1994_10 The Daily Collegian October 1994

              Monday, October 3, 1994
SPORTS
Page 7
Bulldogs split weekend series
By Chad Holcomb
The Fresno State volleyball
team may have been seen as an
underdog in the Western Ath¬
letic Conference this season with
their young but very experi¬
enced team, but they have cer¬
tainly proven to be otherwise so
far this seasohr "i-
This past weekend head
coach Lindy Vivas took her
squadron of thunder-spikers,
(llr5, 3-1 in WAC) on this
season's first roadltrip of con-
^Tference play, facing a tough No.
17 New Mexico team Friday
night, and then the University
of Texas El Paso Saturday.
The Bulldogs would have to
face the bite of the, Lobos, as
New Mexico ended the 'Dogs
second four-game winning
streak of the season, winning
the match in Albuquerque in
straight games 15-8,15-6,15-6.
New Mexico won their open¬
ing WAC match with the play
of Tania Gooley, who had 13
kills and nine digs and Robyn
Wentworth, who had 11 kills
and six blocks.
The Lobos had the power and
the upper hand" on the Ttogs
throughout the match. NMU
had 44 kills and 13 blocks to
FSU's 29 kills and only three
blocks in the match.
The Bulldogs were led by
sophomore outside hitter Tricia
Tuleyy last week's WAC volley¬
ball player of the week, who •
had eight kills and three digs on
the night. Tuley left in the sec¬
ond gamewith a sprained ankle
when the 'Dogs were losing 14-
3.
The Bulldogs obviously did
not let the loss to a tough New
Mexico team rattle them on Sat¬
urday when FSU took it to the
Lady Miners of UTEP 15-11,16-
18,15-12,15-6.
The Ttogs began this match
with an attitude, biting into the
Lady Miners early-with the first
ten points of the match. Solo
senior for the Bulldogs and
middle blocker Roseanne
Brown had five of her match-
high 18 kills in the streak.
UTEP is a team that would
not and did not-give up that
easy. They rallied back strong
to tie the score 10-10. FSU then
finished them off, grabbing the
last five points they needed to
win the game.
Game two was indeed a
battle. FSU had a game point,
14-10 lead and allowed the Lady
Miners to get back into the game
and ultimately win 16-18 on a
big block.
The Bulldogs had Tuley, who
was back in the lineup after suf¬
fering from a sprained ankle in
the New Mexico match the night
before, playing like she had
done before the injury, collect¬
ing 16 kills and 20 digs.
FSU trailed 12-10 in game
three, but got back at the Lady
Miners, scoring the last five
points of the game, including a
service ace for game point from
freshmen outside hitter Diana
Nalbandian.
The Bulldogs had the handle
on UTEPfrom the start in game
four when the Ttogs took a 9-1
lead and cruised from there on
out.
Fresno State has continued'
their winning ways, and have
now equaled the total amount
of wins that the team had all of
last yeaj,(ll) with still 10 WAC
matches remaining.
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WA:C gets wacky
while Dogs rest
Collegian Sports Staff
While the Fresno State foot¬
ball team rested their army of
injured players last weekend
the rest of the Western Athy
letic Conference showed why
they call it the'Wacky WAC.
The wildest game took
place in Nebraska where Wyo¬
ming almost pulled off the big¬
gest upset of the century. The
Cowboys (2-3) traveled into
the land of the 2nd-ranked
Comhuskers and gave the fans
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A pshycic couldn't have
predicted this game as Wyo¬
ming took a 21-14 lead into
halftime and did so without
any production from the
country's third leading rusher
Ryan TJhristopherson. Ne¬
braska exploded in the third
quarter for 21 points and held
on to win 42-32, but neverthe¬
less, the Comhuskers got more
than they ever could have ex¬
pected from the 40-point un¬
derdogs. \
Despite Wyoming's amaz¬
ing . .team performance,
Christopherson lost the battle
of the premier running backs
badly, Comhusker Lawrence
Phillips carried the ball 27
times for 168 yards and three
touchdowns. Christopherson
failed to gain one yard in 12'
carries. if**
Colorado State equaled its
win total of all of 1993 by win¬
ning a 38-31 shoot-out with
NewwMexico, to improve its
record to 5-0 (4-0 in WAC).
Senior QB Anthoney Hill
passed for a career-high 364
yards and threw three TD
passes in a game that had 1098
total yards in offense.
UTEP won its first WAC
game since 1992 with 3*34-28
upset of Hawaii. The Miners
capitalized off two Hawaii
fumbles to score two decisive
touchdowns in the fourth quar¬
ter.
In another offensive slugfest,
Air Force edged San Diego State
36-35, dt-spite 421 yards passing
by SDSU quarterback Tim
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demonstrating his great passing
abilities. His pass found Mike
Matson who overcame his de¬
fender and fed an eagerPatterson,
who once again scored to put the
Bulldogs in the lead 1-0.
Underestimatng the capabili¬
ties or the Spartans, coach Bluem
decided to change the team
again. He substituted Foster,
Patterson, and Rohrer. The Bull¬
dogs diminished the pressure
and allowed the much less ca¬
pable Spartans to get back in the
game. The Spartans however^
attacked timidly, always at¬
tempting to take long shots,
generaly causing no concerns
to Kramer.
Learning from his mistakes,
coach Bluem immediately re-
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placed Foster, Patterson, and
Rohrer in the field.<The Bull¬
dogs immediately regained con¬
trol of the game. A great play
from the Bulldogs' forwards
found Foster right in front of the
goal. Foster took a powerful shot
but the ball hit the post before
landing out. The Bulldogs kept
c*n pressuring. Another great
play from the Bulldogs found
team captain Brian Johnson in a
great position to score. Johnson
took a simple but perfect shot
that overcame the unsecure
Main, granting the Bulldogs it's
ninth consecutive victory.
The Spartans did not dare to
react and submissively allowed
the^Bulldogs to remain on the
top of the match.
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