1996_11 The Daily Collegian November 1996

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Friday, November 1,1996
Sports
Sports Editor: Tom Sepulveda
Telephone: (209) 278-5733
Bulldogs whip Cowgirls in three
CORNER
WAC volleyball standings
PACIFIC DIVISION   CONF   OVERALL
Hawaii 9-0 22-0
San Diego State 7-2 14-8
Colorado State 6-3 16-6
Fresno State 5-3 17-5
Wyoming AA 10-12
UNLV 2-6 4-14
San Jose Stale 2-7 6-14
Air Force    f 0-8 2-15
Ml". DIVISION CONF   OVERALL
New Mexico      7-1 11-8
BYU 7-1 12-6
UTEP 6-3 15-6
Utah 5-3 14-8
Rice 5-4 10-14
TCU 1-7 4-21
Tulsa 1-8 7-16
SMU 1-8 4-19
WAC men's soccer
standings
CONF   OVERALL
Air Force 5-0-1 12-1-2
Fresno State 4-1-0 10-4-1
SMU 3-1-1 10-4-0
San Jose State 2-1-2 7-4-3
New Mexico 2-2-1 9-5-1
Tulsa 1-2-0 7-7-0
UNLV 0-2-2 3-7-4
San Diego State 0-3-1 4-8-3
TCU 0-5-0 5-11-0
WAC women's soccer
standings
PACIFIC DIVISION    CONF   OVERALL
BYU 4-1-0 17-1-0
San Diego State 4-1-0 13-6-0
San Jose State    3-1-1 11-5-1
Fresno State       1-3-1 8-9-1
Utah 1-3-1 10-4-1
Hawai'i 0-4-1 3-12-2
MT. DIVISION CONF   OVERALL
SMU 5-0-1 9-4-4
New Mexico 4-2-0 11-6-0
Tulsa 3-1-2 10-5-2
Air Force 3-2-1 7-9-1
TCU 2-4-0 7-10-0
UTEP 1-3-2 4-10-2
Wyoming 0-6-0 2-16-0
Friday
Women's tennis: "Dog Classic
campus tennis courts, all day
Saturday
Football vs Boise State
Bulldog Stadium. 5 p.m.
Women's tennis:' Dog Classic
campus tennis courts, all day
Cross country at WAC Champi¬
onships
Dallas, all day
Sunday
Women's tennis: "Dog Classic
campus tennis courts, all day
Swimming vs Pepperdine
Clovis West High School, noon
Volleyball vs Colorado State
North Gym, 1 p.m.
Men's basketball: Red and
White scrimmage
Sclland Arena. 7 p.m.
■ Women's volleyball
plays tough game,
blanks University of
Wyoming.
By Kael Moffat
The Daily Collegian
The Fresno State women's vol¬
leyball team is sitting pretty in the
WAC Pacific Division after sweep¬
ing the University of Wyoming
Cowgirls 15-8,15-13,15-8 in front
of a crowd of 879 last night.
"After the San Diego State
match, we realized we're a much
better team than we thought we
were," said Fresno State head coach
Lindy Vivas.
The Bulldogs dominated the
Cowgirls, out hitting them .263 to
. 185. The Fresno State defense was
especially potent in the third game,
as they held the University of Wyo¬
ming to a team hitting percentage
of just .040. The Bulldogs also
Tricia Tuley
turned in a
tough service
match, hitting
eight ace
serves, as
compared to
only one ace
serve for the
Cowgirls.
Senior
outside hitter
Tricia Tuley
returned to top form, leading all
scores with 17 kills, three ace
serves, and 18 digs.
"It was nice to see Tricia back,"
Vivas said. "She's had a sore shoul¬
der for the last five matches, so it
was great to have her swinging hard
again. I think it's good for the
team."
"We didn't let up at all tonight,"
Tuley said. "We were just trying to
have fun tonight."
Senior middle blocker Debbie
Davis overcame a slow start to fin¬
ish the night with 12 kills, a .348
hitting percentage, an ace serve.
four digs, and two official block
assits (I had her for a third). She
served the last three points of the
match.
"We had a lot of communication
tonight," Davis said. "We focused
on ball control and tried to stay fo¬
cused on what we had to do."
Junior outside hitter Diana
Nalbandian gave the Bulldogs a
strong all-around game, collecting
10 kills, a .250 hitting percentage,
two ace serves. 12 digs, a block
solo, and a block assist.
Sophomore middle blocker
Adaline Bouldin was the big wall
for the Bulldogs collecting three
block solos and a block assist, along
with five kills and a .273 hitting
percentage.
Outside hitter Shanus Bennett
also gave Fresno State a good game,
with four kills, three assists, an ace
serve, three digs, and a block solo.
Freshman setter Diann
Aufdermauer. turned in a strong
performance, posting 38 assists,
three kills, a service ace, and seven
digs.
The Bulldogs got great bench
play from freshman middle blocker
Anamie Buckelew who racked up
three kills, a ,400 hitting percent¬
age and five digs. Buckelew's serve
was a key factor in game two, as
the Bulldogs scored three points off
her serve.
"I just wanted to come in and do
my job," Buckelew said. "We knew
this was a big game tonight for
them. They needed to win to take
our spot, and we didn't let them."
Fresno State also benefited from
the play of sophomore setter Jes¬
sica Toya who came off the bench
to post six assists, a kill, and a dig.
"We needed a change in the
match and a bigger block." Vivas
said. "Jessica gave us that."
The Bulldogs' next match is at
1 pm on Sunday afternoon in the
North Gym against Colorado State.
This match is again an important
rematch as the Bulldogs upset the
Lady Rams in Fort Collins earlier
this season.
Equestrian team sweeps home competition
By Gary Chapla
The Daily Collegian
Making their debut, the Fresno
State equestrian team hosted its first
and second competition at the Stu¬
dent Horse Center on the Fresno
State campus.
The six-team intercollegiate
show, on Oct. 12. was to host Cal
Poly-SLO, Stanford. UC Davis.
Bakersfield College, Kings River
Community College and of course
Fresno State.
Because of competition rules.
By Matt The Worm' Lievre
The Daily Collegian
Thanks to Tennessee, Ohio
State, Florida State, Dallas, and
the surprise Washington
Redskins, I was 5-0 for the first
time this season. Hopefully I
have the same luck this week.
Now to the games.
#10 N'WESTERN (7-1)
at #17 PENN STATE (7-2)
Northwestern enters
Saturday's game 5-0 in the Big
♦Ten conference, while the
Nittany Lions are 3-2 in the con¬
ference. Both teams are headed
for bowl berths, but more impor¬
tant: which bowl will North¬
western participate in? If the
Wildcats go undefeated in the
Big Ten they will have to wait
and hope for a Michigan victory
when the Wolverines play Ohio
State in three weeks. If Ohio
State runs the table and goes
undefeated then the Wildcats
will most likely go to the Fiesta
Bowl and play the winner of the
Florida-Florida State winner on
November 30. The Wildcats,
who lost star running back
teams are only able to ride horses
provided by the host school. After
the first day of competition at the
Student Horse Center, Fresno State
captured first place in the Western
Stock Seat Show and finished in
second to Cal Poly-SLO in the En¬
glish Seat Show.
Individually, Fresno State's Sa¬
rah Williams placed top honors as
the Western Stock Seat High Point
rider and teammate Allison
O'Grady tied for second place as
the Western Stock Seat Reserve
High Point rider.
On day two, the Dogs cleaned
house, capturing every event with
the exception of taking second in
one.
Amanda Meany came away as
the overall high point winner, while
Mary Tannler was runner up in the
same catagory. Holly Bowen ended
up right behind King's River's Jen¬
nifer Jones in the reserve high point
Western rider competition.
Also, the Fresno State team was
awarded as the High Point Winner
in the English Hunt Seat and the
High Point Winner in the Western
Weekend Preview
Darnell Autry two weeks ago might
return this week. If he cannot play
his replacement Adrian Autry (no
relation), who has filled in nicely,
will be the focal point of the of¬
fense. Penn State who routed Indi¬
ana last week 48-26, with a win
could land a major bowl berth and
have a shot at second place in the
Big Ten.
Analysis: If there was ever a
team that is taking the role of
Cinderella the Wildcats are it. The
cats' last four victories have been
decided by a combined total of 10
points. Don't lbok for the clock to
strike midnight as Cinderella stays
undefeated in the Big Ten.
#21 WASHINGTON (5-2)
at USC (5-3)
Both teams already know that
the Rose Bowl will have to wait
until next season. Arizona State is
definitely the cream of the crop in
the PAC 10 as they are the number
four team in the county. This will
still be a big game because foot¬
ball teams love to beat Southern Cal
on their home turf. Surprisingly the
best running back resides in Seattle
instead of tailback-U which is what
USC is known for. Husky tailback
Cory Dillon who replaced Rashaan
Shehee in October has gone nuts.
Last week against Oregon, Dillon
rushed for 259 yards on 32 carries
and found the endzone three times.
The week before against UCLA
Dillon tied a school record by rush¬
ing for five touchdowns. USC
needs to win this game because they
are 3-2 in the conference, and 3-3
is unacceptable for all the alumni
that pay the bills in the land of Troy.
Analysis: With a win the Hus¬
kies are looking primed for a de¬
cent bowl bid. With a loss USC will
put head coach John Robinson on
the hot seat. Hey John, do you still
have that St. Louis Ram's number?
Huskies win down south.
#19 NOTRE DAME (4-2)
vs NAVY (5-1)
In Dublin Ireland
Break up the Naval Academy. 5-
1 and with games against Delaware
and Tulane remaining on the sched¬
ule could actually receive a bowl
bid. If they can upset the Irish, a
top-25 appearance should be in
their future. Despite a 4-2 record the
Irish are still a very good football
team. In a way this game is in Notre
Dame's backyard considering their
Stock Seat.
This meet was given by West
Coast Intercollegiate Horse Show
Association (WCIHSA), and was
meant for scoring purposes only.
Riders in this show were allowed
to ride their own horses, as opposed
to Intercollegiate Horse Show As¬
sociation (IHSA) rules which re¬
quire all athletes to ride horses pro¬
vided by the host school.
With the IHSA show as a quali¬
fying event for regional and na¬
tional competitions, the team has
high hopes of doing very well.
mascot is a leprechaun and the
game is in Ireland. Notre Dame
will look to quarterback Ron
Powlus to have, a big game and
get some help from fullback
Marc Edwards. Navy rushed for
463 yards last week and will try
to run the ball all day on the Irish
defense and come up with the
upset.
Analysis: It is nice to see
Navy having a successful year.
They will lose on Saturday hut
it will be a close game. Look for
the Army-Navy showdown to be
one of the best games of the sea¬
son when the two meet later this
month as Army could enter that
game undefeated.
SAN DIEGO (4-4)
at INDIANAPOLIS (5-3)
This game features two teams
that looked as if they would con¬
tend for the A.F.C. title. Now
they are contending to flirt with
losing records as the Colts have
dropped two in a row, the Charg¬
ers three in row. Why the huge
decline? No defense. During the
Chargers three loses San Diego
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