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Show Who’sHot? StatesmanSports Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 Reprints of photos from The Statesman? www.aggietownsquare.com Page 9 Who’sHot? Shantel Flanary 2 goals, 1 assist, soccer Liz McArthur MVP of Fiesta Bowl Tourney, volleyball The sophomore outside hitter from St. George was named Most Valuable Player of last weekend’s Fiesta Bowl Tournament hosted by Northern Arizona University. McArthur opened up the tournament by recording five kills and a block assist while playing just two out of three sets against The Citadel before heating up in the second round against Wyoming where she totaled 15 kills, two blocks and a service ace. She capped off the tournament by leading USU to the tournament championship game where she went off for 23 kills to lead the Aggies past tournament host NAU. Chelsea Fowles was named to the alltournament team of the Fiesta Bowl Tournament last weekend as she helped lead Utah State in three straight victories over The Citadel, Wyoming and Northern Arizona. The preseason All-WAC setter averaged 9.36 assists per set – 103 assists total – over the weekend while the Aggies won their first tournament championship in volleyball since 2005. She also extended Chelsea Fowles her current team-lead in service aces over 3 victories, 103 the weekend, adding five more to her seaassists recorded, son total. volleyball Answers are found at a-bay-usu.com Shantel Flanary’s offensive efforts exploded this week in Sunday’s game against Houston Baptist. In 81 minutes, she scored two of the Aggies’ five goals and had one assist, leading the team to its 100th overall victory. After only seven games this season, Flanary has racked up four goals, two assists and averages 1.6 shots on goal per game. Stefani Shiozaki first career goal, win over Wyo., soccer Stefani Shiozaki is the reason why USU is 4-2-1 instead of 4-3-0. Her goal in the 64th minute of the Wyoming match was the first collegiate goal scored by the junior from Cottonwood High School. It also put USU ahead of Wyoming before Wyoming was able to tie the game and send it to overtime, where neither team prevailed. She also played a huge role in the final two goals in the 5-1 rout of Houston Baptist. “Shio,” as her teammates call her, assisted Danielle Shorts’s goal in the 84th minute of the beatdown, and she scored an unassisted goal only two minutes later. 17 Tra 18 Ba in the 19 Ho 20 Bo cla 23 Be sit 24 An 25 Ge do 26 Pi 27 Sa 29 Ea 31 Co 35 “... 36 Sp ve 37 LA 41 Po wh sta 46 Sa co 49 Co 50 Th 51 Sc etc 52 So re co 55 W un 57 CB sin 60 Da im 61 Ra to 62 Ne __ 64 Se br 65 Tw 66 Ac Ka 67 __ de 68 E69 Sa Answers To Today’s Crossword Puzzle! 1 Ch itsaboutlove.org Texas A&M will provide stiff road test for football By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY assistant sports editor After an extra week of practice, the Utah State Aggies are heading south to College Station, Texas to face Texas A&M and try to get head coach Gary Andersen his first victory. It’s the first meeting between the two schools, who both lay claim to the “Aggies” nickname. History, as well as the point spread, favors the maroon Aggies, who are 18.5-point favorites and 57-6 against non-conference opponents at Kyle Field over the last 25 years. Texas A&M is also 12-0 against the current WAC schools, a statistic compounded by USU’s 1-9 record against the Big XII in its last 10 meetings. USU last beat a Big XII school in 1992. Andersen said his team is “looking forward to walking into one of the great places to play in all of college football and competing at a very high level.” The bye week was a good thing for the Aggies, according to Andersen. “Overall, the week was very productive,” he said. “We went Monday all the way through Saturday, kind of in and out quick for most days. Our mindset was to have a mini-spring ball: take care of ourselves and what we need to do to become a better football team, but still prepare for Texas A&M. I think we’ve got a good jump on Texas A&M.” Texas A&M is also coming off a bye week, but its week one was quite different than USU’s encouraging yet ultimately dissatisfying loss to Utah. The Aggies racked up 606 yards of offense against New Mexico as they rolled to a 41-6 win. Quarterback Jerrod Johnson accounted for 406 of those yards, throwing for 349 and rushing for another 57. After being miserable on defense last year under first-year head coach Mike Sherman – to a tune of a school-worst 461.9 yards and 37.4 points per game – A&M throttled the Lobos, holding them to a mere 231 total yards and less than a yard per carry on the ground. Junior Von Miller, who plays the hybrid linebackerdefensive end “Jack” position, exploded for three sacks against New Mexico. “He did a very nice job,” Andersen said of Miller. “He had three sacks. They use him in a lot of different ways. He’ll definitely get your attention pre-snap.” Andersen hinted that USU’s offense may try to neutralize Miller by punishing him for being overly aggressive with option plays. “What can be an equalizer in the game is the option. You can use it to force a defensive end to play positionally sound,” Andersen said. When Johnson and the A&M offense are on the field, USU will see an effective three-running back rotation, a great tight end in Jamie McCoy, who is on the Mackey Award watch list, and a deep, athletic receiving corps highlighted by sophomore Jeff Fuller, who had 10 catches for 111 yards – both career bests – against New Mexico. Six of the 6-foot-4 Fuller’s receptions went for first downs and he also scored a touchdown. “Three backs ran very well. It’ll be a Big XII offensive line,” Andersen said, summing up the offensive talent his team will face. “(They have) big receivers who can go up and get the ball.” Another of those big receivers is 6-foot-4 sophomore Ryan Tannehill, who led A&M in receptions and yards last year but is listed as Johnson’s backup at quarterback. Tannehill snagged three balls for 40 yards in the Aggies’ opener and did not take a snap under center. Junior linebacker Maxim Dinka Mbah said he is not intimidated by Johnson’s size – 6-fot-5, 243 pounds. “We are just hoping to put a lot of pressure on him,” Dinka Mbah said. “But at the same time he’s a great quarterback and he can get out of the pocket.” Leading the effort to pressure Johnson and force mistakes – as the defense was able to do against Utah – will be safety James Brindley and linebacker Bobby Wagner, who led USU with 14 and 12 tackles, respectively, as well as native Texan linebacker Paul Igboeli, who is preseason All-WAC. Perfect Partner Let us help plan your big day You Best Choice for Wedding Invitations & paper goods -graham.terry@aggiemail.usu.edu Cougar meat on the menu for hockey home opener Friday aren’t going to let up, especially for the crowd that we’re going to have on Friday. I think BYU should be ready for the crowd and ready for the intensity.” Dave Wyman led USU in the road opener with four goals, while Greg Finatti filled his familiar role of BYU-killer in goal, and the Cougars were unable to provide any competition for the hard-driving Aggies, who will consider anything short of a national tournament bid to be an utter failure this year. Addressing the final score, which was more reminiscent of a game against a Division-III opponent or in-state doormat University of Utah, Arsenault By G. CHRISTOPHER TERRY assistant sports editor A week after being drilled 15-4 by the Aggies on their home ice, Brigham Young’s hockey team must make the long drive north to Logan to play the role of victim in Utah State’s home opener. Friday night’s game will take place in the Eccles Ice Arena, a building BYU has never beat USU in. “I think they know what they’re coming into,” said team captain Kent Arsenault. “They know that we play a lot better at home than we do on the road. Fifteen to four is pretty bad but at home, I think they realize that they’re going to get punished. I mean, the boys USU GOALIE DAN CORNELIUS comes out of his net to play the puck in a game last season. FILE photo - See COUGAR, page 10 630 West 200 North 753-8875 GET LOST! 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