Athletic Media Relations Mike Strauss, Director (435) 797-1361 Doug Hoffman, Assistant Director (435) 797-3714 Laurie Cannon, Assistant Director (435) 797-2066 7400 Old Main Hill, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-7400 Fax: (435) 797-2615 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 http://www.utahstateaggies.com Athletic Media Relations Contacts Mike Strauss... (435) 797-1361 Football, Golf Doug Hoffman... (435) 797-3714 Volleyball, Basketball Laurie Cannon... (435) 797-2066 Soccer, Gymnastics, Softball Wade Denniston... (435) 797-2066 Women's Track Diane Stockdale... (435) 797-2066 Men's Track Mike De La O... (435) 797-2066 Tennis Aggie Olympic Sport Update Women's Volleyball Contact: Doug Hoffman (435) 797-3714 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 18-0. 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 1981. 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 6-21. 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, 9-15. 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.
Women's Soccer Contact: Laurie Cannon (435) 797-2066 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 4-10-2 on the season and 1-5-1 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.
2000 Utah State Soccer Statistics SCORING CAREER No./Name M-MS Shots Goals Assists Points GWG M-MS Goals Assists Points 2 Megan Edge 16-16 9 - - - - 33-33 1 1 3 3 Heather Cox 16-16 9 - - - - 67-67 1 3 5 4 Katie Seaman 12-12 10 1 1 3 1 12-12 1 1 3 5 Ashley Cracroft 16-15 17 1 4 6-62-60 5 8 18 6 Marnie Bartelson 16-16 19 4 1 9-60-59 11 6 28 7 Brittany Baugh 12-8 1 - - - - 43-40 - - - 9 Katie Lien 3-0 - - - - - 5-0 - - - 10 Carrie Niederhauser 11-3 10 1-2 - 29-19 7 1 15 11 Catherine Jones 10-5 4-1 1-10-5-1 1 12 Ally Clegg 16-16 23 2 4 8-16-16 2 4 8 13 Jayme Gordy 14-14 31 4-8 - 66-65 34 6 74 14 Sara Buie 15-6 9 1-2 - 49-40 3 7 13 15 Karoline Johnson 4-0 - - - - - 14-0 - - - 16 Brigid Turner 16-15 26 2-4 - 33-25 14 1 29 17 Michelle Eversman 8-6 3 - - - - 25-7 0 1 1 18 Kennon Roeber 14-1 6 1-2 - 14-1 1-2 19 Marci Broadbent 6-3 5 - - - - 20-15 2 0 4 20 Lyndy Goodsell 9-5 3 - - - - 24-8 1 0 2 22 Jessica Ebner 12-1 9 2-4 1 12-1 2 0 4 23 Michelle Murri 4-1 - - - - - 4-1 - - - 25 Amber Tracy 10-1 10 1 1 3-10-1 1 1 3 Team Totals 16 204 20 12 52 2 GOALKEEPERS CAREER Name M-MS Min. SA SOG Saves GA GAA SHO M-MS Min. Saves GA SHO GAA 00 Michaela Hawes 13-13 1014 143 94 57 21 1.86 2 48-41 3459 208 72 4 1.87 1 Tracy Brady 8-3 468 67 43 32 8 1.53 0 8-3 468 32 8 0 1.53 Team Totals 16 1482 181 137 89 29 1.76 2 MISCELLANEOUS Cautions Ejections Fouls Corner Kicks PKM-PKA Utah State 14 1 138 50 2-3 Opponents 5-169 77 0-1 SCORE BY HALVES 1st 2nd OT OT Total Utah State 9 10-1 20 Opponents 13 15-1 29 2000 Team Results Date Opponent Result Score Attendance USU Goals (Assists) Aug. 19 UTAH (exhib.) L 3-1 141 Clegg (Tracy) Aug. 26 DIXIE (exhib.) W 2-1 135 Gordy (Clegg), Turner, Edge (Turner) Aug. 31 UNLV L 2-0 116 Sep. 4 IOWA L 2-1 186 Gordy (unassisted) Sep. 8 at Kentucky L 2-1 736 Buie (Tracy) Sep. 10 at Indiana L 3-0 -- Sep. 17 NEVADA W 4-0 121 Gordy, Clegg (Jones), Ebner (Clegg), Clegg Sep. 21 at Texas-El Paso L 2-1 362 Turner (Cracroft) Sep. 23 vs. Youngstown State W 7-2 83 Bartelson (Cracroft), Roeber, Turner, Bartelson (Clegg), Bartelson (Clegg), (Clegg) Sep. 28 at Idaho* W 1-0 157 Cracroft (Bartelson), Tracy Seaman (unassisted) Sep. 30 at Eastern Washington L 1-0 75 Oct. 3 WEBER STATE L 2-1 157 Bartelson (unassisted) Oct. 13 CSU FULLERTON* L 3-0 115 Oct. 15 UC IRVINE* L 2-1 102 Gordy (Seaman) Oct. 20 at UC Santa Barbara* L 2-0 519 Oct. 22 at Cal Poly* L 3-0 300 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
Tennis Contact: Mike De La O (435) 797-2066 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. 2000-01 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 0-1 2000-2001 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
Cross Country Contact: Wade Denniston (435) 797-2066 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 31 2. UTAH STATE 51 3. Idaho State 74 4. UVSC 105 5. Utah 112 1. Rebekah Thornley 12:13.3 2. Beka Leffler 12:21.9 10. Shae Messersmith 12:42.5 19. Christi Howell 12:57.9 26. Sharee Hatch 13:22.3 39. Carol Cabanillas 13:38.3 53. Amber Crews 16:49.9 Montana State Invitational September 16, 2000 2.9 miles, 63 runners Utah State 15, Utah State 25, Montana State 30 Utah State 22, Idaho State 33 1. Rebekah Thornley 17:27.76 2. Beka Thornley 17:41.10 9 ChristiHowell 18:10.33 13. Shae Messersmith 18:18.18 17 Sharee Hatch 18:24.33 28. Carol Cabanillas 18:42.92 29. Alycia Boyer 18:45.54 34. Whitney Christiansen 49:18.17 44. Amber Tubb 19:48.02 45. Tara Dunn 19:57.11 47. Jenni Bean 20:07.10 Pier Park Invitational September 23, 2000 5000m, 66 runners 1. UTAH STATE 37 2. Auburn 44 3. Southern Utah 81 4. Boise State 94 5. Portland 94 1. Rebekah Thornley 18:21.4 5. Beka Leffler 18:45.0 8. Christi Howell 18:55.0 10. Shae Messersmith 19:01.0 14 Sharee Hatch 19:06.0 18. Kristen Coombs 19:17.0 21. Alycia Boyer 19:19.0 33. Carol Cabanillas 19:45.0 45. Whitney Christianson 20:20.0 Stanford Invitational September 30, 2000 3.1 miles, 168 runners 1. Stanford 61 2. Washinton 91 3. Kansas State 97 4. Wisconsin 106 5. Arkansas 108 6. UCLA 183 7. UC Irvine 186 8. Cal Poly 218 9. UTAH STATE 309 10. UC Davis 312 11. Belmont 323 12. Edinboro 329 13. UC Santa Barbara 375 14. Southern Utah 379 15. San Diego State 393 16. Sacramento State 403 17. Long Beach State 436 18. New Mexico State 449 19. Nevada 502 20. Fresno State 588 21. CS Fullerton 591 1. Lilli Kleinmann, Arkansas 16:55 17. Beka Leffler 18:21 46. Rebekah Thornley 18:57 78. Christi Howell 19:23 90. Carol Cabanillas 19:34 91. Kristen Coombs 19:35 95. Shae Messersmith 19:38 97. Sharee Hatch 19:40 101. Alycia Boyer 19:45
Utah State Invitational Oct. 13, 2000 3.1 miles, 57 runners 1. Idaho State 37 2. UTAH STATE 38 3. BYU 63 4. Nevada 89 1. Rebekah Thornley 18:51.41 2. Beka Leffler 18:57.79 15. Christi Howell 19:49.15 19. Sharee Hatch 19:52.85 21. Shae Messersmith 20:01.31 27. Amber Tubb 20:12.86 29. Carol Cabanillas 20:24.23 50. Whitney Christiansen 21:27.33 Big West Championships Oct. 28, 2000 5K, 78 runners 1. Cal Poly - 42 2. UC Irvine - 52 3. Idaho - 78 4. UTAH STATE - 79 5. UC Santa Barbara - 120 6. Boise State - 155 7. Long Beach State - 185 8. Cal State Fullerton - 220 9. Pacfic - 281 1. Kareen Nilsson, UCI 18:32.3 5. Rebekah Thornley 18:54.0 7. Beka Leffler 19:03.4 16. Kristen Coombs 19:28.4 24. Alycia Boyer 19:47.6 29. Christi Howell 19:54.4 32. Sharee Hatch 19:59.0 74. Whitney Christiansen 26:35.5 Men s Results Idaho State Invitational September 2, 2000 (4 miles, 59 runners) 1. Weber State 25 2. Utah 40 3. Idaho State 83 4. UTAH STATE 97 5. UVSC 131 1. Taren Jameson, Utah 19:19.2 14. Brick Bergeson 20:20.3 17. Demetrio Canillas 20:31.4 18. Jason Jones 20:32.1 25. Jesse Hodges 20:43.5 30. Nick Russell 21:07.2 32. David Kunnas 21:13.9 42. Travis Dean 21:38.9 Montana State Invitational September 16, 2000 4.8 miles, 57 runners UTAH STATE 23, Montana State 34 UTAH STATE 24, Idaho State 32 UTAH STATE 15, University of Montana 50 1. Lyle Weese, Montana State 25:37.01 2. Mitch Zundel 25:51.45 6. Jason Jones 25:58.61 11. Jesse Hodges 26:10.44 16. Brick Bergeson 26:34.59 19 Steve Prescott 26:39.22 23. Nick Russell 27:00.11 28. David Kunnas 27:19.08 33. Travis Dean 27:30.19 48. Ryan Achatz 29:01.26 Pier Park Invitational September 23, 2000 5000m, 65 runners 1. Portland 30 2. UTAH STATE 62 3. Southern Utah 66 4. Auburn 100 5. Boise State 116 1. Curtus Moore, SUU 23:28.9 5. Mitch Zundel 23:59.0 14. Jason Jones 24:22.0 16. Dematrio Cabanillas 24:25.0 17. Jesse Hodges 24:28.0 20. Brick Bergeson 24.33.0 21. Steve Prescott 24:40.0 28. Nick Russell 25:05.0 32. Travis Dean 25:21.0 41. David Kunnas 25:59.0
Stanford Invitational September 30, 2000 5 miles, 139 runners 1. Stanford 28 2. UC Santa Barbara 118 3. UCLA 142 4. Cal Poly 160 5. UTAH STATE 164 6. UC Davis 171 7. Cal Baptist 219 8. Southern Utah 237 9. Cal State Chico 252 10. UC Irvine 297 11. Edinboro 309 12. Kansas State 319 13. Humboldt State 337 14. Fresno State 359 15. Long Beach State 365 16. CS Fullerton 370 17. Sacramento State 373 18. UC Riverside 391 Big West Championships October 28, 2000 8K, 73 runners 1. Cal Poly - 33 2. UC Santa Barbara - 63 2. UTAH STATE - 63 4. UC Irvine - 134 5. Cal State Fullerton - 152 6. Boise State - 161 7. Idaho - 169 8. Long Beach State - 178 1. Adam Boothe, Cal Poly 25:23.1 3. Steve Prescott 25:33.4 4. Mitch Zundel 25:33.5 16. Jesse Hodges 26:23.2 19. Brick Bergeson 26:36.7 24. Demetrio Cabanillas 26:45.7 35. Nick Russel 27:10.6 59. Travis Dean 28:11.0 1. Jonathon Riley, Stanford 24:44 17. Jason Jones 25:51 23. Mitch Zundel 26:00 29. Demetrio Cabanillas 26:08 47. Jesse Hodges 26:31 53. Steve Prescott 26:41 57. Brick Bergeson 26:45 86. Nick Russell 27:31 104. Dean Travis 28:07 Utah State Invitational October 13, 2000 3.1 Miles, 75 runners 1. UTAH STATE 23 2. BYU 62 3. Idaho State 69 4. Utah 73 1. Mitch Zundel 26:55.55 3. Brick Bergeson 27:06.25 5. Jesse Hogdes 27:11.99 6. Demetrios Cabanillas 27:14.43 13. Jason Jones 27:35.91 16. Nick Russell 27:44.00 48. Travis Dean 29:20.01 65. David Kunnas 30:41.72 68. Ryan Archatz 31:01.30