1988_12 The Daily Collegian December 1988

              Collegian Sports
California State University, Fresno
Thursday, December I,1988
'Dogs to fight
it out with
West Virginia
BY LEE PASSMORE 52 win over Pan American in
Co-Sportt Editor lhe Coors Light Classic  Sat¬
urday. Cole is averaging 14.3
Life on lhe road hasn't been points a game,
very kind lo tbe Fresno State
men's   basketball    (earn,    and
The task that Iics ahead for the
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The   Dogs   trek   to   West isiaiia Tech. the Ttegs have now
Virginia ai 7:30 p.m. EST for iwi nine stnught road games and
J" S°^!LrW0   *?"'eS m J 28 of their last 29 away from
demanding road trip that started   ^q,,^
fuesday at Louisiana Tech. . Wef. virgjnia,s Mounlaineers
FSU   didn't   get   its   road had high hopes coming into this
schedule off to a very auspicious season, being ranked as high as
start against Tech, losing 75-59 ninth in the New York Times
io drop its record to 1-2. In that preseason poll and they were
game the Bulldogs were vie- given top 20 rarikings by both
timized by liesdly accurate shoot- inside Sports and Street md*
ing as Uuisiana Tech shot 63 Smith.   However,   the   Moun-
percent fiom the field. taineers lost iheir season opener
Tech's Bulldogs led almost the Saturday night 75-67 to Robert
entire way and got out of the Morris,
jaies quickly, taking a 9-0 lead. Four starters who scored in
Fresno's Bulldogs fought back double figures last season return
he entire night but led only for West Virginia while the fifth
wee. 52-50 in lhe second half is a transfer. The two lop scorers
>ciore they lost their composuic in the Motmlaineers1. attack are
md let the game sup away. forwards   Chris   Brooks   and
'For the second time in ihe ^SjL   ,   sophomore,  av-
■rs'^reegames freshmanguard -  ^                          .
rV.ltertHookc.'led ihe Ttoglin .^.gg wMf ^ ^g ^
coring wuh 14 points. Hooker ^    ,25    Cualas   H^ie
■   currcnily   second   on   the Brooks ^ Su:vc rwer each
lulldogs in scormg, averaging xaed 1UbageMon.
2.7poinisagame. 1^ season die Mwmtaineers
FSU's leading scorer Jervis ^nt 18-14 overall and finished
:ole couldn't find lhc basket third    in    ihe    Atlantic    10
gainst Tech, failing to make a conference with a 12-6 record,
ingle shot from the field and west Virginia earned a spot in
inishing with just four points
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FSU center Hene Ebehjea (45) will try to clog the middle defensively tonight when the Bulldog, visit
W«W Virginia. _
FSU wrestlers split matches at home
Y LEE PASSMORE doing what we are striving to get done,
c-Spora Editor        >v_) and  that's  competing.   Whether  we're
winning or losing, we are competing on
After competing against the top two • an intense level"
ams in the nat"on over Thanksgiving        Six of FSUs 10 wrestlers who look
eekend, lhe Fresno State wrestling squad    likely to start in Las Vegas hav4> winning
ill once again go up against lough
mpeu'iion this weekend in Las Vegas.
FSU will be just one of more than 40
:hools participating in the Las Vegas
oumament at the Show Boat Hotel. The
lumamcni, which is annually the big ■
-•si of the winter, will run all day both
riday and Saturday.
Fresno Stale is currently 4-2 on the
-ir, having split four matches at home
st Friday and Saturday. FSU won its
rst two matches early Friday, beating
lemson 21-17 and Portland Stale 25-10.
This was just'the easy part, though.
5U then had tb face consecutive matches
lain.si defending x NCAA champion
rizona Slate and Oklahoma State, the
os. 2 and 1 teams in the nation.
ASU defeated Fresno State 26-10 in the
lal match on Friday to give FSU its
records through the first six dual matches.
Junior Andre Banlcu is FSUs only un¬
defeated wrestler at 126 pounds, sporting
a 4-0 mark.
Sophomore Jon Pierro al 134 pounds
has ibe next best mark on ihe squad at 5-
1. Pierro was undefcaied entering his final
match last weekend againsl Oklahoma
Slate's Chuck Barbee.
Pierro fell behind 5-0 against Barbee in
the final period of lhe match, but came
back strong before losing lhe match
narrowly 9-5.
"Jon is a competitor. He doesn't give
up," said DeLiddo. The key for him is
not getting behind during a match like he
did againsl Barbee."
Another wrestler earning praise from
DeLiddo was 158-poiindjunior Wade Zim¬
merman. "Wade is showing potential to
fine outings over the weekend. 190-
pounder Ray Roso won easily over
ASU's Kelly Gonzalez 10-2 and has a 3-2-
I record.
Heavyweight Dan Telen has a 4-2 mark
and won twice on pins. Roso and Telen
are both sophomores.
The Las Vegas tournament may well
reunite FSU with some of its previous
foes   from   last   weekend.   ASU   and
Oklahoma State will both be bringing
their squads as will perrenial national
powers Iowa Slate and Oklahoma.
In Las Vegas, the scoring will be kept
on an individual basis, with the lop six
wrestlers in each weight class getting
awards. Last year FSU finished 18th out
of a total of 39 teams. The best finish
was by 126-pound Shaun Crosswhiie,
who finished sixth as a freshman.
r
Spikers get awards
at annual banquet
si loss of ihe season. Less lhan one day be  a Division  I  All-Arnerican,"  said
ler,  FSU was  clearly  overmatched DeLiddo.
Amsl Oklahoma Slate, losing 30^5. ,    Zimmerman's only  loss  was a 7-3
Despite the two lopsided del cats, FSU setback lo Arizona Stale's Dan Sl John,
ach Dennis DeLiddo is not discouraged a reluming Ail-American who finished
iLh his team's prospects. "I'm pleased third in the NCAAs last season.
ith the team,"., said DeLiddo. "We are Two of FSU.« larger class wrestlers had
BY MTKE KUNGBETL
Co-Sports Editor ,
The Fresno State volleyball team had
what most would consider a frustrating
season finishing with a 15-16 mark and 4-
14 in conference play. This despite close
matches against competitive schools such
as UC Santa Barbara and San Jose State.
Expectations were lofty for lhe
Bulldogs as Volleyball Monthly displayed
with a 16th preseason rating. However,
tbe results did nol live up to this high
yardstick.
Last night, however was a time u>
regale in a positive and upbeat
environment  as     acknowledgment  of
individual succcsses"was on the agenda at
the Fresno Stale volleyball awards
banqucnL
Traci Sliester, lhe senior setter fiom
Praiher, garnered Most Valuable Player
honors as her career assist record of 3348
and her career record in defensive saves at1
937 proved to be the clear factors
involved.
This was the second time Sliester gol
lhe career assist record as she did ii back
in 1986.
Last mat she was honorable mention.
The 5-8 setter is also accomplished in
the academic arena as she won the
academic excellence award for ihe ihim
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