6 OCTOBER 25, 1996 Tulane to face stern test against USM Orleans native Patrick Surtain is the top player in *There are 17 players from the state of Scott Gonzales Louisiana on USM's roster and four from New the secondary, as he leads the team in interceptions Associate Sports Editor Orleans, including starting linebacker Marchant with four. Essentially, this is tM same unit that Kenney (Jesuit H.S.) and comerback Patrick shutout the Tulane offense a year ago in 1: Florida \\'ho, VVhat, \\'here, \\'hen Surtain (Karr H.S.). Hattiesburg. 2: Ohio State The Tulane football team will open up a three- *USM ranks seventh in the nation in rushing 3: Arizona State game homestand beginning with Conference USA defense, allowing just 73.3 yards per game on the Bottom Line 4: Florida State foe Southern Mississippi Saturday night in the ground this season. Still reeling from a 23-20 loss to Louisville, *USM is ranked 24th in the country this week, Tulane seriously faltered last week in West Point. 5: Alabama Louisiana Superdome. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. according to the Associated Press poll. This marks Missed tackles, turnovers, and offensive 6: Tennessee The Records the first time that the Golden Eagles have been inconsistency characterized last Saturday's 7: Nebraska Tulane is 2-4 (1-2 in C-USA play); USM is 6-1 nationally ranked since 1990. performance. If the Wave is going to compete this 8: West Virginia (2-0 in C-USA). week, it must undergo a 180-degree turnaround. 9: Northwestern USM Scouting Report USM is by far the,best team Tulane has faced up to Last Week Offense: Though two-year starter Heath this point. Despite playing just four home games 10: Colorado Tulane lost to Army 34-10; USM shutout Graham began the season as the starting signal- and having one of the smallest budgets of any 11: North Carolina Memphis 16-0. caller, be has since been benched in favor of Division I school. Southern Miss has proven to be 12: Virginia sophomore Lee Roberts. Roberts, who has one of college football's biggest surprises this 13: Kansas State TV/Radio completed 75 percent of his passes this season, has season. A fabulous defense and a ball-control The game can be heard on WWL-870 AM with proven to be much more accurate and efficient than offense have USM at the top of the C-USA 14: Wyoming Ken Berthelot handling the play-by-play duties Graham. The "workhorses" of the offense are standings and looking toward a potential Liberty 15: California and Steve Barrios providing the color commentary. tailbacks Eric Booth and Harold Shaw. The two Bowl berth. Tulane. on the other hand, has seen its 16: Iowa The game will be televised on a tape-delay basis have combined for just over 1000 yards rushing chances of a winning season and a bowl bid all but 17: Virginia Tech and will air on Monday night at 7 p.m. on WHNO this season and 11 touchdowns. Those impressive evaporate and is therefore reduced to the role of (Ch. 20). Ken Trahan and former Tulane head numbers are due in large part to a mammoth ·'spoiler" this week. 18: Southern Mississippi* coach Vince Gibson will call the action. offensive line that includes guards Kasey Keith (6- Saturday night's outcome will depend 19: BYU 5, 317) and Shederick Blackmon (6-6, 355) along somewhat on how bad Tulane wants to play. If the 20: Utah The Coaches with tackle O'Lester Pope (6-5, 341). The Golden Wave c;m't match USM's intensity and emotion it 21: Penn State Buddy Teevens, in his fifth year at Tulane, is 11- Eagle offense is averaging 25 points per contest. will be a very long evening. However. if Tulane . 40; USM coach Jeff Bower, in his sixth season at Defense: USM's wins have been largely based can mirror its early season performance against 22: Notre Dame the helm of the Golden Eagle program, is 32-30-1. on the team's defensive performance. Allowing Cincinnati and TCU, an upset this week is not 23: LS U only 13 points per game and 2.3 yards per rush, the totally inconceivable. As always. it is imperative 24: Washington Morning Line Eagle defense is stingier than ever. Linebacker that Tulane establish a running game · with 25: Texas Tech Odds makers have installed Southern Miss as an Marchant Kenney, who was named the C-USA Jamaican Dartez and Jerald Sowell in addition to 8-point favorite. defensive player of the week for his performance forcing turnovers and capitalizing on them. Look against Memphis, is once again having a stellar for a surprisingly competitive game early to *Tulane will be playing Game Notes season. He leads the team in tackles with 80 and become a fairly convincing win for USM, one of Southern Miss in the Superdome on *Tulane's 17-15 victory over USM in 1993 is had five tackles for loss last week alone. Joining the country's hottest teams. Sat. Oct. 26, at 7p.m. the Wave's only victory against the Golden Eagles Kenney defensively are standout linemen Quentin Prediction: USM 27, Tulane 10. this decade. Jackson (6-4, 282) and Jason Hall (6-3, 284). New Women finish home season with victory long shot came from the right of defeat the Wave. Kelly Roethe David Gereighty the goal and was assisted by Ally would add a second score at 62:09 Staff Writer . Martin. The Wave constantly to give Marquette the 2-0 victory. pressured DePaul during the The Golden Eagles of Marquette The Tulane women's soccer game. The Blue Demons were are 10-3-1 overall and 5-0 in team defeated the DePaul Blue outshot by Tulane 21-10, but it Conference USA following their Demons 1-0 on Oct. 20 on the UC took the Wave's combination of win against Tulane. Quad. This win ended the home Mortland and Martin to finish off The Wave was not able to press season for the Wave at 3-3 and DePaul. Goaltender Carrie Marquette for most of the game, brought their record to 6-9 overall Solomon had four saves for the and was outshot by 19-2. Tulane and 2-5 in Conference USA. Wave to contribute to the victory. accumulated eight saves on goal Tulane plays their last four games Last Friday, the Wave took on during the game but wa not able • on the road and then finishes Nov. Conference USA leader Marquette to crack the Marquette defense. 6-10 at the Conference USA on the UC Quad; the results were Tulane is in its first year of ' championships on the campus of not as favorable. Although Tulane women's soccer, along with three UNC Charlotte. was able to hold Marquette to a 0- other C-USA teams. DePaul, Saint The Wave needed two 0 halftime score, Marquette came Louis and UAB all have fielded overtimes to defeat DePaul. Kate out strongly in the second half. respectable teams but none have Mortland finally scored at the With just thirty-nine seconds been able to match Marquette in ALUso:o-; l'ERl:o-;FJSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHER 118:56 mark in the game to claim gone, Regina Sekyra scored to Conference USA play. Tulane Freshman Katie Black fires off a kick while being surrounded by a host of Marquette the victory for Tulane. Mortland's provide all that was needed to defenders. Black has recorded five shots on goal, one assist, and one goal during her first year of competition for the Green Wave. Cross-country team prepares for national tournaments in a tournament hosted by LSC. The competition Brad Francini was different from that of the women· team in the Associate Sports Editor sense that the attending teams were mostly from the local level. The top team performer in this race was The men's and women's cross-country teams are two-time C-USA athlete of the week Amos gearing up for the Conference USA Championships, Kipyegon. Kipyegon took fifth place in the which will be held in Milwaukee on Nov. 2. On the tournament b} posting a time under 25 minutes. weekend of Oct. 18-20 both teams competed in ··Across the board, they ran better than they had all preparatory tournaments in different locations. The year, and our young men. our freshmen. ran women competed at an invitational tournament in exceptionally well," Coach Bazil said of the men's Tucson, Arizona, while the men competed in a results. tournament hosted by Louisiana State University. Both teams are preparing for the Conference The Tucson tournament was hosted by the USA tournament to be held in Milwaukee on University of Arizona, home to this year's NCAA November 2. On the women's side, Basil thinks the Championship. The women's team, who went into team has a realistic shot at performing well. "We Tucson undefeated, did not fare as well, placing 26th · should be one of the top three or four [teams]. But out of 30 teams. they've got to be prepared to run in the cold. Although team coach Ron Bazil says that the They've got to be prepared to know that' it's not team performed "probably a little short of their going to be the same kind of conditions we're used expectations," he is quick to point out that the FILE PHOTO to running here in New Orleans." Arizona tournament was far more challenging than Alison Lambert and Amos Kipyegon look to lead the Green Wave Cross Country teams to Success at Bazil adds that on both sides of the competition. the matches they dominated early in the season. For the C-USA Championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Nov. 2 "it all comes down to who's prepared the best starters, out of the meet's 30 teams, 12 were ranked leading the race, your teammates are with you, competition. It showed them that there is a greater, mentally and physically. and who's going to be able in the top 25 in the country. In addition, the course you're running in the comfort zone. Here, you really larger world out there than the state of Louisiana. I to go out with the degree of intensity and focus to get ' was more challenging and actually .1 kilometer couldn't even spot each other." think for, that purpose we made a wise decision in the job done." Fol.lowing the Nov. 2 C-USA longer than what the team was accustomed to. Although Coach Bazil admits that the team was going. I think they saw what it takes to get to the competition, the teams will top off the season by "It's the first time all year that they haven't been perhaps "not prepared from an emotional standpoint next level. It's a learning experience in the fact that competing in the NCAA tournament. Regional able to start and control their own destiny," Coach to compete at that level," he adds, "there were some it's a different ball game when you start to run with action in that tournament begins on Nov. 16 m Bazil said. "It's easy when you have 80 people in the definite positives about the way we performed. This big crowds." · Greenv ille, South Carolina. race and you're in the top end of that 80; you're is the first time the team has faced this kind of The men's team also competed over the weekend •