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Show PACE 10 THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1986 Americans Japanese topple International volleyball match draws large crowd in Centrum BY GREG MILES Southern Utah hosted its first-eve- r Olympic caliber event as the U.S. and Japanese women's volleyball teams competed in SUSC's Centrum Saturday night. A crowd was on hand to see the Japanese eventually prevail over the Americans. The U.S. powered their way into e a tie breaker, but the ended up victors, beating the Japanese 15-115-Americans 15-To begin the event, fourth-gradefrom Cedar City's South Elementary School sang the national anthems of both teams, and a Cub Scout color guard presented the flags. After the national anthems, the two teams followed the tradition of international competition by presenting gifts to each other. The match had all of the excitement and action that a crowd could hope for plenty of spikes and blocks. The Americans showed tremendous power, but it wasn't enough to conquer the finesse of the Japanese. Although every player performed well, there near-capaci- ty fifth-gam- well-polish- 9, 5, 13-1- 5, 1, 9. rs were some outstanding individual performances on both teams. For the Japanese, Miwako Hori, Satoko Inagaki, and team captain Kazue Otokozawa all played strongly. For the Americans, Caren Kemner, Liz Masakayan, and team captain Deitre Collins all competed very well, but the crowd favorite had to be Angela Rock. Rock showed extraordinary power in her serves and spikes. Rich Wilson, the coordinator of the Utah Summer Games, was, to say the least, happy with the turnout. "The support of southern Utah was just excellent," Wilson said. "I think the student support was particularly good. They've shown that they want to see more events that are comparable to this one." Wilson also said that other events have been tentatively scheduled, and that the public should hear about them in coming weeks. U.S. Olympic team coach Terry Liskevych said that he enjoyed his trip to southern Utah and couldn't have asked for a better USA's Caren Kemner spikes one in Saturday's volleyball experience, "other than winning." match-u- p. Women's basketball hopes experience will produce victories BY DALE CUMMINGS Forecasting how a team will do over the course of a season is about like forecasting the weather neither is for sure. But you can get a pretty good idea of what's in store for the future. In the case of this year's women's basketball team the future look? bright. Nine returning lettermen, including four starters, adds up to experience and depth. Coach Boyd Adams is entering his fifth year as the women's head coach. His team finished with a 16-- 9 record last season. Adams is very optimistic about the upcoming season. "We should be a good offensive and defensive team," Boyd commented. "Our schedule has been upgraded considerably over what we are use to. That means we are going to have to be a better team to equal last year's record." The team's height is somewhat shorter than the average, but the size of the team brings no worries to Boyd. "We might be a little short," he said, "but think we will be adequate. If we can get the strong performance in the middle rebounding, offensive output, and defensive strength we should be a very good team." I Adams also noted that his team has high scoring potential. "We have the shooters to score well, and overall very good basketball athletes," he reported. The four returning starters from last year's squad are Denise Muir (senior, guard), Darla Hunt (senior, forward), Angela Levi (senior, forward), and Kim Free (sophomore, guard). Other team members include forwards Sherrie Davis, Alana Orton, Natalie Pfaffenberger, Sherene Sorensen, guards Staci Sargent, Shellie Spencer, Luann Weston, and centers Rebecca Wilkins and Suzanne Sargent. The Lady 'Birds begin their '86-8- 7 schedule Nov. 28 when they take on Utah State in Logan. Intramurals has many Volleyball team finishes season activities on schedule BY DALE CUMMINGS The the women's flag football championship took place Tuesday afternoon with the "Fat Girls" defeating "The Team To Beat" for the honors. An team was named from all teams participating in the tournament. All-stsquad members included Denise Muir and Sherrie Davis from the "Fat Girls," Suzie Pederson and Karen Talbot from "The Team to Beat," Debbie Thornton from "Maryann's," and Lori Mills from the "Rosie Reds". The men's flag football championship will be played today at 4 p.m. on the soccer field behind the library. will be awarded to the winning team. Boyd Prisbrey, the coordinator for many of the intramural activities, urges everyone to come and enjoy the game. Co-ewill continue through Tuesday with volleyball sign-up- s play beginning at 5 p.m. that evening. Each team will consist of four men and four women. A round-robi- n tournament will be played to start things off, and a single elimination tourney will round-ou- t the week's play. For more information on the volleyball,, contact Elise Edwards at 586-018Men's whiffle ball begins Nov. 19. Forms for sign-up- s can be obtained in the P.E. Building. Information concerning these and other upcoming activities is a 'liable on the bulletin board located outside the P.E. offices. all-st- ar ar d 4. The women's volleyball team finished its season this past weekend, playing in three separate matches. The Lady 'Birds began Thursday night pitted against Western State College in Gunnison, Colo., where the Lady 'Birds lost to the Mountaineers in three sets. This put SUSC at 11 wins and 12 losses, and in a must win situation for the remaining two matches. It was or. to Mesa College Friday where SUSC split their two matches, first beating Western New Mexico University, but then losing to a very tough Mesa College team. The final loss put the 'Birds' chances of getting into the NAIA District VII tournament at null, with the rule that independent schools must have a record of over .500 to receive a tournament berth. The Lady Thunderbirds finished their season with a 12-1record, and hope to set better marks next year with a more experienced team, according to Coach Joy Peterson. 3 Thunderbird gridders have bye The rd football team had a bye this past week and is preparing for its final two contests of the season. Despite a mark of three in the loss column, SUSC has some pretty good statistics to be proud of. SUSC ranks second in the WFC in both scoring offense and total offense. The 'Birds have averaged 410 and 34.7 e at this point in the season. They can also boast the highest rushing yardage in the conference, averaging over 241 yards per game. yards-per-ga- points-per-gam- The team also has several individual leaders in the conference. Quarterback Chad Richard ranks first in total offense, gaining over 226 yards-per-gam- e. Dennis Wells ranks first in the conference in kickoff returns, cranking out an average of 31.6 yards every time he returns the ball. The resume their schedule Saturday when they take on the Kingsmen of Cal Lutheran University in Thunderbird Stadium at p.m. 1 |