Show Section Monday November 3 2003 Page The Herald Journa Inside 4 1 'a1 - Aggie D has keyed win 2-ga- me By Shawn Harrison streak Saturday's 4 r2() victory "The defense is playing so' well right now it's unbelievable4 USU head coach Mick Dennehy said "It's a shame to end it' Defense’ ' like we did because they played their guts foot seven-lettthat had word A Aggie ' ' ' out for ball fans shaking their collective quarters" v heads in 2002 What a difference a The coach is talking about a streak of eight scoreless quariers year makers though: has made a dramatic (nine without allowing a touch: ' and this past Satur- down) ending in the fourth quarter improvement ' Aggie football The Blue Raiders scored three day's outing vs Middle Tennessee in the final eight minutes was another testament of that The (3-- 6 ) won consecutive after overall trailing gained 15 yards on Aggies havethose and in three time a the first possessions compared to just year games for 1 74 that sole possession of second place in the Sun to pcjint'The Aggies were : up Belt Conference at 1 See CHANGE on B4 It was the defense that led the way in sports editor 1 ‘ y- r V er three-'and-a-h- ’ Utah-Stat- v-'- ' -- Kenyans mle New York City B2 Marathon again ' V ' ' 35-0'a- Sports briefs Fan falls from third level at Soldier Field 1 ' Efi j Lucera'Herald Journal Utah State's John Chick (37) chases Middle Tennessee quarterback past Saturday at Romney Stadium 3-- Andrico Hines this CHICAGO ( AP) — A man was in serious condition after falling from a stairway On the third level of new Soldier Field during Sunday's game between the Bears1 and San Diego - '! raJDSIDBDD Giants best Jets i n OT Cowboys top Redskins Chicagopolicewouldnotrelease the fan's name citing federal priva- : cy laws! The man was oh an exterior stair- -' ' way on the southwest side of the ' stadium when he fell according to a ' joint statement from the Bears and - the Chicago Park District' Police : spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said landed on a grassy area and V'- K the man was taken to Northwestern Memori-a- l Hospital She wouldn’t releaseany details ' v on his injuries Soldier Field was refurbished as part of a $606 million lakefront V ' beautification project and reopened ' Sept: 29The stadium's stately old colonnades remain but a new Seat- ing bowl was built between them ' '' There are four levels of seats on the 'west side of the stadium 0 ! By The Associated Press ' Peyton Manning threw for 266 yards and survived a- touchdown that put foe Saints ahead140 going into the" T' - ' " ! The Bucs(4-4- ) drove 97 ' ' yards io trim their deficit to 14-'!267 on Brad Johnson’s Dolphins and Manning was' ' 2-' 8 against Miami entering the yard pass toMicKael Rttman'' V:j! ' T When "! Johneven the But They pulled Indianapolisgame sdn threw'30 yards to Keenan '! defense (timed away a scoring : ' ! threat with two minutes left McCardelj on fourth-andTl' with 2:08 remaining when Brian Griesq Was sacked Lions' 23 Raiders 13 A' by DwightFreeney and Aim- ! At Detroit: Joey Harrington V’" bled ' ’ TTie Colts improved to 1 threw a touchdown molvkiniT kact ctort cmw’ nsicc tinf TficnA UnncVin tndianapoljs'and Manning had lost four in a row to the - 7-- AVONDAL£’Ariz(AP) Dale: Earnhardt Jr kept his slim Winston Chip championship hippie alive- Sun- 1 £ ti Earnhardt passed Jimmie Johnron 51 laps remaining At in the Checker Aiito arts 50G and stayed out front through a series of !' restarts in a race marred by a record-tyin- g 10 caution flags! The final restart came nine laps from the end of the 3 race on the oval and Earnhardt easily ' pulled away from Johnson beating the second-plac- e car to foe finish by — '0735 seconds about five car-- : lengths e-- in the battle of Chevro-let- s Cplts4 f fyard ' field goaj trimmed the margin to six Terrell Buckley inter-cepted Manning's short pass givingthe Dolphins foe ball at the Colts 15 with 245 left! But on second dowh Griesefum- bled when Freeney sacked - - 12-l- ap AA A v - 33-ya- ril Vsdasbri in 2002 when foey3vflv Lions! (2-- 6 )foad lost six missed the playoff!'All t theiir straight anid 14 of 15 dating defeats haye bebln at horr!$¥!f hack to last season' Detroit vp turned two turnovers into 10 With foe help of two ‘i firctimirtAr nAink timf fcirnn fnmmprc '' Minnii tripH tnl'rafli ww f°r foe lead with r: : : v O A§§Eaifirtafclt gets victory MS in Checker Auto 500 V 'm - : ! J : Matt Kenseth fob series points A leader finished sixthbiit saw his ? Earnhardt’ lead Over second-plaic- e cut from 258 to 228 points Kenseth can Wrap up his first title by finishing in the top 30 in foe final two ' worst starl since 1964 wheh it - ' ' was f Raiders quqrtefoack Marques v ! Tuiasosopo in his fifst NFL start in place of Rich Gannon was sidelined w ith a left knee1 " ' : injury late in the first half Rick !- : ! races- ' ' f ! “This was fun We've been pretty good all year and we've improved in a lot of places” Earnhardt said We’ve got a lot of guys who Jiave been with us and some new guys and if we keep everybody' next year we’re going to win a champi onship If we don't win it this year we’re going to win it next year” Sunday's scores - NBA LA Lakers 87 Golden State 72 NFL Detroit 23 Oakland 13- ' Chicago 20 San Diego 7 NY Giants 31 NY Jets 28 OT Houston 14 Carolina 10 Indianapolis 23 Miami 17 Baltimore 24 Jacksonville 17 ' New Orleans 17 Tampa Bay 14 Seattle 23 Pittsburgh 16 : Arizona 17 Cincinnati 14 Dallas 21 Washington 1 4 ' Philadelphia 23 Atlanta 16 San Francisco 30 SL Louis 10 Green Bay 30 Minnesota 27 - ' - ' ' NHL ' Colorado 3 NY Rangers 2 OT Toronto 2 Carolina 1 San Jose 2 Atlanta 2 tie Chicago 3 Anaheim 1 Dallas 7 Nashville 3 On tolovision NFL ' 7pm ABC — New England at Denver - 47-ya- rd - ' field Key kicked a ' goal with eight seconds left (4-Orleans New past lifting the Super Bowl champions leaving Tampa Bay at 500 5) e and without a season this streak ning two-gam- ' APptkao Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning looks for an open receiver against the Miami Dolphins Sunday afternoon in Miami By sports Writer : Entering this weekend's two games Utah Stale's women’s soccer team controlled its own destiny ' " A win against either Cal Poly or UC Santa Barbara would have clinched foe Aggies a spot in foe Big West Conference Tournament The problem is USU was playing foe Mustangs and Gauchios — arguably foe top (wo teams in foe league — on the road no less: Unfortunately Air the Aggies they were unable to win either game and their season came to an end with a 1 loss to UCSB Sunday afternoon On Friday USU lost 0 to Cal Poly "We defended the entire game and you're not going to win if you defend the entire game" a dejected USU head coach Heather Caims said following the loss to UCSB 4-- 2-- s rs 10-5-- 4) -2 year" Cairns said Nevertheless the Aggies had their chances to build an early lead Cairns said Both Nicole Feuz and Charisie Harris had excellent scoring chances ' in the game’s opening 20 minutes she said USLTs momentum would come to a screeching halt in the 24th minute however UCSB's Alma Martinez scored on a comer kick and the Aggies ' never recovered Cairns said Second-ha- lf goals by Sandza Borcich and - ' 5) ' See OVER on B4 2) 23-ya- rd ! - ' 'injured David Carr connected fora''- the Gauchos picked up their fourth straight victory clinched In the process UCSB (5-2one of the four Big West tournament spots while in the BWC) USU fell to 10:7-- 2 (4-3the best team we've seen all attacking "They're -2 touchdown cajch early in thefourth quarter the wih gave the Texans (3-Carolina 6-- took a 10-- 7 ! lead on JohnKasays field goal at the end of a third quarter in W hich each team had one possession But Tony Banks fillihg in forthe 1 ! Forcing a team fo Jefend over the course of 90 minutes is something the Gauchos excel at UCSB entered Sunday's match as the highest scoring team in the Big West The Gauchos also have the top two in the conference in Jennifer Borcich and Krystal Sandza — the 2002 and 2001 BWC Offensive Players of the Year respectively: Borcich and Sandza (1 1 goals apiece) both found the back of the net against the Aggies and goal-scor-c- Jason Turner V Deuce McAllister ran for 110 yards while New Orleans forted six turnovers and sacked Brad Johnson four times Ashley Ambrose returned an interception 73 yanjs Season over for Utah State Aggies lose two in a row miss out on postseason At Houston Billy Miller’s' one-hand- win-- SeeNFLonB4 S fini on U DALLAS (AP)— Abby Warhhach scoredtwice off MiaHamms assists as the United Stakes women defeated Nlexico 3-- 1 - - Sunday to close out their season Womenfslsoccer e Team USA coming off a finish in last month's World Cup is 10-- in foe series between foe two nations Wambach scored in foe 58th minute to break a tie after Hamm lofted a kick from the left comer' which Wambach headed into the center of foe net Hamm and Wambach teamed again in foe90fo minute as Wambach scored her 14th international third-plac0 1- -1 goal' Although the Americans dominated the first half by outshooting Mexico 13-- 1 the game was at the intermission after Mexico's Monica tied Gonzales scored on a penalty kick in foe 4 1st ' minute Kylie Bivens was called for tripping in the penalty area to set up the attempt that Gonza- ks fired into the right comer of the net! 1- -1 ' ! |