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Show PACE 10 THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 1987 Lady 'Bird spikers are upset BY TIFFANIE FLORENCE lead in the set and were off to an early went on to defeat the Lady 'Birds "We didn't play smart tonight," said Peterson. "We allowed Grand Canyon to make 15 points off of our net violations and 4-- 0 15-1- 1. SUSC fans had their first chance to see the Lady Bird volleyballers in action Saturday evening, but were disappointed as SUSC was defeated by Grand Canyon College in the first three sets of the match. The loss destroyed all possibilites of the 'Birds hosting the NAIA District Seven women's volleyball playoffs. The have beaten Grand Canyon twice this season, and had a three-wee- k layoff period to mentally and physically prepare for the match. "We had an excellent practice the day before the game, and was sure that we were very well prepared to host Grand Canyon," said Coach joy Peterson. "Mentally, felt we were up for the match, because of the three-wee- k rest period." The dominated early in the first set, Grand Canyon leading Grand Canyon came from behind and upset the 'Birds by a The second match went much score of the same way with the out to an early 5 lead. Grand Canyon capitialized on the errors made by the 'Birds in the second set and defeated them The final set was dominated by Grand Canyon. The Antelopes I 8-- 3. 15-1- 3. 7-- 15-1- 0. 15 points off of our bad serves, and these 30 points cost us the match." Merrille Tom and Trina Packard were not up to their usual strength, having not felt well for the past couple of days. "This hurt us in the sense that we didn't have two of our starting players in top physical ability," said Peterson." "I am not happy with our concentration on the match itself," Peterson said. "We did not execute or analyze the match at all." The 'Birds started out the first two sets very strong and then suddenly fizzled out. "We were able to rally together at the first, but then we lost ail of our momentum," says Peterson. The loss dropped the 'Bird record to 13-- 9 overall while Grand Canyon advanced its overall record to SUSC now prepares for the final action of the season at the Fort Lewis Tournament on Friday and Saturday. The tourney could decide where the 'Birds will be playing in the playoffs. 8. Cal State Northridge dismantles Thunderbirds BY JANETTE JENSEN . The often bad thing about college football is the vengeance factor, and the Thunderbirds found this out Saturday as the Cal State Northridge rolled up 56 points to drop SUSC's Western Football conference mark to The 'Bird offense, however, continued to shine, putting 36 points of its own on the board. The first quarter was reminiscent of last year's game between the Thundcbirds and the Matadors in which the 'Birds scored 21 points in the first quarter to record a big upset, but this time around, Northridge did the scoring to jump out in front by three TDs at the close of the first period. T-Bi- rd BY DAREN The two teams racked up the yards and the points to break conference records in both areas. It was a definite show for both offensive lineups. - The scoring was begun by CSUN's Chris Moore who made a grab at the five yard line less than four minutes into the game. The next two touchdowns were perpetrated by Albert Fann. The had, by the second quarter, dug themselves into a defensive hole from which they could not escape. Southern Utah was also plagued by a series of penalties which helped the Matadors gain significant yardage at key moments in the contest. With about nine minutes left in the half the defense did begin to spark when it regained the one-hand- baseball season under way COTTAM The Thunderbird baseball club got back into action this past weekend as it traveled to Snow Junior College on Friday and then it was onto Provo to face Utah Valley Community College. There were no statistics recorded for either game, the reason being that in all fall baseball, no official statistics are kept. Southern Utah Coach Bill Groves was grateful to get back into action and see his players enjoy playing someone else besides their own team. "We were rained out in our last game against University of Utah," Groves said. "The guys were excited to play other opponents instead of the intersquad games they have been playing for the past two weeks." Groves will not have to worry about his team getting too board at practice anymore, at least for the next two weeks. From now until Nov. 7, the Thunderbirds have several road trips, including games this weekend with College of Eastern Utah this Friday and a Saturday afternoon game with the University of Utah in Salt Lake. Southern Utah then travels to Las Vegas to take on the UNLV Rebels in Friday night and Saturday morning games. "The next three weekends are stacked with games," said Groves. The games will give him a chance to see his players really perform. He also said that the team has had its setbacks because of rain, but if the snow holds off a few more weeks, they should be able to get a lot accomplished. Fall baseball is basically geared toward getting a team ready for spring, when the games will be of importance and will be counted on the recordbooks. Groves has the task of trimming down the roster to under 30 players by February. The currently have 36 players still looking to make the final cut, not including some football players still with the gridders that will be joining the club in January. The Thunderbird baseball club will not have a home game until Nov. 13, but baseball fans are encouraged to come out to all practices and scrimmages. Groves encourages the faculty, students, and community to come out and see the practices. The team is on the field from 6 p.m. every weekday, with several players coming in at 2 p.m. for individual work with coaches. 3-- 56-3- 6 ball at its own five yard line. Shortly thereafter, SUSC was able to put 14 points on the scoreboard before half was called at CSUN's homecoming match, but the Matadors continued placing points on the board as well, making the halftime score 35-1The second half proved equally exciting. With six minutes left to play and the score 49-3the needed a big play to come back. The chance might have come when the 'Birds recovered a bad snap, but the Mats came right back and intercepted a 'Bird pass and that spelled the end to SUSC's hopes. 'Bird signalcaller Chad Richard had another good day, however, going 14 for 26 for 259 yards. SUSC, now 4-- 4 on the year, next travels to Sacramento State for another WFC matchup Nov. 4. 4. 6, Harriers improve At Saturday morning's Weber State Invitational, SUSC's men's and women's cross country teams demonstrated steady improvement on previous times. The have finished back in the pack in both the men's and women's divisions in their last two meets, and the Weber State meet proved to be no different. The men's team finished last out of six teams, and the women fared better by finishing fifth out of six teams. Out of the 62 runners in the five mile race for the men David Dix came in at 21st place for SUSC. In the Women's 3000 meter race Jackie Gengler placed 27th for the 'Bftds out of 45 runners. "Overall we did a pretty good job at the meet," said Lopour. "We are getting into shape and that is what counts." The travel to San Bernardino, Calif., Saturday to participate in the multi-teacompetition involving mostly California schools. "We are hopeful that the meet will get us tuned up for our next meet against Seattle on Nov. 7," Lopour said. m |