Honorable Mention. Jacobson averaged 13.2 points per game this season, shoot- 57-5- C 6-- 9 213 6-- 9 205 Jr. Jr. 6-- 1 195 Jr. G 6-- 2 178 Sr. G 6 8 225 F 6 6 210 F 0 260 Jr. Jr. Jr. F Second Team Marcus Banks UNLV AlFaux Brian Greene San Diego State Colorado State Travis Hansen BYU UcheNsonwu Amadi Wyoming FC Third Team trie Chatfield Josh Davis NickJacobson Jeff Johnsen Donta Richardson New Mexico 6-- 3 215 Sr. G Wyoming Utah 6-- 8 235 Sr. FC 6-- 4 194 So. G double-double- Utah 6-- 4 204 Sr. GF Wyoming 6-- 2 170 Jr. G Honorable Mention Yazzie (Sr., G). Tom Bellairs (Jr., F), Joel Gerlach (So., F); y Bigelow (So., F), Matt Montague (Sr., G), Eric Nielsen (Sr., F); Colorado Stat- e- Andy Bland (Jr., G); Dennehy (So., F); San Diego State-To- ny (Jr., C); New Mexico-PatriAir Force-lamo- ni BYU-M- ark Bir-Ic- ck UNLV-L- ou Kelly (Sr., F); Player of the Freshman of the Year-Britt- Utah-Tra- Spivey (Sr., G). vis Johnsen, Utah on Year-Jas- Straight, WyomingJared Jensen, on Defensive Player of the Coach of the Year-Ste- ve BYU Banks, UNLV Year-Mar- cus McClain, Wyoming All-MW- C rbrunnerchronicie.utah.edu v i .y r ... V r. if s, V- Ute junior Britton Johnsen was voted as - the MWC's top player by the league's head coaches. Softball Comes Home, Gets Wins Top Teams Defeat CPs Women Metiers lllll ' I' IBJU Mil LANCE GAMERO Chronicle Sports Writer finally being able to pl.iy a game in the state helped the U Softball team get hack to its winning ways this past weekend in St. George, Utah. Ilic Uu-- played five teams and beat three o" them decisively before losing close games to top-1teams. The Utes started the trip defeating after the mercy rule Santa Barbara became effective. I'ac-iteam Oregon was next and the Utes used good hitThe ting to kiimk off the Ducks, mercy rule then applied again to Fasten) Kentucky. Alter the thiee wins, the Utes got to teams Washington and plav top-1Staiiloid. but he Utes lost to Washington Ute coach Mona Stevens was happy with her team's performance against the Huskies. feeling somewhat apprehensive against the Cardinal, the Utes trailed in the bottom of the sevStanford enth inning. Then I.yndsey Trevis hit a two-rudouble with two outs to start a rally. However, with the bases loaded, Nik i H.iyhurst grounded out to cut the rally short. Although the U wasn't able to beat a team this trip, Stevens was top-1the team's performance, with happy in the hitting. especially ' ' ASAD KUDIYA Cnronicie Sports Writer - . 10-- 0 o sys r fA teaxa's schedule as the Utes fight toward the Mountain West Conference Championships. Over the weekend, three nationally ranked teams came into the Ecclcs Tennis Center to face the Utes. The No. Washington Huskies, No. 59 Kansas Jayhawks and the No. 27 Washington State Cougars defeated the Utes, which ended the Utes' winning streak. The Huskies, swept the Utes and are 1 on the season. The closest matchup was junior Cassie Kasteler's loss to Erin Hoe, "We wanted to use this opportunity to break out into national rankings, but we played extremely hard and I'm proud of our team,5 U coach John Tsumas said. The ordeal of facing tough teams was far from over for the Utes, though. The Kansas match, at least. - 7-- 10-- I ed two-mat- 4-- 6-- 4, 0 Softball, p.igo 7 SKIING NCAA Championship 36 All After almost 30 road games, the Utes are finally back MEN'S TENNIS at Utah Day Anchorage, Alaska o, 9-- n see ch 7-- 4-- 0 vs Rbrt Morris Utah 36 & The (2-1- ) (5-5- ) at 5 p.m. Sports Mall CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR In 2-- 6, 7-- was much closer, as the Utes were downed Kasteler kept up the good play, as she defeated HowChristi Wagenarr, 2 ever, the doubles teams could not get it done and the Utes barely lost the match. Finally, if you look at the Washington State score, which was you might think that the Utes were completely dominated but that was not the case. "We had plenty of opportunities to upset the Cougars," Tsumas said. "We held two small leads in the doubles with Irini Kotoglou and Ellen Svensson. They took an early 2 lead against a nationally ranked opponent. Kasteler and Allison Hansen had a 1 early lead, but just couldn't hold on. I was espeLinn cially pleased with Ronnberg and Sheri Esrock. They were down 1 early in the match, but fought back to The road does not get much easier for the Utes, as they will face Idaho State on March 8 and then No. SMU will come to town to face the Utes on March 10. 4-- A string of tough teams has come in the U women's tennis s 0 ' 6. 6-- vs Utah UNLV 05-11- ) 3-- 2-- 6-- 5-- 46-rank- ed ahudiyachronicle.utah.edu (21-6- ) 36 at 8:30 p.m. PT Las Vegas, Nev. ERIC "WALLY" WALDEN MEN'S HOOPS vs Colorado St Utah 02-1- WOMEN'S TENNIS vs Idaho State 7) Utah (20-7- ) (3-- 4) (5-5- ) 38 at 2 p.m. The Sports Mall 37 at 6 p.m. PT Las Vegas, Nev. EWALDENCHRONICLE.UJAH.EDU 6-- 1. 7-- 0, the state. WOMEN'S HOOPS 3. 581-704- 1 |