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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
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Thousands have yet to complete TODAY: ASI
presidential
online sexual assault training
candidates
By Belen Gomez
@XsiempreuniK
As of 5 p.m. Thursday, about
15,700 students have completed
the Haven Sexual Assault online training module, meaning
thousands of others will likely
have registration holds on their
accounts for failing to meet the
Friday deadline.
The university sent out warnings to student emails about
completing the mandatory
training module aimed at improving campus sexual assault
awareness. But several students
who procrastinated on completing the module will be restricted
from registering for next semester’s classes — as well as summer courses — when the registration period opens the week of
April 20.
The course module is split
into two parts that take approximately 45 minutes to an hour
to complete, though the second
part of the module can only be
accessed 24 hours after the first
part’s completion.
Incoming freshman and
transfer students are also required to complete the training,
said Dr. Frank Lamas, vice president of student affairs.
Ten students were awarded
priority registration as part of a
raffle.
to debate
›› This year’s ASI presidential
candidates, Abigail Hudson and Ralph
Ruiz, will debate and answer questions
from students at 1 p.m. in University
Student Union Room 312-314 ahead
of next week’s ASI elections. The
debate is moderated by The Collegian.
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Forum talks
inclusion
for minority
students
By Royce Dunn
@TheCollegian
Alex Sheedy fends off USF defenders in the Bulldogs’ WNIT win over the Dons on Thursday night at the Save Mart Center.
Bulldogs bounce back
INSIDE
Student-athletes
should be paid
›› In Opinion. P2
Academic Senate
professor: We
need more fulltime faculty
›› Fresno State professors
faced ‘significant’ pay
cuts over the last decade,
report argues. P6
Fresno State takes advantage of
free-throw shooting in second half
to advance in WNIT. P8
Start of ‘tradition?’ FresCon
celebrates geek culture
By Diana Giraldo | @dianainspired
IF YOU GO:
Fresno State’s Pick Your Potion Club is celebrating geek
culture by hosting its first annual FresCon.
“This is the first comic book convention of its kind here,”
said Justin Tonooka, a health science community health
junior and the club’s treasurer.
“It's going to cover everything from comics, movies, TV,
video games, tabletop gaming — everything that we are
calling geek culture.”
But what is geek culture?
“Everyone likes something a bit geeky,” explained Sky
Walker, a junior english major and the club’s committee
head. “If you go home and you play video games or watch
TV and get passionate about it with your friends, you are a
What: Inaugural
FresCon comic
convention
When: Saturday
and Sunday
Where: North
Gym Room 118
*Cosplay competition begins at 7
p.m. Saturday
See FRESCON, Page 6
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
A forum was held at Fresno State
Wednesday to discuss issues of inclusion, equity and respect in the
representation of minority staff and
students.
The forum, which featured Dr.
Luis Ponjuan of Texas A&M as its
keynote speaker, expressed the concerns and importance of transparency and accessibility on campus for
minority groups.
Ponjuan, a scholar in the area of
access and equity in higher education for underrepresented students
and faculty of color, addressed the
issue of universities finding ways
to adapt to the needs of those within the nearby community, opposed
to adjusting to the policies of their
campus.
See FORUM, Page 3
ONLINE
Belen Gomez • The Collegian
Celebrating diversity at Fresno State
›› The Central Valley Cultural Heritage Institute hosted its second
annual Diversity Dinner. Read more at fresnostate.edu/collegian.
OPINION
GOT OPINIONS? We want to hear them.
COLLEGIAN-OPINION@CSUFRESNO.EDU
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
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IT’S TIME FOR COLLEGES TO START
PAYING THEIR ‘STUDENT ATHLETES’
By Christopher Livingston
@senorlivingston
It’s funny that it’s a sin to pay a college
athlete any money – whether it’s $1 or
$1,000 – but coaches can make millions
and millions of dollars.
And the justification for having students
put their bodies on the line: scholarships.
Students are able to sit in class for free
while playing the sport they love.
And hope that there is no gruesome injury that can halt the scholarship money in
an instant.
The thing is, aside from scholarships,
there are more costs associated with going
to school.
Any students on campus can get scholarships (they just need to apply), but parttime jobs usually help in paying expenses
like food or bills.
Sure, a student-athlete can get a job at
Starbucks just like any other student, but
the tough practice schedule and the travel
to various sites (some on the East Coast)
can take that time up.
You know who also practices hard each
week and travels all over the country to face
other sports teams? Professionally paid
athletes.
You know who also risks their bodies for
the sake of entertainment (and ultimately
money in the pockets of their coaches)?
Professionally paid athletes.
You know how much these professional-
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State quarterback Brian Burrell scrambles past Nevada defenders in the Bulldogs’ 40-20 win over
the Wolf Pack on Nov. 22, 2014 in Reno, California.
ly paid athletes make? Look it up, I’m sure
it’s not minimum wage.
So how much do these student-athletes
make? Zero.
If Fresno State can give out thousands of
dollars (whether in merchandise or literally) during games featuring athletes who are
not getting paid two cents, it sounds like
the students sitting in the stands are getting
more of a kickback from attending games.
Sure, college is expensive, and some
people do not have the luxury of getting a
scholarship. That’s fine, but keep in mind,
participating in college athletics comes at a
bigger cost than $7,000 a year.
There in lies the debate as to whether
or not sports are important in academics.
Some would believe that colleges are there
for the sole purpose of training young men
and women for careers. Having athletics
there sucks away the educational purpose
of college.
For example, I am a full-time student
who has been blessed with having educational expenses taken care of. And at the
same time, I get paid for writing this opinion column for you to read. It’s not a lot of
money, but it does help in paying bills and
food.
Meanwhile, a student-athlete has Top
Ramen or tainted Kraft macaroni and
cheese in his or her cupboard.
Not the ideal situation for a student who
is participating in a lucrative on-campus
sport.
But God bless that student if he or she
takes a ham sandwich from a supporter.
Bye-bye 111 wins.
In order to remedy the situation, at least
give a student-athlete some money for
hours worked.
The school mandates that no student
should be paid more than 20 hours per
week while school is in session. That sounds
like a fair deal.
If Fresno State Athletics has enough
money to pay for a billion iPads to give
away to students, then clearly it can help a
student afford things outside of college.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
PAGE 3
Backpacking course ‘an experience of a lifetime’
By Desiree Herroz
@desireeherroz
For some students, the classic
college experiences are sometimes
limited to courses that make their
brains feel like they’re going to explode from stress and insomnia.
But, with enrollment for Fresno
State fall semester classes right
around the corner, students have
options that aren’t just another
walk — or a hike — in the park.
If you’re a student looking for a
course that will take you on an adventure, check out REC 86, Backpacking in the Sierra Mountains,
taught by lecturer and E.D.G.E
Challenge Course manager Alexandra Clifton. Through this
course, students get a full hiking
experience — and earn course
credit — in California’s beautiful
Sierra Nevada Mountains.
"Getting the unique experience
to be outdoors, with no city lights
or cell services, can be one of the
most humbling opportunities,"
Clifton said. "An off-campus trip
like this allows exposure to a new
experience, builds lasting friendships and opens the doors for other new life adventures."
Jumping on an opportunity to
share her passion for the outdoors
with Fresno State students, Clifton said she is most inspired to
teach what she loves.
“There is no guarantee that a
student will love what this class
has to offer, but they will not
know unless they try,” she said.
To Clifton, the Sierra Nevada
Mountains are a playground right
in Fresno’s backyard.
“People come from all over
the world to see it,” Clifton said.
“I find many people who live in
Fresno have not had the opportunity to go.”
She said her background and
knowledge in hiking comes ultimately from her thirst for adventure. She encourages students to
take up the opportunity to enjoy
hands-on classes that take course
material from a mere idea to reality.
“Don’t be afraid to do something you have never done,” Clifton said. “It’s classes like that that
create experiences and memories
for a lifetime.”
Vanessa Rios, a Fresno State
dietetics major, said she would
like to get an opportunity to see
the Sierras.
“I think an underrated part of
Fresno is its location,” Rios said.
“This class would give a student
a glimpse of the world outside of
their everyday surroundings. It
would literally be a breath of fresh
air in the Sierras.”
With backpacking, hiking and
other physical activities involved,
Rios said that, as a dietetics student, she endorses Clifton’s class
and looks forward to taking the
course in the near future.
“I had no idea this course existed,” Rios said. “I’ll definitely
keep it in mind when I’m creating
future classes and think everyone
— if the chance is there — should
take this course.”
Aside from REC 86, Clifton
also teaches REC 106 and 75 -teambuilding classes offered at
Fresno State’s E.D.G.E (Experientially Designed Group Effort)
ropes course, right on campus between the Residence Dining Hall
and the North Gym.
Kaitlyn Wardle, recreation administration major and current
REC 86 student said she considers this course to be one of the
best course offerings at Fresno
State, because the class ultimately creates bonding experiences
and special memories with people
you’ll never forget.
“If you don't know Alexandra,
get to know her. She is an amazing
and inspiring woman,” Wardle
said. “She is one of the best teachers I have ever met. I am expecting a very educational, fun-filled
and exciting trip.”
Fall semester class enrollment
starts April 20.
Student forum: Fresno State a place where we belong
FORUM from Page 1
He said it is integral that students see
faces within administration that make them
feel like they matter, faces that have shared
similar experiences -- whether being a migrant worker, an international student, a
veteran or of a shared ethnicity. This, Ponjuan said, makes a world of difference.
“I was asked to be courageous, and so I
am,” said Ignacio Hernandez, a facilitator
for higher education, administration and
leadership.
Hernandez along with fellow panelists
-- Raul Moreno, coordinator for university
migrant services; Larrisa Mercado-Lopez,
professor of women’s studies; and Ofelia
Gamez, assistant director of migrant programs -- talked about their journeys into
leadership roles.
Each panelist shared his or her observations and efforts to make a difference,
doing what they could to improve visibility
of programs that aid students in creating
vital networks. Through these networks,
they aim for students and faculty to feel as
though they have a campus that generates
a sense of belonging rather than alienation.
“I am Fresno State. I belong to Fresno
State,” Gamez said.
While Gamez said she belonged, she
also noted that there has been a sense of
separation among departments. She said
that there could be improvements within
departments to help facilitate mentoring
programs and training that would benefit
new minority university employees.
“Not only that I belong, but that I’m part
of the future,” Mercado-Lopez said.
For underrepresented and marginalized
programs such as women’s, Latino and Africana studies to thrive, Mercado-Lopez
said, it is integral that they have greater
transparency and should become more integrated into what Fresno State represents
as a whole.
After the forum concluded, Ponjuan sat
down with Fresno State President Dr. Jo-
seph Castro in a one-on-one “Actor’s Studio” style conversation to ask the “tough
questions” about what must be done to
achieve a higher level of integration.
Ponjuan said during the forum that he
wanted to discuss efforts in bringing an end
to the “second-class citizen syndrome,” a
problem that is not unique to Fresno State,
but an academic problem throughout the
nation.
Ponjuan also said that this effort must
not only come from the top, but from every
level of higher education.
“We didn’t get into this field to be millionaires. This is a labor of love,” Ponjuan
said.
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THE COLLEGIAN • A&E
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
TV REVIEW
‘Glee’ grand finale feels more like an afterglow
By Verne Gray
Newsday
Tonight’s two-parter begins
with a flashback episode – hey,
why did the other members of
New Directions first decide to audition for the McKinley High glee
club all those years ago?
The second hour is the grand
finale, and Gleeks already know
that Sue Sylvester’s (Jane Lynch)
ill-fated-but-talented
Vocal
Adrenaline lost the sectionals to
archrival Mr. Schuester’s (Matthew Morrison) New Directions.
(A preview screener was not made
available.)
MY SAY: While the few remaining Gleeks out there will disagree, Glee’s moment pretty much
passed about three years ago, or
specifically, May 22, 2012, with
“Goodbye,” the third-season finale. That was the moment for the
final curtain, or at least the final
Foreigner ballad.
Absolutely everything show
runners Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan had probably wanted to accomplish had
been accomplished by then. Popular culture had long since succumbed to Glee’s will and relentless charm.
The “Glee” message of tolerance and acceptance had not only
been received, but also embraced.
Besides, “Glee” had always been
a coming-of-age story, not an ofage story (college, Broadway, Rachel’s awful sitcom) that it mostly
turned into afterward. Goodbye
and good night.
Instead, “Glee” ends tonight,
and probably a few million people
need a reminder that it’s even still
on. By now, “Glee” feels more like
an afterglow, or remnant, reminding us all that something remarkable once happened here.
And something did: albums,
tours, concerts, books, household-name status for a few of the
stars, and a whole new re-evaluation of the tracksuit as a fashion
option, courtesy of Sue Sylvester.
Then, of course, there was a TV
series. “Glee” essentially applied
high school alienation, angst and
social stigma – the rootstock of a
thousand teen movies and TV series that had come before – to the
achingly specific experience on
one Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer),
who initially refused to emerge
from the closet because of a justifiable fear of what was on the
other side.
In time, he did emerge, and as
a gay lead on a mainstream hit,
Hummel – and Colfer – was also
the first missionary of many in
Murphy’s mission to get LGBT acceptance on TV and in the culture
at large.
“This show has allowed a lot of
people to redo high school, and do
it right,” Falchuk once told Variety. What he might have added
Photo courtesy of Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times
Series creator Ryan Murphy and the cast of “Glee” backstage at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards show at The Beverly
Hilton in Beverly Hills.
is that it also championed every
LGBT teen who was frightened,
marginalized or bullied. “Glee”
was especially for them.
But “Glee” also championed
much else: the arts, Broadway,
Madonna, while covering just
about every pop hit from every
pop icon from Adele to the Yeah
Yeah Yeahs.
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Hugo Lucitante (left) and David Poritz (right) are the protoganists of the environmental documentary
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CineCulture screening
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SUDOKU: Fill the 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of
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1 Physicist for whom a speedof-sound ratio is named
5 Steamers in a pot
10 Post-WWII commerce
agreement acronym
14 Toast topping
15 Lose one’s cool
16 Eight, in Tijuana
17 __ and rave
18 Stars, in Latin
19 What winds do
20 Book spine info
22 Acid indigestion, familiarly
24 Snigglers’ catch
26 Not feel well
27 Serious play
28 San Francisco transport
33 Daring
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47 Oozy stuff
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51 Go-between
57 Performed without words
60 Mesozoic and Paleozoic
Professor talks ‘CSU Failure’
By Tomas Kassahun
@TomasKassahun
Dr. Honora Chapman,
Academic Senate representative of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, addressed concerns
of low wages for California
State University professors during the Associated Students, Inc. meeting
Wednesday.
“CSU faculty salaries
have deteriorated significantly over the past 10
years,” Chapman said.
She presented a paper
titled “Race to the Bottom:
CSU’s 10-year Failure to
Fund Its Core Mission.”
According to the paper,
CSU faculty salaries have
not kept up with inflation
during the past 10 years.
“The loss in purchasing
power ranges from $7,114 at
San Diego State to a loss of
more than $13,796 at Chico
State. This means that CSU
faculty members teaching
at Chico have experienced
the equivalent of a 15.5 percent pay cut over the past
10 years,” according to the
paper.
Fresno State is only two
places above Chico State at
a loss of $13,023.
Chapman said it’s difficult for students to succeed
when many of the faculty
members are not full-time
professors.
“How can you receive
excellent teaching, advising
and mentoring from a parttime faculty member who
has to work at several places to survive?” Chapman
said. “How do you expect
to be inspired by faculty
who don’t have time to do
research or creative activities?”
According to Chapman,
about 50 percent of the CSU
faculty is contingent.
Chapman said at least 75
percent of faculty must be
tenure-track for an institution to provide high-quality
classroom experience.
She added that the CSU
is the only one where faculty salaries have been consistently losing ground.
“Every single UC campus
saw a real dollar increase in
its average faculty salary,
ranging from a real increase
of $2,226 at UC Riverside
to an increase of $17,890 at
UC San Francisco,” Chapman said. “In stark contrast,
faculty at all CSU campuses
experienced a loss in average salary purchasing power over the same period.”
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64 No longer here
65 Pacific, for one
66 Russia’s __ Mountains
67 “Puppy Love” singer Paul
68 Campground sights
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7 Start the poker pot
8 Actress Sorvino
9 Sacred Egyptian beetle
10 Male turkey
11 Rights org.
12 Son of Odin
13 Chrysler __ & Country
21 Nightmare street of film
23 Mah-jongg pieces
25 “Elephant Boy” actor
27 Blood bank participant
28 Washer phase
29 Manager’s “Now!”
30 Early computer data storage term
31 Be wild about
32 Update, as a kitchen
33 Physically fit
35 Israeli diplomat Abba
38 Brownish-green eye color
39 Blog update
42 Scrolls source
44 “Pipe down!”
46 Spotted wildcat
48 Hightail it
51 Million: Pref.
52 Golfer’s choice
53 Unpleasantly moist
54 Medieval spiked club
55 Prayer finish
56 “No ice, please”
58 And others: Lat.
59 Clinton’s 1996 opponent
62 BP checkers
Comic convention comes to campus
FRESCON from Page 1
geek — you are part of the geek culture.”
FresCon is expected to attract
people of all ages.
“More than just incorporate the
club, we wanted to involve the whole
school, and then it grew to involve
the whole city, and now it’s pretty
big,” said Liz Krulder, the club’s vice
president.
The idea of having a two-day
festival that incorporated many aspects of pop-culture started as an
initiative to unite the Fresno State
campus in a new way.
“We see the attitude on campus
of ‘Oh there’s nothing to do,’ ‘There’s
nothing happening. Why would I
want to come hang out?’”said Spencer Smith, a business marketing
senior and the club’s president. “So
we wanted to have a big event that
makes people want to come to campus and hang out.”
The free, family-friendly event
begins 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday
in Fresno State’s North Gym 118 and
will feature panel discussions, vendor booths, a cosplay competition,
video game tournaments and more.
To emphasize the local scene,
FresCon has opened up the event
to vendors, merchants and artists
of all types to sell and display their
creations.
“We’ve got a bunch of comic
shops from around the area, independent video game stores that are
privately owned, artists that are going to show their work and people
who make crafts that are also going
to be demonstrating some activities,” Tonooka said.
Fresno Ideaworks is one of the
businesses that will be showcasing
its inventive spirit as it will be creating new objects, sculptures and
other ideas from materials lying
around.
Throughout the two-day convention, 10 panels and workshops will
be organized, including a variety
of talks by Fresno State professors,
trivia, a live podcast recording, a
crochet workshop and a talk on how
to make movies on a low budget.
“Dr. Andrew Jones from the sociology department is giving a talk
called, ‘Have Zombies Jump the
Shark,’ and will be looking at the relevance in pop-culture,” Smith said.
“I’m really excited for that one.”
An area will also be designated
for children to play, make crafts and
color pages in an attempt to give
parents a break.
A game room for people to relax
and play video games is another key
part of the convention’s experience.
“We are going to have a room
with complete open space with a
bunch of monitors and game systems set up,” Tonooka said. “So if
they want to take a break from walk-
ing around the exhibit hall, they can
go play some video games with each
other.”
FresCon is also excited to host
a “Super Smash Bros for Wii U”
tournament on Saturday starting at
noon.
Sign-ups will begin opening day
from 10 a.m. to noon and will require
an entrance fee of any non-perishable food item or $3 which will be
donated to the Fresno State Food
Recovery Network.
The first-place winner will be
awarded a white special-edition
controller. Second will receive a
gift card, and third place gets the
soundtrack to the game, Smith said.
For those who are excited to dress
up, a cosplay contest will be held at 7
p.m. Saturday in the Resident’s Dining Hall. The winner will received a
$100 Amazon gift card prize.
FresCon has also teamed up with
USU Productions and will be showing “Big Hero Six” at 4 p.m. Sunday
at the Satellite Student Union.
Pick Your Potion hopes to create
one of Fresno State’s newest traditions.
“I think it brings something
unique -- another way for students
to get to feel more comfortable on
campus and find cool things to do,
stuff that they are interested in and
more diverse hobbies.” Tonooka
said.
THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
PAGE 7
‘Dogs take
down Dons
Darlene Wendels • The Collegian
Fresno State junior defender Meghan Macaulay (right) chases after a ground ball during Thursday’s 8-7 loss to Monmouth.
FRESNO STATE FALLS IN CLOSE FINISH
in the second half.
It was a close contest, in which
Fresno State had a 6-5 lead in
the second half after a Levatino
free-position shot. Monmouth
countered after 12 minutes with
an unassisted goal by Higson to
tie the match at 6.
The Hawks took the lead
one minute later when Marial
Pierce’s goal gave them the 7-6
advantage. Monmouth held off
Fresno State to improve its season record to 4-3.
Fresno State goalkeeper Meganne Weissenfels tallied 10
saves in the contest while allowing seven goals in the first
By Collegian Staff
@TheCollegian
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
Fresno State forward Alex Sheedy (10) drives to the basket during the Bulldogs’
79-73 win over San Francisco in the first round of the WNIT on Thursday.
The Fresno State lacrosse
team lost 8-7 to the Monmouth
Hawks on Tuesday night at the
Soccer and Lacrosse Field.
The Bulldogs (2-7) were led in
scoring by Marcy Levatino and
Anjelica Fuccillo with three goals
apiece. For Monmouth, Olivia
Higson led the squad with five
goals.
Monmouth paced the first
frame in shots on goal (15-8),
while the Bulldogs outshot (11-7)
and outscored (4-3) the Hawks
half and three in the second
half. Monmouth goalie Caroline
Huelster saved eight shots and
allowed two goals in the first half
and six in the second.
The Hawks, however, did
have double-digit turnovers
in both periods. The Bulldogs
showed more control of the ball,
with only eight giveaways in each
half.
Fresno State will host Oregon in the first conference game
on Monday. The ‘Dogs are looking to stop a four-game losing
streak.The Ducks are 6-1 overall
and 1-1 in league play.
“[The Dons] do a really good job at switching up their defenses, so I
promised myself I wouldn’t be too creative. That never works."
— Jaime White,
Fresno State women’s basketball head coach
BASKETBALL from Page 8
sometimes the ball just doesn’t go
in. But that is an area that we have
taken a lot of pride in. I wish those
shots had gone in.”
“[The Dons] do a really good
job at switching up their defenses,
so I promised myself I wouldn’t be
too creative. That never works,”
White said. “So we really to one
thing, and we saw a couple openings to get it inside. Toni made a
couple of nice moves. We got fouls
inside the post and off the drive.”
That included a 6-of-6 performance from Faulk at the line that
came in the final two minutes of
the game – a feat that she claimed
was the result of a missed free
throw during the Mountain West
Tournament.
“I airballed a free throw
against New Mexico, and that was
very traumatizing,” she said. “So I
never wanted to miss a free throw
again.”
Turnovers went in Fresno
State’s favor. The ‘Dogs forced the
Dons to give the ball up 38 times,
which turned into 22 points.
San Francisco guard Taj Winston led her team with 21 points.
Forward Taylor Proctor nearly had a double-double with 12
points and nine rebounds.
With Fresno State’s win, the
number of Mountain West women’s basketball teams playing
postseason basketball is now
down to three.
The Colorado State Rams lost
to the Northern Colorado Bears
– White’s previous school – Tuesday night in the first round of the
WNIT. The New Mexico Lobos advanced in the Women’s Basketball
Invitational, while the Boise State
Broncos have yet to play their first
game of the NCAA Tournament.
“I’m excited for the Bears,”
White said. “It was a matchup
that’s kind of a rivalry over there,
so that’s always fun. The Mountain West is our conference, and
we always want our conference
teams to do well. In that one, I’d
probably pick the Bears, though.”
Up next for the Bulldogs is a
match against either St. Mary’s or
Hawaii in the second round.
MWC STANDINGS
BASEBALL
TEAM
OVERALL
CONFERENCE
17-4 7-2
SOFTBALL
TEAM
OVERALL
19-10
16-5 4-2
19-11
11-7 5-4
17-12
9-10 5-4
18-13
11-11 3-3
16-2
9-10 2-7
14-14
7-13 1-5
10-19
8-17
8-22
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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S TENNIS
‘Dogs top
Wildcats
By Daniel Leon
@DanLeon25
Paul Schlesinger • The Collegian
The Fresno State bench stands up and cheers on the Bulldogs during the ‘Dogs’ 79-73 first-round WNIT victory over the University of San Francisco.
FRESNO STATE MOVES ON
WITH COMEBACK VICTORY
By Christopher Livingston
@senorlivingston
The Fresno State women’s basketball
team’s season gets to live another day.
The Bulldogs beat the University of San
Francisco Dons 79-73 to advance in the
Women’s National Invitation Tournament
(WNIT) Tuesday night at Save Mart Center.
Senior guard Alex Furr led the ‘Dogs
with 18 points off 5-of-6 from the field and
free-throw line and a perfect 3-of-3 from
behind the arc. Alex Sheedy, Toni Smith
and Moriah Faulk also contributed dou-
ble-digit points in the contest.
Things got off to a quick start for Fresno State, as the ‘Dogs jumped to a 7-2 lead,
forcing Dons head coach Jennifer Azzi to
call her first timeout. Afterward, the Dons
went on a 13-2 run to take the lead, one
they held for nearly 10 minutes.
The Bulldogs closed in on the lead and
tied the game with 5:29 left in the first
half. However, with both teams exchanging buckets, the ‘Dogs went into the locker
room down two points.
Things turned in different directions for
both teams in the second stanza. Fresno
State took advantage of heavy defense from
79-73
the Dons, as San Francisco committed 18
fouls in the half. The ‘Dogs shot 75.9 percent from the free-throw line (22-of-29).
“Free throws are not something we’ve
struggled with this season,” Azzi said. “Our
overall percentage is in the high-70s, and
Fresno State took down a Pac-12
school for the second day in a row, this
time in men’s tennis.
The Bulldogs earned their third
straight victory and ninth of the season
Thursday with a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Wildcats at Spalding G. Wathen
Tennis Center.
The ‘Dogs (9-6) won two of three
doubles matches Thursday. In Court 1,
underclassmen Adam Glynn and Euan
McIntosh took care of Arizona’s Shinde
and Naoki Takeda 6-3. In Court 2, upperclassmen Sai Kartik Nakireddi and Nikolas Papic beat David Mushayev and Shoki
Kasahara by a score of 6-4.
The Bulldogs failed to keep the momentum going in Court 3, as Joshua Zeoli and Eric Komati dropped a match 6-2
to UA’s Jason Jaruvang and Matt Dunn.
After coming out successful in the
doubles match, Kartik fell to Takeda in
the singles match on Court 1.
Fresno State took care of business on
Courts 2 and 3, as McGlynn beat Shinde
and fellow Bulldog Zeoli came out on top
over Mushayev.
In Court 4, Papic fell to Jaruvang after
winning his doubles match earlier in the
day.
The matchup on Court 5 featured another win for Fresno State as McIntosh
beat Will Kneale.
Court 6’s match had Arizona win to
split the singles match at three wins for
each squad as freshman Youssef Hassan
fell to Karahara.
Fresno State takes its 3-game win
streak on the road to New Mexico next
Friday for a 1 p.m. conference match.
The Lobos (12-8) will come in with
momentum on their side as well as they
have won four of their last five and are
coming off a 4-0 road sweep of BYU.
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The Bulldog Bulletin
Rana Sherif Ahmed Earns MW Player of the Week honors
Rana Sherif Ahmed of the Fresno State
women’s tennis team earned Mountain
West Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
honors, as announced Wednesday by the
conference.
This marks Sherif Ahmed’s second
weekly award of the season. She had first
won it in the opening week of play back in
January.
This marks the ninth week that the conference has presented the award, and a
Bulldog has won in five of the nine weeks.
In last week’s weekend matchups, the
junior went 4-0, 2-0 in both doubles and
singles events. In the No. 3 singels position, she took down both of her opponents
in straight sets. She improved to 14-3 on
the year by beating San Jose State’s Marie
Klocker 6-0, 6-1 and Idaho’s Sophie Vickers
by scores of 6-3 and 7-6 (2).
In a doubles match with her younger
sister Maiar, they beat SJSU’s Klocker and
Gaele Ray 6-2, and Idaho’s Emmie Marx
and Galina Bykova 6-2. The wins helped
the sisters improve to 16-1 on the year.
Sherif Ahmed and the Bulldogs’ strong
performances boosted them to No. 33 in
the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
rankings Tuesday, Fresno State’s highest
ranking since February of 2010 when the
team was ranked No. 29 in the nation.
Diamond ‘Dogs to host Spartans in
conference series
Fresh off an upset win over the ranked
USC Trojans this week, the Bulldogs (1111, 3-3 MW) return home to Beiden Field
to take on conference rival San Jose State
(7-13, 1-5 MW) for a three-game weekend
slate. Friday and Saturday’s games are set
for 6:35 p.m. with Sunday’s taking place at
1:05 p.m.
Softball hits road to commence
conference play
The first-place Bulldogs (19-10), who
have won four of their last five, hit the road
this weekend with momentum heading into
their first Mountain West contest of the
year when they take on Colorado State (1813). The weekend series kicks off Friday at 3
p.m., with Saturday’s matchup taking place
at noon, and the series concluding Sunday
at 11 a.m.
Softball earns multiple honors
Several members of the Fresno State
softball team were honored Tuesday with
weekly awards after going 4-1 at last weekend’s Fresno State Classic.
College Sports Madness named left
fielder Kierra Willis the Madness Mountain
West Softball Player of the Week for her
contributions in last week’s home tourna-
ment. The sophomore tied for a team-high,
generating five runs on two hits along with
a double and two-run home run, adding to
her five career home runs this year.
Center outfielder Brenna Moss and
pitcher Jill Compton were honored for
their efforts as well but by the Mountain
West. Compton was selected as the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week, while Moss
was named MW Player of the Week.
Moss provided a spark for the Bulldogs
offensively, going 9-of-16 in the five-game
slate. The senior posted three doubles,
three runs scored and five stolen bases.
Compton earned three of the Bulldogs’
five starts and capped the weekend by posting 19 strikeouts. The right-handed pitcher threw a total of 21 innings and allowed
only four runs and finished with a weekend
record of 2-1 with those wins coming over
Pacific and Cal Poly.