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1he rice thresher SPORTS friday, march 10,2006
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Jones, Lovett make flag playoffs
Martel, Sid will represent Monday League in semifinals
by Matt McCabe
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
With Sid Richardson (2-1) and
Martel (3-0) already representing
the Monday League in the men's
flag football playoffs, last week's
Friday League games decided its
playoff teams. Wiess (2-2) handed
Lovett (3-1) its only loss of the
season with a 20-6 win Friday.
Brown (1-3) lost twice, falling
21-0 to Jones (3-1) before narrowly
losing to Hanszen (1-3) by a 21-20
margin.
CouEfiE Sports
Roundup
Monday's game between Jones
and Wiess decided the final play-
off spot in the Friday League. In
a game that was closer than the
final score would indicate, Jones
defeated Wiess 27-13 to finish
second in the division.
Coed flag football
The final for coed flag football
is set, and both members come
from the same division, the Grey
League. With a 16-0 shutout of Wi-
ess (3-2), Martel (5-0) advanced
to the final, where it will play Sid
(4-1) which knocked off previ-
ously undefeated Jones (4-1) by a
9-0 score Wednesday. Martel beat
Sid 10-7 in the regular season.
Women's soccer
With a 2-0 win over Will Rice
(0-3-1), Brown (3-1) earned a
playoff berth and will square off
with Sunday League champion
Sid (3-0) in the semifinals March
26. In a game without playoff
implications, Jones (2-2) kept
Martel (0-3-1) winless with a 4-0
shutout.
GSA (5-0), by virtue of its
2-1 semifinal win over Sunday
League runner-up Lovett (1-2-1),
has earned a spot in the final and
will await the winner of Brown and
Sid's playoff game.
Women's volleyball
Brown (3-1), which had already
clinched a playoff spot in the Mon-
day League, forfeited to Hanszen
(1-3) Monday. And Will Rice (2-2)
evened its record with a straight-
set win over Hanszen. GSA (3-1)
claimed the second playoff spot
in the Monday League with a
three-set victory over Jones (1-3),
including a third-set shutout.
Baker (3-0) completed a season
sweep of the Tuesday League with
a three-set win over Sid (2-1), but
both will represent the league in
the playoffs.
Open floor hockey
The Thursday League opened
play with a rout, as Jones toppled
Martel 10-0 March 2. Brown de-
feated Will Rice by forfeit.
In the Wednesday League,
Lovett (2-0) was a 5-0 winner
over Sid (0-2), and defending
champion GSA (2-0) beat Baker
(0-2) convincingly.
Men's softball
In a low scoring affair March
2, Sid (2-1) recorded a 4-2 victory
over GSA (2-2) in Wednesday
League action. The Sunday
League produced an easy 11-4 win
for Brown (1-1) over Jones (1-1)
and a hotly contested slugfest
between Hanszen (2-0) and Lovett
(0-2) — Hanszen squeaked out the
victory, 12-11.
Sid won by forfeit over Baker
(0-3), putting Sid in the driver's
seat for the playoffs if it can beat
Wiess next week. GSA split its
games Wednesday, winning in
a 12-2 landslide over Wiess and
then falling to undefeated Will
Rice (3-0) by a 9-5 score.
Women's softball
By virtue of three forfeits Sat-
urday, the playoff teams for the
Cactus League were cemented.
Martel (1-3) forfeited to Jones
(2-2) and Lovett (3-1), giving
Lovett the final playoff spot in the
league. In the day's final matchup,
GSA (4-0) completed a perfect
regular season with a forfeit win
against Brown (0-4).
Grapefruit League runner-up
Will Rice (2-1) will face GSA, and
defending champion Hanszen
(3-0), the Grapefruit League
champion, will play Lovett (3-1).
Men's soccer
Brown (2-1-1) replayed two
of its games after using a com-
munity associate — who cannot
play college sports — in earlier
games. But Brown was rewarded
for its perseverance when it tied
Wiess (2-1-1) Wednesday. Brown
advances to the playoffs on
point differential as the second
representative from the Premier
Division. Brown will face the
Championship Division cham-
pion Jones (4-0) in the semifinals.
In the other semifinal, Premier
Division champion GSA (3-1) will
play Sid (3-1) March 26.
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Golf takes ninth at
Louisiana Classics
The golf team finished ninth
at the Louisiana Classics, held
Monday through Wednesday at
Oakbourne Country Club in La-
fayette, La. Rice shot four-over-
par 868, while the University of
Houston shot an 18-undefc- 846
to win the tournament. Baylor
University took second with a
17-under 847, and the Univer-
sity of Memphis finished third
with a six-under 858
Rice's score was its lowest of
the season, edging the team's
877 from the Battle on the Bend
Nov. 7-9. However, the Owls
were never in contention for
the team title despite shoot-
ing their lowest round of the
season, 287, on the first day
and following with a 291 on
the second day and a 290 on
the third day.
Leading the charge for
the Owls were senior Parker
LaBarge and sophomore Ad-
dison Awe, who both shot a
one-over 217 and tied for 22nd
place among individuals. Ju-
nior Heon Young Lee ended up
with a 220, tying for 39th with
sophomore Jeff Krakowiak.
Freshman Kyle Kelley shot
225, which was good for 56th.
Next weekend, the golf
team will head to play in the
Border Olympics at Laredo
CountryClub in Laredo,Texas.
After that, the Owls will not
play again until April 7-8, when
they play in the Courtyard by
Marriott Intercollegiate in
Raleigh, N.C.
— Brian Mothersole
Jolares breaks Rice
record in the mile
Junior Pablo Solares won
the mile at the Alex Wilson
Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind.
Saturday, breaking a long-stand-
ing Rice record in the process.
Solares' time of 4 minutes, 1.87
seconds put him almost three
seconds ahead of the University
of Colorado's Anthony Chiulli,
securing Solares a spot in the
NCAA Championships, to be
held March 10-11 in Fayette-
ville, Ark. Solares also bested
the record set by head coach
Jon Warren Oones '88) exactly
19 years earlier. Solares is the
second Owl to break a Rice in-
door record this year — senior
Ryan Walsh set the high mark
in the heptathlon at the Houston
Invitational Feb. 4. Solares will
be the Owls' lone male represen-
tative at the NCAA meet.
On the women's side, five
athletes will compete in six
different events. Sophomore
Callie Wells qualified for
nationals in the mile by run-
ning a personal-best 4:43.06
at the Notre Dame meet. She
will also compete in the 3,000
meters at nationals. Sopho-
more Rachel Greff, who will
compete in the pole vault,
cleared 12 feet, 10.25 inches
to place third at Notre Dame.
Other national qualifiers who
did not compete in Indiana last
weekend are sophomore Ma-
rissa Daniels and junior Kate
Gorry in the 5,000 and senior
Funmi Jimoh in the longjump
and pentathlon.
— Stephen Whitfield
BASEBALL
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mound and pitched wen. Spcrring
showed a dominating fastball in
the 88-93 miles per hour range
and pitched 1.2 scoreless innings.
Graham said Sperring will have
more chances to pitch in the
future.
Junior catcher/infielder Travis
Reagan played third base Sunday
against Cal State Fullerton and
again against UT on Tuesday.
Freshman third baseman Aaron
Luna was a late scratch from
Saturday's game against Fullerton
and has not played since due to
arm soreness. Luna entered the
everyday lineup in mid-Febru-
ary, when junior infielder Josh
Rodriguez's elbow trouble forced
him into a designated hitting role
and sophomore Brian Friday, who
began the season at third base,
moved to shortstop.
"I think Luna will be back pretty
soon," Graham said. 'Travis was
an all-state third baseman in high
school. He can do it. He just hasn't
been playing over there [for] a
while."
On Sunday, the Owls dropped
the final game of the three-game
series to Fullerton. Rice used
nine pitchers in the loss as the
Titans pounded out 13 hits and
were aided by 4 Owl errors and
8 walks. The silver lining of the
game was the offensive output
of sophomore rightfielder Chad
Lembeck and Savery. Ix-mbeck
was 3-5 with an RBI and Savery
was 2-4 with a home run to dead
center field. After a standout
freshman year at the plate last
season, Savery has been more
human this year, although he is
still second on the team with a
.429 on-base percentage.
"Hitting right now has been
a little frustrating," Savery said.
"I credit that to me ... missing
the pitches to hit. I'm a year in,
and scouting reports get around
the country. I feel like I'm a good
hitter, but I don't think it's very
hard to get me out if you pitch
me right."
Savery put the Owls in a
position to win with an outstand-
ing pitching performance in
Saturday's 6-2 win over Fullerton.
He went seven innings, allowing
two runs — one of which scored
on a balk — on five hits with
seven strikeouts. Rodriguez, who
played first base that game since
Savery was pitching, broke a 2-2
deadlock in the eighth inning
with a clutch two-run double. The
Owls added two more runs in the
inning to make the final score
6-2. The outing was Savery's
longest of the year, which he at-
tributed to greater efficiency.
"It's just a mindset," Savery
said. "It's a commitment to not
walking people. In my struggles
with the running game, I can't al-
low guystoget on. If they're going
to get on, they're going to have to
earn it by getting a base hit."
Rodriguez and the pitching
staff were once again the pressure
performers in Friday's matchup
with Fullerton. Degerman held
the Titans to just three hits while
striking out nine in 7.1 innings of
work. But Rice trailed 2-1 —allow-
ing one unearned run — until the
eighth inning, when Rodriguez led
off by getting hit with a pitch. After
being bunted over to second base
and moving to third on a fly ball,
Rodriguez scored on an infield
single from Friday to make the
score 2-2.
The game remained 2-2 until
the bottom of the 10th inning,
when Rodriguez lifted a 3-1 pitch
from Titan reliever John Fstes
over the left field wall to give Rice
a 3-2 walk-off victory. Fstes had not
allowed a run all year. Rice's relief
corps were stellar in the game.
Sophomore left-hander Bobby
Bramhall retired the only batter
he faced, and senior right-hander
Bryce Cox pitched a scoreless 2.1
innings to get the win.
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