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Show 6 SPORTS Thursday February 21, 2013 TODAY'S SKI REPORT Alta www.dailyutahchronicle.com Conditions and weather from utahskiweathercom Light accumulations of new snow on a firm base 10° / 9 a.m. 12° / 3 P.m. Brighton 10° / 9 a.m. 1 2° / 3 P.m. Canyons 15° / 9 a.m. 18° / 3 P.m. a.m. Deer Valley 15° 18 , // 93 p.m. Snowbird 10° / 9 a.m. 12° / 3 p.m. 9 a.m. 13° / 3 p.m. Solitude UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS TODAY: Golf Utah @ John Burns Intercollegiate 1:30 p.m. Kahuka, Hawaii Men's Basketball Utah @ Colorado 8 p.m. Boulder, Colo. FRIDAY: Softball Utah vs. Colorado State 10:30 a.m. Palm Springs, Calif Baseball Utah @ UC Davis 2 p.m. Davis, Calif Women's Basketball Utah vs. Washington 7 p.m. Huntsman Center Ski Utah @ KM Classical TBA Bozeman, Mont. SATURDAY: Baseball DOU BLETROUBLE CONOR BARRY/The Daily Utah Chronicle Utah @ UC Davis 1 p.m. Davis, Calif Men's Tennis Utah @ BYU 5:30 p.m. Provo Gymnastics Utah vs. Stanford CARROLL TWINS: Utah's newest dynamic duo looks to make their mark on the baseball field as starting freshmen 7:45 p.m. Huntsman Center Swimming & Diving Utah vs. USC 12 p.m. Ute Natatorium Chad Mobley STAFF WRITER PAC-12 STANDINGS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM CONF OVERALL Stanford 13-1 24-2 California 13-1 23-2 Washington 11-3 19-6 UCLA 11-4 20-6 Colorado 9-5 20-5 Washington St. 6-8 10-15 USC 5-10 8-18 Arizona 4-11 12-14 Arizona St. 4-11 12-15 Oregon St. 3-11 9-17 Oregon 2-12 4-22 Part of Utah's new crop of baseball talent came from Taylorsville High School. Dynamic duo Dalton and Dallas Carroll are identical twins who have always been teammates and will continue to play together for the foreseeable future at the U. The Carroll twins are looking to dominate the stat sheet at the college level in the same way that they did in high school. In their senior seasons at Taylorsville, they ranked No. 1 and No. 2 for their team in batting average, hits, runs, doubles, triples and home runs. They were the fastest guys on the team, too. Dallas had 13 stolen bases and Dalton had 17, while the next closest teammate had five. They owned the mound as well. Dalton was the top pitcher his senior year with an ERA of LH in 57 innings pitched with a team-high 58 Ks. Dallas ranked third on Taylorsville pitching staff with a 2.74 ERA in 46 innings of work on his way to strik- ing out 3o batters. As young as the 2013 season is, they've both already dug into significant roles on the Utah roster. Dallas has assumed the starting spot at third base, and Dalton is becoming an important part of the Utes' bullpen. Their mother, Pam Dalton, is full of pride and relief that her boys were able to stick together. "I was so worried at the beginning because I thought one would go to one school and one would go to the other," she said. "I was kind of scared to break up that strength that they have together." The twins have never played on opposing teams, but that hasn't Matt Ellis old Brian Johnson. "Brian Johnson is a superstar in STAFF WRITER our business — he really is," ErickThe newest addition to Utah's ofson said. "We'll spend a lot of time fensive coaching staff, 65-year-old together, and hopefully he'll learn Dennis Erickson, was introduced at from me, because I know I'll learn a press conference Wednesday af- from him." ternoon. Erickson has been a head coach Erickson, who won national at three Pac-io/I2 schools, the most championships in 1989 and 1991 as recent being Arizona State from the head coach at the University of 2007-2011. He won the Pac-io Coach Miami, will share the title of cooffensive coordinator with 26-year- See ERICKSON page 8 Utes hopeful for a fourth victory ASST. SPORTS EDITOR With just three weeks remaining in conference play, the Utes find themselves in roughly the same position they were in a year ago. At 3-10 in conference play, they have tied the number of Pac-12 victories they snagged in 2012. Despite the fact Utah has not yet seen improvement in the win-loss department, with five games remaining before the Pac-12 Tournament, players still feel as though this season has been better than last. As the Utes prepare to face Colorado tonight in Boulder, getting a fourth conference win is still foremost on their minds. "We know we've got a more talented team, a more dedicated team to basketball [than last year]," forward Cedric Martin said. "We've put ourselves in position to be into the game to win. We just need to close it out. We still have the heart to know that we're capable of keeping up with these teams." Much of the reason for the continued confidence is the fact that Utah has been competitive in nearly every conference game. Besides their three Pac-12 wins, four of the Utes' conference losses came down to the final minutes. They were beaten by more than 15 points seven times in conference play a year ago but have been blown out just three times in 2013. While Martin said there has been improvement, and Utah's play indicates such, head coach Larry Krystkowiak hasn't gotten too excited at the prospect of the Utes winning a fourth conference game. "To me, four games over three games the year before isn't really that much of an accomplishment, so I wouldn't be tootin' our horn with that one either," Krystkowiak said. Tonight's opponent is a See See TWINS page 8 Erickson eager to assist Utes MEN'S BASKETBALL Ryan McDonald stopped them from pushing each other to become better athletes. "They've always been really in tune with each other," Pam Dalton said. "Being on the same team actually makes them work harder. Everything's a competition between those two." That competitive fire is in their genes. From a young age, their grandfather, Lyle Petersen, was a constant supporter. He played football for the U in the late 195os and always dreamed of his grandsons becoming Utes, though not necessarily as baseball players. "It was kind of funny because he VICTORIES page 7 Dennis Erickson speaks at a press conference Wednesday as the new co-offensive coordinator for Utah Football. MICHAEL SYGNATOWICZ The Daily Utah Chronicle Montgomery's actions justified, game-saving ollowing Cal's comeback 76-68 win over USC . on Sunday, you would JAKE have thought Cal head BULLINGER fv".\' coach Mike Montgomery had pulled a stunt better associated with Bob Knight. The media, Sports Editor both in the Bay Area and nationally, were villainizing adult, a grown man, and what Montgomery to an extreme Montgomery did certainly extent. It was a treatment wasn't enough to injure Crabthat used to be reserved for be. College coaches routinely Knight, he of chair-lobbing, demonstrate actions that are player-choking fame. both more humiliating and physically painful than what But Montgomery didn't choke a player or lob his seat Montgomery did to Crabbe. across the floor. Rather, he So why the fuss? Reports got fired up and shoved junior from the Bay Area make it guard Allen Crabbe, and his clear that Crabbe is exasperactions don't deserve the ated with the media, and he negative press Montgomery is saying they are blowing has been receiving. the issue out of proportion. First, some concessions. There won't be any palmYes, Montgomery got a little shaped bruises on Crabbe's fired up and yes, he shouldn't chest, and he played quite make a habit of shoving his See BULLINGER page 7 players. But Crabbe is an F CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle Utah guard Brandon Taylor sets up a play against Arizona on Sunday. The Utes hope to gain more wins by breaking the game down in four-minute increments. |
