1993_09 The Daily Collegian September 1993

              Friday, Sept 24,1993
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Sports—7
Pre, from page 6
Utah (31 -29) and a heartbreaking,
28-24, loss to Baylor. Utah State
opened the season with a 34-13 win
over Southwestern Lousiana.
In both losses, the Aggies had
chances to win
"If if s and but's were candy
and nuts we'd all have a Merry
Christmas," Weatherbie said. "We
have missed out on a lot of oppor¬
tunities. Fundamentally, we are
having some problems."
"We'd love to get into the
Western Athletic Conference,"
Utah State coach Chuck Weatherbie
said. "I think we would be a great
addition to the WAC."
"(Fresno State is) just an ex¬
cellent offensive football team,"
Weatherbie said. "Their defense
has more speed than any team we
have played."
Weatherbie. like Sweeney, is
blessed with a potent offensive at¬
tack. The second-year coach can
count on senior quarterback An¬
thony Calvillo, who has been
groomed by former Seattle
Seahawk quarterback Jim Zorn,
USU's offensive coordinator.
Calvillo has passed for 1,057
yards and five touchdowns. His
ravoritetargetiswidereceiverCotie
McMahon, who caught 21 passes
for 333 yards and a touchdown in
the Aggies first three games.
Utah State's defense is keyed by
"Fresno State is
just an excellent
offensive football
team." Utah
State head coach
Chuck
Weatherbie
senior linebacker Jermaine
Younger, an All-America and
Butkus Award candidate. The 6-
foot, 245-pounder leads Utah State
with 43 tackles, including five for
losses.
Younger and the rest of the
Aggie defense will have to contain
the versatileBulldog attack, includ¬
ing two tailbacks on the verge of
putting their names in the Fresno
State record books.
Seniors Anthony Daigle and Ron
Rivers are within range of setting
school records in rushing touch¬
downs and total rushing yards.
Daigle tied Dean Philpott's
(1954-57) career touchdown mark
with No. 29 last Saturday at New
Mexico.
Rivers needs just 103 yards to
surpass Philpott's total of 2,533.
Rivers has already rushed for
435 yards (145 YD/G), good
enough to to lead tbe WAC. He is
fourth nationally in the same cat¬
egory.
With two Bulldogs close to
changing the Fresno State history
books, Sweeney is hoping FSU fans
can match the crowd of 40,048 that
witnessed the home-opening win
over Oregon State on Sept. 11 or
surpass it.
"Our football fans are not going
to see this team for another three
weeks (Oct. 16), and they will see
history made, in one of these games
to come," Sweeney said.
"So we want to encourage our
fans to get to the game."
WAC, from page 6
munication between the Bulldogs.
"We weren't talking," she said.
But the Bulldogs did start talk¬
ing in the second game. After the
Lobos took a 6-4 lead the Bulldogs
outscored the Lobos 11-4 behind
the hitting of senior outside hitter
Nicole Chen, who had 27 kills and
Tuley.
Fresno State hit .255  for the
match. Sophomore setter Brenda
Gregersen started slow, but still
had 50 assists.
The Bulldogs won't have long to
savor this victory because they face
UTEP tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
North Gym.
"We have to focus when we get
on the court and even before the
match," Tuley said.
Last year the Miners came into
the North Gym and gave the Bull¬
dogs everything they could handle.
"We've been talking to the team
about being extra prepared," Vivas
said. "The Minersaren't as predict¬
able, which makes it tougher to
play them."
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Backs, from page 6
ers are deserving of the records.
"It has been a great situation for
both of them," Skipper said. "They
are both great in their own ways."
Skipper, himself, used to be a
stand-out running back at Fresno
State.
What makes their career
achievements so impressive is that
they have had to share time be¬
tween each other. Rivers is the
starter, but on the second offensive
possession Daigle gets his tum at
tailback.
A great example of how well
they worked together is what they
did against New Mexico last week-
Rivers carried the ball 32 times for
205 yards and Daigle had 27 car¬
ries for 128 yards. It was the second
week in a row that they both ran for
more than 100 yards.
What head coach Jim Sweeney
likes about the pair is their ability to
play together.
"There, in no way, has been
any jealousy between the two,"
Sweeney said. "They substitute
each other wonderfully. We are
blessed to have them both at FSU."
Sweeney said he hasn't been
surprised on how well they have
done since arriving at FSU.
"They were great when they
got here," Sweeney said. "We'd
like to say it has been the coaching,
but they are great athletes."
Like Sweeney, Rivers hasn't
been too surprised on how well he
and Daigle have done. Before he
was to start his sophomore season
after not playing as a freshman.
Rivers filled out a team goal sheet
and said he was going to rush for
more than 1,000 yards.
Skipper made Rivers fill out
another goal sheet.
"He thought my goals were to
high," Rivers said.
"I knew I could do it. He just
said Coach Sweeney would call me
into his office and ask about it if I
didn't change it."
Skipper said he was only try¬
ing to protect Rivers.
"It was his first year and I
didn't want him to put any added
pressure on himself." Skipper said.
"He has a lot of confidence in him¬
self, but as a first-year player you
don't want go out say ' 1 am going to
rush for 1,000 yards."
Beside, Skipper was right.
Rivers only ran for 989 yards.
Soccer, from page 6
ling Wescott moved over the 70-
point mark for his career. The FSU
co-captain has scored 71-career
points, sixth in the school's all-
time list.
Wescott totaled a personal-best
four assists in FSU's 5-4 win over
USF last Sunday afternoon.   He
scored two goals and dished out
two more assists in a 7-0 win over
Loyola Marymount last Friday
night.
FSU is coming off a 2-1 deci¬
sion at UC Santa Barbara on Tues¬
day night.
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