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Show 'Monday, Jan. 29~2007\\ The Utah Statesman Spofis_ BARBARO SLAP SHOT From page 10 From page 8 "It's not over 'til it's over," she said. "I'd say he"s comfortable and being treated very well. As long as he's comfortable ... Dean knows our feelings. We trust him." After months of upbeat progress reports, Barbaro has endured several setbacks the past three weeks. On Jan. 9, Barbaro had a cast placed on his left rear leg to help realign a bone. The next day, Richardson removed damaged tissue from the colts left rear hoof, and Barbaro was placed in a sling to help him keep weight off his feet. On Jan. 13, another section of his left rear hoof was removed, and a cast was placed back on his right hind leg for additional support. He was gradually improving, but last Thursday, Barbara's left rear cast was replaced and a custom-made plastic and steel brace was applied to his right hind leg. The leg also was fitted with a special orthotic brace for more support. In the latest setback, the right hind leg is again at risk. The pins in the right rear leg are connected to an external brace, which is connected to a lightweight alloy foot plate. This results Li in the horse eliminating all weight bearing from the foot," Richardson said Sunday in a statement. "The horse's weight is borne chirping at me the whole time. I just didn't pay attention, I just laughed and pointed to the Scoreboard." Beard said he did not believe UVSC can play with a team of USU's caliber. "They were all right but we just had more of the drive and the will. They've beaten teams like BYU and Weber so we know they can play. But when we play our game they can't hang with us," Beard said. George Widnnm/AP file Photo DEAN RICHARDSON, chief surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton (enter for Large Animals, walks B3rbaro in this Sept. 26 file photo. Barbaro had two stee! pins placed in a bone in his right hind leg, a risky surgery that's the latest setback in the Kentucky Derby winner's fight for survival. through the pins across his cannon bone." Allowing the pins to bear weight carries "significant risk." "We believed it was our only option given the worsening of the right hind foot problem," Richardson said in a statement. "Unfortunately, we felt we needed to take this risk because this approach offered our only hope of keeping Barbaro acceptably comfortable." He explained Barbaro had been uncomfortable on his right hind foot because of an abscess that developed when the horse had a '"period of discomfort" on the left hind foot. "It is not laminitis, but the undermining of the sole and part of the lateral heel region are potentially just as serious," Richardson said. Sunday, Richardson sounded as serious as he did on May 21, the day after the Preakness, when he delivered the news that Barbaro's chance of survival was a "coin toss." "I'm upset, worried, not sleeping well," he said. "A lot of people are very, very committed and spent a huge amount of emotional sources on this horse. So it's very upsetting when things go badly." and closed it with a backhand down the line. "That match point was fantastic," Federer said. "I think that was my only backhand winner up the line when he was also at the baseline. To finish it off like this, it was great." He fell to his back, rolled over and then got up, hit a ball into the stands and took a bow. He held both arms high before throwing his wristband into crowd. For the match, Federer lost only 17 points in 16 service games plus the tiebreaker, and dropped only two points on serve in the last set. • GRAND SLAM From page 9 doubles champion, had conceded only two points on serve in the second set until Federer broke for a 4-3 lead. Federer fired an ace to close the second set and broke Gonzalez in the seventh game of the third. He earned triple championship point with a forehand winner Denver 4, Utah State 8 Utah State played perhaps their most complete game of the season in avenging an early-season 9-3 loss to the Pioneers. Greg "The Force" Finatti was sensational, putting up a wall in the goal that frustrated Denver's skilled snipers. Denver clearly outshot the Aggies, 54-30, but Finatti was good for 50 saves, making brilliant plays with his glove, blocker, stick and pads. USU converted 3-of-4 power play opportunities while holding Denver goalless on their seven power play chances. Senior wing Roberto Leo, who scored a third-period power-play goal and had one assist, said, "It doesn't matter who we play, we've got to get up. But you know it's D[enver] U[niversity], and they're coming to our barn. And they don't win in our barn." Typically a finesse player, Leo helped set a relentless tone for USU, laying several huge hits on Pioneer skaters in a deviation from his normal style. Kent Arsenault was also delivering bodychecks to Denver players in a fashion normally reserved for players like Matt Geer, Brett Fryslie or Matt Legree. "I don't hit at all but sometimes the hits come in a game. Luckily they were coming for me. It made me look good," Leo said. USU jumped to a 1-0 lead when their speed line of Will Winsa, Robert Hashimoto and Michael Filander hit the ice and started causing Denver problems. Hashi was denied a breakaway opportunity when a Denver defender latched onto his stick, but Winsa swept in to take the puck and bury it behind Pioneer tender Alex Harbison. "He took my stick away so I just kept going with it and Swede picked it up and shot it. I just took him out of the play and Swede had an open shot. Nothing special," Hashi said. Denver had a few players who appeared capable of scoring every time they handled the puck, most notably wings Adam Becker and Ben Wahler. Becker had a hat trick and an assist and the speedy Wahler scored Denver's other goal and assisted two of Becker's goals. With 14:56 to go Becker found a tiny hole in the wall and was able to slip a goal in, tying things up. As they would at numerous junctures throughout the game, USU responded after Denver seemed to be taking the momentum. The speed line beat Harbison again, this time Hashi took a long-range pass from Winsa and onetimed it home. Winsa would lead USU with three assists, Hashi had two goals and two assists, and Filander had one assist. Jay McFadden and Brett Fryslie scored before the end of the period to make it 4-1. "We beat this team last year so we knew we could score a lot on them. We've got enough goal-scorers on our team to where we should be getting this many goals against anybody," Leo said. "Everything was clicking." In the second period Denver utilized the large tracts of open ice available during a four-on-four and Becker scored again with 13:56 remaining. At the 7:35 mark Becker completed his hat trick with a blur of a wrist shot, bringing the visitors to within one. The Pioneers then got a breakaway goal from Wahler to tie the score and make USU's second-period swoon complete. Again the Aggies refused to panic. This time it was Jordan Francom who answered the call, breaking the tie with two minutes to go when he ripped a slap shot from the point. "They got it deep in the zone and I thought about changing because my guy went, but then no one was up there so I skated up and yelled at Swede," Francom said. "It was one of the nicest passes I've ever had. I looked at the net before I got it and I just gunned it so I got a little lucky." Barely a minute later USU was on the power play and Francom was feeling it again. He took a quick wrist shot that was tumbling around in the net behind Harbison before the goalie had time to react. Francom said luck had a lot to do with his goals, but with 19 goals on the season, all scored from long range, the assistant captain's resume speaks for itself. He also had an assist against Denver. "I feel like I'm just getting lucky mostly," Francom said. UI think I jump up and play a little more offensively than some of the other guys; they stay home more. Which is actually good because if you had a whole defensive group that jumped up you would have no defense." "It was a good fight." Leo said. "Everybody is tired as hell. Everybody put everything they've got out there tonight, so it's a good thing it was the last game of the week." -grahar7i@cc.usu.edu Jan 29 - Feb 2 Sororities Scholarship Table $1000 worth of scholarships awarded by Edu. Council r, .... i . Educ DBuilding AAtrium 12 pm Yogurt, Fruit, and Music 8:30-11 am - TSC Patio Butt Kickin' Bingo $100 cash & prizes 7-8 pm in Educ Building Rm131 A ll Against All Quiz Bowl a n d F r e e Aggie Ice Cream in TCrD „ — 12 pm-TSC Ballroom i f ^T- . A X Q Tuesday 30th-Free yoga hosted byAXQinHPERRm102 Thursday 1st- McSteamy Night 7:30 at AXQ house . Education Movie Day Free Popcorn »£ 12-5 pm Educ Building Rm 131 *AII week long donate your old eyeglasses at the Educ. 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