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Show StatesmanSports Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 Page 9 INTRAMURALS Boo -Yoh, Team Jesse Parker take intramural titles BY JORDAN DAHL staff writer The fall season of volleyball intramurals concluded in a dramatic fashion Wednesday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Boo Yah 3, Blackout 1 - After a four-set thriller which saw both teams scrapping and diving all over the court, team Boo-Yah won the women's intramural volleyball championship match in a nail-biting four-set match over Blackout. The Boo-Yahs raced to a quick two-set lead, 25-22 and 25-19, but lost the third set 9-15 before closing out the victory with a 20-18 win in the fourth. "It feels great," said Boo-Yah outside hitter Dixie Loveless. "We've played intramurals for three years now and won four times, so it's good." The Spectrum provided an opportunity for the teams to play on a full-size court, making the game that much more challenging and giving the players a fun conclusion to the season. "It's super quiet in the Spectrum when there's nobody here," said Hailey Summers, a Boo-Yah senior majoring in mechanical engineering. "Our key was just to stay loud. It was fun playing here." Jesse Parker 3, Boo Yoh 2 - Despite a game-delaying power outage at the Spectrum, Team Jesse Parker dominated the final set to win the intra- AGGIE STUDENT VOLLEYBALLERS Dixie Loveless of Boo -Yoh, above, and senior Katelin Robins of Team Jesse Parker, right, play in their respective intramural volleyball championship games in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Wednesday. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo mural co-ed volleyball championship over Wednesday night. Team Jesse Parker defeated Boo-Yah 25-23, 22-25, 15-8, 14-16, 15-5. The lights turned off in the Spectrum during a fourth-set run by The Parkers, but it wasn't enough to take away their moxie. Led by KC Sorensen, whose hand-blistering spikes and stone-wall blocks gave his team a huge lift, Team Jesse Parker overcame its mistakes and sealed the championship in the decisive fifth set. "Playing with the lights on," said the junior majoring in biology when asked what the key to closing out the game was. "We've been here before and we'll be here again." The game had its moments of back-and-forth play, with each team scoring in spurts. Team Jesse Parker had just enough in the tank when it mattered most. "We were just playing hard and as a team," said Katelin Robins, a senior majoring in FCHD. "We've taken second before and that wasn't going to happen again. We won in the spring, but came back for more in the fall." Robins said she plans to wear her championship T-shirt often. "I'll probably wear it tomorrow," Robins said. —idahl@aggiemaiLusu.edu Twitter: @jdahl3 Breakingov r WAC: this week's predictions Last week was an abysmal week for Statesman picks. This week should go much better. Don't forget our bonus picks at the end — we feel you will enjoy what we have to say about the other teams in the state. powered offense to play for them — Idaho's defense would probably give up 50 points to La. Tech if they were good anyway. No offense to UTSA and its 5-1 record over a bunch of FCS teams, but there's no way San Jose State is going to lose two WAC games in a row. We still believe the Spartans are as good as everyone thought before getting spanked by our Aggies and as such should thoroughly fertilize the San Antonio turf with what's left of the Roadrunners after this one. NMSU at Utah State BYU at No. 5 Notre Dame It's the Aggie bowl again, but this year's contest will be decided by a much larger margin than last year's game, which needed a last-minute touchdown pass from Adam Kennedy to Matt Austin to seal victory for Utah State. We're just grateful Gary Andersen ended up in Logan instead of DeWayne Walker — who we have the utmost respect for, by the way. Let's be honest, no one really wants to be the one to try and turn NMSU's program around. We feel like this football series should be called the Holy War, even if it's not played as often as the the biggest rivalry in the state. It just fits better. Anyway, the Irish should roll in this game. The football fans in us would like to see the BYU defense shut down Theo Riddick and the Notre Dame offense, but the true-Aggie in us wants to see the Catholics beat the Mormons in one. Idaho at Louisiana Tech We're not sure what's more surprising: that Utah is 2 - 4, or that the Utes are winless halfway through the season where they were predicted to win the Pac-12 South. We would like to see our Salt Lake brothers pull this one out — since way too many USU students are closet Ute fans anyway — but we don't see the Beavers getting upset this weekend. Before we predict this game, we'd like to take a moment of silence for Louisiana Tech's BCS busting campaign. It truly is a blow to the WAC. Now then, this one is as much of a no-brainer as the Aggie bowl. The only way the Vandals are going to escape Ruston, La., with a victory is if they can somehow find a high- Now On Sale for $300 2012-13 Season This price valid through November 21. Logan office now open 9 a.m - 5:30 p.m. Monday Through Saturday USU students must present written proof that they are currently enrolled. Sale applies to high school and middle school students, also. Students under 18 must have signed parent's release. irjbeaver mountain 1351 EaLst 700 North www.skithebeay.com I Weber State at SUU Hey look, in-state team aren't done playing against each other yet. At the risk of offending our Ogden brothers, we're picking SUU — There's no way we're picking against Cody Larsen, even if our editor hadn't written a feature about him earlier this season. 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