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Show StatesmanSports Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Lady spikers take care of San Jose By CONNOR JONES sports senior writer Utah State took care of the San Jose State Spartans in four sets in a must-win game for the Aggies (25-20, 27-25, 22-25, 2523). USU now moves to 14-12 on the season and 5-8 in Western Athletic Conference play, while San Jose State falls to 1-21 on the season and 1-10 in conference play. “We did a real nice job in the first two games keeping them out of system,” USU head coach Grayson DuBose said. “Then in the third and fourth game we lost a little focus but we hung in there. We had chanced to throw in the towel and we didn’t.” The first set was dominated by the Aggies, who hopped out to a 12-5 lead before SJSU fought back with a 7-1 run to put things back within reach at 13-12. USU got back into control and ended the first set, 25-20, on a middle kill from Katie Astle. USU hit 14 kills and four errors on 29 attempts for a .345 percentage while holding SJSU to 12 kills and five errors on 31 attempts for a .226 percentage. San Jose State held off the Aggie attack early in the second set, scoring four of its first five points from two service aces and two USU attack errors. The Spartans held the lead and forced USU to work from five points back twice in the early stages of the set before sophomores Emily Kortsen and Liz McArthur tore through the Spartan defense to tie the set at 13 apiece. The two teams tied up the score nine more times in the set before the Aggies eked out the 27-25 win. USU led 22-19 before third-year SJSU coach Oscar Crespo called a time out. Coming out of the break, SJSU went on a 4-1 run to tie up the score at 23. McArthur came through for the Aggies to put the set away with a powerful set-ending kill. Three of the Aggies’ first five points in the third set came off Spartan service errors, which proved to be a problem for them all night, with a total of 13. Utah State led by five points five different times in the third set but ultimately gave it away to the Spartans 22-25. The Spartans held their momentum coming into the fourth set as they came out to lead 7-0, including three service aces. USU went on a 7-3 run and then pulled ahead, 15-13. The Spartans looked like they could force a fifth set after going from 19-19 to leading 23-21. But USU scored four straight for the late comefrom-behind set win. The 25-23 set ended on McArthur’s 20th kill. DuBose’s team faces No. 3 Hawaii this Sunday night, and the coach said his team can’t try to do too much. “The tendency when you play one of these really good teams is everyone thinking they have to hit 1,000 percent,” DuBose said. “If we’re just steady and stay close then anything can happen.” Page 11 Coach’sCorner Ask and ye shall receive Question 1: Have you seen the footage of University of Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes gouging the eyes of a Georgia player, and do you believe the half-game suspension is too lenient? – Tim Larsen, undeclared sophomore Coach Andersen: “I haven’t seen it. I heard about it, but I have not seen it. I can’t judge what their suspensions are. I’m assuming he got thrown out of the game? I don’t know. I haven’t seen any of it so I can’t even comment on it.” Question 2: What is your favorite candy? – Alexandra Bailey, special education junior Coach Andersen: “Bit-O-Honey.” Question 3: What methods of recruiting are you going to use to get guys who fit your system? What types of recruits are you looking for? – Tyler Bailey, marketing junior Coach Andersen: “We have a simple, simple criteria when we look for recruits. No. one, we want young men that love football. No. two, we want young men that are going to fit into Utah State – c.h.j@aggiemail.usu.edu University and fit into Logan and Cache Valley. That’s the number two priority for us, and then No. three is obviously establishing where they fit within our scheme athletically. Defensively, we want to be able to run. Defensively, it’s a heavy priority for us to be able to run at all positions, whether it’s a corner, linebacker or safety. On the offensive line we’ve got to be able to have kids that are big or that can be big. They don’t necessarily have to be big, but we like a multi-sport athlete, a kid with some length that can get to close to 300 pounds for us. And then the wide receivers which is good for a season, not great. It we’ve got to recruit good speed. Overall, on the offensive side of will be huge for us to go over there and the ball, it’s much more specific than it is on defense. Defense we have the opportunity to get turnovers. can say ‘speed,’ but we could talk for 20 minutes on offense about Hawaii has been turning the football over, what’s what.” and we’re plus-seven in the turnover category for the year, which is extremely good. If you would like to ask USU head football coach Gary They’re minus-11, which is extremely bad Andersen a question about the Aggies’ previso we surely hope going over there that the ous game or upcoming matchup, please turnovers keep coming our way and not e-mail your questions along with your their way.” year and major to statesmansIf USU’s offense continues to perform up ports@aggiemail.usu.edu each to par – sophomore running back Robert week by Wednesday at 4 p.m. Turbin is second in the WAC in rushing and quarterback Diondre Borel is likewise second in conference in passing – a Hawaii turnover or two might be enough to put the Aggies over the top. But in Hawaii’s favor is the program’s traditional resilience on the island and USU’s lack of pepper in the second half of games so far this year. At stake: maybe a few rungs on a figurative ladder. Hawaii: Aggies looking for second WAC win -continued from page 10 “It’s great for me being a DB,” Coleman said. “That’s our chance to go get some picks and for us to shine a little more. We’ve got to accept the challenge of them throwing it and let everyone know you can’t throw on Utah State.” Andersen said the key to forcing Hawaii to punt the football will be mixing up coverages and taking Moniz out of his rhythm. “You have got to keep them off pace,” Andersen said. “You can’t let them sit back there and know where you’re at. You can’t let them play catch. The key is to mix up enough coverages from man to zone and different types of zone coverages to force him to not be able to just go to his first read.” Hawaii sports the WAC’s second-worst rushing attack at 80 yards per game, which means USU has a great chance to post its season-best rushing defense performance in Aloha Stadium. The flip side of the coin is that even with injury difficulties at quarterback, McMackin has coaxed a WAC-leading 352 passing yards per game from his offense. That’s partially due to a great group of wide receivers, led by senior Greg Salas, who leads the WAC with 59 receptions and 977 yards. Two of his wingmates, Kealoha Pilares and Rodney Bradley, are also in the WAC’s top receiving five. Add to that mix Jovonte Taylor, who had a career day in UH’s loss to Nevada last week with six catches for 109 yards, and Moniz will have no shortage of options against the Aggies. “They’re small but they’re really fast and explosive,” Coleman said of the Warrior receivers. “They can do a lot after the catch. 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