1991_11 The Daily Collegian November 1991

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The Daily Collegian • November 1, 1991
FSU spikers try for
fourth straight win
Viewpoint
By David Donnelly
DC Spprt* writer
As me season winds down, the
20th-ranked Fresno . State
women's volleyball team (18-7)
seems to be catching stride once
again after a brief dry spell.
The Bulldogs, whohad lost four
of six, have won
three in a row, all
on the road and
four out of six.
The tturd winr
came Wednes¬
day night at Cal-
Poly San Luis
Obispo when the
TJogscamefrom
nowhere to de¬
feat the Mus¬
tangs in five
games and two
and a half hours
in a notHxmfer-.,
encematch.  •.   -*
According to
coachloe/Vraze^ it was a %.
comeback win for the team, who
evened their road record to 44
on the season.
The Ttogs, high off the victory
over the Mustangs, now return
to Big West Conference action
when the Buildogs face the UC
Irvine Anteaters tonight at 7:30
"Long Beach;
wr^iait ban I say,
they're one of the
best teams in the
country. It would
be a huge win; it
doesn't matter
when we beat
Long Beach; if we
beat them it would
ite a big win."
Lindy Vivas
eJsUNorth
Gym. .../"
According tot Vrazd, -Bulldog
head coach Lindy Vivas was not
too pleased about the match on
Wednesday and was planning
to put the T)ogs through a vig¬
orous practice yesterday after¬
noon.,   ■". £?*' \ '"' -?\  \-
If the Bulldogs should winbrth
matches, FSU wiuld .hav> 20
wins'for the first .time sinciT984
when the TJogs won 26 matches
and made the NCAA tourna¬
ment. ' ." '       /'■." .
The match against the Anteat¬
ers is the f our th in a series of f o ur
matches that Vi vas called "cru -
cial" last week.The Bulldogs are
30 fnthe first three.   .
Saturday is senior night. Sen¬
iors Julie Florendo, Tina Mc Ker-
nan and Merrilee Conway will
be playing their last matches in
me,^NortliGyih,   ,\,
TheBolldogs^Sintheconfer-
ence^willbek>okingfoTasweep
of the season series" against the
ArrieatertG-0, >12Xand aipUt
against the 49ers. the Nmers
were 10-1 and 2Z-1, overall going
into'a match against the fourth-
ranked Pacific Tigers tonight.
Both teams (the 49ers and the
Tigers) Were tied for the confer¬
ence lead and the winner could
very well go on to be the 1991 Big
West champion.
Earlier, the Doga went to Irv¬
ine and defeated the Anteaters,
and were defeated in Long Beach
in three games.
"LongBeach—whatcan I say,
they're one of the best teams in
the country," Vivas said.
The Bulldogs would go a long
way toward sewing up a NCAA
tournament bid by defeating
Long Beach State.
"It would be a huge win; it
doesn't matter when w« beaj
Long Beach; if we beat them it
would be a big win," Vivas said.
Senior Ail-American Antoin¬
ette White leads the 49ers into
the North Gym. She is fifthin the
conference in hitting percentage
with a .368 and fifth in kills per
game with a 4.07.  .      ...       ..
The49ersare
leading thev
conference in
hitting _per-
centage with a
349 average.
Notes-
Freshman
J « .* * y
Streltzoff is
third in the
conference
averaging
11.8 assists
oer    game.
Streltzoft es-
tablUhed a
.career high '
for    assists
WednesdaynightwithTLFresn-
man Paola Paz-Soldan is fad¬
ing the nation in kills per game
averaging 5.88. She's also first
in the conference averaging 5.96.
Paz-Soldan is h it ting .341 in the
conference.
The Bulldogs are third ill the
conference in hitting with a .274
average. : ,
' dogs have sixmatd.es left in the
season, all on the road. The
'Dogs kick off the road trip
. Tu esd ayin Stockton when they
face Pacific at 7:30 pan.
The Redskins. To win the
Bowl. But enough about Wash¬
ington, let's take a gander at the
AF% arid the plethora-oflfine -
teams that may end up losing to
Washington this January.
In the East Buffalo is uvthe
' driver's s^it They may even win   City takes thedhftrton,bat
the division fastefthahui 1988,     r>nv«rfmdLosAhgel<
Miarrh's out, and the Bills are
Bet it all on the Redskins
lB| ^pi%S. %ariorf •
agaitt^tea^wim losing
records. The Raiders can't pull it
together. Los Angeles is the only
team in the AFC with a winning
record despite having-scored
fewer points man their oppo¬
nents. Their place kicker, Jeff
Jaeger, has scored 48 percent of
the team's total points. Kansas
still three games ahead of the
Jets, who have threatened     ■>
superior teams in past games.
Even if someone manages to
catch the Bills, they're unbeaten
in the di vision. Bills win the
East, and the Jets pull a wildcard
berth.
In the Central, Houston is a
sure thing. The bold column that
a^peajred ift jhis verysettiohiiSt
week mat attempted to reassure
Kttsburgh fans theSteelers '
could still "win the division is
yesterday's hews. They're four
games out Cleveland is a joke..;
Parity in the NFL hasproducBcf ;
their4-4 record, not the team's .
abilities. Cincinnati, who has
won the division two of the last "
three year s, may as well begin to
Start their rookies and second-
year men in an effort to give
them experience.
.      In ^w West the Chiefs will
prevail in what will probably
end up as the toughest division
as far as playoff berths are
concerned. Denver wijl makela
run fox it but only biscause half
of their remaining games are
stumble into wildcard slots.
In the NFC East, Washing¬
ton is the dominant predator.
The Red skins began the season
asdead-evenJfavoritestowin.
the division, despite the.
presence of Philadelphia and
New Yo»k. The Eagles are out,
and the Giants might as well be,
since they can only manage to
scorel6^^tsagameandare
cturentlyifouRgaines put- Dallas
will earn a wildcard, but only if
they can geoeratambi^dfter^
New York will also teng in
thereforawildcaf?r:
;    In the NFC Central, Detroit
takes the d ivision. Chicago will
close the season right behind
Detroit It will take 12 wins for
one of these teams to win the
division, and me winner will be
determined by the two games .
when these teams meet this
season. Chicago is heavily fa¬
vored this week against the
lions, but their offense is impo-
ten t. Chicago takes a wildcard..
.      In the NFC West, only New
Orleans will sashay into the
playoffs. There shall not be a
San Francisco presence in the
playoffs. A^anta*^* win.
enough in the second half of the
season to earn a playoff spot,
either. The Saints will take the
WeaVwi^iout effort They are
three games up, and have at
least four guaranteed wins left
in their schedule.
The playoffrwili witness
thedeath of the Raiders and the
Cowboys really early. The AFC
champjonshipgame will result
in Buffalo hostihg Kansas CUy,
and Buffalo will prevail in the
; winter wonderland of upstate
New York. Detroit will travel to
Washington for the NFC title
game, where these two teams
will engage in a rematch of
Week 1, where the Redskins
dominated 45-0, Barry Sanders
or not, the Redskins will
triumph again to go on to the ,
Super Bowl.
The Redskins will frustrate
the Bills In the Super BowL
Washington is outscoring their
opponents by 19, points a game,
and even when they are com¬
pletely halted for half a game
as they: were in last week's
game against the Giants, they
still manage to pull out a win
with a solid offense.
The Bills are as good as the
AFC gets this year, but they '
aren't good enough to defeat'
the Redskins. Washington all
the Way. You can bet on that:
Mr. Handorfis a guest sports col¬
umnist.
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