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Show Stows SECTION 0 SPORTS EDITOR I I J)ttUymia 5UIMUAT, ArKIL Darnell Dickson iJ, ZUUo ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- 5 2008 MPSF VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS Motivated BYU marches on to Long Beach Cougars beat UCTrvine to advance to MPSF semifnals Jason Franchuk DAILY , HERALD Talk about incentive Saturday night. Playing in front of the home have been played means the mind," one player said, drfoping sarcasm. Cougars are off to Long ( Beach, Calif., for the , reason to feel good, like Mountain Pacific Sports Federation semifinals. it aced a big test! after That match is against . surviving a No. 7 Anteat-er- s Cal State Northridge -team that came in as the defending national on Thursday, meaning ' some players are likely champions and nearly forced what could've ' going to get a chance byu been an epic fifth set. to delay next week's IRVINE schoohvork and exams It rallied big to win while they're on the road. the third game, 30-2and had a two-poilead late in the fourth "No way that would cross our before falling by the same ) ' score. . How the night even reached four matches is somewhat crazy. BYU won each of the first two sets by at least eight points and held a 5 lead on its way to (25-23- ' 23-2- ; crowd, trying to keep a season alive and take the path toward : reenacting some of the men's volleyball program's past glory. At the same time, BYU could y also be motivated by final exams. A four-se- t win against UC Irvine at Smith Fieldhouse one game longer than really should , See D6 VOLLEYBALL, . : 238 nBi GAME 2 GAME 3" HOUSTON Monday, 7:30 p.m. TV:TNTKJZZ Herald Charette, center, spikes the ball over UC Irvine's Cory Yqder f 15) and Aaron Harrell during a MPSF quarterfinal match Saturday. Fiiairopps FirstSound; UTAH AT HOUSTON ' MARIO RUIZDaily ; BYU's Jonathan GAME4 ; AT UTAH HOUSTON Thursday, 8:30 p.m. TV:TNTKJZZ AT UTAH Saturday, 8:30 p.m. TV: ESPNKJZZ OAI,lE6 GAME 6 UTAH AT HOUSTON Tues., Apr. 29, TBA HOUSTON ERIC GAYAssociated Press reacts after making a shot against Phoenix during the end of their first overtime in San Antonio on Saturday, Jazz pick up road win to take 0 series lead vs. Rockets 1-- Duncan lifts Spurs to victory in Game 1 111-- ' SAN ANTONIO r.l jr- - - v ..fv' . Jr Chris Duncan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON Who says the Utah Jazz can't play well on the road? Andrei Kirilenko scored I Elizabeth White r j Midway-throug- the first quarter after missing two jumpers, Tim Duncan threw the ball up yet again, then held his arms wide. This time, would the shot fall? It did. And much later the Spurs' big man hit an even bigger one. SAN ANT. 117 Duncan's first 115 3 of the season PHOENIX with just ticks left sent his Also ... team into double overtime Cleveland 93 against the Washington 86 nge-minded Phoenix Suns. N. Orleans 104 Then it was Dallas 92 Manu Ginobili's I More playoff turn, and his coverage, D5 layup with 1.8 seconds left pushed the defending champions past the Suns 5 Saturday in Game 1 of d their playoff series. Now the teams have two days to rest from their marathon w ) vV xV kA won here before. We going into the playoffs that we can win anywhere." Deron Williams Utah Jazz guard their first- round series Saturday night. Deron Williams had 20 points and 10 assists as Utah, 4 on 17-2- the road during the regular season, won its second straight playoff game in Houstoa The last victory came in Game 7 last season, and that was when Houston got help from Yao Ming. J. PHIUIPAssociated Press "We've won here before," Williams said. "We were just confident going into the playoffs that we can win anywhere." Yao is out for this series with a foot injury and the Rockets have to wonder after Game 1 how they're going to compete with the Jazz inside. Utah had against the Houston Rockets during the first quarter in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff basketball series Saturday in Houston. Kirilenko had 21 points in the Jazz victory. See JAZZ, D5 117-11- first-roun- SPURS, "We've were just confident reve- D5 21 points, Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 16 rebounds and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 2 in the opener of 93-8- PRESS See TBA Taking Charge San Antonio forward Tim Duncan THE ASSOCIATED HOUSTON Sunday, May 4, if necessary Jfrday, , if necessary ifnecessaty , ;aAME7:UTAH AT .n AT UTAH May 2, TBA DAVID . Utah Jazz's Andrei Kirilenko (47) goes up for rebound 2008 PING COUGAR CLASSIC WoveFcofflesivintt , ties for second at Cougar Classic -B- Jared Lloyd DAILY HERALD Fourteen teams accepted invitations to participate in the PING Cougar Classic men's golf tournament at Riverside Country Club in Provo on Friday and Saturday. In the final round, however, ' it was an uninvited guest that made the biggest difference in the final results: The wind. With heavy gusts blowing dust onto the course, the later groups at the tournament had trouble over the last few holes t team results wasn't all that impressive, it was enough to move the Cou" 1. New Mexico State 847. gars up from fourth into a tie for second. 858 T2.BYU "I was a little surprised ' T2. Washington State 858 (to see his team move up in the standings with average 860 scores)," 4. Saint Mary's said BYU head coach 864 Bruce Brockbank. "It was 5. New Mexico tough out there on the course. I Individual results, D6 There are a lot of things going on with five guys and you just hope you keep your heads on." The Cougars moved past St. finding ways to get birdies and Mary's who Brockbank conpars. That meant that even though sidered to be the favorite before and BYlTs final round score of 293 the tournament began Final , New Mexico while Washington ' State (fifth after the first day) force well the to as improved ' tie at 858 strokes apiece. "That was our best finish of the year, here on our home course," said BYU sophomore M See CLASSIC, D6 ' MARIO RUIZDaily Herald sophomore Robbie Fillmore gets back on the fairway on the Mh hole at the 2008 PING Cougar Classic in Provo on Saturday. BYU - |