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B2-Sioux City Journal. Monday. May 13, 2002 Musketeers Briar Cliff softball season ends continued from page Bl with split in region tournament Tintzman allowed both Briar Kline's double down the right field line for the 2-2 tie. Minot State snapped the tie in the top of the seventh, but Briar Cliff scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to win. Jama Carlson doubled and Heidi Malesa, who hit an RBI single that scored Jana Bahrke in the third inning, chased Carlson home on a double.

Baxter then drove Malesa home on the single. Malesa, who entered post-season play with a .309 batting average and 15 RBIs, had her second straight 3-for-4 game. Both Carlson and Bahrke 2-for-4. Second-seeded Jamestown ended the Chargers' season as Kristin Tintzman pitched a two-hitter in the Jimmies' 9-1 cruise. BISMARCK, N.D.

Briar Cliff University's softball team concluded an 18-29 season after splitting a pair of games Saturday at the NAIA Region III tournament. Coach Heather Hupke's Chargers, the No. 3 seed, stayed alive in the losers bracket following a 4-3 win over Minot State. The Chargers' second straight consolation victory avenged a 1-0 loss to sixth-seeded Minot State in first-round play Friday. Briar Cliff rallied from a 2-1 deficit to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Kristi Baxter reached on a throwing error and pinch-runner Becky Wittrock scored on Melissa Cliff hits in the top of the fifth inning when Baxter singled and scored on Amber Uttecht's single. Jamestown stretched a 4-0 lead with five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, a frame that featured Jenn Seeley's two-run home run and three of the Chargers' four errors. Jamestown (30-15) fell 10-0 in the championship game to top-seeded and No. 23-ranked Mary (27-15). Briar CIW 4, Minot Stall 3 Minot State 101 000 1 3 7 1 Briar Clitl 001 001 2 4 11 2 Amy Gaida and Krista Matt; Melissa Kline and Amber Uttecht.

Jamestown 9, Briar Cliff 1 Briar Cliff 000 01 1 2 4 Jamestown 202 5x 9 9 2 Jama Carlson, Melissa Kline (4) and Amber Uttectil; Kristin Tintzman and Sarah Olson. can't imagine how close we are. "These guys are part of my family. I had to be here and I'm so excited about next season." While Franck goes off to play collegiately at Mercyhurst, Mayotte, who shared duties with Franck all season, will return as the top goaltender. "We made a mistake on a power play opportunity and they turned it into another short-handed goal," mused Omaha Coach Mike Hastings.

"We scored more power play goals, but you play four one-goal games in a five-game series, you're playing with fire." Sioux City's Jeff Adduono was one of the last Musketeers to leave the lockerroom. "I just don't want to take this sweater off. It's my last year of juniors and this is something I'll take with me the rest of my life." The title-game triumph was Sioux City's 50th victory this season. Siciliano's skaters were 41-16-4 in the regular season and then swept Sioux Falls in the first playoff round, ousted Green Bay in four games in the semifinals and added the three victories over Omaha to finish the playoffs with a 9-3 record. Omaha won 46 regular season games to win the league's Anderson Cup.

The Lancers were bidding for their second straight Clark Cup champinship and the franchise's seventh since joining the league in 1986-87. Sioux City 4, Omaha 3 3 New golf club's secret metal hits too far on some par 4's. silenced a sellout crowd of 5,908. Then a large contingent of Sioux City faithful burst into joyous applause. Just 67 seconds into the overtime, Geris, a Minnesota-Duluth recruit was helped off the ice after suffering what appeared to be a serious ankle injury.

"There was no way I wasn't going back in that game," said Geris. "I told Fred (assistant coach Fred Harbinson) to let me have one more shift to see how it felt. "Fact is, at that point I felt no pain. On the goal I just saw the puck lying there at the blue line and just took it in. The goal-tender (Dominic Vacari) came out of the net a little bit and I just let the shot fly." Omaha, the top seed in the playoffs, had taken a 3-1 lead in the third period.

But, Sioux City's Matt Cian-cio turned it into a horse race with a short-handed goal at 14:55 of the third period and then Nathan Schwartzbauer tied the game at 3-3 with another red-lighter at 15:49. The burly 6-5, 210-pound resident of Wasilla, Alaska also had an assist on Ciancio's goal. "Maybe my goal was just meant to be and maybe our championship was meant to be," said Schwartzbauer. "Sitting on the bench waiting for my shifts I saw how hard my teammates were going out there and that inspired me." Omaha's Matt Davis and Yale Lewis scored first-period goals to give the Lancers a 2-0 lead. Davis' goal was on the power play.

"If someone back in August would have wanted to bet me we'd get to the final game of the Clark Cup finals or that we'd win the championship, I'd have to admit I probably would have taken the bet," said Sioux City Dave Siciliano. "But this is one special hockey team. These guys are so close and just great quality kids. These are some young guys who've been through a lot of adversity this season and handled everything with class. "All my teams over the years have had good kids, but there's just something about this team.

"It just does my heart great they've earned something they so richly deserve." The dramatic third-period rally and overtime electricity came after the Lancers had built a 3-1 lead on an Aaron Slatten-gren power play goal at 8:21 of the third period. Until then, the Lancers had been played off their skates in the period and after the seemingly clinching goal, the Musketeers dominated the rest of the period. "I've heard many hockey coaches say the worst lead you can have is 3-1," said Siciliano. "I knew we wouldn't give up after we fell behind. To be honest with you, I had a premonition on the trip down we'd win the game." Sioux City claimed its first Clark Cup league championship since 1986 and did so in much the same fashion as it won its last championship, the USA Hockey Junior 'A' national title, also in 1986.

In the deciding game of the nationals in '86, Sioux City's Tim Ferguson scored the winning goal in the second overtime period to vanquish St. Clair Shores, Mich. "Coach told us before the game to never, never, never give up, no matter what the situation and you saw what happened," said Sioux City goaltender Andy Franck, the winningest net-minder in post-season play now with an 8-3 record. Franck made 28 saves. "This is like a dream.

It'll sink in we're the champs tomorrow. There's a lot of 20-year-old hockey players who'll remember this the rest of their lives." The Musketeers got an emotional lift before the game started when goaltender Kris Mayotte returned to the team. Mayotte, the winner in net in Game 2 here, had to leave the team last Wednesday after his sister, Veronica Matson, passed away in Pennsylvania after a long battle with inoperable cancer. "I certainly had to be with my family, but I was thinking about my teammates all the time," said Mayotte. "To be part of this team is unbelievable.

You really Metal created by Department of Defense for tips of torpedoes and shells How to win a long-ball contest YALESVILLE, CT-A once-secret metal used to penetrate enemy armor is now helping golfers hit very long shots. Once-secret Armor Pierce Metal was developed by the military for the tips of shells and torpedoes. On the face of a golf club the metal's extreme hardness adds significant yardage to a golf shot. First period: 1, Omaha Matt Davis (Aaron Slatten- Zech Klann) power play 2, Omaha Yale ewis (Matt Moore) 11:07. Penalties: lewis, OM, hold, Durakovic, OM, high stick, Greaves, SC, trip, Femenella, SC, high stick, Luthi, SC, cross check, 16:50.

Second period: 3, Sioux City Ryan Geris (Matt Cian-cto, Brad Zancanaro) power play 1:41. Penalties: Clafton, OM, hold, Hartman, SC, hold, Bennett, OM, rough, Femenella, SC, rough, Ctancio. SC slash, Schwartzbauer, SC, rough. Bennett, OM, rough, 15:27. Third period: 4, Omaha Slattengren (Chris Harrington) power play 5, Sioux City Cianck) (Nathan Schwartzbauer, Brandon Schwartz) shorthanded 6, Sioux City Schwartzbauer (Zancanaro) 1 5:49.

Penalties: Adduono, SC, hook, Davis, OM hook, Zeiler, SC, cross check, Durakovic, OM, rough, 16:08. Overtime: 7, Sioux City Geris (Schwartz, Zancanaro) 4:41. Penalties: None. the metal- a combination of ceramic, tungsten and four other necessary because steel and titanium are too soft to by Charlie Allen Score by periods: Sioux City Omaha Shots on goal: Sioux City 4 3 35 31 saves); Do- 15 umana Goaltenders: Andv Franck. Sioux Citv mine vican, umana (ji saves).

Power plays: Sioux City 15, Omaha 2-7. Referee: Chris Ciamaga. Linesman: Jonathon Morrison, Dean Sanborn. Three-star selection: 1, Geris, SC; 2, Franck, SC; 3, Vic-ari, OM, Attendance: 5,908. Ilenrichsen, Benson help NDSU win regional by over 150 yards.

Another hit shots so hard he split a balata ball and a Surlyn-covered Titleist. He destroyed two balls, but he won two long-ball contests. A Director of the company that markets the new driver told me this. 'Twenty-three years in the business and I have never seen shots hit so far. This new Armor Pierce Metal clobbers balls like a battering ram.

There is virtually.no loss of energy at impact All the juice 78 Straighter goes into the ball. At high club-head speeds, it can actually break balls! And it's easy to control. "A well-known professional we know tested the club for us during a tournament warm-up and was curling 300-yard shots around trees with such accuracy several of his peers wandered over to try it. They were awed. But for their contracts, seven top pros could have been playing our Controller Driver in a national tournament that day.

We would have sold thousands. "The Controller Driver's control comes from probably the biggest, most forgiving sweet spot in golf-and a scientific roll and bulge that tames hooks and slices. A good golfer can draw and fade shots just like our famous friend. "An independent lab found that these features keep tee shots 78 closer to the centerline than a leading tour driver. We found this so startling we asked an outside consultant to test it among a group of real-life golfers.

The results were just as startling. They landed four times -four times -as many tee shots within ten yards of the centerline with the Controller Driver than with their own drivers. "The club's dynamite. We know of no other driver that can match its power." The Controller Driver's head is about the same size as the Great Big Bertha titanium driver and its shaft is 45-inch long for extra club-head speed. If you want to try it on the course on in a long-ball contest, the maker, NGC Golf, will let you keep the club for 30 days and return it for a refund, if its extra power doesn't help you cut 6 to 8 strokes off your score (if you average 85 or higher).

To order the Controller Driver, call 1-800-285-3900 or click www.ngcgolf.comr (anytime or day). Or send your name, address and check (or cc number and exp. date) to NGC Golf (Dept. ON2337), 60 Church Yalesville, CT 06492. Ask for the Controller Driver and choose from three shaft models: steel at $149.00, graphite at $179.00 and their top-of-the-line, big-butt TurboTip graphite at $195.00.

Add $12.95 sh. CT add sales tax. When you buy the driver, the matching 3 and 5-woods are available at a $20.00 discount off the driver's price. Be sure to specify regular or stiff flex, right or left-handed, men's or ladies'. Oh, yes.

If you swing at 120 MPH, carry some extra balls. MD-8 NGC Worldwide. Inc. 2001 Dept. 0N2337 pierce modern-day armor.

Now, an ex-Navy engineer working with a small golf company in Connecticut has applied the metal to the face of a driver, and some strong golfers are hitting shots so far they have to use the 3-wood on par-4's to avoid over-hitting the green. For instance, a PGA professional who played a round with the new driver told me he had to use the 3-wood on 300 to 330-yard holes to keep the ball from flying over the green. Here are more stories that help illustrate the club's potential power. A golfer in California, after 40 years of golf, won his first long-ball contest using the club. Another shot his first sub-par round in 20 years.

A Two broken balls-two long-ball wins golfer handicapped with an artificial leg out-hit his pro with a 320-yard drive and cut six strokes off his score. At a driving range, a golfer using the new club was hitting the ball so far others had to try it. Everyone out-hit their own driver, including a young man who had just bought a new $400.00 titanium driver. Another golfer, a long hitter surely with some help from the wind, hit a 420-yard tee-shot. That exceeds the average drive on the PGA Tour outs, to take a 5-3 lead.

An inning later, Henrichsen added her fifth homer of the season to give the Bison the cushion they would need to secure their third national championship berth in four years. North Dakota State won the 2000 national championship and North Central Conference foe Nebraska-Omaha won in 2001. The Bison, ranked 10th in the final NCAA Division II rankings, open play in the eight-team national championships with a 12:30 p.m. game Thursday against Cal State-Chico at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex in Salem, Va.

North Dakota State (44-8) faces a Cal State-Chico (34-25) squad that lost its opening game in the regional tournament before reeling off five wins, including triumphs over seventh-ranked UC Davis and unranked Cal State-Bakersfield, en route to the regional crown. FARGO, N.D. North Dakota State is returning to the NCAA Division II National Softball -Championships after a 7-5 win over St. Cloud State in the championship game of the North Central Regional at Ellig Sports Complex Sunday. Kristi Henrichsen, a freshman from Sioux City, belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning of the second championship game to secure the victory for the Bison.

Henrichsen, a North High prep standout, was named to the North Central Regional all-tournament team following the game. Henrichsen, who did not play in North Dakota State's first two victories in the regional, a 2-1 win over Truman State on Friday and a 3-0 win over Minnesota-Duluth on Saturday, played a key role on Sunday in the Bison's two wins and a loss. In the Bison's 4-2 win over St. Cloud State in the morning win- Agassi pockets Italian ROME (AP) Andre Agassi finally added an Italian Open title to his long list of championships. As the only current player to have won each of tennis' four Grand Slams, Agassi has few challenges left to conquer.

He managed to grab one of the few significant titles to elude him by beating Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 Sunday to win the Italian Open 13 years after squandering a championship point in the event. "It's something you don't really admit to yourself because it's pretty much a disappointment when you came so close," Agassi said of his desire to win in Rome. "But you realize, as you size up ners bracket final, it was Henrichsen who accounted for the game-winning run with a solo homer over the left field fence in the fourth inning. Teammate Molly Pufall followed with a solo homer to lift Morth Dakota State into the championship game. Earlier, the Bison dug out of a 2-0 hole on a two-run single from Jessie Benson, a junior from Sioux City East.

Benson, who played two years at Iowa Lakes Community College, connected with two outs in the bottom of the third. St. Cloud State rebounded to defeat Augustana 3-0 and North Dakota State 11-4 in the first championship game to set up the deciding second title tilt. With the Bison trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Henrich-sen opened the frame reaching on an error and eventually scored as North Dakota State rallied for four runs, all with two Open championship all these tournaments outside the Grand Slams, that this has as much, if not probably more history, than all of them," Agassi said of the event first played in 1930. The seven-time Grand Slam champion used blistering ground-strokes and a fierce return game to frustrate the 24-year-old German.

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