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Show THE DAILY UTA ! Baseball Sweeps Past ASAD KUDIYA Chronicle Sports Writer two-gam- 9-- 6. T-Wolves needed to get the younger guys on the mound to At the plate, Donnie Saba launched a three-ru- n in the third inning to give the Utes a 2 lead. " "'JUL - mJ i Yl ,,' ,,... - ' ' -- vPp r T Him,um I ' X see BASEBALL, page 9 . JPMIM.II.-.III.J.I- home run 3-- "Whenever we take that field, we have to want to win, "" 1 n. the young short series, Esmay still knew what the ulti- - v" 1 pitch well, and they did that today," Esmay said. Even though the Utes were trying to develop players in this mate goal was. o K and that is what wc did today," Esmay said. Freshman pitcher Brad Martinez started on the hill for the Utes and played well in 5 innings of work. Martinez allowed 4 earned runs and struck out three 3 batters before being replaced. The most impressive play on the mound for the Utes, though, came from freshman Clay Westmoreland, who pitched 3 innings of shutout ball. He also struck out three batters and only allowed hit Even with all the freshmen playing well, Utah would not have won the game without the help of a few uppcrclass-me- e The U baseball team achieved its goal of a series sweep as it defeated the Southern Colorado Thunder-wolve- s in the final game of the series Wednesday, The approach to playing Southern Colorado this week was much different for Ute coach Tun Esmay, as the majority of the hitters and pitchers he threw out on the mound were sophomores and freshmen. "We ;V CHRONICLE H J".. f, ' ' yZT " f t Official t f v ! Jr' v y i 1 - - - h ' 1 ' - -- AV-- iJ . I I , V- ; - I f t 5 , --C4 Scott Thornley has worked U games and National Championships. A Day in the Life of College Hoops Refs According to Dave Hall, NCAA Tournament official who worked the championship game in 2000 when Michigan State beat Florida, an official must first LANCE GAMERO Chronicle Sports Writer They arc the best of the best. They arc the top of their profession. They arc the referees in the NCAA Tourna- be a Division (A basketball official, and be recognized by cvaluators who must give you excellent marks. These cvaluators then turn a list of candidates into a committee of official cvaluators in the NCAA. From that list, the committee chooses 96 officials to ment -.- riiMiii Mike 3. .. out twice, but Utah connected often enough to score the win over Southern Colorado. Basham struck Men's Tennis Beats ISU; Still Perfect at Home U 6-- 12-d- ay Cal-Sta- te 6-- His voice had cut the dead silence as an opposing on the balance beam gymnast was led me to an individual analysis of The incident unusual fan behavioral tendencies as they vary from sport to sport the unwritten law of fan etiquette. Now, place this same fan in the student section of the same Huntsman Center, and he might be RORY BRUNNER I The U men's tennis team continued its home dominance of opponents by defeating Idaho State 1 Wednesday night at the Eccles Tennis Center. The win comes after a layoff for the Utes, who welcomed the time off with practices intended to iron out problem spots. The last time the Utes had a match was a 1 win over Sacramento on March 15. "We had a very constructive week of practice last week," said Graeme Cox, U assistant coach. "Sometimes, in tip-toei- ng Chronicle Asst. Sports Editor While covering last Saturday's meet, I was taken aback after a fan expected ing a rare lower-tha- n weren't many, as the U scored -- mocked for his soft, unoriginal banter (though there's plenty of that already in the JMHC stands). Why is it that fans at gymnastics meets arc supposed to keep dead calm as an opposing athlete competes, while fathers and sons at basketball games are encouraged to bellow the nastiest four-lettwords in their arsenal to get a player to misfree throw? fire on a And why can't a guy criticize the judging in a gymnastics meet without a collection of scowls? It's almost a right of passage to throw insults at referees, no matter how correct the zebra's call is. Isn't that what home fieldcourt advantage is all about? There's even more entertaining crowd participation on late summer Saturday afternoons at Ricc- - Utah gymnastics comment followU score (there a school-recor- d 198425). Moments after the gymnast's routine, the score club gymnast, and it was raised by the was turned to face the crowd. The fan complained, "You gotta be kidding me." Now I've heard ruder comments, and his choice message wasn't overly vocal, but that didn't stop all looks from about 20 other fans who the "Eat You know, the pulled look, the cringe of utter er one-poi- nt S" head-whippe- rs. see MEN'S TENUIS, page 8 MEM'S TENNIS at Utah (10-7- Weber State (2-- p.m. Ogden, Utah 1 6) ) see REFEREES, page 8 D on't Treat Gymnasts Like Hockey Players? LANCE GAMERO Chronicle Sports Writer 329 at Most of the time they make the right call. Little do some know, they work just as hard as the players, if not harder, to get where they arc. To become an official in the NCAA Tournament is no walk in the park. WOMEN'S TENNIS vs New Mexico SDSU ) Utah 329 at 2 p.m. (7-9- 329 at 12 p.m. Eccles Tennis Center CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR vs SDSU (10-2- 6) (23-15- ) PT San Diego, Calif. ERIC "WALLY" WALDEN 50-ya- Ricc-Eccl- bers? Of course, nothing tops the rowdy fan behavior at hockey games, where extracurricular crowd partici- see BRUNNER, page 9 (21-9- Utah TRACK at Utah ) Stanford Invitational (16-1- 2) 329-3- rd cs BASEBALL SOFTBALL at Utah (7-- 7) Ecclcs Stadium. I have witnessed more than one scuffle in the crowd at football games, but what do you expect with aggressive, testostcronc-basc- d competition in the air? But everyone should know the real magic at football games comes at halftimc, in the fraternity dash across the pristine, green field. Officials and administrators may frown at the Stadium ritual (as evidenced by weekly the couple hundred dollar fine it will start enforcing for storming the field during halftime), but I make sure I get my refreshments at the end of the second quarter so I can enjoy the show. The runners arc not physical specimens, they are not trying to hit paydirt for six points so why is the zenith of football entertainment watching frat boys weaving in and out of overweight security personnel, with an occasional assist from UOTC mem- 330 All Day 1 Franklin Covey Field EWALDENCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU Palo Alto, Calif. 581-704- 1 |