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Show CTOT WOMEN'S TENNIS Women's tennis wins season opener won by a lopsided score of 6-1 in the first match and •6-0 in the second. Juniors Cady Andelin and Britney Watts didn't get a chance to play Thursday because there was no one on Idaho State to play against them. Watts and Perry were teamed together for a doubles match but didn't get to play because of forfeit due to a lack of players for Idaho Stale. The Bengals struggled to win any of their sets which was evidenced by the score. The Aggies, on the other hand, got on a roll early and couldn't be stopped. The head coach of the Aggies, Christian Wright, said he thought the girls played well Thursday especially considering how long its been since they've played. "We did a great job," Wright said. "It was our first match after a long break but we played well." Wright said he was pleased with how the girls played and that they moved well in between shots. "They're making real progress in movement between shots/' Wright said. The Aggies will attempt to remain undefeated on By BLAZE BULLOCK staff writer The USU women's tennis team slaughtered ISU in Pocatello, Idaho Thursday by a score of 6-1. The Aggies got off to a good start to the season as they throttled the Bengals in their season opener. The Aggies are now 1-0. USU lost one match against ISU when Sophie Dang of ISU beat freshman Monica Abella in the best-of-three match 6-3, 6-3. Abella did well in doubles play with freshman Carla Limon to defeat Dang and Madison Snevily 84. The Aggies only had one singles match that went beyond two games. Taylor Perry defeated Stephanie Roldan of ISU in a total of three sets. Perry lost the first set 4-6 but went on lo win the next two 6-4 and 10-6. Senior Bridgette Strickland showed leadership as she and sophomore Hailey Swenson won their doubles match against Lisel Lewis and Stephanie Roldan by the score of 8-4. Swenson also faced off against Lewis in singles play but Lewis posed no problem for her as Swenson Tbuc/zBase IV ICStandings Women's Basketball Nevada Idaho Fresno St. Boise St. La. Tech NMSU Utah State SISU Hawaii 4-0 3-1 3-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-3 1-3 0-4 10-7 6-9 12-6 9-9 9-9 6-12 8 40 2-15 344 Rushing leaving for Green Bay BY USU ATHLETICS Utah State football assistant coach John Rushing is leaving USU to join the Green Bay Packers staff. USU SOPHOMORE TAYLOR PERRY returns a ball Rushing spent six seasons CI See OPENER, page 9 against Weber State. CAMERON PETERSON photo at Utah State, where he has coached the cornerbacks as well as the punt return squad. "Coach Rushing sees this as a good opportunity. Every coach has great interest to coach at the NFL level so this was a chance that John just couldn't pass up," USU head football coach Gary Andersen said of Rushing, who was the lone assistant retained by Andersen when he was named the Aggies' new head coach in December. "I'd never hold someone back from moving up in the professional ranks. We're sad to ByPAULKELLEY lose him and we wish him assistant sports editor the best at the next level." Rushing is familiar with The USU men's basketball team surthe Packers' organization, as vived yet another close game to extend last summer he was selected their winning streak to 13 games, thanks to be a participant in the to only four team turnovers and 25 points National Football League's from center Gary Wilkinson. Minority Internship Utah State is now tied with Oklahoma Program with Green and Saint Mary's for the best record in Bay. Established in 1987, the country. Wilkinson's 25 points put the Minority Coaching him double figures for the 17th time this Fellowship Programs proseason. vides NFL training-camp Despite missing five of their last seven positions to minority coachfree throws in the final minutes of the es every year. game, the Aggies held on to win 62-58. Rushing has spent the Junior Jared Quayle had six rebounds to past six seasons working lead USU who was out rebounded by the with the Aggie secondSan Jose State 33-25. ary. In 2003 he worked The Aggies started the game slow, not closely with Mark Estelle, taking their first lead until around the who was USU's defensive five-minute mark in the first half off a MVP and played in the Wilkinson 3 pointer. In a radio postgame Rotary Gridiron Classic. interview, Tyler Newbold had good things In 2004, the Aggie secondto say about Wilkinson. ary was involved in the "He played great inside, in their zone team allowing just 202.55 wlien we got it inside they weren't doupassing yards per game, bling very hard they would come once in which ranked 42nd in a while but it was kind of soft," Newbold the nation. That season, said. "When he started to realize that, he Rushing coached Freshman started to really attack ... he played great All-American Terrance tonight which really helped us a lot." Washington. This past seaThe Spartans made a last second son he coached cornerbacks shot in the first half to make it a 27-24 Roy Hurst, Kejon Murphy, ballgame for the Aggies at the half. Tyler who had two interceptions Newbold made back-to-back three pointapiece and ranked ninth ers, and Quayle added one as USU opened and 10th respectively for the second half with a 15-6 run. Quayle USU and third and fourth and Newbold each had 13 points on the among defensive backs with game, with 11 of those coming in the sec35 and 30 tackles, respecond half for Newbold. tively. "Coach Felton brought me over and Rushing grew up in told me, 'You need to be ready to shoot,' Merced, Calif., and attendand we ran an out of bounds play that I ed Merced High School. He got a good look at, and we started to move graduated from Washington the ball a little better in the second half State with a degree in against their zone," Newbold said. "I had sociology in 1995 and some open looks from the perimeter and finished a master's degree I was able to knock those down and get through Boise State in 2005. going a little bit and that was when we Rushing was a four-year built our lead." starter as a defensive back The lead stayed around 10 for the at Washington State and set Aggies during the second half until about a school record by starting the four minute mark when San Jose went 46 games. He earned honon a 12-5 run to close out the game. It orable mention all-Pac 10 was Stavon Williams making two clutch honors as a freshman and free throws that saved it for USU. again as a sophomore. In "You know we would Ve been just sick 1991, he was named to The if we would have lost that game," Morrill Sporting News Freshman said. "We would have basically handed it All-America team. to them at the free throw line and off of Rushing's younger brothlay-ups and everything else, but we didn't. er Kevin Robinson was an It's like in a number of games we have All-American wide receiver won this year, the guys just find a way so and returner at USU from USU SOPHOMORE TYLER NEWBOLD, 24, drives into the lane for a shot during the Aggies game against Fresno that's huge for us." 2003-07, before getting State at the Spectrum on Thursday, Jan. 15. The Aggies beat San Jose State on the road Thursday, 78-70, to extend the drafted by the Kansas City nation's second longest winning streak. Newbold finished with 13 points, two assists and three rebounds. PATRICK ODEN H See VICTORY, page 10 Chiefs in the sixth-round of the NFL Draft. GAME 19: USU 62, STSU 58 ozen Winning streak extended to 13 in a row at San Jose p h o t o • ' • • - • ' . - . . • • ' • •••; • • : . . • . • • • - - : •;•. • ••• • '.:;•: "• • . • • . - • . • |