1993_05 The Daily Collegian May 1993

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6— Daily Collegian
Monday, May 3, 1993
Men's tennis falls to UNM in WAP final
'Dogs defeat SDSU in
emotional semifinal, but
fall short to Lobos in
championship attempt
Collegian Sports Staff
After stunning host and No. I seed San
Diego State in the second round of the
Western Athletic Conference Champion¬
ships, Fresno State fell short in its quest for
its-first WAC title.
The fifth -seeded Bulldogs lost in the cham¬
pionship match Saturday fb No. 2 New
Mexico, 4-2. The 'Dogs defeated No. 4
Utah, 4-1, in amild upset in the tournament's
opening round Thursday.
The match of the tournament, however,
was Fresno State's dramatic 5-4 defeat of
San Diego State and its rabid, screaming
fans who attempted to rattle Bulldog players
while they served.
Fresno State's No. 4 player Andy Stewart
• cliircriedthevictc^forthe'Dogsanderaded
the Aztecs hopes of winning on their home
courts.
Reward for the Bulldogs for finishing
second was that three FSU players were
named to the All-WAC team. Seniors Nils
Koitka and Steve Jackson and freshman
Bryan Juinio all made the team.
Over'the course of the tournament, Koitka
compiled a 3-0 record, and in so doing he
tied former teammate Greg Andersen for
second place on FSU's career victory list.
Juinio
Koitka
with 91. Koitka's career mark now stands at
91-42 and he is being considered by the
selection committee to play in the NCAA
Tournament-
Jackson concluded a stellar college career
with a four-year 58-56 mark.
While Koitka and Jackson have performed
brilliantly over the past four years, Juinio
its a major part of Coach Peter
Smith's future plans.
Juinio finished his first collegiate cam¬
paign with a sparkling 25-6 overall record.
He was 20-3 in dual matches and won two of
three over the weekend playing No. 3.
The Bulldogs finished the season with a
13-11 record and finished-as conference
runner-up for the past two seasons. Last year
UC Irvine was champion of the Big West
Conference and this season, Utah is crowned
champ of the WAC.
The FSU men's and women's teams will
celebrate their seasons this Saturday at the
annual FSU Tennis Banquet.
This year's event will be held at Dan
Garnet's Raquet Time. For more informa¬
tion, contact vthe FSU business office or
either of the two coaches.
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Diamond 'Dogs
take two out of
three at Sac. St.
Collegian Sports Staff .
homestartd in'whicri tncy wOrr 15
of 17 games and relied heavily on
its starting pitching staff, the Fresno
State baseball team traveled to
Sacramento State over the week¬
end and used a high-powered of-
fehse to take two of three games
.   from the Hornets.
The Bulldogs won 12-7 Friday,
9-5 Saturday, but lost 8-5 Sunday,
snapping a nine-game win streak.
With the two wins, the Bulldogs
are now 12-4 in WAC play and 34-
14 overall. Sacramento State is now
12-9 and 30-20.
The first-place Bulldogs hold a
two-and-a-half-game leadover the
second-place Hornets, but Sacra-
i five more losses
ogs.-With" eSgnVgames
left in WAC play, the Dogs need to
win just four games to clinch first
place.
In the two Bulldog wins, Fresno
State's offense had 22 hits and
scored 21 runs, while also hitting
three home runs in Saturday's win.
In the only loss of the series, FSU
was held to six hits by Sacramento
State's ace Roland DeLa Maza(9-
2).
Mark Cruise took"the loss in
Sunday's game, dropping his
See Baseball/page 7
Softball splits four
games in Utah trip
Collegian Sport* Staff
SAJ^T LAKE CITY - Fresno
State's softball team split four
games in the state of Utah, but
splitting won't improve the Bull¬
dogs' hopes of another trip to the
NCAA playoffs.
Number 11 FSU (30-19, 10-8)
defeated Utah 2-0 on Saturday in
game one of the Western Athletic
Conference doubleheader. The
Bulldogs lost 3-2 to the Utes in the
second game..
One day before, host Soulhcm
Utah State won the first game 1 -0
before the Bulldogs salvagedasplit
with an 11 -0 blowout.
The bottom line for FSU. now
tied with Utah for third in the WAC
behind Cal State-Northridge and
Sacramento State, is no higher than
a third-place WAC finish with only
an at-large bid at stake!
Fresno State's brutal schedule
of Top-20 teams and six straight
trips to the Women's College
World Series will impress the se¬
lection committee.
Marcie Green was beaten twice
on the road trip, losing 1-0 to the
Thunderbirdson Friday, and 2-0 at
Utah on Saturday.
The senior (20-7) tossed a four-
hitter and struck out five against
Southern Utah, but allowed a.
fourth-inning run. her first earned
run in 36.2/3 innings.
See Softball/page 7
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Former Olympian Liz Masakayan and teammate Karolyn Kirby won the Fresno Open.
Netv day, same old result
By Dave Donnelly
SrafF writer
With the wealth of talent on
the women's pro beach volley¬
ball tour, it is getting increas¬
ingly tough to win a tourna¬
ment—let alone three in a row.'
Liz Masakayan* and Karolyn
Kirby were*g"*Jen a lesson on
just how tough it can be Sunday
afternoon at the $20,000 Coors
Light Fresno Open at Lost Lake
Park.
The tournament's top-seeded
team had to come from the con¬
tenders bracket to defeat Gail
Castro and Elaine Roque in a de¬
ciding second game. 7-6, to win
the Fresno Open.
_ It wastheirthird straight tourna¬
ment victory and earned the team
$5,300 in prize money.
"You can not compare this
tournament to our lasftwo. It
was like night and day,"
Masakayan said.
"This tournament was much
'different from our first two."
Kirby said. "This tournament
gave us a push and we needed a
See Volleyball/page 7
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