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Show Page B4 THE DAILY Hf RALD. Pnwo. Utah, Salurdj). Augua 21, 19 Tittle bumped to associate AD irocorDirir By Pobto'S The Associated Press INCILEWOOD, Calif. Fans wore white ribbons pinned above their hearts and long-stewhite roses waited in the lockers of the Houston Comets' players Friday nifiht, barely 24 hours after the death of teammate Kim IVrrot. The Comets were already in town for a WNBA game against the Ix.s Angeles Sparks when word came of J'errot's death in Houston. They divided to go ahead and play in her honor. The Comets , lost snapping their four-game winning streak. "1 told them I had to have eight and they just said, ix't's WNBA ROUNDUP choice, missing her first game histoin the league's three-yea- r two-tim- e MVP The league's ry. sat expressionless on the bench with her arms folded, occasionally applauding her teammates. In the final minutes, the crowd of 13,1 16 largest of the season was on its feet cheering wildly with the game tied Penny Toler of Los Angeles was fouled with 40.5 seconds left and made both lead. free throws for a 66-6- v, J- REED S AXON The Associated Press Offering support: Comets coach Van Chancellor is embraced by Los Angeles sportscaster Michelle Bonner as Houston LYNX 80 MINNEAPOLIS Nykesha Sales scored 17 points to lead Orlando to an overtime victory over Minnesota. practiced Friday. Sales had a jumper with just under two minutes left in overtime, and two late free throws as Orlando won its fifth straight. need to The Miracle (15-16- ) win Saturday in Detroit to clinch the third and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Lynx ) were eliminated last weekend. Minnesota's Kristin Folkl sent the game into overtime with a short jumper under the basket with 6.6 seconds left. CHARLOTTE Wendy Palmer scored 20 points and had nine rebounds to lead Detroit to a victory over Charlotte. Charlotte could have clinched second place in the Eastern Conference with a win. The Sting still clinched a playoff spot for the third straight year by virtue of tiebreakers, despite the loss. ) The Sting can finish third in the East and play Tuesday's quarterfinal playoff game at either Detroit or Orlando. (15-17- NELL REDMOND The Associated Press the drive: Charlotte's Dawn Staley, right, looks for an opening against Dominique Canty in Friday's Sting-Shocmatchup. k STARZZ start for the Mercury (15-17- home winning streak snapped. Stepanova had 17 points and 1 1 rebounds and also blocked three shots to extend her streak of consecutive games with a block to 18. Jennifer Gillom also had 17 points for Phoenix, who lost at home for the first time since against the Houston Comets. Hlede hit a pair of game-tyin- g shot with 3:39 to go, as the Starzz pulled even Natalie Williams added a free throw 42 seconds later to give Utah its first lead since it opened the game Margo Dydek added a layup with 50.2 seconds to go to give the Starzz 58-5- 3-- lead. 8 WHEN: Tonight WHERE: Delta Center TIPOFF: 7 p.m. TV: None RADIO: KFNZ (1320 Utah RECORDS: Gillom scored 13 first-hal- f points as the Mercury took a 38-2lead. Phoenix extended the lead to 46-2on with 16:02 layup Stepanova's to go before the Starzz rallied. The victory allowed Utah to build on its franchise-recorfor victories in a season. The Starzz will have a chance to add to that total in its season finale tonight, hosting the Los Angeles Sparks in a 7 p.m. tip at the Delta Center. Volleyball. While at BYU, Tittle has the increase visibility helped of the school's athletic teams with his publications. He has also taught several classes in the university's communications department, including Writing for Print and Broadcast Media. award-winnin- g Mountain View falls short at Davis KAYSVILLE Mountain View girls soccer coach Mike LaHargoue said he scheduled Friday's game against Davis to provide his team with a challenge. The opponent was willing to oblige. Davis broke open a scoreless shootout advantie with a tage to beat Mountain View in girls high school soccer action. region vicComing off a 3-- 2 7-- 0 tory over Hillcrest, Mountain View played one of the state's top teams to the wire, Davis 18-- on the View had a Mountain game. chance to win in the first overtime, but a header attempt by Buffy Cuthbert bounced off the inside of the post. But Davis survived Mountain View's lead and took advantage in the g 7 Box scores, B5 PREP SOCCER opportunities, LaHargoue said. "It was a great game. They did what they had to do to win it," LaHargoue said. Mountain View will face a team Brighton on Tuesday which handled Alta on Thursday. With a tough opponent in waiting, the coach hopes his team can learn from Friday's loss. 'The girls know that they played well," LaHargoue said. 6-- 3 'They just couldn't put the ball in the net. It's just frustrating to end up with a loss." JUDGE 1 TIMPVIEW 0 shot-on-go- PROVO Despite a nearly Angeles SERIES HISTORY: Los Angeles leads 8-- 3 Los Angeles 102, Utah 70 (June 28); Los Angeles 87, Utah 77 (July 30); Utah 81, Los Angeles 75 (Aug. 5) AT A GLANCE: A Starzz victory and Minnesota loss would land both teams in a three-wa- y tie for fourth place with Phoenix in the West ... PREVIOUS (70) August MEETINGS: Sparks and Sacramento are decide the 3 playoff seeds in the Western still battling to No. 2 and No. Conference BYTJ. flawless game by the goaltend-in- g duo of Melissa Kemp and Brianna Gourdin, Timpview lost its second game of the season to Judge. A penalty kick by Judge midway through the first half made the difference, as Timpview fell to 0-- 2 on the season. The penalty was the call on a result of a hand-bal- l free kick from outside the penalty box. Although Timpview outshot its opponent, coach Jim Davis said his team had trouble get ting quality shots. But Davis did say he saw improvement in his team compared to Tuesday's loss to Layton. The coach said his players did a better job controlling the ball and setting up the attack. Timpview will open up region play on Tuesday at Springville. L 7 -2 11(5 School libraries are in need of books. Join the University Mall and local sponsors in their mission to "Break the Bank"! Show your support by depositing books in the "Book Bank" by THE display in the mall. DMLY HERALD For each book donated, (new or gently used valued at $15 or more) receive a free pass to either m l " or s wepeaKs arena d The "Book Bank" project could not be done without the help and support from the following 7 4 6 14, Dydek ? 6 0 0 4. N Williams 13. Black 0 0 5. Goodson 6 14 22. Hlede 4 112 2 12 Tremitee 0 2 0 Ivanyi 0 0 0. Lara 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 60 19 23 70 Harrower 12 62 i. Los 8 17. BYU-Hawai- 20-1- 1 11:26. PHOENIX Harrison 2 J opportunity and the chance to conDuATKttt tinue working with the great group of talented people we have in our department. It's a great honor for me," said Tittle. "Val has brought great vision to our department. I look forward to filling his shoes and the challenge of advancing the mission of BYU's athletic programs." After graduation from BYU in 1990, Tittle spent three years with the American Junior Golf Association in Atlanta, as director of communications. While at the AJGA, he was responsible for the promotional and media AM) 1417, The Starzz outscored the over the final Mercury 33-- UTAH Johnson 0 Back To ), who had their 6I-0- site coordina- relations efforts of the association and its 34 national tournaments. In addition, he worked closely with golf organizations such as the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour and the PGA of America. From 1993 to 1996, Tittle was the media relations director at During his tenure there, he won several national awards for his publications, including the 1995 and 1996 Viggo 0. Nelson National Publication Award for the nation's top women's volleyball publication presented by USA SPARKS AT STARZZ Continued from Bl a versity's athletic departments. "Duff has been doing a great as our Publications job Coordinator for the past several years," Hale said. "He has valuable experience in the public relations field and brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to the job. He will work hard to continue developing relationships with our external publics." Tittle has nine years experience in the communications and media relations industry, most shootout. Mountain View, meanwhile, didn't capitalize on its On including the tor. "I'm thrilled with this new BYlTs publications and web (14-17- SHOCK 58 STING 57 9 letic director. Tittle replaces Hale, who was recently promoted by BYU President Merrill Bateman. Tittle will oversee media will work closely with Varsity Club and Cougar Club. He will be chief spokesman for the uni- -; 64-al- l. I) July recently as relations and marketing and MIRACLE 83 all play,"' Comets coach Van Chancellor said. "Nobody did not want to play." Except for Comets guard Cynthia Cooper, IVrrot's best friend. Cooper didn't dress by Duff Tittle has been appointas BYlTs Associate Athletic Director for External Relations, announced Val Hale, men's athed YOUR COUGAR CARD ISA SEASON The Peaks Ice Arena, Water Gardens Miniature Golf, Daily Herald - Newspaper in Education, KISN & KOSY radio stations, Alpine School District Foundation, Wood Manor Playhouses. TICKET TO: (62) 12 5. Gillom 6 14 5 5 17. Slepanova Timms4 9 0 0 11. Pettis 3 16 0 0 6. 2 3 0 0 2. Foster 4 Totals 4 20 38 Utah Phoenix 9 70 50 24 62 GoalsUtah 3 7 (Hlede 2 3. Black Dydek . Tremitiere 01). Phoenix (Ttmms Johnson Fouled out Hamson. Pettis 3 6, Harrower Rebounds Utah 43 (N Williams 2). Phoenix 38 8 (Black 4). Phoenix 13 (Stepanova 11) Assists-Ut- ah (Gillom. Timms 3). Total fouls Utah 23. Phoenix 21. A- -1 2,378. 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