1994_09 Insight September 1994

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SPORTS
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
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September 14,1994
INSIGHT
Bulldogs win
over Sac State
Matt Soby/INSIGHT
Brenda Gregerson sets for Diana Nalbandian.
Gregerson recorded 82 assists vs. Sacramento
State and was named the tournament MVP.
'Dogs take unofficial title
at Dan Gomel Invitational
tjohn Shaw
INSIGHT
The Dan Gamcl Invitational
volleyball tournament offered no
official winner this year due to an
unbalanced schedule. But if it had.
the Bulldogs would have been
crowned champions.
The 'Dogs came away winners in three of their four tournament matches — Ihcir only loss,
a five game nail biter to Northern
Arizona.
The final match of ihc tournament scheduled the Bulldogs
against the Sacramento State Hornets.
The Hornets, who have qualified for the National Invitational
Volleyball Championship ihc lasi
two years, were 3-0 in the tournament — until they met the Bulldogs, that is.
The 'Dogs got past the Hornets 8-15, 15-11, 15-4,13-15. 15-
12 in a well-played thriller that
concluded the event.
The Bulldogs were led by
tournament MVP Brenda
Gregcrscn, who spent the evening
setting-up outside hitters Lori
Baynes, Tricia Tulcy and Diana
Nalbandian.
"This was by far out best
game (of the tournament)," said
Gregcrscn, who tallied 82 assists
in the final game. The recipients,
Baynes and Nalbandian, led the
team with 28 and 27 kills respectively.
Nalbandian's 27th kill ended
the dramatic fifth game and
handed the Bulldogs an unofficial
tournament victory. The 5' 10"
freshman from Tulare showed she
could play big in pressure situations.
"Diana (Nalbandian) has really matured a lot," gleamed
Gregcrscn, who gave countless
sets to the freshman. "She's really turned into a good player."
Tricia Tuley, who was also
named to the all-tournament team
along with Gregerson, added 20
kills and was always around (he
ball, a gesture of how the team
played as a whole.
Baynes gave the 'Dogs an all-
around solid performance.
"Lori (Baynes) has been very
stable for us," said Gregersen.
Baynes led the Bulldogs with a
.392 attack percentage (combined
kills, errors, and tola! attempts)
and added two service aces.
Also providing an impressive
attack were Nalbandian (.391) and
Tuley (.327) who combined for 83
percent of total team kills and who
took 73 percent of total team attempts.
Defensively, Nalbandian led
the way with 19 digs and three
block assists. Senior middle
blocker Roseanne Brown, who led
the Bulldogs in '93 in total blocks,
had three blocks and one block assist. Middle blocker Tera Booker
added five block assists.
Earlier in the day, the Bulldogs gol their warm-up against the
Boise State Broncos. It was more
of the same as the 'Dogs rolled to
a 15-7, 15-4. 15-7 win.
With a record of 6-3 overall,
the Bulldogs will now travel cast
to participate in the Minnesota
Classic Sept. 16-17. Conference
play begins Sept. 23 in the North
Gym vs. Utah.
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Sports info puts athletics on map
Jabari Lawrence
INSIGHT
Most college sports information
departments will modestly admit
their responsibility for it but usually
won't take the credit they deserve for
drastically improving the overall
quality of college athletics nationwide.
The work of Sports Information
Directors (SID) usually goes unnoticed by the ordinary football fan.
But according to some of our
loyal Fresno State SIDs, all the gratification they need is knowing they're
accomplishing the task of informing
the public and media alike of every
aspect of the Fresno State Athletic
Department.
"Our main purpose is the dissemination of information to the local and national media," said Dave
Haglund, Assistant Sports Information Director in charge of football.
"We act as a clearing house in
that we set up interviews, send out
weekly postcards staling what a particular athlete did, handle video and
we do lots of things over the phone
such as initiating stories about Fresno
State athletes."
Haglund said the department's
responsibilities arc so great that many
of the tasks are split-up among full
and part-time staff members.
Currently, Fresno State's Sports
Information Department has nine
part-time employees, including three
clerical workers and two photographers on staff in addition to seven
full-time employees.
Among them are 10 Sports In
formation Directors responsible for
one or more individual sport.
The jobs of the SIDs vary, but
each works in conjunction with his
or her particular coaching staff to
keep statistics, set up interviews and
organize the sporting events themselves.
The entire office shares responsibilities for the largely publicized
football and basketball teams.
According to Troy Wagner, a
part-time student, life as an SID isn't
always easy.
"With school starting, things get
really hectic in the (Sports Information) office, especially with football,
soccer and volleyball going on," said
Wagner.
"The phone rings constantly, and
we all have to answer it. I find myself juggling my school and work
schedule," he said.
"Sometimes it's hard to remember whether I should be in the office
or in class, and sometimes, when I'm
in the middle of working on a press
release, I have to rush off to class,"
said Wagner.
Though Wagner said between
the sports he's responsible for, which
include swimming and men and
women's tennis and football, he's
usually in the office seven days a
week.
He still feels fortunate to have a
job such as he has.
"This j<^b is great, because it's
on campus, and even if I only have
an hour gap between classes, I can
work during that hour, because my
schedule is so flexible," he said. "If
it wasn't for this job. I'd have no
money. Plus, I get free food at the
games."
Full-time track, wrestling and
football SID Pete Clawson said
sports information and he are a perfect match.
"We give one side of a story and
present it in the best possible light—
we accentuate the positive. For me,
that's fine, because I'd rather deal
with the positive than the negative,"
said Clawson.
"The only thing about it is that
it's almost like we ignore a side of
life, but it's not like we ignore all the
bad things. We just don't dwell on
them. We just try to shine them up.
We're here to give the media the best
possible spin on a story," he said.
Clawson, who has been with the
department for just over a year said
his job increases his enthusiasm towards athletics and life in general.
One of the greatest perks about
being an SID, he said, is that he is
able to see an aspect of college athletics that many others aren't able to
see.
When asked what he thought
college athletics would be like, minus sports information departments.
Haglund envisioned a substantially
negative effect on attendance and fan
interest.
"I think the media would find it
a lot more difficult to gather and report news, and schools won't be as
well known. Athletics has always
been used as a vehicle to get a
school's name out," Haglund said.
As Fresno State has evolved into
the well-known athletic power it is
today, its sports information depart
ment was the major cog it needed to
boost interest and publicity.
The last few years, Fresno State
possessed a gem in star quarterback
Trent Dilfer. Haglund said the department had its hands full as it lobbied
Dilfer's cause to Heisman Trophy
voters.
When Dilfer was picked in the
NFL's '94 draft's first round by
Tampa Bay, Fresno State and its
sports information department's hard
work came to fruition.
Even without a Heisman candidate, Haglund said, there are as many,
if not more, demands to sell Bulldog
athletics.
Sports information has come a
long way as of a several years ago.
According to Haglund, computers
have made the job of an SID twice
as easy as it used to be.
"During the '70s, everything
was done on a typewriter," he said.
"The fax machine came six or seven
years ago in place of telecopiers,
which are relics now. Methods of
communication keep getting easier
due to technology."
Among the latest developments
in the sports information industry is
the "Faxback" system.
The system works as a normal
fax machine, except that it acts as a
storage facility in which any outside
party with the correct code can access whatever information it needs.
"On Mondays we used to have
to send out our weekly releases by
hand, and that wasn't really effective.
Now, we just put them on faxback,
and the media is able to access them,"
said Haglund.
'Dogs get kick out of weekend
Matt Soby/INSIGHT
Mark Foster (20), Goal Rush Classic MVP, overtakes a
defender for Seattle Pacific on Friday night
Matt Soby/INSIGHT
The Bulldogs celebrate after a goal.
Farfan leads Fresno State in Goal Rush Classic
Jabari Lawrence
INSIGHT
Newcomer Erik Farfan's go-
ahead goal at the 76:21 mark ignited
the Bulldogs to take a 3-1 win over
the Seattle Pacific Falcons in the final game of the four-game, four-team
Goal Rush Classic soccer tournament
Saturday night.
Fresno State boasted its dominance in the annual tournament
hosted by Fresno; the victory signified the team's sixth straight Goal
Rush Classic Championship. The
Bulldogs have taken the championship in nine of the last 13 years.
Fresno cruisfcd after Farfan's
goal but got an insurance goal a
minute later by defender Steve
Patterson.
The Bulldogs scored first on
Steve Foster's goal, assisted by Brian
Taylor, just after the three minute
mark. The Falcons' Nate Daligcon,
though, came right back to score a
quick goal which tied it at one.
The Bulldogs improved their
season record to 2-1-0, and maintained their No. 23 national ranking.
Fresno State travels to San Francisco
to face the Dons on Wednesday at 7
p.m.
After the game versus Seattle
Pacific, Foster was named tournament MVP for his two-goal tournament performance. Mid-fielders
Brian Johnson and Kyle Berger along
with Patterson were named to the all
tournament team.
The Bulldogs opened up with a
4-0 win over the Illinois State Red-
birds on Friday night. The match-up
featured two goals by Farfan, one
each from Taylor and Foster, and a
strong effort by backup goal keeper
Jason Berg.
Berg had to play in goal because
of a red card that starting goalie
David Kramer recieved in the previ
ous game versus the University of
San Diego.
Although Berg, a forward, is not
accustomed to the position, he was
prepared.
"I knew I was going to play in
goal [Friday night]. I practiced there
all week," said Berg.
The Redbirds actually helped
the Bulldogs with 27 fouls on the
night. Fresno State had them outshot
14-5 as well.
The preliminary game of the
tournament, between Seattle Pacific
and the Cal State Fullerton Titans,
ended in a crowd-pleasing 2-2 tie after two overtimes, causing game two
to get off to a late start.
In Saturday night's other game.
the Titans shut out Illinois State 3-0.
Fresno State finished 2-0 in the
tournament. The Titans finished second with a 1-0-1 record. Third place
went to the Falcons who finished 0-
1-1, and finally the Redbirds were
winless at 0-2.
Farfan, a Hoover High School
graduate, finished the tournament
strong, coming off the bench to score
three goals in the two games.
His game-winning goal against
the Redbirds tied him with Foster for
the team lead and winning goals on
the season with three. Karma gave up
only one goal in the tournament
Saturday night's victory was also
John Bluem's 40th win as Bulldog
head coach.
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