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Show UNIVERSITY ( V r BACK PACE Monday, September 18, 2006 N OURNAL r r' l EDITOR McKenzie Romero, 586-548- 8 n n nor the Golden Eagles could put one in the net, though they played liked miversonsuujournal com two eenly matched teams The Southern Utah soccer team It went back and forth,' Coach went into double overtime on Fnday Brian Stock said Both goalies came kicking off its Mid Con regular up huge season and ended with a tie versus The T Birds out shot the Golden the Oral Robeits Golden Eagles m Eagles m the fiist half 8 Tulsa, Okla SUU junior goalkeeper faced off The T Birds Davis had two saves, Holly against the Golden Eagles (1 3 2) for while ORU sophomore the seventh time m school history, Shelbi Mornson recorded and the game marked the first time four the two squads had ever played into The scoring commenced overtime The played m a the 57th minute as Oral in school-recoreight overtime matches Roberts struck for the first went of which a season ago, seven goal of the match Senior into double overtime Waller received a Tamara came into the contest The ORU assist leader Gentry from 2 0 win 'pass after their a misscleai by a T Bird after Detter versus Cal Baptist Sept 9 Oral and delendei, chipped a shot in over close a Roberts came m after losing outstretched hands of Davis fioin the contest at the hands of Stephen F 18 yards out 1 Austin 2 The T Birds answeied m the 74th In the first half, neither the Birds By MICAH IVERSON 9-- d home-openin- RICHARD PAYSON UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Senior captain, Dani Lavigne, head butts the ball away from Cal Baptist midfielder, Vanessa Wellman. SUU won over Cal at the Sept. 2 game. Baptist 2-- 0 g minute to even the scoie at 1 1 After a corner kick by junior Catherine Johnson and a missclear by ORU, Johnson found junior Brooklyn Phillips with a pass over the head of a defender and she fired it through from 12 yards out The goal was Phillips first of the season and the 14th of her career Dam Lavigne nearly ended the match with 13 minutes to play, but her shot inside ORUs box was denied by Mornson to push the match into overtime Stock was pleased with the play of all his players though they came away with the tie When you have a match like this, it truly is a tie, he said It was a complete team effort In the first overtime, both teams kept their defensive pressure on and both teams had chances to end the game Philups had an opportunity from 20 yards, but again ORUs Mornson made a diving save The secoud overtime saw much of the same, as ORUs Detter nearly scored the game winner, but her shot was too high as it hit the top of the crossbar In the two overtimes, SUU was out-sh- 6 3 Companng the losses on the season with the game at ORU, Stock was impressed now his players came back after the first goal We were able to come back from a deficit, he said We hadnt done that yet Even without the win, the came away with a much needed point with the tie On the road, its very important You have to win your games at See SOCCER, Page 9 Golf team begins two-da- y tourney today in Layton By SCOTT MONROE com full of talent Kenny was a great player for us, but last year Eric was our most consistent player, he said Erie and Jesse have kind of separated themselves from the pack, but if you go down the rest of our lineup, were bunched pretty close together and theyre all pretty good players Church said Nilsson tallied the lowest scoring average on the team last season Church said the team event allows each school to qualify five players per team, but players can qualify as individuals a If qualifies player individually, he still represents but the plays university unattached from his team and has the chance the to win tournament I to try get as many smonroesuujournal team SUU The golf continues its season today as it competes against 15 other teams at the Merrill Lynch Invitational at Valley View Golf Course in Layton SUU coach Richard Church tournament said the starts today with teams playing 36 holes, and concluding with the remaining 18 holes on Tuesday Church said the T Birds have played the course before and know what to expect My guys are real familiar with the golf course for the most part because theyve played a lot of amateur golf there, he said Its the kind of course where you can low shoot scores Putting "My is a premium there Church said (Valley View) he expects the Golf Course team to play better than its last showing season 54-ho- guys are real familiar with the for We didnt the most part because they've played a lot of amateur golf individuals in events as I he said can, It gives them thattournament experience of As Saturday, as perform Wheeler and w'ell there as sophomore we should have Brader Jared last year and I Richard Church were the only look for us to who had perform better roster earned spots competition this year The T Birds finished tenth at Matt McArthur, Nate Page,, Tim Hawkins, Tai Reynolds and the tournament last season Nilsson will battle for the other The Birds square off against three team spots as Utah State, such teams At the conclusion of the Weber State, Utah Valley Merrill Lynch Invitational, the State, Boise State, Gonzaga, T Birds are off for the rest of Utah and Idaho, Wyoming the month before starting a busy and Weber State aie playing October schedule host to the event The team continues its fall SUU returns two players schedule Oct 1 in Reno, Nev who finished in the top 40 at for the University of Nevada last years tournament, semoi Wolfpack Classic at Wolf Run Jesse Wheeler and sophomore Golf Couise Eric Nilsson Wheeler tied The team will then continue for fifth place while Nilsson play m the Silver State when it finished 39th SUU lost one of its top players travels to Las Vegas Oct 8 as fiom last season m Kenny Ebalo part of the District 7 Shootout at but Church said the team is still Angel Paik Golf Course there." Hens Golf Schedule F all Season Source http Avww suu edu'athletics goifschedule html Weber State cornerback Bo Smith moves to foil a pass to SUU wide receiver Dane Westmoreland during the suffered fourth quarter of Saturdays game. The n miversonsuujournal com Penalties have finally caught up to the Southern Utah football team, as it lost its nvaliy game to in state foe Weber State Saturday night 24 13 The biggest stat of the night w'as in the penalty column as the T Buds committed 13 penalties foi 134 yards They hat en't had less than 10 penalties per game in all three games they have played Coach Wes Meier said he is tired of his team helping out the opponent We had some really senseless penalties that helped (Weber We had be said State) out some that I am absolutely going to pull my hair out (for) One such penalty came after senior wide receiver Larue Burley took a punt return 78 yards for the touchdown to even 24-1- !? Wildcats dish up By MICAH IVERSON their first loss of the season to the Wildcats, their instate rival, 3 at Stewart Stadium. Weber State has now won 14 of 17 series games against SUU. loss to 24-1- 3 the scoie at seven apiece eaily m the second quarter was awarded two Burley unsportsmanlike penalties on the play, one for diving into the end zone (theie was no one around him when he dove) and the other for making a tin oat slash gesture toward the Weber quarterback Shawn Woods to freshman wide receiver Matt Loewen was after Just Burley disqualified and with the score 7 7, defending Great West Football Conference offensive player of the week Kyle Coop was sidelined w'lth an ankle mjuiy He did State crow d not return was c ejected Burley finished from the game and , Coop with five carries for will be eligible to 21 yards play tins week versus FOOTBALL Playing without Texas State Weber State won Burley and Coop, the com toss and deferred until Meier said it is hard to put the second half, so the T Birds backups in who can give the same kind of output received the opening kick and You cant lose two guys like were forced to punt on their first that and be able to sustain the possession offense the way you want to, The Wildcats opened with he said We just have too many 69 yard drive and an capped it off wuth a seven yard depth issues as far as that is concerned touchdowm pass from senior 5 T-Birds Just before the half, after an SUU punt, the Wildcats Woods found freshman Tim Toone along the sideline with a few seconds left and set up a field goal that was made by sophomore kicker Conor Foley At halftime the Wildcats led 10-Weber State had the ball to start the second half and wasted no time marching down the field to extend its lead Redshirt freshman Trevyn Smith took a handoff and scampered 37 yards for the touchdown Smith finished with 186 yards on just 16 carries with the touchdown 7 The Wildcats added another touchdown late m the third quarter on a two yard rush by sophomore fullback Marcus Mallei That extended the lead to 24-- 7 Wes Junior quarterback See FOOTBALL, Page 9 |