April 23 2012

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College applications are in the mail for high school seniors but the stress has just begun as they wait to hear the final decisions from colleges.

However, added stress for college hopefuls may be in the near future with the recent admissions freeze within 15 CSUs.

CSU admissions freeze causes high school grads to face uncertain futures

By Samuel Cosby The Collegian High school students are worried that Fresno State’s projected spring enrollment freeze will affect their chances of getting into the university and staying close to home.

“I’m really disappointed,” said Gabriel Gomez, a senior at Bullard High in west Fresno. “I wanted to take a semester off, and apply in the spring.

Now, I may not even get in.”

Gomez didn’t apply for fall of 2012, hoping that he would be able to work for a semester and save some money.

Fresno State will be closing its doors to many qualified students as a part of their plan to cut enrollment by as much as 25,000 students in the long run. The plan, which was announced in midMarch, was a part of the university’s plan to handle budget cuts. The school is one of 15 campuses that will freeze admissions next spring.

Gomez was one of many high school students who was affected by this news.

“I really like Fresno State,” Gomez said. “It’s close to home and it’s a really great campus. But I’m going to have to start thinking about other schools to go to, or looking at community colleges.”

In an interview in March, Paul Oliaro, the vice president of student affairs, said that there is a possibility that cutting enrollment beyond spring 2013 might have to happen as well.

“We’re certainly disappointed that we’re not going to be able to serve all the students who we want to serve and who want to come to Fresno State in the future,” Oliaro said.

Along with this, students will also have to carry smaller workloads so all students can get the classes they need.

Starting in the 2013-14 academic year, students will be limited to taking 15 to 17 units to ensure all students have equal access to courses.

“Those cuts are affecting me too,” said Jennifer Orosco, a senior at Clovis West who already has received admission to Fresno State. “I would’ve liked to graduate in four years, but who knows how long it will take me to get out of school now?”

Orosco isn’t the only one affected.

She said the cuts are also affecting her friends.

“I know a few of my friends were going to wait some time before applying,” Orosco said. “And I have a couple of friends who are juniors who don’t even know if they will apply now.”

The cuts will also affect community college students here in Fresno.

Colby Tibbet is a Fresno City College student hoping to transfer to Fresno State.

“I’m still going to apply,” Tibbet said.

“But I’m also going to have to start looking at other places.”

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The Central California Children’s Institute at Fresno State is hosting a lunchtime discussion 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, to help community benefit organizations appreciate the importance of collecting and reporting data for individual Asian subgroups.

Speakers are Fresno City Councilmember Blong Xiong; Dr. Juan Carlos Gonzalez, an assistant professor of educational research and administration at Fresno State; Soua Xiong, a researcher at the Children’s Institute; Jonathan Tran of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center in Sacramento; and Maika Yang, executive director of Stone Soup in Fresno.

T h e issu e, says D r. Cassan dra Joubert, director of the institute, surrounds the lumping of numerous cultures into one “model minority” – Asian American/Pacific Islanders – in U.S. Census, local and state data sources. That doesn’t take into consideration the unique needs of each subgroup.

“Local advocates have expressed the need for breaking out data for the Southeast Asian population – Hmong, Laotian, Cambodian, etc. – due to the uniqueness of the histories and life experiences of these subgroups,” Joubert added.

By making certain the applicable data are collected, groups like those represented at the meeting will be better able to help Southeast Asian youth be successful.

The discussion will be in the San Joaquin Conference Room at the Central Valley Regional Center at 4615 N. Marty Ave. in Fresno.

The Collegian brings home 14 awards The Collegian saw another successful year at the annual California College Media Association’s award banquet — taking home a total of 14 awards on Saturday evening.

The Collegian won four first-place awards: Best Online Advertisement, Best Special Section, Best Cartoon and Best Arts and Entertainment Story.

Last year, The Collegian had only one first place award.

Opinion editor Tony Petersen, webmaster Dalton Runberg and Staff writer Maddie Shannon attended the banquet at Cal State Fullerton.

A complete list of awards can be found to the left.

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MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012

CSU budget woes continue

s more and more of the costs of higher education are shifted to students, and news of continued budget cuts plague public higher education institutions, many students have started to ask how we got into this mess in the first place.

Many of the budgetary decisions that impact higher education in California were made more than a decade ago and still impact our institutions’ funding today.

ASI President Selena Farnesi

Tuition Fees: Currently part-time tuition in the CSU is $1,587 per semester, or $1,058 per quarter, totaling $3,174 per academic year.

Part-time students are defined as students taking six units or less in a semester or quarter. Full-time tuition is shy of twice the cost of part-time tuition. Full-time tuition (6.1 units and up) is $2,736 per semester or $1,824 per quarter, totaling $5,472 for the CSU student.

All of these numbers are for CSU students who are in state residence and completely undergraduate degrees. Credential programs, graduate programs and doctoral programs all cost more than undergraduate tuition. All non-resident students pay a per unit rate of $372 per semester of $248 per quarter in addition to applicable CSU system-wide fees, and all incoming students pay a one-time $55 application fee.

The CSU has suffered just under a billion dollars in cuts, or 35 percent of its budget, in just the last 18 months.

As a result of these cuts, the CSU system is currently funded at the lowest percentage of California’s budget since 1965, which is the same decade the Master Plan for Higher Education

was adopted.

In the last four years, CSU campuses have tried to accommodate the decrease in funding in a variety of ways. The CSU has decreased the total number of employees, system wide, by 3,000 people. This type of workforce decrease has forced professors to teach more classes with more students in them. The CSU has also implemented new technology to increase efficiency and decrease personnel and increase donations and philanthropic support on all 23 campuses. Some campuses have been able to combine administrative functions to reduce overhead costs. These efforts, however, have not been enough, and some of the burden has fallen on students.

Tuition fees for the CSU have been rising as a result of decreased state support. The graph to the right shows the decrease in state support and the increase in the cost of tuition.

Students now pay more than half the total cost of their education leading some to call the CSU system “state supported” instead of “state funded.”

You can see from the graph below that the CSU system has increased its tuition fees at a greater percentage than many other public institutions.

The CSU has increased its fees by more than $1,000 per year while the average increase falls closer to $550 annually.

That said, because the CSU system was significantly less expensive than many of its competitors to begin with, it has managed to remain among the more affordable public college options.

One must keep in mind, however, that all of these figures are only reflective of tuition fees, and do not include additional fees that may be determined by individual campuses such as health center fees, student body fees or parking permit costs.

Increases in student tuition fees have been able to make up some of the difference between the cost of providing an education and the reduction in state support, but it has not been able

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to cover the difference completely.

Even though students are now paying 51 percent of the cost of their education, the CSU system still has a shortfall of $500 million.

In addition to the fee increases, both the Chancellor’s Office and each CSU campus have attempted to reduce costs, but the budget hole persists. In response to this problem, Chancellor Reed and the Board of Trustees for the CSU have announced that they are unwilling to ask the students to bear anymore of the burden and that his office will not approve any more tuition or fee increases.

In an effort to mitigate some of the effects of the budget hole, the CSU plans to cut enrollment for the 2013-14 academic year by 20 to 25,000 students.

Most of the CSU campuses will discontinue spring enrollment and many CSU campuses will greatly reduce or stop accepting transfer students.

In addition, in order to make sure that all the currently enrolled students have equitable access to the limited number of courses that are offered, a unit cap will be placed on students system wide: students will be able to take 15 to 17 credits each term, though exceptions will be made for graduating seniors.

Current legislation that could affect the budget: Assembly Bill 2126 by Assembly Member Marty Block would permanently grant the CSU system the authority to issue its own regulations in terms of policy and budget management. A previous bill granted the CSU system this authority for the last 15 years, and two previous bills granted the CSU this authority prior to that.

In the past each bill has had a sunset clause that allows the legislature to review the CSU and potentially strip it of self-regulation and decision-making power. Because the state provides less than half the funding for a CSU education and because the CSU has a governing structure in place com-

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Assembly Bill 1501 establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program, which would begin in the 2012-2013 academic years. The scholarship program would make undergraduate student enrolled in the CSU or UC eligible to receive a scholarship grant in an amount that, combined with other financial aid, is at least two-thirds of the amount charged to that student in that academic year for mandatory system-wide fees.

This means that qualifying students are guaranteed aid that covers twothirds of the cost of going to the CSU, part of which is provided in scholarships that do not have to be paid back.

To qualify, a student’s annual household income cannot exceed $150,000.

The student must either be a resident of the state or be exempt from paying nonresident tuition. The student must complete and submit a FAFSA application. And lastly, the student must make a timely application or applications for publicly funded student financial aid programs for which he or she is eligible, other than the Middle Class Scholarship program.

Assembly Bill 1500 tightens the state’s corporate tax formula by requiring all firms to calculate their California income tax based on their share of sales in the state. Current law allows companies to choose the less costly of two formulas. This bill would direct the savings from this change to the Middle Class Scholarship Program (as discussed in Assembly Bill 1501), benefiting higher education students.

This is the first column in a threepart series on budgets and fees.

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Students commemorate anniversary of 97th Armenian Genocide

By University Communications To commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Tuesday, the Armenian Students Organization of Fresno State will hold several events including a talk that day by Hygo Ohannessian, chair of the Armenian National Committee of America.

The commemorative event, scheduled 12:15 to 2 p.m. in the Free Speech Area, will include presentations of poems,

songs, dances and reading of Genocide memoirs by club members. Students of the Charlie Keyan Armenian School and the Arax Dancers also will participate.

It will culminate with a march through campus.

This and the other events remember the 1.5 million Genocide victims and their surviving families, many of whom fled to the United States and other places far away from Armenians’ traditional west Asia homeland.

· Monday, April 23, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. An information table in the Free Speech Area, with posters and brochures available for students to learn more about the Armenian Genocide. · Wednesday, April 25 4 p.m. In University Student Union, Room 312-314, the Associated Students Inc., will issue a proclamation recognizing April 23-27 as a week of remembrance. · Thursday, April 26 6:30 p.m. The Armenian Students Organization will host a screening of the movie “Lark Farm” in Industrial Technology Building, Room 101, followed by a vigil at the Free Speech Area.

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Unnecessary medicine: Physician groups list 45 overused tests, procedures change in patient care.

The American College of Radiology recommends against chest X-rays before outpatient surgery for patients who have normal physical exams and no previous problems because the images do not usually change patient care and have not been shown to improve patient outcomes.

And the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology says that because most cases of acute rhinosinusitis can be diagnosed clinically and resolved without treatment in two weeks, there is no need for antibiotics or a sinus CT scan or other imaging.

The lists, which include information about when a particular test or treatment may be appropriate based on clinical evidence and guidelines, are part of the Choosing Wisely campaign, a multiyear effort aimed at reducing the use of unnecessary medicine and promoting greater dialogue between patients and physicians.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that up to 30 percent of health care expenditures in the U.S. go

toward tests, procedures, doctor visits, hospital stays and other services that many medical experts say do not improve patients’ health.

“Unfortunately, in some of the political rhetoric about health care costs and all of the accusations about rationing, consumers get understandably worried,” said Dr. Christine Cassel, president of the American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation, which organized the Choosing Wisely campaign.

Patients “think more is better, and ‘Maybe I’m not getting something I need,’ when, in fact, more is not necessarily better,” she said. “There are a number of things that not only aren’t necessary and are potentially costly, but also have a risk of harm to the patient.”

The lists cover a wide range of tests, procedures and treatments, some of which are routinely used for thousands, even millions, of patients.

Others are only for specific kinds of patients such as those with certain cancers or undergoing kidney dialysis.

For example, the American Society of Nephrology said dialysis patients with limited life expectancies — six months or less — and no signs or symptoms of cancer shouldn’t get routine cancer screening, including mammograms, colonoscopies, Pap smears and PSA tests.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology, which is meeting in Chicago this week, recommended against using advanced imaging technologies such as PET, CT and radionuclide scans to determine cancer spread in patients with early-stage breast cancer and prostate cancer that is at low risk of metastasizing.

In both cases, the tests can lead to unneeded invasive procedures, overtreatment, unnecessary radiation exposure and misdiagnosis.

Some outside experts applauded the effort to reduce unnecessary care.

“The greatest advance in medicine in the past 50 years is not the latest wave of good ideas. It’s the ability and mandate to ask whether any idea advantages any patient, and if so, how much?” said Dr. Nortin Hadler, author

of “Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America.”

“These lists scratch the surface of good ideas that have proved disappointing at best,” Hadler said. “Every CHICAGO — Should you get a carpatient has the right to ask a physician diac stress test as part of your annual ‘How certain are you that any particucheckup? A chest X-ray before outpalar test or intervention will advantient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics tage me?’ and expect an informative for chronic sinusitis? answer.”

In most cases, no.

Others said the campaign has shortBut patients get these commonly comings. used tests and procedures — and many Dr. Adam Cifu, an associate profesmore — all the time, even though medisor of medicine at the University of cal experts say they often are unnecesChicago and co-author of a clinical reasary, can be harmful and contribute to soning textbook called “Symptom to the nation’s skyrocketing health care Diagnosis: An Evidence-based Guide,” costs. said the list is a good start but two On Wednesday, nine physician spethings seem problematic. cialty societies collectively representOne is that the recommendations ing about 375,000 physicians nationcome from sub-specialty groups, which wide are each unveiling a top five list means they’re a little biased in terms of tests or procedures commonly used of the patients they see, Cifu said. without good cause.

For example, the American Academy The American College of Cardiology, of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology for example, says stress tests are unnecrecommends against diagnosing asthessary for otherwise healthy adults ma without spirometry, a test using without cardiac symptoms because a device that measures air flow. But they rarely result in any meaningful general internists and family practitioners see simpler asthma cases and may not need the tool, which can be costly, he said.

Dr. Steve Devries, a preventive cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said the procedures on the list are still common practice.

“There’s a natural inclination to screen for heart disease in people before they have symptoms. The idea is if heart problems are identified early, a heart attack can be prevented,” he said.

But the stress test as a 50th birthday present hasn’t panned out, said Devries. “An abnor mal stress test often leads to an angiogram which, if confirming a narrowed artery, often leads to a stent procedure,” he said.

“Unfortunately, placing stents in people who do not have symptoms has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or save lives.”

What does prevent heart attacks, Devries added, is eating a Mediterranean diet, as well as exercise and, for selected high-risk individuals, aspirin and cholesterol medication.

Cassel said both physicians and patients need to talk about frequently ordered tests, many of which are requested by What is the Student Health Fee? ATTENTION FRESNO STATE STUDENTS: patients. She said she hopes The Student Health Fee is part of the institutional fees. It is defined as a the lists also encourage more OPEN FORUM for prepaid access to healthcare for all currently enrolled students under the discussion about appropriate Proposed Student Health Fee Increase Executive Order-943 of the CSU. Students are currently paying $93 per semester. individualized testing and All currently enrolled students, with or without insurance, are eligible to use the treatment plans.

Students are encouraged to attend one of these public forums no cost and low cost healthcare services available in the health center.

“It’s (a responsibility of) regarding the proposed Student Health Fee increase. both patients and doctors,” Why is there a need to increase the Student Health Fee? she said. “Physicians someWednesday, April 18 Due to various factors that affected the cost of operating the University Health and times are reluctant to say 12 Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Psychological Services, it is no longer able to sustain its level of service based on the ‘You don’t need this.’ Or they University Student Union 312-314 current funding level. Its current funding level had been so low that there has been are afraid of malpractice. If a significant decline in access for student users.

(Light snack and refreshments will be provided) patients have the same information as the doctor, they What is the new fee proposal? can ask if they really need it.

Tuesday, April 24 The proposal is to increase the Student Health Fee by $5 annually beginning They start on a level playing 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Fall 2012 over the next four years for a total increase of $20 by the year 2016. This field, which leads to shared McLane Hall 161 will mean that the current semester fee of $93 will gradually increase over four decision-making, which is a years to a semester fee of $113 per semester. The last student health fee increase model of medical care that was passed by students in 2005 and ended in 2009. leads to the best outcomes.”

Monday, April 30 Dr. Ronald Falk, president 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

How is the input being gathered? of the American Society of Input is going to be gathered from many student groups to include the following: Library 3212 Nephrology, said his organiAssociated Students Inc. Senate, University Student Union Board, President’s Lunch zation first came up with a list (Light snack and refreshments will be provided) Group of Student Leaders, Resident Hall Advising Group, International Student of about 100 overused tests Associations, Intra Fraternity Council, PanHellenic Council, Student Dietetic and treatments before it whitThursday, May 3 Association, Online surveys via email, website, and Facebook, and open forums. tled it down to five.

6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Other organizations releasAfter all the input is gathered, the result of this alternative consultation will be Residence Hall Atrium ing lists are the American presented to the Campus Fee Advisory Committee for possible consideration by (Light snack and refreshments will be provided) Academy of Family President Welty.

Physicians and the American Fresno State students are encouraged to express their opinion about College of Physicians.

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a proposed student health fee increase to the current student health For further information about the Student Health Fee Increase, please go to: www.csufresno.edu/health/News fee to be assessed starting in the Fall 2012.

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Bulldogs end season with win Collins, Francisco downplay Saturday’s pulling

Fresno State lacrosse ended its season on a winning note Saturday, downing UC Davis 12-11 in double overtime for its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation win in program history.

The Bulldogs were trailing 7-4 at halftime but rallied back in the second half on seven goals from six different players.

Lauren Natale started the rally on an assist from Natalie Harrington to give

the ‘Dogs their first points after the break with 27:28 remaining.

Harrington would find three more Bulldogs that half including Natale’s game-tying goal with 3:35 left.

After a scoreless first overtime, Briana Hetherington found Sara Weber for the go-ahead goal with 3:55 left in the second overtime.

Fresno State closes out the season 3-10 overall and 1-6 in the MPSF.

his ERA to spike to 8.53.

He yielded three runs Saturday in one-third of an inning.

NEW YORK — Frank Francisco reiterated Francisco appeared that his left knee — startled as a handful of which was sore in spring reporters approached training — is fine. him at his locker, lookHe said he has no beef ing back at them as if with Collins’ decision. there were nothing to “I mean, it don’t matter talk about. what I think,” Francisco When we last left the said after the Mets’ Mets’ closer, he had Sunday afternoon game been yanked by manwas postponed by rain. ager Terry Collins on It was rescheduled as Saturday in the middle part of a single-admisof a save situation. And sion doubleheader today after the victory over the beginning at 4:10.

Giants, Francisco admit“You got a boss right? ted he found the quick He’s my boss. So he hook “surprising” and m a ke s t h e l a s t c a l l . “didn’t like it.”

Whatever he decides to But all was well get that ‘W,’ that’s all Sunday, according to that matters.”

Francisco and Collins.

When asked if his relaAt least for now. tionship with Collins It was a busy 24 hours was good, he responded, in Queens despite a sin“Yeah. Hey, as long as we gle inning being played: win, we’re good.”

Collins declared that And Collins is standFrancisco remains his ing by him. closer.

“I just told him that The reliever — who (Saturday) was one of unconventionally was those days, and that he’s yanked after just four still the closer here and batters — thinks he to be ready to pitch when and pitching coach we get him back out Dan War then identithere,” he said. f i e d a p ro bl e m w i t h B u t C o l l i n s r i s ke d his mechanics Sunday alienating Francisco by mor ning that caused yanking him with the game still on the line. There’s the potential it can damage the trust between manager Are you waiting for each print edition to read the newest and closer. classifieds? Check them out Francisco — 24/7 online at: who signed a twohttp://collegian.csufresno.edu year, $12 million Click on classifieds. free-agent conThe Collegian is not responsible for nor tract in the off-seadoes it assume any liability for its adverson after earning tisers. We caution our readers to check 17 saves in 2011 for out the legitimacy of all advertisers before doing business with any of them. the Blue Jays — admitted he was HELP WANTED bothered by the decision.

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The manager said he gave him a small pep talk.

“I just went to him and said, ‘You got to hang in there,’ “ Collins said.

“You know, he’s disappointed. He’s mad at me ‘cause I took him out, which is a common thing that happens.

“And I certainly don’t blame him. If I were in his shoes, I’d be mad too.”

The problem lately has been Francisco’s left shoulder prematurely “flying open” in his delivery to the plate, the closer said.

That’s why the righthander has allowed at least a run in each of his past four appearances after registering saves in the Mets’ first three games.

“We got to fix it. But we saw that,” Francisco said. “Everything is cool.”

His mana g er a g ain blamed the lack of consistent opportunities for the closer’s struggles. Before Saturday, Francisco had not pitched in a save situation since April 8.

“One of the things that’s been hard (is) we’ve been unable to get him out there consistently,” Collins said.

“We’ve either had big leads or we’ve lost some games where he’s gone three or four days where he hasn’t gotten into the game.”

Collins added that he has no plans to use Jon Rauch (no runs allowed in 8¤ innings) — who also closed last season for the Blue Jays — instead of Francisco in the ninth inning.

“When you’re doing well and pitching cons i s t e n t l y, i t ’ s e a s y, ” Francisco said. “You don’t have to fix anything.

“But when you g et out of your routine and you don’t pitch for a few games after you’ve been pitching a lot ... it can go a different way.”

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Fresno State won backto-back games against Cal Poly and Loyola Marymount — both by the score 5-2 — at the Wathen Tennis Center Saturday and Sunday.

D u r i n g S a t u r d ay ’ s match, the ‘Dogs swept the Mustangs in all three doubles matches to go up 1-0 into singles play.

In the top singles spot, No. 42 Marianne Jodoin d e f e a t e d A l e x a L e e, 7-5, 7-6 and freshman A i s h w a r y a A g r aw a l downed Jocelyn Davis 6-2, 6-3 in the second spot. In spots three a n d f o u r, B u l l d o g s Melissa McQueen and Bianca Modoc came out with wins before the Mustangs defeated Pola a n d Ta n ya M u r t a g h in the final two spots, respectively.

On Sunday, the ‘Dogs honored lone senior Pola before downing Loyola Marymount in their regular season home finale.

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in singles and 75-56 in doubles through Sunday.

Pola has been with the program her entire four years at Fresno State and clinched the Wester n Athletic Conference Championships for the Bulldogs two out of the three previous years she competed in the tournament.

Pola won her doubles match Sunday alongside Jodoin, 8-5, over Ashley Anderson and Miya Jin. In the other doubles s p o t s, T h e B u l l d o g s pulled out wins from Modoc and Agrawal who beat Elisaveta Pironkova and Reka Rohonyi, 8-6 and McQueen and Olga Kirpicheva who downed Claudia Razz eto and Logan Finnell, 8-2.

In singles, Pola lost to Anderson, 6-2, 7-6 in the No. 5 spot.

Jodoin continued her dominance in singles play, with a 6-1 win over Razzeto at the No. 1 spot.

The No. 48 Bulldogs (13-8) will travel to Las Cruces, N.M. for the WAC Esteban Cortez / The Collegian Championships which begin Thursday and run Senior Laura Pola was honored before Sunday’s match against Loyola Marymount. through Saturday.

Pola lost to Gabby Gatewood at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-2.

SOFTBALL

‘Dogs sweep Aggies for first in WAC

By Tim Salazar The Collegian Michelle Moses and the rest of the Bulldogs turned in a dominating performance against New Mexico State as Fresno State took a three-game sweep over the weekend to take over first-place in the Western Athletic Conference by half a game.

The sweep, coupled with Hawaii going 2-1 in its series with Nevada, allowed the Bulldogs to take first from Hawaii with the two teams set to have their series this upcoming weekend in Honolulu.

“New Mexico State’s a great team and getting three wins was very nice and that’s something positive to go into Hawaii with,” senior pitcher Mackenzie Oakes said.

In Friday’s opener, Moses turned in her second consecutive one-hit shutout, beating the Aggies 1-0. It was her sixth one-hit performance of the season.

The only hit the Aggies could muster was a leadoff single by Amber Olive.

The bounced off the outstretched arm of Moses as the ball went down the middle of the field. Moses would end the day with six strikeouts and only two walks.

The Bulldogs’ lone run in the game came in the third inning on an infield single by Brooke Ortiz that brought in Maria Sio from third.

The Bulldogs put aside their red, white and blue jerseys on Saturday and wore purple in support of their ninth-

annual Domestic Violence Awareness Day. The Aggies threatened early, leading off the game with consecutive singles from Amber Olive and Malena Padilla.

Bulldog starting pitcher Oakes then dispatched the rest of the Aggies hitters striking out Tiare Jennings followed by forcing Briana Tovio-Asato to ground into a double play. After the first two hits, the Bulldogs then recorded 11 consecutive outs before the Aggies next base runner recorded a single in the fourth.

Moses and Courtney Moore put the Bulldogs on the board in a hurry on back-to-back home runs with two outs in the first inning. Following a walk to Stesha Brazil, Aggies starting pitcher Alex Newman was pulled in favor of Karysta Donisthorpe.

The Bulldogs added to their lead in the sixth when Sio nearly stretched her RBI single into a double that brought in Vonnie Martin into score.

The Aggies finally got on the board in the final inning on a solo home run

by Kelsey Dodd, ruining Oakes’ bid for her third shutout of the year.

“It’s disappointing, but luckily our team scored three runs early and gave me a nice cushion so they picked me up on that one,” Oakes said on just missing the shutout.

Oakes allowed four hits and struck out three for her ninth win of the season.

The second game had the feel of an old-fashioned pitchers duel as both Bulldog Moses and Aggie Celisha

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012

MEN’S TENNIS

Bulldogs win back-to-back

By Angel Moreno The Collegian

Walker didn’t allow ether lineup to get much offense going early in the game.

In the fourth the ‘Dogs were in scoring position when the Aggies’ Amber Olive over pursued a fly ball by Stesha Brazil putting her on second. Brazil didn’t stay put long as Martin brought her home on a double.

The ‘Dogs tried to tack on another run late in the inning on a close play at home on a Kaitlin Griffin single but catcher Alyssa Ruiz applied the tag as Martin made her way for home.

Defensively, Andrea Ortega made a spectacular catch slamming her body into the outfield fence to catch a wouldbe home run by Tiare Jennings, as she help preserve Moses’ chance at perfection.

After retiring the first 17 batters Moses’ perfect game slipped through her grasp when Shaleese Javillo singled up the middle in the sixth inning.

The Bulldogs got a much-needed insurance run with another RBI coming off the bat of Martin, this time it was an RBI ground out that scored Kaylan Pollard from third.

The Aggies showed life late in the game scoring a run in the top of the seventh. The run prevented Moses from obtaining her third-straight shutout but wasn’t enough to prevent her from picking up her 20th victory on the season. She would end the day striking out six and not allowing a walk.

The Bulldogs will fly to Hawaii for a three-game series Friday and Saturday that will determine sole possession of first place in the WAC.

By Angel Moreno The Collegian Fresno State closed out the regular season and honored its senior studentathletes with a 7-0 shutout win over Pacific, Saturday at the Wathen Tennis Center.

The Bulldogs (18-4) honored seniors Remi Boutillier, David Ayoun and Jean-Charles Diame — whom all hail from France — in front of a loyal crowd before their final home match.

For Boutillier, Saturday not only meant his final regular season competi- Remi Boutillier tion as a Bulldog, but he also won his 100th-career doubles match. Boutillier and partner Francis Alcantara beat Pacific’s Ivan Castro an d A l e x Hamilton, 8-3, to clinch the doubles point.

In then No. 2 slot, Jean-Charles Diame Ayo u n a n d p a r t n e r Zachary Leslie downed Erik Cedarwall and Valentin Goncalves, 8-4.

Pacific defaulted No. 3 doubles match due to an incomplete lineup. During the break before singles play, David Ayoun the seniors celebrated their fans.

“It feels great,” Diame said. “It’s been a great two yeras with my teammates and I’m proud of everythig we’ve accomplished. I have no regrets.”

Ayoun agreed Diame and said he too does not have any regrets during his time at Fresno State.

“I’m definitely going to miss having home matches because we have such loylal fans who support us and have been there for me for three years,” Ayoun said. “But we still have matches to play. I know all of us want to see that we do the best we can through the end of the season.”

Ayoun is in his third year at Fresno State while Diame, a transfer from Ouachita Baptist University, has spent the previous two as a Bulldog.

Boutillier entered the program as a freshman and has since become the most veteran player on the team. “ I [ h a d ] m i xe d f e e l i n g s ab o u t [Saturday],” Boutillier said. “On one hand I’m really happy about the win and the season so far and on the other I’m sad that my four years as a Bulldog are almost over.”

Boutillier did not have much to say about about achieving 100 doubles wins.

“Honestly, I wasn’t keeping track of my wins so I didn’t know until after the match.”

Fresno State continued its sweep into singles play, starting with a 2-0 lead over Pacific, which defaulted at No. 6 singles. In the No. 1 spot, Boutillier downed Castro 6-1, 6-0, while at No. 2 Alcantara clinched the team win with a 6-3, 6-0, defeat over Cederwall.

At No. 3, Diame bested Goncalves, 6-4, 3-6, 10-1 with freshman Reid DeLaubenfels downing Jainendra Grewal, 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 in the No. 5 spot.

Ayoun closed out the match for the Bulldogs with a 7-6(7), 6-1, win over Hamilton in the No. 4 spot.

The Bulldogs, who clinched the re gular season Wester n Athletic Conference championship, are the top seed heading into this week’s WAC Championships in Las Cruces, N.M.