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Show Thursday, December 5, 2013 University Journal Barrus wraps up XC, Track and Field next By JOSH MARTINEZ SUUnewsmartinez SUU runner Ryan Barrus finished 167lh at the NCAA National season on Nov. 23 Championship to cap off the SUU cross-countin Terre Haute, Ind Barrus finished with a time of 31:55.7 on a muddy 10k track in Indiana. Barrus became the third runner from SUU in the past three seasons to qualify as an individual for Nationals. Cam Levins and Nate Jewkes qualified in 2011 and Jewkes returned in 2012. Throughout the course of the 2013 season, Barrus has been a He recorded a second-plac- e top performer for the finish at UC Riverside, e finish at Notre Dame, 25th-plac- e finish at the NCAA fourth-plac- e finish at the Big Sky e finish at the Mountain Regional Championship and a Championship. Barrus 29.49.5 race time at the Mountain Regionals set a new SUU record on Weber States Riverside course. He also received g Sky recognition this season. During the 2012 season, Barrus placed sixth at the Big Sky g Championship and also received Sky status. In 2011, he finished fourth at the Idaho State Invitational and earned Distinguished Scholar and academic League status. With the close of the y season comes the beginning of the SUU Indoor Track and Field season. The mens and women's teams will open the season in Pocatello, Idaho in the Snake River Opempn Jan. 16 and will continue the season until the beginning of March. ry 21st-plac- 12th-plac- all-Bi- all-Bi- cross-countr- think the changes extraordinarily positive, I Continued from Back Page are he said. It was nice to have Denver in the conference last year team and theyre a top-1- 5 San Jose and Sacramento are always a very good team, but it was hard to go out to those two schools ... so those two joined the Mountain Pacific Sports and we brought Federation, BYU into our conference ... Junior Jamie Armijo said the additions to the roster have been a fun experience. Its been really good. Its really cool to see all this new talent we have, she said. We already had it on our previous and this conference didnt get team, so to bring it in. its like any easier to win, putting BYU were a whole new team. The in there. freshmen are really great, and The squad will also be hosting its a really fun atmosphere. a fundraiser Friday at the Harris Were really excited to see what Center. Click said this will be a fun time for everyone. they can do. This year, the We are having an open gym will be under new conference affiliation for adults 18 and over, mostly for with BYU, Boise State, Utah the college kids. And its really State and Denver. The teams will fun because you get to come in compete for the Mountain Rim and try anything you want and Gymnastics Championships, get to know us gymnasts for and next season, the conference about an hour and a half, she will be called the Mountain Rim said. We just did it with little kids about two weeks ago I Gymnastics Conference. Coach Bauman said the definitely got kicked in the head conference will mean nothing once, but these bigger kids, we but good from a definitely dont have to spot things them as much. competition standpoint. rt PSV3 t Continued from Back Page The remained tight with the Matadors in the early goings of the first half, and with 13 10 to play in the half, Kennedy knocked down a triple to tie the game at 12-Following the tie, the Matadors rattled off five points and began to find some momentum, offensively. Northndge continued to build off its momentum and took a 45-- 28 advantage into the halftime break. At the half, accounted Kennedy for a good amount of SUUs points, with 12. The second half was started for SUU with six straight points from Major, but it wasnt enough to keep SUU close as Northndge just continued to build their lead. The Matadors took the game by a final score of 84-5- 7. PU 86, SUU 57 The SUU mens basketball team was back on the hardwood Sunday night in Portland, Ore., but could not hang with the Portland Pilots, falling 86-5- 7. Marshall proved to be big for SUU: In 22 minutes of action, he was able to dish out a team-hig- h eight assists. This marks a career-hig- h for him and is the most a has scored this season. Kennedy led the team in x scoring, putting in 12 on and shooting making four of his five foul shots. Major threw in 10 points in 23 minutes of action. The Pilots had a big night from center Thomas Van Der Mars, who scored a 17 points, which game-hig- h were complemented by five rebounds. Kevin Bailey was Portlands second leading scorer; dropping in 16 points. Portland Alec guard was Wintering key, distributing the ball for the Pilots and finishing the game with 10 assists. The Pilots were able to dominate SUU on the glags, with 20 more finishing rebounds (47-2- 7). Portland also outshot the by a large margin, finishing 46.3 percent from the field, compared to SUUs 36.4 percent. SUU fell behind 5- -0 to start the game, but a jumpshot by forward Cal Hanks and free throw from center Jason Cheesman pulled the right back in it. With the score at 8- -5 early in the first half, the Pilots went on a 10- -0 run. This gave them a large cushion they would just add to until halflead into time, taking a 38-- 22 the locker room. The struggled to find any momentum in the second half, and the Pilots were able to extend their lead throughout. Portlands biggest lead of the night came with 1:20 to play as they held a advantage, but from Anderson and guard Race Parsons made the final score 86-5- 7. The will take a week off for finals, but will be inside the Centrum Arena Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. for a matchup with the UNLV Rebels. t i 12. .4 ; Freshman Memory Shettels practices her beam routine the Harris Center. The SUU gymnastics team will start their season in the beginning of January. 1 1 1 iI r I . JILiIllli; 5 Must '.resent this coupon at rime cf purchase Cannot be coi rbmed wnn other ofiers Or e no jpon set person rrr ' ,D ON MONDAYS WEDI A Is D MS AFTLh ? P.t SI 131 U Por(an.oib Cvjzrcooiono Custom Tattooot Piercings rd Gift Certificates Available four-of-si- The Perfect Christmas Gift! $5 OFF ) Jewelry Available! 889 S 867-560- 9 559-017- 8 Main St 907 Near Staples (call for appointment) tattooanniegmail.com or permanentexpressionslive.com 1010 N. Main St. Cedar City, UT 435-586-94- HSSf t. G i 1 1 i it i J . , PI "I I r Hi A 1 1 JI Volleyball season comes to close, coaches optimistic despite losses By JOSH MARTINEZ job at holding the team together throughout the season. SUUnewsmartinez Once the dust settled in the Big Sky Conference tournament, Idaho State lifted the championship trophy after a -0 win over Portland State. Back in Cedar City, the SUU volleyball team sat, 3- top-rank- (3-- 17 having finished the season 27 Big Sky) and in last place in the conference. SUU volleyball head coach Debby Baker said she sees this season as a learning experience for everyone involved. Up until the last two weeks (of the season), we didn't quit, Baker said. Which, when you think about it, is really tough to do. But they didn't quit, and that says a lot. Maybe now they wont realize it. but 10 years down the road, vv hen they're having marnage problems or problems with their job. they're going to learn from (this season) and theyre going to say, T can get through this The had four seniors on then loster. opposite hitter Flailey Moore, middle blocker Lusia Angilau and outside hitters Alissa Youart and Kylie Schofield. Schofield ended the season with a team-hig- h 306 kills and an average of 2.76 kills per set, while Youart had 176 kills, which was the on the team Moore finished the year with 221 on the team. digs, which was the Angilau had a breakout year in 2013; She didn't see a lot of time in her first three seasons, but during her senior year, she recorded 96 kills, 58 of which came in the second half of the season. Coach Baker said her seniors did an excellent 4-- third-highe- fifth-highe- st st Most teams, there would have been fighting, she said. When you lose, things are overexaggerated. We didnt turn on each other. They stayed close. It could have been a disaster, it could have been really bad, but it wasnt. The volleyball team welcomed six freshmen to the roster this season. Opposite hitter Ann Clappier and setter Joanna Christenson made the biggest impact, among the freshmen, on the team this season Clappier tallied 200 kills, which was the second highest on the team, behind Schofield. Christenson stepped up into the role as setter for the team when projected starting setter Gabi Mirand went out for the season with an ACL injuiy. Christenson recoided 969 assists during the season and averaged 8 58 assists per set. Coach Baker said she feels like the fieshmen learned some valuable lessons from this season. No one liked losing) Baker said. No one was complacent .. I think that in the spring, they will all work harder, know mg what it's like to lose and not having to go through that asain. Next season, the will bring in three freshmen. Remo Gaogao from Honolulu. Katie Elgan from Meridian, Idaho and MaCail Wood from Beaver. Coach Baker said one thing she loves about the team is how close the players are. One of the things we sell our recruits on is that we are a family. she said. The will return to the court in the spring to prepare for their 2014 season. t SUZl S:withiudcrvto student ID nt in Page 13 1 L . . . 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