Utah Valley State
SOCCER: UVSC picked up a 2-0 road win over the University of Idaho on Friday improving the Wolverines' record to 3-3-1. The Wolverines took a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute, thanks to an own goal by Idaho goal keeper Michelle Jordan. On the play, Courtney Robbins blasted a kick from 35 yards out, but as the keeper caught the ball she fell back inside the goal.
Robbins tallied the game's final goal when she scored off a cross pass from Jenni Wright in the 73rd minute. Wright dribbled across three Idaho defenders and crossed into the middle of the field where she found Robbins for the goal.
The Wolverines return to action on Sunday when they play at Gonzaga.
VOLLEYBALL: UVSC lost to host team San Jose State in three games 30-27, 30-17, 30-25 on the first day of the Hyatt Invitational Friday night. Camie Manwill recorded her team-high tenth double-double of the season against SJSU tallying 11 kills and 17 digs. Jessica Endres contributed a match-high 14 kills to round out the UV offensive attack. The Wolverines will play Cal State Northridge today, followed by a late-afternoon match versus Harvard.
Brigham Young
TENNIS: Friday was another tough day as semifinalists in both singles and doubles competition were solidified. Cougars Chip Hand and Michael Eraso faced off early with Eraso winning the first set 7-6 but Hand came back to win the next two sets 7-5, 7-5. Other matches featured Jonathan Sanchez beating Cougar newcomer Cassidy Mears 6-4, 6-4 and freshman big-server Cale Planck upsetting No. 1 seed James Ludlow 6-4, 7-6. Saturday's singles competition will feature Boise State's Blake Boswell facing off against teammate Eric Roberson. The winner will face either Planck or BYU team manager Brian Battistone. In the doubles competition Pearce and Dan Battistone will face Boswell and Roberson and Cougars Ludlow and Dominik Kaufhold will face off against Weber State's Mancarella and Kienhe. Play will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday. All matches are open to the public and admission is free.
Utah
BASEBALL:University of Utah head coach Bill Kinneberg will have his full 2007 squad together on the practice field for the first time Monday. That's when the Utes begin fall practices, which run through Oct. 10, in preparation for the 2007 season. This fall's practice slate is filled with plenty of intrasquad scrimmages—14 to be exact—in an effort to get Utah ready for the rigors of the upcoming season. With 14 new players, Kinneberg said that time helped get the newcomers acquainted with their teammates and coaches. Now, he said, it is time to get to work. The biggest hole for Utah will be that of departed shortstop Ryan Khoury, who spent the summer and fall in the Boston Red Sox minor-league organization.
Southern Utah
WOMEN'S SOCCER: Despite firing a season-high 23 shots, including 12 on frame, SUU came away with no joy as the Thunderbirds opened Mid-Continent Conference play with a 1-1 double-overtime draw at Oral Roberts Friday night in Tulsa, Okla.
With the tie, SUU moved to 1-4-1 overall, while ORU notched it second stalemate of the year to go to 1-3-2 overall, 0-0-1 in league play.
After a scoreless first half, the Golden Eagles struck for the match's first goal nearly seven minutes into the second stanza as Gentry Detter found Tamara Waller for her second goal of the year to spot ORU an 1-0 lead.
SUU came back with the equalizer in the 74th-minute as junior Catherine Johnson booted a corner kick feed to junior Brooklyn Phillips, who beat ORU keeper Shelbi Morrison for her first goal of the year to knot the game at 1-1.
The T-Birds conlude their Oklahoma road swing Sunday at Oklahoma State.