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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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.

Paul Vieira • The Collegian

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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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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.”

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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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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

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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-

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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.