1994_11 The Daily Collegian November 1994

              77:
Tuesday, November 29, 1994
Page 7
Fresno State advances to post
season with NIVC invitation
After a year off
from post season,
CSUF volleyball
•   returns to NIVC
\>        By Casey Angle
i_  _, i	
, In what seemed to be the
^end to a fantastic turn-around
from last season, the Fresno
State volleyball team will be
starting a new seasorion Deo 2.
In a season that sawjecords
broken and career highs in kills,
digs, and blocks through indi-'
^vidual and team efforts, the
Ttogs came back from the long
Thanksgiving weekend s^ill
hungry, hungry for the chance
to have their shot at the teams
in the National Invitational
Volleyball Championships held
in Memorial Gymnaium in
Kansas City, Missouri.
The Bulldogs ended their
season on the road with two
tough defeats to Colorado State
and Wyoming to put an end to
their shot at a chance to go to
the NCAA tournament. Fin¬
ishing 18-12, (6-8 in Western
Athletic Conference play), the
Bulldogs accepted a bid to go to
the NIVC and are looking to;
show the opponents the weap¬
ons that put them into their first
post season since '92, when they
also attended the NTVC and fin¬
ished the round-robin portion
2-2. Fresno State will look to
conquer the 20 team tourna¬
ment as the only WAC repre¬
sentative. '
The WAC put five of its eight
teams into post season play,
with the top four spots, Brigham
Young (WAC champ) San Di¬
ego Statft^Ngw Mexico, and
Wyoming, all headed for
NCAA play. The Bulldogs'
record and opponents were
obviously impressive to the of¬
ficials deciding on who to in¬
vite, when they skipped over
WAC fifth-place finisher, the
University of Utah.
One player who should have
no problem proving she belongs
with the best is sophomore out¬
side hitter Tricia Tuley. Tuley
w^s selected to the second team
All-Western Athletic Confer¬
ence. Tuley's statistics stand
alone with her 450 kills and 407
digs leading the team. Tuley
finished the season second in
the WAC in kills and has taken
the WAC digs title for the sec¬
ond straight year.
Attaining such an honor was
no obvious problem, as the
sophomore recorded double fig¬
ures in kills in 24 of the Bulldogs'
30 matches during the season,
including a career-high 29
against Utah oh Sept. 23. De¬
fense and digs are her specialty
as Tuley had 20 matches with
double figures in digs, including
a 30-dig night against Cal State
Sacramento on Nov. 8. That
could have been her best all-
around night, when she finished
with 11 kills, 30 digs and two
blocks. However, one match
early in the season that may top
that one in many minds is the
second match of conference play
at home against BYU when she
had 23 kills, 27 digs, and three
blocks. In a 18- matches she hit
double figures in both kills and
digs.
The Bulldogs begin play in
the NIVC Friday with a tough
opening match with the 26-5
University of Massachusetts and
the Universitv of Arkansas (17-
15). They will wind up their
round-robin play Saturday with
Idaho State (18-9) and Iowa State
(20-10) in hopes to reach the semi¬
finals and champipnship on Sun¬
day.
CSUF finishes eighth
at tough Vegas Invite
By Dennis Claborn
While most of us were enjoy-v
ing the fine turkey, stuffing, and '
sweet-potato pie over Thanks¬
giving, many of Fresno State's
finest athletes were on the road
to Las Vegas. No, they weren't
placing bets at the MGM's sports
book, they were wrestling in
the Las Vegas Invitational.
The Bulldogs, who are
ranked 11th in the country, fin¬
ished a respectable eighth place
out of 26 teams with a score of
67.5 meet points. Other teams
competing in the tournament
included top ranked Oklahoma
State and Michigan who fin¬
ished first and third respec¬
tively..
All-American Gerry Abas
continued in his winning ways
with a 6-3 victory over
Bakersfield's Tony DeSouza.
Abas claimed yet another title
to add to his collection as he
continues his pursuit towards
another national toD rankine for
the 142-pound weight class.
Sean Kim, a 118 pound fresh¬
men from Gabriel Calif., took
advantage of top-seeded Brett
Bingham by defeating him ear ly
on in the tournament. Kimfin-
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ished fourth in the tournament,
which should excite coach
Deliddo with this early season
Both Dewayne Zinkin (126-
pounds) and Byron Campbell
(158-pounds) placed sixth over¬
all at the invitational. Zinkin
wrestled the No. 2 seeded Steve
St. John of Arizona State to a 5-
2 defeat in the semi-finals.
Campbell suffered a close de¬
feat to the No. 4 seeded A. Leath¬
ered Boise State 7-5.
Unseeded'jason Streetp(167-
pounds) started off slow by los¬
ing in the opening round before
catching fire and wrestling him¬
self to a seventh place finish
following four straight wins.
Gary Quintana, of Selma Ca¬
lif., was put to the test when he
faced No. 1 seeded Jeff Theiler
of Arizona State in the quarter¬
finals. Quintana stood strong to .
the test but got the losing side
of a close match 10-8. Quintana
finished the tournament eighth
overall in the 150-pound weight
class.
Nick Zinkin (126-pounds)
entered the tournament seeded
sixth, but was forced out of plac¬
ing after a tough sudden death
loss in the second round.
Jason Geris (177-pounds)
took a tough loss from No. 4
seeded Jesse Rawls of Michigan
9-1 in the consolation round.
Geris is 2-2 on the year after
failing to place in the tourna¬
ment Lalo Moz (190-pounds)
also suffered two tough loses
and did not piace either.
Six of the Dogs' nine entries
placed amongst the top eight
and were forced to wrestle with-
out heavyweight Darin
Preisendorf, who was on the
grid-iron for the football team
in San Diego. CSUF still finished
eighth out of 26 teams.
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