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Show THERN UTAH UNIVER ITY • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1999 Indoor teams place second in Mid-Con By CHAD LAMB JOUR AL PORT EDITOR of 12:37.72 which was five seconds ahead ofUMK which placed second. enior Kris '. atson won the men· weight throw with a toss of 58-05 1/ , while junior Anna Dull ck placed second in the women 's weight throw with a distance of The men's and women's indoor track team came away with econd-place 48-04 1/ 4. The weight throw wa the first event of the day for the men, and with a fini he at the 1999 Mid-Con indoor track champion hip held in Norman , Okla., seventh-place finish hy Dave Forsberg and a 10th-place fini ·h by Gjai on White , the Friday and aturday . With the men looking to improve on last year' second-place men were off co a quick start to lead the competition after the event. finish, they were barely edged by Oral Roberts A trio of di ranee runners also boosted the 159.50-153. The women , who toad in second after m n ' chance a they took the top three spot in Friday's events, were unabl to defend the title and the men ' 3,000 meter. Sophomore Curtis Moore win their econd straight championship in falling to and enior Jody Benson both crossing the finish UMKC I 7.50-128.50. line in a time of8:29.75, while ophomore Mark · "We finished second and both team did an Wright finished third, Just three ccond behind. oucstanding job, " said Head Coach Eric Houle. ult was Head Coach Eric Houle said that the team wa a good season for us. We were able to break ome doing a lot better than he thought they would after school records and we feel really good about that ." the fir t day. Going into the meet, Houle aid that the goal wa to Richard Bush competed well in the 60 meter high win it all, hut that a second-place fini h or even a hurdJes with a time of 8 .61. Although he finished third-place finish would not be a disappointment f< r ninth in the final competition , he was just tenths of members of both team ' . a second behind Willie White of MKC who wa After Friday' competition, the men led all teams in :;! the winner. coring with a team total of 64 points. Western Illinois ~ In the high jump, Ray Luke tied Youngstown was in second with 6 points followed hy Ora.I g tate' Anwaa Martin for first with a jump of Roberts which was third with 39 points. The women ~6'09.75" . were in econd place after the first day with 3 B For the women, Emma Mea om's time of 25 .82 points, behind MKC who had 3 poinL'i. w good enough for a e nd-place finish in the Both the men 's and women ' team came away with ~200 meter. atalie Gibson and Kristen Connel first place fini ·he in the distance relays. 'Ine men ran junior Kelley Biesinger finished with an 11th-place finish finished ninth and tenth respectively. a time of 10:21.15 , well ahead of second-place in the 400-meter at the Mid-Con championship in finisher UM KC. The women al o ran well with a time Oklahoma City, Okla.Friday afternoon. ( co11ti11ued 011 page 14) i Lady 'Birds finish third By KYM FRAN Kl.IN JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER The · women 's haskethaU team ended the regular season with a 75-64 win over Chicago tate in front of one of the largest crowds this eason of 1, 137 Saturday night. rt wa senior night as the Lady 'Birds said goodbye to two outstanding players fionishing their careers at S . Sunny Myers and Alycia Adams hath had great games to help the Lady 'Birds ·hut down the Lady Cougars. The win over Chicago State helped to nail the Lady 'Birds into a third-place finish in the Mid-Con tand.ings at 9-6 heading into the Mid-Con tournament thi weekend. ~ In the first half of the game, shot 41 percent ~ in helping put the team up 3 -24. Ali Gressman led ~ the scoring in the first half with five points. ~ However, the Cougars played strong in the second f5 half after being down hy more than 10 points, g coming hack to make it a five-point game with just 4:30 left to play. In the end, Melissa Hines and ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' , Megan Lofthouse made key foul shots that put the Freshman Megan Lofthouse scored two key free throws ladies.up 71-64 to help seal the victory. down the stretch as the Lady 'Birds held off the Lady Southern Utah wa able to then add four more Cougars in Mid-Con action Saturday. points after Chicago tare was forced to foul - ! coward the end of the game. "It wasn't our prcttie t game , but we got the win we needed ," said unny Myers as he was hugged by her teammates. "Good team find a way to win when they are not playing very good and we did ju t that, " Head Coach Joe Hillock said. Hillock said he gives a lot of credit to the two eniors and that it is hard to ee them leave the program . " unny and Alycia arc more that I can ask from two kids." The Lady ' Birds al o came away with a win on Thursday night again t Western Illinois. Adams helped lead U to a 65-58 victory tying her career-high with 15 points. Myers recorded 13 pain . Hines also had an exceptional nigh with her 10th double-double of the season with I points and a per onal best of 20 rebounds . The 9-6 record in the Mid-Continent onfer nee leave the women with a third-place fini h after finishing fith last season. It will give the Lady 'Birds a first round game against sixth eeded I P l beginning Sunday. Hillo k said i very optimistic about the tournament "Going into the Mid-Con we have to focu on rehounding, defene , and dealing with the ups and downs of tournament play. Ifwe do these things we will do welJ. " Men's hoop squad on four-game winning streak After four stra.ighc wins, the men' basketball team Juan Martinez added 16, and Chris Canaday had 10. will face Oakland tomorrow in its final regular season Jeff Monaco scored 18 points for SU, Tarvish Felton ig me of the eason before preparing for the Mid,Con had 16, and Faulkner finished with 15. tournament trus unday. SU's victory denied the Leathernecks a share of the Over the weekend, the ' Bird. picked up big wins at conference's season title. Oral Roberts finished on top home over Western Illinois 79-69, then avenged an with a 10-4 record. Valparaiso tied OR at 10-4 with a earlier season loss to Chicago State by blowing out the win over IUPUI Saturday. ·Cougars 78-55 in the Centrum aturday. Against Chicago tate aturday, the 'Birds came out Tyson Hancock coretl 20 points to lead SU to a slow and were unable to pull away from the Cougars. 10-point victory over the We tern Illinois Leathernecks Chjcago State, which defeated the 'Birds in overtime a Thursday night. The ' Bird took a 32-31 lead at few weeks ago, led at the half 30-28. halftime, then went on an 8-2 run to open the second • SU opened the second half with an 8-2 run to put the half and did not trail again . 'Birds ahead 36-32. The 'Birds then pulled ahead by IO Hancock hit five of six shoe after halftime and Jim at 46-36 with 14 minutes remaining. Hancock and Faulkner rut nine of 10 free throw down the tretch. Monaco both hit three-pointers to push the SU lead. hawn Dole led WIU (16-10, 9-5) with 20 points. Chicago State threatened everal times to come back, but SU answered each time the Cougars pulJed closer. With Chicago down 50-40, SU went on a 23-7 nm to put the game way for good. Hancock was the top scorer of the night with 18 points. Kenyatta Clyde added 14 and Monaco had 13.The win puts the 'Birds at 12· 16 on the year and 6-8 i!1 the conference. The 'Birds will face Oakland,Tuesday, hut the game will not count coward the Mid-Con standings as Oakland is ineligible for pose-season play. SU will be the fifth seed of the Mid-Con tournament which begins Sunday, and will face fourth eed Young town State in the first round . U split the sea on erie with the Penguins, lo ing on the road and winning at home. ( continu ed on page 14) |