PSU Magazine Fall 1998

P 0 RT S ON THE AIR WAVES Radio and television coverage of football and basketball is bringing the action to fans this season. Football and men's basketball will be broadcast by Portland's full-time sports talk station, KFXX-The Fan. Tom Hewitt and Mike O'Brien will describe the action, with Dave Shore on the sidelines at home games. Scott Maste ller will host a new 90-minute Viking footba ll pre– game show before every home game. Fox Northwest and Fox Rocky Mountain will telecast the November 14 match aga inst Northern Arizona. Former PSU Coach Don Read, who produced the second highest number of wins in Big Sky history at the University of Montana, is color analyst for the telecasts. Tod Picket will call the play-by– play. Portland State men's and women's basketball will also be featured on Fox televi ion this winter. First team All-Big Sky gm1rd Bobby Singh will agam be hlocking for sophomore Charles Dunn, second-leading runner in the Big Sk, last o;cason. FOOTBALL AT HOME FOOTBALL After two years in limbo status, during the NCAA compliance period, Portland is now eligible to compete for the Big Sky title and a spot in the Division l play-offs. The Vikings are gaining respect around the league. Big Sky football coaches have picked PSU to finish fourth, and one pre-season magazine places the Vikings second. Special events this season include the game against Weber State on October 24 during PSU Weekend, and the Vikings-Northern Arizona game on November 14, Veterans' Day observance. Oct. 10 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 14 Sacramento State Weber State 6 p.m. 6p.m. 6p.m. 7:30 p.m. Cal Poly-SLO Northern Arizona WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNEY IN 2000 The NCAA has accepted PSU's bid to host the 2000 NCAA West Regional Women's Basketball Tournament at Memorial Coliseum on March 25 and 27, 2000. The bid for Portland's first-ever Division l Women's Basketba ll Regional was a coll aborative effort by PSU, the Portland Sports Authority, and the Oregon Arena Corporation. 28 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 1998 WOMEN'S SOCCER AT HOME Strausser Field at Delta Park Oct. 7 Western Washington 3 p.m. Oct. 15 Weber State 9a.m. Oct. 17 Idaho State 7 p.m. Oct. 23 Montana 7 p.m Oct. 25 Eastern Washington 5 p.m. VOLLEYBALL AT HOME Oct. 16 Montana 7 p.m. Oct. 17 Montana State 7 p.m. Oct. 20 Western Oregon 7 p.m. Nov. 4 U of Portland 7 p.m. Nov. 13 Idaho State 7 p.m. Nov. 14 Weber State 2 p.m. SPRING SPORTS WRAP-UP Baseball 17-34 Portland State won its final game over national champion USC on a ninth-inning home run by second baseman David Ferres. The game was the last for PSU for the foreseeable future. Faced with deficit spend– ing, President Dan Bernstine announced the elimination of baseball (see story on page 3). This last campaign ended with three players placed on the PAC-10 North All– League team: outfielders Rick Southall and Rusty Keith, and Ferres. Softball 30-23 PSU reached the 30-win mark for the third year in a row and sixth time in school history. Head Coach Teri Mariani, in her 22nd season, now has 527 career wins, making her the coach with the highest number of wins in PSU history. Three players earned All– West Region : freshman center fielder Shannon Rondeau, junior pitcher Beth Stidham, and freshman rightfielder Kiauna Anderson. Anderson hit .410, becoming the third PSU player to ever hit over .400. Women's Tennis 4-14 Junior Leinani McAneney, the team's number one singles player, was 12-5 for the season, winning nine in a row at one point. McAneney twice earned Big Sky Conference player of the week and was named to the first team, All-Big Sky Conference. McAneney and Adrianne Gunn were 9-6 at number one doubles. Track and Field Josh Peters placed sixth in the 110 meter hurdles at the Big Sky Conference championship, but PSU's all-conference sprinter, Ryon Edwards, only placed seventh in the 200 meters due to a strained hip muscle. Edwards and Peters, members of this year's 4x100 relay team, along with Lee Evans and Kyle Holley, set a new school record. Golf Men placed sixth and women ninth in the Big Sky tournament. Steve Kunselman was eighth for the top PSU fini sh.