Athletic Media Relations

Transcription

1 Athletic Media Relations Mike Strauss, Director (435) Doug Hoffman, Assistant Director (435) Laurie Cannon, Assistant Director (435) Old Main Hill, Utah State University, Logan, UT Fax: (435) Upcoming Schedule This Week, Oct. 16-Oct. 22 Tues., Oct. 17 VOLLEYBALL VS. IDAHO STATE, 7 p.m. Thur., Oct. 19 VOLLEYBALL VS. UC IRVINE, 7 p.m. Women's Tennis at Utah Invitational Fri., Oct. 20 Women's Soccer at UC Santa Barbara, 8 p.m. Women's Tennis at Utah Invitational Sat., Oct. 21 FOOTBALL VS. IDAHO, 3:05 p.m. VOLLEYBALL VS. CSU FULLERTON, 7:30 p.m. Women's Tennis at Utah Invitational Sun., Oct. 22 Women's Soccer at Cal Poly, 2 p.m. Aggie Olympic Sport Update Women's Volleyball Contact: Doug Hoffman (435) Utah State (ranked 25th in the country in the latest AVCA/USA Today Coaches' Poll) will continue its six-match homestand with three matches this week. The Aggies will host Idaho State on Tuesday, Oct. 17 in non-conference action. On Thursday, Oct. 19 USU will host UC Irvine, and on Saturday, Oct. 21, the Aggies host Cal State Fullerton. The matches versus ISU and UCI will be at 7 p.m., while the CSF match will take place at 7:30 p.m. All-time, USU is versus Idaho State, versus UC Irvine, and versus CS Fullerton. The Aggies have already defeated the Anteaters and Titans this year on the road in five games each. Next Week, Oct. 23-Oct. 29 Mon., Oct. 23 VOLLEYBALL VS. IDAHO, 7 p.m. Golf at Boise State Tournament Tues., Oct. 24 Golf at Boise State Tournament Wed., Oct. 25 Thur., Oct. 26 Fri., Oct. 27 WOMEN'S SOCCER VS. PACIFIC, 4 p.m. Volleyball at UC Santa Barbara, 8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28 FOOTBALL VS. ARKANSAS ST., 3:05 p.m. Volleyball at Cal Poly, 8 p.m. Cross Country at Big West Championships, Santa Barbara, Calif., 10 a.m. Sun., Oct. 29 WOMEN'S SOCCER VS. LONG BEACH ST., noon All times mountain Home games in CAPS Utah State on the Web Athletic Media Relations Contacts Mike Strauss... (435) Football, Golf Doug Hoffman... (435) Volleyball, Basketball Laurie Cannon... (435) Soccer, Gymnastics, Softball Wade Denniston... (435) Women's Track Diane Stockdale... (435) Men's Track Mike De La O... (435) Tennis For the first time in the past 10 years the Utah State's women's volleyball team defeated the University of Utah in four games by scores of 8-15, 15-8, 15-12, The Aggies came out sluggish in the first game and hit a negative.029 in the opening game as Utah raced out to a 1-0 lead with a 15-8 win. USU slowly got going in the second game and eventually evened the match at one game apiece as the Aggies hit.200 to win the second game The rubber game of the match was a battle that Utah State eventually won outhitting the Utes.280 to.159, before putting Utah away in the fouth game with a win. Overall, USU hit.181 as a team and held Utah to a.139 hitting percentage. Senior Amy Crosbie had a match-high 19 kills to go along with eight digs and four block assists, while sophomore Rochelle Currier had a season-high 11 kills to go along with 13 digs and three block assists. Junior setter Chelsi Neves did an outstanding job of running the Aggie attack as she had 51 assists to complement seven timely kills, 11 digs and two block assists. Against Boise State, senior middle blocker Denae Mohlman tied a school record for block assists in a three-game match with 11 versus the Broncos as the Aggies posted a three-game win. Utah State raced out to an 8-1 lead in game one and extended that lead to 14-3 before winning the opening game 15-5 as USU held BSU to a.097 hitting percentage, which would be the best game of the match for Boise State offensively. Game two saw the Broncos open a 5-3 advantage over USU before the Aggies rattled off 12 straight points to take a commanding two games to none lead. In the third stanza, Utah State pounced on the Broncos for a quick 11-0 lead before allowing a point. The Aggies then closed the match with four straight points to mark the third straight time that the Aggies have defeated Boise State. Mohlman had a team-high 11 kills and a.556 hitting percentage, while Neves continued to show why she is regarded as one of the best setters in the Big West Conference with three kills, six digs and five blocks to go along with 38 assists. Currier had another solid match for the Aggies with eight kills, eight digs and four block assists, while Crosbie had a team-high nine digs. Utah State hit.259 as a team, while holding its second opponent of the season to a negative hitting percentage. USU also limited UC Santa Barbara to a negative percentage on Sept. 30.

2 Women's Soccer Contact: Laurie Cannon (435) Utah State's women's soccer team will continue conference play this week as it travels to California for a two-game road trip. USU will play UC Santa Barbara Fri., Oct. 20 at 8 p.m., and Cal Poly Sun., Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. UC Santa Barbara is this season (1-3 in conference), including a record at home. The Gauchos are coming off two conference losses over the weekend as they fell to both Idaho (3-1) and Boise State (1-2). All-time Utah State is 2-2 against UCSB. The teams have split the last two meetings as Utah State was victorious in 1998 (3-1), and the Gauchos came out on top in last season's meeting, winning 2-1. Cal Poly (7-6-1 overall, 2-2 in conference) split the past weekend's games shutting out Boise State (1-0) Friday, before falling to Idaho (1-0) in overtime Sunday afternoon. USU is 1-3 all-time against the Mustangs. The Aggies one victory came last season when senior Heather Cox scored the game-winning goal in overtime to put USU on top 4-3. Over the weekend the Aggies fell to 1-3 in conference play (3-9 overall) losing to Cal State Fullerton (3-0) Friday and UC Irvine (2-1) Sunday. Senior Jayme Gordy (Cheyenne, Wyo.) scored USU's only goal of the weekend, turning in her third goal of the season against the Anteaters. Fellow senior Michaela Hawes (St. George, Utah) turned in a season-high ten saves against UCI.

3 2000 Utah State Soccer Statistics SCORING CAREER No./Name M-MS Shots Goals Assists Points GWG M-MS Goals Assists Points 2 Megan Edge Heather Cox Katie Seaman Ashley Cracroft Marnie Bartelson Brittany Baugh Katie Lien Carrie Niederhauser Catherine Jones Ally Clegg Jayme Gordy Sara Buie Karoline Johnson Brigid Turner Michelle Eversman Kennon Roeber Marci Broadbent Lyndy Goodsell Jessica Ebner Michelle Murri Amber Tracy Team Totals GOALKEEPERS CAREER Name M-MS Min. SA SOG Saves GA GAA SHO M-MS Min. Saves GA SHO GAA 00 Michaela Hawes Tracy Brady Team Totals MISCELLANEOUS Cautions Ejections Fouls Corner Kicks PKM-PKA Own Goals Utah State Opponents SCORE BY HALVES 1st 2nd OT Total Utah State Opponents Team Results Date Opponent Result Score Attendance USU Goals (Assists) Aug. 19 UTAH (exhib.) L Clegg (Tracy) Aug. 26 DIXIE (exhib.) W Gordy (Clegg), Turner, Edge (Turner) Aug. 31 UNLV L Sep. 4 IOWA L Gordy (unassisted) Sep. 8 at Kentucky L Buie (Tracy) Sep. 10 at Indiana L Sep. 17 NEVADA W Gordy, Clegg (Jones), Ebner (Clegg), Clegg Sep. 21 at Texas-El Paso L Turner (Cracroft) Sep. 23 vs. Youngstown State W Bartelson (Cracroft), Roeber, Turner, Bartelson (Clegg), Bartelson (Clegg), Cracroft (Bartelson), Tracy (Clegg) Sep. 28 at Idaho* W Seaman (unassisted) Sep. 30 at Eastern Washington L Oct. 3 WEBER STATE L Oct. 13 CSU FULLERTON* L Bartelson (unassisted) Oct. 15 UC IRVINE* L Gordy (Seaman) Oct. 20 at UC Santa Barbara* Oct. 22 at Cal Poly* Oct. 27 PACIFIC* Oct. 29 LONG BEACH STATE* Nov. 4 at Boise State

4 Tennis Contact: Mike De La O (435) Utah State's women's tennis team will be in action this weekend as it heads to Salt Lake City, Utah to compete in the Utah Invitational Thur.-Sat., Oct The men's team will not play again until Jan. 19, 2001 when in opens up dual match play on the road against Utah UTAH STATE WOMEN S TENNIS RESULTS SINGLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tracy Bertagna 1-3 Jackie Ellis 0-4 Richelle Ferguson 1-1 Johanna Johnson 0-4 Sarah Lowe 1-1 Jocee Mason 1-4 Amelia Martinez 0-3 Whitney Scott 1-1 Amy Thatcher 0-2 Holly Anderson DOUBLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 Mason/Thatcher 1-0 Lowe/Ferguson 0-2 Ellis/Martinez 0-2 Johnson/Bertagna UTAH STATE MEN S TENNIS RESULTS SINGLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Dan Baird 1-3 Ryan Burbidge 1-2 Tim Burrell 2-3 Tad Hinze 2-2 Andy Madersbacher 4-2 Jonah Nelson 4-3 Ben Searl 0-3 Clayton Thomas 1-3 DOUBLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 Madersbacher/Nelson 1-0 Madersbacher/Thomas 1-1 Searle/Hinze 0-2 Burbridge/Baird 0-2 Burrell/Nelson 0-2

5 Cross Country Contact: Wade Denniston (435) The Utah State men's and women's harriers will have a couple of weeks off as each team prepares for the Big West Conference Championships on October 28, in Santa Barbara, Calif. The Aggies are coming off their only home meet of the year this past Friday at the Logan Golf and Country Club. The men's team took first place behind the running of junior Mitch Zundel (Willard), who finished No. 1 at 26: Zundel was one of five Utah State runners to finish in the top-10. The USU women's team took second place behind the running of seniors Rebekah Thornley (Logan) and Beka Leffler (Highland), who took first and second, respectively. Thornley came in at 18:51.41, while Leffler was close behind at 18: UTAH STATE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Idaho State Invitational Sept. 2, 2000 (2 miles, 53 runners) 1. Weber State UTAH STATE Idaho State UVSC Utah Rebekah Thornley, USU 12: Beka Leffler 12: Shae Messersmith 12: Christi Howell 12: Sharee Hatch 13: Carol Cabanillas 13: Amber Crews 16:49.9 Montana State Invitational Sept. 16, miles, 63 runners UTAH STATE 15, UTAH STATE 25, Montana State 30 UTAH STATE 22, Idaho State Rebekah Thornley 17: Beka Thornley 17: ChristiHowell 18: Shae Messersmith 18: Sharee Hatch 18: Carol Cabanillas 18: Alycia Boyer 18: Whitney Christiansen 49: Amber Tubb 19: Tara Dunn 19: Jenni Bean 20:07.10 Pier Park Invitational Sept. 23, m, 66 runners 1. UTAH STATE Auburn Southern Utah Boise State Portland Rebekah Thornley 18: Beka Leffler 18: Christi Howell 18: Shae Messersmith 19: Sharee Hatch 19: Kristen Coombs 19: Alycia Boyer 19: Carol Cabanillas 19: Whitney Christiansen 20:20.0 Stanford Invitational Sept. 30, miles, 168 runners 1. Stanford Washinton Kansas State Wisconsin Arkansas UCLA UC Irvine Cal Poly UTAH STATE UC Davis Belmont Edinboro UC Santa Barbara Southern Utah San Diego State Sacramento State Long Beach State New Mexico State Nevada Fresno State CS Fullerton Beka Leffler 18: Rebekah Thornley 18: Christi Howell 19: Carol Cabanillas 19: Kristen Coombs 19: Shae Messersmith 19: Sharee Hatch 19: Alycia Boyer 19:45 Utah State Invite Oct. 13, ,000 meters, 57 runners 1. Idaho State UTAH STATE Brigham Young Nevada Rebekah Thornley 18: Beka Leffler 18: Christy Howell 19: Sharee Hatch 19: Shae Messersmith 20: Amber Tubb 20: Carol Cabinallas 20: Whitney Christiansen 21:27.33

6 2000 UTAH STATE MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Idaho State Invitational Sept, 2, miles, 59 runners 1. Weber State Utah Idaho State UTAH STATE UVSC Taren Jameson, Utah 19: Brick Bergeson 20: Demetrio Canillas 20: Jason Jones 20: Jesse Hodges 20: Nick Russell 21: David Kunnas 21: Travis Dean 21:38.9 Montana State Invitational Sept. 16, miles, 57 runners UTAH STATE 23, Montana State 34 UTAH STATE 24, Idaho State 32 UTAH STATE 15, University of Montana Lyle Weese, Montant State 25: Mitch Zundel 25: Jason Jones 25: Jesse Hodges 26: Brick Bergeson 26: Steve Prescott 26: Nick Russell 27: David Kunnas 27: Travis Dean 27: Ryan Achatz 29:01.26 Pier Park Invitational Sept. 23, meters, 65 runners 1. Portland UTAH STATE Southern Utah Auburn Boise State Mitch Zundel 23: Jason Jones 24: Dematrio Cabanillas 24: Jesse Hodges 24: Brick Bergeson Steve Prescott 24: Nick Russell 25: Travis Dean 25: David Kunnas 25:59.0 Stanford Invitational Sept. 30, miles, 139 runners 1. Stanford UC Santa Barbara UCLA Cal Poly UTAH STATE UC Davis Cal Baptist Southern Utah Cal State Chico UC Irvine Edinboro Kansas State Humboldt State Fresno State Long Beach State CS Fullerton Sacramento State UC Riverside Jason Jones 25: Mitch Zundel 26: Demetrio Cabanillas 26: Jesse Hodges 26: Steve Prescott 26: Brick Bergeson 26: Nick Russell 27: Dean Travis 28:07 Utah State Invite Oct. 13, ,000 meters, 75 runners 1. UTAH STATE Brigham Young Idaho State Utah Mitch Zundel 26: Brick Bergeson 27: Jesse Hodges 27: Demetrio Cabanillas 27: Steve Prescott 27: Jason Jones 27: Nick Russell 27: Travis Dean 29: David Kunnas 30: Ryan Achatz 31:01.30