1997_01 The Daily Collegian January 1997

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Friday, January 31,1997
Sports
Sports Editor: Luis Hernandez
Telephone: (209) 278-5733
Bulldogs win, Macklin comes back
Women's Tennis
Bulldogs women upset
19th ranked USC
Fresno State upset 19th
ranked USC on Wednesday.
Jan.. 28. 5-4. at Marks Tennis
Stadium on the USC campus.
"It was a great team effort
today." Fresno State head
coach Irene Harris said. "Ev¬
eryone contributed."
Wednesday's match was
tied 4-4 heading into the third
match in doubles. Fresno State
sophomores Shana Peete and
Terje Pallo were able to gel
. past USC's Pam Trump-and
Eva Jimenez. 8-5.to clinch to
Bulldogs win. Pallo and Peete
trailed 3-1 early, and went back
♦and forth with Jimenez and
Trump taking control in the late
going.
"I think we played our best
doubles of the season." said
Pallo. "We stayed more
aggresive and we were more
confident. They didn't have the
mental toughness we had."
Fresno State (2-0) entered
doubles down 4-2. but were
able to pull off a sweep for the
win.
At number one. sophomore
Dora Djilianova paired up with
Kara Warkentin paired up to
beat Ditta Huber and Nicole
London. 8-5. At number two.
junior Laura Townsendd and
Liz Marpuri topped KaroJina
"Baklarova and Verooika
Safarova, 8-6. In Fresno State's
prev ious two matches this sea¬
son it had been Warkentin and
Townsend at number one. and
Djilianova and Marpuri at
number two. Those two
doubles wins set the stage for
Peete and Pallo's dramatic win
at number three.
"Our doubles came
throught for us." Harris said.
"They played tough at every
spot."
International Soccer
Mexico's national side
coming to Fresno
Fresno State's Bulldog
stadium will once again host
top international soccer when
Mexico's national side comes
to town and takes on Guate¬
mala. It will be Mexico's last
preparation match before
they bagin their World Cup
qualifying tournament.        *
The game is set for Wed..
Feb. 19 at 7 pm
By Thomas Sepulveda
TheDaily Collegian
Terrance
Roberson
points out of Dominick Young and
Chris Herren. but managed to coast
to an 87-71 victory over short-
handed San Diego State at Selland
Arena Thursday night.
i 'I've got a lot of respect for San
Cftego State." Jerry Tarkanian.
Fresno State's head coach, said.
"They came in here short-handed
and played hard."
The Aztecs were without start¬
ing center Tye Fields (11.0 ppg. 3.9
rpg). who was declared academi¬
cally ineligible, and forward Jacobi
Thompson (9.6 ppg and 3.6 rpg).
who had started 13 games this sea¬
son. Fresno State took advantage of
the Aztecs interior weakness.
Daymond Forney had 21 points In
27 minutes, and Terrance Roberson
added 17 first-half points as the
Bulldogs ran out to a 46-21 half-
time lead.
"Well I think, number one. any¬
time we lose the people we lost, you
don't know what the heck to do."
said Fred Trenkle, Aztecs head
coach.
"When you're down 25 points
at halftime. there's not a whole lot
of incentive to play the second
half." he added.
Things started slowly for the
Bulldogs, as San Diego State took
an 8-5 lead early. But Tarkanian
pulled center Rashaan Smith out of
the lineup, and Khary Stanley used
his size to punish the Aztecs. He
grabbed six boards ant) blocked a
shot in 14 minutes. "I appreciate
getting all the minutes and I just
wanted to come out and play as hard
as I could." Stanley said.
By David Childers
The Daily Collegian
Paul Martinez — The Daily Collegian
Chris Herren looks drives by his a defender looking for one of his
11 assists on the night. He also added five points to the
Bulldgos' offense. v
Danyell Macklin played in his
first game as a Bulldog, and led the
team with 10 rebounds in 19 min¬
utes of play. He looked rusty, throw¬
ing up two airballs. fumbling an
alley-oop. and finishing 2-11 from
the field.
"I thought the first half we
moved the ball very well."
Tarkanian said. "And Terrance
Roberson got hot and hit some big
buckets. The thing I'm happiest
about is that we got Danyell
Macklin a lot of playing time."
Forney added 14 points in the
first half, most of them coming in
the paint. '")
'That was a strong game for me.
all the rest of the guys had a strong
game too." he said. "I want to play
against their best every night and
they weren't there and we couldn't
just slack off because of that."
Despite the size advantage, the
Aztecs out-rebounded Fresno State
21 -18 in the first half, and the teams
were even at 42 for the game.
"That's pretty frustrating, be¬
cause you know, a big team like we
are. you always want to come out
and pound a team on the boards."
Stanley said. "We haven't been do¬
ing that, and that's something we
need to do."
Young hit three straight three-
point shots in the second half, but
otherwise both him and Herreri
didn't have to shoulder the scoring
burden.
"I was focusing on getting
Please see B-Ball page 11
Danyell
Mackin
team.
But, apparently, even a 10-re-
bound debut from forward Danyell
Macklin in the Bulldogs 87-71 win
over San Diego State did not fully
expose the talents of the junior
transfer.
"Macklin had 10 rebounds?."
said Head Coach Jerry Tarkanian.
"He didn't even rebound like I
know he can."
Ask Macklin, and he will tell
you he didn't do anything as well
as he can. He was just happy to be
playing competitive basketball
again.
"I'm still not in my groove." said
Macklin. "I have a long way to go.
I have been waiting two years, and
like I told the guys tonight, it was a
dream come true."
Unfortunately, away from the
boards, things were not quite so
dreamy. Macklin made only two of
his 11 field goal attempts, and by
the time the game had ended jt was
evident that his conditioning was .
still very much incomplete.
"He wanted to come out. but I
didn't let him." said Tarkanian.
'That's what I was most happy
with! that we were able to get
Macklin some playing time. He is
going to struggle for a while, but
he has got to play."
At one point it appeared that
Tarkanian would leave Macklin in
for all ofthe game's final ten min¬
utes. But. after a crowd-frenzying
alley-oop from Chris Herren with
1:25 left in the game. Macklin got
Please see Macklin page 7
Baseball ready to open season against 49ers
Erik Pfeifle
The Daily Collegian
s e r'l e s
against
Long Beach
State at
B e i d e n
Field. After
hosting Long Beach State the Bull¬
dogs will travel to Stanford the fol¬
lowing weekend to visit the num¬
ber one ranked Cardinal.
"We have our hands full the first
two series," said head coach Bob
Bennett.
The Bulldogs will begin the sea¬
son with a more talented and expe¬
rienced pitching staff than last year.
The staff will be anchored by Olym¬
pian Jeff Weaver. Weaver is com¬
ing off a 12-5 season that earned
him Ail-American Honors as a
freshman. Left-handers Mark
Parantala and Adam Pettyjohn will
also return to help the pitching staff,
as-will righty Kevin Fitzmaurice.
Brad Tucker, who red-shirted last
year due to an injury, will return this
year and can be an important part
of the staff. Tom Graham, a 6-7
freshmen from Beyer High, turned
down playing for the Oakland Ath¬
letics after they selected him in the
4th round, and decided to come to
Fresno State to play instead. He
could be a dominating force for the
Bulldogs. Joining Graham as new¬
comers on the staff are Casey Rowe
from Bullard High, Hans Smith, a
6-9 freshman from Oregon, and
junior college transfers Gabe Fos¬
ter and Kirk Griffin.
"Starting out I would say pitch¬
ing is our strength," said Bennett.
"This year we have got some vet¬
erans to start the year off. Last year
we did not have any experience on
the mound and it took us a half of a
season to get going."
The Bulldogs should not be
lacking in the hitting department
either. Outfielder Derek Feramisco
and catcher Giuseppe Chiaramonte
will return to lead the offensive at¬
tack. Junior college transfer Jason
Decanio will help supply some
power from the infield. Freshmen
Chad Brown and Joe Gerber will
,
return and see playing time with
Feramisco in the outfield. Outfield
newcomers Mjke Williams. Keith
Howard, Carlos Aukerman. Darren
Dyt, Josh Hannah and Simon
Tafoya are all considered great hit¬
ters. Tafoya may also see time
pitching. Hannah can play the in¬
field also and "will start some¬
where," said Bennett.
Rice, who is ranked as high as
number ten in the nation, will give
the Bulldogs their toughest compe¬
tition in the WAC. San Jose State
and San Diego State will also be
competitive. "We have a chance to
have a real good ballchib," said *
Bennett. "On paper we are good."
However, Bennet knows that games
aren't won or lost on paper.