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Show U N t r B V lOURNAL PACE 6 Thursday, March 22, 2007 rOr O By EDITOR r J JUSTINE PRUITT jpruittsuujournal com baseball team The suffered another loss Tuesday at the feet of the San Jose State Spartans, 6 1 The Spartans saw a total of five pitchers, while only two Spartan pitchers pitched in the game went through three SUU pitchers in the first four innings sophomore right hander Jacob Chase Noyes, junior Hudson and redshirt freshman right hander Kyle Melling left-hand- I Senior right handed pitcher Matt Wilson and jiunoi light handed pitcher Mac Nelson also pitched for SUU . SUU coach David Idiedge said he thought the pitching was good The fiist tlnee inns should have been stopped defensively Wilson and Nelson he said bofii finished well Spartan semoi light handed pitcher Steven "Vidal pitched eight innings beloie junior right handed pitcher Matt Stone relieved him and pitched the ninth inning r V Justine Pruitt, rl 586-548- 8 OolLPiSJ lr scored m the fiist five innings Noyes got the loss, remaining winless on the season, and against the first three pitchers pitched two and Wilson pitched two ' f innings with s and three hits, three runs, inmngs and faced eight two errois, tlnee walks batteis allowing no and two stakeouts d Juts, no runs and two Hudson pitched stakeouts mmng and faced Nelson pitched one two batteis with no hits runs or walks inning facing three t batteis allowing no Mellmg pitched one and one third innings BASEBALL Juts, no runs and one stakeout with three luts, three runs, two errors, one home run Spartan Vidal pitched eight and one walk innings allowing seven hits, one All six Spartan runs were rim, one error, no walks and six two-tlin- two-third- one-thir- u stakeouts Spartan Stone pitched one inning andfacedfourbatters with one walk and one strikeout San Jose scored first in the bottom of tlie first liming after Noyes walked semor centerfielder Chns Balatico and junior Marcus McKimmy at r second base, before senior Donato Giovantto was Jut by a pitch and semor designated hitter Ryan Angel scored an unearned run The T Birds only run came m the eighth inning when sophomore Kelii Zablan at nght-fielde- second base singled to the left side bnnging in junior shortstop Jerahmie Libke Despite the loss, the out hit the Spartans, 6 were Offensively, doing Were El dredge said well, just not gettmg runs off hits We need to score runs out of hits The team is gettmg there, especially with the last tliree games, Hdredge said There are signs that pitching We is doing better, he said be consistent cant just The team needs to stay 7-- See BASEBALL, Page 7 Love proves obstacle in tennis play By TRINA ROBINSON com trobinsonsuujournal 6-- 2, The SUU tennis team lost their battle against the Utah Utes on Tuesday in St George with a score of 0 In the first doubles match-up- , SUUs sophomore Lelia Kanuha and freshman Shanna Docherty lost to Utah's senior Cinthia Saucedo and fresfiiman Jessica Carter with a set score of 1 In the second doubles play, SUU freshman Carmen and redshirt Blanco freshman DeenaJenson defeated were by Utahs junior Tamann Espinoza and junior Reveche Cheyenne with a set score of 3 Third doubles play proved to be the same result when Utahs senior Jessica Watts and sophomore McCaye Badger lost their match against SUUs sophomore Emmi Bulloch and senior Casie Brooks with a set score of 8 3 In No 1 singles play, SUUs Blanco lost to Utahs Revech, 7-- 8-- 8-- RICHARD PAYSON freshman shortstop Monique Gaastra gets Dixie State freshman shortstop Amanda Vance out as she slides into second base during Tuesdays game at the SUU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL defeated the Rebels start despite weather conditions. The Grizzlies. Oakland the conference play Friday against Kathryn Berg Field. The 15-- 4, 6 2, 6-- By JUSTINE PRUITT jpruittsuujournal com Despite cold winds Tuesday, the T Bird softball team had a big fourth inning with 12 Juts to defeat the Dixie State Rebels at the Kathryn Berg Field, 15-SUU coach Jodi Jackson said the winds helped because the practice in that kind of weather We hit the ball long thanks to the conditions a little I think, she said Senior Bobbi Jo Merrill at first base agreed with Jackson that 4 the wind was good because the team is used to practicing m it Senior nght handed Maussa pitcher Gonzalez led off the fourth wrh a tuple, which set off the They hadnt they did today, hit, but wham, she said Despite coming the game in a three Jutting slump, T Birds hit home runs Freshman designated Jutter Karli Jenson, offene centerfielder semor I havent hit for a Cassie Cresswell and while, so I needed to semor leftfielder Erin pick myself up and Niedeihauser all Jut hit, she said We all SOFTBALL home runs m the came out strong fourth liming Jackson said the T hitters went thiough Bird State Dixie game against three Rebel pitchers, sophomoie was one of the first games the nght handed pitcher Haley pitcheis hit ; into Schumers, 6-- 1 In the No 4 singles matchup SUUs Bulloch competed agamst Utahs Watts and was 4 defeated, In No 5 singles play, SUUs Jenson was defeated by Utahs 2 Badger, In the No 6 singles match-uSUUs Brooks was defeated by 1 Utahs Espinoza, fell to 4-- 6 record The and are scheduled to play their next match on Friday agamst the San Jose State Spartans will match The begin at 9 a m in San Jose, Calif The begin conference play on March 31 against the UMKC Kangaroos SUU is ranked tlurd in with conference standings the IUPUI Jaguars and the Valparaiso Crusaders m the first and second seeds Valparaiso came out victorious in last years championship competition Conference will be at Championslup Valparaiso on Apnl 20-26-- 6-- 6-- 6-- p, 6-- 6-- Suu TENNIS 0 No 2 singles SUUs Kanuha faced Saucedo and was beat, 6 2, 6 0 SUU victorious over Dixie State, In No 3 singles play, SUUs Docherty lost to Utahs Carter, 1 15-- 4 sophomore pitcher Jessie Dunn and junior right handed pitcher Ashlee Olson, before ending the 12 run fourth inning We were in a slump last week, everybody came out and eveiybody hit the ball, Meinll said Gonzalez agieed the team came out stiong Jackson liked the hitting, but liked the rest of the game also Cassie doesnt hit a home inn too often, she said We had aggiessive base running See VICTORY, Page 7 nght-hande- d Athlete receives recognition Allen honored by basketball award, broke high jump school record By Senior guard Justin Allen guards sophomore forward Davin Davis during the Dec. 9 game against Weber State. Allen recieved Defender of the Year award in March. JUSTINE PRUITT jpruittsuujournal com Semor Justm Allen finished the basketball season and leceived the confeience awaid basketball Defender of the Year, btlore he broke the school record in the high jump in his fiist meet of the outdooi tiack and field season Former SUU mens basketball coach Bill Evans said Allen was the best defender on the team and dcseived the award Hes probably the best player down the stretch, Evans said His ability to defend helped win and was a key in the way we played Allen said the award was good for the team because it will allow people to look at SUU a little more and the school will get more respect in the league It means a lot to the team and the school, especially finishing the way we did, he said Allen guarded some of the best playeis of the conference and held them to low sconng, Evans said In the Mid Continent game against IUPUI, Allen guarded Jaguar sophomore guard Gary Patterson m the first half and held lum to only three points, then guaided junior guard Austin Montgomery m the second half and held him to only three points He vr as very deserving of the award, Evans said He played more consistently than any other player Im proud of him and appreciate his loyalty Junior forward Semor Abrahao agreed Allen deserved the award He has talent and is always defense, willing to play Hes always Abrahao said willing to play hard Allen was a huge part of the team, Abrahao said He was definitely why we won some of our games, and not just because he made good shots at the end of games, Abrahao said It was his defense some overcame Allen difficulties while he played as a Abrahao said Justins always been a great defender, but he did get better while being (at SUU), he said He got better offensively as well He got tougher Allen said the award meant a lot to him as an individual means teamwork The without lot because a help and (my teammates) I wouldnt communication, be able to (get that award), he said The outdoor track and field See ALLEN, Page 7 |
