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Show ^ ^ ™:DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE SPORTS www.dailyuUihchronicle.com F r i d a y , S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2005 Freshman Airial Salvo, left, and sophomore Kate Roblson go for a dig during Wednesday's road meeting with BYU. The Utes fell to the Cougars In four games to drop to 9-5 on the season. Volleyball prepares for first MWC meeting with TCU ence slate without a loss until falling to Colorado State in the Chronicle Sporls Editor finale. The Horned Frogs enter The U volleyball team will meet conference newcomer Saturday's match as a bit of an TCU on Saturday at 7 p.m., unknown to the U's team. Crimson Court doesn't even and for the sake of the Utes' conference record, they have a banner for TCU yet, and hope to be a rude welcoming Utah head coach Beth Launiere is a little hazy on what to party. After falling to BYU in expect. "Usually, you get into conferfour games on Wednesday night, the Utes have fallen ence play, and you're familiar to 9-5, with a 1-2 conference with your opponents," Launiere said. "But TCU is new to record. The young team has al- the conference, and we haven't ready lost more MWC games played it in years." As a matter of fact, it's been Utah's Shannon Krug sets the ball for her team mates Wednesday night than last year's group, which rolled through the confer- seven years since the two at BYU. The Utes lost to the Cougars 3-1. foe Beatly schools met in volleyball, dating back to the days of a 16school Western Athletic Conference. Since then, TCU has been a member of Conference USA before eventually being convinced to become the ninth team in the Mountain West Conference. The Utes are 3-0 in their history with the Frogs. The Frogs enter weekend play with a 10-4 record, having swept their last two opponents. They will play BYU in Provo in their first-ever MWC match Friday before heading up I-15 to take on the Utes on Saturday. "I think (TCU) is building a good volleyball program and have some nice wins under their belt," Launiere said. Ute outside hitter Shelly Sommerfeldt reached the 1,000-ki]] plateau Wednesday and is now 52 kills shy of passing Sheila Cottrell-Sorensen for eighth on the all-time Ute kill list. After TCU, the Utes head back on the road to face Wyoming and Colorado State next weekend. j.beatty@ chronicle.utah.edu chose senior forward Bryant Markson for its preseason AllMWC team. Pimm earns accolades Ute sophomore golfer Dustin Pimm has been named Player of the Week by Golfweek. Pimm set a course and tournament record at the Purple and Red Invitational last week, shooting an 8-under-par 64 in the final round of the tournament. He finished at 14-under par to win the individual championship by five strokes. Runnin' Utes tabbed to win MWC Street and Smith's College Basketball Yearbook has selected the Utes to win the MWC title. The Utes, who return two starters and four other lettermen, won the regular season title last season, and advanced to the Sweet-16 in the NCAA tournament. Street and Smith's also Utah forward Adele Letro celebrates her goal in the 79th minute on Denver goalkeeper Danielle Wiley on Sept. 11 at Ute Field. Letro finished the game with three shots and one goal. The Utes defeated the Pioneers 1-0. California dreamin' Soccer-faces No. 10 Pepperdine to get back on track after losses against Chronicle Writer national powers Arizona, Cal-State Fullerton and California (1-0 in double OT The 7-3 Utes wrap up their non-con- last Sunday). ference slate in California this weekend "We are encouraged by our perforwith games against No. 10 Pepperdine mances from last week," Ute head coach (8-0-1) in Malibu on Friday and Loyola Rich Manning said. "We were a bit unMarymount (3-4-3) in Los Angeles on fortunate not to get a result from the Cal Sunday. game, but there are some lessons we are The trip marks a return home for still learning from. We would like to fineight California natives on the Ute ros- ish games stronger, and I think we need ter and three more on the coaching staff, to improve our consistency in the attack, but it will be all business as the Utes try but we are on the right track." Matthew Piper SOCCER UTAH AT PEPPERDINE VOLLEYBALL (7-3) (8-0-1) SEPT. 30, 2005 3 p.m. @ MALIBU, CALIF. TCU AT UTAH (8-4) (9-5) SEPT. 30, 2005 7 p.m. (a CRIMSON COURT The Waves are perfect in four games at home this weekend. Junior forward Megan Woods has seven goals and four assists already on the season, while senior goalkeeper Anna Picarelli has made 46 saves in just eight games. "Pepperdine is an excellent team," Manning said. "They couldn't have gotten off to a better start to the season. They are a great possession team and are always tough to beat at home." See S O C C E R Page 8 Gymnastics to appear on national television in 2006 The Red Rocks will have four home meets nationally televised this season, through a partnership between KJZZ and CSTV. That includes the meets with Nebraska (Jan. 20), Minnesota (Feb. 17), Georgia (Mar. 3), and BYU on Mar. 24. North Dakota not allowed to keep Sioux nickname The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS—The North Dakota Fighting Sioux will remain on the list of college nicknames the NCAA doesn't want used in postseason play. The university's appeal was rejected by an NCAA review committee because it FOOTBALL CROSSCOUNTRY UTAH AT (3-1) NORTH CAROLINA (1-2) MONTANA INVITATIONAL OCT. 1,2005 11:30 a.m. @ CHAPEL HILL, N.C. MWC releases preseason swimming and diving polls The Ute women's swim team has been chosen to finish second in the preseason poll released Wednesday. The Utes received two first place votes, and finished with 54 overall points, five behind first place UNLV. BYU was chosen to be third, with 53. The Ute men's team was slotted infifth.BYU and UNLV tied for first in the men's division with 23 votes, followed by TCU at 16 votes, Wyoming with 13, Utah with eight and Air Force with seven. OCT. 1, 2005 @ MtSSOULA, MONT. did not have the support of the three federally recognized Sioux tribes of North Dakota, the association said Wednesday, "Although the University of North Dakota maintained that its logo and nickname are used See S I O U X Page 8 SOCCER UTAH AT (7-3) LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (3-4-3) OCT. 2,2OO5 1p.m. @ LOS ANGELES, CALIF. |
