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Show Monday, March 5,2007; ""DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Red Rocks husked on the road Utah drops second meet of the season to Nebraska building, the Utes have won hurt the Utes, especially in just once before—ronly to the little steps the majority fall to Nebraska in the end, of the U gymnasts made afIf some evil supreme be- 196.675-196.100, in Lincoln, ter otherwise solid performances. ing had conjured up all Neb. "I don't think we stuck the ways the U gymnastics Even though the Utes team's chances could be were competing, without one landing today," said ruined this weekend at Ne- senior captain Nicolle Ford head coach Greg Marsden. braska, that list would have and freshman sensation An- "We gave away our chanchad a lot of check marks nie DiLuzio for the entire es." once the Utes took the floor meet and without Kristina Despite accumulatSunday afternoon. Baskett for half the meet, ing several deductions for Even so, the Red Rocks the Utes did not lose be- missed landings and their gave the Cornhuskers all cause of missing personnel. worst vault performance of they could handle—in a This week, the little things the season, the Red Rocks not only hung with the No. 7 Cornhuskers, but they actually led halfway through . .MAGIC: TIME SPIRAL . . GAMES WORKSHOP.. the meet. , ROLE-PLAYING GAMES . . ONLINE COMPUTER GAMING. The Utes looked poised to put their troubled week behind them with a hot start on bars. And they got that start from a new face in the lineup. Stephanie Neff saw acSTOKB HOOKS. tion on bars for the first HOH-TOUH& llAMTOlOm - F R I D A Y 1 1 A M T O M I D N I G H T time this season, but she SATURDAYi 1OAM T O MEDNICHT - S U N D A Y , N O O N T O B P M hardly showed it. The Ute SANCTIONED MAGIC TOURNAMENTS freshman started the Utes off with a solid 9.750 and -.-•: ' "'•'/' 8831S-STATB, SALT LMB CITY her teammates took it from -. • PHOfflt B 0 U 5 U M 5 OR IJ77JU5TU1S WVWJIASTCRHOBBIESXOM there. Jessica Duke matched her WORLD O FWA RCAAFT CARD GAME MAGIC TIME SPIRAL season high of 9.875 before NEW SETTIERS OP CATAN TICKET TO RrDE GAME Ashley Postell matched that M A G I C * ILLUSIONS I PRODUCTS: score and Baskett nailed her routine for a 9.925 from the EXHAUST - BRAKES • ALIGNMENTS - TUNEUPS clean-up spot. DISCOVER A REFRESHING AUTO REPAIR From there, the Utes ran EXPERIENCE -FRIENDLY, CARING, CONVENIENT, into problems, particularly PROFESSIONAL & TIMELY SERVICE! on landings. COME SEE WHY WE HAVE HAD 35/485 SATISFIED CLIENTS IN The Utes, who have esOUR 16 YEARS OF BUSINESS tablished themselves as a 5 REASONS YOU SHOULD CALL US FOR strong vaulting squad this ANY SERVICE ON YOUR VEHICLE Mike Palmer's 91h South season, turned in their 3 1 . 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Baskett, which was surpris- "They're a very technical ing considering it was un- team, their routines have clear whether she would difficulty...this is a hard even be available after a flu place to compete for us." bug and foot injury kept her Given all the adversity out of practice last week. building up to the meet, "It was a pleasant sur- Marsden still found a lot of prise to see (Baskett) feel- reason for optimism. ing better," Marsden said. His freshmen—especially "Vault and bars were the ap- Neff and Jamie Deetscreek— propriate thing for her. We have been earning the thought she could be gassed chance to compete, but at the end of floor." it's hard to put them in the Despite the hiccups on lineup over people like Ford vault, the Utes still held a and DiLuzio. slight .025-point advantage Marsden also relished at the halfway point. But the fact that his team is still the Red Rock lead proved making progress. This week not large enough. Without the Utes went through a two if its top Ail-Around whole meet without having gymnasts, the Utes simply to count one fall on their could not compete with the scorecard. In fact, the only 9.9s Emily Parsons and Ky- fall of the meet came from lie Stone were turning in for Postell, who at the time was Nebraska. still tied for first in the AilStill, given the fact that Around. the Utes sent out freshmen "I'm proud of the effort. to occupy more than half We hung in there and we of the final two rotation battled," Marsden said. "I'm lineup spots, the Red Rocks looking forward to getting made great strides to only to full strength. We need to be trailing by fewer than 0.1 have the meet we had last points going into the final week (against Michigan) rotation. paired with the one we had The Utes just did not this week." have enough firepower to The Utes will likely need overcome what the Corn- just that if they hope to prehuskers were doing on floor vent their first losing streak and beam. of the season when they Emily Parsons turned in play host to the No. 1 Florscores of 9.925 and 9.950 ida Gators on Friday at the on floor and beam, respec- Huntsman Center. tively, to not only lead Net.pizza@ braska to a win, but earn an chronicle.utah.edu z m WARNING!!! \f New Donors earn $35 today and $75 in your first week! Donating Blood Plasma! Study while you donate. Free WiFi Available. Help us Save Lives by Calling: 1-888-430-3706 606 West Temple 609 South State St. 2520 W. 4700 S. EXHAUST • BRAKES • ALIGNMENTS - TUNEUPS 531-1279 363-7697 965-9160 UTES' SEASON: ENDS IN LOSS: continued from Page 6 home game of his career. ; ;\ "You can't guard Keena Young—nobody can," Giacoletti said. "There isn't an answer for him. We tried to double him and he still ended up scoring 15." Bryant was Utah's only bright spot, hitting 5-for-9 from the field and finishing with 18 points. The Utes*: leading scorer and rebounder, Nevill, was held to just seven points and four rebounds. Likewise, the normally productive Green was held to nine points on 3-of-i2 shooting. Collectively, the Utes finished the game shooting a paltry 34.7 percent from the field. "It was like one of the worst feelings J've ever had," Green said. "We kept trying to fight back, but they just made great play after great play and kept pushing the lead on us. It was just hard to endure." The loss came only one day after Giacoletti announced his resignation from the program, effective at the end of the season. After the game, Utah players and coaches insisted that the announcement didn't affect their play in a negative way. "People can say that it was a factor, but I don't believe that," Bryant said. "We knew, we still had a job to do, but we just couldn't get it done tonight on defense or offense." The loss dropped the Utes to a No. 7 seed in this week's Mountain West Conference tournament, which means they will play host UNLV on its home court. Utah has lost to the Rebels in the last four meetings between the two. Earlier this season, the Utes took them to double-overtime in Las Vegas before losing, 97-94. "Everybody knows that it could very well be our last game, so that should be some great motivation for us to play defense," Bryant said. "We're still fighting—guys haven't quit"•-— •-- — -~ Biomat USA GEICO. A15-mintuecal^ could save you 15% on car insurance. c.brunner@ chronicle.utah.edu WATCH THE RED RD SWAMP THE GAT0R5! 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