WEEKLY AGGIE UPDATE - NOVEMBER 12, 2012

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1 7400 Old Main Hill Logan, UT Fax: (435) Website: Athletic Media Relations WEEKLY AGGIE UPDATE - NOVEMBER 12, 2012 FOOLL... Contact: Doug Hoffman (435) Sat., Nov at #19 Louisiana Tech, 2 p.m. MT (ESPN3) Utah State football (8-2, 4-0) continues WAC play this week at 19thranked Louisiana Tech (9-1, 4-0) on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. (MT). The game will be available to watch live via the internet on ESPN3. USU is 3-6 all-time against the Bulldogs including a 1-3 road record. Last Competition W, TEXAS STATE Behind a season-high 593 yards of total offense, Utah State won its eighth game in a season for the first time since 1974 as it blasted the Bobcats of Texas State, 38-7, Saturday. Sophomore quarterback Chuckie Keeton accounted for all five of USU s scores as he was 20- of-27 passing for 316 yards and four touchdowns, throwing scoring strikes to junior wide receiver Travis Reynolds, senior tight end Kellen Bartlett, freshman wide receiver Bruce Natson and senior wide receiver Matt Austin all in the first half. Keeton also had 10 rushes for 48 yards and another touchdown. Senior running back Kerwynn Williams rushed for 120 yards on 19 carries and went over 1,000 yards for the season, becoming the 11th player in USU history to reach the milestone, for the 16th time. Williams also went over the 2,000 yard rushing milestone for his career and now ranks ninth all-time at USU with 2,008 yards. Austin finished the game with four receptions for 124 yards, a new career high, with one touchdown. Senior safety McKade Brady led the USU defense with seven tackles, while junior linebacker Jake Doughty and redshirt-freshman defensive lineman Jordan Nielsen had six stops apiece. Senior cornerback Will Davis also intercepted a pass in his third-straight game. The Aggie defense limited Texas State to 158 yards of total offense (82-rushing, 76-passing), which is a season-low and the fewest yards allowed since the 2008 season. Furthermore, the 76 passing yards by the Bobcats are the fewest by an Aggie opponent since For USU, its 593 yards of total offense (325-passing, 268-rushing) rank as the 12th-most in school history as it also had a season-high 268 yards rushing. Doug Hoffman, Director (435) Zach Fisher, Associate Director (435) Kara Fisher, Assistant Director (435) MEN S BASKELL... Contact: Zach Fisher (435) Thur., Nov SAINT MARY S, 7 p.m. (KMYU) Sat., Nov TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI, 7 p.m. Utah State men s basketball (1-0) will play a pair of home games this week as it hosts Saint Mary s (1-0) on Thursday, Nov. 15 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-0) on Saturday, Nov. 17 with both games beginning at 7 p.m. The game against SMC will be televised regionally on KMYU (Comcast Ch. 22, Dish Network Ch. 12, DirecTV Ch. 12, Over-the-Air 2.2). USU is 5-3 all-time against the Gaels including a 2-1 record at home, and 0-1 all-time against the Islanders. W, IDAHO STATE Junior guard Preston Medlin scored a team-high 14 points and junior college transfer Spencer Butterfield added nine second-half points to help Utah State claw out a home win against Idaho State Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. With the win, Utah State improves to 14-1 in its first game of the year under head coach Stew Morrill, including an 8-0 record at home. Overall, USU has now won 18 of its last 19 season openers dating back to the campaign. USU also improved to under Morrill when allowing less than 60 points in a game. Medlin finished the night shooting 5-of-7 from the field, 2-of-3 from three-point range and 2-for-2 at the free throw, while Butterfield was 3-of-5 from the field, including 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Junior center Jarred Shaw added eight points and game-high nine rebounds for Utah State, while senior forward Kyisean Reed had seven points and five rebounds. Utah State finished the game shooting 46.8 percent from the field (22-47), 42.9 percent from three-point range (6-14) and 60.0 percent at the free throw line (6-10). Idaho State shot 39.6 percent overall (19-48), including just 27.3 percent from behind the arc (6-22) and 57.1 percent at the line (4-7). USU also dominated the glass and out-rebounded ISU by 13 (36-13), while recording four more assists (15-11) and two more blocked shots (5-3). Idaho State did finish the game with three more steals (10-7) and five fewer turnovers (17-12). CROSS COUNTRY... Contact: Travis Hansen (435) W: 10/20; M: 14/ at NCAA Regional, Fort Collins, Colo. Utah State s cross country teams concluded its 2012 seasons at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships this past weekend in Fort Collins, Colo. The USU women ended the day in 10th-place with 326 points, while the men tallied 315 points to finish 14th. Senior Alex Litzsinger led all Aggie harriers as she finished in 19th-place with a time of 21:08.4 in the women s six-kilometer race. Freshman Tylee Newman crossed the finish line in 64th-place (22:13.4), joining Litzsinger as the two top-75 finishers for the Utah State women. On the men s side, junior Kyle McKenna was the first to cross the finish line for the USU men in the 10-kilometer race, as he placed 26th with a time of 30:53.1, followed by sophomore Eric Shellhorn (44th, 31:31.3) and senior Aaron Clements (74th, 32:32.6). Other finishers for the Aggie women were seniors Ruth Hilton (78th, 22:35.8) and Stephanie Burt (80th, 22:37.7), freshmen Jacqueline Winterton (85th, 22:45.3) and Kelsey Girardelli (98th, 23:10.2), as well as junior Hannah Williams (99th, 23:10.4). Rounding out the runners for the Utah State men was sophomore Jacob Barton (80th, 32:38.0), freshmen Chris Martinez (91st, 33:06.0) and Kade Jensen (97th, 33:23.2), and junior Jason Coupe (110th, 34:19.3). VOLLEYBALL... Contact: Zach Fisher (435) Wed., Nov TEXAS STATE, 7 p.m. Utah State volleyball (19-8, 14-3) concludes WAC play this week with a home match against Texas State (14-14, 9-8) on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. (MT). USU is 3-1 all-time against the Bobcats. L, at San Jose State Utah State lost its only match of the week at San Jose State last weekend in three sets. Senior opposite side hitter Shay Sorensen had 12 kills, seven digs and two blocks in the match, and senior outside hitter Josselyn White added seven kills, 12 digs and three blocks. USU finished the match hitting.146 ( ) and SJSU hit.216 ( ).

2 SOCCER... Contact: Kara Fisher (435) NCAA Tournament, Provo, Utah L, #2 BYU Utah State (13-3-6, 6-0-2) concluded its 2012 season with a 2-1 loss at No. 2 BYU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Provo. Junior defender Jackie Tillotson scored USU s lone goal in the 46th minute to cut BYU s lead in half. WOMEN S BASKELL... Contact: Kara Fisher (435) Mon., Nov at Utah Valley, 7 p.m. Thur., Nov at UC Riverside, 5 p.m. Sat., Nov at Loyola Marymount, 3 p.m. Utah State women s basketball (0-0) will officially begin the season at Utah Valley (0-1) on Monday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. USU will then play at UC Riverside (0-1) on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. (MT), and at Loyola Marymount (0-1) on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. (MT). USU is 5-3 all-time against the Wolverines, 3-2 all-time against the Highlanders and 1-0 all-time against the Lions. Last Competition W, NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS (Ex.) Senior guard Devyn Christensen led all scorers with 32 points, while junior guard Jennifer Schlott added 13 points in leading Utah State to an home exhibition win against New Mexico Highlands last weekend. Senior guard Jenna Johnson ended the game with six points and six rebounds to lead USU on the boards. Christensen also added a team-high seven steals as the Aggies ended with 27. For the game, USU was 28-of-75 (.373) from the field, hitting 9-of-32 (.281) behind the three-point arc. The Aggies were also 16-of-22 (.727) at the free throw line. New Mexico Highlands was 41.8 percent (21-30) field goal shooting, making 5-of-12 (.417) from three-point range, and the Cowgirls were 21-of-30 (.700) at the charity stripe.

3 Utah State Schedules/Results for November-December Schedules are subject to change LAST WEEK Friday, November 9 Cross Country at NCAA Regional, Fort Collins, Colo. W: 10/20; M: 14/18 Saturday, November 10 Soccer at #2 BYU, NCAA Tournament L 1-2 MEN S BASKELL VS. IDAHO STATE W Volleyball at San Jose State* L 0-3 Friday, December 21 Men s Basketball - Nicholls State vs. Southern Illinois MEN S BASKELL VS. UC DAVIS Saturday, December 22 Men s Basketball - UC Davis vs. Nicholls State MEN S BASKELL VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS WEEK Monday, November 12 Women s Basketball at Utah Valley Saturday, December 29 Men s Basketball at UTSA* WOMEN S BASKELL VS. UTSA* Wednesday, November 14 VOLLEYBALL VS. TEXAS STATE* Thursday, November 15 Women s Basketball at UC Riverside MEN S BASKELL VS. SAINT MARY S Saturday, November 17 Football at Louisiana Tech* Women s Basketball at Loyola Marymount MEN S BASKELL VS. TEXAS A&M-Corpus Christi 5 pm 2 pm 3 pm Monday, December 31 Men s Basketball at Texas State* WOMEN S BASKELL VS. TEXAS STATE* Thursday, January 3 MEN S BASKELL VS. SEATTLE* Women s Basketball at Seattle* Saturday, January 5 MEN S BASKELL VS. IDAHO* Women s Basketball at Idaho* 3 pm Monday, November 19 Tuesday, November 20 Women s Basketball vs. Prairie View A&M, Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday, November 21 Women s Basketball vs., Anchorage, Alaska Friday, January 11 Gymnastics at BYU MEN S BASKELL VS. SAN JOSE STATE* Saturday, January 12 Men s Tennis at BYU Women s Basketball at San Jose State* Wednesday, January 16 Women s Tennis at Idaho State Saturday, November 24 FOOLL VS. IDAHO* MEN S BASKELL VS. WEBER STATE Tuesday, November 27 Women s Basketball at Utah Wednesday, November 28 Men s Basketball at Santa Clara Saturday, December 1 WOMEN S BASKELL VS. MONTANA STATE Tuesday, December 4 Women s Basketball at BYU Wednesday, December 5 Men s Basketball at BYU Saturday, December 8 Women s Basketball at Nortre Dame MEN S BASKELL VS. WESTERN OREGON 2 pm 10 am Thursday, January 17 Men s Tennis at Idaho State Men s Basketball at New Mexico State* WOMEN S BASKELL VS. NEW MEXICO STATE* Friday, January 18 Indoor Track & Field at New Mexico Invitational Gymnastics at Boise State Saturday, January 19 Indoor Track & Field at New Mexico Invitational Men s Basketball at Denver* WOMEN S BASKELL VS. DENVER* Thursday, January 24 Women s Basketball at UT Arlington* MEN S BASKELL VS. UT ARLINGTON* Friday, January 25 Indoor Track & Field at Boise State Invitational Men s Tennis at UNLV GYMNASTICS VS. SOUTHERN UTAH 4 pm Saturday, December 15 Men s Basketball at Utah Valley Tuesday, December 18 WOMEN S BASKELL VS. UC IRVINE Thursday, December 20 WOMEN S BASKELL VS. SOUTH DAKOTA Men s Basketball - UC Davis vs. Southern Illinois MEN S BASKELL VS. NICHOLLS STATE Saturday, January 26 Indoor Track & Field at Boise State Invitational Men s Tennis vs. Northern Arizona, Las Vegas, Nev. Women s Tennis at BYU Women s Basketball at Louisiana Tech* MEN S BASKELL VS. LOUISIANA TECH* Thursday, January 31 WOMEN S BASKELL VS. IDAHO* Men s Basketball at Idaho*

4 Utah State Schedule/Results ALL TIMES ARE MOUNTAIN. Dates and times are subject to change. FOOLL (8-2, 4-0 WAC) A 30 SOUTHERN UTAH W 34-3 S 7 UTAH W OT S 15 at #22 Wisconsin L S 22 at Colorado State W S 29 UNLV W O 5 at BYU L 3-6 O 13 at San Jose State* W O 20 NEW MEXICO STATE* W 41-7 O 27 at UTSA* W N 3 TEXAS STATE* W 38-7 N 17 at Louisiana Tech* 2 pm N 24 IDAHO* WOMEN S SOCCER (13-3-6, WAC) A 11 SOUTHERN UTAH (Ex.) W 1-0 A 17 vs. Utah, SLC W 1-0 (OT) A 19 UTEP W 2-1 A 24 at Creighton T 1-1 (2OT) A 26 at Nebraska-Omaha W 3-1 A 31 NORTHERN COLORADO L 0-1 S 2 at Utah Valley W 2-1 OT S 7 a Eastern Washington W 1-0 S 9 at Portland State T 0-0 (OT) S 13 #23 WASHINGTON T 1-1 (2OT) S 20 #12 BRIGHAM YOUNG L 0-1 S 23 WYOMING T 1-1 (2OT) S 28 at New Mexico State* T 0-0 (2OT) S 30 at Denver* T 0-0 (2OT) O 5 UTSA* W 3-0 O 7 TEXAS STATE* W 4-0 O 12 at Seattle* W 2-1 OT O 14 at Idaho* W 3-1 O 19 SAN JOSE STATE* W 1-0 O 28 LOUISIANA TECH* W 4-0 O 31-N 4 WAC TOURNAMENT N 2 vs. SEATTLE W 2-1 N 4 vs. #19 DENVER W 1-0 N 10 at NCAA TOURNAMENT at #2 BYU L 1-2 CROSS COUNTRY S 1 AGGIE INVITATIONAL W: 3/4; M: 4/4 S 15 at Montana State Open W: 3/10; M: 4/9 S 29 at Minnesota Invite W: 11/17; M: 11/15 O 13 at Pre-Nationals W: 4/26; M: 30/40 Louisville, Ky. O 27 at WAC Championships W: 3/8; M: 2/9 N 9 at NCAA Regionals W: 10/20; M: 14/18 Fort Collins, Colo. MEN S GOLF S 3-4 at Weber State Invitational T3/8 Victor, Idaho S 9-10 at Air Force Invitational 8/16 S at Boise State Invitational T7/13 O at UMKC Invitational T12/14 O at CS Northridge Invitational T10/20 F at Southern Utah Invitational F at CS Fullerton Invitational M at Cal Poly Intercollegiate A 8-9 at Wyoming Classic Scottsdale, Ariz. A at BYU Cougar Classic A 29-1 at WAC Championships Henderson, Nev. VOLLEYBALL (19-8, 14-3 WAC) A UTAH STATE INVITATIONAL A 24 PORTLAND W 3-0 A 24 UTAH L 2-3 A 25 SOUTHERN UTAH W 3-1 A 25 WEBER STATE W 3-0 A 31-1 at San Diego State Invitational A 31 vs. Montana W 3-2 S 1 vs. Sacred Heart W 3-1 S 1 at San Diego State L 1-3 S 7-8 at Kansas State Invitational S 7 vs. Saint Mary s L 0-3 S 8 at #22 Kansas State L 0-3 S 13 at UTSA* W 3-1 S 15 at Texas State* W 3-0 S 20 SEATTLE* W 3-2 S 22 IDAHO* L 0-3 S 27 at Louisiana Tech* W 3-1 S 29 at UT Arlington* W 3-0 O 4 NEW MEXICO STATE* W 3-0 O 6 DENVER* W 3-2 O 9 UTAH VALLEY L 2-3 O 13 SAN JOSE STATE* W 3-0 O 15 UTSA* L 0-3 O 18 at Idaho* W 3-2 O 20 at Seattle* W 3-0 O 25 UT ARLINGTON* W 3-0 O 27 LOUISIANA TECH* W 3-0 N 1 at Denver* W 3-2 N 3 at New Mexico State* W 3-1 N 10 at San Jose State* L 0-3 N 14 TEXAS STATE* N at WAC Tourn., San Antonio, Texas WOMEN S BASKELL (0-0, 0-0 WAC) N 2 NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS (Ex.) W N 12 at Utah Valley N 15 at UC Riverside 5 pm N 17 at Loyola Marymount 3 pm N at Great Alaska Shootout N 20 vs. N 21 vs. N 27 at Utah D 1 MONTANA STATE 2 pm D 4 at Brigham Young D 8 at Notre Dame 10 am D 18 UC IRVINE D 20 SOUTH DAKOTA D 29 UTSA* D 31 TEXAS STATE* J 3 at Seattle* J 5 at Idaho* J 12 at San Jose State* J 17 NEW MEXICO STATE J 19 DENVER* J 24 at UT Arlington* J 26 at Louisiana Tech* J 31 IDAHO* F 2 SEATTLE* F 9 SAN JOSE STATE* F 14 at Denver* F 16 at New Mexico State* F 28 LOUISIANA TECH* M 2 UT ARLINGTON* M 7 at Texas State* M 9 at UTSA* M at WAC Tournament, Las Vegas MEN S BASKELL (1-0, 0-0 WAC) O 26 GRAND CANYON (Ex.) W N 3 SIMON FRASER (Ex.) W N 10 IDAHO STATE W N 15 SAINT MARY S N 17 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI N 24 WEBER STATE N 28 at Santa Clara D 5 at Brigham Young D 8 WESTERN OREGON D 15 at Utah Valley D WORLD VISION CHALLENGE D 20 NICHOLLS STATE D 21 UC DAVIS D 22 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS D 29 at UTSA* D 31 at Texas State* 3 pm J 3 SEATTLE* J 5 IDAHO* J 11 SAN JOSE STATE* J 17 at New Mexico State* J 19 at Denver* 4 pm J 24 UT ARLINGTON* J 26 LOUISIANA TECH* J 31 at Idaho* F 2 at Seattle* F 9 at San Jose State* F 14 DENVER* F 16 NEW MEXICO STATE* F22/23 ESPNU BRACKETBUSTER F 28 at Louisiana Tech* M 2 at UT Arlington* M 7 TEXAS STATE* M 9 UTSA* M at WAC Tournament, Las Vegas GYMNASTICS (0-0, 0-0 WAC) J 11 at Brigham Young J 18 at Boise State J 25 SOUTHERN UTAH F 1 at Southern Utah* F 8 AIR FORCE F 15 at San Jose State*/vs. Brown F 23 at Denver* M 1 at Sacramento State* M 4 BRIGHAM YOUNG M 15 BOISE STATE M 23 at WAC Championships Cedar City, Utah A 6 at NCAA Regional

5 Utah State Schedule/Results ALL TIMES ARE MOUNTAIN. Dates and times are subject to change. MEN S TENNIS (0-0, 0-0 WAC) S at Weber State Open NTS S 29 at ITA Championship, Tulsa NTS O at Utah Open NTS O at ITA Regionals, Las Vegas NTS J 12 at BYU J 17 at Idaho State J 25 at UNLV J 26 vs. Northern Arizona Las Vegas, Nev. F 6 WEBER STATE F 16 IDAHO* 10 am F 22 at Montana State F 23 vs. MSU-Billings Bozeman, Mont. M 6 IDAHO STATE M 23 LAMAR 11 am M 27 vs. UC Santa Barbara Boise, Idaho M 28 at Boise State A 2 at Weber State 11 am A 5 at UTSA* A 11 SEATTLE* A 12 UT ARLINGTON* A 13 NEW MEXICO STATE* 10 am A 18 at Air Force A 19 at Denver* A at WAC Tournament Denver, Colo. WOMEN S TENNIS (0-0, 0-0 WAC) S at Brigham Young Open NTS S at Boise State Open NTS O at ITA Regionals, Las Vegas NTS J 16 at Idaho State J 26 at BYU F 8 PORTLAND STATE F 13 BOISE STATE F 20 WEBER STATE M 1 at Arizona State 1:30 pm M 2 at Arizona 10 am M 8 at UNLV 10 am M 9 vs. UC Riverside 10 am Las Vegas, Nev. M 23 at UT Arlington* 2 pm M 29 at Louisiana Tech* M 30 vs. UTSA* A 4 SEATTLE* A 5 SAN JOSE STATE* A 6 TEXAS STATE* A 9 at Weber State 11 am A 11 at UTEP A 12 vs. Denver* 2 pm A 13 at New Mexico State* 10 am A 16 IDAHO STATE A 20 IDAHO* 10 am A at WAC Tournament Denver, Colo. SOFLL (0-0, 0-0 WAC) F 8-10 at Southern Utah Tournament F at Arizona Tournament F at Texas Tournament M 1-3 at San Diego Classic M 13 at Weber State (DH) 2 pm M at Boise State Tournament M 20 UTAH 4 pm M 22 at San Jose State* M 23 at San Jose State* (DH) M 29 NEW MEXICO STATE* (DH) 2 pm M 30 NEW MEXICO STATE* A 3 at Idaho State 4 pm A 5 UTSA* (DH) 2 pm A 6 UTSA* A 9 at Utah Valley 4 pm A 10 BYU 4 pm A 12 at Seattle* A 13 at Seattle* (DH) A 16 UTAH VALLEY 4 pm A 17 SOUTHERN UTAH 4 pm A 19 LOUISIANA TECH* (DH) 2 pm A 20 LOUISIANA TECH* A 24 IDAHO STATE 4 pm A 26 at UT Arlington* A 27 at UT Arlington * (DH) M 3 TEXAS STATE* (DH) 2 pm M 4 TEXAS STATE* M 8-11 at WAC Tournament INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD J at New Mexico Invite J at Boise State Invite F 8 at New Mexico Elite F 9 at Boise State Invite F 9 at Seattle Invite F at WAC Championships Albuquerque, N.M. M 2 Last Chance Meet, M 8-9 at NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD USU ATHLETE OF THE WEEK A 27 Josselyn White, Volleyball S 3 Chuckie Keeton, Football S 10 Chuckie Keeton, Football S 17 Tanner Higham, Golf S 24 Kerwynn Williams, Football O 1 Josselyn White, Volleyball O 8 Jennifer Flynn, Soccer O 15 Kyler Fackrell, Football O 22 Chuckie Keeton, Football O 29 Jade Tarver, Soccer N 5 Natalie Norris, Soccer