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Show r Baseballers down Dons ne men 's baseball team opened che 1999 season winning rwo of fl e games again t the Pa ill Tige nd lhe n ranci o Dons in the 11 t leg of a r al.I trip thr ugh Calif. mia. ·n1e 'Birds heat Pacific 111ursday aft ' moon and downed ·an Franci co aturday for a 2-3 record o er the weekend . : :poiled the Don ' home opener with a I ·9 v1 'lOI)' that in ludcd a pair of home nm · h :u· Tyler Petersen. His grand ·lam k ' )•cd a be· run third inning making the core 6·- · The 'Uird · held n for the win after hack-to-hack . olo homers h O.J Pennick and P te~en . On ·niursda , Pa ilk hell.I the 'Bird, to ju t one run in winning the first game of a douhlehcal.l -r -1. , re ·ponded h ·coring ·even run over the final three inning:- of pla in the nightcap f r - vi l ry and c cning the scric at I· 1. llte 'Birds . red three nm in the fifth , one in the ·ixth, nd three in the seventh. n Frida , the Tigers rallied in the flnal inni~g of µme three with two run to e • pc with a S win . The Tigers foll \ ed by huning out th 'Bird · in the nightcap 3-0. · cominuc its Calif. mia trip with games ag. in t ·an Jo~c ' tate toda and tomorrow, and 1nish ilh a five-gam · st:ri ag.,in t · talc 'unhridg starring Fnda . Gymnasts soar with 'Devils By CHAD LAMB JO ru PORT · JTOR The · gymnasti quad came within .25 of a point of up ening the ftfth -ranked team in the nati n , falling 191. 5-191. 0 LO the Ariz na tate un De il in the emrum Friday night. "We ame real cl e," aid Head oa h u Bauman . "That i the malle margin of I · ou can have in the port." Although the meet will oum as a los in the ·tanding for Lhc ladle ·, Bauman ·aid he 'll Lake a I . LO a nati n, I powerhou e like anytime 1f hi team lo. cs hy just .25 of a poinl. "To he ompeting str ngly with that caliber of a team · great ," he aid. In 1he home pcner of the 1999 eason for the ladie , outs or ·d ·u in b th the uneven bars and the balance beam, and would h ve taken 11 ·t in the n r exerc· c a team if not for a fi w falls. The n r cxer i · was the final rotation of the night for the L,dy ·Bird'> • nd ne of the tronge l even of the meet F ur ladic: ored a 9. or heller, fini hing with a team score of 48.0 5 in the rotation . Kym rankJin grahhed the high· t score f the night for · , a 9.8 on the fl r exercise, hi h helped her to a ·c nd-pla finish in ch , II-around competition and a total re of 8.3 5. ept the all-around with T mara Turle and Heather lack b th pla ing flrsL in the allaround, oring a 38.525. ·uzi lark fini hed third with a score of 38.250. Due to injuric. , the un Devil had j L one g mnast mpcte in the all-ar und with ~ end Ell ·herry pla ing fourth with a scor · of 8.000 . SU Fre hm n Erica Burke :lepped up fo r the econd meet in a row, hiuin!( a pers n, I he L 9. 2- on the uneven hars and mking ccond-place in the rotation . la k had the high re for th · night on b r., " ith J ,._.._~.~a 9.A ~ 5. ·s Elizah Lh McNabb had ~ the h ighe t ore of the meet ~with a 9.8 - on then r. 15 ·nie lactic · 11 w head to all ~ 1.ak City f, r a Friday night meet 3 with the third-ranked nivcrsity 2.of tah tt:s. "You don 't get co he the he t unle. ou compete Sl f. a~am t the he. l , ~ Bauman • aid. Late rally gives Lady 'Birds key Mid-Con win The S woml·n 's haskclhall team, rapped up the \ cd.end with L o hig in over I Ul'l I and \ :1 lparai. o that pul5 the lad1e at I _.9 o ernll and - -5 111 confe r n ·c play. llcading into Thursday 's game against I Pll l , the l.ady 'Bird had two kc goal in mind a cording to lkal.l Coach Joe Hilla k- ontrol rebo und and top IUP I ' rwo leading c rers . ·u won c, ii again l I JP I , coming ouc on t p with a 7 -6 I win over the Jaguar . '' ur win against I P I put us b ck in th • hunt again with a chan e to impro e our ition in the Mid- · n ," aid He d a h Joe Hill k . The Lady ' Birds outrehoundcd the Jaguar. 5· I , held the Jaguar · leading orer to Crystal Vand r Plat to nine poin , and Angie Watt co two point . Both Van<lc.:r Platt and ~ au have ht:en averaging 18 points per game. . unn Mrcr · , a tht· Bird LOP st:orer,. nh 19 p int and lclis a Hine added I . ·a1urd, y night against alpo, ,' l l l ok on the league' t p team in an exciting game that moved the ladle up in the confer'nc tanding \l ith a 69,68 ictory. The vi LOry put the ' ru ader at -2 in conference play and moved SU to ·5 in the Mid-Con. Going into half time the Lady 'Bird led 38·32 , hut th rusader ame ha k in the · c ond half t g ahead 6 -60 with 3: r maining in the game . The lase minutes of the game were nail-biting a the Lady 'Bird u cd a huge team cff rt to over come the ven -point deficit and c · ape with a one-point win over the l.ad y Crusader~ . alpo had a final . hot 111 the last :.ccond ol the gaml', howe er, the shot bounced olf the rim lo pre ervc the vi tory for the LI lad,c ·. Thi. i. the mil win over the Lao :ru adc r · for the Ltd}- ' flird.. :1lpo and M f ha met three Lime. before with Valpo taking all three win hy lar!(c margins. "Thb i one of the higgc ·t wins I've ever h en in o l d 111 ." ·aid Hill k with hig mile on hi. fac:e. Megan Lofthouse played a great game coring 19 point .. Aly ia dam. played hard and hot l I p ints. "Thi gam · pro ed that we could l ke il. It gi e u a I t f con 1d ·nee. It wa a team effort," aid Adams. The ladle will now head on their final road trip of the season t, king on akland niver iry Thur ' day and Young. town State 'aturday in Mid-Con a tion . Valpo holds on to beat SU men B JERAD I R • UR 'Al P RT WRITER J The Um ·n · haskctball Leam I L two crucial conference game at horn · to l Pll l and alparai o Lh1:. weekend. The los ·cs drop the 'Uirds to 3· 111 confe rence play and 8· 1• overall . Saturda y night , in front of a telc hed audience on lh · ,\lid· • n lde\·i ion network , th<: ' Birds lo >k ·d for ,tn up · ·t ol the onfcrcncc favontl' \ :ilparai. o Cru:.adcrs. Th · 'Birds _ percent sh ling hun them in :1 big wa with a 62-"i 2 lo · - that hurt their momentum heading into the final part .of the cason . Ken , aua Cl ·de led the team with I I pomts :111d 11 rebounds. foll wed h T:1rvi h Felto n· 13 poin and Jc f Mona o': 12. "I was di app inted in our offcn ' ive play, we ·hot po rl and didn ' l how enough patience." aid : Head Coa h Bill E an . alparaiso Head Coa h H mer Drew said. " ur hall pre ure and 1h · three point ·hot h Lohus Barton with a minute left , ere the big plays ~ r us." Wnh the g me tied :n 26 apiece t halftime , Lhl· ru aders w nt co ch in ide gam ·, gain t th ' Bir hich op n ·d up their out idc game in the I ing minutes. Valpo hit four kc three-pointers to help them eal an important 1id- on, in . The rusadcrs :i re now - I and . till fighting to take the confcren e hampion hip. On Thur day, the 'Birds lost a heanhrcaker LO the IUPlll Jaguars 72-66 in a game th :11 saw Felton :core 22 points anti pull down :c en reh und . Officiating wa · comrovc:r ial co ard the end of the ·cc:ond half, but E an · :aid , " I am .1 i.trong heh ·vcr that offi ials don 'l lose a game for ou , we just didn 'L do what w needed to Jo to win ." ' ilh the ' Bird down h · ju r thrc<.·. Felton <lr c the I nc and g t ·alled ~ r harging. The all wung the momentum in fa or of the Jaguar ·. Rodney Th mas led I P I with 22 points, in ·luding four chree-poimers. "The 1 ccond-half point b Malt Hermc. led us e ·n though our defense l -rrihle,", id I P I Head oach R n Hunter The Bird head on th · road this w ckend 10 face Mid-Con fo ·:, Oakland University on Thursday and oungscown ·cite aturda . ~ z. ~ ~ i: ei 5 ~ 2. 1ure Pugmir • flies pasl alpo's Zora11 Viskovicfor the layup in ·caurday 's Mid-Con battle. Valpo heta th e "Bird offense to -6 percent sho ting/or the night. |