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Show PAGE 8 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SPORTS MOND:, ’Birds split two two-game set with UNLV Thursday. The 'Birds snapped a four-game losing streak in the openerin a ‘when Michiue doubled in Kimberly Tillery, Andrade scored on a double steal and Bingham flied out to score LePrey. LePrey (5-6) fanned nine Rebels in the victory. five innings. as UNLV jumped all over S In the opener, SUU proved powerful at the plate with nine runs off 11 hits to drop the Rebels, 9-6. The *Birds drew nab second in WGC victory in the sixth stanza 9-6 victory. SUU then struggled at the plate in the second game to lose 10-1in The SUU gymnastics team had another strong meet by finishing second at the inaugural Western Gymnastics Conference Championship Friday night in Logan at the Spectrum In the nightcap, Southern Arena. Utah was quiet at the plate The Denver Pioneers won the meet by scoring a 195.825 to claim the title. SUU pitching for 10 runs off 15 hits to win 10-1 in five innings. The Rebels SUU scored a 195.575, the third-highest score in school history, to outlast Utah State for second place. The Aggies finished in third at 195.550. Boise State struck first in the | Lacee LePrey | second stanza first blood in the with two runs off finished fourth at 194.900 and Cal State including a 2-RBI meet with a mark of 193.250. first inoing when | W€10F 40r-4 | § Lacee LePrey with 5 RBI began an awesome 4-for-4, 5 RBI Fullerton rounded out the five team Talayna Fortunato finished fifth in the single by Lisa f O’j the all-around with a mark of 38.900. BSU’s Moses to take a 2- ‘Birds. 0lead. SUU's performance at 25,2002 Gymnasts »SOFTBALL Southern Utah’s women’s softball team (11-15) split a MARCH Jamie Johns won the all-around with a mark of 39.425. Bingham cut the Sandi Crosby won the floor exercise the plate with an RBI-single ~ lead to 2-1 in the *Birds’ half to drive home Hana of the second with a solo- Michiue. Crystal Bingham shot to center field, her in any event in SUU history. then doubled home Rulen Andrade to push the lead to second in three games. However, UNLV cruised the . Molly Bauer and Sarah Geisler finished 2-0. UNLV countered in the third inning with four runs rest of the contest with four runs in the third, and a pair off two hits and one SUU of two run innings in the a mark of 9.925. Fortunato finished in a eighth-place tie with 2 mark of 9.875. On the miscue highlighted by a Geney Orris 2-RBI double to fourth and fifth to take the beam, take a 4-2 lead. The Rebels stretched their lead to 6-2 in the fourth frame when Orris took the loss for the Thunderbirds. Southern Utah travels to ripped a 2-RBI single. Macomb, Ill. next weekend However, the 'Birds responded in their half of the fourth when LePrey to open Mid-Continent Conference play with a four-game set versus cleared the bases and knotted the score 6-6 with a ‘Western Illinois. Friday, the homer of the season. SUU then captured the 9-6 in a four-way tie for second place with Carly Geronimo 10-1 win. Bingham (3-5) finished in a third-place tie with Cal State Fullerton’s Kelly ERIN MADSON/JOURNAL grand slam, her fourth with a mark of 9.950,the highest score ’Birds open the series with a doubleheader at 2:30 p.m. SUU then plays a twinbill Saturday at 1 p.m. Tracksters shine in San Mathiasen witha mark of 9.850. Fortunato, Geisler and Charlotte Scott all finished Sangj Diego in a tie Crosby for ninth-place with a score of 9.800. On the bars, Geronimo Despite cold and blustery weather, numerous top-10 and personal marks were set as SUU’s outdoor track and field teams competed with some 700 athletes from all over the West at the San Diego State Aztec Classic Saturday in San Diego, Calif. result of 16-10.50, which is ranked sixth all-time at SUU. Eardley also Thomas finished in a five way tie for 12th place by scoring a 9.800 in the event. Fortunato and Erica Burk finished in a tie for 17th place with a finished fifth in the triple jump. Junior Tosha Clove also recorded a personal-best mark in the discus (124-6), while freshman Shara Rowley recorded the ninthfarthest individual javelin throw in school history with a In the women’s competition, junior Kira Thompson recorded the T-Bird womens’ lone event win in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:54.22, while freshman Maegan Schmutz followed in second with a personal-best score of 9.775. On the vault, Bauer led the 'Birds second-place mark of 131-7. Clove also finished fifth in the shot put. with a ninth-place finish by achieving 2 9.750 mark. Crosby and Harmony Greene finished in a 12th-place tie with a mark of 9.700. Jayme Morgan finished 14th with a score of 9.675. SUU finished fourth on the vault In the men’s events, junior Majeed Abudu recorded his second-straight 800-m win of the season with a time of 1:51.70, while junior Cody Moat recorded the fifth-fastest time of 11:15.43, which was also the fourth-fastest individual time in school history. Freshmen Heather Houle and Krystle Smart also recorded personal-bests in the 100-m dash as Houle finished 10th individual time in the 3,000-m steeplechase with a third- place mark of 9:32.08. with a time of 12.68, which is the eighth-fastest individual and Rachel Marques Rose racked up a fourth-place finish in the (48.275) and the bars (48.800). mark at SUU, and Smart 12th at 12.71, the 10th-fastest time 200-m with a time of 22.20, while Daniel Bennett was in school history. Houle also finished 11th in the 200-m 13th at 22.60. Rose was fifth in the 400-m at 48.72, while the beam (48.975) and the floor at25.70. Sophomore Arianne Brown led a group of four T-Birds who Bennett, at 50.39, was eighth. Zak James was fourth in (49.525). “We started slow on vault and we were a little wobbly on bars but we the 1,500-m at 4:03.34 while in the 5,000-m Curtis Moore :52.03 and Seth Thompson was sixth with a time of 15:08.75. Dan Anderson took a sixth in the 110-m high hurdles with a time of 15.11 and a fourth in the 400-m intermediate hurdles at 55.09. In field events, junior Casey Durbin recorded a personal- set personal-best times in the 400-m dash, recording the sixth- fastest individual mark at SUU with a seventh-place time of 58.21, followed by sophomore Lindsay Dickinson with the 10th-fastest time in school history at 58.52, sophomore Stacy Shara Rowley Wilson (58.61) and freshman Ashley Whiting (59.23). Kelly Richards took second in the 800-m at 2:12.91 while best result in the pole vault with a mark of 13-9.25, which is the ninthAlisha Bazanson was seventh at 2:18.47. Bazanson was fourth in the highest individual mark in SUU history. Troy Ford threw the shot 51-4.5 1,500-m at 4:45.81. Anna Crosby was 10th in the 1,500-m at 4:58.50. for sixth while Chandler Menteer went 45-2.5 for ninth.. Kyle Rowley Sara Oldroyd and Bonnie Bradley finished seventh and eighth in the 400threw the javelin 206-9 for fifth place. m intermediate hurdles. The T-Birds will split up for two meets next weekend. The majority of In field events, junior Dawn Dvorak recorded the second-highest the team will travel to Tempe, Ariz., for the Arizona State Invitational, individual pole vault height at SUU at 10-7, while freshman Kandice while the rest of the squad will compete at the Stanford Invitational in Eardley improved on her personal-best length in the long jump with a Palo Alto, Calif. However, the 'Birds finished first on really got it together on beam, then we just slaughtered our floor record,” SUU Coach Scott Bauman said. “The girls were drilling everything. We ‘wound up having a fantastic meet. We were dead last after the first two rotations (vault and bars for SUU), but we crawled back into it and almost ‘won the meet.” The Thunderbirds will now prepare for the NCAA Regionals April 5 in Denver. > BASEBALL Thunderbirds host UNLV ‘The SUU baseball team plays host to the Air Force Academy in a two-game series starting tomorrow afternoon at Thunderbird Park. The series with the Falcons was scheduled to be the finale of a seven-game homestand for the 'Birds. However, because of bad weather, last weekend’s series against Mesa State was moved to Grand Junction, Colo. The ’Birds were also to play host to in-state rival BYU, but the series was postponed. The series with the Cougars will be made up May 13-14. SUU picked up its second win of the season on Sunday as they defeated the Mavericks 4-3 to salvage a game in the threegame series at Mesa State. The "Birds will try to build on the momentum gained in the victory over the Mavericks as they make their Cedar City debut. Earlier this year, SUU lost two of three to Utah in St. George, but that is as close as the "Birds have been to playing at home. The Falcons come to Cedar City with a record of 14-10, and lost their second straight yesterday in the bottom of the ninth inning to New Mexico. This week’s series will mark only the Tuesday, Wednesday fifth and sixth times the two teams have met on the baseball diamond. Currently, the series is tied at 2-2, with the teams having split two games during the 1999 season. The ’Birds won the first ever meeting between the two schools in 1984, while the Falcons scored their first victory in the series in 1994. AFA’s Derek Kasel leads the Falcons with a .441 batting average. He has 26 hits, 16 runs scored and a slugging percentage of .695. Josh Phifer leads the team in RBI with 29 addition of a transfer to the Thunderbird program for this fall. The Thunderbirds received an NLI from Raquel SUU’s Jake Reynolds leads the team in hitting with a .321 average. He has 27 hits and 13 runs scored in 22 games. Jona Droubay leads the team with four home runs. He also has 12 RBI and a slugging percentage of .514. However, the ’Birds as a team are only hitting .242, while four-year letterwinner and an all-county and 4A first team All-State selection as a senior. She also was a four-year member of the Utah ODP team and a member of the Devastation Soccer Club, which won the 1998 Utah State after two seasons in the Wildcat program. the game will make her an immediate asset. She ‘who earned second team All-State honors as a junior and first team accolades her senior season. Sweat was also 2 member of the 2001 Utah 3A senior all-star team. “Raquel is a technically sound player with great will also add a new threat on set pieces for us.” The Thunderbirds signed four other players to NLIs last month, including Annie Payne, a midfielder from Sandy, Utah’s.Alta High School; Annalisa Banks, a midfielder/ defender from St. George, Utah’s Pine View HS and Dixie State pace and a tremendous work rate,” Stock said. College; Eryn Pictum, a forward/midfielder “She was the backbone of her team and will give from Las Vegas’ Eldorado HS; and Amber Tubbs, a midfielder from Palmer, Alaska (Mesa (Ariz.) CO). us needed depth at both midfield and defense.” Stocking played in 13 games in two seasons at ‘WSU, recording two shot attempts. Stocking prepped at Bountiful (Utah) HS, where she was a batters in 30 innings. One bright spot in last weekend'’s series for the ’Birds was their ability to play solid defense. In the three game set, SUU committed only five errors, including just one in Sunday’s 'win. SUU has played errorless ball just twice this season and have committed 49 errors through 23 games for a fielding percentage of .940. After this week’s series, the 'Birds will head back out onto the road, which will include a four-game set at Oakland to open Mid-Con play. opponents are hitting .356. SUU is batting .242 against right- High School, while SUU added incoming junior Carli Stocking, who transferred from Weber State Sweat was a four-year letterwinner at WHS, Tomorrow’s game will start at 1 p.m., with Anderson going to the mound for SUU. The series finale on Wednesday will start at noon, with Shane Perkins going to the mound. Perkins picked up the victory in Sunday’s win over Mesa State. Perkins, 1-5 on the season with a 6.82 ERA, has struck out 17 3-1 record with a 4.28 ERA. Koegel has struck out 35 batters in 40 innings and opponents are batting .247 against him. Cup. “Carli brings a great amount of experience and athleticism to our lineup,” Stock pointed out. “Her contagious work rate and commitment to Sweat, a midfielder from Heber, Utah’s Wasatch innings. a team are hitting .327, while opponents are only hitting .301. The Falcons’ pitching staff is led by Johnny Koegel, who has Stock signs freshman from Wasaich High and transfer from Weber State Brian Stock announced Friday the signing of one player to a National Letter of Intent and the The Birds pitching staff is led by James Anderson. Anderson, 1-3 on the season with a 9.00 ERA, has fanned 35 batters in 44 and had a team high .711 slugging percentage. The Falcons as Soccer squad adds two more Southern Utah Head Women’s Soccer Coach handed pitching on the season and .241 against lefties. The Thunderbirds will open the 2002 season at in-state rival Weber State August 30, in Ogden. SUU’s next home game will be April 23 when it hosts UNLV. Netters drop pair by bay After Friday’s match with Dominican University was canceled The T-Birds will first play Southeast Missouri State in a non-conference tilt due to rain, Southern Utah’s women'’s April 4, followed by a pair of dual tennis team returned to the courts Saturday at San matches against conference foes Oakland and CSU Francisco, but the Dons April 5. SUU will proved to be too much as they handed the T-Birds a close play April 6, against Western 6-1 dual match loss. Senior Kelly Patterson won her fourth-straight singles match to record SUU’s lone victory with a Thursday at San Jose State 6-1. Patterson again recorded SUU’s 6-1, 6-4 win over USF’s Nikki Kobayashi, while lone singles win with a 60, 6-2 victory over Emily Kuo, while the the Dons swept the other five singles doubles tandem of matches in straight sets and all three doubles matches. Illinois. The women lost Kelly Patterson The T-Birds (1-3) open Mid-Continent Conference play in Kansas City, Mo., April 4-6. Ashlee Gardner and Crystal Holt defeated the duo of Whitney Vasu and Kuo, 8-2. The Spartans swept the other five singles matches in straight sets. |