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Arizona Daily Wildcat
April 28, 1998

Tuesday's Tidbits


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Ryan Moskau


One of the Arizona baseball team's pitchers shined through this weekend at Arizona State, but it was nothing new for him. Ryan Moskau, the UA's left-handed closer, picked up the win Friday and snagged the save Sunday. For Moskau, it was his seventh save of the season and the 13th of his career, tying him for the all-time UA mark. Moskau has been nearly untouchable in his career against Arizona State, not allowing a run over 11 1/3 innings while giving up only six hits and two walks while striking out 11.

Freshman shortstop Keoni DeRenne has broken a number of freshman individual records and is closing in on several others. He is now the all-time leader in RBI (53) and co-leader in doubles (15). He is one run short of the all-time mark of 64, set by Anaheim Angel Damon Mashore in 1989. He is also close to reaching Mashore's hit record (79), needing just three more. Plus, he is two short of Mashore's record for walks (40). DeRenne gets his shot at breaking those records and more against Grand Canyon tonight and at California this weekend.

The UA volleyball team is experimenting with a few scoring systems during its spring tournaments, as the NCAA Championship Committee is having schools across the country test three methods. The following is an explanation of the proposed systems:

 

  • A 14-minute clock that starts when the ball is served and stopped when the play is called dead. Match is rally scored with no mercy rule.
  • 50-point rally score with match going to the team that wins two games.
  • Two halves in the match, with the first two games played to 21 using rally scoring. If the teams are tied at one, they will play one game to seven. The second half consists of the same format. If the teams are tied at the end of the second half, they will play a final game to 15.

     

The NCAA is proposing to change its current best-of-five 15-point match system for the 1999 season.

UA head coach Dave Rubio, who prefers the 14-minute clock system, said Pacific 10 Conference coaches will discuss the three methods during their meeting in June and come to a consensus. He added that most coaches he has talked to like the two half method best.

Rubio said changes are occurring in order to make the contests more exciting.

"I truly believe we need to go to a rally format from a fan-interest standpoint," he said, adding that the ability to televise matches was also a factor.

"The biggest problem (currently) with T.V. is that you can't predict when a match will be over," he said.

Another change includes awarding two points for a kill from the back row.

This past weekend proved to be successful for the UA track and field team. Specifically, two Wildcats recorded "huge times" at the Drake Relays, according to assistant coach Dawn Mortenson.

Freshman Patrick Nduwimana ran the sprint medley where he finished second in the 800-meter leg with a time of 1:47.20.

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Carolyn Jackson

Sophomore Carolyn Jackson came in third place in the Special Invitational 400 with a personal best time of 52.56. Her personal best also happens to be just a mere second off the school record. Jackson is currently ranked sixth in the nation following this weekend's event.

Mortenson said both runners should make quite an impact at Nationals and that "everyone should look to them to do big things," considering the fact that they both still have a few years left of eligibility.

They will get another opportunity to shine as Arizona hosts a meet with ASU and Northern Arizona this weekend. And, the weekend following, the track and field team will welcome teams to the Arizona Elite Classic.

The following UA women swimming and diving members were named to the Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic first team: seniors Kelly Blackstock (3.69 in physiological sciences), Heather Branstetter (3.74 in exercise and sport sciences) and Shannon Hosack (3.30 in family studies). Junior Casey Legler was named to the second team, as she holds a 3.78 in fine arts. For the men, Chris Bundy was an honorable mention selection.


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