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Show G2 The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Monday, January 15, 2001 Around Com High ury On 2001 Crop Of Gymnasts Coach Ray Corn launches his 24th seasontonight as Utah State’s women’s gymnas- tics team competes at Boise State. Corn, whohas a 327-187-2 White Sox Give UpU For Disgruntled 4 Wells Tuning In Championrallies past Sabbatini in Mercedestourney record in regular-season meets, welcomes back Jessenia Abrego,a junior who missed all of last season while recovering from a knee inju- ry. She is expected to return, as one of USU’s most powerful and dynamiefloor and vault athletes. The Aggies will be missing junior Kirra Seeley, however. Sheis likely to sit out this season after having surgery to repair a torn liga- mentin her thumb,suffered during fall training. She may be available late in the year. “Last year, we were chal- letiged very early with injuries and neverable to recover,” Corn said. “This year. . . the athletes on the squad are approaching a level that in my 23 years of experience I have not seen from a Utah State team.” Swimming Utes Split: Utah’s women’s team defeated Air Force 178-118, while the Ute menlost 162-131 to the Falcons. Utah’s Melissa Chamberlain won the 100-meter breaststroke(1 minute, 8.74 seconds), 200 breaststroke(2:25.48) and 200 individual medley(2;14.16) as the Utes took 14 of 16 events. Track & Field SUU Record: Southern Utah’s Anna Bullock broke her own schoolrecord with a weight throw of52 feet, 7 inches at Pocatello, Idaho. Curtis Moore was secondin the 5,000 meters in 14 minutes, 34.90 seconds, the secondfastest time in SUU history. USU Winner: Utah State's Anthony Stewart won the in Hawaii, in the wind andin need ofa comeback. Playing forthefirst time since a freak wrist injury ae tossing a stat See comp! Le a Mercedes Aeel Emie Bis Viiay Singh LPGA Se Ri Pak PemyHammel in Koch Lorie Kane comeback Sun- 10-foot birdie % putt onthe 18th 76 1 win the 16 Mercedes Champion- je, ae eae 99 Palla, by oneHawaii, stroke 7 over Rory Tucson Mark Wiebe Garrett Wilis Sabbatini. 14 Sabbatini 12 hadachance to Glen Hnatiuk 40 ierr 8 playa ‘Andrew Magee 10 gle putt within three feet. But his next one B Scores C6 sid by on the left, with Sab- batini dropping his putter in shock. Furyk closed with a 6-under 67 to finish at 18-under 274. Furyk won for the sixth time in his career, andall of them have been at tournaments where wind is usually a factor — twice in Hawaii, three times in Las Vegas and last year at Doral, where he made up a six-stroke deficit over the last sevenholes, Furyk madea 60-foot eagle putt onthefifth holeto get into the mix, and kept his chances alive after twocritical mistakes on the 16th— a drive into the fairway bunker, and an approach that sailed over the green. But saved par with a 12foot putt. Start in his first tournament of the new year, and never. caught up. with a 90-78 win late Saturday at Western Montana. Mitch Montgomery scored 27 points, Matt Sparrow added 21 points and nine rebounds and Brad Willden had17 points for the Griffins,11-6 overall. Snow Women: Kami Jo Masseyscored 17 points and No. 18 Snow College defeated Eastern Utah 80-68 at Price. Snowis 15-2, 5-0 in the Scenic WestAthletic Conference. Snow Men:Steve Esper-« son scored 16 points as Snow beat CEU 74-65 in Price. Snow is 14-2, 4-1. UVC Men: Jordan Mulford scored 15 points in Utah Valley State College’s 75-71 loss at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. UVSCis 13-5, 4-2. UVSC Women:Ashleigh Chamberlain scored 16 Hints in UVSC’s 61-59 loss at No. 7 Ricks. UVSCis 13-5,3-3. year’s drama. Hegotoff to a shaky Woods closed with a bogey-free 69 and wound upat 280 in a tie for eighth. BYU Advances: BYU defated Oklahoma 25-20 in “Fovo ina men’s/women’s remal team competition. leberState beat Utah State 219 in the consolation match. Media ©Tunis Show:Veteran Wiebe Winsin Tucson Mark Wiebe, his nerves intact after pulling a child out ofthe way of a golf cart, shot a 6-under66 to take a two-strokelead in the Tucson Openin Arizona. Fam, 7>p.m,; UNLV at 1 ¥ his lap. Pak Wins Season Opener Fighting off nasty cold symptoms, Se Ri Pak birdied seven ofthe last 11 holes and shot an Australian Open Today's Results MELBOURNE, Australia — Monica’ Seles became the first playerto reach the second round at the Australian Open, winning in just five minutes Sunday night MST when Brie Rippner retired Men after spraining herleft ankle. Seles, seeded fourth,led 1-0, 0-15 when Rippnerstumbled along the baseline and tumbled to the court. trainer, Rippner decided she couldn't continue. Tt was a strange finish for the first match at Vodafone Arena, the 64 Singlea Mikhai Youzhny, Russia, dt Jacobo Diaz, Spin 6-1,6-, Women Singles Monica Soles (4), Urited States, del. Brie ippner, United ‘States, 1-0, ret Anna. Kourizova (8), Russia, det. Daniola Hantuchova, Mt? So Sa Go Mat ieUnd St, 4, ‘Stovahia, 6-2, 7-5. °° lo Fee ol, Gia Cason, tly, 63,26, 63. ‘Molen Tu, United States, del. Nadejda Osvovskaya, Belars, 75, 64. Yi lan, China, dt. Yvete Basing, Nehedands, 62, 63 Nexandra Stevenson, United States, del, Lubomia ace pas F461 Rita Kut Kis,Hungy, dl Francesca Schiavone,tly, 7-8 (8), 1664 new 10,000-seat stadium that gives Melbourne Park a second court with a retractable roof. Seles said footing on the new court was tricky but will likely improve as the tournamentprogresses. “The court hasn't been played muchon,” shesaid. “It’s definitely a lot stickier than the outside courts I've been practicing on. pner, her good friend and a fellow na caued 5 p.m, (MST) ‘="Men's Basketball: San driver allowed the vehicle to roll backward and Wiebe grabbed the BY STEVEN WINE yw, weekdaysfrom 6-7 p.m. ‘Women's Gymnastics: babies 7pm. 's Basketball: graph whilethe playerwas sitting in the back ofa cart. Somehow,the ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Right nowit’s just like a glue.” Seles said shefelt badly for Rip- :"Campus Calendar After playing the ninth hole, a young boy asked for Wiebe’s auto- 8-under-par 64 on Sunday to win the season-opening YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic’ in Orlando, Fla. The 23-year-old South Korean star had a 13-under203 total on the Grand Cypress Resort course. That was four strokes ahead ofSweden’s Carin Koch (70), the second-day leader, and playing partner, Penny Hammel (68), who was tied with Pak after 13 holes. Pak earned $150,000. She was winless in 2000 after two straight four-victory seasons, including a rookie year in which she won the LPGA .Championship and U.S. Women’s Open. Injury Helps Seles Advance ina Hurry Utah broadcaster Chris ee is starting a sports-talk ot KIQ-AM (1010). The show is described as “driven by calleps, with occasional interWS, ‘ The Salt Lake Tribune Wiebe, winless on the PGATour since 1986, had a 54-holetotal of 14under 202. Garrett Willis was sec-, ondafter a 64, the best roundof the tournament. American. But because Seles is battling a virus and taking antibiotics, she was glad to play just 12 points, “Now I can rest a couple more days,” she said. “I’ve got a lowgrade fever, and I'm just really Eighth-seeded Anna Kournikova also won her opening match, beating Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-2, 7-5. No. 14 Sandrine ‘Testud eliminated Maria Antonia happy Come'see me! Terry Hansen '8 years old! Celebrating 20 years at Nate Wade Sa ae kT Al PUR aE Sanchez Lorenzo 6-1, 6-0. U.S. Open champion Marat Safin, showing nosigns of the sore elbow that bothered him in a match last week, beat Galo Blanco 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Safin’s serve improved as the match p1 and hefired aces at up fo 131 mph. Seles is a four-time Australian Open champion. She won her first 33 matches in the tournament before losing to Martina Hingis in the semifinals two years ago. “T’'ve always liked playing here and always look forward to coming back,”Seles said. She has a favorable draw this year, with Hingis, Venus Williams and Serena Williams all in the otherhalf. Hingis is seeded No.1 and bidding for her fourth Australian Opentitle, and Venus Williams is seeded third and trying for her third consecutive Grand Slamtitle. Defending championLindsay Dav- UNLVat BYU, 10 pum. (KSL-AM 1160). first period of Friday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers. Basketball Elle Activated: The Phoenix Suns activated guard Mario Elie andplaced center Daniel Santiago on the injured list. Elie, whostarted the first 20 Kutoninon Donia Wik Hart away back, Elie is expected fill a reserve role. Rich Pedroncelli/The Associated Press Jim Furyk reacts as his long attempt for a birdie drops into the hole to give him the victory in the Mercedes Championshipin Kapalua, Hawaii. boy by the arm andlifted him onto After receiving treatment from a Tennis season, Sirotka, 29, made 32 starts last season and was considered the White Sox ace as they made the playoffs for the first time since 1993. DeWitt, 23, was 1-0 in eight outingsfor the Blue Jays last season. He spent mostofthe season with Triple-A Syracuse, where he was 45record. Beirne, 27, was mainly a reliever for the White Sox. He was 1.8 with a 6.70 ERA in 29 games. Simmons,27, missed the entire season after rupturing his Achilles’ tendonin spring training. Williams, 22, was 3-4 at Class A Winston-Salem. Koni 0 iaot ee Basketball Westminster Wins: West- ‘Wells has been athis best in “day by holinga Defending champion Tiger Woods didn’t have a role in this in the Frontier Conference ries over the last six years. fourpears 200 metersin 21.99 seconds in the meetat Pocatello. minster College moved to 4-0 Brian onto for Wells and pitcher Matt DeWitt. Wells, 37, is 161-107 ina 14year career and the White Sox will be his sixth team. He was 20-8last season with a leaguebestnine complete games in 35 starts and has averaged 16 victo- For Jim Furyk, the situation could not have been better. He was Olympics... they also added moresize and toughness by obtaining forward Kryzysztof Oliwa from the ColumbusBlue Jackets for a thirdround draft pick. To get Stevens, has significantly, was dealt for a third-round pick. Slegr has five goals and 10 assists in 15 games, but was a minus- in his five most recent appearances. Lecavalier Out: Center Vin- injury blocking a shot in the Coaches Honored: Women’s Olympic swim coach Richard Quick and U.S. Luge Association team manager Fred Zimmy were selected as national and developmental coaches of fhe year bytheUS. Olympic Committee. Quick led the women swimmers to a record 17 medals — including seven golds —at the Sydney Olympics. Binns is Daren ay two decades of Vere Nani Li see'sa recruiting tool for luge’s governing body. Soccer Fans Clash:Police used clubs to beat back fans trying to storm the field during a soccer game between Liberia and the Republic ofCongo in Monrovia, Liberia. The game was played before a crowd of more than 50,000 at the national stadium, which has a capacity of 33,000, Liberia won the African Cup of Nations qualifier 5-1 and was led by George Weah, a former world player ofthe year. _ Combined News Servives Sanderson Sets Cyclones’ Record With 100th Consecutive Victory having 100 consecutive wins from 1967-70. 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