Show Page 10 The Utafi Statesman Monday October 22 199 Aaaies save face in final minute by W Malley Hwlup It was on the follow me play lost quence that the Acccs I'SU quarterback Craig Bradshaw cam to the rescue of a worful Aggie offense in the final minutes to maneuver the Utah State team foe a slim victory Satur-da- v one-poi- The Acs appeared to have little chance of pulling out a victory when the Pacific Timers led 14-- in the fourth quarter I’SU But wm the Aggie edged the Pacific squad in a controversial victory The first quarter (rave little indication of what was to come as the devoted opening minutes seemed to each team s punting unit SC posed the only threat of the opening quarter when the Acs drove to the COP 2' before beinc stopped by a suprsmg defense Steinke s attempted field Ccwl tell short and the first CSC scortnc opportunity faded The onlv serums scortnc attempt from I OP m the first staosa came when an Aggie personal foul aided to a first down on the the CSC 36 However this attempt fell short when Ac linebacker Brett I re intercepted a Sanuer Mamel pass on the CSC 71 ii 15-l- -t t s Eric Hippie to a quarterbavk shoulder injury Hippie left the twoout Came after completinc only of nine passes which included two dropped passes Cnder new quarterbaca I raic Bradshaw the AciTes drew first bUd m the second quarter on a 33 a four yard scorinc drive capped by Par-royard touchdown run by Kuk s Steinke ' kak was good and CSt with 9 33 left in the half COP waited until tale in the half before awakenmc offensively With only 50 seconds left m the half Stan Shibata intercepted a Bradshaw-pasat the ISC 29 and returned the ball to midfield A revived Tger offense took seven plavs and only 39 seconds to put sv on the board The scorinc play used by Pacific caucht the Aggies completely off guard With only 11 seconds remaining in the second quarter Merkle pitched to running back Mel Cook who ep to appeared to be rurnirc then stoppped the right Cx turned back and threw the ball to Mrrwie who was wide open on the left side of the field The chamUSU s defendrg nat-na- l pion voi'wy bell team had littir trouble w-two nationals ranked teams m toe weearnd s tan Mate Classic The Ags needed only seven games and a Utile over two hours of play lo defeat Southern California I and I CLA During 'Twin Wow Nights" which encouraged outrageous fan attire the Ags appeared more concerned with a rouer aaier in hot pants than the two teams from California thn Fridiv the Ag defeated the Troans of USC but not without a min a-- scare CSC used excellent passing and ball movement to win the ope rung game The effort appeared to catch the Ags by surprise and woke them up "It look a game to figure out the level of competition we were playing" said Coach Mary Jo Peppier "We have been playing some weak teams lately and we needed a game -- 15-1- to Bradshaw proved to be up to the task connecunc on lone pass completions to James Murphy and Ken Thompson to put the Aggies in the end none in four plays doing for two point broke I'SU attempted conversion On basically the same tion j play that scored the touchdown The time on the dock ttJ Bradshaw found Murphy in the during that play but somcofiki to Paul endrone to get the conversion pass from Merkle COP was not done however and finals and all of the Tiger pkW Schreiner The two point PAT was ilson mounted a drive that got the T igcrs roaches and fans feh that k Hob good a Merkle pass to to the I'Sl' I ft But then on a shaw went down with one atf and the Tiers ltd 14 7 lie defensive play Aggie Larry remaining enabling the Tignjl to dutch proved fourth The quarter j Hogue intercepted a Markle pass try a field goal attempt the most arousme part of the came However after much debut! ‘ft n he to stall the last UOP drive of the The Acer 'h 10 p four Ags were proclaimed the moW yard night came drove to the Tier battle the The win could be called con Lne and looktd as if they would score Om frnrth and one situation at the COP four yard line CSC scored tried to run the ball up the middle for a first down But the attempt Utah State 0 7 0 8— 15 Pacific 0 6 8 0—14 was to no avail as the Tier Steinke kick USU — Parros defense held the Acer f‘ no cam from Cook pass failed UOP — Market That was a bic defensive series for from Market Markel pass Wilson UOP — Schreiner COP as it seemed to Uke the Ac 15-1- How they s momentum At this point thincs seemed lo te reallv C°mc I OP wav laite in the third quarter the COP punier kick ed the football to the Acer one to adjust lo the quality of I M " It actually took less than the full game which had the Ags falling behind 12-- The Trojans needed to struggle to gain the wm After the early setback the Ags had things 15-and 154) their own way 15-' It had to be our best showing said Coach Marilyn Me Heavy The Ag s Saturday opponent t Cl A appeared to be a more team than the Trojans but nxeived nearly the same results In than an hour the irrdrt was m 15-I'SU'scumer 15-and the Bruins were heading for City to call it an early evening It was a match that pitted USU s Elaine Roque against her former UCLA teammates Roque showed her former team she still had some good volleyball games left m her as her eight first game kills paced the Ags to an easy win “There was some additional in centive against them" said llisjue 1 knew most of them lat vear I had to show them there is a '' positive program here The second game was a dogfight with both teams ex hanging leads in the eariv going The kills bv Bruins Debbie Dick and Jan gave t CLA initial momentum in the first part of the game But with the Ags trailing 13 10 I U s I uiia Chudy proved lo have other ideas as her six kills provided the margin of victory ' lui ia was pretty quiet or at leat appeared unnoticed but few teams will stop her for a complete game" said Peppier The Ag s final game was dominated by USU as the team routed the Brums USU's next home matches will be Tuesday and Wednesday at 730 pm in the Spectrum The Ags will play a Nippon Japan team on Wednesday and the Utah Utes Thursday 7 Cor-let- 16-1- e 2 Burnett mraac no cabmen ttBnaon y ttMimEiJ Avoid Increases Make your reservations before November X 1979 13-Ja- 19-Ja- 550 N Main n 13-Ja- n USU — Murphy from Bradshaw Bradshaw pesa Murphy rematch in title Salt Lake to New York JFK Dec Salt Lake to Washington Dulles Dec Salt Lake to Los Angeles Dec n rnudfcJ Jroversial but after USU was awarded the A debate centered mug final play of the game smJ when USU's Bradshaw wi on the Aggie four yard S v tackled by the Tiger defenJ the point argued by the tt coaches but rather win a shaw was tackled posed tie w V led Spikers win yard line leaving USU 99 yards to move the ball with little time raced quarterbavk turned reeiever out to the endrone from 30 yards didn t An exira point try fir eo and CSC took a 7 6 halftime lead The second half began and Pacific came out of the lmkerroom kukoff chared After taking thefrom its COP s offense marched own 36 to pay dirt Ten plays and 'nl 65 vards later the Tigers ahead of the Acs on a nine yard j 02 $29300 02 $29300 01 $16000 7530772 l ) |