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Show iTiriir7TTinTT?rT- -i WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016 men stem lib BY PORTER LARSEN After waiting out the rain delay, Dixie State University women's tennis kept the Storm rolling, finishing off a y road trip with a split in Northern California March 23. The Storm dominated in the opening match, sweeping Notre Dame de Namur University in doubles and singles play. Led by sophomore Karolin Kukaras, who swept No. 1 singles 0 and No. 1 doubles alongside freshman Lacey 6-- Hancock. "Hancock and Kukaras played exceptional," head coach Eric Pelton said. "They were really focused on ; learning experience for the team." Kukaras and Hancock got an 2 win at No. 1 doubles. Both players also finished off their opponents in singles, 0 and winning respectively. HNU swept the remaining matches for the 3 overall win. "I obviously wish we would've won a couple more games," Kukaras, a biology major from Heidelberg, Germany, said. "We're a really young team and we have a lot of good players coming in, so I'm really excited for next season." The Storm will have some considerable time off before concluding their regular season against Division I foe Southern Utah University in Cedar City April 7. 8-- 6-- 6-- 6-- 3, 6-- 1, 2, 6-- Laura Hartle winds up for a forehand during practice Feb. 28. The team defeated Notre Dame de Namur University before falling to Holy Names University March 23. - RUGBY continued from page i V: ; : - 6 The size and strength of the Brothers was evident as the match became more i i physical. The Brothers were called for several I e penalties and a warning. They issued I J retaliated by scoring two 1 quick tries to extend their lead "We got hit in the mouth early from these guys," said Corbin Moffitt a i i . ' 1 ' ; high-tackl- r J: ;" i , n ;, ' . ' iu i - v- v, , ... Ai 1 - 1 x ' - 34-1- 9. ' freshman general education major from Santa Clara. "We were able to recover from that using our speed. ; We did a good job of swinging the ball and gaps." ';) creating Corbin Moffitt reenergized DSU as he I intercepted an errant pass near midfleld and was able ', to run untouched to the end ."; . -- - ' ., i L r , '. ; ; ; 7 ,f v - f ' . ; .7, ''.. ,' .!. ' - '",' line to score a try. That was quickly backed by a try s from sophomore Ahmad ' Both conversions Tools. ' ' C z ; were however, and failed, ' Si the score sat at "It was a very physical Freshman Justin Fulton of the Rugby team carries the ball in a match against Brigham Young University Feb. 7. The Storm hosted final a fell of with score a solid forth short o effort, March victory 26, and despite putting they a semi-prteam from Salt Lake City just game," said Tools, a of communication major from ' ' ' . : ; ' ' W . ' - - . , - 34-2- , 1 34-2- 9. CVDAPI IQP .(Oil inuuuL continued from page 6 )l The Syracuse-Nort- h ' Carolina matchup has sparked conversations about the lack of academic I integrity in college sports, j The Orange are on 'NCAA probation after I ! self-imposi: a one-ye- ar , t , other day, my integrity and credibility has never been questioned. ... "The bottom line is I was able to go to practice every day. And my team made it a heck of a lot of fun. I'd like that to be the story instead of the other junk. The other junk's gotten about a million times more publicity than I care to think about." Those questions will arise again in Houston, but so will discussions about how dominant the Tar Heels look. North Carolina, making its first Final Four appearance since winning the tournament in 2009, has beaten its four tournament opponents by an average of 16 points. "We feel like we can't be beat," guard Marcus Paige said. "We feel that when we're playing our best, we're happy with any matchup we get." The other matchup features Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, considered a favorite to win the Wooden Award as national player 7 -- on rinal aay or road trip : x ft e bIJIII 8-- six-da- t i the court and the way they finished points was quite impressive." Hancock swept her match at No. 2 singles while junior Laura Hartle and freshman Jenna Fosdick cruised to an 0 victory at No. 2 doubles. Juniors Kaylee Tarver and Samantha Yacano followed suit, sweeping their respective singles matches in the same dominating manner. DSU's domination, however, would come to a halt in the second stanza against Holy Names University. HNU took the matchup but didn't do so without a fight from the Storm. "I thought we played really well," Pelton said. "We lost a couple of games, but we lost them to some very good teams. This road trip was a great PLarsenDSN postseason ban last year for multiple rules violations, including academic infractions North Carolina's .academic fraud case is 'expected to go before the Committee on Infractions later this year. Tar Heels coach Roy Williams bristled when the topic arose after North Carolina's victory against Notre Dame in the East Region final Sunday night Philadelphia. "Tpn ndCl" "We had a problem," he said. "We're embarrassed. homa3f,We're mad. We're ticked vill fa'jff about what happened, de of'But we know that men's Jasketball had nothing to lo with it and we're very oroud of that. As I said the -- DIXIESUNNEWS.COM of the year. He is averaging 29 points in the tournament and is coming off a performance Oregon against in the West Region final. The Sooners will face a guard-heav- y team in is out to which Villanova, win its first national championship since its underdog victory in 1985 against Georgetown. The Wildcats' worst loss of the season came in a 5 decision against Oklahoma on Dec. 7 in Honolulu. "The first time we played them, we had a lot of young guys coming in that didn't know what we were completely about yet," center Daniel Ochefu said after Villanova beat Kansas in the South Region final. "Throughout the course of the year, we've grown a lot. "Buddy Hield is an amazing player. Oklahoma d is an extremely team with great players. It's going to be a battle." 9. San Jose, California. team, "Being a semi-pr- o they work a lot on tackling and hitting hard. It was fun; though, and I enjoyed everj "! second of it." i a and Needing try conversion to win, DSU pressured the Brothers near the end line as the second half clock neared zeroes. " The Storm's attempts at e victory were thwarted, and they fell in defeat "This was probably one of the most physical matches we've been in this season," Scott Moffitt said.; We typically can use our speed to our advantage, but they were able to match us in that today." The defeat was only DSU's second loss of the season, the first came against Brigham Young University in the first game of the season. Both losses came from teams that are not in the same conference as the Storm. Despite the loss, DSU stands at a perfect 0 conference record. It will have a bye this week before traveling north to take on Idaho State University April 11 at 1 p.m. ' 7 34-2- 9. j ; 4-- cn ......fp 37-poi- nt top-seed- ed LIFE f I i r I'..'. . i 4 1 ii 78-5- top-seed- ed well-coache- i |