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Show 5 I u1 '. f ,V ? - Vi - in) ,f in irnTii- x - -- " itr Coach Joy Peterson and her club were all smdes as they did everything right in the first game to win smiles faded in the nightcap as they lost finally scoring in the bottom of the seventh. 5-- :j V 1 UM V , 1 6-- 3. The Genie Turley pitched SU to victory in Saturdays first game with BYU. 2, Softballer, Jekyll and Hyde play disappoints coach want to scratch my comments in last time s paper, she said. I am not elated with anything. She said the players got too lazy when they had the lead in the first game. I tell them, The games not over until the seventh inning. They became more competitive in the seventh of the second game. Its hard to be competitive being complacent. The veteran coach felt they were hitting better and running bases better in the first game than in the second. We had lousy base running the second game. Peterson was simply not happy with her team. If you cant throw and catch at this point, youre in trouble. The Lady Birds encountered a powerhouse pitcher in the second game. Peterson said it wasnt as much the speed and power of the second pitcher that flustered them, It was the way we reacted to her. She only had rise which isnt very good, but, about a three-inc- h nevertheless, she struck out four in the first three Ropelato and Cobey teamed up for an impressive double play in the third to keep BYU from scoring. Shawnda Hansen stole home to give the Lady Birds their final run in the bottom half of the third. The sixth inning may have meant the fate of SUSC with the bases oaded and two outs for BYU, trailing but Sproul threw out the Coog hopes to keep the Lady Birds alive. The second game was a little lopsided for SUSC, coming up on the short end of the 2 decision. They were scoreless until the final inning. BYU scored one in the first, three in the third and one in the fifth. The Lady Bird answer in the seventh was a Ropeleto single to start things off. She later scored on a Heather Hobbs single. Sproul also singled, setting up the second SU run on a Leslie Varoz one bagger. Unlike last week against Utah, Coach Joy Peterson was not pleased with her teams performance. Were you happy with the teams hitting? No. Base running? No. Fieldine? No. I t BY LISA KEENE Before Saturdays softball twin bill with BYU, water erupted nearly flooding the field. That seemed to be a common theme as both teams erupted with offensive shows. In the first game, the Lady Birds scored six The northern team prevailed in the runs to win second by a 2 margin. Softball is normally a sport dominated by pitchers and teams usually find it hard to score many runs. That has not been the case for SUSC so far this season. In four outings they have piled up 15 runs. But defense has been a little shaky as they have allowed 12. Saturday, BYU grabbed an early lead to initiate the first game. But SUSC, now countered when Cindy left a on BYUs first to center Ropelato slapped triple later scored on Diane Cobeys single. pitch. She continued Things going right for the Lady Birds in the bottom of the second. Denise Sproul, Ropelato, Turley and Cobey all had doubles; SU scored four. 6-- 3. 5-- 2-- 2, 6-- 3, 5-- innings. The Lady Birds go on the road today to try to renew their confidence against the University of Utah. Feathers fly at Weber State as Birds get trampled 42-- 7 BY BRENT RICHE V Last weeks word was that a victory over the winless Weber State Wildcats would mean as much to the Thunderbird squad as the Western Football Conference championship. Head Coach Jack Bishops word this week is, Portland States a better football team than Weber is. That isnt good news for Bird hopes of defending champ PSU, since the overthrowing two-tim- e 5 Wildcats got better Saturday with a 42-- 7 mauling of Bishops club. Portland, 2 overall and 0 in the Western Football Conference, travels to Thunderbird Stadium this weekend to take on the 4 Southern Utah State team, which is 1 in the WFC. Im not sure what they did that we didnt do at halftime, said Bishop, referring to the demise of SUSCs 0 halftime lead. Our defense played real well in the first half, but they allowed Weber to keep drives alive. The only Bird score came with 10:57 to play in 0-- not-so-go- 5-- 3-- 2-- 7-- 100 yards. He has 10 touchdowns on the year. the half when Kelvin Minefee scored around the right side from three yards out. It came after linebacker John Alcorn intercepted a Ryan Schmidt pass and returned it inside the 10. Penalties were the key in the first half. The Cats had eight miscues that resulted in the loss of 86 yards, including four clipping calls. But WSC came out in the second half and eliminated the penalties, recording only two. Weber took its first possession of the second half run by 65 yards on six plays and scored on a One of the keys in the game came on the first play of the fourth quarter with SUSC trailing 20-pass play Quarterback Rick Carter completed a Birds the Cat Marshall the on Thane that put to line. Two plays later, the Wildcat pass rush forced Carter to pitch on the option, but no one was there to take the pitch. Weber State recovered and marched 63 yards in four plays to squelch the SU 7. 55-ya- 15-ya- rd rd comeback attempt. run with Jackson put the Cats up 35-- 7 on a George Jackson. fourth the knee bruised in a 2:48 to play. Carter Coming into the game, the Wildcats were averaging while the passing game quarter and Steve Hutchings took his place. Hutchings only 18 yards rushing a contest, threw two interceptions to set up WSC scores. With accounted for 95 percent of their offense. Jackson third-strin- g QB hit rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns against the 1:03 left in the game, Webers d strike touchdown Maxwell a to give Melvin also on worst rushing defense in the WFC. Geoff Mitchell first-yehead coach the Wildcats their first win under saw some daylight against the Bird defense, picking up Arslanian. Dave 140 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries. SUSCs two leading tacklers, linebackers Damon Weber State racked up 316 yards on the ground Olsen and Leo Biggs, were both out of the game. Both compared to only 126 by SUSC. Minefee was held to 71 yards, the fourth time this season he has been under may be out for the rest of the season. one-yar- d 12-ya- , 39-yar- ar rd |