13 12 The STAR* March 9. 1999 The STAR* March 9, 1999 s TS SPO'RTS Men's -looks .to VLews from lhe continues to dominate e"d of lhe b°'r By Jeff Miller of the fourth quarter, but the Cossacks avoid obstacles, stay Sports Editor pulled away, finishing the game on a ~ ~ff SpLcoll 6-2 run. The final score was 19-9. "We beat them between the S~~I l:.o t.~ STAI< Another opponent-or should boxes," said Coach Hughes. "Our we say victim - fell to SSU's la­ midfield was stronger and faster. healthy crosse team, this time it was the When we get a save from one of their 400 miles from home, surrounded by good friends, a credit card, Aggies from Davis. It's amazing to shots, we' re able to run on teams with By Mark "Wolfman" and an awesome bar. I'm sure you can see the handwriting on the wall think that the lacrosse team has won excellent outlet passing. We had a lot Bennett for this one. We were loving liquor until the wee hours of the morning six games in a row, three of them more depth then they did too. In our Staff Writer on that particular evening; I'll tell you that much. I was amazed at the coming against teams from the Pac practices, we can run full field, be­ girth of the beer mugs we were inhaling. Each mug consisted of one liter On Tues., Feb. 24, the men's IO. cause we have so many guys at each of beer. After each mug I began to lose vision in each eye, eventually tennis team traveled to Moraga to take Coach John Hughes said, position. Our ti me of possession was losing control of bodily functions and barking at the moon. on Division I St. Mary's College in a "Davis has a super attack. They' re all also key. When you're able to hold After the mugs of beer, we de- non-conference match. Despite some seniors and all of them are all-stars. the ball, you can keep the pressure on cided to get a few rounds of Alabama strong efforts, the Mustangs trampled They knew our defense was young your opponents defense and eventu­ Slammers for reasons that are still for­ SSU by a final score of 6-3. and they jumped on us to start the ally you'll score." eign to me. By that time, our table The only highlights of the day game. They went up 2-0, but we an­ The Cossacks, lead by Joe looked. like a disaster area. A ketchup were the performances of freshman swered." Latulippe, dominated in faceoffs, bottle was smashed, the salt and pep­ Nestor Bernabe and junior Eric The Cossacks answer couldn't winning 20 of 28. Latulippe has won per shakers were emptied, and I could Twitchell. Bernabe defeated Matt have been much louder or clearer. 57 of his 82 faceoffs, for an average swear a picture of Burt Reynolds was Hibbard in singles competition, 7-5, SSU ans~ered with a run, 12 unan­ of nearly 70 percent. With possession talking to me. To make matters worse 4-6, 6-1. Twitchell scored a victory swered goals, that didn't end until the most of the game the Cossacks of­ we were all dehydrated from playing over Tomas Filipcik, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. As third quarter. Some mental mistakes fense will put up big numbers, and in a tournament all day, and if these performances were not by this young team almost allowed they did just that against Davis. Ryan didn't bother eating dinner. enough, Bernabe and Twitchell, the the Aggies back into the game though. Hom, SSU's leading scorer with 32 Finally we stumbled into a cab, or at least something resembling top doubles pair for the Cossacks, "We got into foul trouble in the points, tallied seven points with six j a cab, and made it home just in time to sit down naked and watch TV won their match, 8-4. Bernabe and third quarter. We played almost the goals and one assist. Graham Elsdon before passing out. All of these college weekends are starting to blur Twitchell would provide SSU with ~ entire quarter a man down, but to our added five points, pushing him to togethe,r and I'm afraid I'll have to start bringing a camera wherever I the only three points they would see _.,.....~...,...~--...... ~ i credit, we kj]Jed every man-down fourth in overall scoring. go to document what we did the previous night. Order me a Screaming all afternoon. ~ situation," said Coach Hughes. The game MVP was split be­ Viking, with a slightly bruised cucumber, and I'll take a vodka apple Coach Steve Cunninghame ~ Davis had 12 power play op­ tween Jerrod Waller and Pat juice as we discuss certain items in the sports world: said, "They were all good matches. £ portunities throughout the game, but Ferguson. Waller pulled out four S: I love hearing Charles Barkley mouth off and talk trash, because work for some of our bigger games," Tim Aguon faced St. Mary's number the Cossacks denied the Aggies ev­ points with three goals and an assist, Men's and Women's Hoops when he decides to hang up his large caboose he will never have won an said Hughes. one player, Rex Calaunan, and was ery time. In fact, SSU scored a short­ while SSU's goalie Ferguson stopped ~ NBA championship. He can rip on anyone he wants, but he didn't win To think this team, at 6-1 over­ defeated in straight sets. Tom handed goal during one of the Aggies' 80 percent of the shots he faced. lose NCAA openers Game, set, and match for Cossack tennis. the big one and I hope nobody lets him forget it. All the booze Sir Charles all, might not be playing to their po­ Miskimin lost a match he was ahead power plays. Coach Hughes com­ Ferguson had 12 saves and allowed drinks won't change that, and he will never be able to hide from it. tential has to be alarming to future in, so ifwe would have won those key mented, "Our penalty killing defense just three goals. Sticking with the NBA and the exciting 78-73 games being played, opponents. For lacrosse fans, it only Complete stories in next week's match~s. the storyline could have _, has been outstanding. We've killed 23 "Overall, think we under-per­ how about those Los Angeles Clippers and the fact that they won't win I means continued success and more been a whole lot different." of our last 24 man-down situations." formed, and we've done so for three STAR 10 games. No team is going to want to lose to the Clips' in this short excitement.* The Cossacks would get a re­ wins. The Cossacks made it two one doubles pair, and defeated their After trailing 12-2, the Aggies weeks now. This week we've done a season. The GM, Elgin Baylor, who hasn't been sober since he retired prieve as they squared off against con­ straight victories over UC Riverside, opponents, 8-5. from playing, should get away from the team before he does anymore fought back to 13-7 at the beginning lot of discipline and ball-handling ference opponent UC Riverside. De­ beating them 9-0 in the Pomona Tour­ Coach Cunningbame said, damage. Baylor thinks that if they end up with the first pick in the draft spite missing their top singles player, nament two weeks ago. "The progress of the team is looking next year, they can just draft George Mikan and they will be back to Nestor Bernabe, who was out with the "We are playing more competi­ good right now. We're playing with their glory days ..... Wait, they never had any glory days and never will. flu, SSU dominated the match with a tively and relaxed. The team plays good attitudes, and the team chemis­ Moving to real basketball, the NCAA tournament is coming up looking sharp in CCAA opening series cruise-control victory, 8-1 Sat., Feb. more comfprtably at home, and we're try is right where it should be. The soon, and I said it before, and I'll say it again: The tournament is the 27 at Rohnert Park. getting big contributions from each only obstacle standing in our way is only excuse in college to start drinking at 9 a. m. That is what I call Eric Twitchell moved up to the player," Coach Cunninghame said. injuries. It makes the situation more March Madness baby!! How can we be expected to stay sober with 12 By Mark "Wolfman" work. victory. Jose Sandoval went three for The Cossacks rallied from a 3- Golden Eagles pitcher Mike Bums number one singles player, and won SSU dominated the doubles challenging when players are not hours of basketball every couple of days in the month of March? On an overcast afternoon, the four, driving in two RBI's and scor­ Bennett 0 deficit to win the second game, 4- looked sharp pitching eight shutout his match in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0. action. With Nestor Bernabe ill, Eric healthy." A free shot of Johnny on the Beach to anyone with information Cossacks looked to tum things around ing two runs. Third baseman Derek Staff Writer 3. Mike Weiss pitched four and two­ innings, giving up seven hits and Tim Aguon and Tom Miskimin added Twitchell teamed up with Brett With these two matches in the regarding the whereabouts of former NBA superstar Bob McAdoo and as they opened their first season in Bell was three of five with a double thirds innings, giving up seven hits, striking out five to up his record to 2- key victories to SSU's tally sheet, but Mastaler as the number two doubles books, SSU moved their overall his world famous dance party. the California Collegiate Athletic As- and four RBI's, Chris Howard was and all three Golden Eagle runs, but pair, and didn't miss a beat, winning SSU played ·a non-conference 1. Steve Rogers pitched seven and Coach Cunninghame credited Victor record to 5-7.* Well, I better go and cat~h the sale of Natty Ice 32's at the liquor it was their match, 8-3. Tim Aguon and Tom make-up game against Division I one-third innings for the Cossacks, Lozano and Ryan Carrera, who came store, before they close. After all, for us seniors, there are only three John Miskimin moved up to the number University of Dons, yielding five hits, two runs, four in when needed; and produced big months of partying left in our college careers, so we might as well make Martine and found out very quickly that the walks, and striking out three, but everyone proud and go out with a bang. Party hard and remember, beer W h 0 odds were stacked against them. USF picked up the loss. Second baseman has sufficient calories to fulfill your dietary needs. Oh, and if you don't won the sophomore first baseman Taggert Jose Sandoval went two for three, and like what I say, don't read it,just go to a bar during happy hour and have de Ci - Bozied hit four home runs to break a shortstop Jason Hackney was three of Cossacks get even with sweep your favorite cocktail. Peace, I'm outta here.* s ion, school record and lead the Dons to three with a double, but it wasn't picking an 18-9 rout over the Cossacks on nearly enough as Los Angeles de­ By Charles Fisher plete game of the season in the first one point, and had five one, two, three up his Tues., Feb. 23. feated SSU, 4-0. game, upping her overall record to 3- innings altogether. Amber Kalcic was first win Staff Writer Bozied's record breaking day Jeff Ogston tossed a seven in­ 3. She scattered three runs over seven the offensive hero in game two, go­ of the began with a three run inside-the-park ning complete-game shutout, and Ja­ A change in the weather innings, striking out two and walk­ ing three for four with two RBI's. season. homer in the bottom of the first in­ son Vogel slammed two solo home brought about a change in the plans ing two. Warrior pitcher Jenny Brown The usually noisy bat of Erin Ch ad 2 Student Positions ning. He then had solo blasts in the runs to lead SSU to a 7-0 win in game for the SSU softball team. When the was also having a strong outing until Pacheco was silenced by the Warrior Bircher third, fourth, and eighth innings. His two of the double-header at Rohnert rains came, the Cossacks left. the sixth inning, when the Cossack pitchers, who chose to pitch around pitched four dingers came off of four differ­ Park. Ogston improved his record to SSU was scheduled to play bats sprang to life. Alissa Williams, her all weekend. Pacheco was one for the top Student Union ent Cossack pitchers. 3-1, and lowered his earned run aver­ double-headers at home against the Lesley Noonan, Wimmer, and five for the weekend, with a single of the Pitcher Chad Bircher said, "We age (ERA) to 1.57 in helping the Cos­ CSU Stanislaus Warriors and the Suzanne Richards all had RBI singles and three base-on-balls. Kalcic actu­ ninth in­ knew they were a good team, and we sacks take three of four games in the Humboldt State Lumberjacks last in that inning, knocking Brown out ally surpassed Pacheco for the team n in g, were up to the challenge, but we can't series. Pitcher Steve Rogers said, "Af­ weekend, but poor weather forced the of the game, and sealing the victory. · lead in hitting with her four for seven Board of Directors striking let one guy get to us, and unfortu­ ter the first game loss, we went into women to travel to Turlock to face the Coach Paul King was espe­ performance. She is now hitting an oC!t one Pick up election Election nately, that was the case with this the second game and fought hard. We Warriors, and cancel the games cially impressed with the hitting in the even .400 for the season, with to gain packets at the Applications Due: game. Coach told the pitchers after played well and came out with the against the Lumberjacks. sixth inning, because last season Pacheco right behind at .393. his third . the first two home runs to pitch the win." Off to a slow 1-3 start in league Brown threw two shutouts against "It was good to see Kalcic, Student Union Wed. March 24 save. guy [Bozied] low and away and force Vogel's two homers gave him play, SSU rebounded with 6-0 and 5- SSU, and had also thrown five more Noonan, Wimmer, and Williams hit reception desk by4:00pm Fi rs t him to chase pitches." four on the young season. Jose 0 victories over the Warriors to even shutout innings in game one. "We re­ well around Pacheco, since they de­ baseman SSU received home run strokes Sandoval added a home run and two their record to 3-3 in CCAA play. The ally strung together some great at-bats cided not to pitch to her all day," said Jason Being a board member gives you the opportunity from Gabe Raymond, and Jose Cerda, RBI's to help the Cossacks rebound Cossacks avenged one of their early in that sixth inning last Friday," said King. sociation (CCAA) on Fri., Feb 26 three for three with a triple, two sto­ Vogel and Jose Cerda were both two but they were not neatly enough to from the earlier loss. losses against the Warriors, who beat King. Giving his weekly review of to become a student leader. It provides excellent with a double-header sweep of visit­ len bases (4,5), and scored two runs, for three, and right fielder Joe Chutuk overcome the Dons 21-hit attack. "We did what we had to do, SSU 5-4 earlier in the season. The In game two, JC transfer his team's performance, King said, ing CSU Los Angeles. and catcher Jose Cerda went three for was one of f