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Show Golfers place 17th at NMSU By JOHN McCLOSKEY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR The Thunderbird golf team traveled to Las Cruces, N.M., where they competed in the 11th annual New Mexico State University-Coca Cola Classic Friday and Saturday. SU finished in a tie for 17th in the two-day 20-team tournament played on the Par 74, 7,040-yard University Golf Course. Host team New Mexico State entered two different teams in the event, one of which won the Classic with a threeround 930. SU hacker Mike Evans was the highest placing 'Bird golfer in the tournament, finishing in a tie for 11th. Evans' performance left him with a twoday total of 234. Medalist honors went to Todd Pinneo (222) of the #2 NMSU Aggie team. Tom Johnson's 246 was the next-best score for Southern Utah, giving him a two-way tie for 61st place. Kenny Hollifield posted a three-round 214 Tuesday at the Colorado State Ram Classic, and eventually lost medalist honors in a sudden death playoff. At NMSU, Hollifield turned in a threeround 251 which landed him in a fiveway tie for 77th place. Tinte for Tintex Fitness Week In an effort to improve the exercise habits of college students, SUU will be among 300 colleges and universities across America participating in the sixth annual T imex Fitness Week presented by Ocean Spray. T he even t will be held during the wee k of Oct. 17-23 and will showcase a varie ty of running, rowing, swimm ing cycling and aerobics act ivities ra nging from in troductory clinics to triathlons. Wednesday there will be a competition to see who has "The Fittest C lub" on campus. Contestants will compete in sit-ups, push-ups and skin fold tests.There will be prizes awarded and sponsors include: Newman 's Deli, Brian K. Tavoian, D.D.S. Clubs and organizations that are interested in signing up can do so at t he intramural office. T he week's largest participatory event, the "Worlds Largest Aerobics Class," will be held Thursday at all 300 schools. Last year an estimated 25,000 students sweated it out in the Aerobics marathon. SU' s "World's Largest Aerobics Class" will be held in the P.E. Building at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and prizes will be awarded. Timex's best-selling sport watch es and t-shirts wi ll be awarded as prizes and free samples of Ocean Spray will be distributed at selected events. In conjunction with Fitness Week, there will be a four-on-fo ur volleyball tournament Monday through Wednesday on the lower quad from 4-7 p.m. The deadline for the six-on-six intramural volleyball competition is Thursday and again you can sign up in the intramural office. Strong safety Anthony Brown knocks down a Wildcat pass in Saturday's Homecoming game. The 'Birds broke up three passes in their 20-14 loss. Thunderbirds drop to 2-4 (continued from page 15) Tyra Collett (15) of the SUU wom en's soccer team spends some time out of the snow during the match against U tah State across from the Coliseum Sat urday m orning. T he game ended in a 0-0 t ie, but instead of a shootout to decide the winner, some of the team mem bers had a friendly snowball fight . I second-and-20, the Wildcats ran all fo ur of their receivers on patterns deep and to the left side of the field. Tight end Pat McNerncy, meanwhile, lined up tight right, blocked for a few counts and released into the right flat. There wasn't a Thunderbird within thirty yards of McNerney who caught a short pass and raced in for a 35-yard score. McNemey also caught the two point conversion and the Wildcats were up 20-7. Phil Atkerson punched in a late score from one yard out, but when the 'Birds fai led to recover the onside kick. T he Wildcats ran ou t the clock and recorded their second win in the Coliseum, remaining undefeated in the series, 10-0. Weber Head Coach Dave Arslanian was grateful for the win, which ended his three-game losing streak. "We needed a win and we needed it bad and thank goodness we got it." Bishop said he felt they physically outplayed the Wildcats and the Thunderbirds did out gain WSU 3 72-300 in total yards. SU also powered out 22 first downs compared to 14 for the 'Cats. But three of four leading ' Bir~ tacklers were defensive backs. 'Cat quarterback Brya n Martin completed 20 of 34 attempts for 254 yards and a touchdown, without throwing an interception . Robins connected on 11 of 23 passes bu t threw three interceptions and was held to 117 yards in the air. SU's speedster Jones had 68 yards in the first half but did not play in the second after suffcrmg a sprained knee. Gary Perkms picked up the slack, rushmg for 108 yards on LS carries, including a 41-yard dash. Defensively the Thunderbirds shut down the Weber running attack, holding them to just 46 yards. Corner back Duston Connaughton led the ' Birds with IO tackles, while DBs Donnie Yantis and Tyler Johnson had 9 and 7 tackles, respectively. Linebacker Clint Baird added 8 tackles (three solo), including a pair for losses. Other American West Conference teams in action Saturday included Cal State Northridge [3-3) which dropped a 20-10 contest to SU' s next opponent, St. Mary's College, in Moraga, Calif. Cal Poly-San Luis Obisbo [3-3 ) scored with :12 to go against UC Davis and successfully converted a two-point conversion to beat the Aggies 32-3 1. SU lost to Davis last weekend, 4 1-16. |