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Show SPORTS Page 7 Thursday, October 12,2006 SOCCER COMING UP Football Crosscountry Volleyball Hockey Soccer Utah (4-2) @ Wyoming (2-4) Utah@ Chile Pepper Invitational Utah (15-2) (S Wyoming (B-81 Utah (0-4) @ Utah State (3-3) Utah (9-4-0) @ New Mexico (6-4-3) Get M.?O06 Del K. ^OO6 Loian. Utdh 8 p.m. Albuquerque. IIU. )p.m. Oct. M. 2006 ie, Wyo. I P m Oft 1-5.2006 Laramle, Wyo 1 p m. • ft AFA Oct. 15.2006 The Force was with them O TOM QUINN Utes earn fifth shutout in a row with 2-0 win over Falcons Grand Tom Quinn • JJ) UTES The Daily Utah Chronicle : The U women's soccer team extended its winning streak to six games last night with a 2-0 win over Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colo. ; Forwards Adele Letro and Jen Christoffers both tallied goals for the Utes, who improved to 10-4 overall and a perfect 3-0 in conference play. Utah also improved to 9-0 all time against the Falcons and recorded their fourth consecutive victory in Colorado Springs. "It was a very hardfought game," said Utah head coach Rich Manning. "Air Force put tremendous pressure on the ball all over the field and showed great work ethic. I give them a lot of credit for a great effort." Letro struck first for the Utes in the 21st minute off a set piece from junior midfielder Melissa Crespo. Letro, who had her back to the goal when the play began, took the pass, whirled around and buried a shot just inside the left post. That goal brings Letro's Season total to seven, good enough for the lead both on the team and in the MWC. Early in the second half, Christoffers gave the Utes a little breathing room with her goal in the 57th minute. After somehow emerging with the ball from a scrum near midfield, the sophomore forward beat both the defense and the keeper, burying a shot from 35 yards out. Christoffers' goal was her third of the season, moving her into third place on Utah's stat sheet. The Utah defense, which struggled at times during the first few weeks of the season, was even more impressive than the offense, recording its fifth consecutive shut out. Senior keeper Ashley Mason made four saves on the night before giving way to Lynzee Lee in the 76th minute. Although no one can complain much If pro athletes can get away with crime, why can't I? W •«?• • « .- ..x./. KFM PETERSON/ The Daily Uidh Chronicle Defender Melissa Crespo brushes with BYU midfielder Natalie Nate in Saturday's 1-0 home win against the Cougars. about a 2-0 win on the road, Manning feels as though his offense could have done even more. "We want to do a better job of finishing opportunities, and that's a goal of ours as we head through the rest of season," he said. "We were unfortunate in that we didn't get a few more of our shots to go in, but we did a good job of working to get the opportunities." Part of the reason the Utes weren't able to find the back of the net more often was the performance of Air Force goalkeeper Erin Wallace, who made five saves in 90 minutes of play. With Air Force out of the way, the Utes can cool their heels for a few days before a Sunday afternoon showdown with New Mexico in Albuquerque. tquinn@chronicle.utah.edu Come together '.Hockey club trying to overcome lack ' of depth, discipline issues ' After the U hockey club's loss to Utah Valley State College Friday night, the Utes got a glimpse of a different side of their otherwise mild-mannered coach. "I had to make a statement," said head coach Bob Wilkinson, who angrily lectured the team about sportsmanship in the locker room after a fight broke out late in the game. At the time, Wilkinson was considering carrying out disciplinary action against defenseman Cole Fisher, who threw punches at a UVSC player during the third period. But all was forgotten in practice Tuesday when Wilkinson and his players made peace. I After the team ran a few drills, Wilkinson gathered his players together and said, "we all know how Bob feels about fighting and cheap shots, now let's move on." . In every way, the U hockey club is a work in progress— and this includes its roster, which Wilkinson says is not set in stone. Wilkinson is always looking for full-time U students who can skate and pass and, of course, who shun on-ice violence, to represent Utah hockey out on the ice. Also, new prospects must be early birds since the Utes practice twice a week at 6 a.m. "The team is attracting other players from the university," said Wilkinson, who has recently welcomed a couple new players to the team. Among them is Brett Dowden, who scored a goal for Utah in its home game against UVSC Friday. This weekend, the Utes play on Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday, they take on the Jr. Wildcats, a traveling 18-and-younger squad, at Steiner Ice Rink at 8:45 p.m. The Utes travel to Logan KIM PETERSON/ The Dailv Utah Chronicle on Saturday to take on Utah State. Utah's Mike Wilcox fights for control of the puck during the team's 7-3 loss to UVSC over the Natalie Dicou weeekend. Utah is 0-4 thus far in 2006. hen I grow up, I want to be a professional athlete. The money would be nice, as would the fame, but I'm more interested in one of the other perks: I want to be able to do whatever the hell I want without any consequences. Seriously, some of society's most deviant members are the professional athletes we love. They misbehave, and we put them on the covers of magazines for it. Take, for example, Ty Cobb. Rumor has it that he had a penchant for pistol-whipping housekeepers. Or how about Ray Lewis? He was neck-deep in a murder investigation until he walked on the sweetest deal of all time. Guys like that are drawn to trouble like fat Dutch kids are to an open jar of mayonnaise. They just can't get enough. But compared with some law-breaking pro athletes, those guys are geniuses. There was little or no direct evidence linking them to their respective crimes and they could always claim selfdefense in a pinch. Some guys, however, are so unbelievably stupid that they make me wonder how on earth they survived into adulthood. These are the true morons—the individuals who owe it to the rest of the human race not to pass on their genes. Case in point: Albert Haynesworth of the Tennessee Titans. All he did was stomp on the face of Cowboys' center Andre Gurode while dozens of cameras filmed his every move. What was going through his head? Did he seriously think he was going to get away with that? The NFL—the only organization to take any action thus far—slapped Haynesworth with an unprecedented fivegame suspension, which is tantamount to the threat of a possible slap on the wrist. A suspension? That's not a punishment—it's a vacation. That would be like asking a normal person to pay the fine for a speeding ticket with Monopoly money. That's just the kind of reprimand that almost encourages future misconduct by removing the threat of actual penalty. Of course, had I gone out and stomped on someone's face, I'd be cooling my heels in the clink for a couple weeks, at the very least. Not even my own mother would lose any sleep while trying to decide whether I should be prosecuted. Haynesworth, who was the Titans' first-round draft pick in 2002, fell out of the top 10 because of questions about his maturity. According to a report by The Associated Press, the former Tennessee Volunteer was suspended See QUJNN PageS \ |