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Show UNIVERSITY Journal I BACK PACE f 1 Tuesday, October 26, 2004 r i v k L EDITOR v i - Jonathan Dean, I r7 U -- DoITGl s 586-775- 9 0 no By DARREN VAUGHAN dvaughansuujournal.com The SUU soccer team was Mid-Co- n from tournament contention Saturday with a 2 loss to Oakland at Thunderbird Soccer Field. The who came into the game needing a victory in order to have a chance at the Mid-Co- n eliminated 4-- tournament, finished the Mid-Co- n schedule with a record of The Birds will carry a overall record into their final match Friday against Northern Colorado. Oakland improved its Mid-Co- n record to with an record overall. The Golden Grizzlies took a 0 lead in the 32nd minute when Silje Peltopera won the ball from goalkeeper Holly Davis and put it into the net for her third goal of the season. However, the Grizzlies lead was short-liveas SUU freshman forward Catherine 1 -- d, Johnson scored her first collegiate goal just 1:09 later Oakland regained the lead just more than eight minutes into the second half when Marianne Samdal took a feed from Kristi Swaving and beat Davis for her fourth goal of the year. The Birds answered in the 64th minute with a goal off a penalty kick by Ashley Smith, but Oakland ran away with the game with goals from Laura Cowham and Peltopera in the 71st and 80th minutes, respectively. Davis and Oakland goalkeeper Jessica Howard each made five saves in thp contest. The were outshot 15-including a 7 margin in shots on goal. SUU coach Brian Stock said the loss was hard to stomach. . Weve just been unlucky all season, he said. I dont think Oakland earned a goal all game. My heart just breaks for our players. Stock said despite the impending loss of seven seniors to graduation, the have a lot to look forward to. If todays effort is indicative of how this team can be in the future, our future looks prettj good, he said. 1, 9-- Andy Hadfield stretches and blocks kicker Emmanuel Benjamins extra point attempt, allowing the beat UC Davis Saturday, marking their first home win of Aggies only six points instead of seven. The the season and increasing their record to rd 3-- 4. Birds topple Aggies at home of the night, now leading By JONATHAN DEAN jdennsuujoumal.com The SUU football team picked up its first home win against No. UC Davis d Saturday after Ilaisa Tuiaki caught a pass from Casey Rehrer to bring the score to five-yar- 19-1- 5. UC Davis took the lead late in the first quarter after quarterback Jon Grant punched d touchdown. through the line for a However, Andy Hadfield leaped into the air on the extra point and blocked it, only allowing the Aggies six points instead of seven. The answered with two scores of their own coming off the foot of Steve Pulver, who knocked in a 41- - and a field goal. Pulvers second field goal tied the game midway through the second quarter, 6 6. Later in the second quarter, the Birds took their first lead of the night after quarterback Rehrer hit Ben Anderson for a pass with only three seconds left on the clock. led 13-Going into the half, the The Aggies struck first early in the third one-yar- 24-ya- -- 24-ya- quarter after kicker Emmanuel Benjamin knocked in a field goal. The Aggies then took the lead after UC Davis Kevin Freeman caught a pass from Grant for the teams second touchdown 22-ya- NO. On the extra Filipe. Filipe helped lead the offense by point attempt, Hadfield again stretched and traveling the ball on the ground. blocked another point. We know that our team is good, and we SUU took the final edge after Rehrer hit know that no one can hang with us, Filipe d Tuiaki for a said. The only thing that can beat us right touchdown pass. now is ourselves. You know, that has been However, the Aggies drove the length of the our situation all year, and field and soon got to the SUU it feels good to beat a team line before the offense came up like UC. two yards shy of a fourth down on a On the defensive side of fourth and five. the ball, Mike Overly and We tire a team that knows we can Marques Harris led the move the ball offensively, Rehrer way. Overly recorded two said. There was no doubt in the sacks, and Harris recorded huddle at all. As you can see, we go 12, while Levi Erickson down with 59 seconds left and score notched another. a touchdown, and we have potential Overly and Harris teamed to win the game. I think the only up to make a huge play that led to SUUs winning time when we got stopped, we shot touchdown. Overly sacked ourselves in the foot. FOOTBALL Grant, forcing a fumble that Rehrer didnt have his best game Harris picked up and ran for of the season, but he did complete 39 yards before being brought down. 22 of 38 passes for 240 yards and rushed for SUU coach Wes Meier said he is proud of 53 more, nearly marking 300 yards in total his team, and he hopes this win will kick some offense. This keeps his average still alive as momentum into his players. he leads the Great West Conference m total I really feel like we did a good job and offense with 306 yards a game. there are a few things that we have to clean Justin Walterschied and Jerome Eason both up, Meier said. But, shoot, they are a tough notched 67 yard in receptions for the team, and they only lost one game this year to Stephen F. (Austin). So being at home this helping lead the offense to its first conference week and playing them, we needed it. We win of the season. Another notable player was Ryan Marky absolutely couldnt take a loss 15-1- five-yar- 50 Nick DiPadova tries to get by Aggies outside linebacker Cory Lekkerkerker 1 as the SUU sideline watches. The Michelle Davis and Dani Lavigne hug another teammate were officially after losing to Oakland. The knocked out of the tournament after the loss. beat the Aggies 19-1- 5 on Saturday. |