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ECTION Sports N.M. OPEN Steve Friesen of Lincoln, Neb fi re an 8-under 64 for the first-round lead A LBUQUERQUE OURNAL POR TS OD AY 2 UICK ITS 3 BITUARIES 7 RIDAY EPTEMBER 9,2005 D5 D8 GIRLS SOCCER Lauren Eberle and her teammates beat Valley in a shootout in the Alb uquer que Academy In vitational NO LONGER A ROCKY ROAD REG A RCHULETA Journal Staff Writer he milestone mirrors the man himself. Unassuming. Overlooked. And a product of commitment and sheer determination.

As the University of New Mexico football team travels to Columbia, to play the Missouri Tigers on Saturday, coach Rocky Long will vie for his 42nd career victory, which would establish a school record. Naturally, the mark is the least important aspect of the game to Long and his players. now, I give a Long says. worried about Heck, the Lobos even know they were on the verge of such history. junior quarterback Kole McKamey says.

not worried about that at all. sure not, either. It was bound to happen, Was it? Coach Roy record of 41 wins (he had a 4132-6 record from 1920-1930) stood for 75 years before Long (41-45) tied it Monday with the 24-22 win over UNLV. Sixteen coaches have come and gone between Johnson and Long. Several of those, who run out of town, get out of town fast enough.

Also keep in mind that the man who tied the mark still like his job, after eight years of doing it. still not fond of being the head coach, to this Long says. do it because emotionally attached to this town and this school. kind of a special deal. If it was any place else, I care less about being the head why Long puts up with the administrative details of being a head coach, such as talking to the media.

Long hates it not because of his relationship with them Nemesis Is A Run-Pass QB an Marino? Peyton Manning? Drew Bledsoe? They have their place, I guess. But give me a run-pass quarterback every time. As once was said of Joe Montana and his 49ers successor Steve Young, Montana conducted a symphony; Young jammed with the band. As great as Montana was, I always preferred listening to I mean, watching the other guy. a superb quarterback and a pleasure to watch.

Really, though, who would you rather see play him or Michael Vick? Which brings us to our topic: Missouri quarterback Brad Smith, one of the most remarkable run-pass QBs in the history of college football, and the catching-fish-by-hand- in-a-fast-moving-stream task the Lobos face against him on program breaking negative to build tradition GREGORY ASSOCIATED PRESS Roger Federer of Switzerland made short work of David Nalbandian on Thursday. The Look of Champs TEVE ILSTEIN The Associated Press NEW YORK Roger Federer sure knows how to kill a party. quiet brilliance tranquilized U.S. Open fans one night after they roared nonstop for Andre Agassi and James Blake. Wa tching Federer the defending champion and top seed, roll past Argentine David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 Thursday night was like watching a rerun of a mediocre movie that has one star, no plot and no drama.

Federer was too good too strong with his serves, too quick with his returns, too sharp on his groundstrokes and volleys to let the match become anything more than a predictable step into the semifinals against Lleyton Hewitt, a winner earlier in the day in five sets against Jarkko Nieminen. Federer beat Hewitt in the Open final last year and has won their last eight matches, four in Grand Slam events, going back to the 2004 Australian Open. we had enough tennis over the last few said Federer, the only semifinalist who did not play five sets in the quarters. Federer shy away from saying that he NCAA Champ Chases Title At ColemanVision IKE ALL Associate Sports Editor Could lightning strike twice at the ColemanVi- sion Tennis Championships? possible. In 2002, Laura Granville, a two-time defending NCAA champion from Stanford, won the $75,000 tournament.

This year, Zuzana Zemenova of Baylor would love to duplicate that feat. In her case, a title would be much more shocking than victory. But then, when your nickname is ZZ, you should come out on top (bad pun intended). Zemenova begins play in the eighth annual Cole- manVision on Sept. 18.

The tournament runs through the 25th at Tanoan Country Club. Pulling off shocking victories is nothing new to Zemenova, a native of Slovakia. Last spring, as a freshman, she became the first unseeded NCAA champion and only the sixth freshman. somewhat different than what Granville accomplished. She won her NCAA titles as a junior and senior and had a summer of professional experience before the Coleman.

Zemenova, who barely knew the importance of GREG Rocky Long needs one more win to set UNM mark. RICK WRIGHT Of the Journal Hewitt Struggles Against Out Win STEPHAN ASSOCIATED PRESS New England linebacker Mike Vrabel sacks Kerry Collins during third-quarter action Thursday night in Foxborough, Mass. The opened defense of their Super Bowl title with a 30-20 victory. Are Off to a Winning Start Methodical Federer Rips Nalbandian AVE OLDBERG The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. New quest for an unprecedented three straight Super Bowl victories is in good hands with two stars the Patriots lose in the offseason: Tom Brady and Richard Seymour.

Brady threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns, and Seymour made a game-turning defensive play as the Patriots beat Oakland 30-20 on Thursday night, holding Randy Moss, the new star, to one big play a 73-yard touchdown catch. important, we wanted to get off to a good said Brady, who had 212 of his yards and both TD throws in the first half. New 35th win in 39 games since the start of the 2003 season was an odd one all offense at the start, mostly defense after intermission. One key early adjustment was made by the Patriots, switching from their traditional 3-4 defense to a 4-3 to help fill the gap caused by the loss of inside linebackers Tedy Bruschi and Ted Johnson. The Patriots, who also lost coordinators Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel to head coaching jobs, led 17-14 at halftime on touchdown passes by Brady of 29 yards to Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch and 5 yards to newcomer Tim Dwight.

That off- set a 2-yard TD pass by Kerry Collins to tight end Courtney Anderson on the first series and the long pass to Moss, who at 6 feet, 4 inches, simply went over 5-8 Tyrone Poole. Anderson also caught a 5-yard touchdown pass with 3:04 left that was set up by Randal block of Josh punt. Moss was then called for offensive pass interference on the 2-point conversion play. That only mistake. He also dropped a short 3 Consecutive years Oakland has opened with a loss on the road 21 Consecutive home victories for the Patriots, including playoffs 92 Yards rushing for Oakland, which averaged a league- worst 80.9 last season 130 Yards receiving for Randy Moss, in his first game with the Raiders 306 Yards passing by Pats QB Tom Brady, who had two 300-yard games in BY THE NUMBERS To day U.S.

Open: doubles finals, semifinals. TV: CBS, 9 a.m. See HEWITT on PAGE D8 See NCAA on PAGE D8 Up next Saturday: New Mexico at Missouri, 5:05 p.m. TV: KRQE. Radio: KKOB-AM (770).

Line: Tigers by 9 NEW ENGLAND 30, OAKLAND 20 See LOBOS on PAGE D3 See TRADITION on PAGE D3 Mor NFL The Eagles have yet another player who happy with his contract D4 See PATRIOTS on PAGE D4.