1995_01 The Daily Collegian January 1995

              8—The Dafly Collegian     Tuesday, January 31,1^95
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Todd Warshaw/Sports Information
One hundred forty-two pound wrestler Gerry Abas squares off against an opponent. Abas was "
injured in a match against Boise State last Saturday. •
Swimmers wade through competition
By DougIas Stolhand
Sports Editor
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'Although WAC Championships are still a
month away, the Fresno State Swimming team is
hard at work deciding who will represent the
Ttogs in Las Vegas. \ ."••.*'   %
Of the 22 girls on the swimming team, only 18
can go to the WAC Championships. The decision
on who goes and who doesn't go is up to head
coach Daniella Irle. She will be aided by the fact
thatthe team is peaking at the right time. "I would
say that last week vs. UNLV; we were as sharp as
we have been all year," \.
"That meet, (against UNLV), was the first chal¬
lenge we've had since December. The teams we've
been swimming against realh/haven'tgiven us a
challenge that we couldn't handle." The TJogs
lost the meet vs. UNLV 61-34. •
The areas that Irle feels the team has shown
sharpness in is speed, which surprises her! "Speed
See SWIM, Page 7
Lady 'Dogs tough as nails an season play
By Michael Young
Staff Writer
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The current Fresno State
women's basketball poster fea¬
tures Linda Wunder's women
donning construction wear and
hard-hats, and in the back¬
ground is a construction site. The
caption over the top of the poster
reads: "The road to success is
always under construction." I
found it a little strange that this
group had to leave the practice
court to find a construction site,.
This well-oiled basketball ma-
\chine has been busy this winter
erecting a house of victories that
is nothing short-of impressive.
When we last left pur Lady
'Dogs on Dec. 1$, they had built
their way tea 3-4 record with a
70-54 win in Northridge. Since
that time, these^fiardhats have
been working overtime, racking
up victory after victory, adding
to that house one brick at a time.
The Lady Ttogs wasted no
time, going alljthe Way to Berke¬
ley to get that next addition to
the house, that Linda Jjui.lt. Se¬
nior forward Kari Jorgensen led
- the team with 21 points and 9
rebounds ii\ the 74-70 victory,
their second straight onthe road.
Wunder's women caught fire
after their next win against Sac¬
ramento State and went on a
tear, rivaled only by General
Shenhan. They'put Sac. State
away 73-64 behind a 17. point 12
rebound performance by
Jorgensen. Michele Anderson
led the 'Dogs with 7 assistsr **-
New Year's Eve marked a
brief return home for the Lady
Ttogs to take on the Lady Tigers
Of Pacific. Susan Conlan was the
spark in the victory. Her 16
points and 8 rebounds, along
with Cony Carter's 6 assists,
served as more fuel to the fire of
victory.        \l
The white hot Lady Ttogs
started off the new on the right
foot, taking their fire walking
act to San Luis Obispo to meet
Cal Poly. The 80-60 win in¬
creased their record to 7-4. Staci
Oddo was hot for the Ttogs,
adding 18 points.
The'tafetest of the season for
the Fresno State women was yet
to be realized at they took their
winning streak to BYU on Jan.
12. Bulldogs Susan Conlan and
Michele Anderson played tough
despite a 58-6^1oss. Conlan led
the Lady Bulldogs with 16 points
an<^ 7 rebounds. Anderson was
responsible for5 Bulldog scores,
adding 5 assists.
Coach Linda Wunder's Ttogs
foui\d it tough to decipher the
WAC, picking another loss at
home against Utah, giving them
a league record of 0-2. Junior
, forward Susan Conlan had no
^*trq#ble with WAC competition,
putting in 13 points, bringing
her two-game total to 29. Cony
Carter Windex bottle, cleaning
10 boards.
Jan.^9 brought the Lady
'LX>gs back to Fresno for a two
game stand. The first saw the
Ttogs doing b*t«e UTEP. The
T>ogs leadership re-emerged,
and seniors Kari jorgensen and
Kristi Fulton controlled the ma-'
jor stats. Jorgensen was the Big
Ttog adding 23 points and 9 re¬
bounds. Kristi Fulton contrib¬
uted 6 assists in the 67,r66 wiry
. Not to be out done, the junior
-class asserted itself for Wunder's
squad in their 75-58 win over
New Mexico on Jan. 21. Staci
Oddo poured .in 22 points,
Tanisha Huddleston pulled in
10 rebounds and Michele Ander¬
son added 6 assists, as the Lady
Ttogs go to 9-6 overall and 2-2 in
WAC play.
'Dog wrestlers set
sights on WAC title
Zinkin brothers spirit
Victory over Boise
By Douglas Stolhand
Sports Editor
The Fresno State Wrestling
team has its sightsTset on the
NCAA, nationals, and all
matches in between now and
then are simply a formality.    K
D^pite going 1 -2 on their last
road trip, the National Duals in
Lincoln, Neb./the Ttogs remain
• in the top 10 in the nationwide
rankingsiThe no. 9 ranking that
the TX>gs currently hold is still a
great achievement, but it a not^
what the Ttogs are looking! foW
"We're still in the top 10, and 7-
that's something I never dreamt
we could • do, so I'm happy."
coach Dennis DeLiddo said.
"However^ our whole season is
an effort to yin Jhe WAC and '
get the team to nationals."
The quest to win the WAC
title started on Thursday, Jan.
26, when the bulldogs squared
off against the Cowboysof Wyo¬
ming. Last year, the Ttogs man-
handlecT>Vyomii)g by beating
them34-3inaWtchplayed here
in Fresno. Thisyter'smatch will
be in Laramie, which doesn't
bother DeLiddo too much.
"Wyoming will b^ tough. It's .
a mile higher up there, and it
'■ will be tough." DeLiddo said on
"Wednesday."They match up
well against us, and that's What
all dual meets come down to is
how you match up with each
other. It doesn't matter what
you're ranked. If sonly how you
match up with them. I |ust hope
we can get out of Wyoming with
a win."
The Cowboys did indeed
prove to be a tough match for
the Bulldogs. However, Fresno
State was/able to escape with a
26-12 victory, satisfying Jheir
coaches wishes. The match win
started early for the Ttogs as
they won three of the first four
matches. The only loss was Mike
^WUkey's 14c8 loss to Tom
Hickenlooper ih the. 126 divi¬
sion.
No. 11 DeWayne Zinkin won
by forfeit at the 134-pound divi-
sibn while Gerry Aba improved
to 19-1 on the year with a 12-6
victory over Jason Gregerson at
the 142. division. At the 172-
pourd division, Jason Geris
squared off with no. 3 Reese
Andy. Andy had two takedowns
in the first period to take a quick
4-1 lead en route'to a 6-2 deci¬
sion. The win improves the
T)ogs:record to 9-3 on the sea¬
son.
The win by 142-pound Gerry
See WRESTLING, Page 7
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