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Show StatesmanSports Monday, April 18, 2011 Page 9 Softball battles harsh weather to take two of three from BSU By MEGAN ALLEN sports senior writer It was a race against the sunset Saturday night as the Aggie softball team pulled out its second win to take the weekend series against Boise State. After losing the first game of Saturday's double-header 10-1, the Aggies retaliated to win the later game 7-6. USU also won Friday night's game against the Broncos 4-3. Aggie head coach Carissa Millsap-Kalaba said she was very pleased with the outcome of the weekend. "The girls did a great job with focusing on the fundamentals of the game," she said. "They got runners on, got runners off, good defense, pitching came through, it was really good." Friday's win was the first win ever for the Aggies over Boise State, who have had a softball program for just three years. It took two and a half innings for anyone to score, but senior infielder Kelley Kaneshiro ended that with a double to left field, and was later brought in to the plate by senior outfielder Joreigh Landers. In that third inning, the Aggies scored three of the four runs for the game. Boise State fought back, scoring two runs in the top of the fourth. Aggie sophomore pitcher Shelbi Tyteca prevented them from scoring more than that when she got the Aggies out of a bases-loaded jam. Sophomore pitcher Mandy Harmon came in to relieve Tyteca after the Broncos tied the game in the top of the fifth inning. In the bottom of the seventh, freshman Allison Lenzora was at the plate when a wild pitch allowed freshman Krista Bava to cross the plate for what ended up being the winning run. Saturday's games were delayed by rain for nearly two and a half hours. The USU grounds crew along with players and coaches from both teams, worked to get the field playable. The first game was all about the Broncos, who won the game 10-1 in just six innings, six of them coming in the fourth inning alone. In the bottom of the fourth, the Aggies scored their sole run of the game with a home run from Kaneshiro, her seventh of the season. Boise State added another four runs in the top of the sixth, which the Aggies couldn't match. The win put junior Bronco pitcher Aubray Zell at 10-1 on the season. Game two of the day started off much better for the Aggies, who went up 3-0 in the first inning. With two runners on base, Kaneshiro hit her second home run of the day to deep center field, bringing everyone home. The Broncos took the lead in the third inning, scoring four runs. Junior Christina Capobianco hit a triple deep into right field, bringing in two runners. Two walks and an error later, Boise State had two more runs. In the fifth inning, the UTAH STATE CATCHER TINA FERGUSON makes a play at the plate during the weekend's games against Boise State. Ferguson also hit a combined 3-for-5 with an RBI at the plate in USU's two victories over the Broncos. BRANDEN FONDA photo Aggies took the lead back with Bava hitting a line drive to center field, followed by a home run from senior Shasta Tyteca. Two Broncos scored in the sixth inning, but after a strikeout, two others were left on base and it was the Aggies' turn again. Determined to finish the game before it got too dark, the Aggies took the lead again in the bottom of the sixth, this time for good. A single to left field from Bava brought Landers across the plate. With a quick seventh inning, the game ended as darkness fell on Logan, leaving the Aggies with an improved record of 9-35, 4-8 in WAC play. "When you have wins, you fly off the adrenaline," MillsapKalaba said. "It would be reversed if you fought that hard and lost. It would take a lot more out of you and take the wind out of your sails." This week, the Aggies are heading to Pocatello, Idaho, to take on Idaho State on Wednesday. They return home for a three-game series against Fresno State this weekend. They will play a double-header on Friday, starting at 1 p.m and will play at noon Saturday, ending just in time for the spring football game. "We had a great hitting weekend and I just want to see that continue," Kaneshiro said. "Our pitching was good, our defense was great, and if we can just have that again next weekend we'll be great all around." — megan.allen@aggiemail.usu.edu Wideouts: New blood ready to flow Women's soccer wraps dominating continued from page 8 spring season with pair of draws potential when he was forced to redshirt because of a foot injury. Austin is anxious to get back to the game if he manages to stay healthy. So far, he is taking it easy during spring ball. "I just wish I could be out there and help out the team," Austin said. "As far as everyone else, we're looking solid, we just need to be more consistent. Now that injuries have kept Austin off the field he has learned how to lead from the sidelines, something he says is beneficial to him as a player. "It's definitely a positive," Said Austin. "It's helped me and the younger guys out there playing." Other younger guys stepping into roles on the team are Rashard Stewart and local Cameron Webb who played high school foot- ball at Mountain Crest before playing for Snow College. Webb hasn't been at Utah State long but he's already taking reps with the first-team offense. The success of spring ball has left everyone very optimistic about the future of football at USU. "We'll just continue to get better," Bouknight said. "We will take some slumps and we'll have some growing pains but so far so good." The players are feeling the excitement as well. "I'm feeling real good on both sides of the ball," Austin said. "But on an offensive standpoint, we're going to stand out more then we have in the past." — meredith.kinney@aggiemail.usu.edu Golf: McFarland stays hot in Provo continued from page 8 in the third to take 10 strokes off of his score for a season-best round score of 67. Schilleman's 67 is just one above his collegiate best and was the second-best round of the day. The Layton High School graduate ended the tournament even-par 216 (72-77-67). USU's Austin French was tied with Schilleman in 53rd after the first two rounds. French, a junior from Idaho Falls, fell on the third day to tie for 83rd at the tournament at a final score of 13-over 231 (74-75-80). Junior Chanse Godderidge finished the first two rounds 8-over 152 with a pair of 76s, but shot an 80 on the final round to drop into a tie for 90th-place overall. Sophomore Brendan Dennis from Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah, finished in 89th-place with an 15-over 231 (78-77-76). The final competition for the Aggies will be the WAC Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, May 2-4. — tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu.edu Utah State individual results T11. Tyson McFarland — 73-74-68 — 215 (1) T15. Benjamin Schilleman — 72-77-67 — 216 (E) T83. Austin French — 74-75-80 — 229 (+13) 89. Brendan Dennis — 78-77-76 — 231 (+15) T90. Chanse Godderidge — 76-76-80 — 232 (+16) Team results 1. Colorado State — 284-288-275 — 847 (17) 2. UNLV — 280-285-286 — 851 (13) 3. Pacific — 292-280-285 — 857 (7) 4. UC Davis — 289-286-283 — 858 (6) 5. Idaho — 287-291-282 — 860 (4) 15. Utah State 295-302-291 — 888 (+24) By TAVIN STUCK! staff writer The USU soccer team earned a pair of draws at the Boise State tournament Saturday against Montana (1-1) and Boise State (0-0). The Aggies finished the game against Montana 11 with a goal credited to freshman forward Mari Miyashiro and an assist from junior striker Shantel Flanary. "Shantel did a really nice job of recognizing that she was isolated on the flank and took her player on lvl and got around her," said USU head coach Heather Cairns. "Mari put herself in a really great position to receive that pass." Cairns said Miyashiro's goal was a "hopeful shot." "Mari was pretty well marked," Cairns said. "She was inside of the box and she just kinda hit a loopy ball over the defender and it also ended up dropping real quick right under the crossbar, so she cleared the keeper as well. It had a lot of backspin on it. She wasn't even sure if it was going to be on frame." — C103 II, „Why Women's tennis can't hang with Wolf BY USU ATHLETICS Utah State women's tennis team was denied its first Western Athletic Conference win of the season at the racquets of the fired up Nevada squad, 6-1, on Friday afternoon in Reno. With the loss, USU falls to 0-5 in conference play and are 9-7 overall. The Wolf Pack jumped out to an early, 1-0 lead, as they were able to sweep the Aggies in doubles action. Battling hard for Utah State in the second position were junior Kristina Voytsekhovich and sophomore Jaclyn West, who matched Nevada's Michelle Okhremchuk and Gabriela Eufrasio early in the match. Okhremchuk and Eufrasio separated themselves late to take an 8-5 decision over USU. The Aggies looked to rally early in singles action, where in the first position, West pushed Okhremchuk to the break in the first set but faded late to drop the opening set, 7-5. West fought hard but fell in the second set, 6-3. In the No. 2 position, senior Hailey Swenson also battled hard in a first set tussle with Lais Ogata, Swenson matched Ogata point for point and forced a first set tie-break. In the tie-breaker the two would battle tirelessly, exchanging point for point until Ogata sealed the 10-8 win The Aggies took Miyashiro's one goal lead into halftime of the shortened game. USU dominated the possession of the match but experienced an unfortunate play with 20 minutes left and knocked an own goal to tie the game 1-1. "Our midfield and center backs got a little bit disorganized and we ended up giving away a foul just on our side of half-field," Cairns said. "(Montana) pinged that ball in and again we had a bit of a miscommunication between our defenders and our goalkeeper and it was actually an own goal." Junior defender Summer Tillotson had a chance to give the Aggies a win with a freekick, but the shot hit the crossbar and the final result was a 1-1 tie. "Soccer is just one of those weird sports," Cairns said. "Sometimes they just end in a tie and you're upset with how you played or it will end in a tie and you feel like your team played pretty well." In the match against Boise State, the Aggies started the game off strongly but did not find the back of the net to put away the win. late in action. Swenson could not rebound in the second set and was defeated, 6-3. Capturing the lone point for Utah State late in Friday's matchup was junior Brianna Harris. The match had long since been decided, but Harris would not relent to Nevada's Eufrasio in the sixth singles slot. Harris could not slow Eufrasio in the first set as she was defeated, 6-1. Harris would not be discouraged and battled hard in the second set to steal a 7-6 win to force Eufarsio to play a super tie breaking third set. Harris and Eufrasio would not allow the other to gain any momentum as the two traded point for point. Once again Harris refused to yield to Eufarsio late in the final set showdown and powered her way to to a 10-8 super tie-break win to block the Nevada sweep. The Aggies will play in back-to-back non-conference matches next week as they prepare for the WAC Championships coming up at the end of the month. Utah State will host Idaho State on Tuesday, April 19 at Noon at the Logan Sports Academy and Racquet Club. USU will then travel to Ogden, Utah, to face in-state rivals Weber State on Wednesday, April 20 at noon. The Aggies are 9-2 in non-conference matches this season. "It's like the goal-scoring mechanism just turned off for us this weekend," Cairns said. "We played some really good soccer and we couldn't get results in the goal." While the Aggies have scored 20 goals in the spring offseason, they have allowed only two goals into their own net with neither of those coming in the run of play. They gave up a goal after a corner-kick at the BYU indoor tournament and the own goal against Montana. Cairns said she is looking forward to the regular season but said the fall is a long way away. "That's our goal in the spring to put that skeleton in place to be able to make our transition into our fall season really quickly," Cairns said. "We've added six new players but we return 21 players. 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