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Show DAILY Sunday, March 26, 2006 HERALD BYU/UVSC ATHLETICS BYU tennis BYU, UVSC softhall teamsfall team sweeps BYUsoftball team lost twice onSaturday, falling 10 to Akron and 2-1 to No, 8 Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore. The weather couldn't have been better Saturday. Most peo- The Cougars(18-10) strug- ple in Utah Valley were able to get out and enjoy the sunshine gled swinging the bats during the weekend swing through Oregon, losing fouroffive. BYU posted a 1-5 record last season whenit tooka trip to and warmtemperatures including the BYU men’s tennis team. In the first match of the sea sonto be played outdoors, the Cougars cruised past the visiting Montana State Bobcats 6-1 Oregon. Brooke Boyce-Humbert sweepingall but one matchin the ball,” said Cougarjunior BYUsenior Jose Lechuga lunges jor a shot during doubles play Not only. was the matchthe petition, sweeping all three it was senior day for BYU, so matchesto take thefirst point “When facing a team that can beat vou, getting that first point Jose LechugaandIvan Kokurin said. first oneto be played outdoors naturally theseniors took over were awarded their senior blankets in a,ceremony following the day’s first match. The honors cameafter thevictories, though,as both Lechuga and Kokurinopened with two-Set Thedoublespoint came with some fireworks, as BYL clinchedone of the matches ona code violation. Montana State's Federico Ueltschi slammedhis racket down after Hawaii on Thursday in Honolulu. handed Tejeshaw ara Chigateri a 6-2, 6-1 loss. but since the match was over he had t6 penalize the next highest doubles court, BYU was oussituations. Plus he's a great competitor,” said BYU coach Brad Pearce, talking about his seniors. “Ivan has stepped up this year andis playing great tennis right now, It will be hard » BYU 7, Idaho State0: In their second matchofthe day, the Cougarspicked up wherethey left off in the early match. They breezed throughthe doubles, sweeping with 8-4, 8-2and 8-3 victories. Henry Marshpaired awardedapoint on court No. 1 whichsealed the match andthe point for the Cougars. with Chip Hand at the N doubles spot to net his first win Theviolation set the stage for emotions to run high through- as a Cougar. Singles showcased moreof out the match. They were especially evident on court No. 5, 6-3 win over Brian Richman. James Ludlow, and a few harsh words. When the dust had finally cleared. toughthree set win over Marc Pijoan BYU trieda fewtimes to bail out the unusually poor pitch: ing with some decent hitting managedto keep the crowd interested in something besides the regular NCAA basketball tournament updates. Four consecutive batters reached base,slicing the fierce competitiveness, blood The Cougarsgot off toa ‘Cougars Continued from D1 fighting theflu, battled toa The Cougars scoredtwo inthe sharp asit usuallyis during his 1 innings, and oneofhis worst daysthis year got UNCoffto a good start. The Bearshad 11 runsthroughfive innings. “Wejust weren't in the strike zone,”said BYU coach Vance Law saidof the cumulative effort ofhis five pitchers. “We gave up 14 hits, butalso eight walks and three hit batters. That bases, and you just can't do that.” second, and slumpingJeff Hi- estandhit his first home runof lead to 116inthe seventh. But apair of UNCreliev- the year to lead off thethird. as UNC's marginshrunk to6-3 ers managedtoend the threat without further damage, eae The senior, who had a 29game hitting streak last year from the bloated numbers: but wasbatting .190 after Fri- Tracee Hoch doubledtolead off the third inning and was followed three batters later by an RBIsingle by Ianeta Le’i. BYU held on to the one-run lead as SummerTobias kept the dangerous OregonState bats undercontrolfor'5 / innings. With oneoutin the sixth “Normally18 hits is enough for us,” Law lamented. Although BYUstranded 14 run- ners. seven Cougars had at least AA WN AN AS ITSA 1/3) s GOOD h Ae TIME |) FOR iprere isen winning run. Forsyth, Boyer and Chris All-American throwerNiklas Arrhenius led the string of men’s qualifiers, hitting qualifying marks in both the discus (203feet, 4 inches) and shot put Newcomer Chris Reno won the Against PortlandState, the Wolverinesgave up a run in thefirst two innings to fall behind 2-0, In the third inning javelin witha throwof 218-7. open byscoring eight runs on also qualified in the javelin, Portland State broke the game FellowfreshmanBlaine Baker five hits and two Wolverine errors. finishing third with a PB 214- 3.5. Highjumper David Pend- Portland State had a perfect gamegoinguntil the final in- ergrass qualified for regionals onto pitch. Boyer broke up ter relay team of Paul Smith, with his jumpof6-10.75. On thetrack, the 4x100-me- ning whenJessi Even came Todd Watkins, Cody Fonnes- the perfect game with a walk and with one out Jackie Roberts madesurePortland State beck and Nate Soelberg won their event with a qualifying didn’t finish with a no-hitter by timeof 40.26. Smith also narrowly missed qualification in The Wolverinesplay Portland State again today at 10 a.m. in the final day of the Utah the 200m (21.29). singling to left-center. Freshmanstandout Kyle Perry The Cougars begin MWC play next week when they wel- DUVSC baseball: The Wolvercome UNLVto Gail Miller Field twohits, led by catcher Casey Nel- son's 3-for-5 showing. It included his second home run along with a pair of runs and RBI The addition of ninth league member TCU brought abouta change in scheduling format, and the league will wait until after the.first try to see if a mid- wonthe1,500m (3:45.34), easily qualifying for the big meet. ines dropped a 7-5 decision to MWCteams — alongwithUtah. honestly, had hoped to have a better recordat this point. Inexperiencehas beencostly. “As a coach, you're neversatis- fied,” Law said. “But the guys are The Cougarsare winners of 5-of-7, and the run has included a working hard. We've had more competitive at-bats lately, more competitive games. We'vegot a sweep of New MexicoState(1018), a thumping from Southern lot of newguysthatthe first 10 Utah and 2-0f3 victories against again. Law estimated thetrip will cost his program $15,000, a huge chunk of change for most baseball programs. BYU hardly goes to San Diego ona roll. Law, quite Ben Gardner andJake Garlick took secondandthird, respectively, in the 400m hurdles to qualify. Garlick also qualified in the 110m hurdles(14.28), header at 1 p.m. games were wondering where they'dfit in,andif they could play Division I-independent UNC(8-16). The series produced a pair of onerun outcomes before Saturday. BYUhas its workcutout, with oneof the toughest slates at this level. They're starting to feel more comfortable with them- selves. We'll get better.” in San Diego. The Cougarswill face UNLV, TCU and New Mexico — arguably the'three best VISIT OUR BOOTHS AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN’S EXPOSITION HS Np rowlymissed a provisional quali- until the fourth inning, when Softball tournament. UVSC then hosts Harvardin double- season gathering is worth doing total hits in a gamethat ia 3 hours, 34 minutes. day's game. also had a double. The Bears essentially put the game awayinthe five-runfifth. getting a pair of two-RBI hits. Downsevenruns, the Cougars scoredfirst against the Beavers. victory with a 6-1, State's Jakub Dybala produced great start in the doubles com- A 22-minuterain delayin the secondinning interrupted the BYU-OregonState game, but whenit resumed, the Cougars In the bottom of the eighth, OSU manufactured its game- junior Chip Hand and Montana Against Harvard, Kaeleigh Forsyth gave UVSC a 10 lead in the secondinningafter she hit a bloop single between Jimenezhadthe three hits for the Wolverines. solo homerun. to lose them,but 1 am excited Harvard. of the seventh, Akron came up the Beavers tied the game on a these guys are playing their best tennis right now.” » BYU track andfield: At Tempe, Ariz., the Cougar men turnedin several personal-best results and somehit qualifying four hits on the day, three com- fication for nationals, but got a personal best with 6,902points. the same and another Cougar, Zack Warren,recordedhisfirst where a matchbetween Cougar’ ingin the first game against The Wolverines and Beavers Harvard scored three runs to take a 3-1 lead, ning double. | were scheduled toplay again on Saturday score wasknotted at 5-5 when innings and wereorlly able to get one runner onbase after with back-to-backhits, the sec- The Cougars will nowtravel to, Tournament The Wolverines wereheld to marksat the Arizona State Invitational Andin Tucson, Ariz.,at ondbeing an RBI game-win- son and I hope that that opened his eves. losing oncourt No. 2. 9-8. The chair judge calledthe violation Jose has a fun andlively personality and he's always able to keepthingslight in seri- I'mglad to hearthat Chip played with someintensity,” said Pearce. “He was bumped downinthe lineup for that rea- the gamewas called on Friday. the Jim Click Combined meet, BYU's Devin Howe wonthe decathlon on Friday. Howe nar- the third frame. With twooutsin the bottom matchfor the Cougars. is always important,” Pearce wins. Kokurinbeat Kyle Mac- Donald 6-3, 6-4 and Lechuga Hand pulled out the victory 6-2,7-6, Hand's winclinchedthe on Fridaydueto rain. The 13-0 in five innings in the second day of the Utah Softball Harvard 4-1 and Portland State Boyer, who reached base on a walk. The Wolverinelead lasted bats weresilent. BYUleft runners on basein thefirst three against Mon‘ana State on Saturday. BYU wonthe match, 6-1 Dominik Kaufhold. “But out here youcanplay around a bit and like that.” City, the Wolverines lost to first and secondto score Heidi cruised from the pitcher's circle in the first game. She pitched a perfect game through 5*) iunings. But the Cougar MATT SMITH /Daily Herald gamethat had been suspended D UVSC softball: At Salt Lake CORVALLIS, Ore. — The thefirst of a doubleheader “Indoors you don't have to think as much, youjust smack Oregon State on Saturdayafternoon in the completion of a for their home opener. Phillip Morgan » Jason Franchuk canbe reachedat jfranchuk@heraldextra.com Douc SmitH _ Think. Feet Drive: 4,2) aC vA 7 March16to 19 at the South Towne Expo Center SUBARU SWINGHINTORSPRING! ry TOURING PERFORMANCE —] Fe rin. S44 PIMS,GORIS s4 7 PORSTERAG.. FE 3 < P195/60R15 S| 7 2006 SUBARU Impreza 2.51 Sedan ‘AWD,Alloys, AM/FM CD, PW, PL, Keyless. MSRP $18,920. P205/65R-15.. 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