1990_08 The Daily Collegian August 1990

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The Dally Collegian
Monday, August 27, 1990
FSU Soccer 'Dogs trounce Baja
by Doug McLeod
COLLEGIANSPQRTS STAFF
The Fresno State University soccer
team opened its season Sunday night
with an impressive 5-0 victory over
Universidad de Baja California in the
fifth annual Rotary Cup at Bulldog.
Stadium.
The llth-ranked Bulldogs were led by
senior forward Karl Ingeman who' scored
,wo goals and added an assist. Junior
forward Gerell Elliot scored a goal and
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< Fresno State thoroughly dominated
tie game from the opening whistle,
t missing its first chance less than three
minutes into the game, before connecting
on its first goal 13:08 into the first half.
Ingeman collected, his first goal after
collecting a pass from defensemen Chris
Johnson, played the ball off his chest,
and then put a left-footed shot past
goalkeeper Ivan Chairez.
Fresno State dominated from there and
allowed only two shots on goal for the
whole game.
Head coach Jose Eigorriaga, who is
entering his eleventh year at Fresno
State, thought that the Bulldogs were
allowed by their opponets to play their
type of game. " We were able to move the
ball at will and showed we could pass
the ball ancj work on some set plays...
that went for scores."
Fresno State displayed pinpoint
passing throught the game and
experienced no letdown when sevfeal
substitutes entered the game.
Freshman Sterling Wescott collected
an impressive goal from 15-yards out in
the second half, after missing an easy
five yard shot moments earlier. Perhaps
the most electrifying goal came from
sophomore midfielder Jason Gray who
put a 15-yard bullet past Chairez to put
the Bulldog's up 3-0 and all but
eliminated any chance for a miracle
comback from Universidad de Baia.
The game was a physical match,
featuring 32 fouls; 16 to both teams, and
two yellow cards, both collected by
Universidad de Baja players.
FSU forward Gerell Elliott battles three Bajcfaefenders as Bobby Focht UAySooteo^^00**9"
Glad to be back in Bulldog Country
John Welsh
-^Here I am once again, backin Bulldog Country.
And you know, as painful as the words exit my
lips, it's almost nice to be back.
I'm talking strictly in the sportstistical sense,
mind you.
Fresno may not be my idea, of the most
happeningest of towns {being that I am an LA
native, you probably; understand), but at least
there's consolation in knowing I attend a school
that knows" how to make things happen on the
football field.
The biggest Red Waver in these parts I am not,
.'lit I jm proud to be enrolled in an institution that
boasts the Big West Conference1 champion in
football the past two seasons.
Let us not forget the Bulldogs' back-to-back Cal
Bowl titles, either.
That coach Sweeney sure knows how to produce
winners.
The great thing is, Sweeney (entering his 13th
year as the Bulldog boss and sporting a 97-39-1
record at FSU) produces winners all the way
around. ,   .
What's just as nice as Cal Bowl crowns is the
men under the Bulldog helmets. I can't say I have
met one Bulldog that 1 have thought was a bit
rude to me.
Now, either Fresno State keeps its scandals
under wraps, or the FSU crew is simply a good
group of ballplayers. I tend to think it's the
latter.
I've interviewed several "Dogs in my days and 1
have.yet to meet a Jim Sweeney gridder that has
treated me with the slightest bit disrespect.
That says a lot about a team. —
You win all the football games you want, but if
the team is known for a bad attitude.:.well, that
don't cut it with me.
Being that Fresno State sports the winningest
program in the west the past five years (47-10-1
for an .826 winning percentage), 1 probably
wouldn't mind a bit of cockiness. But I'm glad FSU
players are, for the most part, down to earth
players.
I'm very glad I don't attend New Mexico State.
The Aggies haven't won a Big West Conference'
contest over the past three seasons (0-21) and are a
hapless 2-40 in Big West action since 1984.
I'm glad I'm not at Pacific. The Tigers, another
Big West cellar dwellar, haven't had a winning
season since 1977, when they finished 6-5.
Fresno State, on the other hand, hasn't lost a
conference ball game the past two campaigns am!
have won a total of 15 consecutive conference
contests spanning three seasons.
At home in" Bulldog Stadium, AKA' "The
Doghouse," Fresno State has won 16 straight and
are 51-10-1 since the. stadium's initial game in
1980.
Enough of the numbers, though.
Fresno State uniforms some of the best athletes
in the country.
From junior quarterback Mark Barsotti (Madera
HS)   to   stud   senior   tailback   Aaron   Craver
(Compton HS-E1 Camino JO, from junior free
safety Marquez Pope (Long Beach Poly HS) to
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