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SPORTS Page 6 Monday, May 2,1994 t New-look offense heats up after cold beginning By Robbie Miner THECOLLEGIAN It didn't take long before (he absences of Trent Dilfer and most of last year's third-ranked offense became obvious at Friday * s annual red-white intrasquad football game. For the first quarter of Fresno State's final spring scrimmage, the defense looked like the dominat i ng unit that had made the Bulldogs a force in the NCAA one season ago. Once the new-look offense got warmed up, however, the team started to look like the Bulldogs of old, as the offense charged back to win 28-12. "We started out really slow (the offense), but then got it together and played really well," said All- American candidate Jason James. The offense we n t three downs and out on the first two drives of the game, giving the defense a quick 4- Olead. The game's scoring system awarded six points to the defense for a touchdown, four points, for a turnover, two for a safety, two if it forced a pun t after just three do wns, and one point if it forced a punt on a drive of more than one offensive series. The offense scored in its same traditional manner. / On the third drive of the game, Adrian Claiborne came in at quar¬ terback after Richie Donati and Jeff Tuss had taken the snaps in the first two drives. The three rotated drives throughout the entire night. Claiborne and projected starting tailback Mike Pittman looked im¬ pressive in a 13-play, 60-yard drive that resulted in a Johan Lyssand 31-yard field goal. Following the three point con¬ version, the defense took over once again, forcing punts in the next 1 P mmW ^ fif*~ ^F'«*' 1 * Jeremy Cloud/The CoUeglan Junior Gene Smith tackles Adrian Cleibome for one of hi* three sacks In Friday nlgM'a reo^whtta Irrtraequad football game. three possessions, two without al¬ lowing even one first down. The defense built a commanding 9-3 lead early in the first quarter, and penetrated the inexperienced of* fensive line for three sacks. . With Claiborne back in at QB. the Bulldogs ran quickly up the field, and on a Chris Burk 19-yard carry, had the ball on the one-yard line on first down. Once again, though, the defense stopped the offense in their tracks, causing them to settle for a field goal, maintain¬ ing a 94 lead. The rest of the night belonged to the offense, however. The offensive unit took the leac 13-11 at the end of the first half with an eight yard touchdown re¬ ception from Tuss to tight end Warren Fortier. Instead of taking the traditional chip shot fcr the ex¬ tra point, coach Jim Sweeney Sea FOOTBALL, page 6 After agreat season asdajrun - season la &tf.f^$M\ finished third in theWAC cham- ptoosflipsyei^lay io Uuih Before the championships started, thej*3toUdog* knew they would havetopUygreai tennis in order to wid^the^tJe, but they thra^ithecoaHecgt welcome aga&stBYUin the finals Aftaeeailyhaadlhigtheirfiist rnatchagaii«IJTH*8-l,theBun- dogs appeared primed to make their run at the due. Coach Irene Harris was confident, liked the way the team bad been practic- in&ttd thought they were ready 'The team has looked good in practices, and they feel like they aret>U^gat%0ine whea we use the high altitude bafcV* Harris' said, who was alsoconfidenuhat m^-*OuJdl«al^toharKlle dieir next opponent, San Diego State, wimareednJcf? SDSU waa not quite ready to concede the match to FSU. aad the Aztecs putteds shocker Fri¬ day 1^ beating the Bulldogs S4, thereby ending any hopesof a conference championship for the FSU. No. 1 seed Amy Gallagher- was offber game sed kxt fr-3.6- , 4 to SDSU top seed LisaAlipaz. Doubles were Harris* key to victory for the Bulldogs fhrougb- took four'of ttiVsix singles matches, with only No. 1 seed :;^t^^aj4^^^:Vkki The doubles portion of the match came through for FSU, as for Uuhjstrhe tiohal freshmen such as Malta PHa^andI^llOTispc«tive about the future for the FSU team, aj^ao'twaitto, watch the young players develop next sea . Afltfu^touiuanien'.rheBuU- dogs received their share of post¬ season honors. Gallagher and Fallara were named to theeight- two together were named to the - AllrWAC ddublea team, as well Pitarch, a freshman from Spain, ' TEftfr Bulldogs win 4 of 6 games but lose lead in WAC Sixth-ranked soft- ball team loses two games and WAC lead to Utah By Victor THECOLLEGIAN The Fresno State softball team closed out the final homestand of the regular season by winning four of six games played at Bulldog Diamond this past weekend. FSU improved its overall record to 41-12, but was only able to split twoof four conference games (17- 3*l1i losing two to Utah on Satur¬ day the Bulldogs fell into a tie for first-place with the Utes in the WAC. "The entire team had the com¬ mon goal of a weekendawecp ver¬ sus ell three teams," said senior Christa Yorke. 'The losses to Utah are very disappointing but hope¬ fully we will be able to learn from the experience.'* Friday's matchup saw the Bulldogs, face the Thuhderbirds of Southern Utah, who were 6-31 heading info their clash with the sixth-ranked FSU squad. The Bulldogs were able to sweep their opponents in a paV of shut-outs, 7-0 and 6-0, thanks in large part to stollarpkahing perfor- mances by junior Maureen Brady (28-5)and freshman Jennifer Clark (lf>4). BothBsady and Clark tossed complete game one-hitters en route to their respective victories. Lead¬ ing the Bulldog charge at the plate, sensor Kim Maher smashed two hits and batted in three runs, while freshman Robyn Yorke contributed with four hi ts and two runs verses the Thunderbirds. Saturday the Bulldogs dropped a pair of close ones a: the hands of WAC-rivals Utah 1-0 and 3-1. Brady was the recipient of both losses, but Fresno State's fall from sole possession of first place in the WAC, could by no means be blamed on the junior pitcher. * In the most un-opportune time, Brady's consecutive innings streak without allowing an earned run came to an end in the sixth i nni ng of Saturday's first game. An infield single by Deb DiMeglio plated the only run of the game and was the first unearned allowed by Brady in 61 innings. It was also in that dread¬ ful sixth that coach Margie Wright received her first ejection in her 15- Wright got the book for arguing a missed pick- off play at first base, and it was that runner that was called safe that scored the game winning run. FSU had a chance to tie the score in the seventh,' but with two on and two outs, Laura Berg popped out to end the threat and the Bull¬ dogs' 10-game winning streak. In the second game of Saturday's doubleheader, the two teams had to go to extra innings to decide the winner. The Utes collected three hits in the tenth and capitalized on two Bulldogs errors to plate two runs and win 3-1. Not only did the sweep move Utah into a tie for first place with FSU, but M ruined the Bulldogs chance to record its best season home record in the school's Ms- tory. With the two tosses, Brady feU to 28-7 on the season, but in 17 innings of work, the FSU work¬ horse allowed only two unearned runs. On Sunday, Fresno State suc¬ cessfully put the results of Saturday's games behind them and walloped Arizona State 5-1 and 6-0. 'It was important for us to come out and play the way we did today after yesterday's disappointment,'' said Robyn Yorke. Brady got the Bulldogs off to a good start in the opener, hurling a seven hitter and Clark duplicated her performance from two nights earlier to blank Arizona State on just five hits and one walk. Christa Yorke fueled the FSU bats on Se¬ nior Day in Game 2, going 4-4 with two runs scored. Fresno Slate's three sole seniors. Yorke, Boh and Maher, went a combined 10-18 in "We have the (termination to win the whole thing.** said Crista Yorke after Sunday's sweep.
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Title | 1994_05 The Daily Collegian May 1994 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1994 |
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 |
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Title | May 2, 1994, Page 6 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1994 |
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 | SPORTS Page 6 Monday, May 2,1994 t New-look offense heats up after cold beginning By Robbie Miner THECOLLEGIAN It didn't take long before (he absences of Trent Dilfer and most of last year's third-ranked offense became obvious at Friday * s annual red-white intrasquad football game. For the first quarter of Fresno State's final spring scrimmage, the defense looked like the dominat i ng unit that had made the Bulldogs a force in the NCAA one season ago. Once the new-look offense got warmed up, however, the team started to look like the Bulldogs of old, as the offense charged back to win 28-12. "We started out really slow (the offense), but then got it together and played really well," said All- American candidate Jason James. The offense we n t three downs and out on the first two drives of the game, giving the defense a quick 4- Olead. The game's scoring system awarded six points to the defense for a touchdown, four points, for a turnover, two for a safety, two if it forced a pun t after just three do wns, and one point if it forced a punt on a drive of more than one offensive series. The offense scored in its same traditional manner. / On the third drive of the game, Adrian Claiborne came in at quar¬ terback after Richie Donati and Jeff Tuss had taken the snaps in the first two drives. The three rotated drives throughout the entire night. Claiborne and projected starting tailback Mike Pittman looked im¬ pressive in a 13-play, 60-yard drive that resulted in a Johan Lyssand 31-yard field goal. Following the three point con¬ version, the defense took over once again, forcing punts in the next 1 P mmW ^ fif*~ ^F'«*' 1 * Jeremy Cloud/The CoUeglan Junior Gene Smith tackles Adrian Cleibome for one of hi* three sacks In Friday nlgM'a reo^whtta Irrtraequad football game. three possessions, two without al¬ lowing even one first down. The defense built a commanding 9-3 lead early in the first quarter, and penetrated the inexperienced of* fensive line for three sacks. . With Claiborne back in at QB. the Bulldogs ran quickly up the field, and on a Chris Burk 19-yard carry, had the ball on the one-yard line on first down. Once again, though, the defense stopped the offense in their tracks, causing them to settle for a field goal, maintain¬ ing a 94 lead. The rest of the night belonged to the offense, however. The offensive unit took the leac 13-11 at the end of the first half with an eight yard touchdown re¬ ception from Tuss to tight end Warren Fortier. Instead of taking the traditional chip shot fcr the ex¬ tra point, coach Jim Sweeney Sea FOOTBALL, page 6 After agreat season asdajrun - season la &tf.f^$M\ finished third in theWAC cham- ptoosflipsyei^lay io Uuih Before the championships started, thej*3toUdog* knew they would havetopUygreai tennis in order to wid^the^tJe, but they thra^ithecoaHecgt welcome aga&stBYUin the finals Aftaeeailyhaadlhigtheirfiist rnatchagaii«IJTH*8-l,theBun- dogs appeared primed to make their run at the due. Coach Irene Harris was confident, liked the way the team bad been practic- in&ttd thought they were ready 'The team has looked good in practices, and they feel like they aret>U^gat%0ine whea we use the high altitude bafcV* Harris' said, who was alsoconfidenuhat m^-*OuJdl«al^toharKlle dieir next opponent, San Diego State, wimareednJcf? SDSU waa not quite ready to concede the match to FSU. aad the Aztecs putteds shocker Fri¬ day 1^ beating the Bulldogs S4, thereby ending any hopesof a conference championship for the FSU. No. 1 seed Amy Gallagher- was offber game sed kxt fr-3.6- , 4 to SDSU top seed LisaAlipaz. Doubles were Harris* key to victory for the Bulldogs fhrougb- took four'of ttiVsix singles matches, with only No. 1 seed :;^t^^aj4^^^:Vkki The doubles portion of the match came through for FSU, as for Uuhjstrhe tiohal freshmen such as Malta PHa^andI^llOTispc«tive about the future for the FSU team, aj^ao'twaitto, watch the young players develop next sea . Afltfu^touiuanien'.rheBuU- dogs received their share of post¬ season honors. Gallagher and Fallara were named to theeight- two together were named to the - AllrWAC ddublea team, as well Pitarch, a freshman from Spain, ' TEftfr Bulldogs win 4 of 6 games but lose lead in WAC Sixth-ranked soft- ball team loses two games and WAC lead to Utah By Victor THECOLLEGIAN The Fresno State softball team closed out the final homestand of the regular season by winning four of six games played at Bulldog Diamond this past weekend. FSU improved its overall record to 41-12, but was only able to split twoof four conference games (17- 3*l1i losing two to Utah on Satur¬ day the Bulldogs fell into a tie for first-place with the Utes in the WAC. "The entire team had the com¬ mon goal of a weekendawecp ver¬ sus ell three teams," said senior Christa Yorke. 'The losses to Utah are very disappointing but hope¬ fully we will be able to learn from the experience.'* Friday's matchup saw the Bulldogs, face the Thuhderbirds of Southern Utah, who were 6-31 heading info their clash with the sixth-ranked FSU squad. The Bulldogs were able to sweep their opponents in a paV of shut-outs, 7-0 and 6-0, thanks in large part to stollarpkahing perfor- mances by junior Maureen Brady (28-5)and freshman Jennifer Clark (lf>4). BothBsady and Clark tossed complete game one-hitters en route to their respective victories. Lead¬ ing the Bulldog charge at the plate, sensor Kim Maher smashed two hits and batted in three runs, while freshman Robyn Yorke contributed with four hi ts and two runs verses the Thunderbirds. Saturday the Bulldogs dropped a pair of close ones a: the hands of WAC-rivals Utah 1-0 and 3-1. Brady was the recipient of both losses, but Fresno State's fall from sole possession of first place in the WAC, could by no means be blamed on the junior pitcher. * In the most un-opportune time, Brady's consecutive innings streak without allowing an earned run came to an end in the sixth i nni ng of Saturday's first game. An infield single by Deb DiMeglio plated the only run of the game and was the first unearned allowed by Brady in 61 innings. It was also in that dread¬ ful sixth that coach Margie Wright received her first ejection in her 15- Wright got the book for arguing a missed pick- off play at first base, and it was that runner that was called safe that scored the game winning run. FSU had a chance to tie the score in the seventh,' but with two on and two outs, Laura Berg popped out to end the threat and the Bull¬ dogs' 10-game winning streak. In the second game of Saturday's doubleheader, the two teams had to go to extra innings to decide the winner. The Utes collected three hits in the tenth and capitalized on two Bulldogs errors to plate two runs and win 3-1. Not only did the sweep move Utah into a tie for first place with FSU, but M ruined the Bulldogs chance to record its best season home record in the school's Ms- tory. With the two tosses, Brady feU to 28-7 on the season, but in 17 innings of work, the FSU work¬ horse allowed only two unearned runs. On Sunday, Fresno State suc¬ cessfully put the results of Saturday's games behind them and walloped Arizona State 5-1 and 6-0. 'It was important for us to come out and play the way we did today after yesterday's disappointment,'' said Robyn Yorke. Brady got the Bulldogs off to a good start in the opener, hurling a seven hitter and Clark duplicated her performance from two nights earlier to blank Arizona State on just five hits and one walk. Christa Yorke fueled the FSU bats on Se¬ nior Day in Game 2, going 4-4 with two runs scored. Fresno Slate's three sole seniors. Yorke, Boh and Maher, went a combined 10-18 in "We have the (termination to win the whole thing.** said Crista Yorke after Sunday's sweep. |