THE SIGNPOST WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 20126

Softball adds 3 wins to record

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Wildcats sweep the Redhawks

By Kourtney VanDykecorrespondent I The Signpost

’Cats head to championship

Weber State University’s Symbree Minniear tags a player out from Southern Utah University as she slides into second base. WSU had a 3-2 record on the weekend and advanced its overall record to 7-11. The Wildcats will next play at home on March 13.

Tennis doubles and singles prove victorious

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The Weber State University men’s tennis team pulled off a 6-1 upset over regional rival Seattle University Friday at the Ogden Athlet-ic Club’s indoor tennis courts. After winning this match, the ‘Cats improve to a 3-5 record this season, and the Redhawks leave with a 3-10 record for the season.

After having a few losses this past season, the team was able to pull off two wins in a row.

“Our team winning this match definitely helps our morale,” said Ben Rode, a junior on the team. “We now have a lot of momentum, and our confidence as individuals and as a team is building.”

Rode said he thinks the team has the momentum to get through some difficult matches that are to come.

“This win was really big,” Rode said. “All of our hard work and tough matches we have played in the past are now starting to show in our current matches.”

The Wildcats swept the doubles matches. The No. 1 doubles pair, Simon Unger and Oli-ver Good, defeated the SU doubles pair Mark Shkrebtan and Simon Meske 8-2.

“We have been practicing hard, and to get a win and start seeing progress is a good feel-ing,” Good said. “We deserved this win after the progress we have made this week.”

Unger said he knew the hard work he put in had paid off.

“I have really worked hard on my serve,” Unger said. “We had been having some problems holding our service game.”

Both Unger and Good said it was nice to

Weber State University’s softball team traveled to Fort Collins, Colo., and played in the Colorado State Spring Tournament. The Wildcats came out on top, coming out of the weekend with a 3-2 record, bringing their overall record to 7-11.

“The games that we won, we had every-thing; we had the pitching and our defensive and bats showed up,” said Symbree Min-niear, team captain. “It felt really good to come out on top for once.”

The other team captain, Lyndsey Minn-ich, agreed.

“We saw our team rise to a new potential this weekend,” Minnich said. “We are show-ing that we are playing with heart. Everyone is stepping up every game and showing the

By Corie Holmesasst. sports editor I The Signpost

desire to win.”WSU beat the University of Northern Iowa

12-10 and lost to St. Mary’s College 2-11. Fri-day, the team faced less-than-ideal weather conditions, but the bad weather was no ex-cuse, Minnich said.

“I know that it is not a good excuse, but the weather was so cold the second day,” Minn-ich said. “Bad weather or not, we didn’t make necessary adjustments, and we didn’t dis-cuss the adjustments with our teammates.”

WSU and UNI bounced back and forth in the score, but WSU came out on top when it scored 10 runs in the final three innings of the game.

The Wildcats put up an impressive season

high, tying 15 hits. Senior Kami Johnson-Hol-ley went 3-3 at the plate, had four RBIs and a three-run-scoring homerun. Freshman Janel Cunningham also went 3-3 at the plate.

Senior pitcher Sarah Clark picked up the win, improving her record to 4-4. She also struck out four in her six innings of work.

In the game against the Panthers, the Wildcats only had three hits to the Panthers’ nine.

The second day of the tournament proved to be fruitful for WSU. It went back to work against both UNI and the Panthers. WSU came out with a rematch-run-ruled victory of 8-0 against the Gaels. Clark earned the vic-

Signpost onlineww w.wsusignpos t.comIn a physical game that came

down to the final minutes, the We-ber State University men’s basket-ball team was able to win a tight game against Portland State Uni-versity in the semifinal of the Big Sky Tournament.

After trailing for much of the game, WSU was able to knock off

the Vikings 69-63.Damian Lillard said the team

struggled in the first half, but was able to play through and bounce back.

“We made a lot of mistakes

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Above: Weber State University’s Damian Lillard prepares to play defense. Right: Scott Bamforth goes up for a shot. WSU beat Portland State University 69-63.

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