1994_03 The Daily Collegian March 1994

              Thursday, March 3,1994
THE COLLEGIAN
Women's Tennis moves
up rankings, beats UOP
'Dogs now fight for
tournament position
Amy Gallagher and
Ivan Keskinov are
named WAC Athletes
of the Week for tennis
COLLEGIAN SPORTS STAFF
Right after hearing that they had
moved into a No.43 national rank¬
ing, the Fresno State women's ten¬
nis team proved their newhigh staus
by disposing of the University of
Pacific 6-3 yesterday.
Senior Amy Gallagher was one
of four Fresno State players who
were victorious in indivisual play.
.Gallagher, who moved into the
. No. 1 spot for the Bulldogs Saturday,
has rallied off three straight victories
in the top position and for her ac¬
complishments was named Female
Athlete of the Week yestreday. '
Last season's FSU MVP im¬
proved her overall record to 9-4 by
defeating WeslieO' Keefe 7-6,7-5.
Mary Joe FaflaraMartaPitarchand
Ann Papi were also victorious for the
Bulldogs yesterday. The No.l FSU
doubles team of Gallagher and Fallara
lost a long three set match 3-6,7-6,6-1. j
NOTES- The FSU men's tei
team moved up into the No. 44:
in the latest rankings and the <
team of Bryan and Ryan Junio/took
a quantum leap into the No. 8 spot.'
Ivan Keskinov, 5-3 at No. 1 was
named Male Athlete of the Week
for tennis '
By Chris Cocoles
THBCOLLEGIAN
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INTRAMURAL
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Shelly, Jeff, Carrie, Rick, or Kim
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Three meetings, three wins.
Fresno Stale's basketball team
has enjoyed a great deal of success
against Western Athletic Confer¬
ence rival Colorado State.
But as the teams prepare for
tonight's crucial 7:30 p.m. game at
Selland Arena, one has to wonder
how long the Bulldogs' domination
of the Rams will continue.
"We've got atough game against
Colorado State ahead of us. We've
had their number lately but (CSU)
is hot," FSU coach Gary Colson ■
said on his weekly KMJ radio show.
The Rams (8-8 WAC, 15-10
overall) have won two straight, and
along with Wyoming (6-10, 13-
12), who travels to Fresno State
Saturday night, can shattertheBull¬
dogs' hopes of gaining a higher
seed for the WAC Tournament
FSU's chances to win the con¬
ference regular-season title, though
faint, are still alive. Fust, the Bull¬
dogs (llVfi, 16-9) must win their
final two borne games over the
Rams and Cowboys.
Second, league leader New
Mexico must lose two road games
at Brigham Young and Utah.' Fi¬
nally, Texas-El Paso would have to
upset the second-pl ace Cougars in
Provo.
That scenario wouldput the three
WAC leaders at 13-5, wiutFSU
getting the top seed for the confer¬
ence t own amen t a/ the Delta Cen¬
ter in Salt Lake City.
In fact, any ties between the
Bulldogs and either BYU or the
Lobos favor FSU, because it swept
the highest remaining team in the
standings, Hawaii. The Rainbow
Warriors split with New Mexico
andBYU.
But the Bulldogs must get past
their final two hurdles, with a de¬
termined CSU team standing in line
first . M?
Since its first WAC season in
1992-93, FSU is 3-0 against the
Rams, including two wins at Moby
Arena in Fort Collins. The Bull¬
dogs opened the conference season
at CSU on Jan. 3rd and escaped
with a 79-73 victory.
That loss was one of only three
for the Rams at Moby, where they
have won 12 times. But away from
Fort Collins, Colorado State is just
3-7. .J
"We're looking at the Rams with
lots of respect," Colson said Moo-
day. "We've beaten them three
straight and you wonder if this is
going to be the time for them."
NOTES - ESPN recently pro¬
filed teams on the NCAA Tourna¬
ment bubble, with the Bulldogs in¬
cluded in that list. The two losses at
UTEP and New Mexico dampened
the Bulldogs hopes of gaining an
at-largebid,particularh/withFSirs
non-conference losses to Nevada
and San Jose State (at home). Not
helping matters was a season-open¬
ing win over Div. D Cal Poly- San
Luis Obispo: The NCAA Selec¬
tion Committee refuses to count
wins over non-Div. I opponents...
New Mexico (21-5 overall) and
BYU (19-6) are safe bets to land at
least at-large spots in the 64-team
field, with the WAC Tournament
champion receiving an automatic
invitation.  k .
With 18 points against New
Mexico Saturday, Carl Ray Harris
moved into seventh place on FSU's
all-time scoring list with 1,409
points.
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