pilot volleyball closes season strong
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Despite dropping a tough match to San Francisco, the Pilots returned in full force for three seniors' final match.TRANSCRIPT
14 The Beacon Sports November 19, 2009
What is a
“public option?”
playoff games against Denver and Washington.
“Michelle told me that she pulled freshman Taylor Brooke
told Taylor what to expect and
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Roommate and teammate, junior Kendra Chandhoke, has
such a posi-tive attitude and outlook for the future, it just shows
and determi-nation that she
Chandhoke
an inspiration
While Enyeart has played a strong role for her teammates as they prepare for the big game
against Virginia Tech, her team-mates have been supporting her while she overcomes this injury.
“The team’s support has been absolutely phe-nomenal since
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son has been emotionally and physically sup-portive, I could not have asked
Enyeart, she has
response of sup-
and professors and UP staff, it
everybody from the bottom of
As the team practices and pre-pares for their third round play-
“Michelle will continue to -
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“Michelle will continue to bring excitement and creative-ness to our sport. I’m sure we will be reading and seeing her
name in years to come.”! Kendra Chandhoke, junior
ENYEART: A force on and o! the "eld
Pilot men advance to postseason
University last Thursday, and a
the men’s soccer team now looks
They will play the University
The Pilots and the Lobos both -
-day’s matchup with the Univer-
was a special ceremony for the
the National Anthem and was
Emory were honored before their
“It’s weird to think of the se-
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The score broke wide open in
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The Pilot’s 5-0 victory over
seniors and for a chance in the
In conference the Pilots are
that my dream was to come here and make a run into the playoffs and I’m very blessed to have the opportunity to do so in my senior
UP is one of four schools from the WCC that made it into
The Pilots will face off Thurs-
faced the Pilots in NCAA tourna-
“We’re obviously happy to be
done well and deserve to be there
since 2007, they will certainly be -
ico’s number one forward Justin
Pilots have faced the Lobos in the postseason, recently the Pilots were eliminated by the Lobos in
New Mexico also holds an
-dex (RPI), ranked 28th while the
The Pilots, however, hold an equally powerful scorer in War-
The Pilots also hold a slim ad-
-
Continued from page 16
John McCarty
The Beacon 15November 19, 2009 Sports
West Coast Conference Standings:Men’s Basketball
1) #18 Saint Mary’s (5-0)2) #20 Gonzaga (5-0)3) Portland (4-1)4) San Diego (4-1)5) Santa Clara (1-4)6) Pepperdine (1-4) 7) San Fransisco (0-5) 8) LMU (0-5)
Women’s Basketball
1) Gonzaga (5-0)2) LMU (3-2)3) San Diego (3-2)4) Portland (3-2)5) Saint Mary’s (3-2)6) Pepperdine (2-3)7) San Fransisco (1-4)8) Santa Clara (0-5)
Portland went 1-2 on the week, dropping games to the University of Oregon 55-64 and to LMU 43-64. The Pilots won against Pepperdine 59-56.
(Courtesy of WCCsports.com)
Men’s Baseball
Recently signed four new recruits out of High School.
Chris Johnson- RH Pitcher
RH PitcherChet Thompson- Outfeilder
Men’s Tennis
Currently 3-1, 1-0 WCC
Still missing men’s no.1 singles Joel Kincaid, out on injury.
Won 5-0 against UTSA Roadrunners on Sunday
Upcoming home match against U.C. Davis on Jan. 30.
Women’s Tennis
Currently 1-3
Lost 1-6 against University of Oregon on Friday
Won 6-1 against University of Idaho on Sunday
Upcoming home match
6 at 9:30 a.m.
(courtesy potlandpilots.com)
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Pilots ended the half with a 2-0
After the second whistle, the Pilots hit the turf poised and still
to come back in the second half, the Pilots continued to shut down
passes and stolen balls, the Pilots
Kendall Johnson, assisted by
Brooke scored with help of junior
of people in, lot of rest for the
to make sure that the team had -
“As the playoffs wear on, it
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from both sides, each player that
heckles from fans of both schools
Mixed in with these rowdy
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music, the air was electric as the
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The Pilots passed well, often
-
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As the Pilots returned to the
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received another yellow and was
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54 minutes and 55 seconds, bury-
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-ute
“I mean it’s just a little bit
and we just had to continue to be
This paid off in the 88th min-ute when Kreminski scored an-
‘keep it low,’ hit a far post and naturally a forward should be
“Exactly what we expect out
too familiar with each other not
especially this late in the sea-son, as everybody deserves to be
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end of the day that we kept our
In preparation for the next
can clean up and make ourselves -
opportunities … but it all comes
travel to Portland tomorrow to play the Pilots in the third round
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Portland, on the other hand,
Additionally, the Pilots, who
opposition all season, have al-
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Portland’s offense has the po-
are able to maintain the ability to
They will have to outshoot
If the Pilots are successful, they will then move to the quar-
-ther UCLA Bruins (19-2-1) or the
years, three senior volleyball
-leyball team lost to the Univer-
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come out focused and ready to
from 12-24 to 22-24 in mere min-
after the Pilots’ 10-point scor-
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into Portland’s record books,
team in kills with 18, followed by freshman Ariel Usher’s 15, fresh-
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“We played well and only lost
our way instead of in the other
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ers, and Kaylyn Jones, who were
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“There is a team aspect, but we’re a family on and off the
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of volleyball at UP affected the
“The determination from the
the best and most consistently I have seen the three of them play, and the leadership they showed
The Pilots maintained a lead
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Bostwick led the Pilots with 12 kills and Clemens clenched her third double-double of the season with 10 kills and 10 de-
The volleyball team is now -
conference record of 2-10, the
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compete in playoffs, the seniors believe the team has done re-
series of adjustments made over
“The seniors have made an ef-
second year as head coach for the Pilots, saw his players accept that they controlled the team’s reac-
with that emotional side of com-petition much more than the ‘can
The team hopes to apply this
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-demics, “and this weekend is the
Continued from page 16
SOCCER: Looking forward
Pilot volleyball closes season strongDespite dropping a tough match to San Francisco, the Pilots returned in full force for three seniors’ final match.
This week in sports
Women’s Soccer The Pilots took on the Uni-
versity of Denver as well as
the University of Washington
Huskies at the Clive Charles
Soccer Complex this week-
end by scores of 4-0 and 2-1,
respectively. The Pilots will now
face no. 3 seed Virginia Tech
this Friday at 7 p.m. Should the
Pilots claim the matchup, they
against either UCLA or the
University of Virgina.
Men’s SoccerThe Pilots earned an at-large
bid to the NCAA playoffs this
week, following a 5-0 rout of the
University of San Diego. The
Pilots will travel to New Mexico
to face the Lobos tomorrow
since 2007 that the Pilots have
reached the postseason, and
hope to even the series against
UNM, who defeated the Pilots
in the second round of the
playoffs in 2004.
Cross Country Last Saturday the Pilots raced
West Regional in hopes of
claiming an automatic berth to
the NCAA championship. The
men’s team placed second
and clinched a berth, while the
women’s team placed 16th, and
did not receive an invite. The
Pilot men will race in the NCAA
championship this Monday in
Terre Haute, Ind.
Volleyball
season this past weekend,
San Francisco, but followed
with a win over the Santa Clara
Broncos, the last match of the
season for the Pilots, and for
seniors Maria Clemens, Shelley
Sievers and Kaytlyn Jones, the
last match of their careers as
Pilots. The Pilots closed theiir
season 6-20 in regular season
play and 2-10 in the WCC.
(courtesy portlandpilots.com,
WCCsports.com)
Lisa McMahan
16 The BeaconSports
November 19, 2009
Pilots advance
through two roundsNicholas Slepnikoff
the women’s soccer team hosted
Round Playoffs last weekend, as
-lot women continued to show the
Enyeart to injury, the Pilots have -
pionship title in their now 20-1
While rain sprinkled on Mer-
with an eruption of screams from the stands as the Pilots took to the
-fense, the Pilots took an early
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-son there and I haven’t played
“I think that our performance
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that’s exactly what coach told us
-
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with the help of freshman mid-
footwork, received the ball in front of the box and punched into
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See Soccer, page 15
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number 12 soccer jersey will be
A recovery room will substitute
As the Pilots prepare to play
for the Pilots, has been a cor-nerstone for the women’s soccer
success can be seen from her presence on the Pilots this season
Enyeart was named WCC Player
Enyeart received multiple inju-
with Toreros keeper Courtney
-ever, when I tried to take a step,
Enyeart would later learn that she had torn her ACL, LCL, and
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“It will probably be around 10 to 12 months until I can play
a more accurate timeline after
Enyeart is currently fourth on both the University of Portland’s
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Before the injury, Enyeart planned to enter the draft for the
her knee with the aspiration of
“I really want to play profes-
back of my mind as I recover
As Enyeart recovers from sur--
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“Obviously we are a better team with Michelle,” Smith said “She has a presence as a senior.”
Supporting the team during their playoff season has been very important to Enyeart, who can be seen with her crutches cheering her team from the sidelines.
“I realize that I cannot lead my team as I would like to on the
able to contribute to my team in
According to Smith, Enyeart’s leadership qualities have been extremely evident to the team as she watched her teammates win
Erica Ellingsen | THE BEACONSophomore Danielle Foxhoven winds up in the net after sophomore Halley Kreminski scores her second goal. The goal came in the last two minutes of the game, giving the Pilots the 2-1 win over UW.
UP cross county fans were out -
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“It came out of nowhere, total-ly unexpected based on how the
a sudden near the end I realized
the way I wanted to feel before
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-pressively for 40th place as Port-
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hard for the past month and a -
Led by winner Canadian Ken--
with 66 points, with freshman
The Pilot women placed 16th -
McInturff was 61st and Theresa
The Portland women raced
will host a watch party for the --
NCAA Championships in Terre
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Kim Spir works for
the School of Engineering
Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh
See Enyeart, page 14
Cross country races in NCAA regional
Kim SpirSpecial to The Beacon
Courtesy of Kim SpirSenior Tommy Betterbed and sophomore Alfred Kipchumba run dur-ing the NCAA regional meet last Saturday. The Pilots finished 2nd.
Pilots face vs. Virginia Tech, Friday 7 p.m.
Pilots tip-o! against Oregon, Saturday 7 p.m.
Men’s and women’s XC raced in Spring-field, Ore. for berth to NCAA Championships
Despite injury,star supports team