1994_11 The Daily Collegian November 1994

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Tuesday, November fr, 1994
Freshman forward scoring big at FSU
Speaking of
Sports
With...
Adam Brady
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Bulldogs hit
all-time low
They say a tie is like kiss¬
ing your sister. If thafs true,
tying UTEP is like marrying
her.
Fresno State football may
ha ve hit an all-time low when,
they failed to beat a UTEP
team that came into the game
ranked 107th in the nation in
defense. Know how many
NCAA Division I-A teams
there are in the nation? That's
right-107. *
In case you missed it, or
have just put the memory out
of your mind, the Bulldogs
and Miners fought to a 30-30
tie, which was capped off by
a missed extra pojnt by
Fresno State after a late touch¬
down.-
But it was not the missed
kick that killed Fresno State
Saturday afterrioon. It was
much of the other 59 minutes
and 24 seconds that left the
Ttogs fit to be tied and ex¬
tended their winless streak
<o four games:       i
The Bulldog defense let
UTEP walk all over them, giv¬
ing up 506 yards, the first
time the Miners had amassed
more than 500 yards in six
years. But at least in the early
going, UTEP and their awful
Jmght-orange uniforms
could not put morethan S'*
points on the board, despite
plowing into Bulldog terri¬
tory several times.
Fresno State actually led
24-6 at jrfne point, but they
could not hold on.
For those who thought it
couldn't get any worse after
being drubbed by Big-West
member Nevada, well, it just
did. ^
GraWd, the Bulldogs
have\nofhad their real team
out oi\ the field in quite some
time. A total of 28 Bulldogs'
have had to sit out part of or
all of at least one game be¬
cause of ailments.
Indeed, injuries are part
of the game and everyone
has to deal with them, but
this has gotten ridiculous.
Even the kicker, Johan
Lyssand, was injured on Sat¬
urday, as backup Armen
Torigian was in there at the
end and just pushed the ex^
tra point try wide right. When
your kicker i^ getting hurt,
you know you've got prob¬
lems.; *   .
But whether or not Fresno
State has itsbest personnel, it
is still utterly shocking that'
they could not beat UTEP, a
team that came into the game
3-6,1-5 in the WAC. A team
See Brady, Page 7
Bryan Taylor uses
his finesse to slice
through opposing
defenses
By Paulo Albuquerque
"He is definitely, the most
skillful player in the field to¬
day," said Romulo de Mello
Restelli, a soccer scout from
Fidelis Andrte, a second divi¬
sion professional soccer dub of
Italy, about Bryan Taylor.
A native of the San Joaquin
Valley, Taylor is a well-known
name in the soccer world of
Fresno. He played four years
for the Bullard High School var¬
sity team, receiving many hoit-'
ors along the way.
In the fields of Hanford, Tay¬
lor grew up dealing with the
cultivation of cotton. His father
owns a cotton farm, which he
one day hopes to take over.
In the green grass fields of
soccer, Taylorgrew up to be a
fine player, capableof display¬
ing great talent and skills. He is
a very "fast forward" with a
great future ahead of him.
Taylor is not the train-style
striker, generally so common in
the American fields, who breaks
through defenses with great
physical attributes, aggressive¬
ness and speed. On the dther
hand, Taylorjs a finesse player.
His style is as smooth as cotton.
He takes his time while using
his speed as an asset to exploit
his artistic soccer talents.
"Roberto Baggio is my favor¬
ite player. He is a magician, an
Forward Bryan Taylor
four goals scored.
artist who knows his way to the
goal," Taylor said.
According to Taylor his fam¬
ily provided him with the op¬
portunity to play many other
Todd Warshaw - Sports Information
is fourth on the Fresno State soccer team with
sports but soccer was always
the most challenging.
"Soccer is definitely the most
challenging sport of all," he said.
"Soccer is much iriore of a sport
than football. Within our game
we need much more than just a
strong body. We need to be cre¬
ative."
See Taylor, Page 7
Swimming win
streak ends at 13
By Casey Angle
^ J-ast Saturday the Fresno
State swimming team suffered
their first loss of this young
seasonatNevada, 183-107. The
lossdtoptfthemto4-l and ends
their dual meet win streak at
13. The streak began exactly
one year to the date it ended
when thjf beat'San lose State
onNd£i2,1993.
Despite the loss several
swimmers still turned in strong
performances. Two freshmen,
Karen Gallagher and Lisa
Hislop, turned in times mat
both rank thir<H>est in school
history.
Gallagher, a high school All-
American frojn San Ramon,
swam a 1:54:40 in the 200 free,
finishing firsts Hislop, of Mis¬
sion Viejo, swam the 1,000 free
urt 10:26.61 .junior transfer
Debtoah Baham of Arcadia
turned in three season best per¬
formances.
Sophomore Justyn Iliff did
wejtffithe sprints, taking first
in the 50 and 100 free.
In all Fresno State had 21
season-best times at the meet.
Nevada was uncontested in
the diving competitions and
gained 29 points from that
alone. To say that not having a
diving team hurts the Bulldogs
is a mild understatement
The weekend started out
well for Fresno Sta te when they
traveled to UC Davis and cap¬
tured a 126^78 win.
Leading the way for the
Dogs was sophomore Patti
Glos«cki. Glosecki was the
meet's only double winner,
taking first in the 100 free
(56.07)vand 200 free (159.49).
Also taking first for the
Dogs was Becky Karstetter
(1,000 free), Iliff (50 free),
Gallagher (400 I.M.), Hislop
(500 fyee) and the 200 free re¬
lay team of Iliff, Yvette Tristan,
JanelleWebber-PI^nkaniilav
nifer Espinosa. .
The 'Pogs will have a
couple of weeks off to prepare
to*-the Speedo Gun, Invita-
tkmal to be heKt tm 1-3 at
Ldfrg Beach.      	
NCAA overlooks
'Dogs &s top seed
Fresno State (17-2-
1) was overlooked
as a top-four seed
by NCAA soccef f
tournament com¬
mittee yesterday
By Robbie Miner/
There were no loud cheers
from Fresno State soccer play¬
ers at the Silver Dollar Hofbrau
yesterday when', the pairings
were announced for the 1994
NCAA Tournament.
After defeating two-time
NQAA champs UCLA for the
second time in a week, Sunday
for'the MPSF title, the third-
ranked Bulldogs expected noth¬
ing less than a top-four seed in
the tournament. The committee
obviously felt otherwise.
"The teams we picked were
clearly the top four in our minds,
based oh their records and
strength of schedules," said a
NCAA committee member.
So who were the top seeds to
receive home field advantage *
all the way through the
quarterfinals? Indiana*(19-2)
received the No. 1 nod, followed
by Boston University(18-0-l) at
No. 2, Virginia (17-3-1) at No. 3
and UNC-Charlotte (16-3) atNb.
4. Although none of the remain¬
ing 28 teams were given seeds,
by the looks of the pairings, it
would seem as though Fresno
State received a No. 8 seed. This
is because the Bulldogs (17-2-1)
would figure to play top-ranked
Indiana in the round of eight in
Indiana, assuming both teams
win their first two games.
"We're all just shocked that
we weren't a seeded team," said
FSU head coach toWi Bluem.
"The coimruttee seems to have
looked at our region as a weak
one." Ja
No teams from the westcoast
wer^ selected as top-four teams
and comparing confrontations
between the east coast and west
coast teams is unfair since they
See NCAA, Page 7
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