1992_10 The Daily Collegian October 1992

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The Daily Collegian
October 27,1992
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18 blocks and 10 aces. She has
improved considerably in.two
areas—blocks and aces. Prior to
Sept. 25, She had just two flocks
and six aces.
Last weekend, she hit .391 with
29 digs, three blocks and two aces.
The Lima, Peru native is third on
the team in kills (207) and second
in digs (201) and in aces (16).
Middle blocker Suzie Regul is
continuing her strong season. She
leads the team in kills (272), hiuimj
percentage (.269),Jcills per game
(3.7), solo blocks (43) and total
blocks (100).
Regul set a school and WAC
single-match record after
recording nine solo blocks against.
Utah Sept 12. In the same match
she had a season-high 27 kills!
FSU has faced the Mustangs
once this season at San Luis
Obispo, a match the Bulldogs won
three games to one (15-13,15-9;
12-15,15-9).
The Lady Mustangs will come
to Fresno with a record of 15-6.
Ironically, Cal Poly has been
playing the best on the road,
sporting a 7-3 record. They are
just 1 -3 at home and 7-0 on neutral
courts.    .   «■'
Cal Poly is led by Lacl
Per lsirom, who is leading the team
in kills (225) and digs (207).
The assists leaders are clear.
The team as a whole has 953;
Carrie Bartkoski and Anna
Reategui have combined for 891
of them. That's 94£ercent of the
teams assists. Banjcoski has 446
assists while Reategui has 445.
After defeating the Mustangs
earlier this season, head Coach
Lindy Vivas won't make many
adjustments.
"Nothing drastic. Our outside
blocking must be solid because
their outside hitters had a good
match against us,** Vivas said.
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Despite the fact Cal Poly is an
independent, the Mustangs are still
a tough team.
"They play great defense,
they're scrappy and their offense
is faster than ours,** Vivas said.
That will make for a pace the
Bulldogs aren't used to.
'The pace will be faster—faster
than we've faced since we played
them," Vivas said.
A key ingredient to FSU's
success against the Mustangs will
be concentration.
It is because of their focus
during the match against New
Mexico Friday night that Vivas
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called it their best match of the
season.
"Our focus was great There
were no letdowns at all,** Vivas
said. "That^ was great
reinforcement for our tough mental
play.**
The Bulldogs complete a four
match homestand Friday night
when they get back into conference
play wiuYa match with the Aztecs
of San Diego Stale.
The Aztecs will be looking to
salvage a split of the season series.
The Bulldogs will be looking to up
their WAC record to 7-1. Match
time is 7:30* p.m.
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new to me, and I don't see having
any problems in the head coaching
position,** Irle said. "Athletes are
athletes, coaching is coaching, and
paperwork is paperwork—no
matter what level.**
At LSU, the team was weak
when she arrived. "We had
nothing, Irle said. "In two years,
however, the team climbed to 20th
and 14th in the rankings.**
Irle is quick to point out she
wasn't the only reason for the
sudden success. "I credit the entire
staff for that," she said."What we
did at LSU we are going to uyjo
do here. We built on our strength
and eliminated the weaknesses.
But I don't see this as a rebuilding
job. This is a program that is
continuing to build and has been
steadily moving forward for the
last three years.
"I see my role as continuing
that process and producing
outstanding athletes,** Irle said.
At Texas and LSU, she also had
possibly the most important job in
any program—the recruiter.      x
"When I was at LSU, that was
the way we had to build, because
we had to get more talent,** Irle
said. "Your potential to improve is
only as good as your recruits. So
we put a big focus on improvement
in recruiting better players. At
Texas^we recruited the best in
order to stay the best The majority
of your success will come from
getting top players to add.**
With the season starting, what
are the expectations and plans?
"Early in the season, I don't
expect anything flashy, just ^ood,
solid performances. We'll still be
putting it together, so we've got to
be smart, think,'and do the little
things right The speed will be
there at the end,** Irle said.
And she has her own plan for
bringing success to the Bulldogs.
"We are continuing to build
this program, and the process
started Jliiree years ago. The
previous coach [Terri McKeever]
did a great job and I don't want to
take anything away from her. We
will make recruiting a huge focus
and continue to recruit better
athletes to this program. I demand
self-discipline and that you give
100 percent all the time, not just
some of the time. That's something
I demand of myself, so I expect my '
team to do the same. The harder
and better I work, the harder and
better they will work. That,
ultimately, leads to success.**
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Soldan's season.
"She started being effective in
the match against Arizona State
the week before we started WAC
play," Vivas said.
Vivas attributed Paz-Soldan's
slow start partially to the attempt
to make Paz-Soldan a good all-
around player.
"I think her hitting suffered
[while she worked on other parts
Jbif her game],** Vivas said. "But
now everything's starting to make
sense, to her."
Safety Tommy Jones was also
nominated for the award. He
received votes after having his best
game this season. Jones posted
two interceptions and a fumble
interception.	
Richard James contributed lo this story
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