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Show StatesmanSports Page 8 WACStandings Women's Basketball Fresno St. La. Tech Nevada NMSU Idaho Boise St. USU Hawaii SJSU 15-0 10-4 9-5 7-7 7-7 6-8 4 10 4-11 2-12 - 24-5 19-7 15-13 17-11 9-18 17-11 12 15 10-18 6-21 - WEEKEND'S RESULTS: 2/27 Fresno St. @ Boise St. — 95-72 La. Tech vs. Nevada — 69-56 Idaho @ USU — 54-53 WACStandings Men's Basketball USU NMSU La. Tech Nevada SJSU Fresno State Idaho Hawaii Boise St. 12 2 23-6 11-3 19-9 9-5 22-7 9-5 17-11 6-8 14-14 6-8 14-16 4-10 13-15 3-11 10-18 3-11 13-16 Monday, March 1, 2010 Women's tennis sweeps at home on Saturday By KAYLA CLARK staff writer Women's tennis brought its game home over the weekend, playing Montana University at the Sports Academy on Saturday. The Ags swept the Grizzlies, earning a 7-0 win and bumping their record to 4-3. USU dominated the singles competition with wins in all six positions. Junior Hayley Swenson defeated the Grizzlies' Constance Alexander, 7-5, 6-1, at the No. 1 spot. At No. 2, freshman Jaclyn West beat Amanda Bram from UM, 6-3, 6-0. Freshman Kristina Voytsekhovich defeated Montana's Heather Davidson, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6, at the No. 3 spot. Sophomore Monica Abella carried the winning streak on, beating Kayla Moyse, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1, for the No. 4 point. Junior Taylor Perry beat her opponent Lauren Gibson, in a three-match battle, finally overcoming her, 6-2, 1-6, 10-6. Senior Brittney Watts brought home the last singles point of the day, beating Montana's Cara Lehman, 6-4, 6-0. Voytsekhovich, West and Watts each hit the 5-2 season-record mark in singles competition, while Abella and Perry are now 4-3. USU continued to dominate throughout the doubles competition, winning two of the three matches to bring in the doubles point and top off its flawless score for the weekend. Swenson and West defeated Montana's Bran and Gibson, 8-5, for the No. 1 point. The Abella-Voytsekhovich team brought in another doubles win by beating Moyse and Alexander, 9-7. Watts and Perry faltered, falling to the Grizzlies' Davison and Lehman, 8-5. The Aggies will continue their home action, facing off with Montana State March 4. The Aggies have won two straight shutout matches and look to keep it going on Thursday. The games are free to attend, start at noon and are held at the Logan Sports Academy. - kayla.clark@aggiemaiLusu.edu JUNIOR TAYLOR PERRY makes a return during her three-set win against North Dakota's Chelsey Galipeau earlier this season. CODY GOCHNOUR file photo - WEEKEND'S RESULTS: 2/27 NMSU vs. Boise St. — 95-92 La. Tech. vs. Idaho — 60-49 SJSU vs. Fresno St. — 72-45 2/28 Hawai'i vs. Nevada — 74-63 Men's tennis goes 2-0 over the weekend in Mont. By KAYLA CLARK staff writer Men's tennis won against both of its double-header opponents this weekend, beating Montana State 6-1 Friday and squeaking by Sacramento State, 4-3, Saturday. Both matches were held in Bosworth, Mont. At Friday's match, all points were claimed, save for the No. 1. Junior Jakob Asplund fell to Montana State's Pawel Turzanski, battling through three sets to lose 7-6, 4-6, USU Bid Sale 7-6. Freshman Sven Poslusny defeated MSU's Fletcher Keyes, also battling through three sets for a victory of 6-7, 7-5, 6-4. Junior Bryan Marchant beat his opponent Alberto Fuentes, winning 7-6, 6-2 for the No. 3 point. Junior Alex Thatcher beat MSU's Esteban Ferrero 6-1, 6-4 at the No. 4 position, and senior Amit Maharaj beat Myles Perkins 6-1, 6-0 for the No. 5 point. Junior Nikita Ryashchenko lapped up the last singles point, beating Joey Staszcuk 6-3, 6-3. 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Ryashchenko and Thatcher finished up the doubles team's victory, sliding by Montana's Staszcuk and Turzanski, 8-7. This victory put Utah State's record at 5-4 on the season. The team matched up with Sacramento State on Saturday morning, narrowly taking the victory, 4-3. Two of the three Aggie doubles teams proved victorious to take home the doubles point. Asplund and Marchant headed out the action, defeating the Hornet's Stryhas and Harbatsilk 8-6 for the No. 1-spot victory. Maharaj and Poslunsy were next, falling to Sac State's Smith and Ching, 8-2. Despite the loss, Maharaj and Poslunsy hold an Aggie-high doubles record of 8-3 on the season. Ryaschenko and Thatcher finished up the action, defeating the Hornet's Starceric and Roberts, 8-5. The singles competition was much closer. Utah State took home just over half of the victories. Asplund proved victorious over Antom Stryhas, after battling through three sets for a final score of 7-5, 4-6, 7-6. At the No. 2 position, Poslunsy fell to Sacramento's Kiryl Harbatsiuk, 6-3, 6-3, and Marchant, at No. 3, fell to Jason Smith, 6-3, 6-4. Maharaj defeated his opponent, Marko Starceric, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5. Thatcher lost to the Hornet's Holden Ching, 7-6, 6-4, and at No. 6, Ryashchenko came through, beating Jimmy Roberts, 6-4, 6-0. The Ags now hold a 6-4 season record. The team gets a long break from competition before going back on the road to San Luis Obispo, Calif, where they play Cal Poly March 20. - kayla.clark@aggiemail.usu.edu Tri-meet Ags place third in Calif. continued from page 7 title with a score of 39.325 but ultimately ceded to one of her teammates for the greatest highlight in the meet. Vanessa Zamarripa posted a perfect 10 on vault, the first Aggie opponent to post a perfect score in any event this season. While the performance wasn't what Richards and his team had been hoping for, he was impressed with his team's perseverance. "The girls just kind of kept fighting," he said. "We were kind of a little shaky, (but) they just kept fighting through it." Richards believes his team's grit and determination can be largely attributed to the number of setbacks, most of which have been injury related, that his team has dealt with throughout the season. "You can see it in them now. Before, I think we would have fallen all over the place, and I think they would have given up," he said, also noting he repeated to his team a common message held throughout the season: "Just keep fighting. Things will come together, and we will be a different team." Going forward, Richards said he wants the girls to focus on their individual routines: "Trying to clean up and get every 10th we can." He also said the team will continue to keep practices and workouts light, hoping to avoid any further injuries. The Aggies have three more meets to help prepare them for the WAC championships. They go on the road this Friday to square off against Boise State and will return home for a March 12 meet against San Jose State, followed by the March 19 regular season finale at home against Sacramento State. Richards said he hopes the majority of his injured gymnasts will be able to return to action in one of the final two home meets, hopefully giving them enough time to get back into competition form before the WAC championships. "A couple of the girls might have been ready tonight," Richards said. "They just haven't really had enough time and practice yet. Rather than chance it, (we'll) just take another week. If they get in next week, they get in." - danfawson@aggiemail.usu.edu Men look to clinch regular season title Se4 0, o 04 By TYLER HUSKINSON staff writer - Integrity Price Guarantee For more than a century, thousands of couples throughout Northern Utah have experienced fair and honest transactions at S.E. Needham Jewelers. You don't have to be a skilled negotiator to get the best price. When comparing cut, color, clarity, and carat weight, our integrity price will be as good or better than any store in the state of Utah. Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00-7:00 Where Utah Gets Engaged! 141 North Main • 752-7149 www.seneedham.com Middle of the block a t the sign of the clock. The Utah State Aggies (23-6, 12-2) look to clinch at least a share of their third straight Western Athletic Conference title, as they face the Fresno State Bulldogs (14-16, 6-8) Monday night. The Aggies took care of business against Hawai'i on Thursday, defeating the Rainbow Warriors, 61-50. Senior guard Jared Quayle led the Aggies with 13 points to go along with seven rebounds. "Certainly finding a way to get our third straight WAC championship would be pretty special," Aggie head coach Stew Morrill said. "Having an opportunity to play at home is awfully positive, but doesn't guarantee you anything unless you go out and play." The Bulldogs have been struggling all year, especially on the road (3-10) but have proven to be pesky for the Aggies. Saturday night, the Bulldogs suffered their worst loss of the season, 72 - 45, to San Jose State. Fresno's leading scorer, sophomore guard Paul George, went scoreless for the first time this season and only two other Bulldogs broke double-figures. "Fresno had a tough outing at San Jose, so I'm sure they're going to bounce back and play much better. Obviously, they have enough talent to beat anybody in our league on a given night," Morrill said. George only played for four minutes against the Aggies when the two teams met in Fresno, as he went down with a sprained ankle after diving for a loose ball with junior forward Tai Wesley. George leads the team in scoring with 16.8 points per game to go along with seven rebounds, which means junior forward Pooh Williams will have his hands full. If the Aggies pull out a victory and the other Aggies of New Mexico State lose on Thursday night, Utah State will have an outright claim of the WAC Regular Season Title. "It should be fun to play hard this time of year, I have understood, but never accepted that we're tired. That's why we didn't do this or that, never acceptable in my mind," Morrill said. "You need to keep playing basketball in February and March, that's when everything is on the line. You need to keep having fun playing basketball. ... It's when your character shows up, if you continue to play." Tip-off against the Bulldogs is slated for March 1 at 7 p.m. in the Spectrum. - ty. d.hus@aggiemail . us u edu Meet the Challenge USU 123-61 VS. FRESNO ST. 114-161 Stew Morrill (12th year) Steve Cleveland (5th year) Mar. 1, Dee Glenn Smith Spectrum, 7:05 p.m. USU probable starters SJSU probable starters C - Nate Bendall 10.6 11.9 C - Greg Smith F - Tai Wesley F - Tyler Newbold G - Pooh Williams G - Jared Quayle 13.1 8.2 9.1 12.0 G - Steven Shepp G - Mychal Ladd G - Paul George G - Sylvester Seay 6.0 10.2 16.8 14.8 |