Show ''Trmr 1 I Tf j A The Herald Journal Logan Utah' Wednesday v April 5 2000 : PageG Sports briefi USU men’s tennis team defeat Weber The Utah State men's tennis team defeated Weber State 3 Tuesday in Ogden to earn a season split with the Wildcats The Aggies scored all four points ' of the match in singles action USU's Andy Madersbachcr at No 1 singles - battled back after dropping the first set to defeat Come Scheepers (WSU) 64 in the final two sets The Aggies’ Jevin West Urn Burrell and Dan Baird all defeated their rcspec-tive opponents at Nos 3 4 and 6 sin- gles USU's Ryan Burbidge nearly ' tallied the Aggies’ fifth point of the match at No 3 five singles by push- ing Daniel Salvato (WSU) to a tic- -' I breaker in the third set “1 was real pleased with the effort our team played with” head coach Chris Wright said “We went 7 ‘ out and kept our cool” The tennis team will host its last ' home match of the season April 11 - against Idaho State USU’s women's - team will attack the net on today as it hosts Idaho State at 3 pm cumulative grade-poiaverage over at least three semesters “There is a lot of lip service given around the country about academics’’ USU athletic director Ranee Pugmire told the gathering “Utah State proves that it can be done This group just keeps growing every year and I hope it continues to grow” Last year there were 57 hon- orees which was a record ' Spencer is an exercise science By Shawn Harrison v sports writer nt 4-- ' : t '3 : 1- -6 y' - ' l'4' iW the third time in four years a member of the Utah State women’s track and field team earned V award the school's top scholar-athleSenior distance runner Loni Spencer received the Joe E Whitesides Award Tuesday at an honors luncheon in the Stevenson Ballroom in the Taggart Student Center She was the 45th Aggie to receive the honor which was presented by David Foley a : : grandson of Whitesides “(Associate head track coach) Curtis Collier j major from Syracuse Utah emphasizes school a lot" Spencer explained outis -' the to (Clearfield High School) She our one team of “Every year get goals "" bias a 398 GPA in the classroom Oh the track academics (award)" standing The hack women must listen Twenty-tw- o Aggie ' Spencer owns the school record in the outdoor 5000 d women hucksters were part of the 69 meters with a a time of 17:2762 breaking the old student athletes (from ID sports) two managers mark by iiine seconds last year at the Big West Conand two trainers who were honored Each has a 32 ference Championships Her 10:1338 time in the te school-recor- 3000 meters is the fourth best time in school ' ' “It is important to get good grades but it is important to do good in everything you do” Spencer said “My accomplishments in school and track have come because people believed in me and I believed in myself Sports teach you to work hard like you would in school and in life" For the third straight year USU presented the Aggie Achievement Award for overcoming personal challenges and succeeding both athletically and academically This year it was shared by softball player Amy Settlemier and gymnast Jessica Porter Settlemier is a senior from Kelso Wash who has undergone three shoulder surgeries during her sophomore and junior seasons after a successful freshman year She has contributed this spring and is on track to graduate with a degree in marketing s "V s' 'i 7' SliU AD steps down s 7A See HONOR on Page 7 “v" CEDAR CITY Utah (AP) — Southern Utah athletic director Jack Bishop on Tuesday announced his retirement effective June 30 Bishop has been AD since 1989 He also spent 13 seasons as South-- " cm Utah's most'successful' football record coach compiling an through 1993As athletic director Bishop led Southern Utah from the NAIA ranks to : v 80-74- V 4 WANTED: Traveling ball club' to help boost morale of sub 300 team : Must provide batting practice-lik- f pitching a lineup team's Na 1 pitch- cr can mow down and if possible a flare of vengeance - Southern Utah gave Utah State all of the above Tuesday afternoon After suiTcring a sweep earlier this to the Thunderbirds redeemed season the Aggies (13-2themselves with a doubleheadcr sweep of their own r “Our bats are alive" USU coach Pam McCreesh said following the Aggies’ 0 and 74 ready” After being shut out by Pacific in two out of three games over thewcck" endthc Aggies hoped to regain some confidence before hitting the road this e weekend for a set at Sacra-- : mento State' Tuesday Utah State's offense did heat up under a blazing sun and Aggie spirits were high “You’re going to see a lot more become an NCAA Division I member ' As the university’s director of he developiment from 1982-8- 6 -- helped raise funds for the Centrum Arena basketball complex and ’ ‘V: Lance Pitcher sports writer By - ' ' helped expand and renovate the: two-ga- Eccles Coliseum football facility 7 “I'm proud of my accomplishments as a coach and an administra- tor" Bishop said 7 (4-2- 9) J 3) r Tuesday's scores 1 yNBATv::' V:’'- Washington 102 New Jersey 93 : - 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' ' By Wade Denniston staff writer : : : i y Kristin Hommel shrugged off a rough onc-on performance Sunday shutout against the to post a one-h- it Thunderbirds Hommcll walked three and struck out seven to improve her season record to “A lot of it was the rest” Hommcll said However she said finislung die game in five innings isn't necessarily a personal goal “It’s not really important to me as a pitcher Maybe v - the Aggie lineup hit righthander 2-- - 5? m m t NL':V - game” Beating the mental game Taylor went 5 for 6 in the doubleheadcr with five RBI two doubles and knocked home runs No 7 and 8 to tie Long Beach State’s Jessica Smith for the important as a team” Aggies 7 Thunderbirds 4 As well as Taylor and the rest of er Sandy Taylor explained “It's just a mental cst iead Thc renior cwtmuM home run 0 paj her Aggie-carerecord (22) and she became the first Aggie to hit over 100 RBI (101) after she tagged a two-ru-n shot to begin the " ’ Aggie’s sciiring charge Tuesday With freshman Stephanie Vasarhely on second witjh two out Taylor ripped a Lori Shephard pitch to cen- tcrficld to give Utah State a 0 lead The Aggies didn’t stop there howcv- er as Brcannc Nickle doubled and crossed the plate on an error In the second the Aggies scored another Big' explosive offense” first baseam 7 37 e three-gam- '' ' Toronto 6 Kansas City 3 ' Boston 2 Seattle 0 7 Minnesota 6 Tampa Bay 5 Texas 12 Chicago White Sox 8 : Oakland 3 Detroit 1 NY Yankees 5 Anaheim 3 ‘ wins-“We’r- 8-- bat-terym- pm' ESPN — Chicago Cubs at St Louis 8:30 pm : ESPN2— Teams TBA NHL HOCKEY LOS ANGELES (AP) — While winning 50 games is a regular occurrence for the Utah Jazz losing 60 is almost as common for thlc Los Angeles Clippers 5:30 pm ESPN2 — Boston at Florida 7 pm : FSN — Colorado at Edmonton SOCCER- 12:30 ’ pm ESPN2 — UEFA - W Champions first leg Chelsea FC vs Barcelona at London League quarterfinals Thursday COLLEGE HOCKEY Noon —- NCAA tournament diviNorth Dakota vs ESPN2 sion I semifinal 1 Maine at Providence RI GOLF 2 pm USA — PGA The Masters Tournament first round at Augusta Ga Today's quote "It was like jeez is this it? I was wondering if they thought it was an eight o’clock start" — Toronto's Billy Koch on playing before the smallest cran’d in SkyDome history Tuesday Only 13514 fans saw the Blue Jays beat Kansas City 3 6-- - Both round numbers were achieved Tuesday night in Utah's 103-9- 3 victory which didn't Come j as easily as it should have ft The Jazz who have won 50 or more games in 11 of the last 12 seasons lead Minnesota by 2 12 games as they attempt to capture their sixth Midwest Division title and third in four seasons Utah 23-- 5 since their season-worlosing streak blew second-quartlead and a a losing fell with a team to nearly record for the third time in five games — following defeats against ’ Dallas and Denver "I think it probably is cause for concern" said Jeff Homacek who AP photo NBA is hoping to end his first his with career over Anderson Derek championship (1) goes Clippers guard Utah Jazz forward Bryon Russell tor two of his “When we’re battling for the first team-hig20 points in Tuesday night's game spot in the conference we come ff X&n -- ‘dv st six-ga- 15-poi- nt er vS: 14-ye- ar h I out with a fast start and then let them back in the game I don’t think that’s a sign of a champi- onship team I mean we won the game trot we’ve got to start burying some of these teams” Bryon Russell had 18 points and 10 rebounds as Utah became the third team this season to reach the 50-w- in mark joining the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Jazz coach Jerry Sloan joined Pat Riley Phil Jackson and Lenny Wilkens as the only coaches to win 50 games' in a season at least nine times But Sloan is the only member of that quarter who hasn't coached a team to an NBA title The Jazz lost to Jackson’s Chicago Bulls in the 1997 and 1998 finals The Clippers who have lost at least 60 games five teams since leaving San Diego in 1984 lost for the 10th straight time despite 20 points from Derek Anderson The double-dig-it losing streak is the Clippers’ third this season and the 15th in Donald Sterling's 18 I i Mtl MlalkMMNMW seasons as owner The only other time the franchise has lost 0 or more games three different times in ' -- the same season was 1986-8- 7 when they had skids of 12 16 and 14 games "We were leery of them in the beginning and that put us down a lot early” Clippers interim Coach Jim Todd said "But we trusted ' each other and played hard defense and that helped us get ' back into the game We as a staff couldn't have asked for anything more” Utah center Olden Polynice who played 107 games for die Clippers nearly a decode ago and heard all d the jokes actually made the playoffs in his only full season with them They lost in the first round to the Jazz in 1992 after extending the series to a fifth game But for the most part the Clippers have mostly been (headful — particularly this season with the NBA's youngest opening day first-han- " ' “j 4' Ags bounce y SR J: v V- indoor history O |