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Thor SwtfV The Collegian
California teammates Mario Cruz-Sands (9) and Janeen LaGrace (21) celebrate Christy Calderon's three-run triple which gave Cat a 4-3 lead in their win.
Cal comes from behind, to beat 'Dogs
By Chris Cocoles
Collegian Sports Writer
In recent years, the Fresno State
softball team has consistently come from
behind to beat the University of
California. In the second game of
Sunday's non-conference doubleheader
however, the Golden Bears enjoyed a
little payback as they salvaged a split
with the Bulldogs.
The eighth-ranked Bears (30-10) scored
four runs in the top of the fourth inning
after falling behind 3-0 and held off a
Bulldog rally in the seventh for a 4-3
victory in front of an Easter Sunday crowd
of 820 at Bulldog Diamond. Cal had lost
15 consecutive games to FSU —including a
1-0 defeat in the first game— dating back
to 1988.
"We broke the hex. We were tired of
losing [to FSU]," said an ecstatic Robyn
Burgess, who pitched a five-hit complete
game victory and improved to 11-5 with
the victory.
"There's been so many games where
we've led them 3-0 and 4-0 but they
always came back and beat us," said
Burgess. "We knew we could beat them
all along, but we've been unlucky. This
was a big, big win."
Second-ranked Fresno State (30-5)
jumped on Burgess early, scoring one run in
the first inning and two in the third. The
big blow of the third was Gina LoPiccolos
two-run double to left-center.
Despite the three run cushion, FSU
starting pitcher Amy Windmiller ran into
trouble in the top of the fourth. Two
singles and an error loaded the bases for
the Bears with one out. Windmiller
walked in one run before Cal third
baseman Christy Calderon blasted a
three-run triple to left-center.
Before Calderon's hit, Bulldog coach
Margie Wright visited the mound but did
not take Windmiller out of the game. "If
Amy hadn't gotten the next batter I would
have taken her out, but it was too late,"
Wright said.
Windmiller remained in the game and
shut down the Bears the rest of the game,
but the Bulldogs couldn't mount a serious
threat against Burgess before rallying in
the bottom of the seventh.
With two out, second baseman Julie
Smith singled off Burgess' glove to keep
FSLTs hopes alive. Christa Yorke
followed with a ground ball right at
second baseman Anne Williams, but she
misplayed the ball. Smith, never
hesitating, broke for third and crashed
into Calderon just as she caught the ball
and applied the tag, but Calderon held on
for the game's final out. Despite the
outcome, Wright was happy with
Smith's hustle on the play.
"Julie had to react on her own. She saw
the ball drop to the ground and broke for
third. It was good agressive baserunning
and they had to make a good play to get
her. Unfortunately they did," said
Wright. "1 really thought we were good
enough to come back and win the game"
The Bulldogs took the first game by
beating Cal Ail-American pitcher
Michelle Granger. Granger pitched a
three-hitter but gave up the game's only
run in the first. Kim Maher's RBI single
to center plated Smith, who led off the
inning with a single.
Bulldog starter Marcie Green scattered
seven hits to win her 14th game.
Bulldogs break out of hitting doldrums
-FSU racks UOP
pitching for 21 hits
By Doug McLeod
Collegian Sports Writer
The University of Pacific
baseball team proved to be the
best medicine for ailing Fresno
State, allowing the Bulldogs to
sweep a three-game series in
Stockon this weekend to open Big
West conference play.
The Bulldogs (21-11 overall, 3-
0 Big West) had struggled going
into the weekend series by
dropping five of its previous
seven games before opening
conference play against the
Tigers.
Thursdays opener saw FSU
ace Bobby Jones throw a six-hit
complete game to lead the
Bulldogs to a 6-1 victory.
Jones was expected to face
UOP ace Joe Brownholtz,
however Brownholtz was unable
to start due to a history test.
Freshman Danny Miller got the
call and fell to 0-6 with the loss.
The Tigers (11-18, 0-3) came
out Friday looking for upset of
the Bulldogs by getting out to a 3-
2 lead through seven innings.
The Bulldogs hurt their cause
by stranding nine runners through
the first seven innings, but seven
errofs in the last two innings led
to four Bulldog runs, handing
FSU a 6-3 win.
Saturday's finale saw the
Bulldogs collect 21 hits,
including home runs by Chris
Falco and Jason Wood, to coast to
a 18-2 shellacking of Pacific.
Until Saturday's game, FSU
had scored just 20 runs in its
previous five games and had
averaged just three runs per game
over the previous nine games. In
the first two games of the series,
the Bulldogs had collected just
11 hits as the team batting
average fell to a season-low .298.
FSU pitcher Jim Patterson
pitched a six-hitter to collect
his fourth complete game to
improve to 5-4 on the year.
The Bulldogs' first three
hitters in the lineup, Vernon
Spearman, Mike Noel, and
Wood, combined for nine hits,
nine runs batted in and 10 runs
scored.
Noel ended up going a career-
best 4-for-4 with two doubles and
4 RBI's. Wood went'3-for-6 with
3 RBI's and Spearman went 2-for-
7 with 2 RBI's.
Falco added three hits and 3
RBI's for the Bulldogs, while
Doug Bame batted 2-for-3 for the
Tigers.
The Bulldogs wUl face UC
Irvine this coming weekend on
the road before returning home
next Tuesday for a five-game
homestand.
Tarkanian
to become
new Fresno
State AD
Collegian Sports
Dtaff
Nevada-Las Vegas head
basketball coach Jerry
Tarkanian will resign from
his post and become Fresno
State's athletic director.
The CoBegion has learned
SeeTARK,page6
Object Description
| Title | 1991_04 The Daily Collegian April 1991 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1991 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
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| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | April 1, 1991, Page 5 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1991 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Collegian sports Thor SwtfV The Collegian California teammates Mario Cruz-Sands (9) and Janeen LaGrace (21) celebrate Christy Calderon's three-run triple which gave Cat a 4-3 lead in their win. Cal comes from behind, to beat 'Dogs By Chris Cocoles Collegian Sports Writer In recent years, the Fresno State softball team has consistently come from behind to beat the University of California. In the second game of Sunday's non-conference doubleheader however, the Golden Bears enjoyed a little payback as they salvaged a split with the Bulldogs. The eighth-ranked Bears (30-10) scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning after falling behind 3-0 and held off a Bulldog rally in the seventh for a 4-3 victory in front of an Easter Sunday crowd of 820 at Bulldog Diamond. Cal had lost 15 consecutive games to FSU —including a 1-0 defeat in the first game— dating back to 1988. "We broke the hex. We were tired of losing [to FSU]," said an ecstatic Robyn Burgess, who pitched a five-hit complete game victory and improved to 11-5 with the victory. "There's been so many games where we've led them 3-0 and 4-0 but they always came back and beat us," said Burgess. "We knew we could beat them all along, but we've been unlucky. This was a big, big win." Second-ranked Fresno State (30-5) jumped on Burgess early, scoring one run in the first inning and two in the third. The big blow of the third was Gina LoPiccolos two-run double to left-center. Despite the three run cushion, FSU starting pitcher Amy Windmiller ran into trouble in the top of the fourth. Two singles and an error loaded the bases for the Bears with one out. Windmiller walked in one run before Cal third baseman Christy Calderon blasted a three-run triple to left-center. Before Calderon's hit, Bulldog coach Margie Wright visited the mound but did not take Windmiller out of the game. "If Amy hadn't gotten the next batter I would have taken her out, but it was too late," Wright said. Windmiller remained in the game and shut down the Bears the rest of the game, but the Bulldogs couldn't mount a serious threat against Burgess before rallying in the bottom of the seventh. With two out, second baseman Julie Smith singled off Burgess' glove to keep FSLTs hopes alive. Christa Yorke followed with a ground ball right at second baseman Anne Williams, but she misplayed the ball. Smith, never hesitating, broke for third and crashed into Calderon just as she caught the ball and applied the tag, but Calderon held on for the game's final out. Despite the outcome, Wright was happy with Smith's hustle on the play. "Julie had to react on her own. She saw the ball drop to the ground and broke for third. It was good agressive baserunning and they had to make a good play to get her. Unfortunately they did," said Wright. "1 really thought we were good enough to come back and win the game" The Bulldogs took the first game by beating Cal Ail-American pitcher Michelle Granger. Granger pitched a three-hitter but gave up the game's only run in the first. Kim Maher's RBI single to center plated Smith, who led off the inning with a single. Bulldog starter Marcie Green scattered seven hits to win her 14th game. Bulldogs break out of hitting doldrums -FSU racks UOP pitching for 21 hits By Doug McLeod Collegian Sports Writer The University of Pacific baseball team proved to be the best medicine for ailing Fresno State, allowing the Bulldogs to sweep a three-game series in Stockon this weekend to open Big West conference play. The Bulldogs (21-11 overall, 3- 0 Big West) had struggled going into the weekend series by dropping five of its previous seven games before opening conference play against the Tigers. Thursdays opener saw FSU ace Bobby Jones throw a six-hit complete game to lead the Bulldogs to a 6-1 victory. Jones was expected to face UOP ace Joe Brownholtz, however Brownholtz was unable to start due to a history test. Freshman Danny Miller got the call and fell to 0-6 with the loss. The Tigers (11-18, 0-3) came out Friday looking for upset of the Bulldogs by getting out to a 3- 2 lead through seven innings. The Bulldogs hurt their cause by stranding nine runners through the first seven innings, but seven errofs in the last two innings led to four Bulldog runs, handing FSU a 6-3 win. Saturday's finale saw the Bulldogs collect 21 hits, including home runs by Chris Falco and Jason Wood, to coast to a 18-2 shellacking of Pacific. Until Saturday's game, FSU had scored just 20 runs in its previous five games and had averaged just three runs per game over the previous nine games. In the first two games of the series, the Bulldogs had collected just 11 hits as the team batting average fell to a season-low .298. FSU pitcher Jim Patterson pitched a six-hitter to collect his fourth complete game to improve to 5-4 on the year. The Bulldogs' first three hitters in the lineup, Vernon Spearman, Mike Noel, and Wood, combined for nine hits, nine runs batted in and 10 runs scored. Noel ended up going a career- best 4-for-4 with two doubles and 4 RBI's. Wood went'3-for-6 with 3 RBI's and Spearman went 2-for- 7 with 2 RBI's. Falco added three hits and 3 RBI's for the Bulldogs, while Doug Bame batted 2-for-3 for the Tigers. The Bulldogs wUl face UC Irvine this coming weekend on the road before returning home next Tuesday for a five-game homestand. Tarkanian to become new Fresno State AD Collegian Sports Dtaff Nevada-Las Vegas head basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian will resign from his post and become Fresno State's athletic director. The CoBegion has learned SeeTARK,page6 |
