1993_11 The Daily Collegian November 1993

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6—The Daily Collegian
Tuesday, Nov. 16,1993
C. Jones
makqs
the/big
plays
When quarterback Trent Dilfer
needs a completion for a first down
or a touchdown, he has several play¬
ers to call on; Malcolm Seabron,
Tydus Winans, Lee Harris, David
Dunn and Micheal Ross.
All are seniors with Dunn being
ajunior. ■       .
t But the' person Dilfer and the
Fresno State coaching staff is turn -
„ ing to for the.big play more and
more is sophomore Charlie Jones.
Jones is making a push for
Sophomore All-Amerjcan honors
and Saturday night against Hawaii
he cemented those hopes more,
catching six passes for 121 yards
and a touchdown. He also scored
another touchdown on s 33-yard
reverse.
The speedy flanker has caught
37 passes in 1993 for a 20.7 yard
average.
Dunn return s punt tor TD
Junior David Dunn, from
Bakersfield College, made the best
i  ofhis first chance to retun a punt at
' the NCAA Division I level.
Dunn caught the ball at the
Fresno State 45-yard line, weaved
his way through some traffic and
then raced the rest of the way to
give the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead with
five seconds to go in the first quar¬
ter.
The return came on the Rain¬
bows' second punt ofthe night
"The way the defense blocked,
they opened up some nice holes
and all I had to do was get there,"
P    Dunn said.
He also has been returning kick
• offs for the Bulldogs.
Bulldogs play keep away
Fresno State came into the Ha¬
waii contest with the second best
turnover margin in the country with
a plus-12.
Against the Rainbows, tbe Bull¬
dogs failed to turn the ball over by
a fumble or interception and gar¬
nered two more fumbles and will
head into the San Diego State game
with a plus-14 turnover margin.
Pittman, Clalbonw get chances
For the second consecutive
week, coach Jim Sweeney was able
to give true freshman Mike Pittman
a chance to show the Bulldog fans
what they will see next year-wben
seniors Anthony Daigle and Ron
See Notes, page 7
Spikers lose to Matadors
Bulldogs lose to
Northridge in four
games again
By Robbie Miner
Start writer
Seniors Jennifer Craw and
Nicole Chen played their last
matches in front of the home crowd
last night, but it was Cal-State
Northridge that would walk in and
steal the show.
The Matadors':disposed df 'he
10-18 FSU squad, 15-10,15-13,3-
1.5,15-10 putting adamperon what
was otherwise a memorable night
for the the Bulldogs' only two se¬
niors.
During pre-game player an¬
nouncements, Chen and Craw were
given loud ovations by the 455 fans
that showed up to watch their last
matches in FSU's North Gym.
' Despite the loss, both left last¬
ing impressions on FSU fans with
impressive performances, which fu¬
eled what minimal attack the Bull¬
dogs had last night. Chen and Craw
combined for 38 of the team's 62
kills   against   the   Matadors.
r
Throughout the season, the two
have combined for 44 percent of
the team's total kills,.     J
"It dosen't feel like I should be
done here [Fresno]," Craw said.
'Two years isn't enough time to
make a real impact. It feels like I
just got here and I wish I had an¬
other two years left."
Craw finished the last home
match ofher career with 20 kills, 12
digs, seven block assists, two solo
blocks, and a .271 hitting percent¬
age. In just two years, the senior
middle blocker has amassed more
than 700 kills andaltflost 200
blocks,
Chen, who had 11} kills and 17
digs against Northridge leaves FSU
as one ofthe most exciting players
to wear a Bulldog uniform. Just
like Craw, Chen amassed outstand¬
ing numbers in only two seasons
with FSU. She is already 10th all-
time in the WAC in digs with 69 J
and her conference-leading 515
kills ranks her 14th in the nation. In
the fust game of last night's match,
Chen also became only the third
player in FSU history to record
more than 500 kills in a single sea¬
son.
When presentations finished
Fred Mason/Daily Collegian
Red-shirt freshman Liz Doljanfn played all four games Monday
night and had one kill, two service aces and nine digs.
Northridge and their two leading
hitters Aimee Stone and Missy
Clements stole the spotlight. The
two combined for 40 kills, includ¬
ing 13 in the final game. As over¬
powering as they were, however,
the Bulldogs had more success con¬
taining them last night than in their
previous meeting this year when
Stone had 20 kills and Clements
added 30 in a four-game defeat of
FSU aSept 28.
"Stone and Clements are what
makes this team click," coach John
Price said. r*T~!
The Matadors were in control
for most of the night, but an awe¬
some surge by the Bulldogs ta the
third game excited the home crowd
for a little while. In what seemed
like only a few minutes, FSU ral¬
lied i'dr the first 14 points of.the
See Spikers, page 6
FSU begins with Race Express c~,
Matt Soby/Daily Collegian
Austin will be one of lour guards called on by Fresno
bead coach Gary Colson this season
Bulldogs look
fprward to facing
sjpmebody besides
themselves
Sy David Donnelly
Editor"
The Fresno State basketball team
spent tbe last three weeks pushing,
shoving and beating each other in
practice, scrimmages and an
intrasquad game.
* Now the Bulldogs want to beat
up on somebody else and,they'll
get their chance tonight at Selland
Arena when Race Express comes
to Fresno for a 7:30 p.m. exhibition
contest
"We get to actually beat up on
somebody else besides ourselves,"
forward Chris Koford said.   -
The Bulldogs are coming off a
productive intrasquad game that
featured the returns of Carl Ray
Harris and (£7 Koford.
Koford, who hurt his ankleand
red shitted last'season, looks for¬
ward to starting the season.
"It's going to be exciting; I
haven't had that exhiliration,,that
adrenaline rush, for awhile but I'm
really looking forward to it," Koford
said. "I'm looking,forward to see¬
ing where we're going to fall into
our roles and how we're going to
come across as a team."
. Koford also added that tonight
will be the first time that the team as
a whole will be able judge them¬
selves because he thinks a person
c an'i get a real bare meter Of a team's
potential until it is opposed by an¬
other.
Forward Travis Stel averaged
12 points a game last season and
has been looking forward to put¬
ting last season's problems and 13-
15 record behind him.
"To me, I've been looking for¬
ward to this since the middle ofthe
summer when I was working out,"
Stel said. "Two weeks may be short
but we've gone really hard and I
think we' re ready for our first test.
Let's beat on somebody elscnpw;
let somebody else get the bruises
instead of us."
Head coach Gary Colson said
he looks at tonight's match-up two
ways.
"I think the best thing about this
isA, it doesn't count and B, you can
take film, dissect it and actually
show what the pros and cons are,"
Colson said. "We'll play [tonight]
and Wednesdayrflorning we'll be
in watching the films just .trying to
get better."
Colson said he'd like to see his ■
team work on their defense, an area
he feels the Bulldogs need vast
amounts of improvement in.
Race Express, an AAU team
stationed in the Bay-Area, brought,
a 3-2 record into a game with the
University of San Francisco Mon¬
day night
The AAU team, on a 26-game
-'   See Race page 7