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Show v t BACK PACE EDITOR v - Monday, August 29, 2005 Darren Vaughan 586-199- 2 1 Birds earn recertification along with sportsmanship award This announcement confirms the excellent By SCOTT MONROE smonroesuujournai com The NCAA Division I committee granted SUU a full athletics certification this summer, ending a process that began in November 2002. SUU received the certified status along with 12 other schools, including Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Marquette, Rhode Hill. Island and North Carolina-Chape- l In a press release, President Steven D. Benmon said he was pleased with the certification. effort regularly demonstrated by the staff, coaches and athletic administration in running a program SUU and the NCAA can be justifiably proud of, he said. The process includes a review of items such as commitment to rules, academic integrity, and equity, welfare of student-athlete- s sportsmanship. Tom Douple, athletics director, said the NCAA mandates every school in Division I to be certified. Basically, your program gets credibility, he said. That means youre doing your 1,2223 V.'-- ".N'T plan ubr d r business right. A status of certified, as opposed to essentially means that the institution is working within the rules and guidelines set up by the NCAA. athletics assistant Larsen, Myndee director, said the NCAA has given SUU its stamp of approval. its By being at accreditation our reaffiiming of level the intercollegiate highest said. she Division I, competition. rv r. 1,2 t certified-with-condition- Her. ft, 202 NCAA control a begin cert heat ion process Lf.u-r- , i 13, 2: syub'-sself-st- i y A T. 1 1, lr"r jj .2 lyf CUDAdiiet cs See ATHLETICS, Page 12 HOLLY JOURNAL COBABE UNIVERSITY SUU mauls Mesa, drops Weber war in preseason play By CAMERON McGREGOR cmcgregorsuujournal.com After weeks of practice and two home exhibition games against Mesa State and Weber State, the SUU womens soccer team is anxious to begin regular season play. The team has a positive outlook going into the season after two good opening exhibition games, including a thriller versus Weber State. win against The opened up with a confidence-buildin- g balanced offense, scoring Mesa State. The team had a two goals in the first half and two in the second. Brooklyn Phillips had an easy goal after Dani Lavigne beat the in the 21st and passed to Phillips to go up goalie minute. In the 44th minute, Shaley Ipson scored on a centering pass Tara Olson scored the from Cassidy Berlin to go up third goal unassisted after stealing the ball from a defender. Ashley Smith finished the scoring in the 88th minute with a penalty kick. Following the victory against Mesa State, SUU found their hands were quickly full with an experienced Weber State team. The down by the 23rd minute SUU quickly regrouped when Cassidy Beilin scored off of a comer kick from Ashley Smith to cut the deficit in half. found many scoring chances in The the second half. Tara Olson scored in the 49th minute, assisted by Jill Shurtleff. However, Weber State scored on a penalty kick in the 66th minute, sealing the victory. The offense is looking very good. We are creating a lot more chances than we did all of last season, Coach Brian Stock said. The difference today was that we did everything we needed to win in :he second half. We came out on fire and scored a goal early to tie it up. We kept at them, but we just couldnt finish. Leading up to Utah State, were going to focus on taking advantage of our scoring chances. Stock continued to emphasize the vast improvement he has seen in his team since last year. Were a season ahead, he said. Were right where we should be in regards to that team Weve got a lot more dynamic attack, he added. Our technical ability has really improved, and the chemistry of the team is outstanding, even with eight new players on the roster ... Im excited going into next week, and (this loss) is just going to light a little spark. I m sure. rival Utah The team kicked off its regular season against State in Logan on Sunday, but results were not available as of press time. Stock said he was looking forward to Sundays game against an rival. It does add to the flavor of next weekends game for us, he said. Just like (Mondays game), a lot of our kids have played with their The flavor of next week is going to players, are friends with them be very spicy, just like it was (on Monday). 4-- 0 well-oile- 0 one-on-o- 2-- 2-- 0 wide receiver LaRue Burley returns a kick while Jason Lee and Drew Rykert give chase during a Wednesday-afternoowill open the 2005 season with the first Thursday-nigh- t scrimmage at Eccles Coliseum. The game in school history against the Idaho State Bengals at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. SUU n . . prepare for season opener T-Bir- ds By TOM EDMONDS tedmon ds . su uj ou m al com The SUU football team is preparing for its season opener Sept. 1, and it faces an uphill battle in replacing a multitude of talent including quarterback Casey Rehrer and linebacker Marques Hams. was Meier Wes Coach confident about his teams situation following Wednesdays second, and final, senmmage a We accomplished lot, Meier said I felt pretty good about how it went today. Thefirstteamoffensestruggled to move the ball eariy against experience from last season, he their defensive counterparts in is the current favorite to start the season. the final preparation game of the asked at a press When Senior quarterback preseason. conference who will Zac Connors started start the season opener the scrimmage, at Idaho State, Meier four of completing for seven perhaps growing passes tired of speculating and no 25 yards on such a difficult touchdowns. decision Most of the offseason paused talk centered on the FOOTBALL momentarily, laughed, and simply returned, quarterback position. What do you guys think? Connors and sophomore Wes He went on to reiterate that no Marshall are both vying for decision has been made. the coveted position Because Connors is the only one of the Notyct, Meiersaid We have two outstanding quarterbacks two with Division game here. So, well see dont The quarterbacks recognize any controversy at all. If Wes starts Ill support hint and I know Wes will support me if I start, Connors said. those of The targets quarterbacks, the wide receivers, have garnered a lot of attenUon through the two scrim mages Senior Jerome Eason, who led the team in receiving yards last year, and junior Joey Hew from Len, who transferred the University of Hawaii in the offseason are among that See dvaughansuujournal com SUUs athletic teams had an eventful summer, with occurrences ranging from contracts athletes signing protessional academic national to teams winning championships. Shortly after the conclusion of spring baseball and softball semester, the teams competed in their respective Conference tournaments. The baseball team opened its tournament run victory against Western May 26 with a defeat at the Illinois, but suffered an hands of eventual conference champion Oral Roberts in the conference semifinal, into an elimination dropping the game against Centenary. The Gentlemen handed the Birds a streak of five defeat, ending the consecutive appearances in the conference title game. the season, nine players Following 6-- 2 11-- 2 7-- 3 t c i 1 i j ' 4 Page 12 Athletes achieve fantastic feats during break By DARREN VAUGHAN i received honors, with Darren Duckworth and Justin Sotelo named to the first team, while juniors Jeff Ohverson and Trever Dimick will return tins spring after being named to the second team Pitcher Justin Abbott signed a contract to play professional baseball with the while outfielder J D. Texas Rangers, elected to do the same with the Westphal Chicago Cubs following his sophomore See RECAP, Page 12 V ? BRIAN TINDALL UNIVERSIT Y JOURNAL Kimly Anderson prepares to kick the ball during next home Thursdays practice and scrimmage. The 12 4 p.m. at on Cal will be Sept. Baptist against game |