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Show rr THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. Page "24 Sunday. November 15. 1987 Rockets surge Jazz past Utah - Cougar men, women harriers mis third in d istricf mee HOUSTON By DOROTHY KNOELL Herald Staff Writer - As expected, Northern Arizona swept the men's and women's District 7 cross country titles on a cold, blustery day at Rose Park Golf Course, but both BYU coaches expressed pleasure with their squads' third place finishes. In the men's race, NAU .placed four runners in the top 20, with the top finisher being Vince Firlotte in third place at 31:14, just a hair behind former Provo High runner Kris Cary, who now runs for Weber State. Cary also finished at 31:14. San Diego State's Matt Clayton was four seconds ahead of the pace at 31:10 to win the district title. In the women's race, NAU CITY SALT LAKE 76-7- It didn't bother BYU very much, either, as the Cougars came on strong with all five scoring runners finishing in the top 40. That was almost good enough to get the Cougars to nationals, but not quite as Montana edged BYU NAU won for second the meet with a team score of 66. Considering BYU lost Ken who has been Waterhouse finishing No. 4 for the Couto an injury gars recently (he Wednesday sprained an ankle during practice), the third-plac- e finish was pleasBYU to coach Sherald ing 110-11- 4. James. "I'm proud of the kids, especially considering we're doing this with mostly James said. "It was really close ... but you can't apologize for finishing third. The kids ran really well." Larry Smithee was top fin- - mil-ers- ," r KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) Andy Bean had a simple game plan going into the final round of the Kapalua International Golf Tournament. "I knew if I kept on making birdies, if I kept on playing well, the pressure would be on the other guys trying to catch me," Bean said Saturday. He did. And they didn't. Bean recovered from a shaky start, went to to a and made a cessful defense of his title. 67 - suc- '"It's so good to be healthy again, to just get up and rip at it. I was having fun out there," said Bean, who led through the last three rounds. Bean, injured and decph frustrated most of the year, finished with a - le score of a tournaon the the Bay 267 ment record course at the Kapalua resort beating Lanny Wadkins by three shots. Bean, suffering from an elbow injury, won only $73,808 in the official PGA Tour season that ended two weeks ago. e That amount, and his g finish on the list, were his poorest since his rookie season of 1976. 120th-plac- money-winnin- This victory, however, was worth $150,000 and went with the $93,000 he collected in Japan last week to give him $243,000 in earnings for the last 14 days. 7-- 6 te nuuug : 1 Liiiiu III. ... rnuiu Weber State's Kris Cary (second from left) and BYU's Larry Smithee (472) are in the thick of things at NCAA District Seven cross country meet Saturday. isher for BYU, finishing 10th in 31:42. Teammate Dave Chipman followed him in 11th place at 31:42. Other BYU scorers were Edward 24th, 32:10; Paul Ros-se- r, 30th, 32:27; and Harvey Me-cha- Franco, 39th, 32:46. "I had hoped we'd get in there a little higher (with some individuals), but we had nice grouping. Harvey is just a sophomore; he did a good job coming in and finishing fifth," James said. Rosser noted that footing was treacherous during the race and some runners fell. It was raining during most of the men's race with a strong wind blowing. "It was really cold, the wind was bad," Rosser said, e then added about the "Four finish, points. Only four. I wish if we were going to finish third, they had beaten us by 100." The top two teams NAU and Montana go to the nationals, along with the top three finishers who aren't members of those two teams. That includes Clayton, Cary third-plac- and Utah's John Aalberg, who was fourth overall at 31:20. Women's race BYU's six-ye- strangle- ar hold on the District 7 title and five-yewinning streak in the HCAC both fell by the wayside, but Cougar coach Patrick Shane was philosophical about it all. "At a time like this you need to be philosophical," he said. "It was probably time for us to lose it. We just didn't quite have what it took this year. I think we ran about as well as we could ar today." Shane was pleased with Mullan, who ran what both she and the coach called her "best cross country race ever" to finish third and earn that third individual berth to nationals. In doing so, however, she ended the season for teammate Cook, who began struggling about half a mile from the finish line. "I was behind her (Cook) until about half a mile to go, but I was feeling really good," said Mullan in a soft Irish brogue. It showed as Mullan passed Cook to take third place. The junior from Derry, Northern Ireland said the weather was probably a factor in her favor. Samp- had 32 in the Holieway's backup, Charles Thompson, scored on a run in the third quarter to make the score He finished with 91 yards rushing and 104 in the air. Carr's anymore. The Sooners struggled to 3 in a Big beat Missouri Conference game SaturEight of their six four day, losing fumbles and not scoring a touchdown until 45 seconds before halftime. The Oklahoma defense held off two late Missouri drives, one with an interception, to preserve the victory, and the Sooners will take a 0 record into next Saturday's showdown with second-rankeNebraska, The conference which is winner goes to the Orange backup, top-rank- ed 17-1- 10-- d 9-- 0. Bowl. if we play the way we have been playing, we might get beat by 40 points," Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer said of the Nebraska game. 'The defense can't do it alone." In other games involving Top Ten teams, it was No. 3 Miami. Kla., 27, Virginia Tech 13; No. Furman Florida State 4 41. No. 5 UCLA 47, Washington 14; No. 6 Syracuse 45, Boston College 17; No. 7 Notre Dame 37, No. 11 Alabama 6; No. 12 Auburn 27, No. 8 Georgia 11, No. 9 Clemson 45, Maryland 16, and No. 10 IiU No. 10: Mississippi State 14. TOP TEN Oklahoma 17. Missouri 34, 1 13 Both Holieway and Carr were lost lor the season with knee injuries last weekend. t iiJiMII rd 17-- Rotnei 3. Anderson, rushed for 118 yards. No. 3 Miami 27, Va. Tech 13 Melvin Bratton, whose fumble one play earlier was ne gated by a penalty, swept untouched for a touchdown that broke a tie with 4:51 left in the game as host Miami escaped trouble and remained in the Orange Bowl picture. Bratton had fumbled into the end zone and Virginia Tech recovered, but the Ilokies were penalized for being offside. No. 4 Florida St. 41, Furman 13-1- 3 10 Sammie Smith! i'fftj lroy A i kin an passed for a fpUrff down and ran for another as UCLA scored 17 points in the third quarter and ran away from Washington in a Pacific-1Conference game. 0 Shane was happy for len but disappointed 6 iiiniuitra ii i in.-- 17-1- 7. I 6-- 3. 6-- 1, et Vaughn of Oklahoma. BYU coach Ann Valentine 2 said that Taylor's quarterfinal victory Saturday over 6-- 6-- 0, tough Marika Waniek of Oklahoma State was "one of the matches I've finest, error-fre-e ever seen." Mul- that j "I'm happy to beat Angela . U i That's what I wanted to do." said Ljugberg. "She (Cook) is a good runner." Cook. J NAU finished with 48 pointa and UTEP with 54, barely edging BYU with 55 in the district meet. Only the top team qualified for nationals. In the HCAC meet, UTEP 6 for edged the Cougars the title. !k v" - ' - - J J.Z 1 32-3- down passes to Tommy Kane, and Robert Drummond had two short touchdown runs for the Orangemen. No. 7 Notre Dame 37, No. 11 Alabama 6 2553 Tnnv Rirp ran 19 yards for one touch down to put Notre Dame ahead and passed for another as Notre Dame handed Alabama its most lopsided loss in 16 years. The TD pass to Andy Heck came in the second quarter on fourth-dow- n from the Alabama 3. No. 12 Auburn 27, No. 8 Georgia 11 Jeff Burger pass-p:ed for 21 yards and two touchdowns. Burger completed 22 of 32 S passes and connected for touchdowns of 21 yards to lawyer Tillman and 3 yards to No. 9 Clemson 45, Maryland 16 Rodney Williams threw two touch- rif"i'J down passes, and Terry Allen ran for two more TD's as Clemson won the Atlantic Coast Conference by 9twi beating Maryland. Allen scored on runs of 8 and 2 yards in the second quarter, and Williams threw both of his No. nisi 6- 1, be going to nationals. "It's great for Noeleen, but hard for Angela. I wish she could go, too," he said. Cook was denied by the two UTEP runners, whose 2 finish wasn't quite enough to help the Miners take first. The two were expecially excited to beat the BYU senior. Cooper, a half to tie the score then tagged on 28 more points in behind the the second half passing of quarterback Don to beat Boston McPherson College. McPherson threw f,vo touch- - 6-- le Cook, a senior who was having a great year, would not touchdown passes Syracuse 45. B.l . 17 Svracu.se scored T7STm points in the final lOMjWiB No. bounced Kansas, from rd real Irish weather." Duke Donaldson. scored on runs of I IiMlkfili and 20 yards as he gained 176 yards on 15 carries. No. 5 L'CLA 47. Washington 14 late Friday night, Noot-Fulfo- - 1, and the tournament Young-Yanderased Michelle Mras-Juli- e Kempin of Utah from the doubles draw Fulford went on the doubles court at 10:30 p.m., almost immediately after a long, three-striumph over Julie back-to-bac- "I love to run in the rain, and it gets cold like this in Ireland, too. This was perfect for me," she said. "It was 6-- (7-5- Bircham-Bitne- r, ist Monday afternoon. In doubles Saturday night, Noot and Sydney Fulford and Mary Beth Young and Sheri k Yandle won matches to qualify for Monday's play. Oklahoma stru dales past Mizzou By The Associated Press Without injured starters, quarterback Jamelle Holieway and fullback Lydell Carr, Oklahoma may not be the best team in the country played BYU's ment being hosted through Monday by Wichita State at the Wichita Racquet Club. Lesley Hakala (1), Susanna Lee Noot (2) and Michelle Taylor (3) swept their round of 16 and quarterfinal matches in straight sets Saturday to earn a place in the semis to be played Monday morning, assuring BYU of a singles final- 10 to Gary and a LSU 34, Mississippi St. 14 Tommy Hodsonl threw two touch down passes and Sam Martin scored twice as IiU won at home in an SEC game. - 1 Top-rank- ed Bean wins golf crown 16 Saturday morning, Fulford lost to No. 6 seed Tracy Treps 2 to bow of Kansas ), out of the singles section of the championships. In the first round of doubles The Kansas in seeds three singles at top ITCA Region Tenthe nis Championships, all from BYU, and the two Cougar doubles entrants have advanced to the semifinals of the tournaWICHITA, to jacks. and Three BYU netters move into semifinals Noeleen Mullan edged teammate Angela Cook for third Cowboys and Wildcats, but didn't bother the Lumber- Akeem Olajuwon led the Rockets with 19 points rebounds, while Ralph son had 18 points. Utah's Karl Malone points, but only four fourth quarter. 25-1-8. 1- -2 tween Wyoming, SDSU, NAU and Weber State never developed, as the cold weather appeared to hamper the out-scor- ed 37-1- duo of Tina Ljungberg and in Rita Delnoye finished the race at 17:08 and 17:22. Noeieen Muiian 48 101-9- the way. UTEP's Swedish 17:39) to earn a berth at nationals. Men's race The expected showdown be- - minutes. The Rockets led at halftime 50-despite shooting only 30 percent from the field while the Jazz were shooting 65 percent. But the Rockets the Jazz 20-- 6 from the free throw line. to lead the Houston Rockets to with Nikki Toms (17:39) and Mauri Wood (17:44) leading (17:36 Turner had two steals and three points in the final 12 their third straight NBA victo3 decision over the ry, a Utah Jazz Saturday night. For the game, the Rockets 1 from outscored the Jazz the free throw line, while shooting only 33 percent from the field to 54 for the Jazz. The Rockets entered the fourth quarter leading by 5 and outscored the Jazz Rookie Doint guard Andre runners placed BYU's Cedric (AP) Maxwell and Purvis Short combined for 14 points and 12 rebounds in the fourth quarter : t If ! Y i 'i saw' Doug Lind Photo Stephanie Trane earned MVP honors in Region volleyball tournament this weekend. UVCC's 18 VALLEY: (Continued from Page 23) games of the first match 2 and 0 and earned the right to play Ricks in the second round. The Vikings downed Dixie in the opening round. The Lady Wolverines won the first two games of their 9 match with Ricks and Then the Vikings, led by sophomore Molliann Wilk-incame back and claimed the third game The Vikings took an early lead in the fourth game, but UVCC stormed back and tried to take control of the close and 15-1- 15-1- 15-- 15-1- 2. 5-- s, 15-- hard-foug- 9. game. Neither ht squad was able to mount more than a lead until UVCC's Sue Lyon stepped up to serve and put three points on the board to win the game and the match In a Saturday afternoon match, CSI swept Ricks in three games for the right to face UVCC in the final round of the tournament. "We made some adjustments and moved our blockers in," two-poi- nt 15-1- 0. said Richards of her squad's preparation for the final match against CSI. Richards figured her squad had a bit of an edge against CSI after resting all day while the Golden Eagles faced Ricks. The Lady Wolverines took control of the first game of the championship match early, grabbing the lead and never letting go. CSI's Tina McLeod claimed two quick kills at the end of the game, and an ace serve by the Eagles' Lyn Stone brought CSI to within before Jill Swaney got the ball back for UVCC. Tournament MVP Stephanie Trane then won the game for the Lady Wolverines with a resounding kill. Games two and three were equally close, but UVCC wore down CSI and win the match and the tournament. "I think we can finish in the top four," was Richard's prediction for the NCJAA nationals, which runs Nov. 14-- 13 23-2- 5. 4 |