1997_11 The Daily Collegian November 1997

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Monday, November 3,1997
Sports
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Anteaters devour Bulldogs
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
Usually, a game right before the
playoffs is loose, giving the coaches
a chance to try different schemes
and use different players in prepa¬
ration for the post season.
But that wasn't the case for the
Fresno State women's soccer team
Sunday afternoon when they took
on visiting UC Irvine.
The Anteaters, using a physical
style of play, defeated the Fresno
State Bulldogs 2-1 before 1.875
fans at Bulldogs stadium.
UC Irvine's style, however,
didn't surprise the Bulldogs. "We
expect them to be very physical.
That's the' way they play," said
Fresno State midfielder Erin Barry.
"We knew what we were getting
into."
The loss drops the Bulldogs'
record to 12-8 while the victory
improves the Anteaters' record to
13-7.
Laura Lamb's second goal ofthe
game at the 85th minute of play
gave the Anteaters the victory. She
scored from about five yards out.
With only five minutes left in the
game, the Bulldogs pushed forward
looking for the tie, but couldn't cre¬
ate any scoring chances.
The game was even throughout,
with the teams exchanging scoring
opportunities.
For the Anteaters, Nicole
Bucciarelli took several long-range
shots. On the other hand, Jill
Pearson and Christina Bell were
Fresno Slate's most active for¬
wards.
Pearson, who was showed in the
game by UC Irvine defender
Michelle Perez, took three shots for
the Bulldogs, the most on the team.
The first half ended in a 1-1 tie.
Fresno State tied up the score
when defender Nicole Burnside put
a loose ball in the Anteaters' box
with just one minute left in the first
half. Goalkeeper Kirsten Roy lost
control of a long serve by Fresno
State defender Betsy Juergens.
The Anteaters opened the score
at the 42nd minute of play in a great
cross shot by Lamb.
She took a shot from the right
side of the box and ended up in the
left'eomer of the goal.
Fresno State's goalkeeper dove
to her left, but couldn't slop the
shot. Johnstone had four saves was
still charged with the loss.
Roy had five saves and got credit
for the win.
The physical play could have
damaged the Bulldogs chance in the
Western Athletic Conference tour¬
nament. Several Bulldogs player's
with one yellow card to their credit
(two would mean a one game sus¬
pension) were in danger of being
suspended.
"We came out and played hard,"
Bell said.
Rout
Continued from page 4.
battle." said Hill. "This, is a game
of situations and that is definitely a
big situation. We knew we needed
to attack and get the ball back, and
we'll have to play the same Way
next vieek."
Quarterback Bill Volek also con¬
nected with wide receiver Anthony
Tucker on a long 43-yard touch¬
down pass in the third quarter to
extend the lead to 37-6. Volek had
just overthrown Tucker earlier in
the game when Tucker had gotten
behind the entire San Jose State sec¬
ondary.
"We made some big plays to¬
night," said Hill. "This team is
learning how to practice and what
it takes to get wins. This team has
matured a lot."
The Bulldogs have been able to
put a rocky non-conference perfor¬
mance behind them and jump out
to the program's best start in WAC
play, 4-1, since the Bulldogs joined
the conference in 1992. It also
marked the first three-game win¬
ning streak under Hill.
After us ground attack was a
pivotal factor in an upset of Air
Force a week earlier, San Jose State
coujd get nothing done on the
ground until late in the game when
Fresno State was in prevent mode.
"We knew we would have to
stop the run today," said Hill. "The
defense is playing bard. [San Jose
StateJ had really moved the ball on
Air Force. I thought we did a good
job."
But the area where the Bulldogs
continue to impress is turnover
margin. Over the last three games,
all Fresno State wins, the Bulldogs
have 13 takeaways without a give¬
away. They entered the San Jose
State game tied for 21st nationally
in turnover margin, and should
move up that list with a 6-0 advan¬
tage over the Spartans.
"We were one ofthe worst in the
Sweep
Continued from page 4.
The Bulldogs swept the next
three games en route to an easy vic¬
tory.
Bennett led Fresno State with 17
kills and 12 digs, while Nalbandian
had 14 kills and 14 digs. Buckelew
also had 13 kills and 10 digs for
Fresno State.
Titles
Continued from page 4.
Although Kops-Joncs and Pallo
came back in the middle of the
match, Djilianova and Fichtbauer
won four of last five games. "We
took the lead because we knew they
are a good team and we cannot let
them go," Djilianova said.
"We got a lot of good points and
tried to keep upjnirselves," Pallo
said. "We just missed some crucial
points. Dora and Liesl played well.'.'
"Ih was nice to play," Kops-
Jones said. "Wc had a slow start and
we should have served more effec¬
tively."
Djilianova and Fichtbauer "s pair,
ranked 47th in the nation, lost only
eight games out of the 32 games
they played.
But Harris was also pleased with
the overall solid performances of
Kops-Jones and Pallo, who beat the
No. 2 seed pair, Leanne Maitland
and Carol Evans of University of
Nevada-Reno, 8-5 in the semifinals.
"It was a big win. They kept pres¬
sure on their opponent and stayed
aggressive," Harris said. "They also
have a good chemistry. I'm proud
of them."
Kulikov places
fourth in WAC
By Luis Hernandez
The Daily Collegian
Only Fresno State's Nicole
Kulikov could break up the
Brigham Young University Cou¬
gars' dominance at Saturday's
Western Athletic Conference cross
country- championship at
Woodward Park.
And she didn't make anything
of it.
"I just went out and ran as well
as I could," Kulikov said. "If that
meant breaking them up, oh well."
Kulikov's fifth place finish was
the only thing preventing the Cou¬
gars from sweeping the first seven
places at the meet. She ran the 3.1
mile course in 17:28.
Kulikov's performance led
Fresno State's cross country team
to a ninth place finish with 226
points Brigham Young, with J 7
points, tobk the meet. In cross
country, the finishing order ofthe���runners is added up and the team
with the least points wins.
"I hate to use time instead of
place to measure how a runner
does against other people," Fresno
State coach Red Estes said. "But
in an individual analysis, that's the
thing to do."
Finishing second for the Bull¬
dogs, senior Kelly Jacobson fin¬
ished 17th overall with a 18:19
time.
Finishing off the scoring for the
Bulldogs. Sarah Dawson finished
69th with a time.of J*9:#9; Salome
Murray ran the/cdurse-Vt 19:52
and Stephanie Rivera stopped the
clock at 20:03 for an 80th place
finish
Juan Pinales' 15th place finish
was the highest for the Bulldogs
He covered the 8,000 meter course
in 25:36. UTEP's Damiarr
KallabhLwon the race with a 24:49
time.
"I know I could have run bet
ter," Pinales said. "I lost it men
tally in the last mile."
"To a degree, lop 15 is prett\
decent." Estes said. "But 1 wish he
could have gotten top 14 s*> he
could get to the All-WAC second
team."
Tim Padilla came in as the
Bulldogs' second best finisher
wilh a 26:18 time good enough tor
41st place. Padilla improved his
best time at Woodward Park h> 3(1
seconds.
"The kid is running ^s best 1m
he can." Estes Said. "He.is awe
some."
Finishing third for the Bulldogs
was Luis Granado who covered
the course in 26:51. Greg Tadcim
placed fourth for the Bulldogs
with a 27:20 time.
Finishing off the scoring for the
Bulldogs, KkftfcflHauser-stopped
the watch at 28:26.
The Bulldogs' score was 252
points, good enough for 10th
place. Brigham Young got 46 lor
the victory.
"In order to get in the lop live,
we needed our top five runners to
run well," Pinales said.
However, two ofthe Bulldogs
runners were sick.
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