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Show -- ::: ': ,v -- J," A Monday, January ,i ikjyjivoiili Marsden Says Burden Of 23-Ye- ar home," said UCLA assistant Chris Waller, who filled in for head coach Valerie Kondos. Kondos did not make the trip because of chronic neck and back injuries. However, it seemed evident even before the competition began that the streak would end. With injuries to star gymnast Theresa Kuilikows-k- i and three freshmen, Utah was shorthanded against a dominating team. Still, the streak was close to being preserved before the Bruins scored an amazing 49.45 on beam to eliminate any chance of a Utah upset. UCLA gymnast Jamie Dantzschcr won the with a 39.775, while Melissa Vituj led the Utes with a 39.600. The Utes caught some breaks in the first event, as the Bruins had two falls on bars, which cost them the lead after the first event. "Those drops just put added pressure on us, but we came through," Dantzschcr said. Coming back wouldn't be easy sans Kondos. "I always need her (Kondos) to be there for me to talk to me, but today I talked to (Waller)," Dantzscher said. As the Bruins pulled together, so began the dominating performances. UCLA led every event thereafter and comfortably defeated the Utes. For Utah, the balance beam seemed to hold the key to the loss, as numerous falls crippled the chances for an upset. Annabeth Eberle fell twice and finished with a 9.25 routine. A normal Eberle performance may Streak Is Gone With Loss - ASAD KUDIYA Chronicle Sports Asst. Editor The streak is over, but the U gymnastics team couldn't be any happier about how it performed Friday night The Utes had not lost a home dual meet since 1979 (170 meets), but they could not match-u- p against No. i UCLA Friday night, losing to 197.225 t ' , ? y ' s "We are very happy about the way we performed and we know there is room for improvement," U gymnast Melissa Vituj said. "We knew the streak had to be broken some time and we are glad it was broken against a team like UCLA." Coach Greg Marsden said it's almost like a huge weight has been lifted off the Red Rocks' shoulders. "It removes a huge burden from our team," Marsden said. "Every night we had to hear about the streak and it just puts too much pressure on our team." However, as unimportant as the streak seemed to be to the Utes, the Bruins knew the history they made. "Our two biggest goals coming into the season were to win the NCAAs and to beat Utah at ; ' ..' j! Utah had not tost a home dual meet since Feb. 20, 1979. ut es Use 3-B- see GYMNASTICS, page 10 to Hoiit all sharp-shoot- - "5i A- 3) 76-5- nt j st 'J A Cv " : A I 19-- 35-1- ir see MEN'S hoops, page SKIiriG at Utah UtahAlaska Invite 113 All Day Soldier Hollow, Utah 12 Tim Frost gets a big dunk against the Mastodons Saturday afternoon. MEN'S HOOPS vs Utah Ripon (11-- 3) (9-1- ) 114 at 7 p.m. Huntsman Center CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR y j979 a SINCi; Ri-:s- t "i. v V C r . ... Jk r ; J . : 4- 1. .;. , - I The Utes had not lost at home meets, the most in any NCAA in 170 straight dual sport. TRENT TOONE Chronicle Sports Writer er (11-- (3-1- 4) J 1 11 Ute Skiers Looking to Move Up in Final Day RORY BRUNNER Chronicle Sports Editor Junior Nick Jacobson broke out of. his shooting funk Saturday afternoon, but he didn't really have a choice. Utah's found himself wide open time and time again as he hit six of Utah's 14 threes and scored 22 ousted IPFW points as the Utes 9 afternoon. Saturday "It was a different situation from what I'm used to," said Jacobson, who went 6 from three-poirange the last three games, well below his season average of 41 percent. "I know I'm not a streak shooter, I'm a pure shooter," he said. "As much as I'm going to miss, I know eventually I am going to make. The fact that I've been off is something I can't control." The 14 threes tied for the second-moin school history, and Utah had a season-hig- h 24 assists in front of 10,527 people at the Huntsman Center. Jacobson hit three of his six threes in the first seven minutes, and Utah took a 9 lead early on. The Utes claimed a 7 lead when redshirt freshman Chris Jackson in caught a missed Trace Caton lay-u- p mid-aand slammed a reverse dunk. j ... nd 196.750. Iir i No , :: - 1TFF KFH xXiijiijJiiLjli nnTTOtT ffT)F VUJi 2 11 13, 2003 WOMEN'S HOOPS vs Utah Wyoming (10-3- ) (10-3- ) 116 at 7 p.m. Huntsman Center RORY BRUNNER While things haven't gone exactly like the University of Utah ski team planned in the first two days of the Alaska-Uta- h Winter Games Invitational, the Utes are still in a position to finish near the top. The U ski team currently resides in the top five with 387 points in the only meet it will host this season. Going into today's events, other teams in the top five spots include Colorado, Denver University and New Mexico. On day one of the invitational, the men's alpine team placed third and the women finished second in the giant slalom event. Pctra Svet claimed victory in the giant slalom, while teammates Elisha Stephens and Rowcna Bright placed seventh and ninth, respectively. But while that was going on, bad luck bit the men's alpine team as some of the U's top skiers were unable to finish. Junior Pierre Olsson fell while trying to extend his lead on his second run and equipment problems prevented freshman Benjamin Thornhill from competing. Despite that, senior Jerncj Bukovcc SWIMMING y u. x - I Ute Petra Svet skis to a win in the giant slalom Saturday in Park City. and sophomore Josh Whitham did well, with Bukovcc finishing fourth and Whitham ninth. On the second day, the Utes got a superb performance from the men's and women's cross county teams, who see SKIING, page GYMNASTICS at Utah vs Utah Colorado State BYU 116 at 5 p.m. Ft. Collins, Colo. RBRUNNERCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU 1;'' (0-1- ) (0-0- ) 117 at 7 p.m. Huntsman Center 581-639- 7 12 s |
