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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday, September 24, 1999 Page B2 UtSS CRiZF1NQ NotabSe Quote UTE BEAT 0 "I played the next week with a dislocated shoulder, and it got dislocated that week. And I played the next week with it, and it got dislocated again. Then 1 played the next week, and it got dislocated again. Then I got tired of the dislocation, so I put a brace on it. "I played the rest of the season, and caught the highest amount of passes I ever caught in football. But then, I'm Iron Mike." New Orleans Saints coach Mike Ditka at a recent press conference. Tennis Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles led the Top-seede- d second-seede- d advance to the quarterfinals of the Toyota Princess Cup with easy victories Thursday. Davenport breezed past Anna Smashnova of Israel Seles, the three-timdefending champion, ousted qualifier Miroslava Vavrinec of Switzerland 6-- 6-- on the ball and that was why he was able to make that play." SALT LAKE CITY Trailing 10-- late in the first quarter and facing from inside their own 20, the old Utes would have panicked. The ball would have gone back to Utah State, and Utah would have been left to wonder how they suffered yet another upset. But this year's Utes are e - Steffi Graf won another accolade Thursday, receiving by Crown Prince Felipe of Spain. an award bestowed Graf, who retired from competitive tennis last month at age 30, was chosen from among 36 candidates for the Prince of Asturias Award, including retired NBA star third-and-1- 4 more experienced. Much more experienced. Darnell Arceneaux coolly completed a pass over the middle to split end Donny Utu, end 36 yards later, Utah had a first down. A few plays later, Arceneaux found tight end Matt Nickel in the end zone from 7 yards out, and the comeback was on. Not that they were worried. That's the benefit of a veter- an team. "Hard work breeds confidence," says running back and team leader Mike Anderson. "We are a confident team because we worked hard in the summer. Most guys go home for the summer, but we had 50 guys stay behind, and we all worked out together. "When you're doing that, and you're all doing it together, that's just going to bring you closer together as a team, because everyone sees how hard everyone else is working." THAT COULD explain why, when the Aggies came out aggressive and boxed Utah IN THE second half, it looked as if Utah State would finally break through and expose the Utes as a bunch of mental weaklings. But when the score was and it appeared as if the Aggies had scored the touchdown on a bootleg only to have it nullified on an call at the 25, it was Utah State who fell apart. The Aggies still had a chance at a game-tyinfield goal of 37 yards, but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty turned it into a attempt, which fell short. That was it. Game over. As far as character goes, the Utes won going away. Never mind that they tacked on 17 more points to make it a final. This game meant much more than any final score. For Utah, it was a huge building block for the rest of the season. The Utes now have something most teams are still the knowledge looking for they can come back and hang tough when they have to. 21-1- 8 60-yar- d Tom McHoes into a corner, the Utes punched their way out by scoring 21 unanswered points. It wasn't easy, of course. After the Utes went up Utah State threatened to turn the tide back in its favor. Driving all the way to Utah's line, the Aggies seemed sure to regain the lead. But Jay Hill intercepted a pass in the end zone and the Utes drove 80 yards for their third straight touchdown, largely on the strength of Anderson's running. Suddenly it was Utah State who was backpedaling. "I saw the receiver run past me and I just sprinted back on it," says Hill. "Luckily, there was enough air under it and I turned around, put up my hands, and got the pick." Coach Ron McBride knows why Hill made the play. 'That was huge," says McBride. "Jay Hill has a lot of heart. He really hustled back 14-1- g 52-yar- d 38-1- 8 Tom McHoes is the publish- KEVIN LEEThe Daily Herald '; er of UteRunner, a web site for Rivals.com. For more Utah sports news and information, This one's mine: BYU's Nina Puikkonen will lead the Cougars into California for two tough matches this weekend. log onto http:utah.rivals.com. Cougar spikers head to California Michael Jordan and Tour of France cycling champion BYU kickers welcome Washington Lance Armstrong. Football Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told reporters that cornerback Deion Sanders definitely will play when the Cowboys return to action against the Arizona Cardinals on Oct 3, following the bye week. Sanders, who missed the Cowboys' first two games, has Soccer An exhibition between the Miami Fusion and the Haitian national team was suspended abruptly after a referee's call against Haiti angered many fans, who trashed the field. Wednesday night's game at Lockhart Stadium was ' stopped in the 60th minute with the Fusion leading after referee Greg Watson disallowed an apparent Haitian goal by Eddy Cesar. Many of the crowd of 12,400, mostly fans of the Haitian team, reacted by throwing plastic water bottles and garbage cans onto the field. Many also rushed the fences that separated them from the field, breaksection. ing a 0 40-fo- Baseball and in St. George. This is an open tournament for ages More information is available from the Rocky Mountain School of Baseball. Call toll free 10-1- Volleyball Melissa Boyle set a new UVSC hitting record, pounding cut 16 kills with only one error to lead Utah Valley State 15-- 9 win over College to a 15-d Arizona Western at the Valley of the Sun Volleyball Tournament on Thursday. Boyle hit .652, breaking the .650 mark set by former Wolverine Angela Roberts in J 1992. The effort is the best ever for a Wolverine in a match with at least 20 . attempts. Boyle had 23 15th-ranke- attacks. "Melissa was just great," said UVSC coach Sam Atoa. f To hit over .600 is awesome. ' She was the key in what was very strong attack tonight." a five-gam- lOth-ranke- setter f coach 'Jf f said. better i It's the first meeting between the two schools. Saturday, BYU will host Pacific, another 1998 NCAA take that: have reached their potential yet. We still haven't put four good quarters of football together. "Against Timpview well have to play smart football and execute. We have to keep our mistakes to an absolute minimum." Both teams' defenses will be severely tested tonight. Timpview is averaging 32 points per game, while Provo is putting up 26 points per contest. "We have to take care of the ball to beat them," Van Orden said. "Provo has good size and good athletic ability. This will be a good test for both teams." Timpview, Provo and Lone in Peak are all currently 2-- 0 i ' Ms J J 1 r3'tfgL ii Washington tonight. BYU it "Lone Peak is still the team to beat," Van Orden said. "Anyone with a brain can see that. And I've got a brain." Other games to watch: Alta at Orem 3-- 1) (2-- 0, (0-- 2, 2-- 2) Chance for Paul Clark's crew to rebound from two straight losses. Jordan Timpanogos at 2-- 2) (0-- 1, 2-- 2) (1-- 1, Good to be home again after last week's loss at Alta. Park City Wasatch (2-0, 4-- 0) (2-- 0, at 0, Continued from Bl Tuiasosopo played like a rookie in the first half as he completed 5 of 10 passes for just 39 yards. He ran six times for 5 yards. BYU should have led 20-- 7 at that point, but mistakes turned the game into a barnburner. The Cougs eventually won, 35-2A week later, No. 23 Colorado State's Matt Newton started the game by completing just 1 of his first 6 passes. At halftime he was 5 of 13 for 44 yards. BYU led 21-- and it could have been worse because a field goal attempt set up by a Newton interception was blocked. 0 BYU won 34-1"These are their first starts," Cougar defensive coordinator 3. 3-- 1) Ryan Van Roosendaal could reach 1,000 yards rushing for the season against surprising Park City. Manti (2-Grantsville 3-- 1) (1-- 1, Valley's No. 5 team battles Class 2A power Grantsville on the road. Springville (0-American Fork (1-- at 1-- 3) 2, 1, e "We will be facing two good teams from the said BYU coach Elaine Michaelis. "Both Cal and Stanford return all their starters from last year and Stanford has freshman Pac-10,- " Ken Schmidt said. "It's tough if you come in and you haven't played much. These teams have to run. If you have a good defense and can stop the run, you hang the opponent's ability to win on that quarterback." Of course, BYU has one of the premier run defenses in the country. It had the No. 5 rush defense in 1998 (90.7 yards per game) and the Cougars are No. 7 after two games in 1999 (55.0). After Ellis this weekend, the string of rookies continues: Utah State's Jeff Crosbie started four games last year, but he's just a sophomore still learning to make good decisions. Cal is giving freshman first college start this weekend against Kyle Boiler his Arizona State. Boiler has been sharing time with sophomore Virginia Tech at 4-- 0) a team-leadin- g outright. I've seen." "We feel we've made good progress," Henderson said. "But we don't think the boys - BYU's Sara Reading and the Cougars will take on region play, so the winner of tonight's game will either share the region lead or own an outstanding quarterback and has impressed Van Orden. "He does a good job in their passing game," Van Orden said. "He doesn't take sacks and he hasn't thrown many picks in the games and films T. ROBERT JORNSON The Duly Herald I "IS Anna-LenSmith, who needs 414 more assists in 1999 to surpass current U.S. national team setter Charlene Johnson Tagaloa atop BYU's list. Nina Puikkonen leads the team in kills (4.38), while Mari Carpenter is hitting .446. a all-tim- I We're PREP e d BYU is led by Caroline Putz, a sophomore who Provo's Chad Nichols is also The annual Fall Baseball Extravaganza will be held October .22-2- 4 and October 29-3- 1 three-gam- e 3 qualifier which beat BYU the last time these two teams played. vol- h leads Washington in scoring. "They have everybody back from last year, and from what I've heard they're a good, physical team," BYU soccer Jennifer Rockwood "Washington's one of the team's we've had here. excited to play them." BYU women's d leyball team hits the road again to play in the West Challenge featuring No. 7 Stanford, California, Utah and BYU. The Cougars face California Friday at 6:30 p.m. before playing tournament host Stanford on Saturday at 8 p.m. Utah will face the Cardinal Friday and the Golden Bears Saturday. The Cougars have a winning streak and are coming off a sweep of Utah win over State and a then Pepperdine. The match will begin tonight at 7. Washington made the 1998 NCAA tournament and comes into tonight's match with a record. One of its top players is former Bountiful High star Continued from Bl Nev., lOth-ranke- PROVO The BYU women's soccer team has a new lease on life, thanks to the recent NCAA ruling on Sunday play. Now the focus can remain on d the soccer field, where BYU host will Washington and Pacific this weekend. 2-- last weekend, the matches 10th-ranke- been sidelined since undergoing surgery to repair torn ligaments in his great left toe in April. "Deion is definitely playing against Arizona," Jones said. "He told me he was ready." in Mesquite, After PALO ALTO, Calif. ' home two first its winning 2-- 2) Jeff Pulley goes for another big rushing game against sagging Springville. BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Shyrone Stith, Ike Charlton and Corey Moore rescued No. 8 Virginia Tech from a great show by Clemson quar- terback Brandon Streeter on Thursday night, lifting the Hokies to a tense victory over the Tigers. 31-1- 1 Logan Tom (from Utah's Highland High), who is playing extremely well. "Stanford has a long home winning streak and will be national championship contenders so this will be a good benchmark for us. We will definitely have our work cut out for us." This will be BYU's 12th meeting with California. The Cougars hold a advantage in the series and won the last two meetings in 1993 and 1994. The 9-- 2 series record Cougars have a with the Cardinal and are 2 at Stanford. The Cardinal have a 2-- 6 0-- winning streak the Cougars with wins against in 1987 and 1992. The Cardinal returned all six starters and 10 letterwin-nerfrom last year. Stanford is hitting .300 on the year and is averaging 3.48 blocks per game. From her outside hitter position, Tom is leading the team with an average of 5.29 kills per game while hitting .344. two-matc- h s Three-tim- e and reigning Pac-1Player pf the Year Kerri Walsh adds 3.39 kills per game and a .373 attack percentage. 0 . Clemons, who hadn't started before this season. j Sam New Mexico is using three quarterbacks junior Erjc freshman Justin Jaworsky, Mohley and JC transfer Sean Stein who had a combined zero Division starts entering 1999. UNLV starts JC transfer Jason Vaughn. Even Air Force's Cale Bonds, the only senior BYU will face this year, is a first-yea- r starter. BYU will see a QB with 10 career starts for the first tinie ' on Nov. 6. I November! And San Diego State's Brian Russell will probably be on the bench. Junior college transfer Jack Hawley has started the first three games for the Aztecs. "It's all right with me," Schmidt said. "That's college football." escapes Clemson Stith rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown, Charlton picked off Streeter's pass with 3:09 left and returned it 34 yards for a touchdown and Moore turned a sack and fumble by Streeter into a scoring play 38 seconds later for the Hokies 32-yar- d (3-0- ). 1 Virginia Tach uth IT 31 First Quartar 3 run (Graham kick). 1:12. VT Kendnck 24 run (Graham lack). Clem fG Campbe! 27. S.X. 14 12 Clem Ourciu 9 pasa from Lazarra (Streeter pasa to! . LeMay). 11:31. VT ! fG Graham 47. 500. VT Charlton 34 Interception return (Graham Wck). 3 0B. VT Moore 32 fumble return (Graham tack). 2:31 . J i POOB |
