1996_09 The Daily Collegian September 1996

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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Friday, September 27,1996
Sports
Sports Editor: Tom Sepulveda
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CORNER
Volleyball
USA Today/AVCA
Coaches Poll
Top 25
1. Hawai'i (45) 1.460
2. Stanford (14) 1.430
3. Texas                     ' 1.356
4. Pcnn State 1.292
5. Florida 1.195
6. Washington Slate 1.143
7. Long Beach State 1.093
8. Nebraska 1.070
9 Michigan State 999
10. Ohio State 864
11. USC 825
12. None Dame 811
13. Wisconsin 801
14. UCLA 770
15. UC Santa Barbara 570
16. Loyola Maraymount   548
17. Georgia Tech 481
18. Louisville 464
19. Pacific 426
20. Texas A&M 361
21. Colorado State 300
22. Oral Roberts 190
23. San Diego State 155
24. Washington 141
25. Arizona 99
Volleyball
Fresno State deL-USF
15-4.9-15. 15-9. 15-7
Volleyball souad off to
third-best start
With a 10-3 record. Fresno State
is still off to the program's third-best
start in the 31-year history of Bull¬
dog volleyball.
Fresno State's best start occurred
in 1995 and 1976 when both teams
raced out to a 10-1 start.
The Bulldogs 10-3 start is the
third-best beginning under head
coach Lindy Vivas since her arrival
in 1991. In five short seasons. Vivas
has directed the Bulldogs into the
national spotlight with national
rankings and postseason appear¬
ance^ in four of those years, while
averaging 22 wins the last two sea¬
sons.
— Sports Information
Special Olympic
celebration set for
Saturday
Two special events have been
planned by the university to honor
Fresno State's Olympic heroes.
First, there will be a celebration
to recognize the Fresno State USA
Olympic softball gold medalists at
the Bulldog Diamond on Saturday,
from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
. Then, at halftime of the Fresno
State-Hawaii football game, all 14
Bulldog Olympians who partici¬
pated in the 1996 Summer Olympic
Games in Atlanta will be honored.
— Sports Information
Bulldogs rebound against Dons
■ Women's volleyball comes back strong after
loss to top-ranked Hawai'i.
Kael Mojfat
The Daily Collegian
The Fresno State women's vol¬
leyball team got its 11th victory of
the season last night against the
, Lady Dons of the University of San
Francisco— 15-3.9-15, 15-5. 15-
7.
"San Francisco played pretty
well." Fresno State Coach Lindy
Vivas said."They played better de¬
fense than we expected."
The Lady Dons did not play
.enough defense, however, as Fresno
State chalked up a very respectable
.263 team hitting percentage.
The Bulldogs, in turn, played
very good defense, holding' the
Lady Dons to a team hitting per¬
centage of only .079. Diana
Nalbandian led the Bulldog defense
with 20 digs. Senior Tricia Tuley
added 11 digs and two solo blocks
while Amy Cheli and Debbie Davis
collected nine digs apiece.
Offensively, Tuley had a big
night with 25 kills and two service
aces. Also hitting well for Fresno
State were Davis with 14 kills, and
Amy Cheli who added seven kills.
One of the big stories of the
By Matt The Worm' Lieve
The Daily Collegian
Last Friday we did not run a
paper, so the running total for my
football picks remains at an even
5-5. Now for thirweek's games.
#4 OHIO STATE
at #5 NOTRE DAME
For the second straight week
America is treated with two foot¬
ball programs that are rich in tra¬
dition and accustomed to win¬
ning. Last week featured Florida
and Tennessee, this week it is the
Irish and the Buckeyes. The Irish
are coming off a nail-biter that
saw them defeat Texas in the last
seconds of the game for a 27-24
victory. For Ohio State, the num¬
ber 70 has become a permanent
fixture on the scoreboard. In
their opening game Ohio State
destroyed Rice 70-6 and then
last week embarrassed Pitts¬
burgh 72-0. This week will be
the Buckeyes first true test.
Notre Dame showed that their
football team is capable of plac¬
ing up to the competition. With
a victory over Texas last week,
Notre Dame will be ready to
come home and impress the
loyal Southbend crowcLAnother
key factor will be Irish quarter¬
back Ron Powlus. If he can play
a near flawless game, then the
Joe Montana clone should be re¬
ceiving some Heisman trophy
votes.
Analysis: Ohio State is a solid
football program, but look who
night was the aggressive play of
Adaline Bouldin who collected 11
kills with a .261 hitting percentage.-
Although Bouldin .was only cred¬
ited with one official solo block, she
appeared to be a much more domi¬
nant factor at the net. reaching in
and taking away the angle on many
of the Lady Don attacks.
""It's been fun to watch Adaline
get better." Vivas said. "She works
very hard and has improved a lot."
The other big story of the night
w as the leadership of freshman set¬
ter Diann Aufdermauer. She did a
great job of running the offense. She
got us stable." Vivas said.
Aufdermauer finished the evening
with 37 assists and three kills, in¬
cluding a very timely dump in game
three to get the Bulldogs on the
board.
In the fourth game, Aufdermauer
also got a big solo block. "I heard
them talking all night about hitting
it over me. Sort of felt good to get
that block," Aufdermauer said.
* The Bulldogs take on a very
scrappy University of New Mexico
team tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the
North Gym.
Paul Martinez — The Daily Collegian
Diann Aufdermauer controls a ball against USF.
Weekend Preview
they have played. Ron Powlus wWI
play well and the Irish will still be
in the national championship hunt
while the Buckeyes will suffer their
first loss of the year.
»    UCLA
at #8 MICHIGAN
Welcome to college football
Bruin Mead Coach Bob Toledo. It
was bad enough you had to take
your Bruins and open with a loss at
Tennessee, but now you have to
play your second road game at
Michigan!!
Don't worry Westwood, the Bru¬
ins will come ready to play foot¬
ball. Michigan is the number eight
team in the country and did beat a
very good Colorado football team
on the road two weeks ago. On the
flip side they only beat Illinois 20-
6 and struggled with Boston Col¬
lege last week in a 20-14 win. So
what is my point?
Michigan is an overrated foot¬
ball team and does not deserve the
number eight next to its name. If
UCLA running back Skip Hicks
can run the ball effectively and
sophomore quarterback Cade
McNown does not play like a
sophomore the Bruins will make it
a close football game.
Analysis: Ann Arbor Michigan
is arguably the toughest place to
play a football game. Every Satur¬
day 105,000 crazy Wolverine, fans
root for their beloved Michigan
football team. After Saturday you
will not hear one of those 105,000
fans say one word as the Bruins win
in an upset.
#11 NORTH CAROLINA
at #2 FLORIDA STATE
If North Carolina can upset
Florida State, it will be the greatest
moment for the university since a.
guy by the name of Michael Jor- \
dan sank his 19 foot jump-shot to
give the Tar-Heels the National
Championship over Georgetown in
basketball. North Carolina enters
the game at 3-0 and if they can wi n
they will havo a legitimate shof at
the Atlantic Coast Conference title.
One problem for Carolina is that
they have to travel to Florida State,
where the Seminoles rarely lose a
game. The key for Florida State will
be how well running back Warrick
Dunn can run the ball. This should
be Dunn's coming out game, as it
seems that the entire country is
waiting for him to rush for 150
yards and three touchdowns. North
Carolina also has a talented running
back in Leon Johnson who rushed
for 1,000 yards last season.
Analysis: First place in the ACC
is on the line in this game. Florida
State will win but not easily, and
Warrick Dunn will take some
Heisman votes away from Powlus.
HOUSTON at PITTSBURGH
Who would have thought that
the Oilers would be playing for first
place. The winner of this game will
take over sole possession of first
place in the AFC-central division.
Houston is playing well thanks to a
good defense and a healthy quar¬
terback in the form of Chris Chan¬
dler. Pittsburgh is playing better
than a lot of people expected even
after the loss of All-Pro line¬
backer Greg Lloyd. The Steelers
are making the gamble on
Jerome Bettis look like the move
of the year as he is close to lead¬
ing the NFL in rushing.
\ Analysis: Houston is a young
and upcoming team in the NFL
,but the Steelers only allow 15
points per game and with the
power running of Bettis will
move into first place in the Cen¬
tral division.
' KANSAS CITY
at SAN DJEGO
This is another game with
first place on the line as the
Chiefs invade Jack Murphy sta¬
dium with a perfect 4-0 record,
whileyie Chargers are an,im¬
pressive 3-1. Both teams are
coming off divisional wins as the
Chiefs barley beat Denver^ 17-
14. while the Chargers defeated
the Raiders 40-34. Kansas City
will rely on linebacker Derrick
Thomas and defensive lineman
Neil Smith to put pressure on
Charger quarterback Stan
Humphries. San Diego will look
for wide receiver Toni Martin
who leads the AFC in,receiving
to get open and produce plenty
of touchdowns.
Analysis: San Diego will
need something to cheer about,
especially after the Padres will
fail to win the division in the
national league west Have no
fear the Chargers are here and
will do something the Padres
could not do, be in first place.