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Show s Monday, April 2, 2012 Page 8 MondaySp0 Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com TouchBase AggieSchedules Softball TUESDAY, APRIL 3 USU at Utah Valley, 4 p.m., Orem FRIDAY, APRIL 6 USU at Fresno State, 7 p.m., Fresno, Calif. SATUDAY, APRIL 7 USU at Fresno State, 2 p.m. USU at Fresno State, 4 p.m. BASEBALL Aggies mercy-rule Bengals, sweep series BY MEREDITH KINNEY sports senior writer The Utah State baseball team picked up a series sweep over the Idaho State University Bengals this weekend. The Aggies won 13-3 in seven innings Friday night and picked up a pair of wins Saturday with scores of 4-2 and 12-8. Women's Tennis USU 13, ISU 3 THURSDAY, APRIL 5 USU vs. Hawaii-Pacific, 1 p.m., Honolulu, Hawaii FRIDAY, APRIL 6 USU vs. Hawaii, 1 p.m., Honolulu, Hawaii 7 USU vs. San Jose State, 3 p.m., SATURDAY, APRIL Honolulu, Hawaii Track and Field APRIL 6-7 Tailwind Invitational, Albuquerque, N.M. Gymnastics SATURDAY, APRIL 7 NCAA North Central Regional Championships, 6 p.m., Salt Lake City Baseball SATURDAY, APRIL 7 USU at Idaho State, 6 p.m., Pocatello USU at Idaho State, 8 p.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 8 USU at Idaho State, 11 a.m. Lacrosse FRIDAY, APRIL 6 USU at Utah, 7 p.m., Salt Lake City AggieScoreboard Men's Tennis SATURDAY, MARCH 31 Fresno State 7, Utah State 0 The Bengals got on the board first when Kyle Durrant gave up a home run to ISU's lead-off batter. Durrant rebounded with two consecutive strikeouts to end the inning. USU helped its pitcher out by scoring five runs in the inning, including RBI doubles off the bats of Brady Zimmerman and Brett Jensen. The Aggies batted through the lineup and, thanks to Idaho State errors, led 5-1 after the first inning. "They came ready to play — they were mentally tough right from the beginning," Doyle said. Jensen came up big for the Aggies in the bottom of the second. The outfielder hit a bomb that scored a run and landed him on second base. Six more runs scored, including two on an RBI double up the center from Garret Shiffman. Jeff Bartholomew hit a deep solo home run in the fifth inning. "I feel good. I feel comfortable," Bartholomew said. "Sometimes you get up and all you can see are holes out there." Bartholomew leads the Aggies with a .556 batting average. "He's hitting the ball really, really well," Doyle said. The Bengals threatened in the six inning, but the Aggies got out of the jam unhurt. The game was called early because of the 10-run rule. USU 4, ISU 2 The Aggies scored two runs in the first inning and then added another in the second on a double to center field. The Aggies led 3-1 after two. With Sixto Cabrera on the mound, the Aggies got out of a jam in the top of the fifth. With a runner on third base, Cabrera picked up a strikeout to end the inning. "I didn't try to pull anything," Cabrera said. "I just tried to stay like myself." The Aggies added another run on a passed ball before Gavin Johnson lined out to end the innings. The Bengals had one final chance to score in the seventh, but USU caught an ISU runner stealing second. USU 12, ISU 8 ISU hit a homer and the Aggies answered with one of their own. "It was a little bit different than what we've been used to," Doyle said. "We didn't blow these guys out, but that's good for us. It humbled us a little bit." The Bengals took a five-run lead with a high-scoring third inning, but the Aggies battled back to within two, in the bottom on the fourth, led by a home run from Sixto Cabrera. "I just try to have my best swing and wait for a pitch to drive," Cabrera said. Durrant hit a homerun in the sixth inning to make the score 8-6 at the end of five innings. Led off by a deep double, the Aggies tied up the game and then took the lead on a deep hit to left center off the bat of Matt Stranski. The Aggies added three more runs in the inning and held out in the seventh for the win. - meredith.kinney@aggiemail.usu. edu AGGIE BASEBALL'S SIXTO CABRERA snags a ball out of the air during one of Utah State's three wins over Idaho State University this weekend. KIMBERLY SHORTS photo SINGLES 1. Remi Boutillier (FSU) def. Sven Poslusny (USU) 6-2, 6-1 2. Francis Alcantara (FSU) def. Marcus Fritz (USU) 6-1, 6-2 3. Jean-Charles Diame (FSU) def. Fredrik Peterson (USU) 6-1, 6-2 4. David Ayoun (FSU) def. Matt Sweet (USU) 6-4, 6-4 5. Reid deLaubenfels (FSU) def. Lenny Whiting (USU) 6-3, 6-1 6. Sai Kartik Nakireddi (FSU) def. Nate Ballam (USU) 4-6, 7-5, 10-4 SOFTBALL USU wins one against Nevada BY TYLER HUSKINSON AND ERIC JUNGBLUT assistant sports editor, staff writer Utah State opened the home conference schedule against Nevada, losing a doubleheader Friday and taking the third game Saturday. DOUBLES 1. Francis Alcantara/Remi Boutillier (FSU) def. Sven Poslusny/Marcus Fritz (USU) 8-4 2. Reid deLaubenfels/JeanCharles Diame (FSU) def. Lenny Whiting/Andrew Whiting (USU) 8-2 3. Nate Ballam/Matt Sweet (USU) def. Sai Kartik Nakireddi/Jeremy Quiroz (FSU) 8-4 Nevada 8, USU 7 WACResults Softball FRIDAY, MARCH 30 Louisiana Tech 0, San Jose State 7 Brigham Young 9, Fresno State 10 Nevada 8, Utah State 7 Hawaii 4, New Mexico State 1 FRIDAY, MARCH 30 (GAME 2) Louisiana Tech 1, San Jose State 3 Brigham Young 1, Fresno State 3 Nevada 3, Utah State 1 SATURDAY, MARCH 31 Nevada 0, Utah State 4 Hawaii 4, New Mexico State 4 SATURDAY, MARCH 31 (GAME 2) Hawaii 4, New Mexico State 1 SENIOR INFIELDER LINDSEY MARQUEZ goes to turn a double play in one of three games the Aggies played against Nevada last weekend. CODY GOCHNOUR photo The Utah State softball team couldn't hold a late lead against the Nevada Wolf Pack, dropping the first game of a doubleheader 8-7 in nine innings at LaRee and LeGrand Johnson Field on Friday. The Aggies took the lead early in the bottom of the first inning when senior designated player Kelly Kaneshiro singled home sophomore outfielder Kassandra Uchida. Shortly after, freshman outfielder Hailey Fronton homered to left center, putting the Aggies up 4-0 going into the second inning. The lead was short-lived when Nevada's bats came to life at the top of the second, taking advantage of three hits and a fielding error by Utah State pitcher Mandy Harmon to tie the game at 4-4. Nevada earned 11 hits and scored eight runs off of Harmon, who pitched all nine innings for USU. She recorded five strikeouts and forced 13 groundouts by the Wolf Pack, but Nevada took advantage of its extra base hits, including solo home runs by catcher Chelsea Venable in the top of the fifth and first baseman Lauren Lastrapes in the top of the seventh. The Aggies had a one-run lead going into the top of the seventh before Lastrapes' home run forced extra innings. Nevada scored in the top of the ninth and held on to secure its 11th win of the season. Senior right-hander Mallary Darby was in the circle for Nevada. Darby gave up 10 hits and seven runs through four and a half innings before she was replaced by sophomore Karlyn Jones. Jones gave up one hit facing her first batter but then retired the next 15 in a row. *See HARMON, Page 10 WOMEN'S RUGBY Aggies beat Weber State BY MEGAN BODILY staff writer The Utah State women's rugby club hosted Weber on Saturday at USU's HPER Field, defeating the Wildcats 29-10 for Senior Day. Head coach Brooke Lambert said the club has made progress throughout the season. "We are showing improvement from the beginning of the season," Lambert said. "We had the fundamentals down today, so that was a positive for us. We still have things to work on, we still have a young team, but this is probably the best game we have had all season." Captain Reannon King said her team finally came together this game. "It's a lot better than what we started out. This (game) felt really good," King said. "We did a lot of things that we have been working on. It started coming together." ► See WEBER, Page 9 WEBER STATE DEFENDERS try to tackle a Utah State ball carrier in the match Saturday on the HPER Field. Utah State won the match 29-10 on Senior Day. DELAYNE LOCKE photo |