1986_03 The Daily Collegian March 1986

              	
Sports
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March 3,1986
.The Daily Collegian
FSU upsets Oregon in final
And
ie words of head women's basketball
Bob Spencer after Saturday night's
/ictory over the Univeritv of Oregon.
idly what FSU did as
warded off an Oregon comeback in the
A South Gym record crowd of 837 was on
hand to witness one of the biggest wins
ever for Spencer's team.
The game was notched at 68 with six
seconds left, and it looked as if it might go
Vrmiv
Martell was fouled by Oregon's Lau
chance to take the lead.
Martell's two clutch free throws in the
final seconds iced the game for FSU, and
propelled them to their best record ever,
21-6.
The win over Oregon along with Friday
night's win over Oregon State. 76-64, gave
the 'Dogs a sweep of the Oregon schools
to close out the regular season.
They must now play the waiting game
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"We beat the best team in the con¬
ference,"said assistant coach Bill Fennelly.
"This is a very big win for our program."
The Bulldog's took a 33-28 lead in to the
locker room at the half, bui Oregon would
not quit as there were nine ties in the game
to the team's unselfishness. "This is a very
unselfish team, the five people in double
figures show it," Spencer said.
The Oregon game was a battle from
the outset The 'Dogs took a 20-11 lead,
only to see Oregon go on a 9-2 run to close
the gap to two "We had a let down, but
the crowd got us back in it."said Fennellv.
"We have the best fans anywhere without
adoubl -
In Friday's game with Oregon State
Martell. Yvette Roberts and Shannon
McGee has 16 points while Heinnchs
finished with 11, Friday's game wasn't
nearlv -as close as the 'Dogs dominated
from'the tip-off
Playing two nights in a row is very
different and Spencer was concerned going
into the Oregon game. "Our people stood
up against that and performed," he said.
It didn't seem to bother the players once
it was over, though. "This is the best all
season," Shannon  McGee said. "We
FSU is probably playing its best
basketball of the season in the last four
games. "I think the last four games have
been incredible." Fennely said.
The players feel that they would have a
good chance in one of the post-season
tournaments. "We can play with a lot or
"McGeesaid. "This
is the r><
I cry
■n play
the players and coaches
Sae UPSET, paoa 8
What's in a nickname?
Against the
Ropes	
did he do? He
is legal n;
me;
himself "The Beast."
"The Beast" — it sburfds like the title of
one-of Arnold Schwarzenegger's ridicu¬
lous movies The fact is. that's what mid¬
dleweight boxer John Mugabi calls him¬
self.
Mugabi. uh. The Beast, will challenge
Marvelous Marvin Hagler March 10 for
the championship of the world. Bet you
Wrong. You see, Hagler is kind of an inse-
Hejust couldnt take the fact
Halle'
March 10 because Mugabi isnt called The
Beast because of an awesome forehand.
Mugabi has had 26 pro fights. None of his
opponents have lasted the distance.
Thus, The Beast.
Nicknames are part of boxing. Most
pugilists just don't feel comfortable with¬
out one. Sometimes a nickname can help a
fighter. Other times it might work against
nife.
erflyn.
they
also brought a cardboard butterfly
ripped it to shreds, saying that's \
would happen to Craw
fought. Peculiar guy, this Bramble. Hi
the same guy that brought a voodoo dol
to the press conference introducing hi
rematch with Ray "Boom Boom" Man
icdollw
Taki
for example, the World Boxing
nation lightweight title fight between
igstenc "Pit  Bull" Bramble and
"Butterfly" Crawley Feb. 16.
Now' if I had b
naybe.ji
taybe.tl
ut there with a better nickname. So wha
Everybody knows that a pit bull can
whip a butterfly any day of the week]
But Bramble, the Pit Bull, didnt take
any chances. At the press conference
before the fight, he saw to it that Crawley,
the Butterfly, would not have a chance in
the ring. Bramble armed himself, not with
nd said Man-
cini would suffer the same fate.
Indeed, Mancini bleed from cuts above
both eyes through most of the fight and
lost the decision.
What happened to the Butterfly? He
was knocked out in the 13th round, of
Incidentally, Crawley calls himself the
Butterfly because that's how he fights. He
floats around the ring and tries to out-
las names for them too. The
See NICKNAME, page 8
March 3,1986
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'Dogs win series with St Mary's
It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to
solve.the Diamond 'Dogs' mystery.
Although Coach Bob Bennett's Bul¬
ldogs throttled past St. Mary's University
by scores of 7-0 and 7-5 and dropped a 9-8
nail biter at Beiden Field this weekend, the
pitching struggled tremendously in Sun¬
day's double-header.
Yesterday's night cap was a prime
Although the 'Dogs jumped out to a
convincing 7-1 advantage on a six-run
third inning, FSU hurler Steve Wapnick's
inability to get ahead of batters and throw
strikes permitted the Gaels to slowly climb
back into the game. Wapnick threw a
ling 77 pitches in just 3 2/3 i
on the mound.
Steve Buckholtz came on to relieve
Wapnick and halted the Gael offense, to
some extent. Like Wapnick, Buckholtz
threw a considerable amount of pitches
(72)in3 1/3 innings of work. In contrast,
he gave up just one hit and two earned
runs and struck out three in picking up the
Although his was a mediocre perfor¬
mance, Wapnick improved his record to
2-1, while Buckholtz recorded his first
the loss as he ran into problems early,
giving up a firit-inning home run to Bruce
Jensen, Bad luck continued as the Gaels
whalloped five runs and nine hits off
Salles in his three-inning outing. By
game's end, the Gaels had scattered 19
hilsoff four FSU pitchers.
The opener on Saturday was anentirely ,
different story as sophomore pitcher Mike
Goff zipped past Gael batters left and
right en route to a FSU 7-0 win.   ..
Stingy Goff permitted jiuf'twb hits,
while striking out seven in running, his
record to 2-3. ■   V
/The 'Dogs (5-8) continue their long
J home stand tonight at Beiden Field
against the Beavers of Oregon State start-
Sunday's first bout saw the 'Dogs play
catch-upTwhen they fell behind 4-0, 5-1
and 9-2 before staging a late-inning rally
<hat came a run shy, 9-8.
FSU starter John Salles (1-2) suffered
Parrent leads sweep
Upset
r-nnMnuad from P*9» 8
embraced and celebrated t
Fennelly couldn't control r
as hejumped and shouted witl
Such was the scene every*
team was mobbed by the
FSU improves to 8-4 in NorPac, is good
for third and 21-6 overall.
Oregon State dropped to 2-9 in NorPac
play and 6-20 overall.
FSU was beaten badly by Oregon in last
meeting 78-56. in Eugene, one. This will
be the last time that FSU will play either
Oregon school in the conference, as they
will join the Pacific 10 conference next
season. The NorPac conference will
disband after this season and the teams
will be forming the Pac-10 and a new
PCAA basketball conference. '
The shutout pitching of sophomore
Melanie Parrent has propelled the Fresno
Slate women's Softball team to six straight
wins and given her a school record, 43 2/ 3
consecutive scoreless innings.
"Melanie has been able to get her
confidence where it needs to be. She's got
her rhythm down and she's been mentally
coach Margie Wright.
On Saturday, the 6-4 Bulldogs swept a
doubleheader from the University of
California Golden Bears.
The First game was a' 1-0 three hit
shutout  for  Parrent.  Third  baseman
Nusheen Zamegar delivered the game's
only run batted in with a hit ink the
fourth inning.
It took 10 innings before Fresno State
beat the Bears in the nightcap, 2-1. The
Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead into the fifth
inning, when California's second baseman
Sandy Beach knocked in the tying run,
ending Parrent's scoreless streak at 43 2/ 3
innings. In the bottom of the tenth inning,
Laura Macedo drove in Bev Boeck to give
the game to Fresno State.
The Bulldogs started off their weekend
road trip by taking a pair of games from
the San Jose State University Spartans
Parrent threw back to back shutouts to
See PARRENT, page 8
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