1997_02 The Daily Collegian February 1997

              THE DAILY      ;
COLLEGIAN
Tuesday, February4, 1997
Sports
Sports Editor: Luis Hernandez
, Telephone: (209) 278-5733
CORNER
Men's Basketball Top 25
1. Kansas (70)
2. Wake Forest (I)
3. Kentucky
4. Minnesota
5. Utah
6. Iowa St.
7. Maryland
8. Duke
9. New Mexico
10. Clemson
11. Louisville
12. Cincinnati
13. Michigan
14. Arizona
15. Colorado
16. Villanova
17. Xavier. Ohio   -
18. Stanford
19. South Carolina
20. North Carolina
21. Tulane
22. Tulsa
23. Texas Tech
24.Indiana
25. Iowa
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1.697
1.634
1.565
1.312
1.265
1.236
1.182
1.180
1.151
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Women's Basketball Top 25
1. Connecticut
2. Tennessee
3. Colorado
4. Louisiana Tech
5 Stanford
6. Texas Tech
7. Penn St.
8 Vanderbilt
9. Virginia
10. North Carolina
11. W. Kentucky
12. Georgia
13. Alabama
14. Washington
15 Arkansas
!6. Purdue
17. Florida  •
18. George Washington
19. Mississippi
20. San Diego St.
21. Duke
22. Kansas
23. Southern Cal .
24. Oregon Sl
25. North Carolina St.
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Men's Basketball
Pacific Divisior
Fresno State
6-2
Hawai'i
6-2
Colorado St.
6-2
UNLV
5-3
Wyoming
4-4
San Diego Si.
3-6
San Jose St.
2-6
Air Force
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Swim team dominates
Paul Martinez — The Daily Collegian
The swim team dives into competition against San Jose St. and Loyola Marymount last weekend
By Jeff Bemmiee
The Daily Collegian
This past Saturday al the Clovis
West High School Swim Complex,
the Bulldog's women's swimming
and diving team easily defeated San
Jose State and Loyola Marymount
in dual meet action.
With a sound conference vic¬
tory. 170-118. against the Spartans
of San Jose State, and a non-con¬
ference annihilation. 174-34. of the
Loyola Marymount Lions. Fresno
State moved to 9-4 overall. They
look to take on conference rival
UNLV in Irvine next week. After
edging out the Rebels last year by
just a point, they are not expecting
an easy win.
The Bulldogs knew they needed
to look sharp and perform well
against LMU and SJSU in last-
minute preparation for the Western
Athletic Conference Champion¬
ships in two week»ai San Antonio.
"We have two 'tune-ups' left before
the WAC Championship." said fifth
year Head Coach Daniella Irle. But
their preparation and fine-tuning
reajly began much earlier. "These
guys work hard all year-round. We
practice twice a day. 52 weeks out
of the year."
In their last home meet as Bull¬
dogs, senior MarLyn Julian took
first place in the 400 meter indi¬
vidual medlev. and fellow seniors
Patti Glosecki and Sheryl Rathje
each took two. individual second
place finishes against the Spartans.
The 400 meter freestyle relay team
of Glosecki. Rathje. senior Tricia
Stanard. and freshman Heidi
Crompton, finished first.
Sophomore standouts Holly
Gravatt and Amalia Gonzalez were
victorious in two individual events
each. Both Gonzalez and Gravatt
were members of the winning 200
meter medley relay team, along
with Glosecki and junior Deanna
Voudouris.
Sophomore Nicole Brushey and
junior Lisa Hislop put up season
best times for the Bulldogs in the
1.650 meter freestyle event.
Il was the depth of the Fresno
Stale team that placed them above
the-Spartans. Against San Jose
State, it was consistent second and
third place finishes that were the
deciding factors. Both, teams
wound up with eight top spots in
the sixteen events that took place,
even though the 'Dogs were with¬
out a diver. Freshman Megan
Willoughby could not compete in
the one meter and three meter div¬
ing events due to an illness.
Against the Ljons, Fresno State
was unchallenged.
The Bulldogs took the top three
places in nine events. The under¬
sized LMU team was definitely out
of their league winning only one
event of the dav.
Men's tennis team^routs Gaels
Fresno Stale posted its second straight shutout victory
with a 7-0 win over the Saint Mary's Gaels at the Fresno
State tennis courts.
The win improves the 13th-ranked Fresno Slate Bulldogs
to 2-0 this season and improves its home court winning streak
to 31 straight, dating back to 1993. Saint Mary's fell to 0-2.
All six Bulldogs in singles won in straight sets. Fresh¬
man Robert Lindstedt made his college debut at No. 3. He
beat St. Mary's Tomas Filick, 6-36-2. Lindstedt was ranked
in the top-100 in Sweden prior to coming to Fresno State.
"For me it's good to have our whole team together." Pe¬
ter Smith. Fresno State men's tennis coach, said. "We have
another piece in place with Robert (Lindstedt) playing.
"We still have a lot of work to do. It's going to be tough
playing No. 1 Stanford so early in the year. It's just good for
us to get on the court and compete and get that feeling."
Frederik Giers. who is ranked 13th in the nation, improved
to 11-3 this season1 (2-0 in duals) with a win at No. 1. He
topped John McCall. 6-0 6-2. •
Fresno State also swept doubles play. Kelly Gullet and
P.J. Dormire. ranked 18th in the nation and No. 1 in Region
VII. improved to 7-0 as a duo (including fall results). They
beat McCall and Casey Kohlhoff. 8-4-
Next up for Fresno State is a meeting at top-ranked and
defending national champion Stanford today.
Sports Information
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Frederik Giers improved his record to 11-3
Quick
Hits
By Tom Sepulveda
The Daily Collegian
• The Bulldogs men's bas¬
ketball team played better in
that ill-conceived 10-game
road trip than they did dur¬
ing losses to Colorado State
and Wyoming a few weeks
ago.
• If you missed the An¬
thony Carter — Chris Herren
shootout Saturday, you
rrlissed the best game of the
season.
• Jesse Jackson thinks its
the NBA who took Dennis
Rodman's dignity away?
• Separated at death: Dick
Vermicl and Mike Ditka.
•The great experiment is
. over: Chris Herren is a great
off-guard, but a lousy point
guard.
• I'd rather see the 49ers
lose 10 games this year than
have another year under
Scifert and winning until the
playoffs.
•San Diego is working on
the greatest collapse of all-
time: Chargers in the Super
Bowl in 1994 to possibly los¬
ing the Padres and Chargers
and an empty, partially com¬
pleted stadium.
•Where is the beef? I said
before the season started the
Bulldogs had no interior pres¬
ence.
•Why does it seem like po¬
etic justice that Jerry Jones
owe $8 million in back taxes?
" »If the Bulldogs can't run
the table, forget an invitation
to the NCAA tournament.
•Irony: the women's bas¬
ketball team may make the
NCAA tournament, and the
men might not.
' 'Watching replays of
OM.'s slow-speed chase on
Dateline was like watching
Terry Kirby trying to get
around the corner.
■ • Brian Sabean says the
Giants will be the most im¬
proved team in the National
League. Right. The only ca¬
veat being that the team
planes of the Dodgers and Pa¬
dres collide over La Jolla.
• Can the USS Parcells
really be worth the number
one pick?
•.'