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Show sports D4 MONDAY - AUGUST 20 - 2007 Redemption on minds of Endres finished with 753. Endres and Manwill may also give a much-needed boost Sports writer to the defense. Last season After a season that con- Endres led the team in blocks cluded with a loss in the of opponent attacks with 87, championship game of the while Manwill was second in Division-I Independent Tour- digs a season ago with 367. nament last year, Utah Valley Even with the depth of women's volleyball team has the roster, the Wolverines earned the distinction of being will still feel the loss of she a good team, but they aren't who was the two-time Divicontent with just being good. sion-I Independent setter of "We were disappointed the year, Lacee Koelliker. after losing the championKoelliker, now on the ship, and we want to re- coaching staff, put up astounddeem ourselves this sea- ing stats, including 4,057 son," said coach Sam Atoa. career assists, 1,170 coming Aftergoingl7-lllastyear, last season alone, averagUVSC is looking to improve ing 11.82 assists-per-game. on their mark and build on UVSC will have opits success. That success has portunities to prove itself begun in practice, and Atoa against some of the best believes it will carry over teams in the nation. Four of into the upcoming season. the teams on the schedule "After evaluating the .finished in the top 40 RPI way we've been playing and in the country at the end of competing in practice," said last season; this includes inCoach Atoa, "I feel good state teams like No. 19 Utah at where we are this year." and No. 47 Brigham Young. Six players return from The other two teams are lastyear's second-place team, the No. 26 University of including two main compo- Michigan, whom UVSC will nents of last year's squad. play in the Michigan/Nike Junior Camie Manwill and Invitational in mid-SeptemMark Johnston/The College Times senior Jessica Endres will ber in Ann Arbor, Mich., Mark Johnston/The College Times provide on-court leadership and No. 33 Arizona State, Utah Valley volleyball players prepare for the 2007 and also lead the offense. whom UVSC will host in the Freshman Lanni O'Reilly in a recent practice going season that begins against Wyoming. Manwill led the team in kills UVU invitational Sept. 7-8. against a couple of teammates. last year with 1,230, while Jordan Smith Fishing for fans f to pay than there was at the enough to work. Last time free events," Gurlich said. it was a ploy in our marketThe committee com- ing department to increase pared the attendance at attendance," said Jacobsen, sporting events to dances who was not on the spirit and other activities that cost committee and didn't ata few dollars for admittance. tend any of the meetings. The committee anStudents won't have to get the pass to attend games, nounced the packet last week but without the pass, they when most of the details were finalized will be charged with the Athlet$2 per game "Everything that is free ic department. with their The Athletic student ID. people tend to devalue department's W h e t h e r and we felt that we marketing students purwere underselling our group will be chase the or program a bit" involved in getpacket ting the packsingle game tickets, they will be pay- age out there, and the ing, unlike every other money students pay for university in the state ex- the packet will go into stucept BYU, where BYU dent events, such as tailstudents pay a minimum of gate and pre-game parties. $90 for an all-sports pass. Gurlich said it hasn't UVSC Athletic Direc- been decided whether or tor Mike Jacobsen said, not faculty will have to "I am for anything that pay for sporting events. works. We need to try to do "Everything that is free, something to get students people tend to devalue; excited about athletics." and we felt that we were The Athletic department underselling our program was behind a similar plan a bit," Duckworth said. when UVSC competed at If it doesn't work this the junior college level. time, and students conThat plan lasted one year. tinue to not attend sportJacobsen said that it didn' t ing events, it could be done seem to make much differ- away with for a second time. ence in the attendance, but "Everything is on the he said this time could work. table for evaluation," Duck"This time it is student worth said. "We will be lookdriven, and it seems good ing at it to see if it works." Cross country 2007 Women's volleyball 2007 Wyoming 7 p.m. Sept 7 Weber State 7 p.m. Jessica Endres Sept 8 San Jose State 11 a.m. Position: Class: Key stat: Sept 8 Arizona State 7:30 p.m. Oct 5 UT Pan-American 7 p.m. Oct 18 Boise State 7 p.m. Oct 23 Utah 7 p.m. Oct 27 Idaho State 7 p.m. Nov. 1 Utah State 7 p.m. Nov. 10 Nevada 7 p.m. Nov. 16 Independent Tournament TBA Nov. 17 Independent Tournament TBA :i -A Middle Blocker Senior Led UVSC in hitting percentage (.345), block assists (80), total blocks (87) and blocks per game (.89). • Position: Class: Key stat: Kirsten Barney and Bekah Poppinga to graduation. He said that the women are likely a better team than the men's team, but not by much. "They have been together a little longer," Houle said. The women bring several returning runners after !:-W^'ii'<••''''''' • , • • . . • . ••£ " '.•'*- ••'.-•1 '•* .'•'.• '-"*:': • '/I I.''• '•', '•'•'• *•-'•;' yy •"'.*•' •,.'.. V 1 .. ••••::• ® r V ing Aleina Eisenhauer from Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Phoenix. She comes from a state champilosing some stars of their onship high school program. own. Senior Aisha MitchEven though there are ell from Ghana is returning some newcomers, Houle after taking a few years off likes the fact that there are from cross country, as well some veterans around with as Mary Nothum who had at least a year under their three top-five finishes in belts. "They understand runher freshman year in 2006. ning in college artel it is a litA few new recruits tle bit different," Houle said. round out the team, includAnother fact about both teams that Houle is proud I tfy ; v Cross country schedule Septl at Utah State, Logan, Utah Sept 8 BYU Autumn Classic, Provo, Utah Sept 16 Montana State Invitational, Bozeman, Mont. Sept 29 Roy Griak Invitational, St. Paul, Minn. Oct 13 SUU Color Country Invitational, Cedar City, Utah Oct 27 Independent Championships, Brownsville, Texas \ • 5v Cross country Continued from page D1 • v*,"1 ,'•'.•' Outside hitter Junior Led UVSC in hitting pe centage (.345), block assists (80), total blocks (87) and blocks per game (.89). • •~,? J Sophomore Finishing in the top five in three meets in 2006. • ' , . - • Camie Manwill Aisha Mitchell • Home games -rv: Aug. 24 Women :: ; /-i; Senior from Ghana y stat: ;'j Is also back on the squad after &'Mr, .&';•;taltfiit^the past few years off. £ ^: Key players returning MaryNothum , •' h )' '•-? Key runners returning: \:1k i' • ' • • • 'V.)-. Class; Key stat: Women's volleyball schedule \ Continued from page D4 •->•) of is their academic records. "We know that they will be eligible," Houle said. Houle also added that his team doesn't use athletics as an excuse to not do their schoolwork. "They use it (cross ; country) to have fun," he- said. tThey are serious;';:about school." The season is fast approaching for the, Wolverines, as the first • meet is at Utah State on Aug. 31. The College Ttai^s is looking for: V' Writers, Photographers, and Designers. Men Chase Engtestead Class: Key stat: Sophomore Finished second- and third-place during the 2006 season. t § 0 Apply in SC220 >£;•>*••••„'• J -- : |