1994_01 The Daily Collegian January 1994

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Monday, Jan! 31,1994
THE COLLEGIAN
Sports—7
FSU ends road woes
Women's basket¬
ball beats Colo-
rado St. to get
first WAC road
win ever .
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By Robbla Miner
THE COLLEGIAN
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The Fresno State women's bas¬
ketball team accomplished some¬
thing Saturday night that they failed
to do in seven attempts last year:
win a conference road game.
"I think the idea that we didn't
win a league game on the road last
year was in the back of our minds,
bu t we weren' t real ly thinking about
it much," said junior forward Holly
Julian.
Fueled by the hot hand of Julian,
the Bulldogs defeated Colorado
State 59-51 to improve their over¬
all record to 10-7, and their record
in the WAC to 3-2.
. Julian, who averages 8.5 points
per game, made all eight of her
field goal attempts, including 3-of-
3 from the three-point line. Julian
also took command of the boards,
pulling down 11 rebounds.
"Offensively, I tried to be more
selective," said Julian. "And as the
three-pointers are concerned, it's
something that I've really gotten
comfortable with this year."
Sophomore shooting guard Staci
Oddo added 16 fo- the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, the Rams' leading
scorer on the season, Teresa James,
was held to only nine points.
FSU has jumped out to an out¬
standing start in the 1993-94 sea¬
son, already equaling their win to¬
tal of a year ago. One reason for the
team's success is the leadership of
first year coach Linda Wunder.
Last year under Bob Spencer,
the Bulldogs were 10-17overall and
4-10 in the WAC.
"I can't say enough about her
(Wunder). She's just really turned
this team around," said Julian.
One way in which Wunder
transformed the team was to switch
senior guard Suzanne Zahasky
to the point guard position. Enter¬
ing Saturday' s game, Zahasky was
leading the team in assists and was
second in steals.
"Every game I'm feeling a little
more comfortable in the position,"
said Zahasky.
The Rams of Colorado State will
be vying for revenge Friday night
when they meet the B ul ldogs again
at 7:30 in the North Gym.
ALUMNI: Late
then stepped to the plate and fended
the game with another long shot off
Grewal.
The alumni may have taken
the game light-heartedly, but
McNamara believed that Bennett's
crew had no intention of loosing.
"We're just really loose, but
they're going out to win."
McNamara put on the spikes
for the first time in a while Satur¬
day since he failed to be picked up
by any of the professional organi-
, zations last spring. The Bulldogs'
former center fielder still works on
the baseball diamond, but now as a
home run wins
coach of Serra Canada College, not
as a player.
"Everything happens for a rea¬
son and maybe that's why I didn't
get drafted," said McNamara. "I
always wanted to coach, so I figure
I've just got a head start on things.
It's been a rough summer, but I'm
over it now."
14 of 20 former All-Ameri¬
cans made it back to FSU to take
part in the activities. Major leagu¬
ers Eric Fox, Mark Gardner, Tom
Goodwin and Steve Hosey were
among those in attendance.
"It's exciting to come back and
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said Hosey.
The Bulldogs open their sea¬
son this weekend with a three game
series at home against Stanford.
HAWAII: Har¬
ris leads. Dogs
Hawaii's loss, coupled with wins
by New Mexico and Brigham
Young set up a three-way lie for
first place in the WAC, with FSU
only a game behind the pack at 6-3.
"Fresno's right there lurking at
.the top now," said Wallace.
* Fresno State travels south Thurs¬
day to face San Diego State and
then duels the Rainbows again in
Hawaii on Saturday. .
"You can't gee up the WAC
yet, because not everyone has gone
everywhere," said Colson. "After
next week, you'll get a better pic-
' hire of things.
Bulldog Bite
Wrestlers sweep weekend foes
Collegian Sports Staff
After two months of battling injuries, the Fresno State wrestling
team finally had its starting lineup on display over the weekend when
Stanford, Wyoming and Brigham Young came to town. And the
results were frightening.
The Bulldogs (12-5) opened the weekend by beating Stanford 34-
2 and Wyoming 34-3 on Friday and coming back to beat B YU 27-5
Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs only lost four individual matches
the entire weekend. ^
Leading the way for the Bulldogs were juniors DeWayne Zinkin
and Gerry Abas. Zinkin is ranked fourth in the nation at 134 and Abas
is ranked third at 142. Both have missed time over the last month
because of nagging injuries.
While the Bulldogs as a team had an easy time over the weekend,
Zinkin had to rally to beat B YU's Scott Eastmond on a takedown with
12 seconds left in the match. '     ^
Zinkin (19-0) was trailing 3-2 before the two-point takedown.
"I ended up wearing him down and I was able to shoot in on him,"
Zinkin said. "I wanted to win because this guy is tough and he has been
around for a long time. I will probably end up wrestling him in the
conference finals."  *""*"'^
Track and Field
Three Bulldogs opened the 1994 FresnoState Indoor Track season
with fust place finishes in their respective events at Saturday's
Wolf pack Invitational in Reno.
Kip Ortenburger made his collegiate debut a memorable one,
winning the men's mile in 4:08.20. Other winners included Jamey
Harris in the men"s 3,000 meters (8:19.40), Jared Wright in the 35 lb.
weight throw, and Aw an a Brown in the women's 200 meters (24.62).
Although not everyone on the team was allowed to travel to Reno,
the Invitational was not an official meet. Since it was an all-comers
meet, team scores were not tabulated.
The Bulldogs officially start the season February 15 at the Cal State
Bakersfield Invitational.    ]\'
The Fresno State wdmen's swimming team improved its dual meet
record to 8-3 Saturday with defeats against UC Davis 60-34 and
Pacific 58-38 at the Clovis West Swim Complex.
Sophomore Carrie Bennett, junior Yvette Tristan and senior Lisa
HadfieW all won two events apiece.
For the men, Bruce McLeave and Garrett Nishimoto won two
events each, as well, guiding the Bulldogs (3-5) to a split The men
defeated Pacific 60-34, but lost 62-32 to UC Davis.
Both teams take to the water again Saturday when they travel
south to Cal State-Bakersfield.
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