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Show THF THUNDERBIRD 'W swrwxsawti-sef- WAYWiiwPilWf' w if1 i'wu ny U' Mrywpv". TT"rTjr."Tf mm ww'U'Ujiiywi-- mi TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 1987 PACE 21 'Birds ripped by Vikings in WFC opener; now 2 2-- BY RUSS HYMAS It was a plain and simple matter at Thunderbird Stadium Saturday night Jack Bishop's squad wasn't as good a football team as Portland State, neither, however, were they as good as themselves Mistakes, complicated by an inability to cross the goal line and to stop a quick Curtis Delgardo, were the major loss to the factors in the 38-- 6 Vikings, ranked sixth in the nation among Division II schools. Bishop seemed a bit surprised at how soundly his team was beaten by PSU. "It's a disappointing loss," he said "It was kind of a funny game, thought our offense did a good job, but we were unable to get across the goal line when we needed to " SUSC got on the scoreboard on its first possession with a 51 yard field goal by Herkey Marxen then had another opportunity to score six after Scott Morrey intercepted Viking QB Chris Crawtord and leturned it 35 yards to the PSU 18 A missed field goal resulted and was a pietursor of a met t ot irustration tor SUSC Thunderbird penali es and mistakes were turned into big Vike (days including a pass interference call on he Birds ro ijt Fortinii i n SUbC's 3 Tiat ed n the Vu viking sco e ot t e evenn g Y Key Allr n s c eA oirln t o 'k uack tiii r 'hat va ai d Sui e was able o aam more oft 'B rd mixtures as 'he sec ono ouartei fecan (oe ot w covt red a Dennis Wells fumble to et up a 41 varcl field goai and a 10-- 1 ieao In the second quarter penalties were N another tactor tnat gave PSU the Haltback Thane Marshall and quarterback Chad Richard found themselves among opportunity to put more points on the a crowd of Vikings from Poitland State all night Saturday as the 'Birds went down board A facemask and a late hit call TD run by helped set up a to a 38-- 6 defeat in the WFC opener I -- c Of IU rd Portland State's Tommy Johnson to give the Vikings a 17-- 3 lead SUSC next drove to the Viking 38 before another fumble led to a 24-- 3 bulge for PSU. Southern Utah was determined to put some points on the board, though, o and on a with 1 35 left in the half the 'Birds went for the first down when it seemed they had little to lose. Richard hit Rob Hill to keep the SU drive alive. Four plays later it stalled, however, and the 'Birds settled d for a field goal by Marxen to end the half Unfortunately, it also ended the scoring for Southern Utah for the night. In the second half it was all Portland State, although SUSC controlled the ball for more than 18 minutes. The 'Birds drove all the way to Portland's line, but were stopped by a tough Viking defense. Portland took over and Delgardo quickly made short work of the 'Bird defense with a d scoring jaunt. d The Delgardo, a substitute running back for the vaunted and injured Kevin lohnson, pmved to be the tpe ot runner that was ihe 'Bird nemesis ut Weber State at we1 k as he zipped ihrouuh the Wise delense lor 195 ot the 3 58 acts tcuiie i bv he V kings en ist ng ate to n50 yanls m toiai otfen e USE despite the ourn rous stalled mes was Mill ..hie to rack uu 381 otal ' arr s 'n audition 'o the rive th.it nrteci on the up lor the Biros tJ j ' arcl Puce consumed nearly e'ght minutes in the third quarter and went or naught Tins was (epical ot the night ot misfortune Bishop and his troops will hope for better fortune, however, as they travel to Thousand Oaks, Calif, Saturday for a 2 p m encounter with Cal Lutheran fourth-and-tw- 29-yar- 67-yar- 5-- 6, 168-poun- c Lady 'Birds gather victories in volleyball over weekend plays in the backcourt, she is responsible for getting the ball up and takes pride in her passing. This past weekend the Lady 'Birds wrapped up the Sophomore Judy Flamm is a front row player and is Grand Canyon College Tournament by taking first improving. Jenny Miller redshirted last season and is seeing a lot of playing time this year. Miller has one place. of the most powerful hits on the team and plays Though young and inexperienced the Lady 'Birds far middle blocker with intensity. thus its demonstrated has strength team volleyball Coach Joy Peterson feels the young team has a lot this season, with a 13-- 8 record. have only two returning players, junior of potential. "They are the most coachable and The and Kathy compatible team that have worked with," she said Kim Turley, who is the starting The team overall is very small, but they are quick and has excellent setter at the Glover position. Turley hands and good skills, Glover was the best server and that makes up for their height. "With such a young team there are going to be individual skills that need defensive player as a sophomore. to be improved and they need to develop a sense of Freshman Cindy Ropelato starts at hitter position, she has shown excellent potential as a player concentration," Peterson said, "that developing these skills will just come with time " The overall team has Ropelato is very competitive and one of the best a G P A of 3 6, remarkable for any athletic team defensive players in the backcourt Susan Flamm, a excellent because of the time spent on the court versus the an Ricks transfei student from College, is on classroom best Tom is tne Memlle leaper volleyball player BY TIFFAN1E FLORENCE I setter-hitte- r, the team and plays on the front row Trina Packard in Flamm said the team is very close and wants the best for the other team members. "We have the potential of being a very good team, it's just going to be a matter of living up to expectations." The 'Birds have participated in three major tournaments thus far this season. The first tournament round robin in Gunnison, Colo. They was a tied for second overall. The following tournament was in LaVerne, Calif. There the team competed against some of the best competition they will meet all season. The teams were much taller and more experienced. Peterson felt the shouldn't have lost some of the matches they did, "because they just made some mental errors that will be worked out with time " They were 6 overall at the tournament. 10-tea- m 5-- This past weekend the Lady 'Birds dropped Grand 15-115-The 'Birds lost Canyon College 15-their first game to Western New Mexico, but then came bacK to win the next three matches 9, 7, 0. |