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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. 30-Nov. 5 Mon., Oct. 30 Golf at San Diego State Tournament Tues., Oct. 31 Golf at San Diego State Tournament Thu., Nov. 2 VOLLEYBALL VS. PACIFIC, 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 3 Sat., Nov. 4 Football at New Mexico State, 6 p.m. BASKETBALL VS. GLOBAL SPORTS (Exh.), 3:05 p.m. VOLLEYBALL VS. LONG BEACH ST., 7 p.m. Women's Soccer at Boise State, 1 p.m. Sun., Nov. 5 Next Week, Nov. 6-Nov. 12 Thu., Nov. 9 Volleyball at Idaho State, 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 10 BASKETBALL VS. SO. CALIFORNIA ALL-STARS (Exh.), 7:05 p.m. Sat., Nov. 11 Football at Boise State, 1:05 p.m. Cross Country at NCAA Regionals, Ogden, Utah Volleyball at Boise State, 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 5 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 Aggie Olympic Sport Update Women's Volleyball Contact: Doug Hoffman (435) Utah State (ranked 19th in the country in the latest AVCA/USA Today Coaches' Poll) will play its final two home matches of the season this weekend versus No. 12 Pacific and No. 18 Long Beach State on Nov. 2 and 4 at 7 p.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The Aggies will be looking to go undefeated at home as USU is currently 9-0 on the season at the Spectrum. Only two other teams have ever gone undefeated at home, as the 1978 team went 11-0, and the '79 team went Pacific is currently 18-3 overall and in first-place in the Big West with a 10-1 league mark. The Tigers lone league loss of the year was at UC Santa Barbara in four games. UOP has won 10 matches in a row and leads the all-time series with USU 21-4 including a three-game win earlier this year in Stockton. The last time USU defeated Pacific was in Long Beach State is 15-7 on the year and 6-5 in league play. LBSU defeated USU earlier this year in Long Beach in three games. The last time Utah State defeated Long Beach State was in 1982 and trail in the alltime series The Aggies have lost its last 17 matches in a row to both the Tigers and 49ers. Utah State went 2-1 last week with victories over Idaho (15-11, 15-8, 15-5) and Cal Poly (16-18, 15-10, 15-10, 15-5), and a three-game loss at No. 14 UC Santa Barbara by scores of 8-15, 4-15, Against the Vandals, seniors Amy Crosbie, and Denae Mohlman had 12 kills apiece, while fellow senior Melissa Schoepf added 10 as USU hit.270 as a team. At Santa Barbara, USU hit just.171 as a team, while the Gauchos hit.319. Junior Michelle Matheson led the Aggies with 11 kills and four blocks, while sophomore Rochelle Currier had 10 kills and six digs. Versus Cal Poly, Crosbie had a team-high 25 kills, while junior Chelsi Neves had a career-high 24 digs as Utah State recorded its first ever win at Cal Poly. In all, five Aggies had 10 or more kills and 10 plus digs in the match, with four of those players recording double-doubles. The Aggies hit.256 in the contest, while the Mustangs hit.204.

2 Women's Soccer Contact: Laurie Cannon (435) This week Utah State's women's soccer team concludes the 2000 season on the road as it travels to Boise, Idaho to take on Boise State Saturday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. Boise State is currently on the season and in conference action. Over the weekend the Broncos tied Long Beach State 0-0 and were shutout by Idaho 2-0. BSU is led by Brittany Zoellner who leads the team in goals (9) and points (19). All-time USU is 2-0 against the Broncos. The Aggies split the past weekends action defeating Pacific 2-1 in double overtime Friday, and then falling to Long Beach State 2-1 also in double overtime Sunday afternoon. Against Pacific junior Carrie Niederhauser scored for the first time this season and sophomore Jessica Ebner turned in the game-winning goal to deliver the Aggies a victory. Senior Jayme Gordy scored the Aggies lone goal in its loss to Long Beach State. Fellow senior Ashley Cracroft was credited with two assists over the weekend, earning one in each game.

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 Utah State Opponents SCORE BY HALVES 1st 2nd OT 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), (Clegg) Sep. 28 at Idaho* W Cracroft (Bartelson), Tracy Seaman (unassisted) Sep. 30 at Eastern Washington L Oct. 3 WEBER STATE L Bartelson (unassisted) Oct. 13 CSU FULLERTON* L Oct. 15 UC IRVINE* L Gordy (Seaman) Oct. 20 at UC Santa Barbara* L Oct. 22 at Cal Poly* L Oct. 27 PACIFIC* W 2-1 (2OT) 143 Niederhauser (Cracroft), Ebner (unassisted) Oct. 29 LONG BEACH STATE* L 2-1 (2OT) 167 Gordy (Cracroft) Nov. 4 at Boise State

4 Tennis Contact: Mike De La O (435) Utah State's women's tennis team will be in action Nov. 2-5 when it travels to to participate in the Central Region Rolex Tournament. Sarah Lowe and Jocee Mason lead the team in individual wins with four each. Senior Andy Madersbacher led the Aggies to the fourth round of the Region Rolex 7 Tournament held in Las Vegas, Nev. this past weekend. Madersbacher was the only Aggie to advance in the field that included 16 universities. Freshman Jonah Nelson won a consolation match, as did Tad Hinze. The men have no more scheduled matches this fall UTAH STATE WOMEN S TENNIS RESULTS SINGLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tracy Bertagna 1-3 Jackie Ellis 0-6 Richelle Ferguson 2-2 Johanna Johnson 2-6 Sarah Lowe 4-2 Jocee Mason 4-6 Amelia Martinez 1-5 Whitney Scott 2-3 Amy Thatcher 0-2 Holly Anderson 0-2 DOUBLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 Mason/Thatcher 1-0 Lowe/Ferguson 3-3 Ellis/Martinez 0-3 Johnson/Bertagna 0-2 Scott/Anderson 0-1 Johnson/Mason UTAH STATE MEN S TENNIS RESULTS SINGLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Dan Baird 1-4 Ryan Burbidge 1-2 Tim Burrell 2-5 Tad Hinze 3-2 Andy Madersbacher 7-3 Jonah Nelson 5-4 Ben Searl 0-5 Clayton Thomas 1-5 DOUBLES All Fall Spg. #1 #2 #3 Madersbacher/Nelson 1-0 Madersbacher/Thomas 1-2 Searle/Hinze 0-2 Burbridge/Baird 0-2 Burrell/Nelson 0-3 Searle/Baird 0-1

5 Cross Country Contact: Wade Denniston (435) The Utah State men s cross country tied for second place with UC Santa Barbara at the Big West Championships this past Saturday in Santa Barbara, Calif. Sophomore Steve Prescott led the Aggies with a third-place finish by finishing the race at 25:33.4. Junior Mitch Zundel also ran well as he finishing in fourth with a time of 25:33.5 The women harriers, who finished in fourth place, were led by senior Rebekah Thornley s fifth-place finish at 18:54.0. Utah State s next meet will be in Ogden for the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 11. Women s Results Idaho State Invitational September 2, 2000 (2 miles, 53 runners) 1. Weber State UTAH STATE Idaho State UVSC Utah Rebekah Thornley 12: Beka Leffler 12: Shae Messersmith 12: Christi Howell 12: Sharee Hatch 13: Carol Cabanillas 13: Amber Crews 16:49.9 Montana State Invitational September 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 September 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 Christianson 20:20.0 Stanford Invitational September 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 Lilli Kleinmann, Arkansas 16: 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

6 Utah State Invitational Oct. 13, miles, 57 runners 1. Idaho State UTAH STATE BYU Nevada Rebekah Thornley 18: Beka Leffler 18: Christi Howell 19: Sharee Hatch 19: Shae Messersmith 20: Amber Tubb 20: Carol Cabanillas 20: Whitney Christiansen 21:27.33 Big West Championships Oct. 28, K, 78 runners 1. Cal Poly UC Irvine Idaho UTAH STATE UC Santa Barbara Boise State Long Beach State Cal State Fullerton Pacfic Kareen Nilsson, UCI 18: Rebekah Thornley 18: Beka Leffler 19: Kristen Coombs 19: Alycia Boyer 19: Christi Howell 19: Sharee Hatch 19: Whitney Christiansen 26:35.5 Men s Results Idaho State Invitational September 2, 2000 (4 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 September 16, miles, 57 runners UTAH STATE 23, Montana State 34 UTAH STATE 24, Idaho State 32 UTAH STATE 15, University of Montana Lyle Weese, Montana 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 September 23, m, 65 runners 1. Portland UTAH STATE Southern Utah Auburn Boise State Curtus Moore, SUU 23: 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

7 Stanford Invitational September 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 391 Big West Championships October 28, K, 73 runners 1. Cal Poly UC Santa Barbara UTAH STATE UC Irvine Cal State Fullerton Boise State Idaho Long Beach State Adam Boothe, Cal Poly 25: Steve Prescott 25: Mitch Zundel 25: Jesse Hodges 26: Brick Bergeson 26: Demetrio Cabanillas 26: Nick Russel 27: Travis Dean 28: Jonathon Riley, Stanford 24: 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 Invitational October 13, Miles, 75 runners 1. UTAH STATE BYU Idaho State Utah Mitch Zundel 26: Brick Bergeson 27: Jesse Hogdes 27: Demetrios Cabanillas 27: Jason Jones 27: Nick Russell 27: Travis Dean 29: David Kunnas 30: Ryan Archatz 31:01.30

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