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Former Fresno State Women’s Basketball Coach Raegan Pebley resigned Tuesday accepting the same job at Texas Christian University.

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More than 7 million enrolled as Obamacare deadline passes

By Tony Pugh & Lindsay Wise McClatchy-Tribune

WASHINGTON - More than 7 million Americans have now enrolled in private coverage on the nation’s health insurance marketplaces, thanks to a wave of late signups that has pushed the latest enrollment tally beyond the original goal set by the Congressional Budget Office.

A fiery President Barack Obama made the formal announcement in a Rose Garden ceremony Tuesday afternoon that served as a victory lap and pep rally for administra-

tion officials, Democratic lawmakers and civilian volunteers who labored in support of the health law, despite a flawed federal enrollment website, a skeptical public and stiff political opposition from Republicans.

While further challenges remain, both politically and logistically, the unexpected success of the marketplace enrollment period helps ensure that the president’s signature legislation will usher in one of the broadest expansions of national health coverage since the Medicaid and Medicare programs were launched in 1965 and the Children’s Health Insurance Program was established in 1997.

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Through a combination of new marketplace insurance, coverage for adult children up to age 26 on their parents’ health plans and expanded eligibility for Medicaid, an estimated 9.5 million to 9.8 million uninsured Americans likely have gained health coverage under the law, said economist Katherine Carman of the RAND Corp., a nonprofit think tank in Santa Monica, Calif.

Those estimates will continue to grow, since Medicaid enrollment continues

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The importance of media coverage on the controversial topic of climate change will be discussed at this year’s Roger Tatarian Journalism Symposium, held Thursday in the Satellite Student Union.

The keynote speaker for the symposium, Professor Robert Hackett from Simon Fraser University in Canada, said “Journalism is arguably our culture’s most important form of storytelling.”

“It not only helps to set agendas for public attention and policymakers’ decision-making,” Hackett said, “it orients us toward the world beyond own direct experience.”

Coinciding with Hackett’s idea of raising awareness, the symposium’s organizer Dr. Marc Edge said the event is about journalists accurately informing the public about climate change.

A Fresno State professor in journalism, Edge said the media must consider conflicting sides of the debate but actively “cut through the clutter and get to the bottom line.”

The three-hour symposium will feature journalists and scholars and is presented by Fresno State’s College of arts and humanities and the department of mass communication and journalism.

In addition to Hackett, other speakers will include the former editor-in-chief of Earth magazine Professor Tom Yulsman from the University of Colorado and Fresno Bee journalist Mark Grossi.

In light of the people who “muddy the waters for political reasons,” Edge said journalism is crucial in deciphering the truth about climate change.

“A lot of people feel there is a scientific consensus that climate change is at least a phenomenon aided by greenhouse gas emissions, if not wholly created by industrial pollution,” Edge said. “But then a lot people claim that that’s not the case – that the earth has been warming and cooling in a natural cycle for eons.”

Hackett said the focus of his talk will be about the kinds of journalism

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What runs the world?

Social media How Snapchat furthers my social media existence

Remember the early days of MySpace? Oh, the good old days of not realizing that this social website was laying the groundwork for the state of social media. When all we had to worry Yvette Mancilla about was who to pick among our circle of friends for the “top eight” section and who to deal with the next day at school when your “best friend” was not among the chosen.

While there are now a host of social media apps and sites on which to build a profile and followers in some sort of fashion, there are a select few that have influenced my way of life.

Facebook connected me with friends, acquaintances, coworkers and family members who I didn’t even know existed. Although, like other sites, it has continued to this day to change its appearance, functions and more, I enjoy posting happy milestones in life, well wishes, and the occasional sarcastic daily observation.

Granted, like others I’m sure, I cringe when scrolling through posts from those I have not even talked to in five years. Yes, I really need to filter through my list of friends over spring break; just add it to my list of things to do.

Twitter is a whole other animal for me. Most of my followers are either acquaintances I’ve networked with, friends or professionals. Because of that, I choose either to tweet professionally, including pop culture tidbits and conversation with friends.

I recently had an interesting learning experience with a student journalist based in Turkey who let me know some of the sentiments people are feeling over the prime minister election. It’s impossible for me to be strictly professional on Twitter, but at the same time, I keep it appropriate. So, don’t expect me to tweet, “I’m hungry. Where the food at?”

Now, for the other social media apps that have vied for my attention: Vine?

No, thanks. The funnier vines are available to see on Facebook, and I’m not creative enough to produce an entertaining six-second video. Foursquare?

Nope! Is it really good to be checking in

where I’m at every time I go for lunch?

Snapchat is a different story.

Apparently, most of my co-workers were snap-chatting hilarious misgivings and moments of life I was missing out on. Not only my co-workers were in on this comedic collective, but friends I try hard to keep in touch with daily through texts, calls or otherwise would not talk to for a whole day.

Therefore, my reason for choosing to add Snapchat to my already packed social media space in life was simply a matter of peer pressure. Just kidding, I’m stronger than that. It was more curiosity than anything else. Snapchat is an app I already check, along with the others, without a second thought. It’s simple: You take a photo or video, write a funny message over it and share to your selected friends or for all to see for a 10-second period.

So, until another app or social media website grabs my curiosity, I will exercise my thumbs to connect with people and publish content to my current mainstays: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Flickr and now Snapchat.

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CASTRO BRINGS CAKE: Fresno State President Joseph Castro visited The Collegian office Tuesday afternoon to congratulate the staff on its showing in the California College Media Awards competition. Before he arrived, he had a delicious ice cream cake delivered, which was shared during his visit.

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RAEGAN PEBLEY RESIGNS: Fresno State women's hoops coach leaves a winning program to join the Big 12's Texas Christian University. Pebley left the state Tuesday after announcing her resignation.

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SEVEN SCHOOL DAYS UNTIL SPRING BREAK: Most other California colleges and universities are grumbling about returning to course work while Fresno State students are nearly coming unglued waiting for spring break to finally arrive.

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KFSR COMBINES FUN AND CELEBRITY IN APRIL FOOLS PROGRAMMING Photos by Matt Vieira Taking a break from its regularly scheduled programing, 90.7 KFSR let well-known local community members guest host the station’s shows Tuesday as part of its “No Rules April Fools” programming.

Headlined by the likes of Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin and KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” Host Kopi Sotiropulos, the station brought together people from on and off cam-

pus for a day of programming much different from KFSR’s usual.

Hosts like The Fresno Bee’s TV and movie critic Rick Bentley, who played theme songs from popular TV shows, brought their own distinct tastes to the airwaves. Mary Castro, Fresno State President Joseph Castro’s wife, also participated. Castro even played a favorite song of her husband’s, “Purple Rain” by Prince.

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Derby Days Raises Money for Children’s Hospital

By Matthew Criswell Collegian Staff

The annual Fresno State Derby Days took place from March 18 to March 20, raising nearly $25,000 for Children’s Hospital of Central California in Madera.

Derby Days is an annual fundraising event put on by the Sigma Chi fraternity with the Phi Mu, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Delta Zeta and Kappa Alpha Theta sororities participating in the three-day event.

Before the event begins, those participating created an annual advertising book and sold ad spots to various local businesses. The book is created every year and all of the money raised during the event is donated to Children’s Hospital.

This year’s Derby Days hit a milestone of $100,000 donated to the hospital by the Fresno State Sigma Chi chapter. Close to $25,000

was raised during this year’s Derby Days.

The event is not only about philanthropy but also about participating Greek organizations getting together and having fun during the three-day period. There are wall-painting days, skits, a relay race and dances that all of the sororities take part in.

One of the main events that lasts during the entire Derby Days is a scavenger hunt for a hat hidden somewhere in Fresno.

Each year, a Derby Daddy is chosen, and his job is to organize the events and help raise money. This year’s Derby Daddy was Sigma Chi member Zachary Worden.

“I had an absolutely amazing experience being this year’s Derby Daddy. I had so much help from the volunteers and judges, and that made the experience so much better,” Worden said.

All of the money raised during the event will be delivered to Children’s Hospital on April 8.

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Tatarian Symposium to discuss about objectivity environmental reporting LECTURE from Page 1 that “best help our society to respond to the enormous challenge of global warming.”

“It’s not just a matter of better conveying the science, but of finding frames and practices that would help to engage audiences as citizens and motivate them to effective action,” Hackett said.

Edge said Hackett’s lecture should make for some interesting discussion, since instead of relying on “outdated notions of objectivity,” Hackett wants to encourage a productive response rather than just a temporary reaction.

“Our keynote speaker, in fact, will be arguing that journalism should go even further in promoting, not just awareness, but change,” Edge said.

By talking to students and members of the public,

Hackett said he hopes they will take away the importance of demanding journalism that spurs political action on climate change. He said such support is important “against the indifference, or even hostility, of entrenched interests vested in the carbon economy.”

Edge said the symposium was attracting interest from a variety of local groups and had specific relevance because of California’s drought.

“There’s a lot of people interested in environmental issues, especially in the central San Joaquin Valley,” Edge said.

The event is free and open to the public, and runs from 9 a.m. until noon. The Tatarian Symposium is in honor of the late Roger Tatarian, a Fresno State alumnus who was editor-in-chief of United Press International and a longtime journalism professor at the university.

Obamacare reaches milestone HEALTHCARE from Page 1 throughout the year and many states and the federal government are extending marketplace enrollment beyond the official signup deadline of March 31.

“The Affordable Care Act hasn’t completely fixed our long-broken health care system,” Obama told the Rose Garden gathering. “But this law has made our health care system a lot better. A lot better.”

The enrollment milestone is the payoff of a lean but resourceful operation that deployed tools, tactics and metrics honed on the campaign trail to enroll as many people as possible over the last six weeks, according to senior administration officials.

The intensive outreach used local radio, Twitter, YouTube videos and celebrity endorsements from the likes of Miami Heat star LeBron James and singer Katy Perry, as well as 5,000 outreach events in community centers and churches. The hope was to reach young people, minorities and moms, with special focus on states like Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina with high rates of uninsured, and 25 cities with similarly

high rates.

Efforts from health law support groups like Enroll America played an equally important role. The nonprofit organization and its staff of 27,000 volunteers and 2,300 partner organizations had one-on-one conversations with more than 635,000 consumers and held more than 22,000 enrollment events nationwide.

Republicans were unmoved by the numbers, noting that the White House still hasn’t answered questions about the enrollees, including how many have actually paid their premiums. House Republicans said the figures don’t affect the pledge earlier this week of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to continue trying to repeal the law.

And Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that “all across the country our constituents are having an unpleasant interaction with Obamacare. Whether they can sign up for a policy or not, they are discovering, of course, higher premiums, a higher deductible. Many of them are losing their jobs and so it really is a catastrophe for the country both for the health care providers and the consumers.”

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CAMPUS’ OLDEST CLUB GOING STRONG 68 YEARS LATER

By Lynn Lingbeck

Special to the Collegian After being at Fresno State for 68 years, Fresno State Student Involvement confirmed that the Fresno State Rodeo Team is the oldest club sport on campus.

Dr. Art Parham, the Fresno State Rodeo Team’s coach and adviser, said the team was established in 1946. It became an official club in 1949, the same year the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) was officially established, Parham said.

NIRA first established college rodeo. The College Rodeo website said NIRA was founded on Nov. 6, 1948 in Alpine, Texas.

The first NIRA national convention was held on in Denver, Colo. on April 14-15, 1949.

At the convention the organization’s constitution was approved, fees were accepted and rules and regulations were finalized. Three regions were formed at first: the Southern, Northwest and Rocky Mountain. Today, there are 11 regions in the national standing.

“We were one of the founding charter members,” Parham said, “and our team performed at the very first College National Finals Rodeo which was held in San Francisco at Cow Palace in 1949.”

Parham said he participated on the Fresno State Rodeo Team when he attended Fresno State. He began as a student assistant at the Fresno State Quarter Horse Unit when his professor suggested he ride saddle broncos for the rodeo team.

Parham recalls asking his professor, “Are you nuts?”

His professor replied, “Well you’re a good athlete, and I know two or three of the guys on the team aren’t, so you’re going to give it a try because you can stay on a bronc.”

“And that’s how I got started,” Parham said. “I got talked into it after I quit playing football. It is that rush that I had lost when I

quit football, and I got it back when I started rodeoing.”

Parham’s job at Fresno State today is to teach the rodeo team how to put on a rodeo.

He teaches students how to obtain sponsors, advertise and finance the event. A lot goes into getting prepared for a rodeo, he said, including hiring rough-stock contractors, managing feed costs and paying for emergency vehicles.

Parham said for the first time since he can recall, the rodeo team finally has enough contestants for a full men’s and women’s team.

There are 19 team members that participate as contestants, and 20 to 35 students fulfill other tasks, he said.

Contestants on the rodeo team participate in several events. The men’s team competes in saddle bronco riding, bareback riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling and team roping (header and heeler divisions).

The women’s team competes in barrel racing, breakaway roping and goat tying. Each contestant has the opportunity to participate in more than one event with the goal of winning an all-around title for both the rodeo they compete in and the regional standing.

“Currently our team is ranked sixth in overall men’s team in the regional standings and fifth overall in the women’s team in the regional standing,” Parham said.

On March 20, the rodeo team hosted its 65th consecutive college rodeo at the Clovis rodeo grounds. Both the men’s team and the women’s team placed fifth overall.

The day following their home rodeo, Fresno State rodeo contestants competed at West Hills College. The men’s team placed fifth overall, and the women’s team placed third.

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URBAN RUN HITS FRESNO Central Valley residents were put to the test in Fresno’s own Urban Run, a 5k run that took place sunday in various locations in Downtown Fresno.

The event started at Chukchansi Park and finished at the top of The Grand.

The run also included running up and down a 6-story circular garage and the Grizzlies stadium stairs.

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Left: runners run through an alley in Downtown Fresno.

Bottom: Two participants jump after reaching the top of The Grand Tower. Right: Fresno firefighters also participated.

Exhibition displays abuse awareness

By James Ramirez

Special to The Collegian First 5 Fresno County, in partnership with the Fresno County Office of Education, Central Unified School District, Community Medical Centers and several other organizations, will host an exhibition aimed at spreading awareness about child abuse.

The Lisa Project, a free interactive exhibition based out of Stockton, Calif., will reside at the Central Unified School District Office from April 2 to May 4.

In 2011, First 5 Fresno County, an organization that provides funding to programs that enrich the lives of children in Fresno County, began hosting daylong seminars focused on effective interventions for vulnerable children and families.

Initially, the need for increased awareness about child abuse prevention and opportunities for learning and shar-

ing came from organizations and practitioners working in First 5 Fresno County funded programs.

“More than 700 professionals from various disciplines attended the seminars and, with each year, we noticed a significant increase in attendance and interest in this area of study and practice,” said Lilith Assadourian, Program Director for First 5 Fresno County and coordinator of The Lisa Project exhibition.

As the seminars gained more attendees, First 5 Fresno County convened a group of representatives from key organizations.

The mission was to promote awareness and provide support to the community on the issue of violence and abuse.

While searching for options with a larger capacity for outreach, the group came across The Lisa Project.

“The Lisa Project seemed to hold a lot of the promise,” said Assadourian. “We were looking into launching a major effort to create public will and personal investment in preventing child abuse and neglect.”

The project is an interactive exhibit that requires the viewer to walk through a gallery while listening to a narrative recording depicting different scenarios faced by abuse victims.

Gene Hardin, director of the project, said the audio narrative allows the listener to be fully immersed into the world that these individuals face on a daily basis.

“It is not sensationalized but simply tells real stories,” said Hardin. “It is, in a word, reality.”

The idea for The Lisa Project came to Hardin after visiting an exhibit about King Tut in San Francisco. It was the audio inte-

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gration in the exhibit that Hardin said, “made it very compelling and more meaningful.”

“When we were done, we were standing on the sidewalk outside the museum and I said to my wife, ‘Why can’t we do that for child abuse...take a child by the hand and let them tell you their story?’”, Hardin said.

Now, Hardin’s vision has come to fruition, by hosting the exhibit in Stanislaus, Riverside, Lodi, Visalia, Sacramento County, Kern County and San Joaquin County, to name a few regions. From each and every location, Hardin seeks similar outcomes.

“More awareness, more education and equally important to us is getting people the help they need right from within their own community,” said Hardin.

Despite the magnitude of organizing the project, Assadourian explains she has received generous amounts of cooperation and involvement from other supporting groups.

Members from the Fresno County Office of Education, Central Unified School District, Community Medical Center, Valley Children’s Hospital, the Rape Services Center, and several others in Fresno are represented on the committee of support.

“The Lisa Project Committee, made up of a diverse group of county wide organization,s has been meeting since summer 2013 to determine a way to effectively raise awareness and action around child abuse in our community,” said Hannah Norman, First 5 Fresno County program officer. “Through this inherently collaborative process, relationships have been created which will remain intact long after The Lisa Project travels back to Stockton.”

The groups will be taking volunteers and encourage all to come out and experience the exhibit in person. The project will be open six days a week throughout April and the first week of May.

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2014 TV Season Finale Schedule

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Alicia searches for answers as she tries to make sense of Will’s death in the aftermath of the courthouse shooting in episode 16 of season 5.

Summer TV will come faster than you can say, “Will must be alive!”

The previous exclamation was for all you fellow “The Good Wife” fans out there.

Although some might welcome with open arms the sun, swimming and the occasional ice cream truck, the rest of us will wallow in our caves after saying goodbye to our favorite TV shows for the season.

To get you and your comrades ready for who gets to host which viewing party, here’s a finale date calendar for some of the more major TV obsessions from the top five networks:

ABC

“Once Upon a Time”- Sunday, May 11 (two-hour finale) “Revenge”- Sunday, May 11 “Scandal” - Tuesday, April 17

NBC “The Blacklist”- Monday, May 12 “Chicago Fire” - Tuesday, May 13 “Hannibal” - Friday, May 23

CBS “NCIS: LA” - Tuesday, May 13 “Person of Interest” - Tuesday, May 13 “The Good Wife”- Sunday, May 18

The CW “The Originals”- Tuesday, May 13 “Arrow”- Wednesday, May 14 “The Vampire Diaries” - Thursday, May 15

FOX “Raising Hope” - Friday, April 4 (one-hour series finale) “The Mindy Project”- Tuesday, May 6 “New Girl”- Tuesday, May 6

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The Fresno State Opera Theatre Program will be performing a new opera, “The Secret of Luca,” on Saturday and Sunday.

Each semester, the Opera Theatre Program puts on a show and usually performs a classical opera.

However this semester, a brand new opera will have its world premiere at Fresno State.

“The Secret of Luca” was written and composed

by Evan Mack and Joshua McGuire in 2011. Since its creation, there have been musical recordings, but there has never been a stage production.

“We wrote the opera in 12 months. We started in the summer of 2011 and finished in the summer of 2012,” Mack said. “By the fall of 2012, it had a concert reading in Cincinnati, some scenes were staged in early 2013, and now we are having the world premiere.”

Mack and McGuire first met when both did their undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University and were roommates at the conservatory in Cincinnati.

The opera began as a novel written in Italian in the 1950s by Ignazio Silione. Mack’s father then translated it into English. The manuscript was then sent to Mcguire, the librettist and was turned into an opera.

Most operas are written solely by the librettist and composed completely by the composer, but “The Secret of Luca” was a joint effort by both Mack

and McGuire.

“Our process was cart and horse together.

Sometimes he would send me text and I would set it, and sometimes I would send him music and he would set it,” Mack said. “Other times we would just meet and work together.”

“It was much more collaborative than the usual librettist-composer relationship,” McGuire said, “Usually the librettist finishes what is basically a play and then sends it to the composer, who starts at the top and starts writing in music, and we didn’t want to box ourselves in like that.”

“The Secret of Luca” is set in post war Communist wasteland in 1950s Italy, and through a series of flashbacks, the audience will see a love story develop. The opera follows a man who is released from prison after being held wrongfully for 40 years and was the only man proven innocent without an alibi.

Mack and McGuire would not give anything away as to why the man did not have an alibi, hence the namesake of the opera’s title.

“There is a very specific reason as to why he would not give away his alibi and you will have to come and see what that reason is,” McGuire said.

The opera will be filmed by cable access television and will be broadcast on local TV. There will be two performances of the opera. The opening night will be on Saturday at 8 p.m., and the second show is on Sunday at 3 p.m.

Dr. Anthony Radford, director of the Fresno State Opera Theatre, said the show is good to get those who have not yet seen a full opera performance immersed in the world for the first time.

“This is a great opportunity to see opera for the first time, as we do it in English and the show is only about 90 minutes long,” Radford said. “The other thing that makes this great is that the Wahlberg Recital hall is really intimate so you get to be right up close to the actors.”

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SUDOKU: Fill the 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014

SOFTBALL

‘Dogs sweep Aggies in weekend set Fresno State rallies to beat Utah State in Game 3

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

The Fresno State softball team swept its first homestand against the Utah State Aggies when a 2-run seventh inning in Game 3 prevented the Aggies from getting a win on Sunday.

The Bulldogs trailed the Aggies 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning before shortstop Brooke Ortiz ripped a triple to left-center field. Junior right fielder Michelle Solomon then smacked a sacrifice fly that scored Ortiz.

“Brooke had some huge clutch hits,” said Fresno State head coach Trisha Ford. “The triple to lead off the seventh, it doesn’t get any bigger than that.”

“I knew when I was in the box, it was all for the team,” Ortiz said. “So to get that ball on the ground and get all the way to third was just more momentum for all of us.

“It’s pretty simple – I just saw the ball, went after it and knew it was my pitch.”

First baseman Stesha Brazil followed with a walk, and then third baseman Vonnie Martin hit her first double of the season, moving Brazil to third. Second baseman Whitney Smith then slapped an RBI single past Utah State right fielder Kirstyn Namba to plate Brazil and give the Bulldogs the walk-off win.

After having shut out Utah State in the first two games of the series, the Bulldogs allowed two runs in as many innings to trail 2-0 in the finale.

“There’s a variety of things that happen,” Ford said. “In Game 3, [the Aggies are] seeing the same pitchers, getting more at bats, so they’re a little more aggressive. But that’s to be expected. Today was the first day we were able to see [Utah State pitcher Mariah Peterson], and I thought that we hit the ball hard, but some things just didn’t go our way.”

In the fourth inning, the ‘Dogs’ Brazil led off with a single, advanced on a sacrifice bunt, then scored

on an RBI double by junior designated player Kelly Megee. The Bulldogs tied the game in the fifth inning after third baseman Vonnie Martin’s grounder was mishandled, allowing Ortiz to score. “[Ford] just said, ‘Keep fighting, keep fighting,’” Ortiz said. “We knew we were in the game the whole time. We just had to get some hits here and there. In the end, we came through.”

Hannah Harris was in the circle for Fresno State.

She pitched three innings and allowed two earned runs. Jill Compton tossed a four-inning 1-hitter in relief to earn the win.

The Bulldogs won Game 2 on Saturday 8-0 in five innings when Smith’s 2-run single gave them the mercy-rule runs they needed. Game 1 ended in a 6-0 decision for Fresno State.

The Bulldogs’ Tuesday night contest against Pacific was canceled due to inclement weather. Their next game will be on Friday at New Mexico.

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BASEBALL

Pacific slides by Fresno State

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Fresno State catcher Trent Woodward just misses Pacific shortstop Brett Sullivan as he scores during the Bulldogs’ 7-3 loss to the Tigers on Tuesday.

Bulldogs drop interconference matchup to Pacific in final inning

By Christopher Livingston @senorlivingston

The Fresno State baseball team dropped its secondstraight game at home when it lost to the Pacific Tigers 7-3 on Tuesday.

Gio Brusa reached on a catcher’s interference with the bases loaded, scoring Tyler Sullivan to break the 3-3 tie in the top of the ninth inning and giving the Tigers a 4-3 lead.

Taylor Murphy’s single to center field scored Brusa and Brett Sullivan to make it 6-3 and Erik Lockwood followed with a single to left that brought J.P. Yakel home.

Fresno State pitcher Jake Shull, who pitched an inning and struck out one, allowed all four runs.

The Bulldogs were the first on the board after right fielder Jordan Luplow scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the first inning. Pacific answered in the top of the third when Brusa tripled to score Yakel and Brett Sullivan.

The Bulldogs plated two of their own in the bottom half of the frame when Luplow homered off the foul pole in left field, bringing home catcher Taylor Woodward.

After a scoreless fourth inning, the Tigers retied the game when a Yakel groundout brought home Jimmy Gosano in the top of the fifth.

William Munro started the game for Fresno State and allowed three runs (one unearned). John Haberman was the opener on the mound for the Tigers and allowed two runs in as many innings pitched.

Blake Quinn pitched two innings in relief and allowed two hits, and Pacific’s John Jaeger hurled 4 1/3 shutout frames and struck out three.

Vince Arobio, who started the game as the designated hitter and went to the mound late in the game in relief, earned his first win of the season. For Shull, this is his third loss.

The Bulldogs will remain at home for a 3-game set against conference-foe UNLV that begins on Friday.

SPORTS WOMEN’S HOOPS

Pebley resigns as women’s basketball coach

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Former Fresno State head coach Raegan Pebley signals to her team. Pebley accepted a coaching position at Texas Christian University on Tuesday.

By Christopher Livingston

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014

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‘Dogs fall to Siena in Game 1 of CBI series

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A new era of the Fresno State women’s basketball team has begun.

Fresno State Athletics announced the resignation of coach Raegan Pebley on Tuesday after two seasons at the university.

Pebley was hired to the same position at Texas Christian University (TCU). She will succeed Jeff Mittie, who took the head-coaching job at Kansas State University.

“We are grateful to Raegan for her strong guidance, exceptional collegiality and significant contributions to the continuing development of Fresno State women’s basketball,” said Athletic Director Thomas Boeh.

“Although it is difficult to see her leave the San Joaquin Valley, we understand the personal considerations with her family in Texas and the unique opportunity that was presented to her at TCU. Our program and student-athletes have benefited greatly from her leadership, and we wish her the best.”

Pebley was 46-20 in her two seasons at Fresno State and 26-8 in Mountain West play. In both seasons, the Bulldogs finished second in the regularseason standings and went on to win the Mountain West Championship.

The Bulldogs made the NCAA Women’s Tournament both years, but were eliminated in the first round.

Also under her watch, Fresno State boasted four All-Mountain West honorees and back-toback Defensive Player of the Year selections (Ki-Ki Moore and Taylor Thompson).

“My family feels so blessed to have been a part of Fresno State, Bulldog women’s basketball and the community,” Pebley said. “We always tried to represent you with honor and pride. We genuinely need to thank Thomas Boeh and his staff for their support and expertise in continuing to provide amazing opportunities for student-athletes.

“I am confident your next coach will be welcomed by some of the best fans in the country along with our loyal Hoop Clubbers. There is no doubt your new coach will also be welcomed by a team full of women who are champions on the court and in life.”

TCU finished the 2013-14 season 18-15 (8-10 Big 12 Conference) under Mittie and lost in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament to Colorado, Pebley’s alma mater.

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Fresno State guard Tyler Johnson fights Siena defenders on his way to the bucket during the Bulldogs’ Game 1 loss in the CBI Finals.

Fresno State loses in final minutes of CBI Final, heads to New York

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

The Siena Saints rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to hand the Fresno State men’s basketball team a 61-57 loss in Game 1 of the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) Championship Series Monday night at the Save Mart Center.

“They came out and the glaring differences in the game were the offensive rebounds and second-chance opportunities,” Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry said. “There were times throughout the course of the game where they outcompeted us, and we didn’t respond tonight like we have over the course of the second part of the year.

“Give them a lot of credit. They came out, and they competed very hard. We could’ve done a little bit better job of taking care of the basketball, but even with all that we were in position to win the ballgame.”

The ‘Dogs (20-17) and Saints (19-17) were neck-andneck until early in the second half. The ‘Dogs accumulated a 10-point lead after sophomore Cezar Guerrero drove in for an easy layup to make it 36-26.

The second half was a different story as the ‘Dogs weren’t able to handle Siena’s defensive pressure and, consequently, saw their lead fade away.

Receiving second-chance opportunities due to their potent offensive rebounding and capitalizing on a couple Fresno State errors are what fueled the Saints’ comeback.

The ‘Dogs saw their lead vanish after a Marquis Wright goahead jumper made it 50-49 with 7:29 left in the game.

Leads were exchanged within the next minute and a half.

However, Siena stayed motivated and rode its momentum to take the lead back for good with a Lavon Long layup.

The Bulldogs had an opportunity to tie the game or even go for the win as they had possession of the ball with 13 sec-

onds left on the clock. Sophomore Marvelle Harris drove down the lane with two seconds remaining to try to get a shot but was called with a charging foul, giving the Saints the ball and ending the ‘Dogs hopes of tying the ballgame.

“I think we could’ve done a better job in terms of when the ball was inbounded of getting to our spots better,” Terry said. “They’re one of the few teams that caused problems for us against pressure. Tonight, for whatever reason, we didn’t handle it the right way even though we knew it was coming.”

Capitalizing on Fresno State’s turnovers was another factor that provided new life for the Saints late in the game.

The Saints forced 16 turnovers and outrebounded Fresno State 39-29 (17-5 offensively).

Guard Cezar Guerrero tallied a game-high 15 points and added six rebounds and five assists.

“Unfortunately today wasn’t our day, and the ball didn’t roll for us,” Guerrero said. “What we need to improve on [for Game 2] is inbounding the ball, make our free throws and handle the pressure a little bit better.”

Long was one of three Saints in double figures, as he recorded a team-high 13 points.

The ‘Dogs will head to Loudonville, N.Y., where they hope to even the series. Game 2 will be played on Wednesday, and Game 3, if necessary, will take place on Saturday.

“Right now, it gets down to who wants to execute, who wants to continue to play and who wants to outcompete each other,” Terry said. “They’re going to be ready to play, and they’re going to have a great home-court advantage with a hostile crowd.

“I’m excited about the opportunity and I think our guys are excited about the opportunity. We’ve played well on the road this year. We have to go in there and outcompete them.”