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Show /port/ C2 MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 18 • 2006 Soccer struggling for offensive production Jason Adkins Sports Writer Utah Valley State has had a tough time getting their offense going in recent games and their regular season home opener was no different, a 1-1 draw against Dixie State, a game that was called short due to inclement weather. The Wolverines were frustrated in their attempts to put the match away against their in-state rivals the Rebels, a team in their first year as a NCAA Division II program. The match was called with eight minutes left to go due to lightning and heavy rainfall in the area. Down a goal in the first half Utah Valley State evened up the match in the 31st minute with a goal by sophomore midfielder Brittany Call. Rebel goalie Suzanne Hunt was out of position on a ball in the box and Wolverine midfielder Capri Stevens was able to feed the ball to Call 18 yards out for shot. "Capri served me a great ball and I was able to put right over the keeper," Call said Dixie State scored early in the contest to take the lead. In just the 14th minute they scored with a nice shot to the right corner of the net by Cami Drecksel, assisted by Strai Dias. The Wolverines blew an opportunity to go up 21 in the 53rd minute when Dixie State was called for a handball in the penalty box, but forward Jenni Wright struck the poor penalty kick and the shot bounced easily into the Rebel's keeper's arms. "We had our opportunities," Utah Valley State College Coach Brent An- derson said. uWe shouldn't have given up that goal in the first half. I was pleased with the way we played in the second half. We had a lot of opportunities. We just couldn't get one in." Utah Valley State College had their chances as they dominated possession in the match, but they were unable to finish on opportunities near Dixie State's goal. In the end, the Wolverines topped the Rebels 16-3 in total shots in the match. Utah Valley State College is now 2-3-1 on the season, while Dixie State goes to 4-1-1. The Wolverines were on the road for two matches over the weekend at Idaho and Gonzaga. The Vandals of Idaho are struggling this season, having yet to score a goal in their six matches played thus far. "Our main concem is Idaho, not look past them, think they haven't won or haven't scored it would be an easy game," Coach Anderson said. As for Gonzaga, "Very competitive game. Very good team and very fast... Some adjustments in mind when we play them," Anderson said. Gonzaga looked to end their two-game losing streak, which knocked them out of the national rankings. Gonzaga is the first of two teams that Utah Valley State College faced in the regular season that reached the NCAA tournament last year. After the road trip to the Pacific Northwest, Utah Valley State will remain in town for a long four-match home stand to close out the month of September. UVSC Volleyball Dave Gillespie Sports Writer Setter Lacee Koelliker and outside hitter Camie Manwill led UVSC to two dominating wins and a second place finish at the LaQuinta Invitational with a 2-1 record in the Shurian Family Activity Center. The two Wolverines were named to the AllTournament Team, helping the girls beat Weber State 3-0 and Indian Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW) 3-1. Utah Valley's only loss came at the hands of Oral Roberts University, losing in four games in the middle game during the tournament. Things got started for the Wolverines in what should have been an intense rivalry match, but this contest was missing a lot, mainly competition. The Lady Wolverines smashed the kitty cats from up north 30-18, 3025, and 30-25. All-time UVSC kill leader, Jessica Endres, totaled 15 kills. Koelliker tallied 36 assists and libero, defensive specialist, Chelsea Baugh got down with 16 digs in the match. The University of Oral Roberts ended the Wolverines' five-game win streak prevailing 3-1. Despite the loss, Manwill netted a near school record 27 kills in the four games one away from her career high. In addition, the native of Paradise, California had a team high 19 digs. A "smashing" is how the Lady Wolverines ended the LaQuinta Invitational, bouncing back from a tough loss, putting a hurt on IPFW, 3025," 31-29, 25-30 and 3018. All night the ladies could be seen diving for the ball and flying high to come down with powerful slams. IPFW didn't stand a chance and UVSC left the court with their heads high. "We had a great tournament, even with the loss," Head Coach Sam Atoa said. "I'm pleased with all the girl's efforts. They responded well to the loss and ended on a high note. I liked Lacee's leadership and Camie and Ashely's play." Atoa said the invitational puts the girls "back on track," and gets them ready for their next challenge, the Hyatt Invitational in San Jose. UVSC will match up against San Jose State, Cal State Northridge and Harvard, of all schools. They will then return to play in-state rival Dixie State. photo by Albert Mitchell The men's and women's cross country teams were in town for the only time this year. Crosscountry Runs steady race at BYU Autumn Classic James Warnick Sports Writer Utah Valley State's College Cross Country teams had another good showing at the BYU Cross Country Autumn Classic, the only meet for the cross country teams in Utah County, held at East Bay Golf Course in Provo. Wolverine superstar .senior Joe Bendoski led the way for the men's team, who ran with a pack of leading Cougars, finished the four-mile race in fourth place with a time of 20:14. "Joe ran a very smart race this year," Utah Valley State College associate head coach Kirke Adamson said. "He was very controlled. We expect him to be a huge leader on the course for us. We hope he slowly pulls our other athletes up to his level."' Following Bendoski, the next Wolverine to cross the finish line was sophomore Chase Englestead from Panguitch. Englestead finished 14th crossing the finish line at 20:54. The other Wolverine runner to finish in the top 20 was another sophomore Jacob Buhler at 17th. Overall, the Wolverine men and women each placed third in the meet. BYU finished first in the men's race, while the lady Cougars took second overall. The Wolverine coaches were very pleased with each runner's performance at the meet. The top women Wolverine finishers were sophomore Karinne Bentley, who took 10th in the 5k race with a time of 19:10, followed just a second later by freshman runner Mary Nothum. Trisha Wright, another freshman, finished in 14th place with a time of 19:24. Last race it was Nothum who surprised the coaching staff, and this time it was Wright. Coach Scott Houle is very excited with his young competitors who have routinely finished meets near the top. Now the Wolverines head to the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minnesota on Sept. 23. There, our lovable college goes against some of the biggest schools and best competition in the nation. These powerhouse schools include Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State and Arkansas. Looking forward Coach Scott Houle said, "Doing well at this next meet will only help UVSC's chances of getting better recognition and helping us get future top recruits." The next chance to catch a glimpse of the Wolverine runners will be Sept. 29 at the Utah Fall Twilight in Salt Lake City. Favre needs help From Legend-Cl ranked 29 in the NFL last year. The reality of the Packers is that they arc going to be competing for the first draft pick in the 2007 NFL draft. Maybe they will take another quarterback. It's not all Farve's fault he can still make some plays but just not as many. The Packers need him to make plays more than ever but he just can't do it. It is partly because of him and partly because of his team. As I said he is a competitor, he's not a quitter but he should have retired for the Packers sake. I know the guy loves football and loves to play but he isn't helping anyone. The Packers need to say thanks but no thanks. They drafted Aaron Rodgers for a reason but Rodgers can't develop while Favre is around. Rodgers could do as good as anyone in leading his team to a 26-0 shellacking at Lambeau Field against the rival Bears but his experience would be more valuable to the team than having gun-slinger Brett Favre out there. Green Bay went 1-11 on third downs some of that is on Favre. Could Aaron Rodgers really have done worse? It is evident that Favre wants to win. Almost all of his interceptions come when he is trying to make a play. He has been consistent in one thing over last year and the first game of this year, bad decision making. Favre and the Packers were in desperation mode against the Bears when he threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter but they were horrible passes. The first one went right to Charles Tillman way over the intended receivers head and the second was into double coverage. Favre threw 29 interceptions last year to go along with 20 touchdowns in leading Green Bay to a miserable 4-12 record. Last year he threw six picks to Courtesy photo Jim Biever/Packers.com the Bears in two games and to have won three games. it wasn't until the fourth this year he has tossed them If this isn't Favre's last quarter that Favre threw a two in the first game. Thank year with Green Bay I couple of picks to the Bears you, Brett Farve, for stick- won't be sad but I will welbut I won't be surprised if ing around. come him back with open he throws more than 25 inBy the time Chicago arms and the Bears will terceptions again this year. plays Green Bay at Soldier open their arms to his off- Thank you, Brett Farve. 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