1997_11 The Daily Collegian November 1997

              THE DAILY
q COLLEGIAN
O      Friday, November 7,1997
Sports
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"Dogs in fifth place at
49er Classic
Fresno State's golf team shot
a two-round 577 Thursday to
hold a fifth place standing out of
15 teams at the Cal-State Long
Beach 49er Collegiate Classic.
The second annual event is tak¬
ing place at the Virginia Coun¬
try Club in Long Beach, Calif.
The Bulldogs are being led by
sophomore Josh Watney. as he
shot 142 today to sit tied for 10th
place. Joining Watney in the top-
20 is senior Gary Glazier, as he
is tied for 20th place with a two-
round 145.
"We're not playing this course
as well as we should." said head
coach Mike Watney. "Nobody is
playing really well, but nobody
is playing bad either. I think ev¬
eryone on this team knows they
can do better tomorrow."
UCLA leads the team compe¬
tition with 563 team card, with
Pacific's Florian Bruhns sifting
atop the individual standings
with a 137 effort.
Bulldog scorecard
5th    Fresno State
10th Josh Watney
T-20th Gary Glazier
T-26th Mike McGuire
T-26th Matt Christensen 146
T-26th Ryan King 146
577
142
145
146
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—Sports Information
AP Top 25 preseason
men's basketball
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2. Kansas
3. Duke
4. North Carolina
5. Clemson
6. UCLA
7.* South Carolina
8. Kentucky
9. Purdue
10. Xavier, Ohio    J^l
11. New Mexico
12. Connecticut
13. Fresno State
14. Stanford
15. Iowa
16. Utah
17. Indiana
18. N.C.Charlotte
19. Georgia
20. Oklahoma '
21. Rhode Island
22. Texas
23. Mississippi
24. Temple
25. Louisville
Men's soccer looks for ticket to Vegas
By Andrew Pickxell
The Daily Collegian
With two games left in the regu¬
lar season, the Fresno State men's
soccer team knows what it must do
to go to the Western Athletic Con¬
ference tournament in Las Vegas:
win.
The Bulldogs hold their future
in their own hands, knowing that if
they win both games this weekend
they are in. If they lose, they're
done for the year.
The Bulldogs have two games
this weekend at Bulldog Stadium.
Tonight they face the second place
Air Force Falcons (5-1 in WAC ) at
7:00 p.m. and finish the regular sea¬
son against third place New Mexico
(4-2 in WAC) on Sunday at 2:00
p.m.
In a must win situation, the Bull¬
dogs, 3-2-1 in WAC play, are feel¬
ing confident.
"We arc confident, coming off a
sound win over San Jose State,"
said Fresno State forward Craig
Tomlinson of the two weekend
games. "The team worked well to¬
gether, it was a good confidence
builder."
Bulldog defender Ricardo
Ramirez echoed Tomlinson's feel¬
ings.
"We feel no pressure. The last
couple weeks of practice have been
relaxed, that is how we want to
play," Ramirez said.
The Bulldogs are only thinking
about Air Force right now.
"We are taking these games one
at a time," Ramirez said.
Last year, the Bulldogs started a
rivalry with Air Force with two very
physical games. The Jast one played
in a soggy victory at Bulldog Sta¬
dium to win the WAC title. It looks
like that trend will continuetonight.
"[Air Force] is very physical, fit,
and scrappy," Ramirez said. The
Bulldogs will have to play a physi¬
cal and aggressive game in order to
neutralize-the Falcons' rough play.
Tomlinson said that Air Force is
very direct. "They like to switch the
point of attack from the midfieid to
the forwards using the long ball.
"They are aggressive and never
quit," he said.
To have a chance at winning
these two games the Bulldogs must
stan with a good, solid defense.
The Bulldogs' offense should
start with good play from the de¬
fensive line, and work its way to¬
ward an aggressive attack on the
opponents' net.
"We need to play a good defen¬
sive game and minimize mistakes,"
Tomlinson said, referring to the
keys to winning these final
matches. "We also need to finish
scoring opportunities."
Ramirez puts ihe keys to victory
in a simple way.
"Everyone knows their role on
this team. Basically if everybody
plays their role individually, their
play will contribute to the team,"
he said. " Wejust need to play good
defense and score some goals."
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Ryan Weber - The Daily Collegian
Mario Sanchez will look to lead the Bulldogs past Air Force
tonight. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. at Bulldog Stadium.
Spikers look to stay close atop conference
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Danny Ayers - The Daily Collegian
Diana Nalbandian and the Fresno State volleyball team will take
on the Wyoming Cowgirls tonight at the North Gym. Match time
is sot for 7 p.m.
By John Sanders
The Daily Collegian
The Fresno State women's vol¬
leyball team looks to win its fourth
and fifth consecutive match tonight
and tomorrow when they host the
Rice Owls and the Tulsa Golden
Hurricane.
The Bulldogs (8-3, 18-8) are
coming off two easy roads wins
against Texas schools (SMU and
TCU). Before those victories
Fresno State defeated San Diego
State, something it hadn't done in
many years. Right now the Bull¬
dogs remain half game in front of
the Aztecs for second place in the
Pacific Division. ,
If Fresno State finishes in sec¬
ond place for the season, they will
receive a bye in the opening round
ofthe WAC Championships which
will be held in Las Vegas at the
MGM Grand later this month. The
Bulldogs trail first place Hawaii by
two and a half matches.
"I think we're playing a little bit
more consistent throughout a whole
match," said Head Coach Lindy
Vivas.' "fTnink this match (against
Rice) will be a lot tougher match
than the last time we played them."
Earlier this season Fresno State
easily disposed of the Owls in three
games. And they handed the
Golden Hurricane a defeat in four
games.
No worries.
The Bulldogs have many weap¬
ons 4o counteract with the visting
teams' weapons.
Senior Diana Nalbandian leads
the team in kills (411) and digs
(361), while Shanus Bennett is right
behind Nalbandian with 370 kills
and 290 digs. Setter Diann
Aufdermaur is passing out assists
like a candyman in a candy store.
She leads the team with 1,045 as¬
sists.
The middle attack is covered by
Adrienne Sankey and Anamie
Buckelew. They both rank 1-2 in
blocks with 104 and 67 respec¬
tively. Malia Malu brings versatil¬
ity to the squad and Leilua Satele
and Tami Thoreson bring plenty of
depth.
"I think Tulsa is going to come
out on fire like they did the first time
we played them," Vivas said. "I
think we have to play all phases of
the game well, particularly we have
to serve well and wc have to block
well."
Rice is led by outside hitters
Karolina Zelinka and Lisa
Sweeney, while Tulsa is led by
freshman outside hitter Kristien Van
LieVop who has put up some very
impressive numbers.  This season
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