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Show StatesmanSports Page 10 Perfect Partner Let us help plan your big day You Best Choice for Wedding Invitations & paper goods 630 West 200 North 753-8875 Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 VOLLEYBALL Aggies fall to 0-2 in WAC 16-10 leave. After a timeout by head coach Grayson DuBose, USU began to fight back, eventually tying it up at 18-18. From Utah State women’s volthat point the Ags refused to leyball team moved to 0-2 in give up the lead again, going on conference play with a five-set a 7-2 run. The set ended with loss against Louisiana Tech another Fowles assist, this time Saturday night (22-25, 24-26, to junior Danielle Taylor, spiked 25-22, 25-20, 6-15). the ball down for the kill, endSophomore Liz McArthur ing the set 25-20. had a career-high Taylor is trying to 24 kills against earn her starting the Bulldogs, spot back after twice as many as a season ending teammate Katie •Liz McArthur ankle injury last set another Astle who also season. had a careercareer-high in The deciding high with 12 fifth set, which is kills. McArthur’s kills with 24. only played to 15, •Christina career-night was won almost didn’t end with Morrill had a immediately by the kills, she game-high 26 the Bulldogs after also tied her they jumped out digs. career-high in to a 5-0 lead. digs with 12. •USU has now Their lead was Junior Christina lost three of soon double digMorrill had a four after a five- its at 13-3, and game high 26 LTU eventually digs in the match, game winning won the set, 15-6. and although the After falling to 8-6 overall Aggies had players on top of and 0-2 in conference play USU almost all statistical categories they were unable to fight off the looks to even out its record with its first home conference Bulldogs. games against San Jose State For only the third time this season USU lost its first set (22- Thursday. USU will also host Boise State Saturday, with both 25) and after a hard fought secgames starting at 7 p.m. at the ond set loss (24-26) the Aggies Spectrum. looked like they were going to – c.h.j@aggiemail.usu.edu get swept in three sets for the second straight match. The Ags rallied back in the third set, ending it at 25-22 with a McArthur kill off a nice set by junior Chelsea Fowles. Fowles ended the day with a match high 55 assists, 10 below her career-high, which came during her freshman year against Nevada. The fourth set was neck and neck until at 12-10, when USU allowed the Bulldogs four straight points giving them a By CONNOR JONES sports senior writer In theKnow USU’S KASSI HARGROVE, 8, sets up teammate Katie Astle, 7, during the Aggies home match against Idaho. PATRICK ODEN photo USU’S TANNER HIGHAM attempts a putt Friday during the Aggies dual match with Southern Utah. Similar to the football game, USU won the match Saturday. PETE SMITHSUTH photo GOLF Ags win lone home match BY USU ATHLETICS Tyson McFarland recorded a 2-1 win against Southern Utah’s Jeff Evans in the final match of the day to lead Utah State’s men’s golf team to a 6.5-5.5 win against Southern Utah in its annual Ryder Cup-style duel held at the Logan Golf & Country Club Saturday. USU has now won each of the last two meetings in the series and evened the matchup at three wins apiece. Utah State won two of the three four-man best ball matches Friday as junior Benjamin Schilleman and freshman Tanner Higham recorded a 4-3 win against Jeff Evans and Raymond Gillip. Senior Thad Truman and freshman Brendan Dennis also notched a victory for USU as they posted a 3-2 win against SUU’s tandem of Denny Job and Brad Millard. Utah State scored half point in the other match as junior Tyson McFarland and fresh- man Austin French finished all square with the Thunderbirds team of Tai Reynolds and John Lindsay. Utah State began Saturday by winning two of the three alternate shot matches as the tandem of Schilleman and Higham posted a 3-2 win against Gillip and Job, and McFarland and French teamed up to post a 3-2 win against Millard and Evans. Southern Utah rallied in individual match play as it scored points in each of the first five matches with three wins and two ties to even the score at 5.5 apiece with one match to play. In that final match, McFarland registered a 2-1 win against SUU’s Evans to give the Aggies the onepoint win. Utah State will return to action Monday, Sept. 28, when it travels to Layton to participate in the Purple & Red Invitational co-hosted by Utah and Weber State. |