1994_09 The Daily Collegian September 1994

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SPORTS
Tuesday, September 6, 1994
San Diego spoils Bulldogs' season opener
TheBullrJogs
lose 2-1 in sea¬
son opener to
the University
of San Diego
By PaL
ulo Albuqerque
The University of San Diego
dominated the Fresno State soccer
team in a 2-1 defeat Monday at
Bulldog Stadium. y-^^,
The No. 14 Toreros did not have
to labor very hard to pull off the
victory over the 23rd-ranked Bull¬
dogs. San Diego capitalized on one
of FSU's biggest weaknesses: si2e
on defense. The UCSD attack used
their size and speed up front to! ke
advantage of Fresno's 5-7 Ruben
Rosales and 5-6 Sylvian
Templeman. The Toreros first at¬
tack came on a cross from Michael
Deery, a midfielder from Ireland,
that landed right at Man Geske,
who headed the ball dangerously
right in just the first minute of the
game.
Five minutes later another cross
from Deery found the head of Keith
Finnegan, another Irish player from
the University of San Diego; only
this time. Bulldog goalkeeper David
Kramer was not so fortunate. The
ball landed in the right side of the
goal, giving San Diego the 1-0 lead.
After the first goal, UCSD com¬
pletely dominated the field. Former
U.S. Under-20 National team play¬
ers Mario Sanchez and Brian
Johnson were outclassed on this
day in the middle-by the more ca¬
pable and creative Irish duo of
Deery and Finnegan.
Meanwhile, Doug Barry and
Guillermo Jara constantly attacked
on offense, causing concern for
Kramer and his teammates.
On the other hand, Bulldogs'
forwards Jason Berg, Mark Foster
and Mike Matson were very well
marked the whole afternoon by the
Toreros' defense, led by Swedish
national player Roger Lindquist.
Fresno State head coach John
Bluem attempted to modify the
game by substituting. 6-0 fresh¬
man Ryan Robson was sent in the
field, changing the initially 4-4-2
formation (four defenders, four
midfielders and four forwards) to a
more offensive 4-3-3 lineup.
The Toreros, however, kept on
dominating the midfield and at¬
tempting to make Fresno pay for its
lack of height. Around the 20th
minute of the first half, Deery fed
his forwards with two dangerous
crosses, but this time a 6-2 fresh¬
man for FSU, Steve Patterson ap¬
peared to head the ball out of the
box.
The Toreros furiously attacked
again in a great play by Jara, who
shot the ball from 30 yards out. The
ball landed close but to the side of
the goal.
After 25 minutes of play the
Bulldogs started to react. But
Johnson, a usually accurate passer,
made many errant passes Monday.-
The first real opportunity for
FSU came after a diagonal shot by
Robson. Though powerful, the
freshman's shot was placed far from
San Diego's goal. Robson failed to
finish the ball again in the 40th
minute, when he chose to attempt a
wild bicycle kick that landed out¬
side the box, on a cross from Fos¬
ter. ..£
Just prior to the end of the first
half, Geske stepped on the back of
Templeman and was immediately
ejected by the referee.
Starting the second half Bluem
moved to a 3-4-3 formation and
early it appeared to be a good deci¬
sion. At the 15-minute mark in the
second half, though, the Toreros
struck again. Jara received a great
pass from Finnegan and dribbled
Kramer, who with no other op¬
tions, was forced to trip his oppo¬
nent receiving a red card from the
ref. The predicament forced Bluem
to send Berg, a forward, into goal.
With 15 minutes remaining; the
Toreros put an end to the game
when Jara dribbled Rosales three
times and then launched a shot into
the corner of the goal to put UCSD
up 2-0.
Patterson put Fresno State on
the scoreboard in the 35th minute
with a goal in his first game as a
Bulldog. *
"It was fun playing with more
experienced players," said
Patterson after his first college
game.
Bluem said Patterson palyed
well defensively, "He is a great, tall
defender. We lack heightback there,
but we also need better forwards
and he seems to be' the man.'
Bulldogs get defensive
-Bj^^Angle
. Back in 1989,58 games ago,
Fresno State.beat ling Beach
State 52-0. The Bulldogs have
achieved a lot since that game
TWo bowl game victories, two
Big Wes*6ftes, andtwo WAC
titles are among some of the
highlights. But one thing they
have yet to achieve is another
shutout
V Saturday mghttUodkedfike
^^^^fense might fi¬
ve shutout
meSahJose
three and a
Spartan
found
their first series of the
half oft the 1
W^thisbel
of a dramatic Spartan c
and another exciting chap ter to
this storied rryalry? No way.
Bulldog strong safety fkoax
Stoubhm?recordedback-to4>ack
sacks in that first series to push
the Spartans back to rrudfield,
forcing them to punt
The story was exactly'the
same for San Ipse State in their
Omar Stoutmire
yards total offense.
Senior . , nose guard
DemetriusJEdwards was a big
part of the Bulldog domina¬
tion. Edwards, wryo had one
Si.dc, said *We wanted to fin¬
ish them off, break their wilt"
The Bulldog defense also
turned in a solid first half,
• yielding only 136 yards in to¬
tal offense.
A big reawm^forjhe Bull¬
dogs' turnaround on defense
is new defensive coordinator
After tKp-game, both head
coaches hadpraise for the job
Burtnett did;/,
San Jose State head coach
John Ralston said, There's no
questtonthifcj^dpesagood
job preparing his team; he al-
^ ways has."
Fresno State's Jim Sweeney
' added, ''Our c^ponenteaTego-
ing to have toget useAto an
entirely different (defensive)
scheme. The scheme that he
(Burtnett) is playingis entirely
twootijeroffensiveseriesofthe   sSwrdone.^^08 "*
quarter. Fresno would get two
more sacks and both timesi force
frW.dk. (* em mmme% ******   1aMi*mI   -tt\-L  *t- _—-.
tSet opjuum wpunt ansr uixre
m that
The Bulldog's leading tadder
was senior free safety LanceTho-
maswim seven. Stoutmire, who
ltd the team last week against
Oruo State with 12 tackles, was
sffiorwwim six on Sahrrday.
Steve Pujimoto/THE COLLEGIAN
UC San Diego defeated the 23rd-ranked Fresno State
soccer team 2-1 Monday.
Runners predict
times at annual run
Accuracy, not
speed wins
races at FSU's
annual Water¬
melon Run
By Chariton Jordan
Saturday morning at 8:00
a.m., Fresno State's cross coun¬
try team held its 30th annual
Watermelon Run, where Head
Coach "Red" Estes showcased
■ this year's 1994team.
This event Was founded in
1965 by Estes himself in order
for the community to meet the
team, and it gives the Bulldogs
an early race that determines
who makes the traveling team.
•Not everyone on the Bulldog
cross country team is able to
travel to distant cities to com¬
pete, because there is "only so
much money given to the team
for so many people to go on the
road.
At the Watermelon Run there
are only three races, the six-mile,
four-mile, and two-mile run.
The meet is scored by predict¬
ing how long it will take you
(the runner) to complete the
race. After the race is run, the
predicted time is subtracted by
the actual time and the dosest
person to the actual time is the
winner. And if in fact two run¬
ners have no'errors, the runner
who crosses the finish line first
is the winner and the second
person is second. The hard part
is that the runners are not al¬
lowed to wear watches.
In the six-mile run, Pedro
Martinez was first, running his
predicted time of 36:04. Ja tinder
Singh also ran her predicted
time of 4159, placing second.
The third runner in was Craig
FJia, who ran the six-mile run
with a mark of 36:39, which was
21 seconds off the predicted time
of 37:00,
In the four-mile, the top two
finishers in the race with the
least seconds from their pre¬
dicted times were Kim Fich tner,
who finished first at 2638, just
two seconds from her predicted
time and Al Lara with a mark of
20:03, three seconds off.
Although the Bulldog men
did not predict well enough to
make the top three, they did
manage to set a record out of the
top ten list Irasel Pose was the
top finisher out of the Bulldogs
at 19:47, which was. eighth in
the top ten times' in the four-
mile. Fernando Mendoza came
a few seconds after Pose with
the mark of 20:08. The Bulldog
men all finished within a 53-
second time span, starting with
Pose.
In the two-mile, the Lady
Bulldogs were battling for a spot
on the traveling team. But the
dosest person to their actual
time was Tiffany Elliot, with no
errors with a mark or 1250.
The women added four new
"runners to the school's top ten
list. Senior Ann Burris ranked
second out of ten with a mark of
1058 and Danielle Nelson took
fourth in the ranking and tied
Sao Accuracy, page 11
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