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Show Wednesday, March 3► 1 2010 StatesmanSports Page 9 'Jesus Christ Died ovin You Section F come and join us at the he recruiting power of Utah State State's college basketball atmosphere basketball fans has officially begun apart from most any other place in the to make its impact felt even in the country is something that can now be off-season. It's been known for a while shown to any person in any place via that when recruits see the Spectrum sources such as YouTube. in person, it is tough for them to say When it all comes down to it, the no to an offer to play in front of that recruiting battles like the one going kind of crowd. Go ask head football on right now with USU and the other coach Gary Andersen how efficient the schools recruiting this past weekend's Spectrum has been as a recruiting tool visitor are the recruiting battles that the Aggies can and should be winning. As for football. Andersen got commitments from something like 26 of 28 recruits the talent level steadily increases over he had in town during basketball home the years, so will the number of NCAA games this past winter. tournament victories for Utah State. The only drawback is that not every If there was ever a prime example of recruit is available to come and see how that can happen, you wouldn't games in person, which means Stew need to look any farther than the Butler Morrill and his assistants simply have Bulldogs. to try to explain the atmosphere to Butler is a program that has steadily recruits, and I have a tough time believ- built itself up over the past decade or ing that any verbal description could so, while constantly getting a bit better even come close to fully explaining the year by year, and all of the sudden they experience of a game at the Spectrum. are in the Final Four, just two wins away It seems, though, that the job is becom- from a national championship. ing much easier with the way the USU I'm not saying that Utah State is on crowd has gone to new levels of coordi- the verge of being a Final Four team nation and rowdiness, with a lot of help next year with the addition of this past from YouTube. weekend's recruit, but if USU's biggest This past weekend, a basketball recruit recruiting tool can suddenly be shared was in town. This recruit is believed to through the Internet, then it's tough to be of very high priority to the coaching imagine that it won't help Morrill and staff and could be an excellent addition Co. keep reloading the team with qualto an already stacked roster going into ity talent each year to the point where next season. Sadly for USU though, this cutting down the nets for a Western recruit was not able to experience the Athletic Conference championship Spectrum in person, which takes away won't be the last nets the Aggies cut probably the biggest recruiting tool the down in a season. coaching staff has at its disposal. Matt Sonnenberg is a It apparently wasn't much of an issue junior majoring in print as this player had posted a video of the journalism. Matt is "winning team, losing team" chant on an avid fan of Aggie his Facebook page Sunday night after athletics and can be his visit was over with a caption that found on the front read, "How do I say no to this?!?!" row of every home While a verbal commitment has yet football and to come from this player, it appears to basketball game. be a pretty good impression to make on a player who is as highly sought He can also be after as this one. Not only that, but it is reached at matt. a sign that the recruiting power of the sonn@aggiemail. Spectrum and everything that sets Utah usu.edu. CrVIC _act: A different point of view T Acctturing an olitustrateci 6erinon: die cWfti13, Me °Hammer & Me Cross ?, rev. "'maid ft essuer, lit cf iv. ord - Campus Pastor, freedom Christian fellaNysitip iii 211c1 `X-ricfcq, 12.00-1.00pm 078CAwfliorium Sponsored by: reedom Christian Fellowship, FOCUS, Oriental Mission Church, The Navigators, Tribu InDependiente Bearthhil 1.17(thrhig ReindrAable .411 elpcillslie collection of the most memorable chCsltZlis created with the most meticulous attention-to-detail. From the classic creation to the modern marvel, each ring exhibits quality fit for a Queen. ,_gaLief&e, Coaches: Guest coaches to help Ags continued from page 8 Spring practice will culminate with the annual Blue-White Spring Game, which is also open to the public, on Saturday, April 24, at 2 p.m. at Romney Stadium. Utah State will return 45 letterwinners (21 offense, 22 defense, two special teams), including 19 starters (eight offense, nine defense, two special teams), from last sea- son's 4-8 mark, the Aggies' most wins since 2002. Utah State was 3-5 in WAC action, matching the 2008 season for top conference record in USU's five years in the league. The Aggies were tied for fifth in the final league standings, USU's highest-ever finish in its time in the conference and the best league finish since tying for fourth in the Sun Belt Conference in 2004. The Aggies have six home games in 2010, including a nationally-televised game on the ESPN network for the second-straight season, as the USU-BYU game on Friday, Oct. 1, will be televised by either ESPN or ESPN2. -# *.4,1 • 930 N. Main St. Logan, Ut. 435-753-9755 i Mauled: Softball team stumbles Come in and enter to win a Caribbean Crusie for 2!! More Details @ www.jerricksfinejewelry.corn or on our Facebook Fan page!! Good Luck! continued from page 8 Millsap-Kabala was optimistic that Harmon would recover after the frustrating outing. "I expect her to bounce back," she said. "It's impossible for her to say, 'I'm going to go my whole career and not give up one home run.' That's a little unrealistic. I'm sure it's not the first home run that's been hit off of her, and I'm sure it won't be the last one. I expect her to get back on the saddle and start riding again. Such is life with being a pitcher. You're going to have days where it doesn't work for you and the hitters take advantage and then you're going to have days where it's going to work." Down 9-2 after three innings, the hole was too deep for the Ags to get out of, and UVU kept piling it on. The game ended in the fifth inning after UVU's Amber Sackett hit a grand slam homerun off of USU's Shasta Tyteca who had been called in to relieve Ellingsworth. Millsap-Kabala said better is expected of her pitching staff. "We're going to look to all of them to play their role and do their part," the Aggie coach said. "Because we have a big staff, we look at them as relievers and as closers in have the right mental frame of mind and be able to do their job. Today there was kind of a loss of that. They're human, and they're going to make mistakes. Is it acceptable? No. But it happens, so we have to deal with it." USU now falls to 12-15 on the season. Millsap-Kabala said there is definitely some room for improvement. "I don't want to lie," she said. "We're coming out of ourselves a little too much and doing things that we normally don't do. Whether it's being too anxious or not being aggressive in the moment that we need to, we let too many opportunities pass by. That's really what's hurting us. That comes with a huge amount of maturity. Being able to be mentally prepared in the moment is something that they need to find." USU will stay on the road to take on the Cougars of BYU in Provo for a doubleheader on Wednesday, March 31. 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