1997_04 The Daily Collegian April 1997

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THE DAILY
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Tuesday, April 8, 1997
Sports
Sports Editor: Luis Hernandez
Telephone: (209) 278-5733
Tennis teams split weekend matches
CORNER
Dogs lift their sixth
team title at the
Fresno Relays
Fresno State track and
field teams won their sixth
straight team title for colle¬
giate division I at the 69th
Bob Mathias Fresno Relays
(BMFR) last weekend at the
Ratcliffe stadium.
The meet formerly called
the West Coast Relays is one
of the biggest track and field
events on the west coast and
ranks with the Drake and
Penn Relays in terms of par¬
ticipation.
The meet featured many
world class athletes and had
different divisions for high
school, collegiate and invita¬
tional athletes.
The star attraction of the
meet was the men's 110
meters hurdles race for
$4,000. The line up included
former bulldog Robert Fos¬
ter, who won the NCAA title
in 1995. Larry Harrington,
who trains with the Fresno
State trick team, captured the
title with 13.34 seconds,
which is the fastest time in
the world this season.
The 'Dogs sprinters took
control, and despite big
names, came up with aspir¬
ing performances. In the
women's division, the win¬
ners were: Junior Angela
Daigle ( 200M-23.89 sec¬
onds ), freshman Capricia
Thompson (200M college-
24.76 seconds), senior Lisa
Collet (long jump-19' 3/4"),
junior Ardin Harrison (400
MH-60.03 seconds). sopho¬
more Melissa Price( Pole
Vault-13' 4"), junior Tami
Simpson (400M -55.86 sec¬
onds) and the women's 1600
relay team.
Sprinter senior Charlton
Jordan led the way for the
Bulldog sprinters by winning
the 100M in a personal best
of 10.48 seconds. Junior
Chris Jones won the 400M
with 47.97 mark and senior
Reuben Parrish won the in¬
termediate hurdles in a sea¬
sonal best of 52.42 seconds.
The meet was a major
milestone in the track season
for the Bulldogs.
—By Ranjcet Randhawa
Fresno State's tennis teams split
their series over the weekend at the
UNLV campus.
The women's tennis team lost 6-
3 to WAC rival on Friday, but came
back strong to defeat New Mexico
State 8-1 on Saturday.
The men's team lost 4-3 to host
UNLV. but recovered lo sweep the
Arizona Wildcats 7-0. and earn a
split for their road trip.
The 16th-ranked UNLV
women's tennis team broke a two-
match losing streak by defeating
No. 28 Fresno State. 6-3. in a WAC
showdown al the Fcrtitta Tennis
complex last Friday. UNLV im¬
proved to 13-3 on the year and 3-0
vs. WAC opponents". The Bulldogs
fell to 10-9.
The Lady Rebels overcame los¬
ing the top match in both singles
and doubles to win. No. 11-ranked
Marianne Vallin was upset in two
lie-breakers by No. 40 Dora
Djilianova. 7-6. 7-6. Vallin and
partner Gee Gee Garvin, who are
ranked No. 30 in doubles, also lost
8-2 to the team of Djilianova and
Kara Warkentin.
Winning for UNLV were Natalie
Frawley, Veronica Goude. Lisa
Annebro and Marie Linusson. The
doubles teams of Frawley Goude
and then Anncbro»and Linusson
won their doubles points to clinch
the win.
In the match against New
Mexico State, the Bulldogs had
little trouble trashing the Aggies.
Djilianova, Liz Marpuri, Laura
FILF PHOTOS
Above: Fredrik Giers led the Bulldogs
in their shut out win over the Arizona
Wildcats last Saturday.
Left: Dora Djilianova won four
matches in the Bulldogs" two series
over the season. The Bulldogs split
their two matches
Townsend, Shana Peete and Renee
Kops-Jones all earned victories in
singles for the Bulldogs. Fresno
State lopped off its performance by
swoeping the three double matches.
The men's tennis team suffer a
heart breaking, 4-3 loss to the
Rebels. In a key WAC and Region
VII match, UNLV overcame losing
the doubles points to pull out the
win. The Rebels won at Nos. 1-4,
three of those in three sets. Il was
the second time that Fresno State
has won the doubles point and lost
the malch.
In the match against Arizona, the
Bulldogs handed the 'Cats their
sixth straight loss. The shutout was
Fresno State's fourth this season.
Both teams return to actionJater
on ihis week. The women's team
will lake on the Pacific Tigers at
Stockton this Thursday.
The Men's team will take on
Oregon at the Fresno State's tennis
courts this Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
—Sports Information
Bulldog Heroes
• Scott uses bat, arm to lead
Fresno State in win over Arizona
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
There is only one word that
^:an accurately describe Fresno
•State's pitcher Amanda Scott:
Talent.  x
The multi-talented freshman
can do it all.
For starters, she can hit with
the best of them in the nation.
Her 23-game hitting streak is
lops in the 'Dogs squad. Scott
has been hovering over the .400
hitting percentage line most of
the year. At the moment, she is
hitting .447. In last Sunday's
doubleheader against Arizona,
Scott was instrumental in the
Bulldogs victories. Her double
in the fifth inning of the first
game brought in three runs that
broke a 2-2 tie and made the dif¬
ference in the game.
Then, in the second game,
Scott got the starting assignment
and faced the top-ranked team
in the nation, after they had been
manhandled in the first game by
Lindsay Parker.
Scott willed her way to vic¬
tory. She pitched her tenth com¬
plete game for the Bulldogs. Her
Amanda Scott
record is
now 10-1.
Moreover,
her record is
the team's
leading win¬
ning per¬
centage.
Her 10 vic¬
tories arc
matched
only by teammate Lindsay Parker.
She has struck out 61 batters in
75 1/3 innings.
Earlier in the week against San
Jose State. Scott batted .500 (4-8)
with a run. iwo doubles and two
RBI in the Bulldogs' split.
For her efforts, she was se¬
lected as Athletic Conference
Player of the Week, the conference
announced yesterday.
She faced trouble a couple of
times, but she was tough on those
spots.
In the fourth inning, she
walked three hitters to load the
bases, but came back striking out
three more, preventing the Wild¬
cats from getting the lead.
In the sixth inning, Arizona got
Please see SCOTT page 7.
• Key relief appearance by Parker
lifts Bulldogs over Wildcats
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
Lindsay Parker gave a new
meaning to the phrase "instant re¬
lief' after her pitching perfor¬
mance against the top-ranked Ari¬
zona Wildcats.
Fresno State's right-hand
pitcher completely shut down
Arizona's potent offense to earn
her tenth victory of the season.
She. along with teammate
Amanda Scotl. are the only pitch¬
ers with double digit wins.
She pitched 6 2/3 innings, sur¬
rendered only seven hits, did not
allow any runs, walked one hitter
and struck out four.
"1 was fortunate to have every¬
thing working," Parker said. "You
do not beat this kind of team with
only one pitch."
Her performance started in
dramatic.fashion. The Wildcats
opened the game scoring two
runs, had the bases loaded with
only one out and looked like they
were going to blow the game open
in the very first inning. Parker was
able to get out of the inning stop¬
ping Arizona's rally, keeping
Fresno State in the game.
If*:
Lindsay Parker
"1 did
not get any
advice
from
(coach
Margie
Wright] .
But she
knew I
knew what
she
wanted me to do." Parker said.
The Bulldogs were still in the
game thanks lo her performance.
However impressive her
opening inning work was,
Parker's performance did not get
much better than in ihe sixth in¬
ning. The Wildcats again loaded
the bases but this lime with no
ouls. Parker, however, bared
down and did not allow the
Wildcats lo score. She got
Mitchell Churnock lo hit a lazy
ground out back to her and
Alison Johhscn to ground out to
third baseman Trina Pucketl,
both resulting in the outs al the
plate. She had done a gcgat job,
but still was not out of the in¬
ning.
Please see PARKER page 7.