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Jan. 18, 2007 Contact: Brian McCann
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A Look At What Is Happening In Vikings Take To The Road. . . Men's Basketball Is The Only Team To Play At Home In A Full Week Of Action The winter sports season continues this week with the majority of the Viking teams seeing action on the road. The men's basketball team is the only squad that will compete at home, hosting The women's basketball team is in The wrestling team continues its non-league slate, having dual meets scheduled on Sunday (Jan. 21) against The tennis teams will begin their respective winter schedules at The fencing teams will play in its first team competition since the opening week of December when the Vikings compete in the Notre Dame Duals in Notre Dame,
Vikings Coming Off Home Win Over The men's basketball team continues Horizon League play this week with one game at home and another close to home. The Vikings will host league-leading "It was good to finally get a league win last week," head coach Gary Waters said. "Our record really isn't reflective of our performance this year because we have been in every game and one or two small factors have been the difference between winning and losing. We just need to continue to do a better job of executing, especially in the second half in order for some of those losses to become wins."
Tough Road Schedule Has Vikings Playing The Top Two Horizon League Teams The women's basketball team (5-13, 2-3 HL) continues its January road tour of the Horizon League with a swing through "We're going to have to be at the top of our game this week," CSU head coach Kate Peterson said. " The Vikings missed a golden opportunity to put together their first winning streak of the season, dropping a 64-61 decision to Wrestling Heads To The "We are starting to put everything together," head coach The Vikings defeated Eastern Michigan, 18-15, on Saturday (Jan. 13) in Ypsilanti, Mich. Sophomore heavyweight Rashard Goff started the meet with a pin and junior 125-pounder Ryan Riggs won by decision to give CSU a 9-0 lead. Junior Mike Hurley (13-7 at 141) and sophomore Victer Crenshaw (19-5 at 157) each won decisions to make it 15-6. Sophomore Nate Kmetz (4-12 at 174) also won a key bout, 6-4, that ended up being the difference in the final score. Crenshaw, who was named EWL Wrestler of the Week after going 3-0 at the Purdue Duals last week, leads the team with a 19-5 record with four pins and four tech falls. Goff is 19-9 while senior Ryan Hurley is 17-7. Men's Swimming Off After Beating Xavier & Duquesne. . . The "We won five events against some good competition," head coach Wally Morton said. "For us to have that kind of performance is outstanding." The Vikings won by large margins over Duquesne (157-69) and Xavier (168-58) but fell to Notre Dame (154-87) for a 2-1 showing. CSU received a big lift by adding freshman Jakub Dobies, who broke the school record in the 100 breast (55.29) in his debut. Dobies, a native of Senior Chris Dalman continued his dominance in the diving events, winning the one- and three-meter dives with scores of 349.72 and 364.27, respectively. Junior Dave Duecker won the 400 IM (4:02.55) and sophomore Marko Milenkovic placed first in the 100 free (46.48). Women's Swimming Idle Until Jan. 26. . . The "After our training trip to The Vikings fell to Duquesne (152-48) and Xavier (129.5-70.5) in their first action since competing in the Miami Invitational on Dec. 2. Senior Marianne Lionell was the only Viking to win an event, taking the 100 breast in 1:08.69. Lionell, competing in the 100 fly for the first time this year, posted a team top time in the event (1:01.18). Junior Lesley Jones added a third place finish in the 100 free (55.82). Men's Tennis Opens Spring Season At The "Our men's team made some noise against The Vikings (3-0) had a very successful fall season, placing three players into the ITA Regional Tournament and five of the team's six players had singles records over .500. Freshmen Phil Orno (11-4) and Ryan Hamning (12-5) lead the team in second and third singles spots, respectively, and were nearly unbeatable at No. 1 doubles, going 10-1 with their only loss coming at the ITA. Sophomore Rob West went 8-2 at No. 6 singles. Women's Tennis Travels To After nearly three months out of competition, the "We have had some injuries but we're very excited to finally take the court," head coach Brian Etzkin said. "We haven't had much practice, but either has Senior Sarah Galon (8-5) is the team's best player, leading the team in wins at No. 1 singles. She also played No. 1 doubles with fellow senior Morgan Ungerott during the fall and the duo went 8-3. Sophomore Kristen Chamberlain (6-5) and freshman Charlotte Gibbons (5-4) are also both over .500 in singles play. Fencing Returns To Dual Meet Action. . . The fencing team travels to Notre Dame on Saturday and Sunday (Jan. 20-21) for its first dual meet competition of the semester. After getting back in the swing of things at the North America Cup last week, the Vikings are scheduled to square off against Air Force, Cal State Fullerton, "After the start we got off to last semester, I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do in our first dual meet of the new year," head coach Jim Sager said. "Notre Dame is always one of the top teams in the country and the rest of the competition will really test us as well." Viking High Fives Jakub Dobies - The men's swimming freshman from Bahaadar Russell - The men's basketball sophomore made the most of his second career start, scoring a career-high 21 points - 11 more points than he scored the entire season - in the win over Rashard Goff - The sophomore's pin was the difference in CSU's 18-15 wrestling win at Marianne Lionell - The senior women's swimmer won the 100 breast, winning in 1:08.69. In addition, she posted a team top time in the 100 fly (1:01.18) in her first time competing in the event. Senior Posts - Nicole Thomas (12 points, 12 rebounds) and Chenara Wilson (12,10) pulled off a rare double on Thursday against The Schedule Ahead For The Vikings Jan. 18 (Thursday) Men's Basketball hosts Women's Basketball at Jan. 19 (Friday) Women's Tennis at Jan. 20 (Saturday) Women's Basketball at UW-Milwaukee Men's Tennis at Men's Basketball at Fencing at Notre Dame Duals Notre Dame, IN Jan. 21 (Sunday) Wrestling at Fencing at Notre Dame Duals Notre Dame, IN
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