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Show Page 14 Aggies- There's a new blender in town! Buy one 20 oz smoothie get one FREE with your student ID StatesmanSnortS Friday, Aug. 31,2007 f Lady Ags open season on the to yourself BySeth R. Hawkins editor in chief Smoothie King #805 2129 North Main St. North Logan Open 7:00 am- 11:00 pm For the second straight season, the Utah State soccer team will begin nonconference season play on the road, with matches against Texas State, Friday at 6 p.m. and Texas Christian University, Sunday, Sept. 2, at noon. Armed with a new style of play in the attack, the Aggies look to claim their first win of the season against a TSU squad they have never played before. This will also mark the first time the Aggies have opened season play under the hot summer sun of Texas. "I think in both of the games we're certainly going to have to adjust to the conditions in each place," USU Head Coach Heather Cairns said. "It's going to be hot and humid, and we're not going to be used to the humidity. Both of the teams are going to be good solid teams for us." Last season, Texas State finished with a 7-13-2 record and nearly reclaimed their 2005 Southland Conference title but fell 1-0 against NcNeese State in the Southland Conference title game, finishing third in the conference. The TSU Bobcats return just five starters, including sophomore forward Lindsay Tippet, the secondleading scorer for the Bobcats last season with 45 shots and five goals. Tippet will be joined up top by Nicole Kinard, who tabbed three goals and two assists last season. Defensively the Bobcats are young. Last season the defense allowed 156 shots on goal, 48 of which resulted in goals. The goaltender position is a potential weak spot for TSU, as both of last season's goaltenders graduated. This season the goaltender Only good at participating location. Not good with any other offer. One per person per visit. Some restrictions may apply. NO CASH VALUE. Free Smoothie is of equal or lesser value. Expires 9/08/07 position will be fought over by a freshman and a sophomore. But inexperience does not necessarily mean the Bobcats will be an easy win. a "They're going to be a very blue-collar team, a ., very physical team," Cairns said. "They've been on (j the verge of winning seasons. They're in the upper fj part of their conference." >} Following Friday's match against TSU, the Aggies will travel north more than 200 miles to face TCU. ;1 The Horned Frogs definitely don't have it easy as |; they will have faced two Top 25 teams before tak- | j ing on the Aggies. On Saturday, Aug. 25, TCU tied n No. 23 Oklahoma Stale 0-0. The Horned Frogs next take on No. 9 Texas on Friday. w TCU returns eight starters from the 2006 season,!) including its second-leading scorer, midfielder [\ Lauren Pope, who missed the last 11 games of the season with an injury. Last season TCU posted a 6- ,j 8-4 record in the extremely competitive Mountain fWest Conference, which is dominated by rival <, schools Brigham.Young University and University n ofUtah. Even though TCU might not be as good as BYU, [j Cairns said the MWC "is pretty strong head to toe.",, The Aggies will be led by senior forward Dana Peart, who took six shots on goal in USU's exhibi- , tion game against Dixie State, and freshman forward Lauren Hansen, who scored the lone goal for ;, the Aggies against the Rebels. ;, "We're really going to have to rally behind that road warrior mentality to come away with two j wins," Cairns said. "We've done so much work on / our system. We're itching to test it against some- ,i body else. We're ready to test it for real." -seth.h@aggiemail. usu. edxC, \ USA cruises to berth in FIBA semis LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new and improved U.S. team was too good for Argentina's B team. Kobe Bryant scored 27 points —15 in the first quarter — and the United States cruised into the semifinals of the FIBA Americas tournament as the No. 1 seed by beating Argentina 91-76 Thursday night. The Americans took control early and were never threatened in the matchup with the defending Olympic gold medalists, who also came in undefeated despite playing this qualifying tournament without the core of their team. Carmelo Anthony added 18 points and LeBron James had 15 for the Americans, who will face Puerto Rico in one of Saturday's semifinal games. A victory there gives them a berth in the 2008 Olympics. That seems likely for a U.S. team (8-0) that had overwhelmed its opponents before playing their toughest foe in the finale of round-robin play. The Americans averaged 117.6 points while beating their first seven opponents by 42.7 per game, not too far from the 121.2 points and 51.5 victory margin averaged by Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and the rest of the Dream Team in the Olympics 15 years ago. "I think the biggest compliment I saw yesterday was that this team was compared to the '92 team," Jason Kidd said Wednesday. "And if you look back at all the other Dream Teams, that's never happened. And that's the biggest compliment that (we) can take because that was the best team ever assembled. So when you start seeing that, that means that we're doing something right." While this game was closer, it wasn't much harder. Bryant hit his first three shots to get the Americans off to a quick start, and they led by as many as 25 points in a game that was never in doubt after the opening minutes. 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