1986_01 The Daily Collegian January 1986

              Sports
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January 21, 1986
.The Daily Collegian
'Dogs on the comeback trail
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What was billed a rebuilding year for
e Fresno State  University basketball
am has become an learning process for
the young Bulldogs.
Midway through the 1985-86 season,
'Dogs have struggled lo a 10-7 record,
in the Pacific Coast Athletic Asso-
nps and bruises from national powers
and past walk-overs alike.
But before you count the 'Dogs out,
let's look back to FSU's most successful
season ever. In 1983 the'Dogs were off to
a 13-9 record and had dipped to 5-6 in
PCAA play before winning 12 ofiheir last
13 games to win the National Invitational
Tournament. Could the 'Dogs still turn
things arounf this season? Coach Boyd
"Well hr
Whv r.
ping so.
ipproach to the matter may
have been spurred by the balance in the
PCAA conference this year. With excep¬
tion to lOth-ranked UNLV and suprising
New Mexico State, any team has been
ipablc of beating the other on any given
The Runmn' Rebels, 17-2
6-0 in the PCAA are again the class of
league this season but New Mexico State'
5-O.PCAA record and 48^46
have vaulted the Aggies into the uppei
echelon of the pack.
trFSU
"ldor
Boosters yes, drugs no
This Sporting
Life
BEN ZAYAS
The recent NCAA convention held
in New Orleans addressed two
important issues regarding Division
I athletics — drug testing and booster
recruitment on campus. While drug
testing athletes for post-season competition
was virtually unopposed, prohibiting on-
campus booster recruitment was almost
unanimously voted down. It is unfortunate
that the banning of on-campus recruit¬
ment was not high on the agenda for the
80th annual convention. Considering the
numerous scandals and recruiting vio¬
lations in major college athletics today, it
is an area that must at least warrant the
careful scrutiny of our academic repre¬
sentatives.
Naturally, it would be impossible to
keep in check the entire college booster
fraternity from being a part of recruiting
violations. Iu place in intercollegiate
athletics is vital to the sustenance of
recruitment, and, in the case of Fresno
without the auspices booster clubs pro¬
vide, many universities would suffer
and community support. But it is time to
take this issue off the back burner and into
the forefront. There is a great need to keep
zealous boosters from getting carried
away and overstepping their limits of
support. Their infractions are a reflection
on the institution which they support and
are counterproductive to the aims and
ethics of intercollegiate sports.
The popular drug testing proposal will
require random testing of athletes par¬
ticipating in post-season play. If one of the
drugs on the anti-drug list is found in the
athlete's urine, he or she will lose eligibility
for a minimum of 90 days. The anti-drug
list includes marijuana, cocaine, heroin,
anabolic steroids and caffeine among
others. Coaches may also suffer penalties
if they are aware of an athlete's un¬
reported drug use.
The drug testing proposal differs from
FSU's Student Athlete Assistance Program
implemented two years ago. The S A A P is
aimed at aiding the athlete suffering from
drug use with counseling and complete
confidentiality'. The NCAA plan lacks the
helping the student-
athlete and seems more intent to make a
swift, clean-up of a large-scale problem
that is intertwined in today's complicated
FSU Athletic Director Jack Lengyel
was at the convention in New Orleans and
Lengyel's vote against the latter was to be
expected, with the strong booster support
in the area. According to Lengyel, such a
restriction would isolate the school from
the community and prohibit the athletes
from getting the full flavor of the com¬
munity of which they become a part of.
Lengyel said that constant monitoring ofbooster
activities is neccessary to avoid recruiting
violations. "It's an ongoing thing. There
are new officers and personalities every
year,"said Lengyel. Each booster must be
informed about the rules and regulations
on a continuing basis. Lengyel said the
integrity of those involved in the FSU
booster club assures ^n honest program
without the defensive end," Grant said of
Neil McCarthy's Aggies. "There isn't any
question that Coach McCarthy is a man
after the same priciples that we have
always believed in."
Besides the Anteaters of Irvine (4-2)
and the Bulldogs, the rest of the PCAA is
playing below the .500 mark. Of those six
teams. Coach Grant sees Fullerton,
suffering from key injuries, as a team that
could also turn things around.
The hopes of FSU rests in the hands of
two veteran Bulldogs — Jos Kuipers and
Fred Emerson. Kuipers has been ham¬
pered by injuries all season long and has
capable of this season.
"We have to bundle him up just to get
him out there on the floor," Grant said.
"That's really affected his play. I think he's
starting to feel a little more confident as
far as his health is concerned.
"I really feel that Jos would like to have
a good last month and get back into the
same kind of form that he had last year
when he consistently in double figures,
getting lots of rebounds for us and making
good passes."
Fred Emerson has been somewhat of an
igma this year after being counted on
for Ic
irship early in the si
end of last season. Emerson has averaged
just four points and 2.4 rebounds a game.
The 'Dogs will host the Aggies of Utah
Slate (6-8, 2-3) Thursday and San Jose
State (9-6, 2-4) Saturday at Selland before
traveling to UC-Santa Barbara to play the
Gauchos (7-9.2-5) on Monday.
- "If we are going to do anything, we are
going to have to get started soon," Grant
said. "I'm concerned about it because
while we are growing, other teams are
growing also. We want to play with more
confidence and a little better timing and
flow as far as our offense is concerned. It
gives you a good feeling when that all
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Can the 'Dogs get. back
path this year? The one they followed
"83 when they turned a 13-9 record in
25-10NITChampionship? As Boyd Gi
said, "It has happened before."
That's right Coach.  Right-here
right
January 21, 1986 SPORTS
The Daily Collegian Page 7
'Dogs: NorPac'ssurprise team
After opening the season with the fastest
start in the Fresno State University
women's basketball program's 20-year
history, a combination of injuries, illness,
absence and fatigue resulted in a 73-64
loss to the University of Washington,
Friday in the South Gym. •
A crowd of 761 watched the Bulldogs'
record drop to 1-1 in conference play and
Fraley vaults
into national
prominence
Doug Fraley is used to winning pole
vault competitions, but he's understand¬
ably ecstatic over his fourth place finish at
Friday's Sunkist Indoor Invitational in
Los Angeles.
The Fresno State junior cleared 17feet
6 1/2 inches, his best ever indoors, to
break his own school record of 17 feet 6
inchesand qualify for the NCAA champion¬
ships, both indoors and out.
He didn't mind finsihing fourth because
of the tremendous competition he faced
— several former indoor world best
setters and NCAA champions and the
I980and "84 Olympic gold medal winners
were in the field.
Billy Olsen established a new world best
with his l9-foot-3 I/2-inch winning vault.
1980 Olympic champion Wladislaw
Kozakiewicz of Poland cleared 18 feet 4
1/2 inches to take second and former
NCAA champion Dave Kenworthy placed
third at 18 feet 1/2 inch. Fraley finished
ahead of ^84 Olympic gold medalist Pierre
Quinon of France, bronze medal winner
Earl Bell and Joe Dial, the -85 NCAA
champion who also holds the outdoor
American record.
The Sunkist meet was Fraley s first
competilion of (he indoor season. His
coach and father, Bob Fraley, couldn't
imagine a better season opener.
"Doug will have to keep progressing
this year just to keep up with (teammate
Mark) Heppner," said Fraley, who is
FS U's head indoor coach a nd also handles
"Obviously we're really pleased with his
performance, he held his own against a
tremendous field of world-class vaulters."
Fraley cleared 17 feet 6 1/2 inches on
his first try and had two excrutiatingly
close misses at 18 feet 1/2 inches. On his '
third and final attempt at that height he
cleared the bar, only to graze it with his
chest on the way down. His outdoor best
is 18 feet 3 inches, which he scaled to place
third at the "85 NCAA Outdoor Champion¬
ships.
Collegiate athletes can qualify for the
NCAA meets indoors and out simul¬
taneously in some events, regardless of
where they take place. The pole vault is
one such event. Fraley has now qualified
for five straight NCAA competitions and
has made the finals in all three previous
Fraley became FSU's second NCAA
indoor qualifier and the first to belter an
outdoor standard this season. Rick Jones,
who blazed over 55 meters in a lifetime
best 6.2 seconds Dec. 28, is the other
Bulldog indoor qualifier. Jones qualified
for the NCAA indoor meet last year as
well, and narrowly missed making the
FSU's Ken Frazier also competed at the
Sunkist meet Friday, recordinga49 feet I
1/2 inch best in the triple jump to place
eight. The leap was well below his lifetime
best of 53 feet 7 3/4 inches, but the
performance didn't discourage Coach
12-3 overall as the defending NorPac
champion Huskies pulled away in the
game's latter stages.
Wendy Martell's field goal with six
minutes remaining pulled the 'Dogs \S
within one point, but was answered b/a
12-5 Washington run which put the g*me
out of reach for FSU. '
The Bulldogs successfully opened their
conference schedule a night earlier with a
76-67 victory over .Washington State
University. The game followed an
earliei
c  by
sophomore standout Kelly Murphy-
Attebery, who informed Coach Bob
Spencer of her decision to quit the team.
Murphy-Attebery, the 1984-85 NorPac
newcomer of the year, cited academic
reasons for her departure.
Spencer's problems were compounded
when freshman Yvette Roberts injured
her ankle in the first half of the WSU game
and missed Friday's matchup with rival
Washington.
With two starters out and leading
scorers Shannon McGee and Tami Towle
seeing limited action due to illness,
Spencer's Bulldog squad entered Friday's
conference game with limited reserves.
"The girls played well, but we tired due
to our lack of substitutes, particularly in
the later stages of the game," Spencer said.
"Our second half shooting (23 percent
from the floor) dropped off considerably.
Washington played us hard and beat us
with their bench."
Despite suffering from the flu biig,
McGee and Towle were among tbe
leading scorers for FSU with 23 and 14
points, respectively. Martell added 16 to
round out the Bulldogs in double digits.
Before Friday's defeat, Spencer"! squad
had recorded victories in nine of their last
10 outings, including first place in the
Converse Holiday Classic in Reno earlier
The Bulldogs opened the tournament by
escaping with a 65-64 squeaker against
Boise State. The 'Dogs rebounded in
round two with one of their sharpest
performances of the season, a 93-54
humbling of the University of the Pacific.
A defeat of Pacific 10 Conference
Stanford, 64-50, completed the three-game
sweep and the tournament title for FSU.
Following a five-day layoff, the women
traveled up lo the Bay Area for a match
with the University of San Francisco. The
■Dons not only won soundly, 64-49, but
kept the high scoring Martell to a career-
low two points. Martell and the Bulldogs
bounced back the following evening in
Santa Clara, knocking off the Broncos,
65-58. Martell dropped in 22 points for
FSU. _^        	
The Bulldogs bead ii
game in fourth place in the NorPac
conference behind Oregon, Oregon State
and Washington. Their 12-3 overtH mark
matches that of the Huskies for best in tbe
division.
St. Mary's comes to Fresno with a 9-5
mark, coming off a tough one-point
defeat at the hands of Stanford. Led by
Connie Frank (14.8 ppg, 10.6 rpt), tbe
Gaels should match up well with the
Bulldogs.
Column
Continued from pag* 6
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