1991_09 The Daily Collegian September 1991

              Daily Collegian Sports
Harris sets FSU record
By Danny Evans
DC Sports Writer
The road to success in cross
country running is similar to that
of many sports: while maintain¬
ing one's own pace, an athlete
must be aware of his opponent's
weakness and seize the opportu¬
nity to pass him.
Fresno State junior jamey Har¬
ris put on a clinic in the art of his
sport Saturday morning. As he
stayed tight with UC Irvine's
Shannon Winkelman for all but
trie (ina! 1 /4 mile of the five mile
race, hesqueeked out a new course
record timeof 24:543 at the Fresno
State Invitational at Woodward
Park.
The former record of 25:00 was
held by Apron Mascorro of UC
Irvine.
Winkleman's timeof 24:59.8 was
good for second place and the
second fastest time in the course's
short, two-year history.
Winkelman attributed his ina¬
bility to keep the lead to the race's
earlier moments.
"|nst before the two-mile mark,
made a pretty stupid move in
.'urging to get the lead, but I
louidn't keep that pace," said
W'nkeiman, a senior business
ma)or. "1 tned to pull away so 1
could cruise it in, but when (Har-
ri s) caught me,l couldn't keepup.
I thought he looked tired in the
last couple hund red yards, but he
wasn't. If I had run a little bit
smarter, maybe it would have
gone differently. I guess today
wasn't my day."
Bulldogs' head coach Red Estes
was pleasantly surprised by Har¬
ris' showing.
"1 expected Jamey to do well -
I'd have picked Mm in the top
five, but to win a race with this
much strong competition really
takes a lot," Estes said. "He was
really on top of it today against
200 other people."
Aided by the strong running of
Neff McGhie (tenth, 25:31.9),
Kevin Baxter 05th, 25:44.8) and
Curtis Alexander {23rd, 26:17.8),
the Bulldogs were able to secure
a second-place finish in the men's
team competition with 79 points.
UCIrvinescoredthernen'steam
championship with 41 points. Its
runnersfinished third, sixth,
ninth, eleventh and twelfth.
In the women's competition,
Fresno State junior Dina Farage
ran as high as second during the
5,000 meter race, but finished fifth
overall in 18:14.2. Right behind
Farage in sixth place was team¬
mate Shannon Lieder (18:17.0).
Fresno State senior Julie Verke
used a last-second sprint to surge
past Cal State L.A.'s Kim Ojeda
for a ninth-place finish (18:31.7).
Other Bulldog finishers in¬
cluded senior Evelyn Martino
(20th, 19:03.5) and JudyGannon
(29th, 19:35.5).
"1 had higher expectations of
what I was going to do today, but
the competition was pretty hard
today," said Farage, a junior
transfer from West Valley JC. "It
was pretty hot and this was my
first competition at the four-year I
level. I didn't really know what
toexpect, but now I do. It was a
good experience."
The Bulldogs' women's squad
finished third overall with 75
points. UC Irvine was first with
41 points and Cal Poly - San Luis
Obispo finished second with 73.
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FSU cross country runner Jamey Harris crosses the finish line Saturday at the Fresno State
Invitational at Woodward Park. Harris'  timeof 2454.3 was good enough for first place and anew
course record.
FSU netters lose in semifinals of JMN tourney
By David Donnelly
DC Sports writer
Fullerton, Ca-With the Big
West Conference season opener
just a few days away, the FSU's
volleyball team viewed last
weekend's 16-tpam Titan JMN
Premiere Volleyball Invitational
tournament as one last test before
the "real" season, begins on Wed¬
nesday. ■   -
WelLthe Bulldogs passed this
test as they went 4-1 inthetourna¬
ment to raise thei r record to 8-3 o n
the season, Tne only loss came
against the Florida Gators in the
tournament semifinals.
One of the wins came at the
expense of thebregon Ducks, the
18th ranked team in the nation,
who came into the match on Fri¬
day afternoon undefeated in nine
matches.
It was the third time this
season that the Bulldogs had
played a nationally ranked team.
The Bulldogs won tbe match
against the Ducks in four games,
13-15,15-8,15-1 and 15-13.
The Ducks had 60 kills in 142
attempts, 51 assists and 55 d igs, in
the match. .*.-.•',
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The win against the Ducks
gave Fresno State a perfect 3-0
record in pool play and sent them
into t he tournament quarterfinals
on Friday night. There, the T)ogs
met the Oklahoma Sooners, who
were the second place team in
pool four of the tournament.
The Bulldogs moved into the
semifinals by defeating the Soon¬
ers (2-7) in three games; 15-6,15-
12andl5-Z
No statistics were available
for Oklahoma.
For the Bulldogs, Paola Paz
Soldan had 21 kills and eight digs
while Suzie Regul added 18 kills
with no errors in 20 attempts and
two blocks.
The win against the Sooners
propelled the Bulldogs into the
tournament championship semi¬
finals against the Gators.
TheGators were coming into
the match undefeated at 8-0 but
were not ranked nationally.
The Gators won the match in
fourgames; 15-11,15-9,14-16and
15-3.
In the match, Paz Soldan had
27 kills, 13 digs and three blocks,
while Suzie Regul had 11 kills
and six blocks for the Bulldogs.
Paz Soldan was named an
all-tournament player for the
second time this season.
No individual statistics were
available for Florida. However,
the team had 71 kills in 175 at¬
tempts, 60 assists, 65 digs and 11
aces.
In the championship, the
Gators were defeated by the Big
West's Long Beach State 49ers in
three games; 15-8,15-7 and 15-12.
Antoinnette White of Long
Beach State was named the
tournament's most valuable
player.
NOTES-The Women's vol¬
leyball team opens up the Big
West season Wednesday night
at 7:30 p.m. at the FSU North
Gym against Utah State. The
team plays Utah Sate again on
Friday at home at 7:30 pjn.
'DOGS defeat Cougars, 34-30
By Richard James
DC Sports Writer
Last week, FSU head football
coach Jim Sweeney said his team
would be "running Into a buzz
saw" in Washington State Sat¬
urday afternoon. •
. Sweeney's, prediction held
true but the Bulldogs escaped
unscathed, defeating the Cou¬
gars 34-30 in a non-conference
'game in Pu! 1 man, Washington.
FSU^B victory was another
/ Bu ji»-  .if, ' -)■..     i. ■ i i      mwi
great team performance, follow¬
ing their winning effort against
Northern Illinois in their season
opener.
The TDogs clinched their vic¬
tory in the fourth quarter When
they drove 84 yards for a touch¬
down.
. Two clutch plays by quarter¬
back Mark Barsotti and running
back Ron Rivers kept the winning
.drive alive.
:. On.third-and-14 Barsotti com¬
pleted a 30-yard pass to tight end
JeffAnWW      '■
Rivers finished the drive with a
12-yard touchdown run, his sec¬
ond rushing touchdown in the
second half.
The Bulldog defense then
kicked in, with last week's Big
West Conference Defensive
Player of the Week, Shawn Mur¬
ray providing the big play.
Murray stopped Cougar run¬
ning back Shaumbe Wright-Fair
for no gain on a fourth-and-3 to
clinch the victory.
Despite being stopped on the
fourth down play to end his team's
chance at victory, Wright-Fair
rushed for 168 yards and three
touchdowns.
Most of those yards came in
the first half as the Bulldogs were
able to make adjustments defen¬
sively, holding Wright-Fair to
just 28 yards in the second half.
Barsotti had another great
game, completing20of 28 passes
for 328 yards and two touch¬
downs.
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