The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • 14

Section Sunday, November 24, 2002 01 Dorts Independent Record CARROLL COLLEGE FOOTBALL PA ft 7 Sports Desk: 447-4070 irsportshelenair.com ,7 ppp of 4 AP Photo Montana defensive end Tim Bush, rear, tackles Montana State running back Ryan Johnson (34) Saturday in Montana State won 10-7. A -1 -fx if I I baits' end tiireaik My. MSU wins automatic bid to playoffs with 10-7 win over Griz By TOM STUBER IR Sports Writer MISSOULA The only 17 attached to Montana State's 10-7 win over arch-rival Montana was the total number of points scored. There was no Saint defenders, Cory Perzinski, left, and Tyler Maxwell, center, chase 42-23 win over the Bluehawks in the NAIA playoffs. chant of "17 straight" by Grizzly fans.

Their winning streak against the Bobcats is over. Not only did MSU end the streak, but by winning it clinched a three-way tie with UM and Idaho State for the Big Sky title7Ttte Bobcats, however, win the tie-breaker and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. "Just to be able to go home now and not have to listen to everybody say, 'When you gonna beat the Griz? When you gonna beat the is so nice," said MSU safety Kane Ioane. "It's a huge monkey off all of our backs." The Bobcats, now 7-5 overall and 5-2 in the Big Sky, won the game behind a defense that loane 'Just to go and everybody 'When gonna Griz? gonna Griz' It's a off Kane to be able home now not have say you beat the When you beat the is so nice. huge monkey all our Ioane down Dickinson State running back cent of what Western did a week before to the Saints, and he was a little nervous.

"You never like to see them score," Porrini said. "We strive for a shutout every week and if we don't get one it's a disappointment. But if we can get more points than they can it's always good." With 3:46 left in the first quarter, the Blue Hawks took the lead when Fagerland, who was kicking with wind, hit a 42-yard field goal to give DSU a 10-7 lead. Seven seconds into the second quarter, DSU landed on Carroll's four-yard line. Instead of scoring, Carroll's defensive line pressured Walker into making a bad throw.

Strong safety Luke Lagomasino picked off the pass in the end zone and put the Saints on their own 20. DSU's Satrone Boyd set up the Blue Hawks final touchdown of the half when he returned a kickoff 81 yards to put his team on the Carroll 11. Two plays later Walker hit a sliding Justin Jung for the TD. Walker's attempt at a two-point conversion failed. "I don't know if we weren't lined up right or what happened, but in that first More SAINTS, page 7B 1 picking up five of them while DSU was 4-of-16.

Gal-lik's first third down was Carroll 42 Dickinson 23 al6- yarder he caught in the end zone in the second quarter that put the Saints up 14-10. His fifth was a 22-yard TD snag early in the fourth quarter that gave the Saints a 34-23 lead. The Saints scored on their opening drive when Heath Wall barreled in from the thee-yard line, ending a 10-play drive that started on their own 37. Rhett Crites, who was perfect on PATs, put the Saints up 7-0 with 10:44 left in the first quarter. But the Blue Hawks answered when quarterback Nick Walker hit Adam Eckert with a 16-yard TD pass that he lofted over Carroll's's Matt Peterson with 8:23 left in the opening quarter.

Jeremy Fagerland connected for the PAT to even the score at 7-all. Nick Porrini, who earned defensive MVP honors, said Eckert's TD catch was reminis came in the second half. After Van Dyke's drive, Carroll went on a 13 point run Van Dyke hit a long turnaround jumper to give Carroll a 42-41 lead with 11:03 left in the game and Carroll held the lead for the rest of the contest. "Every player got in the game and contributed," said Saints coach Jim Gross, "We did a really good job of spreading the floor." The Hawks won the opening tip of the game, and center Stacie Schorsch gave Dickinson the 2-0 lead with a pull-up jumper. With the score 8-4, Carroll guard Melissa Maloy pulled up with a three pointer to bring Carroll within one, at the 12 minute mark.

Maloy had two treys in the game, and Carroll upends Dickinson in playoff By SANDRA KELLY IR Sports Writer DICKINSON, N.D. After missing last week's Frontier Conference title game with a concussion, Carroll College quarterback Tyler Emmert came back with an MVP performance and led the Saints to a 42-23 win over the Dickinson State Blue Hawks in the first round of the NAIA playoffs. Emmert finished the day 18- for 283 yards and four touchdown passes while scrambling for 36. He hit receiver Mark Gallik six times for 106 yards and two touchdowns while tight end Casey Fitzsim- "mons hauled in six strikes for 83 yards. 'Those are our go-to guys," Carroll head coach Mike Van said.

"Casey's been doing ft for four years and Mark for 'three. Mark made some big third down catches and that was really the key." Carroll went 10-of-17 in third conversions with Gallik Pioro by Dickinson Press Mike Luther during the Saints Emmert and Porrini earn MVP honors By SANDRA KELLY 7fl Sports Writer DICKINSON, N.D. Carroll quarterback Tyler Emmert was named the offensive MVP while Nick Porrini was named the defensive MVP for their performances against Dickinson State in the first round of the NAIA playoffs. Emmert was 18-of-38 for 283 yards and four touchdowns and he rushed 13 times for 36 yards. Porrini finished the day with six tackles.

"He (Emmert) had a great game over here two years ago in the Mon-Dak game so he was excited to come back," Carroll head coach Mike Van Diest said. "He prepared as a freshman a year ago like he was the starting quarterback and that was the difference. He was ready to play this year and that's why he's our starting quarterback. Eleven games into the season he's really made some great More 7B the Saints a short-lived Schorsch responded with a deep trey on the Blue Hawks next possession, to give the Hawks the 29-28 lead. Schorsch was the game's high scorer with 16 points.

Carroll guard Tara Zoanni iced the win when she stole the ball with 1:25 to play and took the ball to the hoop to make the score 54-49. The Whitworth women downed Menlo College 74-57 in the consolation contest of the tournament. Dickinson 51- Darcy Schmeling 3-9 O-O, Nicci Schorsch 2-4 0-0, Stacie Schorsch5-16 2-6, 16; Sara Berglund 0-4 0-2, Tina Partin 1-4 0-2, Kelly Kiethley 1-3 0-0, Jessica Campbell 3-8 0-0 Nikida McSween 3-5 Carroll 57 Jennifer Driscoll 0-5 0-1, Carry VanDyke 5-11 0-0, 14; Charla Ray 1-5 0-0, Lindsay Hart 1-6 1-2, Tara Zoanni 4-8 Emili Woody 3-7 Sasha Ritter 0-3 0-2, Melissa Maloy 2-5 2-3, Catie Pnddy 1-1 0-0, Andrea Hall 1-1 0-0, Enca Pribyl 5-7 0-0 11 forced UM quarterback and Walter Payton Award finalist John Edwards to have perhaps the worst game of his career. Edwards was an unheard of l-for-19 passing in the first half for 11 yards. He finished the game 8-for-32 for 106 yards and gained just 10 yards on seven carries on an inclimate day in front of a record crowd of 19,879 at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Edwards had a first half interception and a costly fumble in the fourth quarter. "It's just sickening," said Edwards of the defeat and his play. "I feel bad about not continuing what (the previous UM teams) started here. I couldn't deliver, but credit MSU." "The biggest thing we emphasized all week was, don't let John Edwards run on us," said MSU defensive end Jon Montoya. "The D-line sacrificed the pass rush a little bit just to make sure we didn't let him have a lane open up." Despite Edwards struggles, the Grizzlies, who finished 0-for-13 on third downs, were never out of the game.

Montana State took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter when Nate Cook popped a 27-yard field goal through the uprights. The score stayed the same for the rest of the half. More BOBCATS, page 7B CARROLL COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saint women claim Carroll Invitational six points. VanDyke had a long jumper with 12:45 remaining to make the score 9-8, Carroll's first lead of the game. With 2:50 remaining in the half, Blue Hawk Nikida McSween stole the ball and took it coast-to-coast to tie the game back up at 22-22.

Carroll sophomore Emili Woody took back the lead with a drive to make the score 24-22, but Dickinson's Darcy Schmeling tied it back up with a long jump shot. Woody dumped a pass into Catie Priddy 13 seconds before halftime, who put up a short jumper to give the Saints a 26-24 halftime lead. After Dickinson tied the game to start the second half, Saints forward Charla Ray hit a turnaround jumper to give Van Dyke scores 14 to lead Carroll KEVIN SHIVELY I IR Sports Writer I' -The Carroll College women's basketball team, came from behind for the second game in a row, to down Dickinson Blue Hawks and clinch the Carroll Invitational tournament. I Blue Hawks had a series of trips to the free line midway through "the second half in a ten point run that broke open a the Saints. I However, senior Carly broke their streak with a drive through the lane.

Van Dyke racked up 14 points for the game, eight of which Carroll takes third in regional PORTLAND, Ore. The Carroll College volleyball team bowed out of the NAIA Region 1 volleyball tournament Saturday afternoon with a 30-24, 30-17, 31-29 loss to Southern Oregon. Mary Lester had 14 kills for the Saints and Nicole Woolard had eight kills to pace the Saints in the contest. Southern Oregon had 15 kills from Kristina Matchett and 14 from Kacee Jacobsen to lift them into the championship of the regional tournament. The Saints finished in a tie for third with University of Montana-Western which fell to Concordia in the other semifinal match..