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Show Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 StatesmanSports Cub TQoer Carnage Ca. Page 7 Soccer: Ags hoping to end two-game skid at home Two elegant black beauties pulling a white limousine carriage... Come to the Bridal Faire Sept. 29th & take a FREE RIDE! LI continuedfrompage 5 Last season the Grizzlies' record looked much like USU's, as they went 10-8-2 on the year and 4-2-1 in the Big Sky Conference. Montana is led in scoring by midfielder Mahlleace Tomsin who leads the team with three points off one goal, one of which was a game winner, and one assist. She is second on the team in shooting with eight and posts a .500 shots on goal percentage. The Grizzlies don't rely on one player to carry the team as three other players - Kaitlyn Heinsohn, Sara Aspinwall and Meghan Chambers - have all posted a goal. In the net, Grace Harris, who was named Big Sky Newcomer of the Year in 2006, has played every minute for the Grizzlies this season, posting a .750 save percentage, snagging 45 saves. She has allowed 15 goals resulting in a 1.88 goals against average. Montana is a second half team, shooting and scoring more in the second half than in the first. All four goals on the season were scored in the second half. While they may be shoot better in the second half, so do their opponents. Cairns said to counter Montana's attack, her team will have to finally learn the lesson of controlling the game. "(We will win) by not letting them do it, we do what we want to do," Cairns said. "We execute our patterns, our style, our tactics. We're going to have to take time to do that and we're going to have to do it the majority of the game." Controlling the pace of the game is something the Aggies should be able to do with multiple threats in the attack. Senior forward Dana Peart leads the team in scoring with 11 points off five goals and one assist. Freshman forward Lauren Hansen scored her second goal of the season against Eastern Washington and is second in scoring on the team. Midfielder Abby Hunt also has two goals. Cairns said one of the strengths of her team this season has been the variety of shooting options available. Following some recovery from injuries, the Aggies have a combination of experience and fresh blood in the attack. "Having Candice (Clark) back has been wonderful," Cairns said. "She's added a lot to our attack. As well as having Jessica Williams back. Alysa (Adams) got on the board with an assist. Lauren (Hansen), she had one goal and she had probably three or four more opportunities to score (against Eastern Washington). Were starting to get more opportunities to attack than just Dana (Peart)." While USU has multiple threats, few are as dangerous as Peart, who dominates the shooting game for the Aggies with 29 shots on the season. She leads the WAC in shooting, is third in the conference in points and is tied for first in game-winning goals. I've been thrilled with her performance," Cairns said of her team captain. "I think her legacy is going to be defined in how she does in WAC play. What she's been doing has been great and builds confidence for her. She's got to continue doing that when games become more important. Certainly she's been leading our attack." Receiving a little less credit, but no less important, is junior goalkeeper Ali Griffin, who is second in the WAC in saves with 34. She is also tied for third in shutouts in the conference with two. "(Griffin has) really made some saves that have kept us in the games," Cairns said. "I feel like she's really starting to hit her stride. Hopefully the team can feed off of that and we can continue to get stronger and more people can start to hit their stride. Right now she's definitely a bright spot." The Aggies face off against the Grizzlies, Thursday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. at the Chuck and Gloria Bell Soccer Field, located next to the Stan Laub Center. •sethJi@aggiemaiiusu.edu 435-881-3636 Cub 'River Carnage Co .com (This is something you will want at your wedding) HOT-N-READY ITALIAN CHEESE BREAD FRESHLY BAKED BREAD WfTH MELTED CHEESE AND TOPPED WITH ITALIAN SPICES, 10 3 PIZZA I UPT06 PIZZA, CRAZY i TOPPINGS! BREAD AND SAUCE! | $ A g g CAESAR WINGS $ R O O and said we had the advantage on them at first when we got here." Goalie Greg Finatti, who is familiar with the skills of Geer, Arsenault and Reinhardt, having played with them in juniors and recruited them to come to Utah State, said he feels "more comfortable when they're on the ice because I know they can put the puck in the net and I know Pauly can stop them. Especially with Francom out of the lineup, Pauly has to step up and be that top two defenseman. They played hockey almost every day back there and they came back a lot stronger. Paul looks a lot stronger and more confident." 9 CJUIHV OUT n u s TIUI Business Plan for Success Class For Your Existing or Start-up Business! LI continuedfrompage 5 opener. Geer and Arsenault got a chance to combine on a new move they perfected over the summer: the 'little how's she going.' "At the alumni game," Geer said, "Kent gave me a pass and I just made one look back at him and he knew. The 'how's she going' is the one where he passes to me, I look back and he just bolts up the ice when the defender comes to me, then I give him a backhand, between the legs pass." Which Arsenault buried, as is his wont. Playing hockey is like playing in a band, where the structure of the game plan can be altered and improvised on to take advantage of fleeting openings in the defense, but only if the players on the ice are comfortable with one another. But the Aggies weren't just building chemisty with each other in Chi-town, they were also learning from their teammates like the Heredias or Zimmer. "Playing with other players that play at a high level too, they kind of push you to be better. You pick up little things from them," Reinhardt said. Arsenault also said that playing all summer in Chicago helped him polish up on "all those little fundamental things that you need." Amidst all that learning and praying to the Hockey Gods, the boys found time to do what Aggies do best: win. The Aggies won championships in both leagues and went undefeated, a fine soupcon to improving as players. Those improvements have already been evident to their teammates back here in Utah. "There's a couple of guys on the team that were saying stuff to us," Arsenault said, "like asking if we were skating all summer 49 OMITY OUT n u c TMK fiS little Ceesanr Burn: Hockey trio's summer spent in Chicago Although Arsenault said Chicago is a "great city if you like your cold beverages and hot foods," the real focus was on hockey. The Aggies competed in two traditional leagues which Chicago natives play in every summer. Geer said "one league was a little more premier. One was kind of bush league, with a little older guys." Reinhardt said the competition in the better league was topnotch. "The one [league] that we played in I think every player except for maybe two or three played college hockey." Some of the Aggies' teammates were the Heredia brothers, who play for the University of Illinois' Dl team, and Dustin Zimmer, who plays for Miami of Ohio. Arsenault took advantage of the lax men's league rules to play hockey unencumbered by his least favorite piece of equipment: the face mask. "I would rather play with nothing than with a cage," Arsenault said. "It's just more open, you see the ice a lot better." The 5-foot-8 Geer played with a full face cage because "my face is too low to the ground. That's my money." Reinhardt used a half-shield such as is required for junior hockey. Although there was plenty of physical bumping and shoving, (Arsenault got in a fight in the first game and achieved a take-down,) Geer said the men's league game is more about positional hockey. "You learn to protect the puck a lot better," Geer said. "Shield the defender from the puck, keep it on your stick, pass, shoot, score." Geer and Arsenault's ability to pass, shoot and score has already been demonstrated to USU's early-season opponents. Against the alumni team in the season s Call Now For Scholarships 797-2277 Call Now For Free Ad Guide 797-2277 Call Now For Free Consulting..797-2277 When asked about the mental challenge of going from a rookie year where they were essentially playing with house money to a second year leadership role where point production is expected, Reinhardt said, "We're all pretty competitive and the coaches expect us to step up and play big this year, so if we don't WORK ON YOUR BUSINESS PLAN & Much More! Oct 23 Business Plan, Start-up, Success, Legal Structure. 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Wells Fargo, Cache Valley Bank, Vocational Rehabilitation This year's edition of the Skatin' Aggies loses a lot of talent, in particular at forward, where Roberto "Bo-Dangles" Leo, Robert Hashimoto and Josh Groves exhausted their eligibility and Michael Filander returned to his native Sweden. Already in the young season, USU has demonstrated that it has enough firepower remaining with Arsenault, Geer, Will Winsa and Jay McFadden to knock off top teams like the Weber Dl Wildcats. The Aggies have also shown that they are not talented enough to get by with a subpar effort, as they were knocked off the next night by the UVSC Wolverines. If the season is to have more ups than downs, it will require players like Arsenault, Geer and Reinhardt to step up into leadership positions vacated by the outgoing seniors. Arsenault said he and his boys are up to the task. "It's going to be a bigger challenge this year. We don't have as much depth as we did last year. 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