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Show ie Utah Statesman > SWEPT From page 5 Because we're not, tun COOL, CLASSY, VINTAGE, GIFTS, CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES + MORE1 47 N Main St. Downtown Logan fc Mon-Sat 10-9, Sun 12-5 to sit out. The losses were the third, fourth and fifth in a row for USU after winning three in a row against UVSC, No. 2 Denver and Washington. The Aggies have not played at home since their Nov. 11 game against Denver. "That could have had something to do with [the bad weekend]," Leo said. "But even on the road, we have to win." USU will finally play in the state again on Friday and Saturday against the Weber State Division-II team. "We knew this would be a big weekend for us," Leo said. "We already lost once to them." Leo said USU still has potential to be a very good team,' but it needs to find its rhythm again. "We just need to forget about it, come out and play hockey," he said. "We've got to get down to fundamentals." Leo said the team can't assume anything at this point. "We just need to take it one game at a time," he said. "We need to concentrate on what we need to do to get to regionals and nationals. We need to win some games." California picked to play BYU for the Bowl Championship Series to set its field Sunday before accepting the invita- . , tion. ". (.';,; BYU, which finished 6-5 overall and 5-3 in the Mountain West Conference, accepted its invitation on Nov. 22. "This is an exciting time > for the Pioneer PureVision Las Veeas Bowl as we look for-' '£ii ward to hosting a prestigiousv Pac-10 program such as Cal,* said Tina Kunzer-Murphy, executive director of the b "Our executive committee i j j thrilled that coach Tedford^?? and his players are comingfjTf' PROVO, Utah - The California Golden Bears accepted an invitation Sunday to play the Brigham Young Cougars in the Dec. 22 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl. "Cal is a well-coached football team," BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "They play in a tough conference and have a great football tradition. This will serve as an appropriate way to measure our program in relation to the goals that have been established." Cal, which closed its regular season at 7-4 overall and 4-4 in the Pac-10, waited • town to take on BYU in what may well just be a full house." Tedford said, "The team is very excited about the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and play in the Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl. We get to match up against one of the top teams in the Mountain West conference, BYU has such a great tradition." The game will be the third time the two teams have met, with BYU winning two of the game. BYU Athletic Director Tom Holmoe served as the head coach at Cal from 1997 through 2001. DISAPPOINTMENT From page 5 -bhhinton(S>cc. usu. edu • Loss From page 5 You are if you don't join • access to $400,000 in exclusive, member-only scholarships. Visit www.goldenkey.org to learn more. GOLDEN KEY INTERNATIONAL HONOUR SOCIETY Recognition for Success, Keys to the future. the game. An Ashley Rutledge three-pointer at 7:01 tied the game for the eighth, and final time, as the two teams sat knotted at 24. The final seven minutes then belonged to the Bengals as they went on a 23-6 run to put the Aggies down by 17 at the half, 47-30. Despite scoring 43 points in the second half, led by 15 from Marchant and 14 from Taylor Richards, USU was unable to get any closer than 13 points as ISU ran away with the 23-point win. Richards finished with 16 points as she hit both of her three-point attempts to go along with three assists. Brittany Hagen was the only other Aggie in double-figures as she contributed 13 points on five-of-eight shooting, including hitting on three-of-five three-pointers. USU finished the game shooting a season-high 53.7 percent from the field, including 42.9 percent from beyond the arc. 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Or call our recruiters at: 750-1414 Ask for extension: USU-GDB7 Convefgys is an EOE M/F/O/V DIRECTV. Jessica Alexander phoiofjalexander^ccuaj.edu AGGIES JESSICA CHICK, Kelsi Peterson and Zuzana Cemianska wait for Arizona to serve the ball in the first round of the NCAA tournament. record books in all-time kills, single-season kills and games played. She also was in the top 10 in several other areas at Utah State. Erin Graybili, also a senior, set a new singleseason blocking record. Kelsi Peterson broke her own school record in digs. Not bad. "I told our team in the locker room that we had a very good season," Fuller said. "A good turnaround from a 9-18 season last year with a lot of injuries. We were one of 33 teams that were selected out of a remaining approximately 295 teams selected to play in this tournament. We appreciate the committees decision on that." But, despite the improved season, the Aggies just couldn't put one more match together. Fuller said a lot of it had to do with a very good Arizona team, as well as his athletes not having NCAA experience - something Arizona is not lacking. And it showed. "They're really an athletic team," senior Ingrid Roth said. "We did what we could. It was really good competition. Kind of a wake up call to show what kind of competition goes into this tournament and what you have to do to be successful." From the beginning of the match, the Aggies seemed unable to do very much to stop the fourth-seeded Jessica Alexander photo/jolexander@c(.usu.edd, UTAH STATE'S BETH HODGE AND ERIN ( t U H i attempt to block an attack by Arizona's Kim j ( Glass Friday night on the Crimson Court k i l t i Lake City. Arizona Wildcats. In each of the three ga, Arizona was able to jump to an early lead, leaving Aggies behind from the "We knew Arizona is good," Cernianska said, always wanted to start the beginning. But we and it's hard to catch up." ^ The Wildcat defense able to all but shut down WAC player Cernianskt. senior had only five kill*' her final match playing Aggie. Graybili led the way for the Aggies with 12 kills. No other USU players were able \ to get to double digits. j Fuller said part of the problem for the Aggies was Arizona's serving. USU had difficulty receiving the server and getting good passing opportunities, making it fairly for Arizona to get the dock. The Wildcats had 10 blocks than the Aggies the night, 15-5. -aedmunds@cc.usu.edu > TRAVELING From page 5 class the athletes miss travel- • ing, it can be hard. Junior soccer player Charity Weston said, "It is hard to keep up with the reading, because when you're on the road, you don't really feel like doing it." "We actually have to spend most of our free time studying," Roth said. Since the student-athletes miss class so often, they have their share of make-up work and personal study time. Chris Fawson, head of the economics department, said, "If students miss class or assignments, I try to work with them to complete the material, but I do that with all students, not just student-athletes. "I have great admiration for student athletes who are dedicated to their academic studies and find the time and eni classroom," senior runto keep up with a demandi*^ ier Clark Bryner said. "We're academic and athletic i '/Mucky because our professors ; ule," he said. i.: K^have to work with us/' Weston said athletes carl,, *$siv* Some classes provide lecalso receive help from tutoxs'iii !->.fure notes or recordings on the any subject, just like any other ' ^Internet for students, so the ' - traveling athletes can access ' student. -'- /this when on the road if they ; Volleyball player and sophomore Beth Hodge said, ' . . have access to the Internet. "Teachers don't really treat us Long road trips aren't differently. Yes, they let us take all boredom and studying, ' our tests that we miss later, but' though. they are required to do that." "We sing 'Bohemian ' USU's cross country team Rhapsody' at least once a trip ' had only one home meet this and we bust out to Ludacris, : season. After opening their Missy Elliot and Usher when! campaign in Logan, they travever we can," Roth said. eled to meets in Montana and The trips also don't always Indiana in addition to their go as planned. i meets in Boise and Provo. "We accidentally left a girl } "It's tough, but everybody at the L.A. airport on our way' has extra-cirricular activito Hawaii," Hodge said. ': ties that take them away from -benwalker@cc.usu.edd |