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Show Thursday, October 2, 2014 Women s golf ties with NAU, finishes in fifth jlolace overall teams led the Big Sky teams at the tournament. Senior Monica Jung led the e with a finish, shooting par 230. Jung was second among Big Sky after Sacramento competitors States Rockelle Sande tied for fourth with a 225. SUU opened in second place at the tournament after shooting a team score of 309 in the first round, but fell to fifth the next day after scoring a 316 and 311 in the final two rounds. The end at a result left the par 936, as San Jose State By KJAE DARDADILLO FOR THE JOURNAL The SUU womens golf team tied for fifth place with Big Sky the at 13th-plac- er Anzona Noithern opponent Page 15 University Journal Covtgirl Desert Intercollegiate in Palm Desert, California over the past weekend The tournament was a two-da- y event where the goiters each played three rounds The first day consisted of two rounds, leaving the second day open for just 18 holes. SL'U tied with Northern Arizona; the two Wyoming le 72-ov- V V. ; J li me happy, Baker said. Portland State is a team weve never beaten before, so that was a good y MM feeling. with 14 kills as opposite Gaogao led the hitter Ann Clappier and Forsythe both left with 12. Maafala added another 50 assists, and Pelaez added 32 digs. have high hopes for the Pelaez said the rest of the season. We feel great, Peleaz said. Were really feeling good this year and are really excited to see what we can do. SUU w'ill now head to Cher ey, Washington to take on the Eastern Washington Eagles tonight. will have to be on point Baker said the to beat EWU. o so they've got three strong They run a hitters all the time, Baker said. They hit harder than the teams that weve played and pass better, so we have to serve better and pass better. will return home to take on the The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks this Saturday at 7 p.m. inside the Centrum Arena. Continued from Back Page Outside hitter Madi Forsythe led SUU with kills, while middle blocker Katie Elgan and Stradling posted 11 and 10, respectively. Libero Sariah Pelaez, who is ranked sixth in the nation with an average 5 76 digs per set, finished with 33 digs, and the team finished with a season high of 20 blocks. On Saturday. SUU took on Portland State and defeated them in four sets to extend its Big Sky Conference play to 2- -0. Like the game against Sacramento State, the off not going to let the Vikings easy as they took the third set 25-- 18 over SUU. SUU pulled through in the fourth set with a 25-- 22 victory on an error by Portland State. SUU head coach Debby Baker said she was happy with the outcome. We woiked hard and didnt give up, so it made 18 won the tournament with a par 893. Rynae Baca came in second for SUU with a 28th place result in the tournament, finishing wnh a par 235 Taylor Viquelia came m third for SUU with a 36th place result in the tournament Viquelia finished the tournament with a 21 over par 237, also including her round of a 76 in the season-befirst round. SUU will conclude its fall season at the Cal Poly Fnestone Grill at the Cypiess Ridge Golf Course on Oct. 25-229-ov- er er st six-tw- 6. S Continued from Back Page Mustangs aie led offensively by quarterback Chris Brown, who is averaging 119.8 passing yards per game. The running game is Cal Polys strong suit as Chris Brown leads the rushing attack with an average of 100 8 yards per game, followed by running back Kori Garcia wdth an average of 80.8 rushing yards per game. Lamb said preparing for that type of offense is difficult to prepare defensively. It requires a w'hole new system of defense, Lamb said. It, at the very least, requires a new system of keys for the defense that we already run. Another key improvement that Lamb said he saw in the team was the improvements in the kicking game. Kicker Trevor McGirr fills the shoes of former SUU kicker Colton Cook. Since the start of the season, McGirr has made two of his four field goals and has gone seven for nine on PAT attempts. Lamb said the improvements have not The SAMI WRIGHT ds only been McGirr, but rather, the entire kicking unit. Our long snapper Chandler Dowell has UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SAMI WRIGHT Mike Sharp celebrates after forcing a fumble (top). Ammon Olsen sits in the pocket and looks for a receiver downfield (bottom). JewEies 1 Defense Continued from Back Page nine-matc- The defense is led by defenders Katie Jones, Christine Meehan, Brianne Andrea Brown, Albrecht and Jessica French. head coach SUU Becky Hogan said she is proud of what the defense has been able to accomplish. That whole group, as a unit and including Taylor (Bolding), have really began to function, Hogan said. Theyre kind of machine. like a well-oile- d The defense will have a chance to continue its upward swing this weekend with a home match against the University of Idaho, the newest addition to the Big co-Bi- well-coache- d. before he was at Idaho. Theyre going to be a team with a smart game plan. Hes going to get every ounce of talent out of his players. For the Harker players, said the team will need to take specific steps in order to prepare for Idaho. We base our practices around specific things that Idaho could use as threats against us, she said. We then focus on making those things strengths on our side so that we can expose them in the game and make sure we do our best to counter what they throw at us. match against The the Vandals will begin Friday at 4 p.m. at the Thunderbird Soccer Complex. Bryson followed behind, while freshman Angie Nicker and Ashley Tyndall finished closely together bringing the score to 646 for SUU. will now prepare The to head to Notre Dame, Indiana to compete in the Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational this Friday. They will once again face top competitors in the nation like those of Michigan State and Iowa. fellow SUU runners Mike Tate, Istvan Szogi, Ibrahim Ahmed and Hayden Hawks. The win for Jewkes was the Continued from Back Page first individual cross country Its hard enough to have victory of his career as he an Athlete of the Week for finished ahead of runners from the conference, so to have an Texas and Michigan State. For the lady athlete get the National Athlete Ashley of the Week sends a message to Hawks led the team finishing everybody that Southern Utah with 22 13 in the 6k, placing her 38th out of 390 runners. is a player, Houle said. Jewkes finished ahead of Josie Brandow and Aubrey always been money with his snaps, Lamb said. Easton Pedersen made a significant change in the way he was holding the ball. He worked on that for the past week, and its made the kicker more comfortable. With all these improvements and keys, Lamb said he hopes his team will be able to continue improving upon the foundations they have already built. SUU will kick-of- f against Cal Poly Saturday at 7 pm. MST. Updates can be found on Twitter SUUnewssports and can be heard on KSUB 590 AM. Sky Conference. The Vandals (2-- 9, 2- -0 BSC) started the season losing its first nine matches, which were matches. nonconference all h losing Following the streak, Idaho started Big Sky play with wins over Northern Colorado and North Dakota. Kavita Forward Battan, g who was named Sky Offensive Player of the Week, leads the team by scoring two of the teams six goals. She scored both her goals in the teams first weekend of conference play. Hogan said she is not worried about her team overlooking the Vandals because she knows Idaho head coach Derek Pittman will prepare his team well. You know theyre going to she said. be was at Gonzaga (Pittman) UNIVERSITY JOURNAL Middle blocker Annie Stradling takes a set from setter Faith Maafala during the win over Sacramento State. SUU will take to the road to play Eastern Washington tonight before returning home to host Northern Arizona Saturday. F f j) ; j r j i i i I f f I j j SOFTBALL TEAM HONORED Buy ANY Burger or Sandwich get a FREE small fry La jj j I j j i - m j i i J i 4 i ) 3 4 - - 1 A SAMI WRIGHT UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SUU athletic director Ken Beazer awards members of the SUU Softball team with their Big Sky Championship rings (top). The softball team pcses with the Big Sky Championship trophy during halftime of the SUU and Weber State football game clinched the Big Sky Championship after winning the Saturday (bottom). 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