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Show DAILY THE IT3 TO Li LI CHRONICLE UTAH n ra Women's Season Could Come to an End Versus Rebs ERIC WALDEN Chronicle Sports Editor year ago, the U women's hoops team had swept through the MWC season at an undefeated only to encounter a bit of trouble in the conference tourney semifinals, when an upstart BYU team scored the upset. It didn't matter, though, as the Utes berth to the were a lock for an A 14-- 0, there is go guaranteed trip to NCAAs, or even surviving into the conference tournament semifinals, for that matter. That being said, can the Utes keep their season going? The fact that coach Elaine Elliott is speaking in plural terms indicates that she certainly thinks so. "We need to continue to be focused and ready to play. Every team we face will be competitive and I would expect nothing less this time around. I'll be expecting some good games from our team, as well as our opponents," she said. Every team... Good games... Opponents... All plural. Indicating a win over UNLV and a ticket to the second round at the very least. Then again, Elliott is biased. Obviously she thinks the Utes will beat the Rebels. But can they really do it? They did less than a week ago. Last Saturday, the U went into Las Vegas for its final game of the season, at-lar- ge NCAA Tourney. This year, as Utah prepares for d MWC matchup tonight's with UNLV in Vegas's Thomas & Mack Center, things are a little different. True, the Utes did close the regular season by winning five of their last six, but even that late surge only got them to overall, 6 in league games. Now, matched against the home 5 team Rebels, who only fell to n to end the year, with a first-roun- f it' V.; 21-- 6, First Teamer Lauren Beckman and the Utes begin MWC Tournament play tonight in Las Vegas. 69-6- 8-- 15-- C 5 and stole a victory on LV's home court. Then again, when they played at the Huntsman Center, the Rebs got 9-- see WOMEN'S HOOPS, page 7 mini-swoo- This Week's Winner: - I .- I 1 r1 n JUV I! Conference Tournament Bum lyj(o plipiiiiijy Want to win free food from Red Rock?Just pick the winning teams and submit your contest form to Union 240 by Friday, 5 p.m. Remember... You can't win if you don't play. The Week's Games Walden Mountain West (M) Wyoming SDSU Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Utah Kansas Oklahoma State Kansas Kansas Kansas Kansas Texas ASM Oklahoma Atlantic Coast Maryland Maryland Duke Duke Duke Duke Maryland Duke Big West Utah State Utah State Utah State Utah State Utah State Utah State Bowling Green Ball Bowling Green Bowling Green Kent State use Arizona Arizona Stanford Big Pac-1- XII 0 (45-3- Brunner 5) (52-28- ) Kudiya State (48-32- ) Camero (45-3- 5) Canham (55-25- ) Seaman (49-3- Whitley 1) (42-38- ) Wojo UC-!rvi- Kent State West Michigan Bowling Green Oregon Oregon UCLA Arizona Montana State Montana State East Washington Montana Big Sky East Washington East Washington Weber State Weber America East Boston Maine Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Maine Conference USA Cincinnati Marquette Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Louisville Marquette Wisconsin Illinois Illinois Ohio State Wisconsin Ohio State Illinois Kentucky Alabama Alabama Louisiana State Georgia Tulsa Hawaii Tulsa Fresno State Tulsa Big Ten linois State Winners (40-4- 0) Utah State , Southeastern Alabama Florida Georgia Western Athletic Tulsa Hawaii Fresno Atlantic-1- Dayton St. Temple UMass Temple Xavier George Wash. St. MEAC Hampton Delaware State" Hampton So. Carolina St. Hampton Hampton N.Carolina AST Delaware State Southland McNeese Patriot Holy Cross 0 State Joseph's State Lamar McNeese American American Name State American Holy Cross MEM'S TENNIS at Utah NCAA Championship 36 All Day Anchorage, Alaska vs Rbrt Morris (2-- 1) Utah (5-5- ) 36 at 5 p.m. The Sports Mall CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR American Tiebreaker: Pick the Score of American Phone SKIING State McNeese WOMEN'S HOOPS vs Utah UNLV 36 at 8:30 (15-1- 1) (21-6- ) p.m. PT Las Vegas, Nev. ERIC "WALLY" WALDEN Texas-Sa- Ant. n American vs. Holy Utah 37 at (68-12- ) Joseph's McNeese State American Cross. MEN'S HOOPS vs Colorado St (14-2- ) Greg Young (12-17- WOMEN'S TENNIS ) vs Idaho State ) (3-4- Utah (20-7- ) 38 at 2 6 p.m. PT ) p.m. The Sports Mall Las Vegas, Nev. EWALDENCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU (5-5- 581-704- 1 |