Show Thursday December 6 1990 The Eagle -- Page 7 Lady Eagles struggle through preseason now prepare for conference play by Andy Waters sports writer CEU womens' basketball team is off to a rocky start this year but a positive attitude by the coaching staff and players hope to change the performance of the team The Lady Eagles opened their season this year with a battle at Colorado Northwestern Community College The women played an coach Dave Paur said impressive game by outscoring CNCC 80-7- 6 Allison Jackson led the team by scoring 18 points 10 of which were from the field Brooke Haines helped the team out considerably by scoring 17 points and stealing four of the Spartans 13 turnovers A great icbotmding effort by Atalie Cook who had a total of 1 1 boosted the Eagle's scoring attempts Forwards Pam Dupin and Dawn Drake helped out by scoring a handfull of points and a number of rebounds The next game against Utah Valley Community College did not turn out in the Eagles favor A great attempt by Haines who scored 18 points seemed trivial to the high scoring Wolverines Cook and Dupin turned in a total of 1 7 rebounds but it was not enough to outscore their opponent "We need to be more intense of defense" The final score was 96-5- 6 Paur said Game three against Western Nebraska placed another unfortunate check in the loss column The Eagle's did toughen up on defense but it proved to not be enough to pin down the Ncbraskcn g women Haines was again the high scorer with a total of 11 Kim and scoring of Rachel Chadwick Amy Knott and Carter was a help to the scoring of the CEU women but the Eagles needed something more "Our offense is just not executing at this point" Paur added The final score ended 47-7- 0 break was given to the Eagles before confronting A throe-da- y Western Wyoming The women played a mnm imn"ssive game but There-boundin- A Christmas had to settle for another tough loss Dupin led the Eagles by scoring IS points and IS rebounds The Eagles crashed the boards totaling S4 rebounds for the team The women lost 70-7- 7 and looked forward to a revenge match against Wyoming Nov 29 turned out to be a day in hell for the lady Eagles when they met up with UVCC in a three-da- y tournament The fast UVCC offense be much for the Eagles defense to too moving proved and the Wolverines had an equally tough defense for CEU The final score for game five was a humbling 53-1High scorer for CEU was Jackson with 12 Salt Lake Community College was CEU1 next opponent of the tournament and this game would keep the losing streak going The Eagles offense fell again into the rut of not executing well enough Attempts by Jackson arid Haines were not enough to give CEU the win they were looking for The Lady's fell by 18 this time 63-8- 1 "The girls will play better as they play together more” Paur said The final night of the tournament Dec 1 ended up being a day of revenge for the Eagles as they met Western Wyoming for the second time and the women were not about to let history repeat itself Jackson turned in her best performance of the season by scoring 21 points and grabbing 6 rebounds Chadwick and Dupin also turned in fine performances on offense and defense Chadwick added 13 points and two rebounds and Dupin cashed in 14 points and eight rebounds A tough game was played by both teams but CEU outperformed their rival by the score of 74-7- 3 After the win at home and the losing streak broken the Eagles hope to keep the winning momentum and turn things around for themselves Coaches and players agree that crowd support docs help and encourages the fans to keep coming ouL Wish From the Eaglo staff Ho m Ho Hoi Volleyball looks to next season by Tommy Houghton sports writer "Building a winning volleyball team takes time" explained Jim Bendtschncidcr SELL YOUR BOOKS AT: 9 am - 3 saensstsrssxss PLAYER OF THE WEEK: CEU's Antoine Davison for his numerous 0 lost track at 10) dunks in the games versus BYU JV and Hill Air Force Base THE WINNER IS: The reaction of BYU's Ty Dctmcr moments after the announcement was that uwe got it!" Could he be referring to Gary Shicde Gifford Nielsen Mare Wilson Jim McMahon Steve Young and Robbie Bosco who all placed in the Heisman Trophy balloting but never won? Dctmcr became the first player from the Mountain time zone to win the prestigous award The closest any BYU player had come before that was in 1983 when Steve Young placed second behind Mike Rozier BEATING THE BUZZER: holiday be programmed with lota of surprises! December 1 0 by Richard Nielsen X sports editor 06 May your ir-- rr Nielsen’s Notes & Quotes —- 1 1 pm & 1 2 head volleyball coach "This year's team had a lot of talent but it had its weak points which you are always going to have” Bendtschncidcr said The Lady Eagles had their troubles this year finishing the season with a 10-2-0 record "We didn't have the solid outside hitting we needed and the team defense wasn't what we had expected" he added "Also we didn't have solid setting this year and that hurt us" The season was also marked with controversy Erin Mann a transfer from Cerritos College in California was a big part of the team until she was told that she was ineligible to play for the Eagles Two games had to be forfeited because of a mistake made in her eligibility papers The credits on her transcripts had to be interpreted from semester hours to quarter hours and a mistake was made in this process "This oversight let us down a little bit leaving a bad taste in our mouths for die rest of the season” he said Although the team had a rough year there were many strong points Four of the five freshmen earned starting jobs Sophomores Trudy Derrick and Cynthia Tadd had strong games and will be missed next year he said Bendtschncidcr (dans to do plenty of recruiting for next year He is looking at players all over the West from Nevada to Colorado "Recruiting so far is going well" The volleyball team for 1991 should bring in many more wins with five returners four of which were starters this year Bendtschncidcr also expects some good talent from next year's freshmen "The southern conference tournament each year is hosted by the conference winner We plan on on hosting that tournament next year” Bendtschncidcr concluded Denver Nuggets coach Paul Westhcad is trying to avoid having the clock run out on his job as the Nuggets continue to drop in the NBA standings under his style of basketball The while Nuggets are currently ofTcnse Westhcad the using adopted from his upstart Loyola Marymount University of 1990 run-and-sh- 3-- 12 THE PROUD FATHER: 'When I grow up I want to be like Ty" said Sonny Dctmcr after his son won the Heisman REBELS RETURN: The UNLV Runnin' Rebels will be allowed to defend their NCAA national basketball title this season after the NCAA ruled that the seniors on the Rebel squad would be unjustly punished for recruiting violations that occurcd at the university 13 years ago In return UNLV agreed to not participate in the national tournament in 1992 and will not have any televised garors during the 1991-9- 2 season GOOD SHOT SELECTION: Against BYU JV Antoire Davi scored 28 points 14 of whicn came on dunks FISH HEADS TO 'KOREA: Chris Fish the man who made volleyball dives famous at CEU has received an invitation by the Korean National Volleyball Team to play in Korea next year Fish has been asked to instruct the Koreans in the art of diving while only requiring 6 stitchesKgood luck Fish! |