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Show PAGE 10 • THE THUNDERBIRD · THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1993 Softballers are at home for six Counting a pair of exhibition dates, the SUU sofi:ball tl!:11.m will ~ a game per day during the 6nt two weeks of April. After hosting a pair of game, tomorrow against the BYU Oub b:am, the Thunderbirds will test the University of Utah in two key Wcsttm Adiktic Conference games Saturday on the SUU Add. Games both daya an: scheduled 10 ltlllt at 1 p.m. The heavy schedule oonti.nuea Tuesday when the 'Birda host Mesa Stam in a pair of non-oonfcrcnce oonicsts beginning at l p.m. April 9-10 SUU will be in Califomia for WAC doubleheaders again t San Diego State and Cal State rJorthridge before finishing the whirlwind two weeb with games ar BYU and Utah Sta "We are I ·ng forward to being home to play some games. We haven't been on our home field for over two weelcs, • sajd SUU Coach Joy Peterson. "We woul lilre ro win all six of these contests, and it's not impossible.• The University of Utah games provide the Thunder irds an opportunity ID inch up in the WAC standings. Boch Utah and SUU have 1-3 CX>nrerence mx,rds afteT games at Sacramento State (Utah split and SUU lose twice) and at Fresno State (SUU plit, Utah lost twice). "BYU's Friday exhibition games won't be easy for us," said Perenon. "BYU has a beer team than it h had in the last five or six seasons. We will have our bands full with them .• ~ . the Thunderbirds have a 5-16 rea:nd, while Utah ii.ts at 9-11 in all games. "Our morale is exceptional, and we are outhitting most of our opponent!,• said PCl'CrSOn. "We need, however, to lmprove our execution. When we play the nation'• best teams, as we do, our exrcution bas to be right on if we expect to win.• Two freshmen and a sophomore are leading Southern Utah in hittin • Freshman third man Denise Johnson is crunching th ball with a .492 batting average and a .729 lugging percentage. Sophomore shorn p Kim Olsen is hitting .271, and freshman outfielder Statty Stuan has a .267 avcrag.:. •Kim (Olsen) is playing awesom defense for us right now. Her hitttng is solid, but it could be even better with some work on pitch eaion. Mosr of our players are trying ro hit the baJI t00 hard, and we are showing our freshm n inexperi nee both in the field and with the bat,• said Pen:rson. Utah, th d fen ing WAC champion, has a much more vcttran ream than does SUU. Junior Debbie DiMeglio an junior shorutop Gaylyn Ho bJde both hit over .300. OiMeglio has l O extra basehits and 17 RB[ IO go wirh her .317 llffragc. Diamondmen home this weekend The SUU baseball tam ho ts a duce·ream round robin baseball tnumament tomorrow and Sannday with Mesa s~ College and UCRivenide. The Thunderbirds open and dose the tournament with gam.es against Mesa Sta at 9 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday. In between those two games the 'Birds will meet UC Riverside twice and MSC and Riverside wiU meet twi<Z also. SUU is ooming off it1 highest scoring game of the year, a 17-1 dedtion OYer the University of laVerne Friday at Thunderbird Park. The 'Birth pounded out s aeuoo-high 23 hits in the victory, including three home runs, two triples and two doubles. Mickey Houston just mwed hittin for the cycle against the Leos, going +4 with a home run (his fifth) a triple (third) and two singles. He also had four RBL Br.ld Watson had his best game a.s a Tiu..mderbirds, b'()ing 3-4 at the plate with two doubl and five RBl, while Jared Meador went 1-5 with four RBI and bis first home run as a Thunderbird and Doug Fystro collcmd live him in ix platr: appearances, including a double. Karl Hermansen also ex>nncmd on a Iona ball against the Leos, his third this year. Houston's outing against laVerne ran hit tting average to a tr:am-higb .472 and bis lugging ()CrccntlgC to ,84 7I which putlJ Aoyd Ann nonj, single season SUU slugging percentage reoord o( .831 (198S) in jeopardy. Houston also leads the team in home run with five, doubles with six, RBI with 24, and on-base percentage at .506. Shane Wilde picked up hi.s RCOnd win of the season against LaVerne. pitching seven inning of t'MHlit ball without giving up an earned run. His performance lowered his team-low ERA m 6.51. Gymnasts head to regionals Saturday For the second traight ~ . the SUU gymnastic team will nd dutt representui ro the Midwest Regional to be hdd Saturday at Oregon State University. Julie Aguirre, will make her third aip, while tr:ammate Jodi McKay makes her second trip and JUI Eagl will go r the fin time. Aguirre had a region qualifying sco~ of 38.237, McKay a 38.062 and Eagles a 37.612. "We're disappoinred we didn't get into the meet (as a~]. but we're hapi;,v ro get three YOUR DEGREE WILL TAKE YOU PLACES As an officer in the U.S. Navy, you'll command your own future. You'll join top llight people working with the best in their field. And have the opportunity for world wide travel. Navy leadership and executive management training go hand-in-hand to prepare you for an exciting role as a Navy Officer. Navy Officers are: Engineers on Nuclear Submarines Doctors and Nurses Civil Engineers Lawyers Navy officers receive pay and allowances worthy of a professional. 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