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Show Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 Page 8 or Tues Utah State University www.utahstatesman.com Glance Player Coach Aggie Schedules Football Nov. 3 usu vs. Texas State, 1 p.m., SATURDAY, Club president pulls fall double duty Romney Stadium Soccer C1 a rZ - Men's Basketball 0 0 Nov. 3 USU vs. Simon Fraser, 7 p.m., Spectrum Voile ball THURSDAY, Nov. 1 USU at Denver, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, Nov. 3 USU at New Mexico State, 7 p.m. Hocke FRIDAY, Nov. 2 USU vs. Utah, 7 p.m., Eccles Ice Center SATURDAY, Nov. 3 USU vs. Weber State, 7 p.m., Eccles Ice Center Aggie Scoreboard Football SATURDAY, OCT. 27 Utah State 48, UTSA 17 Men's Basketball FRIDAY, OCT. 27 Utah State 76, Grand Canyon 44 Volleyball THURSDAY, OCT. 25 Utah State 3, UT Arlington 0 SATURDAY, OCT. 27 Utah State 3, La. Tech 0 Soccer FRIDAY, SEPT. snow signaled a change in responsibility for club president Garrett Ow Schiffman. Schiffman BY DANIELLE MANLEY ended the fall season as the team's staff writer acting manager, but next spring he will walk back onto the field as just He had an aluminum baseball another one of head coach Norm bat in one hand and a roster in the Doyle's dedicated players. other as he walked off the infield "He's got a great background in at Zollinger Park. The cool nearbaseball," Doyle said. "He's played winter breeze whispered the end of at many different levels for many the Utah State club baseball team's different years. He's just baseball fall season, but the newly fallen 111.2. OCT. 31-Nov. 4 WAC Tournament, Bell Field, Logan, Utah FRIDAY, Nov. 2 Utah State vs. TBA, 2:30 p.m. SATURDAY, _MU 28 Utah State 4, La. Tech 0 NCAA Scoreboard Football SATURDAY, OCT. 27 Texas State 20, San Jose State 31 Louisiana Tech 28, New Mexico State 14 No. 21 Boise State 45, Wyoming 14 Nevada 31, Air Force 48 BYU 41, Georgia Tech 17 California 27, Utah 49 No. 24 Ohio 20, Miami (OH) 23 No. 10 Georgia 17, No. 2 Florida 9 w smart. We just wanted someone that would be very reliable and very responsible. Someone that could get a lot accomplished for us." Because of Schiff nan's position as club president, he spent the fall season not only playing but managing the Utah State baseball club during the fall season. Doyle spent the fall season out of town for his career and needed someone to fill the role of coach while he was gone. He said he let *See BASEBALL, Page 10 BASKETBALL Aggie newcomers shine in debut BY TAVI N STUCK! sports editor It may only have been an exhibition game, but someone forgot to tell Utah State fans they didn't have to show up to watch the Aggies dismantle the Grand Canyon 'Lopes 76-44 on Friday. While it wasn't a performance mirroring the crowd during the 2009 Nevada game, HURD members and ticket buyers made a solid showing. They weren't the only ones. Several Aggies made their Spectrum debuts, most notably junior center Jarred Shaw, who came to Logan from Oklahoma State to play under head coach Stew Morrill, but had to sit out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. "For his first game in several years, he did a nice job," Morrill said of Friday's starting center. Shaw played 23 minutes in his first game as an Aggie, pulling down a gamehigh eight rebounds and scoring 15 points. "He's learning what coach Morrill wants him to do," said junior guard Preston Medlin. "I feel like that's good for him." The 6-foot-10-inch, 235-pounder also had two blocks and three personal fouls. Shaw said Morrill told him to relax when he took his first substitution break on the bench. "I missed a couple shots at the beginning, but basketball you can't get down, you got to just keep going," Shaw said. "I felt like I was taking good shots, I feel like I just missed. Everybody misses." Shaw didn't miss with five minutes to go when he electrified the crowd of 8,076 with a dunk to put the Aggies up 30-14. Shaw was whistled for a technical foul seconds later when he pounded his chest in celebration. "We've got to get rid of some of the antics," Morrill said. "That's already been discussed. We're not going to chest bump and talk crap. We're not going to do that. We don't do that here. He'll learn that." Medlin said Shaw had a great game other than the technical foul. "I felt like he did awesome," Medlin said. "He was physical, he was getting rebounds, he was making good post moves and that's everything we need out of him, so if he can keep that up during the season, he'll be a big player for us." Shaw lost the starting tipoff, went 2-5 from the field and didn't get a defensive rebound in the first half, but he wasn't the only one who seemed to have firstgame jitters. "We had a lot of guys going in and out," Morrill said. "That makes it a little hard to get a flow going. We played a lot of different people." Freshman point guard Marcel Davis missed his three field goals in the first half and ended 1-5 on the night with a turnover. Lone senior Kyisean Reed went 1-6, though the big man had six rebounds and seven steals. "We played hard, that was the most positive thing," Morrill said. "There's a lot of execution things that aren't there, but I was pleased by how hard we played." Ten different Utah State players logged double-digit minutes in the game, seven playing more than 17 minutes each. "I was pretty impressed how he was rotating guys, getting everyone their chance to get a feel of how a game actually feels," Shaw said of Morrill's substitutions. "I think it builds team chemistry just to rotate different guys in." Fans will get a second opportunity to see the new Utah State players when the Aggies take on Simon Fraser on Saturday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Spectrum. "I'm already in love with the Spectrum. I mean, this was the first game and they're already into it," Shaw said. "I really appreciate the fans and everybody who came out to support us." — tavin.stucki®aggiemaiLusu.edu Twitter: @StuckiAggies JUNIOR CENTER JARRED SHAW takes a shot in the 76-44 win over Grand Canyon on Friday night. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo SOCCER WAC Champs RECORD PTS PVS 1 Alabama (60) 8-0 1500 8-0 1412 2 Oregon 3 Kansas State 8-0 1382 4 Notre Dame 8-0 1344 5 LSU 7-1 1216 6 Ohio State 9-0 1158 7 Georgia 7-1 1145 7-1 1075 8 Florida 9 Florida State 8-1 1046 7-1 914 10 Clemson 11 S. Carolina 7-2 823 12 Louisville 8-0 817 13 Oregon State 6-1 762 14 Oklahoma 5-2 758 6-2 627 15 Stanford 16 Texas A&M 6-2 580 17 Miss. State 7-1 559 6-2 418 18 USC 19 Boise State 7-1 406 20 Texas Tech 6-2 388 21 Nebraska 6-2 249 22 La. Tech 7-1 209 23 W. Virginia 5-2 126 24 Arizona 5-3 106 25 UCLA 6-2 103 1 2 4 5 6 9 12 3 11 14 17 16 7 8 19 22 13 10 21 15 NR 24 25 NR NR BY JASON BORBA staff writer Dropped from rankings: Rutgers 18, Michigan 20, Ohio 23 • Others receiving votes: Toledo 88, Rutgers 74, Oklahoma State 72, Texas 55, Kent State 33, Tulsa 17, Northern Illinois 12, Washington 8, Northwestern 7, Ohio 4, Wisconsin 4, Michigan 2, Louisiana-Monroe 1 JUNIOR AGGIE JESSICA HOSKIN eyes a La. Tech forward Laura LeFevour as they chase the ball in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Lady Techsters. CURTIS RIPPLINGER photo The Utah State women's soccer team clinched a share of the Western Athletic Conference regular-season title Sunday for the third-consecutive season and for the fourth time in the last five years. The Aggies hosted and defeated Louisiana Tech 4-0 on the final day of WAC play, finishing the season with an overall record of 11-2-6 and 6-0-2 in conference play. "To earn a share of the championship is a fantastic accomplishment, and we have some great momentum going into the conference tournament as well," said USU head coach Heather Cairns. Utah State will share the WAC regular-season championship with Denver, who finished the season with a 2-0 win over Seattle. Although the two teams finished atop the standings tied with 20 points, USU clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming WAC Tournament because they defeated La. Tech while the Pioneers managed a tie. Denver will be the No. 2 seed. It took the Aggies some time to score the first goal of the match, and they had to endure pressure from La. Tech. The Techsters were the ones who threatened to take the lead early on, but the woodwork denied freshman Brittany Beddow in the 18th minute. Utah State finally found the breakthrough goal in the 35th minute when sophomore Jade Tarver scored from five yards out. The goal came off a free kick by USU that was cleared by La. Tech, but Flynn regained possession of the ball and assisted Tarver for the goal. Five minutes later, Tarver found the back of the net again and doubled the USU lead. This time, Sophomore Ambryn McCallson played a cross to OSee SOCCER, Page 9 |