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CoLLEGLaiv Sports
California State University, Fresno
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Wednesday, September 28,1988
Spikers
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triumph
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«« BY JENNIFER KONZE
I Sports Writer
Outside hitter Melanle Ettas blocks ■ shot In Tuesday night's demolition ol Bakersfield Stats.
Sieve ftingle/Dai/y CoUegian
Last night the Fresno State women's
volleyball team were looking to do some
major damage to someone.
They accomplished just that as they
demolished visiting CSU Bakersfield not
only by taking them in three slight
games but by doing it in 46 minutes
(actually 41 minutes if you delete the five
minute'break). ■' '
The first game took approximately 10
minutes as Sarah Short, 5-10 sophomore
setter, served for the first 13 points before
Fresno State lost the side out. Fresno
took, that game 15-0 with the follow two
games each at 15-3.
"I don't think they were having a very
good night," said Lyneue Wilke, 6-1
middle blocker.
Fresno State played their game last
night which is something, that had been
lacking in their play in past weeks.
."We, leu everyone take us out of our
^«g1irfi«T*saia* ,5Ecifani Overstreet, Fresno
State women's volleyball coach
explaining past pcrfonnances.
"We've had a lot of people trying to get
involved with the team," she said. "We
needed to get rid of outside stuff."
Frustration of the past Weeks were
"some close matches with teams we didn't
beat that we should have beat," said
Wilke. "It felt good 10 play that good, we
didn't let up the whol- 'ime at all."
Making her first appearance off redshiit
status was Tammy Lopez, 6-2 junior
middle blocker.
Lopez took middle blocker Lesli Lopes'
place who is having problems with a
continuing sore shoulder.
Please see WBPEOUT, page 10
Wait 'til they meet the Raiders
Lee
Passmore
.
Try to look at the Olympic medal
count on the sports page without feeling
some of your patriotic pride sink a level
or two. The two Eastern bloc nations are
hoarding the big hardware in Seoul with
an almost capitalist-like fervor.
The Soviet Union leads all nations
with 75 medals while East Germany is
close behind with 67. In third place are
our fresh-faced, tow-headed boys and girls
of the United States wilh a total of 46.
This number is no doubt very re¬
spectable. In fact, the U.S. has more than
twke as many medals than any other
nation with the exception of the Socialist
Two.
Yet, in the same way our ancestors
bmtishly - conquered this land and ac¬
cumulated territory over a century ago, we
Americans want and expect even more.
How, patrons whine to bartenders and
barbers, do we here in America, where we
have palm trees, beaches and/or sunshine
365 days a year, fall behind those evil
Commies whose living conditions are un¬
bearable, when it comes to bringing
home Olympic gold?
While thai is a relevant question, it's
hardly necessary to wax militant against
those dedicated athletes from behind the
Iron Curtain. After all, their sport is their
life. It's the only form of relief from the
oppressive system to which- they are
enslaved.
Star athletes in the USSR might even
be more revered in their homeland than
the jocks here in the States. There might
even be a Russian equivalent of John
Elway someplace. Which brings up a
very interesting premise.
The U.S. competes against all of the
other nations in basketball, where it
looked to be.vastly superior—until last
night.
Both of America's losses in Olympic
basketball compettion have come at the
hands of the Russians. Unlike 1972, this
year's loss was not due to somebody's
inability to :onnt backwards from three
(could that have been the same person
who was the timekeeper at the Cal-
Oregon State game ?).
Along with the loss to Brazil in last
year's Pan Am games, the United Slates
has recently blown the two most im¬
portant games in the sport it invented.
Capitalists hanging themselves with their
own rope indeed.
Since baseball is, included as an Ol¬
ympic demonstration sport, this leaves
only one of the three major sports out ot
the Games to which the U.S. sports
media gives the most coverage.
Just think about it a minute. Can you
picture those Russkies trying to take on
our boys in a game of American football?
Football is the most purely American
of all sports, where men dress in pro¬
tective gear and do mortal battle with each
other all in the name of advancing into
enemy territory.
Americans have truly mastered this
game (although you couldn't prove jt by
the state of New, Mexico) at a very
sophisticated level and are front and center
aheaaof the rest of the "world on the
gridiron.
So how about instituting football into
the Olympics as at least a demonstration
sport? This is something in which no
other nation would have no shot in beat¬
ing us.
Maybe Canada for about three quarters,
but the results would probably resemble
what usually happens when the Canucks
play us in hockey.
What an incredible mismatch, those of
you who support equality in world
athletics might cry. Most other nations
don't know a football from a parly ball.
Please see SPORT, page 11
Object Description
| Title | 1988_09 The Daily Collegian September 1988 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1988 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | September 28, 1988, Page 9 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1988 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | «% - .... J- ....-..': . ' . ' i CoLLEGLaiv Sports California State University, Fresno r- Wednesday, September 28,1988 Spikers romp to triumph -—. / *-> A 1 1 «« BY JENNIFER KONZE I Sports Writer Outside hitter Melanle Ettas blocks ■ shot In Tuesday night's demolition ol Bakersfield Stats. Sieve ftingle/Dai/y CoUegian Last night the Fresno State women's volleyball team were looking to do some major damage to someone. They accomplished just that as they demolished visiting CSU Bakersfield not only by taking them in three slight games but by doing it in 46 minutes (actually 41 minutes if you delete the five minute'break). ■' ' The first game took approximately 10 minutes as Sarah Short, 5-10 sophomore setter, served for the first 13 points before Fresno State lost the side out. Fresno took, that game 15-0 with the follow two games each at 15-3. "I don't think they were having a very good night," said Lyneue Wilke, 6-1 middle blocker. Fresno State played their game last night which is something, that had been lacking in their play in past weeks. ."We, leu everyone take us out of our ^«g1irfi«T*saia* ,5Ecifani Overstreet, Fresno State women's volleyball coach explaining past pcrfonnances. "We've had a lot of people trying to get involved with the team," she said. "We needed to get rid of outside stuff." Frustration of the past Weeks were "some close matches with teams we didn't beat that we should have beat," said Wilke. "It felt good 10 play that good, we didn't let up the whol- 'ime at all." Making her first appearance off redshiit status was Tammy Lopez, 6-2 junior middle blocker. Lopez took middle blocker Lesli Lopes' place who is having problems with a continuing sore shoulder. Please see WBPEOUT, page 10 Wait 'til they meet the Raiders Lee Passmore . Try to look at the Olympic medal count on the sports page without feeling some of your patriotic pride sink a level or two. The two Eastern bloc nations are hoarding the big hardware in Seoul with an almost capitalist-like fervor. The Soviet Union leads all nations with 75 medals while East Germany is close behind with 67. In third place are our fresh-faced, tow-headed boys and girls of the United States wilh a total of 46. This number is no doubt very re¬ spectable. In fact, the U.S. has more than twke as many medals than any other nation with the exception of the Socialist Two. Yet, in the same way our ancestors bmtishly - conquered this land and ac¬ cumulated territory over a century ago, we Americans want and expect even more. How, patrons whine to bartenders and barbers, do we here in America, where we have palm trees, beaches and/or sunshine 365 days a year, fall behind those evil Commies whose living conditions are un¬ bearable, when it comes to bringing home Olympic gold? While thai is a relevant question, it's hardly necessary to wax militant against those dedicated athletes from behind the Iron Curtain. After all, their sport is their life. It's the only form of relief from the oppressive system to which- they are enslaved. Star athletes in the USSR might even be more revered in their homeland than the jocks here in the States. There might even be a Russian equivalent of John Elway someplace. Which brings up a very interesting premise. The U.S. competes against all of the other nations in basketball, where it looked to be.vastly superior—until last night. Both of America's losses in Olympic basketball compettion have come at the hands of the Russians. Unlike 1972, this year's loss was not due to somebody's inability to :onnt backwards from three (could that have been the same person who was the timekeeper at the Cal- Oregon State game ?). Along with the loss to Brazil in last year's Pan Am games, the United Slates has recently blown the two most im¬ portant games in the sport it invented. Capitalists hanging themselves with their own rope indeed. Since baseball is, included as an Ol¬ ympic demonstration sport, this leaves only one of the three major sports out ot the Games to which the U.S. sports media gives the most coverage. Just think about it a minute. Can you picture those Russkies trying to take on our boys in a game of American football? Football is the most purely American of all sports, where men dress in pro¬ tective gear and do mortal battle with each other all in the name of advancing into enemy territory. Americans have truly mastered this game (although you couldn't prove jt by the state of New, Mexico) at a very sophisticated level and are front and center aheaaof the rest of the "world on the gridiron. So how about instituting football into the Olympics as at least a demonstration sport? This is something in which no other nation would have no shot in beat¬ ing us. Maybe Canada for about three quarters, but the results would probably resemble what usually happens when the Canucks play us in hockey. What an incredible mismatch, those of you who support equality in world athletics might cry. Most other nations don't know a football from a parly ball. Please see SPORT, page 11 |
