1986_03 The Daily Collegian March 1986

              Sports
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March 11,1986
.The Daily Collegian
Dogs third in UNLV Classic
The FSU softball team met a familiar
rita-s.   Parrent   yielded   five   hits   in
nemesis at the UNLV Softball Classic las
weekend, but managed to beat CS Fuller-
of the season. The 'Dogs then beat
ton in its first-round game before tailing
another   team   ranked   higher   than
to the Titans in ihe semi-final to tie for
selves (CS Fullerton the other) Utah l-o.
ihi.d place
led by Parrent* three-hit piiching per¬
Ihe 'Dogs weni through ihcir pool plas
formance   Peggy Williams and Jill  Role
unscathed, winningall five of their games
before falling to the Titans in the final
Zarnegar knocked in what would be
game-winning run battad in. In Friday's
Going 6-1 in the tournament, the 'Dogs
final matchup. Parrent tossed a two-hitter
urped their record lo 12-5 overall
lo blank South Florida. 1-0. KcrrvSteilz
"The positive thing is that the leam jusi
collected two hits while Cindv Johnson
ixeps getting belter." said Coach Margie
Wright  "We're beginning to gel better
play "
winning ways by beating Oklahoma Cil
3-1 and Utah Stale 6-i   Patricia Sanchez
bulk of FSU's pitching duties, going the
distance in six of Ihe seven games played
at Ihe tournament, winning five  She has
"She held out fine. rcalK." Wright said
notched the win againsi Oklahoma City.
allowing just two hits. Parrent yielded just
three hits en route to her fourth win of the
tournament Sicitz led the 'Dogs with a
3-for-4 day at the plate
In Sunday's action. Parrent spread four
hits lo pick up her fifth win of the tourna¬
Fullerton had a good game against us   1
ment as the Dogs beat Oregon 3-1. In the
couldn't rcallv put anv blame on Melanie
final game. Parrent was touched for 10
lor noi pitching a good game  1 think lul-
hits while giving up four runs in the loss
Ihe Bulldogs will host Santa Clara Fri-
sure we were reads lo plav ihcm"
On Fridav the Bulldogs opened the
with  Hawaii Saturday at 2 p.m. All
tournament   with  a   1-0  win   oxer  the
will be played ai Bulldog Diamond.
FSU tops SJSU
Another fine outing for Bulldogs
By Mitch Rinehart
Bulky
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ntual   117-46 si
al San Jose Stale
lender's second-place perfi
wins by FSU
ing c
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rela>
ie Bulldogs' biggest victory
ird straight over Ihe Spartans,
d 20-16 in the series that began
: three-time defending PCAA
Is Saturday. FSU'
the coaching staff at Ihi
Newcomer Don Daves, a welcome late
addition lo the squad, led the intermediate
hurdle sweep in 54.3. pulling teammates
Robert Budwig(54.5)and Scon Krupilski
(56.2) across the finish line.
Krupilski also took third lo cap FSU's
pole vault sweep, clearing 15-6. All-
American Doug Fraley "only" scaled 17-6
to win and Kelly Rodrigues went over
16-0 in windy conditions even though
:am pulled off
icet victory in San Frai
;ivis and  host  San  Fi
h Afriet
*• The,
Both   Bulldog  teams  remained   i
feated with the victories in their quel
ranked   ninth   last   season,   iheir
imc-bcsi shot pul heave, adding ncarlv
c feel lo his previous best of 57-4'/. set
last week Bui the Bulldog sopho-
c. who won the U S Junior title last
mer. only helped unleash a relentless
:s of top FSU performances that bur-
e Bulldog 800 sweep-with' his-most
ipressive performance to date, clocking
54.4 to edge teammates Terry Popps
d Jeff Haux Ken Frazier led the triple
Tip sweep and also provided FSU's only
ublc with a longjump victory. Hell try
See TRACK, page 7
NCAAs are up for grabs
East Coast
Concepts
John Fltzpatrick
: the n
kin 40.9
:onds.
Hi
it this!
llionsof
lcad. and Lawrence Nelson. James Willi¬
ams and (teith McCoy took the baton
around nearly two seconds ahead of San
Jose's group. Trien Glen Charanduk fol¬
lowed John King'to a 1-2 steepelechase
finish, and the onslaught began.
Fresno State captured 14 of the 19
events overall after losing the first two,
and took home 10 of the II track events.
The Bulldogs executed 1-2-3 sweeps in the
51 for the NCAA Division I tour¬
nament championship. Coach Matt Fur-
janic leads his Mansi Red Foxes into the
arena to take on the Bobcats of Montana
State for the right lo call themselves "The
Nation's Best." Impossible? Well, yes.
This year's national championship will
bea rematch of Saturday's Big East Tour¬
nament final between St. John's Redmen
and the Orangemen of Syracuse. How do
1 know? That's the beauty of it. I don't.
And neither do the rest of the nation's
are simple. The only tea
n play Syracuse close ai
a hunch.
- In the Midwest, Kansas and Michigan
should reach the semi's, with only Nof*
Dame threatening to interfere. Kans
opens up this year's tournament wi
North Carolina A 4 T, a 100,000 to one
shot to win the tourney, according to
Danny Sheridan of USA Today. They
join Montana State and Mississippi Val¬
ley State with that dubious distinction.
Marist College comes in at 75,000 to one.
Back to the competition. Kentuckyand
Memphis State will represent the Sou¬
theast. What about Georgia Tech? Look
for defending champion  Villanova  to
:r:hc-
!   Yellowjac
"in Bator
landing in front of
Dana Kirk's Tigers. Lewis. Mitchell and
Gadis have led the Boilermakers to'a 21-9
finish, including a strong late-season
stretch to clinch an at-large bid.
The West will feature one of the best
first-round matchups when the Bradley
Braves take the court in Ogden, L'tah.
against Texas-El Paso and their coach.
Don Haskins. Bradley won countless
games this season in the final minute and
will follow that trend in beating UTEP by
Look for Maryland to upset UNLV in
round two after they defeat California's
only representative, Pepperdine. If your
looking for a Cinderella team, it's the Ter¬
rapins. If they can beat SAl. John's in the
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March 11, 1986
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Track
Continued Irom page 6
ai ihe NCAA's this weekend.
Rick Jones, competing outdoors for the
first time, blazed over 100 meters to win in
10.3 seconds. Keith McCoy and James
Williams completed the Bulldog sweep
and helped FSU dominate the sprints.
Top-notch performances didn't just
come from FSU event winners. Freshman
Lawrence Nelson turned in a 24-1K long
jump mark, just three inches short of his
PR, to place second behind Frazier. He
also contributed a 22.2 200-meter race and
his leg of the winning relay team. Budwig
won the high hurdles in 14.5 and high-
jumped 6-feet-8, FSU's top clearance this
But it was Bender's mark that provided
the crucial spark. FSU women's coach
lorn Pagani. who also tutors the men's
throwers and is the 1988 men's Olympic
throwing coach nominee, believes Bender
"He's just recovering from a leg injury-
he aggravated in December, so yes. I'd say-
he may be able to throw farther." Pagani
chance to qualify for the NCAA's."
Bender must throw at least 61-0 to qual¬
ify for the national championships. He's
added nearly three feet, four inches to his
best this season, and has just another foot
varied from a spinkle to a clo
Idog athletes captured 10 of
including all six in the field
San Francisco State
and UC Davis one.
igedsi
Distance runners Eileen Dyer, Gina
Montie and Dianne Fairman nullified UC
Davis' strength in the longer events with
superb performances. Dyer PR'd lo win
the 3,000 in 10:10.6, outlasting Fairman
(10:14.5) and UC Davis star Jill Perry
(10:15.9). Montie had barely started 5,000
Column
Continued from page 6
regionals, they'll go to Dallas.
' :ir favor
The
xpens all seem to know the teams which
ill be eliminated early. But what happens
3 a team like Davidson. The Wildcats
avewon 10 of their last 13 games, includ-
ig the Southern Conference Tournament
hampionship? Now, they face Kentucky,
seeded first in the Southeast. They don't
stand a chance. After playing their hearts
out all season, striving for recognition,
what inevitably follows is a nationally tel¬
evised embarrassment of their basketball
program. What a darn shame.
Despite the tedious nature of the tour¬
nament's opening round, this year's
NCAA ChampioMships_jfiould provide
fans witjrplenty of icrton. This year's field
is wide; open, and highly unpredictable.
Maybe 1 shouldn't have tried. Only time
still  finis!
lifetirr
Grant
April Frcow and Debbie Budwig, two
women off to-relativcly slow starts this
season, came through with encouraging
performances.   Frcow  blazed  over   100
third, and also placed third at 200.
1985 I
-,  Dot J
Tonya Mcndonca.cach won her event, but
in different fashion. Jones, also looking"
forward to this weekend's nationals, settled
for a decent I0-91/; heave despite the rain.
Star high jumper Mcndonca decided to
clear just enough to win — her most
impressive performance came at 200
in which she placed second and
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Lengyel announced last week he will
leave the post of athletic director at CSUF
April I for the same position at the Uni¬
versity of Missouri.
Grant said his departure would proba¬
bly come as no surprise to his players and
insisted his decision had nothing lo do
with ihe 15-15 season, the worst in his nine
years coaching here, the Bulldogs strug-
igh this'year.
you have tewstep back and say 'This is
great but I need something else.' A new
challenge, whatever it might be."
Grant made a definite recommendation
regarding his successor, citing FSU assist¬
ant head coach Ron Adams as the best
"Ron A
think he's
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I lh,n:
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nailed !
r  lifetirr
i 26.1
;   puncluatct
ACHIEVEMENT.
There are many ways
to acknowledge it...
one lasts a lifetime.
Your College Class Ring-
from Balfour!
KENNEL
BOOKSTORE
Balfour, No one remembers in so many ways.
said. "My team, we strug¬
gled s-o badly at the end, maybe they feel
this is one of the reasons I'm leaving, but il
clocking.
Other FSU wins came from Jaylcen
Romberger, discus: Asia Boulware. 100
meters; Kelly Buzza, 1500 meters; and the
Bulldog I6O0 relay team of Magda Sara-
via. Wendy Nelson. Francie Barrett and
Michelc Winder.
five years. I think he's one ol tl
coaches in the country."
Grant has not been offered a cc
position yet and has no immediat
for his future.
"Twenty-seven years I've been
ing." Grant said, "twenty-five at l
\crsity level and I think I've only b>
about two days. It's probably goin|
different experience for me in the
looking for a job. I don't know w
going to do with my life, really."
The University Lecture Series,
and School of Engineering present
"The Challenges of Space"
CSUF alumnus Steven Nagel (M.S. '78,
mechanical engineering) is now an astronaut
lieutenant colonel for NASA.
Tuesday, March 11, 8:00 p.m.
Satellite College Union, CSUF
Students, Faculty, Staff $2   General Public $3
Tickets available one week in advance at the College Union information desk.
Funded in part by the Associated Students. College Union,
University Lecture Series Presents
FAIRY TALE
OF THE
FROG PRINCE
Trfrough humor and storytelling.Dr.
Janet Lapp explodes myths about women and men.
An associate professor in the CbUr-
psychology department, she has been known
over the years for her many appearances on Valley
T.V.
Tuesday, March 11
12 o'clock noon
CSUF Upstairs Cafeteria Room 200
No Charge for Admission
Funded in part by the Associated Students, College Union, and Academic Affairs