1985_03 The Daily Collegian March 1985

              10 The Daily Collegian
Sports
FSU's ^'4" Martell fills
a tall order on the court
Wendy MartcU's compact 5'4" frame is
disproportional to the huge state presence
she radiates on the court as the point
guard on the Fresno State University
basketball team.
Martell never listened to the skeptics
who told her she was too small to ever
become a major force on the basketball
court. She just showed them it could be
"I used to hate when people would tell
me you're too short, you're never going to
make it. I would think, I'm going to show
you that height has nothing to do with it,"
said Martell. "1 think height makes no
difference, it's how much desire."
Martell has done just that. Asa freshman
last year, Martell became the first female
All-America anything in women's basket¬
ball, being named to the American
Women's Sports Federation Freshman
All-America Honorable Mention team.
In addition, Martell was also on the
Northern Pacific Athletic Conference's
all-league honorable mention and all-
freshman unit and she was selected as
FSU's Most Improved player for the
1983-84 .season.
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Martell began her illustrious career
playing for Bakersfield North High, where
was a starting guard for three years. She
averaged 25.4 points per game during her
senior year and was selected to the All-
Northern California first team her junior
Yosemite League's Most Valuable Player
for the 1982-83 campaign and won the
Tyack award her senior year as the
outstanding female prep athlete in Kern
Is this the same girl that wasnt supposed
to have "made it" as a basketball player?
As a freshman last year, Martell did not
advance to the starting
tenth game. But in the following 20 that
followed, Martell earned her keep by
scoring in double figures 18 times, in¬
cluding the last 14 consecutively.
Called "Wendall" by her
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dedicated to  basketball than  Wend;
Martell," said women's basketball
Bob Spencer.
for the
Bulldog crowd pleaser, as Martell has
been consistent in all facets of the game
Speaking with Martell docs r
the impression that she is will
for anything less than perfecti
"I usually tell myself (on
'Wendy, please play
I worry about not doing something
but, when I do, I say 'dang it, I sho
have done that," said Martell.
"When I'm on defense and let some
idefen:
ay to myself that she's
going to get close next time. T
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oted PCAA coach of the year.
Fresno Slate will send six wrestlers to
NCAA national championships sche¬
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'      jity. The four PCAA champions;
Gosse, Ismay, and Little gained
rips, while Allen Richburg in
150 pound class, and Chris Mast in the
.•yweight class gained wjld card bids
i-irtue of the second place finishes,
jfK. Castro of Utah State, who was
al{n by Saenz in the championship of
„ | ig pound match last night, and Cor-
w Anderson also of Utah State, who
':ated incite 126 pound class, will
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*ho won by technical fall earlier
_ /, went up against Castro who
B his match yesterday afternoon 9-2. In
y, Saenz lost to Castro in Logan,
Castro suffered an injury in the early
"  ist night's match, and used up
injury time, forcing him to
match trailing Saenz 2-0.
"U
i driving hard and he tried to lift
me back over himself," said Saenz. "And
•his shoulder got caught as he landed on his
head." Preliminary reports said that Cas¬
tro had a pinched _erve in his neck.
Cliff Gosse, who was beaten 8-2 by
Utah State's Cordel Anderson in Logan,
upset the highly touted Anderson 6-2 in
the 126 pound class.
"Cliff was outstanding," said DeLiddo.
"He wrestled great. 1 knew it would be a
tough match, but I had a feeling Cliff
could beat him."
"It felt great," said Gosse, "to be an
outgoing senior, and going to the NCAA's.
It's like a dream come true for me. 1 felt
confident that I could give him a good
match and when 1 was up 4-0, 1 knew I
could beat him. I felt the momentum, and
the crowd really pumped me up."
Joe Ismay, seeded first in the 134 pound
class, defeated Utah State's Erik Strawn
12-3 for the PCAA title. Earlier in the day,
Ismay defeated Joe Zamlicb of San Jose
State 15-5. Ismay's record now stands at
39-7-1 going into the NCAA's.
In the 142 pound class, Fresno's Durbin
Lloren lost his first round match to San
Jose State's Ken Brison, 6-3, and gained a
third place victory by beating Fullerton's
Dan  Hatano  13-9.  Utah  State's Todd
Steidley, who defeated Hatano 8-3 in the
first round match, defeated Brison 9-5 for
the championship.
Allen Richburg fought with all his heart
in the 150 pound class, but fell short
against Utah State's Dan Draper. Draper,
who was heavily favored going into the
match, defeated Richburg 9-8, in what
was considered the most exciting match of
the night. Draper is now the two-time
defendingJPCAA champion in the 150
pound ejus.
"Allen wrestled great," said DeLiddo,
"Certainly good enough to win."
In the 158 pound match, Doug Carna¬
tion was not able to wrestle for tbe Bul¬
ldogs last night because of pulled liga¬
ments near his ribs, suffered Friday night
against San Jose State. Carnation, who
was favored to win the 158 pound class,
was replaced by Robert Juarez. Juarez,
the only three-year letterman the Bulldogs
have, defeated Darren Lindsey 9-8 in the
preliminary match to gain a final round
match with San Jose State's Kraig Walker.
Walker, who had been beaten defeated by
Carnation four times this season, defeated
Juarez 20-9.
Fred Little, who drew a first round bye
in the 167 pound class, went against Utah
State's Tom Phelon in the finals. Little
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gained a technical fall with a 16-1 lead.
"IVe got to get pumped," said Little.
"I'm going to get out and run and wor¬
kout. Hopefully, Sylvester (Carver, Fresno
State's 1984 standout wrestler from the
167 pound class), will work with me." Lit¬
tle takes a 34-10-2 record into the NCAA's,
and is the wbningest underclassman in
Fresno State's wrestling histrory as a
sophomore.
After Little's victory, the Bulldogs took
a 79-78.5 lead over Utah State, and only
had third and fourth place matches rema¬
ins with the exception of Chris Mast's
final match in the heavyweight division.
Scott Bilyeu got a technical fall victory
over Fullerton's Duke Murphy in the 177
pound class giving Fresno a four point
lead. However, Jim Bouwman of Utah
State, who went into the tournament as
the fourth seed and defeated Bilyeu 10-6
earlier in the day, defeated Don Knox of
San Jose State in 177 pound final. Utah
State was now 1.5 points behind the Bul¬
ldogs at 83-81.5.
In the 190 pound class Fresno. Todd
Young gained a technical fall victory over
San Jose's Jesse Figueroa in the third
place match. Meanwhile, on the cham¬
pionship mat, Dan Coates of Fullerton
defeated Utah Stated Dan Clark 8-3.
clinching the Bulldogs first championship
in 13 years, and the 300 plus fans in the
North Gym, demonstrating a knowledge
for the scoring system, let out a loud roar
after Coates' triumph.
The final totals for the tournament
had Fresno State in first place with 86
points, Utah State, the 18th ranked team
in the nation, second with 84.5 points,
Fullerton State with 39 points, and San
Jose State, which had won every PCAA
championship in the 1980s prior to last
night, was in fourth with 37.5 points.
Martell
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usually calms me down and I'm able to set
my goals ag^in," the sophomore continued.
A Physical Education major, Martell's
off-court goals include teaching and
possibly coaching.
Martell added that she may change her
major to Adaptive Physical Education to
have the opportunity to deal with the
handicapped specifically.
"I was working with the handicapped
and was around it this summer and I
enjoyed it a lot," said Martell. "But, IVe
always wanted to coach. I love basketball.
1 want to be active and out doing things. 1
couldn't see myself sitting behind a desk."
Of her teammates, Martell considers
the close-knit group like a family.
"Our team does so much together. We
all get along well together and 1 think that
it helps us on the court too because we
know we're going to back each other up.
We help each other out," said Martell.
"Sometimes when we're out there (on
the court) III be thinking,'okay. Shannon
(McGee), pop to the middle'and she will
and 111 pop a pass to her. We run the plays
so automatically together," said Martell.
Presently, Martell is concentrating on
the NorPac championships and the team's
final game of the regular season against
the University of Nevada  Reno on
"I think that being able to go to the
NorPac playoffs this year has been my
biggest thrill to dale," said Martell. "We
really worked hard and it. nice to be able
to know that we're going."
"But, we Ye not really thinking of NorPac
right now, we're concentrating on the
Reno game. Well use the Reno game to
work out'a lot of things. Reno's improved
greatly since we last played them, they've
even beaten some teams in our conference."
said Martell.
Martell has two more good years to
accomplish her goals and help FSU.
growth ai a strong women . basketball
program. Martell helped Mte co_m
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