1993_05 The Daily Collegian May 1993

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- Daily Collegian
Tuesday, May 4, 1993
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'Dogs sweep in New Mexica
Men, women blow
past New Mexico, San
Diego and Florida     -
State at UNMs Don
Kirby Invitational
Collegian Sports Staff
Robert Foster had been challenging the
Western Athletic Conference 110-meter
hurdle record all season, coming within a
few hundreths of a second of breaking the
35-year-old mark on more than one occa¬
sion.
Finally, the record is his.
Foster, a junior from Amityville, N.Y.,
ran a personal-best and new WAC-rccord
13.77 in the event at the Don Kirby Invi¬
tational in Albuquerque, N.M., on Satur¬
day, leading the Bulldog men to an easy
victory in a four-way meet with New
Mexico, San Diego and Florida State.
For the Bulldog women, junior Tanya
Dooley was again a terror on the track.
Dooley, a 1992 indoor All-American,
set personal-bests in the 200 and 400-
meter dashes and leading the Bulldogs to
three dual-meet victories. FSU is 10-0
mis season and has not lost a dual meet in
almost two years.
In the 400. Dooley broke the tape in
53.51 for a new personal - best and break¬
ing her own WAC record in the event,' set
at the Bob Mathias Fresno Relays on
April 3. She has provisionally qualified
in the event for the NCAA Outdoor Track
and Field Championships in New Or¬
leans, La., to be held in early June.
In the 200—an event in which Dooley
has competed sparsely this season — the
junior from An gels Camp ran a PR 24.00,
the second-best mark in school history.
Her previous best in the event was 24.11.
Elsewhere for the Bulldogs, triple
jumper Tara Didyk, who provisionally
qualified for the NCAAs last week, won
both the triple jump (39-5 3/4) and the
long jump (19-3 172). Nicole Aflague
entered the school record books in the
400-meter hurdles With a 1:02.65, the
Junior Tanya Dooley broke her own WAC 400-meter record when the ran
a 53.51 at last weekend's Don Kirby Invitational in New Mexico.
sixth-fastest mark in Bulldog history.
RalfWodopia won the men's 1,500 meters
(4:00.9) and was fourth in the 800 meters
(1:59.50). Robert House won the men's
triple jump with a leap of 50-10 and took
third in the long jump. Keith Jones won the
shot put with a throw of  53-1 and took
second in the discus with a personal-best
149-10.
Fresno State will compete Saturday in
the S& W Modesto Relays; an event which
annually draws some of the stiff est track
and Held competition in the nation.
Baseball
FSU heads
to BYU for
a deuce
WACs division leaders   .
clash in first-ever
conference meeting
Collegian Sports Staff
The Blue and the Gray? Peanut,
The Confederates and the Union? Over¬
rated. «-*-—
Democrats and Republicans? Don't get us
started.
 Starting this evening, the baseball teams
from Fresno State of the West and R ri gham
Young of the East will start a two-game
series as representatives of the Western Ath^,
Ie tic Conference's opposite divisions.
Both teams lead their respective sides.
Both teams are seasoned, battle-tested win¬
ners. Only one team will emerge victorious.
OK, maybe we're overdramabzing it a
bit, but it's a.big series.
The 11 th-ranked Bulldogs (34-14,''12-4 in
WAC), winners of nine of their last 10
games, travel to Provo, Utah, to take on the
Cougars in 1:30 p.m. starts today and
Wednesday. «.
Neither game will be broadcast on local -
radio.
After sweeping Hawaii and Cal State-
Northridge and winning two of three at
Sacramento State last weekend, the Bull¬
dogs lead the WAC's Western Division by
2 1/2 games. They can clinch a spot in the
WAC championship series — possibly
against the Cougars — with three more
conference wins.
Offensively, Fresno State is in terrific
shape. Rightfielder Brad Dandridge hit his
12th home ran of the year last weekend, the
most by a Bulldog in four years. Fresno
State centerfielder Gary MacNamara had
hits in seven consecutive at-bats'last week,
one shy of the five-year-old school record.
On the mound, FSU has added yet another
See Baseball/page 7
FSU standouts take a crack at the beach
Volleyball stars Regul,
Radmilovich compete
against the best at the
1993 Fresno Open
By Dave Donnelly
Staff writer
The weather was steaming, .the monster
truck was rolling. KRZR-103.7 was rock¬
ing, scantily clad people were soaking up
the sun and the beer was flowing.
What a way to start a professional career.
Against this festive backdrop, former
Fresno State standouts Andrea Radmilovich
and Suzie Regul began their pro beach vol¬
leyball careers by facing top-seeded Liz
Masakayan and Karolyn Kirby, tweof the
best to ever play on the beach, in the Fresno
Open.
Regul and Radmilovich started the tour¬
nament as the No. 32 seed and lost ,ap
Masakayan and Kirby, 15-2. But their expe¬
rience wasn't at all a total humiliation.
They didn't get shut out; Regul blocked a
kill attempt by Masakayan and hit a ball that
smacked Masakayan in the face.
Radmilovich bad several kills.
"I was fired up. I've seen them both play
and they are great players," Regul said.
Radmilovich said, "they're a great team.
They have mere experience than anybody
else out on the tour and it shows when they
play."
Masakayan was impressed with the Freaae
State volleyball alumni and thinks the FSU
seniors have a bright future in beach vol lev-
ball if they continue on the Coors Light tour..
Regul
Radmilovich
"They're a good ball control team. Regul
has a big block and she's a good hitter," said
Masakayan, a former UCLA All-American
and U.S. Olympian. "We wpuld love to see
girls like that, who are good accomplished
indoor players, come out and try the game.
It's frustrating, it's tough but it's just a
matter of time. It's something you have to
stick with." •
Since it was a double-elimination tourna¬
ment, Regul and Radmilovich were still
alive after they losing to Masakayan and
Kirby. who have been crowned champion at
each of the three 1993 tour stops.
Next up for the team from FSU was Evelyn
Conley and Amy Baltus. Radmilovich and
Regul jumped out to a 2-0 lead and con¬
trolled play for much of the match, but lost
the game, 15-11. The 6-foot-one-inch Regul
had a handful of blocks and recorded an¬
other facial.
It was at the urging of FSU coach Lindy
Vivas that the pair decided to give the beach
tour a try, Regul said.
Radmilovich wanted to pay homage to a
particular person who made it possible for
her to compete
"I would not be at Lost Lake today with-
See The Beach/page 7
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