Show Page 8 — The Hank) Journal Logan Utah Friday September 19 1997 State Continued firms h 4 Alexander says of die USUt early success “We're only 10 matches into the Kuoa and we've already matched the number of wim we had lavl year and I dunk we've gut a he of other wins that we're m vhtrve thaw year “ fing The Aggie (7-will gel three imki at breaking the set n barrier this weekend when they hnu the I'uh Stale Invitational at ihe Spectrum Utah Slate will (ae hwiland (5-- 6 tonight at 7 p m then tackle Montana Slate 12 Hip ml and Utah IS pm) on 3) ra-wi- Volley ('Mliawd ftwn Pag 6 "W nude iputc a few adjust-imillcr fog said "Allivon wleJ turd to fill a bj (vwitiun fi us anj ('aim sjvulrd us a bilii k- bl " Unh senior seller I nMuaj the often samisti Vfpnl n Cook the (irwrlies the Warraws iinte fini game thra combined Saturday Without a doubt it will he the Aggiev motl joy out homecoming of the '90i 1 1 irbunJ It's jiut m much more fun" 1 don't know if it'a Cornier tayt because we're winning but it'a due just so much more relaxed is what I would have liked it to be like when I first came here" The key to Utah State's stunning turnaround has been depth Alesander had very few options during her first two seasons at the Aggie helm and could do nothing but grit her teeth and bear it when her starters weren't playing well But with the addition of talented freshmen like outside hitter Amy Goulding and middle blocker Deoac Mohlman Alexander has bees able to do some real coaching this fall — whether she “We're definitely excited" Niki Conner says of l'SL" Tint home matches of the season “I gucM word's been gelling around that we're a little bit better and hopefully N will be enough to get people to come around hi tec ut play and get the tupporl that " we’ve been waiting ft Conner wav a member of the 1993 Utah Slate team whkh went l and the ’ club which 27 makhet vo in less than three weekt the junior outside hitter hav won at many makhre at in her firtl two yearv av an Aggie N game 2 k rout Ihe finale in bsti Tl wav awesome- - Ilerog declared "We jui priwreied the ball and let Ihrm nuke the ernes I dunk we finally pushed ihriwgh the way I’ve been wailing fiw us to ish through " Bos Mdrr dcf Sky irw Afiei bouncing hack from a first game loss lo win ihe second set uiah Matayna Kiunslev was surprised lo find her BoKais in aa 1 1 J hole in Ihe desisise game of ihe match “It was weird" Know les said "All of a sudden it was 11-- 0 It happened so fan They didn't go on say big runs but we just couldn't score" Sky View (3-1- ) went on a 10-- 4 run to make the final score more fumbles I interception) The Uba dao avrrage nuar than 12 mwiwirt of posscssum “Dus has is hr a field juniUun game where we have i force bask Nakin Jenkins may be the bed receiver we’ll face all sea-m- w I think ihrir defease is better ihaa I thought it would he We will hate to earn everything we get on Saturday nighL Sauk has pawed fiv 619 yards on 3X4-10put anempis with two TTH and two mlereepums Jenkins ha been hit main target catching 13 hath ft 112 yards buhehm yet kireath dr end rone The Aggies’ points (217 a garnet have come mostly on the gnwad Running hack Melvin Blue hav earned ihe hull 33 limes foe 246 yard and dree TDv Sauk has wired dree tunes an die ground Blue his started the past two ad fawn a hsvs in Ihetf 13-- 1 respectable but couldn't Caul towed fawn fag l'M" l i ?ih nationally allowing jum 230 S yardv a game ms hiding 110 on the ground lojk a kernel vigwal sallrr ai Pa if w hav also saived fur 421 tt yardv uo 2©4 41 and Ml buftkiaM Thnr furmlwl " Smith jdvyrr anemgvi a real uiJ pad “lie makn pislilriMm and a my asswnr Tkry are a anal pad ball iMtnf laid bul Irani and hnm l brew dan i mdddy toare dvry shaft ikrea a bu“ Smith card “They hag a hall asl grunt tut' Srw Mexico hav turned ibe Ml over jmt fiat limrv tbiv year them lo dine the foolhall yardv" Smith van! I'M SO hav virvggled ou kiskoff two weeks and V) yards a return The Aggie base wiakcd sei special leans all week IVnni IranchisHse Nmg hi I ok team kslown with“guaidrd pi kii like a guild learn" he said "Any “1‘iah Stale football U South team dial take ihe Itdus field i prepared This will be uur most challenging game of the teats hi dale “Mall Sauk i a tsdid quarter- which one to put in" While "veterans" like Conner (69 kills 99 digs) junior middle iff kills) sophomore outside hitter Nicki Fusco (61 kills 93 digs) and sophomore setter Lori Ssr-ge- nt (33 kills 110 digs 271 hit-tipercentage) are having solid seasons it's freshmen newcomers like Goulding (139 kills 234) Jennifer Graces (61 kills 222) and Dcnae Mohlman (120 kills ng gave die Cals trouble particularly ut the first game "On the way home we talked about how we didn't lose the match in the third game but in the first game" Knowles said "We didn I adjust to Kariannc's hitung soon enough "It wasn't a matter of the block being there we were just too early She has a slow approach and we were too anxious to get over- Browu is back and will see action court on fire A middle blocker from Washington state Mohlman is seventh in the nation in hitting percentage and is the only freshman even in the top 20 "That's a very strong achieveot ment on her part" Alexander being appealed 3-- 11 In s match originally schedul led to be played in Hynun junior outside hitter Shaada Hart pounded out II hits for the second time this week as the Mustangs (4-- rolled to an easy victory on the road Hart who recked up II strikes in MCs big win at Box Elder ou V couch Lori Karaghouli said "But it was 13-- 2 13-- 7 so we still played well enough to win by quite a ways" Karaghouli said she was disappointed in some of the Slangs' coach Cindy StuarttsaidT The htfians and Bean went the distance ia a match that started at 8 pm and wnpped up at 10:45 pm "It was a real doozy let me tell you " Pterion coach LauM Moser declared Tt like was like whoev-er- 's standing at the end wins" Moser aaid she was pleased with her team's passing throughout the match Brittanie Stokes was "a little machine" recording a whopping 45 digs while her next closest teammate had 16 Rightside hitter Gina Lee also had a good nighL The senior racked up seven stuff blocks and 10 kills behind a kill average of ASOl "That's the best match Gina's ever played" Moser said "Bear Lake has a great frontline and Gina ate them for lunch” Erica Olson and Sara Fuller each had four aces for the Indians (14-- 3) Fall Golf Special & Sundays m bduta Green Fm&Gtft After IZpnCMy rsIM PHKP CROM COUNTRY V' j:’ ! i N MMCwfiptaMvMwnwi 550 1 “ U8U CROM COUNTRY 750-012- 3? n n rlj WISE USE OF YOUR TIME IS NOT A LUXURY W The Rebels never lost the serve in either game Natasha Lsmbont fired up II aces ia the opener while Tuya McArthur served 13 aces on the way to a shutout in the second game Preston det Bear Lake Tuesday had all but seven of Mountain Crest's 18 kills "I think we let down a little (from TWsdayV Mountain Crest itss s men vouivtaa St II earned honestly After all the pne- tice and hard work and the last two yean of misery they're being successful and they deserve it" 0) ars M r v n M 14 fro" Alexander says "U's ear-to-e- ar striker from outside The central California racked up 14 kills and hit 297 Tuesday night ass men ooir Smm I MM Tm having fun because they're Mondays Unlimited Golf a" CeB to high really nice to see them smiling after a win The from success they've had they've Goulding pounding away on the rate W — -- having UBUrOOriMU ! M And right now those conches successftilforux" Teams have been unable to concentrate too much on slopping Mohlman on the middle with as r rpUy- - s much and their players — are riding (0-4- a t mold me into cr over the years" middle blocker Jeanette Crosbie i M Ms 1111 IV wwwCiww niv improvement" Goulding savs "I’m pretty raw right now But the best part is that I've got three great coaches who are going to says of Mohlman t)ur competition is going to get snongei out I think He'll continue to be very VAUGY ssocctn j "I have a lot of room for "Him (Brown) having to go against the winless Royals ) through it is a pain but other dun Rich det Meridian " said Smith when asked that In the midst of trying to suit a about the off field problems "I volleyball program at the teeny dunk the team is not dunking about school in Provo the Mongooses it much I'm leaving it between his travledall way uptolRandolph for lawyer and the courts" a mere II minutes of court action Starting coraerback Kevin Tt wasn't a pretty sight" Rich Simmons it out with a ruptured muscle iu his lep Craig Miller who has started in the past will step into that spot Back up offensive guard Vince Gargalikis is alto out with an injury BYU ninth-rank- ed against Saturday and may cvea start Brown has also had to deal with heiag sentenced to two days iu jail ISO hum of community service and a fine far simple assault serving but appreciated their a misdemeanor The sentence it passing particularly that of junior games ta place of Demario Brow a who has here recuperet-lu- g from miuor knee surgery - 406) who are really setting the of the match Boa Elder's other there and get it" Mountain Crest det Roy termiastor Karianna McCree 7 coserage dr ate gismg up irtuNim much depth and I'm nol sure come the huge deficit Denise Griffin led the Cats with II lulls while Toni Merrill added eighL While Sky View managed to contain Stephanie Johnson most 1 AggiesI wants to or nol The only complaint I have this year is one of those complaints that coaches dream of having" Alexander says They make my job difficult because we have so Chun my Fblarto the bnl wiling line of deds in the world L’ui Jet Center Announces the Availability of and receive the hevl fall mm deal in the ipoit Select Frdciiorul Jet Aircraft Ownership Shares from the award-winnin- the new XLT Clank t modrK the legendary Indy V e2 hmhawyuur Aslant between August the new 7U0 g SOD flOO XC or RMK ikuxit winning tri or any of our 1998 modrk In and SrptemherJUth and er youH receive S3tX) in I1UX POLARIS GARMENTS AND ACCESSORIES PLUS FREE FINANCING with aero down no intnevt or payment for 90 days If you buy between October Ivt and iXtidwr 3I you! grtS2U0ki FREE grar and 90 days FREE financing ftJant dealer for additional uvingson the limited supply Aht see your of noocunent modek DHm aeea enir at recarooTBxu tanCnULai u- eMNa II ill" II XiMI 11 St ill if in II It M nr eni) OIBfT MvW - I ( Nvekftiv mmimim nee I el Mm 11 Pofbe!l Hint For your nearest Polaris dealer check 11 fAllfilRCST lwlalnllniURto at your Yellow Pages or our website - nttp:wuwpolarisindustriesrom iii v i Official Game Sponsor f ' QQ rimUto FooElbo of Utah 797-030- f — I V : A ’ Saturday at Romney Stadium- - 7:05pm u : i ? 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