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Show " . THE THUNDERBIROD THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 19920 PAGE 7 I Sl'OKIS I Gymnasts set new school records BY MISSY MYERS Thunderbird Sports Writer Cris & cker and the Lady 'Birds will look to improve I.his week as they battlt Utah, Utah Suiu and BYU in the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake M onday. In its home opener Monday night in the Centrum, the SUU gymnastic team showed improvement over last year' s stellar achievements, as the gymnasts b roke team records in balance beam and uneven parallel bars, against 10th-ranked BYU. Although the Lady ' Birds lost 185.4-182.5 to the Lady Cougars, SUU set the standard fo r the 1992 season as it broke the 45.25 team score set in 1990 against San J ose Stale replacing it with a 45 .55. On the beam, SUU eclipsed the 45.90 set last season against the same SJS team with 46.15 . ''This team averaged a 42 .00 on bars last year and that's where they got killed," said SUU Gymnastic Coach Scott Bauman. "In our very first meet we broke our last year's record and that 's completely unheard of." The Lady 'Birds will look to improve their performance as they battle the University of Utah, Utah State and BYU in a four-team meet Jan. 20 in Salt Lake. SUU fans can see Lady 'Birds play tonight 'Birds to battle Matadors The SUU men's basketball team will look to add another win to its two-game streak Saturday night as it travels to Northridge, Calif. , to shoot hoops with a fellow Division I independent Cal Northridge. The ' Birds lead the series with Northridge 3-2. SUU picked up two wins over the Matadors last season, the first coming in Cedar City and the second at Northridge which featured Davor Marcelic scoring 43 points by hitting 14 of 15 shots. The T-Birds are led by a combo of senior forwards in Marcelic and Dana Achtzehn. One of the two have led the 'Birds in scoring in each game. Marcelic has had top honors in six games and Achtzchn in five , but they have shared honors three times. Before coming home for their Jan. 25 date with Texas Wesleyan, the ' Birds will travel to Manhattan, Kan. , to play Kansas State on Jan. 22 . With the return of leading scorer Libby Price and healthy ankles of Candice Lords, Kim Vadala and Heather Sonne, the SUU women's basketball team will be at full force for two home games this week as they host Sacramento State in the Centrum tonight at 7:30 p .m . and Northern Arizona University Saturday at the same time. W ith a full line-up the 1-11 Lady 'Birds better their chances of ending a nine--game losing streak which started way back on Dec. 6. l · Tonight's game will be Sac State's third road game in four days. The first two games were at Pepperdine and Cal State Northridge Monday and Tuesday. As for NAU, the 6-6 Lady Jacks will be without the inside play of 6' 2" center Cristina Willis, who is averaging eight points and five rebounds. 1 Hot Bar-B-Q Beef 1 • • r1tness Center $179 II I Sandwich I 32 OL Drink I &,ms Feb. ~.1m. I L NacV.lidW-o06a0BaL 246 E. Rdclers Canyon Rd. • Cedar City• 586-7447 Come check out our Racquetball and our Circuit Weights. The return of Price will bolster the outside game of Lords', while helping out the inside game of Sonne and Becky Schofield. r.-----------:, ·LIFEPHASE Student Special S69/Quarter the meet live at 7 p.m . on KUTY Channel 2. SUU came close to breaking the school record on the floor Monday by scoring a 46.40, just one point shy of the team mark. In the all-around competition which consists of vault, bars, beam, and floor, SUU's J odi McKay placed second overall with a 37 .10 behind BYU ' s Christy McAdams' 37.65. On the team level, McKay paced SUU on floor with a 9.45 , first in the bars at 9.30, and first in vault by scoring a 9.1. McKay finished third on beam behind teammates Kim Francis at 9.45 and Susie Specht at 9.40. Other SUU gymnasts placing well in the meet on the vault were Mika Whiddon, 9.05 and Julie Aguirre, 8.95. On bars, Becky Stonebrink was next behind McKay with a 9 .15 and Aguirre and Cris Becker followed with equal scores of 9.05. On floor Lisa Gomez and Specht finished behind McKay with scores of 9.35 and 9.30, respectively. "They (the SUU gymnasts) hit 23 of 24 routines," said Bauman. "They just scared one of the best teams in the entire nation. '' I I J Depot Junction : -32oz:Retiu;- : 19¢ 255 N. Main • Cedar City I North End of °'1ar City's I Historic Railroad Depot Aaoss. Stieet frclD Pad I I &,-.no.l9.1m. I I II r------------, HotDogs Mat Valid W-dla Ollia-Offen. I i I 4 for 99¢ &p... Feb. 19, 1992. I ·i I l\ L Not Yltill W..Olba'Offen.. ..I l\\ ----------- |