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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle urUil i Ute S f f Tuesday, January Men's Mo ops Splits "- "'JWBI hbuuuji ..... J. .... . .. u L- " J 2 Conference Matches iti.u miiiij -; Ihlie U men's basketball team left Salt Lake City to open conference play at San Diego State and UNLV, they better had packed their strongest stress medica- t A few weeks alter the alpine team started competing at the Montana Invitational, the U cross country ski team finished the competition with gusto. Thanks to a superb effort from both the men's and . ; " Sk' 7 - themselves a hole early with poor shooting. Meanwhile, the Rebels hit six straight shots, and before the Utes could get rid of their jet lag, they trailed game that were unforced," Majerus point guard Marc scored nine points in Jackson. Jackson 0 a Utah run to claim a 3 lead. 21 Jackson delivered a career-hig- h If back-u- p said. In Utah's Saturday afternoon bout with the SDSU Aztecs in San Diego, the Utes had a chance to win the game coming out of a timeout with 19.6 left in the game, though Utah shot just 35 percent for the game and was 26-2- points on 7 shooting. "Marc Jackson was definitely a difference-maker relative to his poise," Majerus said of the sophomore. Yet, as a team, the Utes shot just 37 percent in the half, and were down 6 after Lamar Bigby's NBA range three-poistrike from the top of the hit the first half's buzzer. at net key The Rebels maintained a small lead in the second half until Trace Caton's 6-- orc.-riatl- 4, - n ras. ' accomplished this comeback, as the women's squad placed first and the men second. The women picked up where they 'left. off the we-- k before at Soldier Hollow, Utah, where they finished second, and placed four skiers in the top 10 of the 10 km freestyle event Katrin Sniigun secured the top spot with a combined time of 28:13.0, Smigun was followed by junior Sara Svendsen, who finished third in the competition and sophomore Barbro Hatlevik crossed the line for a seventh place finish. Freshman Ashley McQueen was not too far behind Hatlevik at 10th place, her best finish thus far. Sophomores Anna Sprague and Kjersii Veuaa also made a slight impact for the U with 2ist and 23rd finishes. The women's team was exciting to watch," Sweeney said. "If you can get three skiers in the top-1then you're going to win. Katrin and Sara have been skiing well and have continued to do that The 15 km freestyle men's event featured Utah senior Zack finish. Simon's second-plac- e Simons took second by edgir.g 0, po3 outre-bound- 12 IL i Britton Johnsen had 9 points and 7 VX : s rebounds in Utah's win 66-6- 3 Coming out of the timeout, Nick Jacobson got a clear look on the right wing after Johnsen picked off SDSU's Tony Bland. But Jacobson's trey went Ute After UCLA broke the home winning streak last week, Utah came back and defeated BYU on Fri23-ye- ar day night, "We started a new streak tonight," U gymnast Melissa Vituj said. BYU hung tough throughout the contest, but could not overcome an excellent Ute performance. "I was nervous about how we came emotionally into this match, but it was BYU, and the players were ready," U gymnastics coach Greg Marsden said. Junior Ute gymnast Melissa Vituj was the lifeblood of the Utes, as she delivered another amazing performance. Vituj tied her career high in the with a score of 39.625 but finished second overall. BYU's Jamie Mabry carried the score of Cougars with an 39.650 and also had career highs in three of the four events. The Utes started the meet on the vault and were performing very well on the apparatus but couldn't make clean landings. "We need to work on our landings because we did not stick any one of 196.800-194.70- 0. nd nd them and easily gave away half a point because of them," Marsden said. The Cougars started the meet on the bars and had several falls that almost made a chance for a win The Utes performed well on the bars except for one fall by freshman Natalie Nicoloff. Sophomore star Annabeth Eberle was amazing on the bars for the Utes and was the top performer of the event with a score of 9.950. non-existe- nt WOMEN'S TENNIS at Utah at Montana St. Utah ) (10-4- ) 123 at 7 p.m. Las Vegas, Nevada 124 at 3 (0-0- ) (0-0- ) p.m. Eccles Tennis Center. 3 t 'jn score was because she was first on the beam and the judges don't like to give to high of a score to the first competitor," Marsden said. The rest of the Ute competitors did very well as they had done in the other events; however, the floor competition did not go as well. "Our mistakes on the floor were mainly because our gymnasts were too aggressive, which is fine," Marsden said. Even with the win, the Utes slipped two spots in the polls and are now ranked No. 5 and will go up against No. 3 Arizona State on Friday. akudiyachronicle.utah.edu t WOMEN'S HOOPS T i-- Gritt Hofmann started the balance beam with an amazing performance, which earned a 9.875. "I am really pleased with Gritt, and the only reason she didn't get a higher 5 (12-3- see HEN'S HOOPS, page . Gymnastics Gets First Win of 2003 Season ASAD KUDIYA Chronicle Asst. Sports Editor .&3JmwJZM, the balance beam versus BYU. u 1- SWIMMING et Wyoming Utah 124 at 5 p.m. Ute Natatorium. CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR RORY BRUNNER a The Utes scored a 49.350 on GYMNASTICS at Arizona St. Utah 124 at 7 p.m. (1-- 0) (1-- 1) MEN'S HOOPS at Utah BYU (13-4- ) (13-4- ) 125 at p.m. 1 Huntsman Center RBRUNNERCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU ed 38-3- 0. nt niifrfeir,, UNLV 4. 12-- II II 66-6- 30-2- The skied tva weeks eerier on Jan. and finished second behi&d Colorado, ikh led Ut.h by 17 : try points Th U:.- v.-- i , team a.Jy ' Utah 14-- Enter " classical arid firresryle ed -1 13-- together." "I felt both feasis (alpine and 3-- Utah's Johnsen and Frost mishandled a missed UNLV shot, and the ball went back to the Rebs. three by However, an Lewis missed with 8.0 left, and Frost hit the front half of two free throws. A desperation heave by UNLV missed, scaling the Utes' 3 win. "The guys did a nice job of coming back, and I thought they did a little bit better job of blocking out, but we had way too many turnovers 17 in the 66-6- country skiing coach lu-viSweeney said. "It's really exciting to see our team gc'lLng ta 65-6- 2. 58-5- and Denver (518), respectively. "We skied veil," U cross c left Two possessions later, the U's Tim Drisdom missed his first free toss, though he made the second, and the On the other end, Utes led 25.8 came down to the final possession. The U came up on the losing end of loss at San its MWC opener, a 6 State, Diego though they rebounded for a 3 wm at UNLV. The split puts Utah at 4 overall, in the Mountain West Conference. In Utah's match-u- p at UNLV on ESPN's Big Monday, the Utes dug women's teams, the Utes ished first in the competition with a total of 575.5 points. Utah was followed by Colorado (538) cross country) &kird well throughout It v;as a good sign of consistency tnd Tm very happy with cur overall performance. It's also a confidence-booster to beat both the Col- 63-6- tion, because each weekend game fin- i'-rt- ll 8-- When coach Rick Majerus and the V schawl" three-ba- 61-5- TRENT TOONS Chronicle Sports Writer orado at the shot clock buzzer 0 Utah run. an capped The Utes built a 4 lca( Wlt iust over a minute to go, but a couple Marcus Banks free throws and a Jermaine Lewis three cut the lead to 0 with RORY BRUNNER Chronicle Sports Editor f rlOIUcHJ , 2003 1., Provo, Utah 581 - 6397 12 |
