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Show r PACE 6 x r-- EDITOR Thursday, September 4, 2007 Joey Beck, 586-548- 8 s k. P By JOEY BECK jbecksuujournal com The SUU men's golf team opens up its 2008 campaign at Air Forces Gene Mnanda Falcon Invitational and hopes to return home from Colorado Spiings with better lesults than football squad the Falcon The Invitational includes an impressive routinely field and this year will be no exception. Seventeen teams aie slated to compete in the tournament at the Eisenhowei 54-ho- Golf Club-Blu- e SUU golf Course. coach Richard said Falcon the Church a Invitational gives the sense of where they stand on the national scene. This is a deep field that includes at least six teams that competed in the postseason last year, Church said. We should have a good idea of how we stack up against the best teams in the country after this weekend. The field will include national contenders Colorado State, UNLV. and Washington State. The Falcon Invitational will also provide the with plenty of rivalries as a total of five Utah schools aie scheduled to compete. Utah, Utah State, Utah Valley, and Weber State along with SUU will compete in an effort to best represent the state and secure bragging lights. will also look to The finish last year ledeem a sub-pat the Falcon Invitational, where they finished 13th out of the field. Senior Matt McArthur was finisher last year and placed 31st overall as an individual, but McArthur said this years lineup is poised for a solid run By the numbers, the team is the best in SUU history, McArthur said. We expect to be right around the top and with luck win the tournament. the top return a strong .The nucleus from last year's team as seniors Nate Page and Jaicd Biader icturn for tiicir final year of eligibility. will also have an The influx of youth as hignly touted fieshmen Denny Job and Jeff Evans are already making an impact. Church said the two freshmen have both qualified for the opening tournament m Coloiado Spi ings. "Its a good lineup but you have to remember theie is a learning curve at this level with freshmen, Church said. Some kids can step in and excel away but for some other kids it takes a while. Competing as a team for the this weekend will be Page, McArthur. Brader, Job and Evans along with sophomore Chas Boorman competing as an individual. Junior Tai Reynolds was beat out and will not travel with the team this weekend. Church was "aid he a clown by Reynolds' pci foi mance I'm a little disappointed with how Tai qualified, Church said. He's a great player and it's unfoi lunate he's not in the lineup this week will count on an The experienced gioup ot seniots in McAithur, Page and Brader to compliment the talented pair of little r w let newcomeis. McArthur and Page hope to cairy over the success they experienced during spring and summei play into the fall. The dynamic duo is geared up for a strong run m their final year in the program and Church said the two aie some of the best SUU has ever had. Nate and Matt ate as good a as weve ever had here and that says a lot, Church said. The will tee-oat 8:15 Saturday morning and play 36 holes before playing 18 holes for the final round on Sunday. ff will open up Ridge Golf Course on Tuesday. The the fall season at the Falcon Invitational Saturday. prepares for Lumberjacks By JOEY BECK jbecksuujournal.com The SUU soccer team will travel to Flagstaff, Ariz., Friday to take on the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona, in hopes of capturing its first win of the 2008 season. The have started the season on a skid, compliments of the Big West Conference, as they have dropped games to both UC Riverside and Cal State Northridge. have The been outscored 10-- 2 by the Big West foes. SUU soccer coach Brian Stock its tough to get away with mistakes when playing that level of competition. Our mental errors cost us some goals these last two Stock said. The games, caliber of teams we have been playing will punish you for your mistakes. defense Although the allowed 10 goals in the last two outings, Stock said the defense isnt worrying him. Our defense isnt a concern at all, he said. We have only allowed one goal in the flow of said SUU football players run plays and go over drills during will Tuesdays practice on the practice field. The play host to Adams State Saturday at 6 p.m. Satruday at will look to end a Eccles Coliseum. The to September 23rd 2006 streak that dates back losing when the defeated Texas State. 19-ga- play. SUU football hopes to recover after loss By PRESTON HEATON victoiy. Last season the Birds lost to the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, who are now a pait of the Great West FOR THE JOURflAL After being humbled last weekend in Colorado Springs by the Air Force Academy football Falcons, the team looks to snap a losing streak Satuiday in their home opener against the Adams State Grizzlies. If the Birds are going to break the losing s'reak, they're going to have to play a tough game against the Grizzlies who, like the Birds, aie going to be fighting to avoid a dreaded 2 start to their season. The Grizzlies were humiliated last week when they traveled to Bozeman, Mont , to take on the Montana State Bobcats. The Grizzlies failed to get into the end zone, losing the game 59-The Birds played with a lot of energy last week and have a lot to look forward to this season, but they need to improve many 0-- aspects of their game. Last week against Air Force, the team struggled with the running game on both sides of the ball. The defense allowed more than 400 rushing yards and the offense only rushed for seven yards on 23 carries. Last season Air Force averaged nearly 300 rushing yards a game, ranking No. 2 in the nation. The have arguably faced the Confeience. Curtis said the team will not have any problem carrying over the same effort and enthusiasm they played with against Air roster Although the is littered with underclassmen. Stock said he isnt convinced youth is the primary problem for the I think were just fighting through some early season issues and communication working on correcting the little things, Stock said. will look toseeure The a win Friday, and Stock said he believes they aie on the verge of bringing eveiything together. I felt we played well after watching the film, he said. We created dangerous scoring chances. The team will now turn their focus to the Lumberjacks in an effort to secure its first win. The Lumberjacks come into record Fridays game with a and are fresh off a lopsided 1 win over Embry-RiddlThe Lumberjacks were led by sophomore forward Sam Monahan, who tallied two goals and two assists in the decisive victory. in for the Chipping Lumberjacks was sophomore midfielder Kara Miller who found the back of the net twice. Junior midfielder Sarah Vallen added one goal and two assists in the rout of the Eagles. Stock said the Lumberjacks look impressive on film. Northern Arizona plays a physical, direct style of play, he said. Stock also said the Lumberjacks excel in areas have struggled where the thus far. Ironically, NAU scores on things we struggle with, he said. 'They are very dangerous in set pieces. The injury bug is still affecting the lineup as senior goalkeeper Sutton Fox continues to battle a leg injury. Stock said the injury to Fox has caused him to shake up the lineup. (Freshman forward) McKenzie Hadley was forced to play out of position so we could rest Sutton this last game, he said. She did a fine job but its not something we want to continue doing. Stock said Foxs injury is improving with each day and listed her as The will kickoff at 7 p.m. at Lumberjack Stadium in search of jumping into the win column. 9-- e. day-to-da- y. Force. Ive been in this piogiam for three years, we've lost 19 in a Coaches stand on the sidelines as SUU football players sit on the sidelines and watch Tuesdays practice on the practice field. toughest tunning game they will see all season. SUU football coach Ed Lamb said he liked the team's emotion against Air Force and hopes that carries over. We need to play assignment football and play with the same effort and enthusiasm that we defensive line is doing its job, its overall goal is to shut down the run and make the offense pass the ball Lamb said the offense must be more effective on the played with last week, he said. Senior defensive lineman Austin said the Curtis assignment football is helping the On defense we have the rule, w hich means that each of us are responsible for our own defensive assignment, and we dont do our buddies defense is giving us. Lamb also said that the need more than one player to have a big game, and they need to play well as a team. The Adams State football program has struggled as ot late losing 10 of their last 12 games dating back to last season. They will be the only division-- 2 team that the Birds w ill play this year but that does not guarantee th job. Curtis also said that when the ground. We need to establish the runnmg game and take what the row. we need to get that one win and get rolling," Cm tis said. The Grizzlies aie expected to come out hungry for a win and the need to have their "We realized we're a very good football team. Takeno said. When our defense is on cue. we aie a very, very good defense " Lamb agreed w ith Takeno and said they can compete with the best. We got a sense of when things are done right, we can have success against any level of opponent." Lamb said. The game w ill kickoff at 6 p m. Saturday at Eccles Coliseum. HEIDI EYSSER UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Erica Berlin, a senior forward, shields the ball from Makell Hansen, a junior midfielder, during a scrimmage at practice on Tuesday evening. |