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THE COLLEGIAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
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SUPER BOWL XLIX: PATRIOTS 28, SEAHAWKS 24
PATRIOTS BACK ON TOP
Anthony Behar • TNS
Quarterback Tom Brady celebrates with his teammates after winning Super Bowl XLIV 28-24 against the Seahawks for the fourth time in franchise history.
By Tom Rock
Tribune News Service
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tom Brady
had an answer for this kind of pressure.
The Patriots quarterback might
not be able to say why the footballs
used in the AFC Championship Game
were underinflated, but he was cool
enough to overcome the suffocating
Seahawks defense and orchestrate
a comeback from a 10-point deficit
while leading the Patriots to a 28-24
win in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday
night at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Brady hit Julian Edelman for a
3-yard touchdown to cap a 64-yard
drive with 2:02 to play to give the
Pats a 28-24 lead. Backup cornerback
Tharold Simon, playing for injured
Jeremy Lane, was beaten on the play.
But then it seemed as if New England was going to suffer more heartbreak in the desert when Jermaine
Kearse made a juggling catch at the 5
with 1:06 remaining in the same sta-
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
Bre and Trinnie East of Fresno celebrate as they watch the New England Patriots score against the Seattle
Seahawks during Super Bowl XLIX at Buffalo Wild Wings near Save Mart Center.
dium where the Giants' David Tyree
once tortured the Pats.
But on second-and-goal from the
1, with bruising running back Marshawn Lynch in the backfield, the
Seahawks inexplicably attempted a
pass. Russell Wilson's slant intended
for Ricardo Lockette was intercepted by rookie Malcolm Butler with 20
seconds remaining. It was the first
NFL interception for the undrafted
free agent from Division II West Alabama.
"I had a vision that I was going to
make a big play," Butler said, "and it
came true."
Oddly, it was Butler who was
covering Kearse when the Seahawk
caught the ball while on the ground.
Butler and Kearse had tipped the ball,
and Butler tackled Kearse to save the
touchdown after he made the bizarre
catch.
Speaking of the play call that led to
the interception, coach Pete Carroll
said, "I told those guys that was my
fault, totally."
See SUPER BOWL, Page 3
IN A&E
Fresnans enjoy the big game
By Diana Giraldo
@dianainspired
Sixty-three blaring TV’s screening the 2015
Super Bowl hypnotized a sea of spectators as
gray and yellow jerseys zig-zagged around tables at Buffalo Wild Wings.
Green, silver, red and blue jersey-wearing
football fans gathered to watch the culminating game of the season. During commercials
the guests would boisterously laugh, drink and
eat wings, but when the game commenced the
talking ceased.
Aaron Stonelake and Nathan Elliot arrived
at Buffalo Wild Wings an hour before the game
to get seating.
“We have two extra seats for any other Patriot fans,” said Elliot, a senior accounting student. “Preferable for two girls.”
See GAME, Page 3
STUDENTS, FACULTY RAISE FUNDS THROUGH MUSIC
›› Students and faculty came together for a three-piece orchestral collaboration to raise funding for music
scholarships on Saturday. P4.
OPINION
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Tacos Marquitos:
Wetzel’s Pretzels:
“They have a lot of
options for vegetarians.”
“Something to
give us like a snack
option, but something that’s good.”
Andrew Dadasovich
Political Science
Matthew Fossberg
Geology
MOST MEMORABLE
SUPER BOWL
COMMERCIALS
By Troy Pope
@darktroy
BULLDOGS BARK
What should replace
Chick-fil-A in the Pit?
Sbarro:
Chick-fil-A:
“That type of restaurant
offers a different variety
from a couple more healthier options with different
types of pasta, chicken, as
well as pizza and sausage.”
“I would like to see
it back in the pit
because I like Chickfil-A. I love the food
there.”
Brian Stiles
Physical Therapy
Angelica Vidrio
Pre-Nursing
Sonic:
Domino’s Pizza:
“Sonic has great deals
and it’d be pretty unique
to see a regular drive-thru restaurant actually
inside a regular building.”
“Because it’s student
friendly and easy to
get.”
Jeremy Garcia
Pre-Business
Faris Aiman
Mechanical Engineering
For most of us, the most important part of the Super Bowl isn’t the game itself. It’s mostly because most
people don’t care about the game either because their
team isn’t playing or because some people just don’t
care about sports but get sucked into the event anyway.
Besides Katy Perry’s costume changes, for people
like me, the commercials are the most interesting thing
of the night. Here are some of the most memorable:
NATIONWIDE: There are few words apt to describe this insurance commercial. First, we’re watching
a boy say he’ll never have several adorable life experiences, but then the boy says he never got to do any of
the things because he died from an accident. I’m not
sure what the message was here. What were they trying
to say? Ensure your kid’s life so when he dies from a
preventable accident, you can buy a new kid? It’s not
like Nationwide can help prevent a kid from drowning
in a bathtub.
BMW: The commercial is an awesome example of
how far technology has come. It starts with a clip of Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel discussing the Internet
on TV in 1995 -- as if it was a fad no one understood.
Fast forward 21 years, and they’re discussing the hightech BMW they’re sitting in. It was a good commercial
about a fancy car, but it was also cool to see the pair
being technologically ignorant then and now.
SNICKERS: Anything with Steve Buscemi is great.
This Brady Bunch commercial featuring Danny Trejo
as Marsha and Buscemi as the jealous Jan has Emmy-Award winning Buscemi storm off like the teenage
girl in the epic TV series. Fantastic!
ALWAYS: This inspirational commercial has little
girls explaining what it means to “run like a girl.” Even
though it was about tampons, the message was positive,
and it was cute to see kids demonstrate how girls run,
fight and throw.
FIAT: Apparently Viagra works on cars, too. An older man tries to pop his last pill to have an encounter
with his wife but it shoots out the window and after a
long trip, ends up in a Fiat gas tank, and the car gets
larger and prompted some on Twitter to ask if it deflated after four hours.
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THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Local fans
watch
favorite
teams in
Super Bowl
GAME from Page 1
Proudly wearing his blue
jersey, Stonelake, a nutrition
alumnus, said all he expected
were for the New England Patriots to win.
“Everything else is extraneous,” he said.
Australian born Cameron
Shelly said he has watched the
Super Bowl multiple times, and
that this year he rooted for the
Seattle Seahawks.
“I mean they’re better than
the Patriots,” Shelly said.
“I made sure I had today off.
I wanted to have a little alcohol and live life a little bit and
watch my home team win,” said
Marlene Belt, a Seattle native.
However, some fans were
indifferent, watching only for
the spectacle of the game.
“It’s about the love of the
game,” Juan Romero said. “At
the end of the day someone has
to win.”
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Brady, Belichick get fourth Super Bowl ring
SUPER BOWL from Page 1
The win gives Brady four titles
in six trips to the big game and
his first in 10 years. He and the
Patriots lost their most recent
two visits to the Giants, after the
2007 and 2011 seasons.
With an open NFL investigation into those deflated footballs
from two weeks ago, there is still
a cloud over the integrity of the
Patriots' latest success. But that
did not stop Brady, coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft
from raising the Lombardi Trophy in a sea of confetti in front of
70,288 fans.
"I'm so proud of all these players," Belichick said. "I love these
guys."
Brady completed a Super
Bowl-record 37 passes on 50 attempts for 328 yards and four
touchdowns with two interceptions. He was voted Super Bowl
MVP for the third time, tying his
boyhood idol, Joe Montana.
The Seahawks took their first
lead on the opening drive of the
third quarter, going up 17-14
on Steven Hauschka's 27-yard
field goal. After linebacker Bobby Wagner intercepted Brady by
jumping a pass intended for Rob
Gronkowski, Wilson hit a wideopen Doug Baldwin on a 3-yard
touchdown to go ahead 24-14.
Darrelle Revis was in coverage on the TD, but he bumped
into umpire Bill Schuster on the
crossing route. That prompted
Seattle's Richard Sherman to
taunt Revis to the television camera and seemingly solidify his
claim as the game's top corner.
Anthony Behar • TNS
New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady throws a pass against the Seattle Seahawks at Super Bowl XLIV, held at the
University Of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
The 10-point difference represented the largest deficit Brady
ever faced in a Super Bowl. Brady
found Danny Amendola for a
5-yard touchdown with 7:55 left
in the fourth to make it 24-21. It
was Brady's 12th Super Bowl TD
pass, surpassing Montana's previous record of 11.
The Seahawks went threeand-out on the ensuing possession, after which Brady drove the
Patriots 64 yards for the Edelman
game-winner.
The Patriots dominated the
first half statistically, but it was
tied at 14 for the long intermission thanks to some gutsy Sea-
hawks play-calling and a rookie
receiver who had not caught a
pass in the NFL before Super
Bowl XLIX.
With six seconds left in the
half, Lockette caught a 23-yard
pass, and with a face-mask penalty against Kyle Arrington on the
play, Seattle had first-and-10 at
the 11. Rather than kick the field
goal, Carroll decided to take one
more shot at the end zone. Wilson fired a bullet to his left, and
Chris Matthews outjumped Logan Ryan to make it 14-14.
It was the 6-5 rookie's second career reception. His first
came earlier in the second quarter, when Matthews grabbed a
44-yarder over Arrington to help
set up Lynch's 3-yard TD run that
made it 7-7.
The Patriots drove to the 10
on their second possession, but
Brady was intercepted by Lane in
the end zone. That turned out to
be as bad a play for the Seahawks
as it was for the Patriots. Lane
returned the pick and fell on his
left arm, gruesomely snapping
the bone and costing Seattle one
of its key defenders.
Brady quickly went to work
on Lane's replacement. He threw
three passes in the next possession at Simon, including an 11yard slant to Brandon LaFell for
a 7-0 lead.
The Patriots went ahead 14-7
with only 31 seconds left in the
half.
WEATHER
A warm week in Valley
Fresno will experience a
mostly dry spell this week, with
slight, patchy fog in the evenings
and clear skies for the majority
of the week, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford.
There will be a 30 percent
chance of rain in the northern
portion of the Central Valley on
Friday, with a 30 percent chance
of precipitation in Merced, fol-
lowed by a 20 percent chance of
rain on Saturday as far south as
Madera.
Any farther south is iffy for
any chance of rain, according to
the weather service.
High temperatures in the Valley this week will remain in the
mid 60s, about 65-69 degrees
Monday through Friday, with
overnight lows in the mid 40s
and no significant wind.
ARTS & ENTE
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Students strike a chord with faculty
Fresno State’s department of music faculty and students hold concert for scholarship funding
By Desiree Herroz
@TheCollegian
On Saturday evening, Fresno State’s
department of music presented its Faculty
Gala Concert Benefit, an orchestral collaboration of its faculty members and their top
students.
Dr. Thomas Loewenheim, director of the
University Orchestra conducted the night’s
performance with a three-piece program of
compositions from Schubert’s “Symphony No. 9 played in C Major, D.” 944 “The
Great”; Khachaturian’s “Suite from Masquerade (1944)” and Dvořák’s “Slavonic
Dance No.1 in C major, Op.46, No.1.”
The orchestral collaboration featured
Schubert’s sweet romanticized melodies
to Khachaturian’s and Dvořák’s energetic
dance pieces.
The event’s audience included Fresno
State students and faculty, members of the
Arts and Humanities advisory board, community members along with Fresno State
President Joseph Castro and Mary Castro.
“It was incredibly exciting,” Castro said
of the night’s performance.
“It’s the first time we’ve seen the faculty
concert—it’s great to see faculty and students play together.”
In order to make the concert possible all
participating faculty and students worked
collectively for three days to prepare the
night’s program.
“It is a big sacrifice each member of the
orchestra does, but we hope to excite our
audience and provide them with a wonderful experience,” Loewenheim said.
“This is the second time we have an orchestral collaboration of students and faculty—I do not know of any other university
that presents a faculty and student orchestral collaboration.”
Proceeds from the benefit are used to
support the Department of Music Scholarship Fund and are the only means of fundraising to help students in the program.
“The support and attendance at our concerts is most meaningful to me and our students,” Loewenheim said.
Dulce Vargas, a Fresno State sophomore
and music education major, was one of the
selected students to be a part of the night’s
performance. Playing the flute under the
direction of Dr. Teresa Beaman, Vargas
said she was honored to play her first Faculty Gala Concert with those she considers
her role models.
“It’s really exciting to play with people I
look up to. Getting the opportunity to play
with them is a one of a kind experience,”
Vargas said.
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Top and left: Conductor Thomas Loewenheim leads the Fresno State Gala Orchestra, a faculty-student
orchestral collaboration, during a performance of Aram Khachaturian’s “Nocturne” for the Faculty
Gala Concert held in the Music Foyer on campus Saturday.
Downtown pub awakens ‘The Force’ with ‘Star Wars’ screening
Peeve’s event is one of many movie screenings to be held at local pub
By Rory Appleton
@RoryDoesPhonics
It was standing room only at Peeve’s Public House on
Saturday as the Downtown Fresno pub hosted a free all-ages showing of “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes
Back” for thirsty patrons, hungry families and those who
are fans of “The Force.”
“This is the busiest I’ve seen it,” said Vil Chanthavisouk,
a Peeve’s employee. “It’s just because it’s ‘Star Wars.’ Everyone loves ‘Star Wars.’ ”
Kat Bulger said it was the family-friendly atmosphere
that brought her to Peeve’s.
“Where else are my kids going to be able to see Empire
on – well, sort of a big screen,” Bulger said as she marshaled her 11-year-old twins, 3-year-old son and husband
Shawn into their seats. “Plus, we love the low-key atmo-
sphere and being able to support a local business.”
Although no one donned full Imperial Stormtrooper armor or Jedi garb for the event, the crowd of around 100
people was not short on enthusiasm.
Attendees cheered in unison whenever an Imperial bad
guy was killed, nervously urged Han Solo not to walk into
the trap in Cloud City and even let out a disgusted “Ew!”
when Princess Leia unknowingly kissed her brother, Luke
Skywalker.
One group at the bar played a game in which each would
drink beer every time someone said “force” or Han Solo
said “kid,” which ended up being quite a lot.
Fresno State senior Tabitha Dubois and her friends used
the movie night to relax after a day spent hiking.
“We came here to unwind with some beer and watch
Star Wars,” said Dubois.
The night’s festivities were capped off with a live music
show headlined by Amoret, a Fresno electric pop band also
celebrating the release of its “HRZN” EP. Employees and
volunteers hastily folded plastic chairs to turn the makeshift movie theater back into a music venue.
In total, guests enjoyed about four hours of free, all-ages
entertainment.
Employees project a movie onto the pub’s north wall
every Saturday at 7 p.m. during the winter and at 8 p.m.
in the summer time. This Saturday’s movie will be another
George Lucas hit, “American Graffiti.”
The full list of films can be found in the events section of
the Peeve’s Public House Facebook page.
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Electric pop band Amoret
celebrates its EP ‘HRZN’
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
Top: Four-piece rock ‘n’ roll band Tomi Jean performs to a standing-room-only audience at
Peeve’s Public House on Saturday as they open for Amoret during the band’s EP release party.
Right: Tony Saragosa of Tomi Jean sings during the band Tomi Jean’s opening set for Amoret.
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THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
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By Haley Shark
@TheCollegian
Lazarus, a white-faced
whistling duck at Fresno
Chaffee Zoo, incorrectly
predicted the Seattle Seahawks would win the Super
Bowl.
The zoo held a special
event Friday ahead of the
Super Bowl. It had one of
its special ducks come out
to the Rainforest Lawn, a
popular wedding spot, and
choose between team blankets with the Patriots and
Seahawks logos.
The zookeepers chose
Lazarus to make the pick
because he is an “imprinted duck,” which means he
thinks people are ducks
and ducks are people. The
decision was based partially on which animal was
most comfortable being out
in the open with zoo-goers
and cameras, as well as the
fact that in the past few
years the zoo had chosen
orangutans to pick. Every
year, they were wrong.
“This is actually his first
debut as well,” Chaffee Zoo
bird keeper Shayna Kramb
said. “He’s six months old,
and we’ve kind of had the
idea for a while. Since he’s
imprinted, we’d make him
more of an educational
bird.”
When
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what
Lazarus’s logic behind
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Fresno Chaffee Zoo bird keeper Shayna Kramb holds Lazarus, a
six-month-old white-faced whistling duck, after he picked the Seattle
Seahawks to win the Super Bowl.
choosing the Seahawks was,
Kramb said, “The blues and
greens are a little more natural colors that you’d find
in the wild, so maybe that’s
why he had an affinity towards those colors.”
Lazarus was born in
July in a nest that was
abandoned by his parents.
Zookeepers took the eggs
and incubated them until
they were ready to hatch.
Lazarus had an assisted
hatch, which meant a zookeeper had to break his egg
for him.
When Lazarus first came
out of the egg, he was not
breathing. After some help
from another zookeeper,
he started to breathe and
was immediately full of life,
hence his name, Lazarus.
He is one of six white-faced
whistling ducks at Chaffee
Zoo and spends most of his
days whistling away in the
Tropical Treasure’s exhibit
with his sister, Rachel.
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
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Equestrian starts off 2015 WOMEN’S TENNIS
Fresno State Bulldogs battle
season on positive note
EQUESTRIAN from Page 8
ceived one for her performance on the
flat.
On the other side of the fences, the
Western team faced off against each other
in their Blue versus Red scrimmage that
ended in a tie.
The Western team performed well in
the horsemanship match with three high
scores of 72.5. Freshman Taylor Dixon,
received a most outstanding player award
in that category.
Both teams tied in the reigning match.
Fresno State’s Hailey Robinson scored a
match-high score of 71.5 and Ally Frias
took home a most outstanding player
award.
The ‘Dogs will be on the road Feb. 2021 to take on Minnesota-Crookston and
fellow conference member South Dakota
State University.
“We are really looking forward to
pressing on our big finish [from] fall semester,” Fresno State head coach Eric
Hubbard said. “We want to continue that
energy and bring all of that with us as we
travel on the road to South Dakota State
next month. [We want to] bring that energy and that focus to that competition.”
Home field advantage will be a big part
of the ‘Dogs season with all but one competition happening at home.
“The home advantage is huge in our
sport because we get to ride our horses all
the time, so the other school comes in not
knowing our horses,” Hubbard said. “I’m
very happy to be home twice in March.
The ‘Dogs will host Texas Christian
University and the University of Georgia
when they return home on March 6-7.
LACROSSE
ONLINE
The
Fresno
State
lacrosse team scores a big
victory over Occidental
College to kick off the 2015
season. Check out Conrad
Kimball’s story at:
fresnostate.edu/
collegian.
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State’s Marcy Levatino (left) fights off
Occidental College’s Kristin Feinberg during
the ‘Dogs’ 20-3 victory over the Tigers Saturday
night at Bulldog Stadium.
adversity for first win
By Trentyn Pues
@TheCollegian
Fresno State women’s tennis scored its
first two victories of the season over Cal
Poly and Fresno City College, the latter in
dominant fashion.
“We were a lot more relaxed in our second match,” Fresno State head coach Ryan
Stotland said. “I think the first match we
were a little tense. We hadn’t had a win yet,
so it was our first win of the season.
“Once we got that win, I think we’re going to be a lot more relaxed. You could see
that in our second match, we were having a
good time out there.”
A crowd of dedicated fans filled the
stands about half-capacity even with the
slightly chilled temperatures at both 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Saturday. The Bulldogs followed
an inspired pregame chant with strong
doubles play against Cal Poly.
The teams of Maiar Sherif Ahmed and
Rana Sherif Ahmed as well as Anneka
and Sophie Watts scored impressive first
set victories, 6-1 and 6-2 respectively. The
Ahmeds were especially aggressive, constantly looking to poach and hit at the feet
of the opponent to gain an advantage.
The Watts twins also impressed in their
performance, showing good chemistry and
communication, though they said that’s not
always the case.
“We’ve had our moments,” Sophie Watts
said. “We played together last semester and
had some good results. If we don’t argue, it
goes well.”
The solid performance in both matches
by the entire team is even more impressive considering the players weren’t fully
healthy.
Senior Aishwarya Agrawal had her playing hand wrist wrapped for much of the
matches, which she said caused difficulty
with grip and pain as well. She responded to the adversity with a 6-0 doubles win
against Fresno City College.
Fellow senior Anne Susdorf played in
her first matches since October following
a bad knee injury and picked up a two-set
sweep over Fresno City, 6-0 and 6-1.
“First match back [is] always a little
rocky,” Susdorf said. “But it’s easy once you
play one match to get the confidence back,
to get it rolling, believing in it and knowing
that’s not going to happen again.”
Senior Tanya Murtagh also showed
great form on serve even with a thick knee
brace of her own. It shows the how these
athletes are able to keep their heads in the
game and push through not only injuries
but a grueling two-match slate in one day, a
sentiment echoed by Stotland.
“It’s just mental toughness,” Stotland
said. “It’s hard to come back after one
match and play a second. I think we’re just
going to build on this and just a little bit of
confidence goes a long way. I think that’s
one thing we were lacking, and now we’re
there and it will propel us forward and
we’re going to use it.”
Susdorf said the players were feeling
that confidence at the end of the day and
going forward.
“Coming off back to back wins, there’s a
lot of energy and confidence,” Susdorf said.
“Going into our next matches, knowing
we’re here to stay, here to compete.”
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SPORTS
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Fresno State
suffers one of the
worst losses of
the season
8
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WINNING
WHEN IT
COUNTS
By Daniel Leon
@DanLeon25
Fresno State surrendered the second-most points it has all season in an
80-57 loss Saturday afternoon to the
Colorado State Rams, the 24th ranked
team in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Senior forward J.J. Avila dropped a
game-best 17 points and included nine
rebounds to help power the Rams (193, 6-3 Mountain West) to their 19th
victory.
The Bulldogs (10-12, 5-4 MW) got
down early, trailing 9-2 four minutes
into the game and would continue to
trail for the entire game, as they struggled to find consistency on both ends.
The Rams’ 35-22 halftime lead provided momentum going into the second period, as they scored eight of the
first 10 coming out of the break.
In the second half, Colorado State
led by as much as 30, and the ‘Dogs
never got within single digits of the
Rams in the period.
Head coach Rodney Terry noted
that rebounding played a critical role,
as it took away possessions from his
team and provided second-chance opportunities for the Rams as they outrebounded the Bulldogs 49-29.
“It gets down to rebounding, and
we knew if we could win the rebounding battle at least by one, we could win
this game,” Terry said. “That’s Colorado State’s identity (rebounding). Until
we fix our problem rebounding and
embrace that and buy into that, it takes
away our No. 1 strength as a team.
When we don’t rebound and get defensive stops, we can’t get out and get
transition baskets and run.
“Rebounding is the first thing we’ve
addressed at practice and its just something we just have to continue to work
and continue to get better at it,” he said.
“We also have to continue to have our
guys push each other to get better. Not
only our post players, but everybody
has to rebound collectively as a team.”
Fresno State’s Marvelle Harris and
Cezar Guerrero each totaled a teamhigh 16 points in the conference loss.
Harris’ double-digit effort moved him
up to No. 22 on the all time scoring list.
The ‘Dogs played without senior forward Alex Davis, who was suspended
indefinitely for actions detrimental to
the team.
After a two-game road trip, the Bulldogs return to the Save Mart Center
Wednesday to host San Jose State (219, 0-9 MW).
CLUB SPORTS
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State senior guard Alex Furr (right) fights off Colorado State’s A.J. Newton in the ‘Dogs’ 53-49 victory over the Rams Saturday at Save Mart Center.
By Christopher Livingston
@senorlivingston
For the first time since joining the
Mountain West Conference, the Fresno
State women’s basketball team beat the
Colorado State Rams at home.
The 53-49 win is the Bulldogs’ 13th
straight overall, 17th consecutive at home
and gives Fresno State a two-game lead
over the Mountain West rivals.
And it was an unconventional victory.
The ‘Dogs only led for 3:51 and shot a season-low 24.2 percent.
But they were on top when it counted
the most.
“I feel a lot better about where we
thought we were,” Fresno State head coach
Jaime White said, “and we obviously defined that that defense and pressure is in
our pocket.
“You like to see your team accomplish
the things we work on in practice, and I’m
feeling good about execution. We talked to
the team yesterday about how this team
does whatever it takes, and I thought [Sat-
EQUESTRIAN
By Nayirah Dosu
@TheCollegian
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
The Fresno State equestrian team came out on top of USC in
its first competition of the semester.
Fresno State’s equestrian team began its spring season with a scrimmage
and competition Saturday afternoon at
the Student Horse Center.
The Bulldogs’ hunt seat team competed against the USC Trojans, while
their Western team competed in an inner-squad scrimmage.
In the first match for the hunt seat
team, the ‘Dogs and Trojans went
head to head in equitation over fences.
Freshman Sierra Swaffer led the ‘Dogs
with a match-high score of 82, taking
the point for her team.
“I rode every moment to itself,
and I was able to perfect each jump,”
Swaffer said.
In the next match, equitation on the
flat, sophomore Lauren Kovanda and
freshmen Paige Pastorino and Sierra
Swaffer took three points for the Dogs,
while the Trojans were only able to secure one.
The ‘Dogs hunt seat team beat the
Trojans, 6-4. Senior Gianna Armanino
took home a most outstanding player award for the ‘Dogs in over fences,
while Trojans’ Corinne Cochran re-
See EQUESTRIAN, Page 7
Wrestling club strong in first home meet
@TomasKassahun
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
in over a month, stepped up in the final
minutes. With less than eight minutes left
in the game, she scored five straight points
– a 3-pointer followed by a fast-break layup
– to retie the game at 41.
Moments later, Fox stole the ball from
Colorado State’s Elin Gustavsson and transitioned for a layup. She replicated the
move against Rams guard A.J. Newton, and
Fresno State had a 3-point lead with 3:26
left in the game.
“It was team defense. Everyone was
guarding her man, and that pressure helps
everyone,” Fox said.
It was not over, though. Colorado State
threatened to retie the game with less than
a minute left after a 6-0 run. But with the
Rams needing to stop the clock, the ‘Dogs
were able to draw fouls and make the crucial free throws in order to keep the game
at bay.
The win brings Fresno State to 9-0 in
conference play, while the loss places Colorado State at 7-2.
After a two-game homestand, the ‘Dogs
will head north to San Jose to visit the San
Jose State Spartans on Wednesday.
‘Dogs ride high in first spring match
By Tomas Kassahun
Fresno State 165-pounders Cam MacLeod and
Jesus Medina engage in an exhibition match
Saturday afternoon at the South Gym.
urday] was a really good example of that.”
The rest of the game, however, did not
go Fresno State’s way. The Bulldogs were
down quickly at the start of the game and
did not score a point in the first three minutes. Colorado State’s lead kept climbing
until it reached its apex: 11 points with 2:44
left in the first half.
The ‘Dogs struggled in 3-point shooting,
going 0-10 in the first half. That improved
in the second stanza: Fresno State shot 33
percent from behind the arc.
In fact, gameplay in general improved
for Fresno State after the break. The ‘Dogs
shot 11 percent better from the field and
stymied the Rams’ offense.
“We regrouped at halftime, and I just
thought we came out with defensive intensity in the second half,” White said. “Defense was the focus, and that was really
where we ended up winning the game.”
Senior guard Alex Furr sunk the ‘Dogs’
first 3 of the contest with 16:51 left in the
game. A little more than two minutes later,
senior forward Alex Sheedy shot her only
field goal, a 3-pointer, that tied the game.
Guard Raven Fox, making her first start
The Fresno State wrestling club defeated Cal State San Marcos 47-18 in its first
dual meet of the season at Fresno State’s
South Gym.
Dylan McCombs won his match by pin
and Davit Gevorgyan won by technical decision while Cameron MacLeod, Jesus Izazaga, Jose Maldonado, Jesus Marez-Lopez
and Daniel Avalos won their matches by
forfeit.
The Bulldogs had two matches against
Cal State San Marcos, then ended the night
with an exhibition between two of their
members: 165-pound Jesus Medina and
Cam MacLeod.
Medina beat MacLeod by a higher point
total after a match that went the distance.
“It was a very stressful week putting it
together,” said head coach Omar Benavides. “There were some conflicts getting
the facility together but overall we did a
great job.
“We all have lives outside of wrestling.
Some of us have to work. We all are stu-
dents. Give the amount of time we have
each week to work as a team, I think we did
well.”
Benavides is even more proud of his
team for pulling out the win despite questionable decisions.
“There were some matches in there that
should have gone the other way,” Benavides said.
Fresno State will travel to USC on Feb. 7
for a tri-dual meet against USC and UCLA.
The Bulldogs will then host the National
College Wrestling Association California
State Tournament on Feb.14.