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Show Monday, February 5,2007 10 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Lacrosse beats Westminster ans may still be foreign to you. On Friday, the U lacrosse "Fastest-growing" is ateam, ranked No. 13 in the description that is increas- 200-team Men's Collegiate ingly being attached to Lacrosse Association, took the various sectors of our the field for the first time in culture—whether it's the 2007 in a scrimmage against College—a fastest-growing software Westminster company, religion or tou- team headed by former U pee distributor. These days, lacrosse coach Mase Goodeverything seems to be the hand, who left the U to es"fastest-growing" some- tablish a program at Westminster. thing-or-other. Though the score was not Another thriving member of the "fastest-growing" officially kept, the Utcs outfraternity is lacrosse, which, scored the across-town proaccording to statistics com- gram 12-2. piled by U.S. Lacrosse, is the "We've been spending a lot fastest-growing team sport of time going over the game in America. plan and really breaking But if you're not a "la- down the game and figuring crosse mom" or you haven't out what the guys should be happened upon one of the doing in every situation of occasional feature articles the game," head coach Rich written about lacrosse in Levi said of the past three national publications like weeks of practice. "This was Sports Illustrated, the sport really our first opportunity invented by American Indi- to display that." Natalie Dicou Tht-Daily Utah Chronicle MonaStevens REALTOR9 URBAN UTAH 801-550-8010 mona@urbanutah.com GEICO. A15-mintue call save you on car insurance. 1513 N. Hillfield Rd., Suite 3 The game won't count toward the Utes' record, but it gave them important insights into their strengths and weaknesses, which could prove to be invaluable guidance when the Utes take on national powerhouses Arizona and Arizona State in two weeks. "The biggest strength," Levi said, "(is the Utcs' ability to) communicate and operate on the same page." Because it was a scrimmage, Levi told his team that all 28 players would receive equal playing time. A few starters were hesitant about the idea, wanting to demolish Westminster and their acquaintances that play for it, but it became clear why Levi chose to spread the time around in the early-season scrimmage. "Now, in practice, our second-stringers have more confidence," Levi said, say- RUNNIN' UTES HOLD OFF SURGING FROGS tempts to finish with 15 points. "The past couple of games, I haven't been shooting the ball that well," Bryant said. "I've been shooting the ball in drills, but in games I haven't been able to find a niche." continued from Page 7 But the wily point guard made his Daniel Deane came off the bench to shots when they mattered most, hitting score a career-high 10 points for the four-of-four from the free-throw line down the stretch to preserve the win Utes. Junior guard Johnnie Bryant con- for the Utes. "I told myself that if I went to the tinued to struggle with his shooting, converting on merely three of his 11 at- free-throw line, I had to be able to ing that it adds "another layer of depth to our team." Such depth will be crucial when Utah challenges teams ranked in the Top 10—and even more vital when Utah makes its run for the national championship in Dallas in May. This is Levi's ultimate goal, aside from his long-shot hope that U administrators will upgrade the lacrosse program to the varsity level. Levi doesn't like to use the word "weakness," but there were areas magnified in the scrimmage that the Utes will try to improve upon. "(We need to be) smarter with our penalties," Levi said. Fridiy':-. game marked Utah's G!*st opportunity of the season to play with referees, who, Levi said, "dictated a whole new pace to the game." n.dicou(a)chronicle.utah.edu knock them down, and I did," Bryant said. The win marks the third league victory for the Utes, leaving the Horned Frogs all alone in the Mountain West Conference gutter. "We've had a lot more aesthetically pleasing games and haven't won," Giacoletti said, "But we played hard tonight, played defense and boxed out. These kids worked extremely hard tonight." c.brunner@chronicle.utah.edu New Donors earn $35 today and $75 in your first week! ? (801) 298-9336Mlilfe i Donating Blood Plasma! Study while you donate. Free WiFi Available. 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