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BOISE STATE 37, FRESNO STATE 27

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game.

Fresno State running back Marteze Waller, who came into the game with 661 rushing yards and five touchdowns, added to his statistics early with a 76-yard run to tie the game up at 10.

“Marteze Waller is a warrior," DeRuyter said. "He runs his tail off, and he is not going to go down with the first guy tackling him. That guy is a difference-maker for us."

Another Goodale field goal, this time from 40 yards, gave Boise State a 13-10 lead toward the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Ajayi was responsible for the game’s only score in the second quarter: a touchdown to put the Broncos up

That was the line used repeatedly Friday by the U.S. general leading the military campaign against the Islamic State, in his first news conference at the Pentagon since taking charge of Central Command last year.

While Army Gen. Lloyd Austin praised some “encouraging” signs, he cautioned patience on virtually every aspect of this open-ended battle, suggesting that it would take years to build viable Iraqi and Syrian partner forces, reclaim territory from the militants, and reform the oppressive governments whose policies fuel extremism.

“We can and will get the job done and done well,” Austin said.

“But, again, it will take time.”

Austin, who has served as the Army’s vice chief of staff and as commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, is known to avoid the limelight. A profile on the niche website Foreign Policy this week described him as “one of the more silent generals” and noted that even President Barack Obama called him out for trying to sneak off the stage at an appearance last month at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., where Central Command is headquartered.

On Friday, however, Austin seemed at ease giving his first public assessment of the much-criticized, still-evolving military campaign he commands. He dwelt on the Obama administration mantra that air power alone won’t defeat the Islamic State, and he acknowledged that the entire effort hinged on the building of trusted, viable ground forces in Iraq and Syria _ so far the most elusive part of the strategy.

“We’ll be able to put quality soldiers on the battlefield that can get the job done,” Austin vowed, but, when pressed, he couldn’t predict a time frame.

“It’ll take time,” he repeated.

U.S. officials have said the United States is only at the very begin-

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Boise State running back Jeremy McNichols (13) breaks up a potential interception by Fresno State defensive back Curtis Riley (9) in the first half at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014.

WINLESS IN BOISE

By Daniel Leon @DanLeon25

Since 1984, the Fresno State football team is still winless in Boise.

The Bulldogs took back the Milk Can from intraconference rival Boise State last September, but they were forced to hand it back Friday night on the blue turf.

The 37-27 loss drops Fresno State to 3-5 overall and 2-2 in Mountain West play, while the Broncos advance to 5-2 and 3-1 in the conference.

"I'm proud of our guys’ effort tonight, and I thought our guys came out and competed like we wanted to win a championship," Fresno State head coach Tim DeRuy-

ter said. "We took some punches early. I liked how we came back in the second half with a lot of confidence [and] went down and scored. Defensively, we started bowing up and made a play in special teams.

"We got in the fourth quarter, it was a tied ballgame and we got to find some ways to make plays."

Boise State first-year head coach Bryan Harsin’s squad got things rolling early in the first quarter with a five-play, 74-yard drive. Wideout Shane Williams-Rhodes ran 49 yards on a fly sweep that helped set up a nine-yard Jay Ajayi touchdown run for the first score of the game.

Bulldogs kicker Kody Kroening and Broncos kicker Dan Goodale exchanged 34yard field goals for the next two scores of the

Bulldogs keep it competitive in rivalry game before getting shut out in the fourth quarter

Health officials responds to TB case

By Colby Tibbet @Robotmilk

As the U.S. federal government takes steps to inhibit the further spread of Ebola, two California state universities, including Fresno State, are dealing with cases of airborne disease on their campuses.

Fresno State was informed by the Fresno County Department of Public Health Oct. 9 that a student had been diagnosed with active tuberculosis. The bacteria can spread quickly through the air, which is why the campus issued a notice to everyone who has been in contact with the infected student.

The county health department, which is in charge in handling the TB case on campus, will be issuing free skin

tests to 138 students and faculty who were in contact with the student starting this week.

“We are following established protocols and are testing the small number of students and instructors who had close contact with the person with TB. The university will continue to monitor and assess the situation,” said Maria Madrigal Shaffer, director of the Fresno State Student Health and Counseling Center.

The Mantoux tuberculin skin test tells doctors if the TB bacteria has infected the patient. But infection does not necessarily mean the disease is spreading. Once the test is done, patients must come back in 2 to 3 days to see

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HALLOWEEN IS JUST AN EXCUSE

TO WEAR SEXY OUTFITS

By Briana Montemayor @brimonte_carlo

Halloween costumes are usually a must around the month of October. The problem is, a lot of people use this time as an opportunity to dress extra slutty. The days of innocent, childhood dressup are gone.

Children wear these cute little costumes that look like their favorite characters Buzz Lightyear, Princess Jasmine, a “Monster High” doll, a ninja turtle, Steve from “Minecraft” and other popular characters in today’s pop-culture world.

As for adults, they either will not dress up or they will go all out on trying to look funny, crazy or scary.

Women try to look the best they can as Maleficent, the Queen of Hearts, witches, devils, vampires, and the list goes on.

There is the exception of some pretty strange people who will go overboard and actually dye their hair or paint their skin blue, but hey, they’re having fun.

This generation of young adults is a whole different story.

Last year, I saw a girl who dressed up as a ninja turtle.

She had a backpack on that looked like a turtle shell and wore tights with a purple bandanna around her head.

As for her top, there was none. Instead, she painted her whole chest green.

This is the kind of things young adults, specifically females, are heading toward.

Quoting Cady Heron from “Mean Girls,” “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”

This is entirely true. Most young women want to outdo each other and not look the same. They go above and beyond to look the sexiest they can and for what?

Is it to get attention from guys? Is it possible that girls

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Halloween costumes depicting Miley Cyrus dancing on Robin Thicke while dressed up as Beetlejuice at the 2013 MTV Music Video Awards.

want to get attention from other girls to compete with their own gender?

Becoming some kind of sexy character for Halloween could be okay if there was some kind of limit on how to dress. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

My friend Crystal Flores, couldn’t have said it more perfectly. “I feel like, with girls, it’s more about their sexuality, and with guys it’s about creative expression.”

In society, girls judge other girls by what they wear, how they look and, of course, how they look compared to others. When it comes to Halloween costumes, it’s the same principle.

Girls will judge other girls on what they are wearing and how they look compared to others. The cycle does not stop for Halloween.

Young men dress up to look funny or to be an awesome character that everyone likes.

There is the exception of the guys who try and take advantage of the holiday to show off their muscles and nice bodies.

These guys seek attention much like girls who go overboard with their costumes.

However, for the most part, guys will come up with some pretty cool outfits and just flaunt their costumes at a party having fun instead of worrying about other guys looking better than they do.

I think we can all agree that guys’ Halloween standards aren’t as rigid and complicated.

Where am I getting with all this? Simply this: The generation of young adults today are taking it too far when wearing costumes for Halloween.

I’m afraid it is only going to get worse as time goes by.

Next, people will just be dressing up in their birthday suits for Halloween unless there are rules on what one can wear for Halloween.

If things get worse, then there should be a regulation on Halloween costumes, for the sake of future generations.

The Bulldogs took on Boise State for the Milk Can Trophy

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NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS HOST PLAY FOR A CURE Organizations come together to raise awareness of breast cancer, cultural traditions

By Alex Sheedy @aksheeds

Several Native American health organizations banded together throughout the weekend to host Play For A Cure to bring awareness to breast cancer along with other health issues and promote cultural traditions within the native communities.

The event, held at O’Neill Park near Fresno State on Saturday, featured a day of food and drinks and games. Some of the tribes in attendance included the Chukchansi, Mono and Choinumni tribes, said Rena Picaso, the event organizer.

“Everything we do as an organization has a cultural component to it,” said Raelene Osborne, a representative for the Owens Valley Career Development Center. “So we’re trying to incorporate language, culture, our traditions into every event we’re involved in or collaborating in.”

Hand-Game, a traditional Native American game where two teams match up against one another to guess which hand the “bone” is in, was among the favorites. Each team has a collection of sticks used as wagering tools. If your team guesses correctly, you win the round and get a stick from the losing side. Songs are used as distracting agents during the guessing part of the game. The game progresses until all the sticks are held by one team.

A Hand-Game tournament was hosted by the Owens Valley Career Development Center, in association with the Fresno American Indian Health Project, Central Valley Indian Health Inc., and First Nations, a Fresno State Native American student club.

Osborne said Hand-game is played slightly differently depending on the community and can also be a gambling game.

“Tribes all have their own way of playing it, and they all have their own songs,” Osborne said.

“In the game, there is a lot of Native American song, laughing and teamwork. It’s a very social kind of game,” Picaso said.

In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Fresno American Indian Health Project hosted a game of “bra pong” and held an information booth.

“We’re an organization that tries to link the community to other medical services,” said Rachel Ramirez, peer support specialist for the Fresno American Indian Health Project. “We also focus on a lot of mental health and behavioral health for Native Americans.”

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Michael Marquez, 3, claps during a game for the “Play for a Cure Fresno Family Hand-Game Exhibition” at O’Neill Park on Saturday.

The Central Valley Indian Health Inc. offered community members information on diet and nutrition and facts about diabetes. During the event organizers offered blood sugar level testing for anyone who wanted to be tested.

Osborne said she believes gatherings like these are important because they give communities the ability to come together in a safe environment and be exposed to tradition and culture that they are not always privy to in their everyday lives.

“Maybe they weren’t taught their traditions, or culture or language, so I feel that sometimes our people are lost in different ways, because they don’t know where they came from,” Osborne said.

Health officials tell students, faculty to stay home if sick the common flu, if you are not feeling well and are under the impression that you are sick, it’s best to results, according to the Centers for Disease Con- stay home, Luchini said. trol and Prevention.

“If you got a fever, do not go to class, do not go “It is not uncommon for a student to test pos- to work,” said Luchini. “Stay home if you're sick itive on the skin test for TB,” even if you had a vaccine,” said Jacquelyn Yerian, pressaid Luchini. ident of the California Nurs"It’s not uncommon for a Last week, an 18-year-old ing Students Association’s student at San Diego State student to test positive on the Fresno State chapter. “This University died due to mendoes not mean they have TB skin test for TB ... It simply ingitis, a virus which causes disease or latent TB. It simmeans that the cells in the body inflammation of spinal cord ply means that the cells in the membranes. More than 300 body recognize the TB cells recognize the TB cells and students were notified that and respond against them.” they were in direct contact respond against them."

Yerian added all hospiwith the patient. tals in the Fresno area are Although not as conta— Jacquelyn Yerian, equipped and prepared to gious as infections such as president of the California isolate a patient with the distuberculosis, getting treatNursing Student Association’s ease and are effective in treatment right away at the notice Fresno State chapter ing the disease. of symptoms is important. If “The treatment regimens not treated, meningitis can be for TB are highly effective, lethal. especially when the disease is caught early on.

While tuberculosis has raised concern on camIndividuals with compromised immune systems, pus, Ebola continues to be the concern for many such as immune disorders or HIV, are particular- Americans. California Senator Barbara Boxer ly at risk for developing TB disease,” said Yerian. wrote to the CDC director Wednesday to review “Many individuals with healthy immune systems how prepared California hospitals are to treat Ebcome in contact with TB and never contract the ola. disease,” she added.

"While there has been important work done to David Luchini, assistant director of the Fresno get hospitals prepared, it is clear that there is more County Department of Public Health, said symp- we can and must do to ensure that every facility toms of tuberculosis are severe and easily identi- and every healthcare worker is fully trained and fiable. ready to meet this threat," Boxer said.

“If you have symptoms of TB, fever, unexWith many in the U.S. concerned about Ebola, plained weight loss, or coughing up blood, those Luchini said correct information is a great preare serious symptoms,” said Luchini. emptive measure.

With tuberculosis, or other diagnoses such as “Stay informed, be aware,” he said.

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4 Civil War Revisited For 25th Year Hundreds visit Kearney Park to witness the Civil War come to life in an array of era-related activities

The crowd watches as re-enactors stage a battle at Kearney Park this weekend for the 25th annual Civil War Revisited, the largest Civil War re-enactment in California.

Photos by Logan Downing • The Collegian

A calvary of over 30 riding horseback enter the field where the Civil War Battles of the Atlanta Campaign were re-enacted this weekend.

By Megan Ginise @Simplymeg13

Cannon and musket fire rocked Kearney Park this weekend from the 25th anniversary of the Civil War Reenactment. Presented by the Fresno Historical Society, the Civil War Revisited is the largest re-enactment in the state, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s fourth year.

Over a thousand period re-enactors including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis impersonators flocked to Kearney Park to revisit the past, sharing stories and experiences from their personas. Events throughout the park included Civil War-era musicians, dancing, live civil war battles, carriage rides and talks from the perspective of 19th century merchants, artisans and other figures.

Confederate corporal re-enactor Jacob Phelan has been participating in re-enactments throughout California for the past four years.

“You get to see history firsthand,” Phelan said. “You get to talk to people rather than just read about them.”

The highlight of the event for many were the Civil War Battles of the Atlanta Campaign, which soldiers re-enacted across Kearney Park, complete with a 20-minute bombardment by cannons and a cavalry of over 30 riding horseback into battle.

“It’s a different feeling reading about a battle than actually getting to watch it or participate. You can feel the percussions of the cannons and the rifles,” Phelan said. “And you learn so much about it.”

The park ten minutes outside of Fresno, has its own noteworthy history. M. Theo Kearney, “The Prince of Fresno,” a self-made millionaire who created the California Raisin Growers Association and helped start the first colony farm in Fresno, founded it in 1883.

Fresno State theatre professor Dan Carrion also took part in the re-enactment as Marcus Pollasky, founder of the San Joaquin Railroad. He spoke about the preparation it takes to participate in events such as the re-enactment, like research—three months in Carrion’s case. It also takes an avid interest in the history of Fresno.

“I had been studying Pollasky since I was a teenager,” Carrion said. “He is a huge figure in the history of Clovis, since it was his railroad that made Clovis begin.”

Carrion also commented on the authenticity of the event, from the portrayal of 1840s south to the 1890s.

“The history presented about the Civil War, the blacksmithing stuff and the crafts and all that really aren’t much different

A 20-minute cannon bombardment and musket fire were a part of the re-enactments. Events throughout also included carriage rides, dancing, music and over a thousand Civil War-era figure impersonators.

from what was happening in the 1890s,” Carrion said. “We were still using horses and wagons to transport goods to market until the railroads came along.”

Other popular stations throughout the park included the field hospital tent, where students and visitors got to get up close and personal with real tools used in surgical operations as well as tents from blacksmiths, quilters and gun-makers.

Food booths were also in full swing for the weekend festivities, including frozen yogurt, tacos, Old Tyme Kettle Korn and sarsaparilla, a root beer type beverage that was popular during the 19th century in the

United States from Weasel Inn Sassparilly.

The best part of the re-enactment, Carrion said, lies in the people themselves.

“I love the reliving history part, especially when people show enough interest and come up and ask questions,” Carrion said.

“Two guys last year, when they found out that my character is the president of a railroad, went nuts about the high speed rail asking me all sorts of questions and commenting on its necessity now. I thought that was pretty cool that they took something from the past and equated it with the future. That’s what it’s all about.”

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Comic book fans unite in Fresno The inaugural Zappcon brings ‘nerd’ enthusiasts together through cosplay, tournaments and more

By Colby Tibbet @Robotmilk

Comic book fans, board game enthusiasts and live-action role players congregated this weekend at the Valdez Hall in Downtown Fresno for the inaugural Zappcon.

Featuring local vendors, discussion panels, board game tournaments and celebrity guest speakers, Zappcon is a celebration of all things nerd and gaming related.

“Zappcon is what happens when you get a few nerds with a pipedream of a convention together and strong local connections,” said David Holland, one of the founders and organizers of the event.

Attendance for the event Holland says was high, he and aims to make Zappcon an annual event in Fresno.

“All of our vendors, artists, guests and attendees love it,” Holland said. “Everyone’s been super happy. Our out-of-town vendors and guests want to come back, and that is huge for us.”

One of the more physical events was the live-action role-playing games. Known as “LARPing,” participants dressed up in medieval warfare equipment; chainmail and all, and battled each other with plastic and foam weapons.

“Basically you dress up in a medieval costume, and you beat up your friends with foam swords,” said Kristen Decker member of the local LARP group Terras Wars. “Me and my boyfriend started the group, and ever since then I haven’t been able to put it down,” she added.

Local organizations such as the Swede and Rogue Festivals were present along with gaming clubs and chapters. One new organization in attendance was Fresno Ideaworks.

“Our end goal is to make Fresno realize it is much cooler than it think it is.” said Scott Kramer, one of the founders of Fresno Ideaworks. “There is a lot of smart and creative people in Fresno and they tend stay in their own little bubbles. We’re popping those bubbles,” he added.

Various guest speakers such as Blake Foster, the Blue Ranger in “Power Rangers Turbo,” and even Kerrigan Mahan, who played the villain GOLDAR in the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” TV show. Comic book panelists and Illustrators of various mediums were present as well.

Although in its first year, Holland says there are two goals for Zappcon.

“Promote nerds and geeks in the Central Valley, and to promote the Central Valley itself,” said Holland. “We’re hoping for year two, and we’re hoping to get bigger.”

Photo by Logan Downing • The Collegian

Zappcon attendees take a look at some of the superhero impersonators like Iron Man and Wolverine at the Valdez Hall on Sunday.

‘Junk Days’ bring antique admirers to Old Town Clovis

By Colby Tibbet @Robotmilk

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Antiques and collectibles were spread across Pollasky Avenue Sunday for the twice-a-year event “Glorious Junk Days” in Old Town Clovis.

Glorious Junk Days brings over 150 vendors displaying vintage clothing, collectible cards, comics and antique furniture. Many of the antique shops in Old Town placed their merchandise curbside for onlookers and potential buyers.

“I loved seeing all of the timeless American treasures,” said Chelsea Russell, a first time attendee. “[It’s] very neat seeing lots of friendly faces with unique trinkets and chotchkies.”

“I’m sad I haven’t experienced it before, since I’ve been in a refurbish funky-furniture mode,” she added.

Wit’s End Vintage, a local shop ran by Dan and Sheila Hollender, had persian rugs, vintage glassware and even antique travel gear for sale.

“The funnest part about Glorious Junk Days is it gives many other people that sell at venues an opportunity to show their wares,” said Sheila Hollender, co-owner of Wit’s End Vintage. “Its cheeky items that are made, its things that are upcycled and repurposed, lots of furniture that has been made into something new and you get a lot of reclaimed items.”

Besides local vendors, there were many antique sellers from around California.

Rich and Joan Rogers from Sutter Creek, create and sell Owbots, which they define as “unique, custom-made from found objects.” Their Owbots range in size and are made from an amalgamation of found metal objects from around their house. Rich Rogers said he has been doing this for over a year now.

“I started out making real big ones. I have a Statue of Liberty that’s 10-feet tall, and full-sized [Harley-Davidson] riders.

Then we decided to make small ones, and this is what resulted,” said he said.

In addition to the vendors, the Business Organization of Old Town Clovis (BOOT) had a live appraiser for participants’ items to assess their value.

Hollender says that unlike other antique showcases, Glorious Junk Days has an emphasis on community and inclusion.

“It gives everyone an opportunity to come together and be out in the community and show everyone all of their work,” said Sheila Hollender. “It invites people to come out and sell. It invites people to come out and shop, and it really makes for an interesting day out in Old Town.”

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ning of creating a new Syrian paramilitary, which will be handpicked from the country’s hodgepodge of rebel forces whose first concern isn’t the Islamic State but their long struggle to overthrow the government of President Bashar Assad.

Austin certainly didn’t raise hopes about the prospects of a streamlined Syrian ground partner emerging anytime soon; at one point he referred to the goal as “hopefully, a force that we can train in Syria.”

The message couched in Austin’s remarks was clear: The existing Syrian rebel structure is untenable and the United States aims to build its own Syrian proxy ‑ only this time, enemy No. 1 is the Islamic State instead of Assad. It remains unclear how many Syrian rebels would sign up on those terms. It’s even less clear how many of the current rebels the United States is courting, given their repeated battlefield coordination with the local al-Qaida affiliate and other jihadists.

“We’ll be very deliberate about screening and vetting them and hopefully that will do some things to help guarantee some success,” Austin said of the recruiting effort for Syria.

Things aren’t moving any more quickly in Iraq, where the goal is to reconstitute the U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces that collapsed during the Islamic State’s summer offensive. The United States spent around $17 billion training and equipping the Iraqi security forces from 2003 to 2012, according to reports, only to see the Islamic State extremists seize the U.S. weapons and supplies in their push through northern and central Iraq over the summer.

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The weak Baghdad government is now forced into relying on Iranian-backed Shiite Muslim militias and untrained volunteers to fill the security vacuum. That’s led to an indirect U.S.-Iranian partnership against the Islamic State, translating into the U.S. military providing air cover for the same Shiite militiamen who not too many years ago were killing American soldiers.

Austin said that the deep-rooted sectarianism in Iraq remains a threat to the U.S. military’s efforts there, but he added that he was heartened by the promises of new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi, whom he described as a Shiite leader who’s trying to enlist Sunni tribes in the fight against the Islamic State.

Austin took a swipe at Abadi’s unpopular predecessor, Nouri al Maliki, saying that tackling the sectarianism was critical because “we got here because of poor governance to begin with.”

While the general’s tone was somber throughout most of his appearance, he sounded most upbeat when describing some of the Islamic State losses he chalked up to American airstrikes. Austin said that the militants are now afraid to talk on their usual networks and have stopped assembling in large numbers, a sign that “their command-and-control architecture is somewhat fragmented.”

Nevertheless, the Islamic State is putting up quite a fight, attacking the Kurdish town of Kobani in Syria, launching fresh offensives in Iraq’s Anbar province, and menacing the capital, Baghdad. Austin predicted that, within eight months to a year, the Islamic State’s capabilities would be diminished.

“We are having the desired effects,” Austin said, “but this will take some time.”

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‘Dogs swept in fourth-straight match

By Jackson Moore @JacksonMoore_BB

The Fresno State volleyball team suffered its fourth consecutive sweep, this time to the Boise State Broncos, by three straight 25-14 set decisions.

Offensively, freshman outside hitter Carly Scarbrough led the ‘Dogs with seven kills.

Another Fresno State freshman outside hitter, Taylor Brubaker, opened the match with a kill, but the 1-0 lead was Fresno State’s only one in the afternoon matchup.

The Bulldogs trailed 12-9 in the first set, but that’s when a big night for Boise State freshman outside hitter Sierra Nobley and sophomore middle blocker Maddy O’Donnell began. The Broncos scored five unanswered points led by four kills from the two underclassmen, as the home team took the set 25-14.

Nobley, who leads the Mountain West in kills at 3.9 per set, finished the match with 19 kills on .586 hitting, while O’Donnell had 14 kills and hit .778. The two combined for more kills than the entire Fresno State team.

The Broncos’ impressive hitting night was just beginning. After 19 kills and only one error in the first set, Boise State continued to play nearly faultless. The Broncos finished the match with only six attack errors and a hitting percentage of .603. The Bulldogs hit just .162 and finished with 16 attack errors. Fresno State’s only statistical advantage came in service aces, with three

to the Broncos’ one.

Boise State opened the second set with a 5-0 lead. Another string of five straight points extended the Broncos’ lead to 187. The ‘Dogs answered with three straight points, as Jamiee-Lee Morrow scored back-to-back points, but the Broncos again closed out the set convincingly.

Like they did at Utah State on Thursday, the Bulldogs played their most competitive set in the third. They trailed only 14-12, but Boise State took control after a service error

by Fresno State sophomore libero Maggie Eppright sparked a seven-point run for the Broncos. Boise State outscored the ‘Dogs 11-2 to close out the contest.

The loss drops Fresno State to a record of 6-16 overall and 1-7 in conference play.

The Bulldogs stand in 10th place in the Mountain West, ahead of only winless San Jose State.

The Bulldogs hope to turn things around on their home court. Fresno State has a 1-10 record on the road and a 1-1 record at home this season. After playing 20 of their first 22 games on the road or at neutral venues, the ‘Dogs will play seven of their last 10 games at home.

That stretch gets started this week, as the Bulldogs return home for a pair of games at the Save Mart Center this week.

Fresno State hosts San Diego State (8-9, 4-3 Mountain West) on Thursday at 7 p.m. and UNLV (17-5, 5-2 MW) on Saturday at 4 p.m. The Bulldogs lost to the two teams on the road last month by scores of 3-1 and 3-0, respectively.

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Fresno State beats Colorado State after an offensive explosion WIN from Page 8 “Today, we followed our plan even when we went down, and that’s what helped us,” she said.

Senior forward and Fresno State’s leading scorer Jaycee Bingham added an unassisted goal to put the game away in the 88th minute.

“In the second half, we came out ready to execute and we put [the Rams] away like we should have earlier,” Bingham said. “We know we can score and that we have the talent to win our games. We just need to put it together so we can finish our season as strong as we can.”

The ‘Dogs have now won their only two matches against Colorado State since beating the Rams last year 3-0.

“Both teams are tied for points in league, which meant it was going to be a cagey match,” said Zwaschka. “The Rams had a very good gameplan, and they stuck with it. It took us too long to get into our gameplan. When we did execute -- that’s when we created openings and chances -- I was thrilled that we finally put some [goals] away.”

Wyoming takes Friday’s contest On Friday, the Bulldogs hosted the Wyoming Cowgirls, a match in which Wyoming forward Kaitlyn Lomsnes scored twice. The first goal was tallied at the 10’ mark and the second with three minutes

to go to beat Fresno State 2-0. The ‘Dogs had more shots attempted with 15 on the game, while Wyoming had 9. “[The Cowgirls] are a very good team, and they are in form at the moment,” Zwaschka said. “We felt like we did a lot of things right, but on the night, they were better in both boxes. They were better no matter what we threw at them. And at some point, it’s about who scores.

“At the end, when we were chasing the game, we had to risk getting countered, which is how they got the second goal.

They scored it too late for us to come back by then.”

The weekend games move the Bulldogs into eighth place in the conference, putting them in a three-way tie with Boise State and UNLV. Fresno State is now 3-5 in Mountain West play, and 4-13 overall.

Looking forward, the ‘Dogs will play Air Force (6-8-1) on Friday in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the Cadet Soccer Stadium. Fresno State will then return home on Sunday for a 1 p.m. matchup with Colorado College (9-4-3) at Bulldog Stadium.

“We have realized that our backs are against the wall, since every single point is going to make a difference from now on in the league,” said Zwashcka.“We’ve got another tough road game against Air Force, and we’ve been chasing that pivotal sixth spot. We’re going to go in there and do our best.”

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CROSS COUNTRY

FOOTBALL

‘Dogs lose second conference game of season Running hard

really proud of him.”

On the following kickoff, the Bulldogs received a spark. Linebacker T.J. Thomas forced Broncos kick returner Dallas Burroughs to cough up the ball.

After some scrambling after the loose ball, Fresno State’s Stratton Brown came away with the ball at Boise State’s 5-yard line. Two plays later, the offense cashed in with a 3-yard touchdown run from Waller to tie things up at 27 apiece going into the fourth quarter.

The Bulldogs, however, were not able to hold on to the momentum for very long.

Moments later, the Broncos engineered a 17-play, 75-yard drive that involved some trickery. Wide receiver Thomas Sperbeck threw a touchdown pass on a double-reverse trick play to Hedrick, which gave the Broncos the lead at 34-27.

Goodale’s 24-yard field goal late in the fourth ended up sealing the game.

“I was really proud of our team, we just lost to a good football team,” DeRuyter said. “We just made way too many mistakes, especially early, but I’m proud of our effort. We are still not out of this thing, we just got to go 1-0 next Darin Oswald • Idaho Statesman/TNS game.”

Boise State quarterback Grant Hedrick (9) absorbs a hit from Fresno State safety Derron Smith (13) in Waller rushed for a career and gamethe first half at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. high 164 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. drive, giving them a 27-17 lead.

BULLDOGS from Page 1 “We came up short,” Waller said. “Next DeRuyter once again turned to his week, we are going to go to practice and get freshman kicker Kroening for a 44-yard better. The only thing we can do from here 20-10 going into halftime.

Fresno State quarterback Brian Burrell attempt. It paid off, as it cut Boise State’s is just get better.” and the Bulldogs drove down the field in lead to seven points.

Ajayi’s stats were similar to Waller.

Special teams saw more consistency Boise State’s junior star back carried the the opening drive of second half, resulting in a 32-yard touchdown pass to Josh in this game, as Kroening nailed both of ball 30 times for 158 yards and two scores.

Harper. The scoring drive cut Boise State’s his field goals, including the career-high The Bulldogs will have two weeks to 44-yarder. lead to three. prepare for their next opponent, as they “I was extremely proud of our kicker have a bye week coming up. Fresno State The Broncos answered back with a Williams-Rhodes 21-yard touchdown Kody,” DeRuyter said. “After being down returns home Nov. 1 to face conference foe reception from Hedrick on the ensuing last week, he got it done and I was really, Wyoming.

SOCCER

Hat trick helps the Bulldogs

Darlene Wendels • The Collegian

Fresno State forward Ashari Hines (21) controls the ball past Colorado State midfielder Amy Eckert during the Bulldogs’ 4-2 victory over the Rams Sunday at Bulldog Stadium.

By Conrad Kimball @ConradKimball

Fresno State freshman forward Ashari Hines scored her first collegiate goal Sunday against the Colorado State Rams.

And her second, and her third.

The Bulldogs women’s soccer team was down 2-0 before she scored her first goal in the 30th minute of the contest. Her next

two came after the half, one assisted by Jaycee Bingham, to complete her hat trick en route to Fresno State’s 4-2 victory.

“The beauty of Ashari’s game is that at the beginning, she was struggling to find form,” said Fresno State coach Brian Zwaschka. “Over the last couple of weeks, her focus level has gone way up and her attention to details and her knowledge of her roles have been significantly sharper.

“The way she was passing the ball and helping other people become dangerous was huge. Getting a hat-trick as a senior is difficult, never mind getting one as a freshman.”

Hines said she was following the game plan, as the Bulldogs have focused on execution.

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toward a title

‘Dogs gear up for local Mountain West Championship tourney The Fresno State men’s and women’s cross country teams are gearing down and preparing for the first Mountain West Championship hosted in Fresno at Woodward Park in a matter of weeks, a tournament they are excited to host.

“We will be running at an even playing field around sea level,” senior male competitor Chriss Grimble said, “and hopefully, the weather gets really hot since we’re used to that kind of weather.”

With the midseason polls ranking the men’s team in 7th place out of 8, and the women’s in 8th out of 13, both teams are looking to improve as the season progresses.

“We really feel like we’re under-ranked,” senior Meagan Paracholski said. “Hopefully we will surprise at the championship.”

For the women’s team, with a group of four runners who have led the ‘Dogs this season, they are looking to have a strong fifth runner step up to join the leading group.

“We’re just trying to close the gap,” senior Lyndsie Etherton said.

“I think our team is just trying to build confidence and get some good finishes,” Paracholski said.

Grimble believes the men’s team has been improving every competition this year.

“As a team, there’s always room for improvement,” Grimble said. “We have a young squad this year, and as they compete in more events, they will gain more experience for future competitions.”

Over the weekend, the ‘Dogs split their teams and headed to two separate events, one in Indiana and the other in Santa Clara.

The Santa Clara Bronco Invitational was at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale on Saturday.

The men’s 8K started at 9 a.m. and was followed by the women’s 6K at 9:45 a.m.

The women finished in 13th place with a total team time of 2:10.48 and an average run time of 26:09. Sophomore Brittany Laygo led the team after finishing in 41st place with a time of 23:51.2 and was followed by Paracholski in 71st place and sophopmore Taylor Samson in 77th place.

For the men, freshman Esterban Varga finished in 63rd place and sophomore Cooper Gill placed 123rd.

At the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Bulldogs competed in the Pre-Nationals Invitational, with the women racing first and the men second.

The men raced in the 8K Run CC White Race and finished in 19th place with a total score of 442, a total team time of 2:17:27 and average run time of 26:29. Grimble led the pack finishing in 54th place with a time of 26:02.9. Sophomore Matt Kwiatkowski finished in 69th place.

The women finished 13th of 33rd in the 6K Run CC White Race. The ‘Dogs finished with a total time of 1:56:00, an average time of 23:12 and total score of 412. Junior Annemarie Schwanz finished the race in 3rd place with a time of 21:36.0 and was followed by freshman teammate Mackenzie Landa who placed 36th with a time of 22:33.3.

But en route to the local Mountain West Championships the Bulldogs seek support from the Fresno State students and community.

“It’s nice to be running in Fresno,” Paracholski said. “It’s hard to get a big crowd coming out because it’s off campus.”

Paracholski hopes that the popularity of the sport in the community will help to draw a decent crowd for the event.

The Championship is Friday, Oct. 31.