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Show Sports Women's golf finishes fall season \? B7 Wolverine soccer club finds success Sports writer After four tournaments, the women's golf team finished up the first half of their season. Their first tournament took them to Fruit Heights to compete in the Weber State Invitational. "We came in second in the four team tournament that Weber State hosted," said David DeSantis, women's head golf coach. Next they traveled to Denton, Texas to compete in the North Texas Fall Classic, where they placed ninth as a team. In this tournament two freshmen stood out: Brittany Butler from Sugar Land, Texas and Monica Fox from Holladay. Coach DeSantis said, "Butler's had the best year so far out of all the players. She's had the biggest improvement in scoring." Their third tournament was held in Post Falls, Idaho for the Bulldog and Eagle Invitational. For this tournament all five starters had their best rounds. UVU finished in 13th place after two days of competition, The final tournament took place in Arroyo Grande, California at the Lamkin Cup/Cal Poly Invitational. As a team they placed 17th. Butler once again showed strength during this tournament having the top score for the wolverines. Having his first year as the women's golf coach, DeSantis is proud of his team this year. "Four of the starting five shot under 80 this semester, which was good," DeSantis said. Kasey Larson, a senior from Gridley, California, also showed great strength this year. "She had the best round as a colligate at our last tourney shooting 76," DeSantis added. The team will return to the course during spring semester for four more tournaments. "We want to improve on our team scoring average," DeSantis concluded. Intramural flag football dominates national tournament REED NOBLE Sports writer Dave Iba/ UVU Review The Wolverine men's soccer team poses for its team photo. UVU has gone from being a recreational club to a well-respected team in the state. Men's soccer team finishes season with high hopes Wolverines have turned from being a recreational club to an impressive socPlaying with pace and cer club, through dedicaattacking intent, the men's tion to training four days a soccer club week coupled with a game team has won on Saturday. The team has praise from been contributing funds to players and cater for team engagements fans in the re- such as referee fees, paint gion. For the and equipment. In addition, firsttimeinthe the team has displayed great institution's history, UVU depth in hard work and commen's soccer represented the mitment. university in the best league The team boasts of being in Utah. Moreover, they the most diversified club at successfully accomplished UVU with over twelve nathe daunting task of beating tionalities represented. The the best team in the premier team embarked on greater league, OlympiqueMontreux aspirations by representing 3-1 at home, hence creating history and encouraging a lot the Wolverines in the Naof attention from all over by tional Intramural Regional being the only team to cause Soccer Championships held at Weber state. Despite besuch a major upset. ing eliminated by Oregon Within one season, the State after a marginal win. fA Sports writer the team, held their heads high after demolishing Idaho State 5-1. This was an impressive feat for the team, having only been training for one season. The days of not being recognized as a menacing team are long gone, as they have elevated themselves to the position of serious contenders for cups. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since Sir Kemal Makasci took over as the head coach. Rules, routines and expectations have been implemented, and the team has been training hard both physically and tactically under the watchful eye of Makasci, who played professional soccer for 11 years and is among a select few in the world who hold the FIFA license A for coaches. Apart from introducing Wolverines soccer to society and earning the respect of fans and rivals, the team members have learned the virtues of hard work, team spirit, respect, sharing and commitment. The personal improvement of skills and physique are astounding. While soccer is not the most popular sport in the United States, its growth is phenomenal. More than 70 students have participated since April. The team is getting ready for the next season with a lot of enthusiasm of greater elevation. The team is currently getting ready for indoor soccer and other physical buildup, to ensure consistency, adaptability and improvement. UVLTs flag football team won the Region VI Tournament in Tempe, AZ, which was held Nov. 7-8. This marks the Wolverines third regional championship in the last 5 years. They went into the tournament as the number one seed and won every game going 6-0. Not only did they win every game, they also worked every opponent through the "mercy" rule, which is a rule that ends the game early if a team is ahead by more than 20 points. "No team has ever come close to dominating a regional tournament in this manner", said Bo Earls, who is the intramural director. "My expectations were very low for the team going into the tournament," Earls added. "I thought that they wouldn't do well, but they dominated, and I'm very proud of them and how great they played." For being regional champions, they received a $1,650 stipend toward their trip to the national tournament, which is in south Florida at the end of December. Good luck to the Wolverines flag football team in Nationals — hopefully they will go and annihilate everyone just like they did in the regional tournament. VOLLEYBALLfrom- B5 With several players making an impact, the Wolverines recorded 19 digs with Allyce Wilson leading the way. On the night, sophomore Kayli Broadbent led all attackers with 14 kills for a .314 attack percentage. The future of the program appears bright as freshmen Jaicee Kuresa and Faith Tusieseina contributed with nine kills each. The second set saw the Wolverines cruise to another convincing win, 25-19, in which Broadbent recorded six kills. Defensively, Wilson led the team with 10 digs, pacing the Wolverine effort in holding the Huskies to 19 points. The third and final set saw the Huskies bite back, but falling short 26-24.- Lindley had her moment as she began the set with a service ace. The Wolverines now move into the Independent Championship, which will be held on campus Nov. 21-22. 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