Show Thursday Oetobar 29 1992 UwEiute-Pigi- Volleyball looks to tournament play by Chris Houck assistant sports editor The volleyball team is entering an excit-four ing game home stand to complete region On play Friday Ocl 30 at 7 pm in the BDAC the Eagles will face off against UVCC ranked 16 nationally On Saturday Oct 31 region powerhouse Ricks will roll into Price for a 1 pm game To date the Eagles region record is 3 with a two game road win streak On Friday OcL 23 while in Rangley I Co the Eagles trounced the Spartans in what cocapfain Julie Thompson caliedthe best match we've played" CEU swept CNCC in three games 13-- 4 15-- 7 15-- 4 in just over an hour 3-- the road to play Snow In Ephriam the Eagles came out tough and won the first game 16-1-4 after being behind 10-1-4 atone poinL The Eagles faltered and lost three games straight 10-1- 5 5 along with the match 5-Although the Eagles losL Jennifer Kos was a bright spot coming off the bench to play tough "D" The following night in SL George the Eagles played the Rebels in a rollercoaster of a game CEXJ dominated the first two Dixie' outback to winning l£l3 andls-lS- T win the next two games The Eagles rallied in the final game and won the decisive fifth game 15-- 6 T knew that we would win eventually" coach Carrie Icard said after the up and down match The Eagles are currently ranked fourth in the region and need to win three of their last four games to go to the regional toumamenL "We have a good chance of taking second and going on" is what oxaptain Steflani Carpenter and Cirnberiee Rhodes echoed when asked about going to the toumamenL The team is going to need student support the upcoming weekend matches On 30 Ocl at 7 pjn wear your costume and come 10-1- 15 1-- 15 7-- 15 yell and scream for the Eagle verses the Wolverines of UVCC They need the same support on OcL 31 at 1 pm for a match with the Ricks Vikings The following weekend CEU will be hosting the Badgers from Snow on Friday Nov 6 at7 pjn Then Saturday Nov 7 at 6 pm the Eagles will (day Dixie in the Anal region match of the season The players and coaches would appreciate student and faculty support for the Eagles as they make a run for a region tournament sloL "Everyone needs to come to the matches and get rowdy 1" Athletic secretary dies The secretary for the athletic department Linda Vaughan 44died at LDS Hospital Sunday following complications resulting from leukemia Vaughan worked at the College of Easton Utah the past five yean moving here from San Diego Calif She held a degree in busi- ness and was working on a degree in educa- A" avid supporter of CEU athletics she enjoyed life and had a talent for music She is survived by her children Kendall Anne12 and Brian David 7 Her funeral win be at 2 pm Friday OcL 30 at the Price 6th Ward LDS church at 303 West 500 South In lieu of flowers her family suggests donations be made to the LDS Hospital Deseret Foundation 8th Avenue C StreeL Salt Lake City Utah 84143 in memory of Linda Vaughan The family noted that the foundation helped Linda and wants its programs to cond-durinue to help others who cannot afford the nujor illnesses costs associated with ng staff writer Many College of Eastern Utah athletes thrill us with their talent and and ability to excel in sports while maintaining a good grade point average These athletes often move on and are never heard from by the fans or students although many of them continue with their successful lives as student athletes In the 1988-8- 9 school year in mens basketball we watched for- ward Nielson "Stretch" Stewart who went to San Diego State guard Leonard "Smoke" Langdon University of Utah and North Eastern IUinbis guard Leon State Covington' Lewis-Clar- k - Steve “Gus" College giiahlJennings who sat out a year and is now at a division one school in Iowa and forward Darrin Stewart now teaching seminary a Alta High School The 1989-9- 0 year also brought great talent center David Baldwin who played at Weber State and then moved upward to where we find him now playing professional basketball in the Netherlands for- ward Donna Adams at Eastern CEU voBoybal player Cirnberiee Rhodes practice Photo by Travis Day passes the bal during a ng CEU Eagles who have left the nest by Bryan Gordon T 'A- - ""r- -- ' and is now planning to play Washington forward Columber Southern Utah also first baseman Ball at Prairie View A AM and guard Ryan Laws now finishing Javier Renteria at Fresno State school at the University of Utah In The 1991-9- 2 year brought excitement from players like center baseball we saw pitcher Dusty Kris Hill now playing at DcPaul Northern Nicman who went to p Colorado University guard Junsie Cotton at Utah State guard Rod Bclnap at In the 1990-9-1 year we saw Mesa State also guard Mat Smith athletes like forward Antoine Davison who played at the U of U who is well known on campus for his talented hand at art is now and is now playing at Pfeiffer continuing that field at Brigham College in North Carolina guard Young University In baseball Germaine Halibcrton at Boise State forward Shambric Williams pitcher Jared Fernandez is now at Fresno State pitcher first also at Boise State forward Tom Cook at Mesa State forward Kean baseman Erick Madson Southern Utah and third baseman John Johnson is finishing school at Barber also playing at Southern Utah State and guard Maurice Utah Frazier who now is stationed in This year we have a few athletes p in second England were he graduated his class in the US Air ForceIn who are already signed to play after ' womens basketball guard Allison their years at the College of Eastern " Utah We will see guard Eric Jackson is now starting at Fullerton State University Other Talley who has committed to diMontana State and forward Amos talented athletes on the baseball Richardson committed to Ccntcral amond middle inficldcr Jeff State State Connecticut Colorado Jewkes played at The coaches are proud to say that until baseball program was dropped Portland the many athletes who have with at Grecnlan Shane pitcher State catcher Devin Hathaway at come through the College of Southern Utah first baseman Tom Eastern Utah only one of those has CEU alumnus Kris HU rises over Brighwn Youig defenders (Lrfrig Dimick played at Western Oregan not graduated golden eagle badtslbal action (photo by Garth Fnmdot) W1 |