1997_09 The Daily Collegian September 1997

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Q     Friday, September 12, 1997
Sports
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Titans top 'Dogs to open Dan Gamel
COMER
Gales Stump "Dogs
The Fresno State men's soc¬
cer team lost  1-0 to host St.
Mary's Gaels Thursday after-
•   noon.
It was St. Mary s first game
of the season. They improve their
record to 1-2-2.
With the hiss. Fresno State's
record drops to 2-2-1.
"It's a frustrating loss today
for us," Fresno State Coach Dave
Chesler said. "We had quite a lew
scoring opportunities, but we .
couldn't finish."
With the incentive of being at
home game against one of the
bc^Ji teams in the region. St
Mory's was ready to play. "St.
Mary's was up for the game."
Chesler said.
last year. St Mary's tied the
Bulldogs 2-2'alEr/sno.
L'p next for the Bulldogs, they
will put their undefeated mark at
home when thev host the Cal-
Siale Bakersfield Roadrunners a!
Bulldog Stadium. Sunday. Sept.
14 at 5 p m.
Bakersfield will get a chance
to avenge lasi year defeat at the
hands of Fresno State
The Bulldogs defeated the
Roadrunners 1-0 last year al
Fresno
Cal-State Bakersfield i> one
of ihe top Division II programs
in the nation. Their record com¬
ing into Sunday \ game is 3-1:
"We must rebound and get
ready lor Cal-State Bakersfield."
Chesler said
Men's soccer
1 rci.A
2 Indiana
3 Maryland
4 Si Johns
5 Washington
6 Florida International
7. Virginia
8, Creighton
9, James Madison
10. Duke
11   Penn State
12. Harvard
13. Saint Louis
14 Rutgers
15. UNC-Charlottc
16. UNC-Greensboro
17. Richmond
1X. Portland
19. William & Mary
20. South Carolina
21   Southern Methodist
22. Wake Forest
23. Loyola (Md.J
24. Fresno State
25. American
By John Sanders
The Daily Collegian
The Fresno Stale women's vol¬
leyball team suffered its first defeat
in two years al the Dan Gamel Tour¬
nament, losing to Cal-State Fuller-
ton. 15-10. 10-15. 15.-13. 15-9.
Thursday night at the North Gym
vThe Bulldogs (4-3) have to win
their next three games and get help
from a few other teams in order to
repeat as. tournament champions for
the fourth consecutive year.
The Titans improved their over¬
all record to 5-3.
Fresno Stale led in the third
game, with the match lied at 1-1.
I   13-10. however. Cal-State Fuller-
:  ton fought back to w in the next live
! points and the game 15-13.
"We made too many errors on
i our side And we didn't make them
I really do anything." said Diana
I  Nalbandian.
' "I think that if we would have
I  challenged them more, it would
I  have been a better game." she said.
The fourth game belonged to ihe
' Titans.  They jumped out to a 7-2
lead which they would nol relin¬
quish.   The Bulldogs fought back
lo lie the score at 9-9. with the help
ol Kara McKeown. who won three
consecutive points including an ace
^
But   they
would get no
closer       as
L a C r c t i a
WL
Smith     (15
kills) served
the final three
Wf*?   r ") '
points lor the
victory.
Diana
Nalbandian
ing was going g(
"Wc just
didn't come
out with any
fire and noth-
hhI for us." said
setter Diann Aufdemiaur.
"We just need lo do it on our
side. And we need to come out with
'intensity and just play our game.
We need to focus more arid work
on our serving and passing." she
said.
Nalbandian's 20 kills led the
Bulldog's offense. She also had
nine kills in the third game and 14
digs for ihe match
Aufdermaur was equally as im¬
pressive as she poured in 41 assists.
Cal-State Fullerton was led by
Smith's 15 kills and Carolyn Kittell
who dished out a game-high 45 as¬
sists.
Up next, the Bulldogs will plav
Bowling Green Stale today at 3:00
p.m. and Montana al 7:30 p.m.
IVAS WIBIK
Kara McKeown and Shante Anderson block a Cal State Fullerton
spike attempt
Women of Troy rally past Bulldogs, 2-1
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
For S2 minutes ol plays the Fresno
Stale Bulldogs had the right combi¬
nation to beat the Southern Califor¬
nia Women o\ Troy; a quick coun¬
terattack and a rock-solid defense
* But everything unraveled for
Fresno Slate in a four minute span
late in ihe game Thursday night al
Bulldog Stadium
USC midfielder Carol Hatcher
scored twice, at S2 and S6 minutes
ol plav. to lead the Women of Troy
past the Bulldogs
"We knew it was going to be
tough." said Fresno State Coach Pe
icr Reynaud,
CSC was especially tough in the
closing minutes of the match.
Matcher headed the ball in for her
second goal of the game alter Fresno
Slate's defense couldn't clear the ball
off the 18-yard box.   '
The Fresno Slate defense had con
lamed USC's attack lor most of the
night "We had a great defensive ef¬
fort," said Fresno Stale defender
Betsy Juergcns.
. Fresno State's defensive effort
was good, but not long enough to
contain the USC attackers for the
whole malch.
USC drew even when Hatcher
blasted a loose ball from 10 yards out
past three Fresno State scrambling
defenders.
It was Hatcher's first two goals
of (he season..
The Women of Troy enjoyed the
upper hand for mosi (he game. Us¬
ing a pressing style of play, they were
able jo push Fresno Stale deep into
its own defensive /one.
"Right now. they are the better
Erin Barry tries to control the ball, as an opponent tries to reach for the ball.
team," Reynaud said.
As a result, Fresno State was
left to play with only Jill Pearson
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as ihe lone attacking forward.
Despite that, Fresno State had
several good scoring chances.
"We were dangerous." Reynaud
said. "We could have score some
goals-."
Christina Bell's header off a
corner kick hit LISC's crossbar and
Fresno State had a second goal
waived off the scoreboard because
Pearson was called offside
For their part, the Women of
Troy also enjoyed a good offen¬
sive attack. USC forward Kim
Clark took a hard driven shot that
Fresno Stale Goalkeeper Jennifer
Johnstone stop kneeling down and
USC's defender Christi Ayala took
a long range shot that Johnstone had
no problems with:
The level of play turned enter¬
taining midway through the sec¬
ond half, with both learns opening
their attacks and forwards making
runs at defenders
The first half ended with Fresno
Stale ahead 1-0
Fresno Slate opened the score at
the 41st of play when Pearson
dribbled her way past two defend¬
ers and took a shot from right out¬
side the box to beat USC's keeper
Laura Badaghacco.    ».
"Christina Ball put the ball in
perfect stride." Pearson said.
"Thank God the shot weiil in "
This was Fresno State's second
game without starting sweeper
Kristen Sinclair, who is oul with an
injury.
"Our injuries really hurt us."
Reynaud said, adding ihal Fresno
Stale's bench consisted of two subs
"That's jusl not enough at this
level of play." Reynaud said.