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Show Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 Page 4 MondayS110 Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com TouchBase WACStandings Football Nevada La. Tech Hawaii Utah State NMSU Fresno State SJSU Idaho WAC 4-0 4-1 3-3 2-2 2-3 2-3 2-4 1-4 OVERALL 6-3 6-4 5-5 4-5 4-6 3-7 3-7 2-8 Top 25 Record 1.LSU (60) 10-0 2. Oklahoma St. 10-0 3. Alabama 9-1 4. Oregon 9-1 5. Oklahoma 8-1 6. Arkansas 9-1 7.Clemson 9-1 8. Stanford 9-1 9. Virginia Tech 9-1 10.Boise St. 8-1 11.Houston 10-0 12.Michigan St. 8-2 13.Georgia 8-2 14.South Carolina 8-2 15.Wisconsin 8-2 16.Kansas St. 8-2 17.Nebraska 8-2 18.Southern Cal 8-2 19.TCU 8-2 20. Michigan 8-2 21.Penn St. 8-2 22.Southern Miss. 9-1 7-3 23. Florida St. 24.Notre Dame 7-3 25. Baylor 6-3 Pts Pv 1,500 1 1,432 2 1,380 4 1,326 6 1,230 7 1,217 8 1,075 9 1,071 3 1,000 10 880 5 867 11 767 13 756 14 706 15 676 16 629 17 583 19 564 18 402 NR 381 22 320 12 250 25 107 NR 93 NR 68 NR USU hockey continues to win big Volleyball drops final match of the season BY CURTIS LUNDSTROM staff writer The Utah State women's volleyball team fell to Fresno State University on Saturday in a five-set marathon. Senior outside hitter Liz McArthur led the Aggies with 18 kills and finished with a .196 hitting percentage. "Liz did a nice job," head coach Grayson DuBose said. "Even when our ball control broke down, she was hitting really well. Liz took some gutsy swings." USU recovered from another slow start in the first set to tie the score at 14-all. The Aggies defense kept the Bulldogs within striking distance before Fresno used a 5-1 run to take the first set. Sophomore opposite-side hitter Korrin Wild had a big night for Fresno, finishing with 27 kills. McArthur recorded four early kills, as the Aggies raced to a 14-7 advantage to start the second set. A balanced Bulldog attack, helped by several Aggie errors, shrunk that lead as Fresno stormed back to a 17-16 lead, midway through the set. A Utah state timeout didn't slow Fresno down at all as the Bulldogs cruised to a 25-19 set win. After dropping the first two sets the Aggies rallied to force a decisive fifth set. With help from junior outside hitters Josselyn White and Shay Sorensen, McArthur led the Aggies to a three-point advantage midway through the See AGGIES, Page 7 A TRIO OF AGGIES jump to attempt a block against Idaho on Senior Night. USU fell to Fresno State in five sets on the road Saturday. GODY GOCHNOUR photo USU edges BYU in thriller Big second half fuels Aggies over rival Cougars BY TYLER HUSKINSON BY MEREDITH KINNEY assistant sports editor sports senior writer The Utah State hockey team also defeated Brigham Young University last weekend with a strong third period Friday night, 9-3. The matchup in Provo was the Aggies' fourth meeting with the Cougars this season. "At this point against BYU it's been 56 goals to six," USU head coach Jon Eccles said. "It's tough for the guys to get excited and go up against that, but they have done really good." The Aggies took some time to settle into their gameplan, getting caught up with chippy play early on. Tempers flared in the first two periods, but after 40 minutes of play Utah State gained some composure and played a solid third period. "In the second period, there was a lot of individualism and a lot of penalties," Eccles said. "In the third period we came back out and got five goals. We were playing as a team again." The Aggies returned home for their second matchup of the weekend when the Weber State Wildcats traveled north to Logan. The Aggies rebounded from a lessthan-adequate showing the night before to win 17-1. "Comparing last night's game to tonight's game," Eccles said. "Two different teams showed up." Aggie goaltender Bryce Scherschel got his first outing of the season. The sophomore returned to his spot between the pipes after a hip injury kept him on the bench. "He's so excited about trying to get back in," Eccles said. "He's been practicing and trying to get some playing time." In his first start the goalie picked up 22 saves and only allowed one goal. "He's been working so See HOCKEY, Page 5 SENIOR FORWARD MORGAN GRIM defends BYU's Noah Hartsock at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Friday. Grim had a career-high two blocks and held Hartsock to 18 points in USU's victory. KIMBERLY SHORTS photo The USU men's basketball season opener lived up to its hype. A raucous student body brought deafening levels of noise, and Brockeith Pane had a highenergy second half, scoring 17 points to lead the Aggies over the BYU Cougars 69-62 on Friday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. "That was an awfully good win for an inexperience team," USU head coach Stew Morrill said. "We just kind of battled." Neither team came into the game as a heavy favorite in the early season matchup, and the first half played out evenly. Neither team held a lead greater than four points, while both teams shot high percentages from the floor. BYU shot 50 percent from the field in the first half, while struggling to hit the from the 3-point line. In fact, the Cougars hit 25 percent from 3-point range, and that percentage did not improve as the game progressed. USU shot 47 percent in the first half from the field and 40 percent from the 3-point line. Forward Mitch Bruneel led the Aggies, with eight points in the second half. "We would have been in trouble if Mitch hadn't hit a few shots," Morrill said. The sophomore from Boise, Idaho, hit two key 3-pointers in the first half. The first gave USU a 14-13 lead midway through the first half, after BYU's Stephen Rogers made an easy layup to give the Cougars a slim two-point lead. Bruneel hit again less than two minutes later to give USU its biggest lead of the half, at 19-15. See BASKETBALL, Page 6 Pane steps up against in-state rival Cougars BY TAVIN STUCKI sports editor SENIOR GUARD BROCKEITH PANE pulls up for a jumper against BYU Friday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Pane scored a game-high 21 points to lead USU over BYU. KIMBERLY SHORTS photo As Utah State's lone returning starter, Brockeith Pane has grown into his role as team leader in Friday's 69-62 win over Brigham Young, leading all scorers with 21 points. "I want to win," the Dallas native said. "I'll do whatever it takes to help my team win." Pane spent much of the first half on the bench in foul trouble and all three of his fouls were charging violations. "It was very frustrating," he said. "I wanted to be out there with my team." The Aggies used an 11-0 run in the second half to win the game, helped in part by Pane's ability to drive through the holes in BYU's zone defense. "It's a team effort," he said. "A lot of guys can make plays. That was a big zone. I was able to get in little cracks sometimes, throw a floater, hit Preston (Medlin) for shots, hit Brady (Jardine)." Pane scored 17 points in the second half, but the most important part of his game was on the defensive end when he and forward Kyisean Reed convinced USU head coach Stew Morrill to pressure BYU point guard Brock Zylstra. "That was a key part in the game," Morrill said. "(Pane) and Kyisean came up with the two-man press on their own. That was pretty smart. (BYU has) got an inexperienced point guard who's not really a point and they just got after him a little bit." "I just wanted to help my team to victory," Pane said. "They didn't have a true point so I wanted to handle point. I tried to pressure the ball as See PANE, Page 6 |