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Star-Telegram I Saturday April 5 2003 101) I wwwstar-telegramcom NOTES address the matter until the season ends Wright State hired Ohio State assistant Paul Biancardi as its head coach giving him a five-year contract He replaces Ed Schilling who was fired after going 75-93 in six seasons including 10-18 this year In Fort Worth the TCU tennis team lost to 14th-ranked South Alabama 5-2 TCU is 7-9 and South Alabama improved to 16-4 Rice defeated UT-Arling- ton in tennis taking -a 4-1 decision in Arlington Gretel Hach had the only victory for UTA winning the No 5 singles UTA fell to 9-6 with the loss the sixth to get close before falling short Texas 11 Baylor 5: Dustin Majewski hit a home run and Omar Quintanilla drove in four runs to help Texas (23-11 7-3 Big 12) coast to a victory over Baylor (23-10 6-4) in Austin Mark Saccomanno had two home runs for Baylor Oklahoma 3 Texas In Norman Okla Oklahoma (13-13 1-6) scored two unearned runs to beat Texas (24-10 5-5) Briefly Texas assistant coach Frank Haith said he has been contacted by Elon (NC) College about its vacant headcoaching position but said he phone records obtained through public records laws also involved phone calls According to the documents calls from the basketball office to mother occurred before Conley told VMI he wanted a release The ramifications could affect Conley next Missouri basketball team and the university Baseball Memphis 9 TCU 6: The Tigers (9-19 2-8 Conference USA) jumped out to a 6-0 lead after three innings and held on for a 9-6 victory over the Horned Frogs (19-14 6-4) Terry Trofholz and Jared Lundeen homered for the Frogs who scored five runs in included a 26-game winning streak that ended Sunday in a 83-69 loss to Marquette in the Midwest Regional Final West also the leading vote-getter on the AP All-America team is the first Xavier player to receive the Adolph Rupp Trophy He led the Musketeers with 203 points 12 rebounds 16 blocks and 13 steals a game this season Missouri disciplined Missouri coach Quin Snyder and assistant Lane Odom were temporarily banned by the athletic department from recruiting because they violated NCAA rules on calling recruits The school told the NCAA FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS David West and Tubby Smith in the Final Four But they achieved some personal satisfaction Friday West was named The Associated Press Player of the Year and Smith was selected the AP Coach of the Year West received- 30 votes from the 72-member national panel that selects the weekly AP Top 25 Texas sophomore guard TJ Ford was second with 19 votes followed by senior forward Josh Howard of Wake Forest (10) Smith was a runaway winner with 58 votes and Skip Prosser of Wake Forest was second with seven 32-4 record this season last month that on five occasions Odom violated a rule that limits coaches to calling a recruit once a week sports information director Chad Moller said The calls were made between January and April 2002 to Ricky Clemons then a sophomore at the College of Southern Idaho The school suspended Odom from recruiting for five weeks Snyder was suspended for three weeks Moller said Both suspensions have been served Also the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Missouri apparently violated NCAA rules while recruiting Jason Conley college 2002 scoring leader The violations discovered through Auburn rally shocks Baylor SMALL COLLEGES NOTES Ex-Crowley star a McMurry hit By ANTHONY ANDRO STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Albert Carrizales seems to be adjusting well to college baseball Carrizales who was an A-Star-Telegram second-team selection at Crowley High School last season is a freshman shortstop at McMurry and last week he was named the American Southwest Conference West Division hitter of the week He has had multiple hits in seven consecutive games and has an 11-game hitting streak In one four-game stretch Carrizales went 12-for-16 Against Sul Ross State on March 28 Carrizales went 5-for-5 with two doubles and a home run The hot streak has enabled Carrizales to move up in the rankings now hitting 424 on the season sixth best in the conference Carrizales leads the conference with six triples The Indians are benefiting from play McMurry is 15-9 on the season and 9-6 in ASC play which puts them in third place in the West Division TLU tops in nation The first NCAA Division III rankings are out and Texas Lutheran is the-No 1 By TRAVIS RICHMOND SPECIAL TO THE STAR TELEGRAM WACO Stuck in a defensive battle with Auburn midway through the second half Baylor mounted a 13-0 run to break open a tie game and seize control of the WNIT final with under nine minutes to play But the Lady Bears put away the Tigers and Auburn rallied for a 64-63 victory Friday at the Ferrell Center Willingham put her team ahead on a short runner in the lane with three seconds remaining and a last-second 16-footer by Jordan Davis rimmed out at the buzzer feel inadequate as a "coach that I hold onto a 13-point lead with nine minutes to Baylor coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson said I beat myself up over it not out there on the floor a live-and-learn Baylor (24-11) still held a 63-55 lead with 3:04 remaining after Jessika 3-pointer but that was the Lady final field goal of the game Auburn (23-11) answered with an inside shot by Willingham a 3-pointer from the corner by Nicole Louden and a layup by Willingham to climb within one Louden stole the ball from Stratton but Willingham and Natasha Brackett missed potential go-ahead shots for Auburn Steffanie Blackmon then TEXAS Continued from 11) for a loose ball in the Tigers' WNIT championship victory Friday team in the Collegiate Baseball poll Texas Lutheran is 26-0 12- 0 in American Southwest Conference play Texas Lutheran was No 21 in the preseason rankings Northeastern St wins title Northeastern State which beat Tarleton State in the finals of the South Central regional basketball tournament won the NCAA Division II national title last week The Redmen defeated Kentucky Wesleyan 75-64 to become the first Lone Star Conference team to win a Division II national title TWU gymnasts finish second The Texas Uni- versity gymnastics team fin- ished second at the Midwest Independent Conference Championships TWU competing in its first-ever conference meet Finished behind the Univer- -sity of Illinois-Chicago The Pioneers scored T95975 points which was their high- est road score in school his- tory Centenary finished third -Southeast Missouri State fourth and Illinois State fifth Anthony Andro (817) 548-5532 1 aandroiastar-telegramcom kept the high-powered offense out of the game In the third inning UTA scored two runs on three McNeese errors While the Mavericks were taking advantage of Cowboys miscues McNeese had trouble with runners in scoring position In the sixth and seventh inning McNeese had the bases loaded with one out and managed only one run offense came alive in the fourth inning when first baseman Darrell Preston hit a double He scored on a Robby Deev-ers single to right field two batters later The four hits and two runs in the inning came with two outs On Tuesday the Maver- bullpen allowed five runs in the seventh inning in 6-4 loss to Dallas Baptist but the bullpen shut down McNeese from the seventh struggle off and Curtis said depends on what day it is but tonight they got the job UT-Afllnqton 6 McNeese State 2 McNeese St 001 000-2 8 4 UTA 002 200 20-6 9 1 Begnaud Maroeaui (7) Marlel (8) and Prince and Boyles Pullm Detwiler (7) Snapp (7) W-Pullin (A 1) L-Beqnaud (3 4) Sv-Snapp (1) 28-McNeese St Pr nee Lemke UTA Prlon 3B-Fontenot Records UT Arlington 19 15 8 2 McNeese si 19 12 JJl l' The Lady Bears lose a LtiiMjL-Aii! 13-point lead in the final nine minutes and fail to claim a WNIT title BREAKDOWN WHY AUBURN WON The Tigers didn't give up despite falling into a 13-point hole with nine minutes remaining and slowly chipped into Baylor's lead WHY BAYLOR LOST The Lady Bears folded at the finish missing all three of their shots and committing two turnovers in the game's final 2:25 NOTABLE Auburn was making its first appearance in the WNIT Baylor was making its third WNIT appearance and second in the championship game Baylor lost to Penn State 59-56 in the 1998 final Auburn's Natasha Brackett scored 13 points and was named tournament MVP Auburn (23-11) Willingham 6-15 2 4 14 Miller 3-6 24 8 Louden 3 II 0-0 9 Brackett 5 16 2-4 13 Emeagi 3 12 1 2 7 Derrick 0-0 0-0 0 Payne E6 OO Johnson 25227 Stevenson 2 3 OK) 4 totals 25 74 9-16 64 Baylor (24-11) Richards 2 6 0 0 5 Blackmon 0 9 10 13 10 Young 9 14 2 2 20 Stratton 18 4 4 7 Jackson 0 3 0 0 0 Whitaker Ml 2 3 Davts 1611 4 Hamerly 0 2 0 0 0 Brown 4 7 6 8 14 Totals 18 56 24 30 63 Halftime Baylor 28 Auburn 28 3-point goals Auburn 5 20 (Willingham 0 2 Louden 3 7 Brack ett 1 4 Emeagi 0 3 Johnson 1 4) Baylor 3 15 (Richards 1 4 Stratton 1 5 Jackson 0 1 Davis 1 5) Fouled out Auburn Payne Rebounds Auburn 43 (Johnson 8) Baylor 47 (Young 25) Assists -Auburn 16 (Brackett 7) Baylor 14 (Jackson 5) Total fouls Auburn 19 Baylor 16 A 7 314 missed her ninth consecutive shot with 9 seconds remaining to set the stage for game-winner learned in the Southeastern Conferenc'd that a 40-minute game and you play one minute at a Auburn coach Joe Campi said why we lose out composure when we were down forward to power forward expanding her game along the way LSU exhausted every defensive resource against Schreiber who posted up made medium-range jumpers cut to the basket and made two 3-pointers She has averaged 208 points and 83 rebounds in four NCAA Tournament games and is shooting 59 percent (34-for-58) To those who know Schreiber none of this is a news flash A three-sport standout (basketball volleyball track and field) who also dabbled in tennis Schreiber earned a combined 12 most valuable player awards in two sports in high school She was a four-time district MVP in basketball and volleyball In volleyball Schreiber had unprecedented success at the state level Windthorst which is about 25 miles south of Wichita Falls won four state titles and Schreiber was named the state MVP all four years which no volleyball player in Texas had done before in any classification was somebody who could compete at the state level in just about anything she wanted to Schroeder said paid the price for UTA takes control onMcNeese errors attacking her down the stretch tried to go straight up and block the Young said the passes came right at my girl after I picked up my fourth Both teams shot poorly from the field (Baylor at 32 percent and Auburn at 34) but Auburn was clutch late in the game going 4-for-6 down the stretch impression then that can play at this said her mother Debbie Schreiber lot of scouts were talking to her AAU coach She was getting recognized She liked volleyball She loved Conradt didn't need to twist arm and Schreiber averaged 136 points and six rebounds in 298 minutes a game last season as a true freshman I was growing up everybody watched the Final Four on Schreiber said see girls after the game that want your autograph They look up to you and want to talk to you All of us used to be those Gerald and Debbie Schreiber head to Atlanta tonight Heather has been the talk of Windthorst this week at feed stores school sporting events church dinner tables lot of people from home have called me this Schreiber said talking about it I heard everybody watched the LSU game That really gives me a lot of pride to know supporting Not everyone can say they put their town on map ONLINE: wwwtexassportscom Troy Phillips (817) 390-7163 tphillipsjtar-telegramcom because we knew we still had a loss came despite a standout performance from freshman center Sophia Young who scored a game-high 20 points and set a Baylor record with 25 rebounds However Young was called for her fourth personal foul with 5:04 remaining and Auburn responded by that success but work was all Heather Schreiber won a state title in the high jump clearing 5-10 and averaged nearly 30 points a game at an AAU basketball tournament before her senior season Long before then she was on radar A relative of living in Olney had told her years earlier she had to see this Schreiber Texas assistant coach Kathy Harston heard about Schreiber a high school sophomore-to-be while at an AAU tournament in Lubbock was Harston said played every sport and she was the best at all of them The amazing part was that she never played basketball until volleyball was over and they went all the way to state every year You could only imagine how good she would be if she got to focus on one AAU coach was a friend of Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly and Heather visited both Iowa State and Texas Ames Iowa reminded Schreiber of Windthorst but Austin was closer She had offers for volleyball coming in too and it was decision time kind of got the By JASON HOSKINS SPECIAL TO THE STAR TELEGRAM ARLINGTON Hitting has not been a problem for the UT-Arlington baseball team The Mavericks have had more than 10 hits in each of 24 games the team has struggled late in the game But Friday night the Mavericks got those hits The Mavericks (19-15 8-2) used four McNeese errors and three wild pitches to win 6-2 at Clay Gould Ballpark to keep the Mavericks in second place in the Southland Conference did get it done with guys on base Mavericks coach Jeff Curtis said going to win some games with key hits and if you do it consistently win a lot of The Mavericks will finish the series with the Cowboys with a 3 pm game today and a 1 pm game Sunday For the first three innings Friday however McNeese controlled the tempo The Cowboys (19-12 4-6) recorded three hits and one run in the first three innings while pitcher Rusty Begnaud and the McNeese defense small-town recruits over the years the coach knew what she was getting came from such a small Conradt said of Schreiber who had 29 students in her 2001 graduating class used to being in the limelight I just thought she was unique one of the most observant players ever had She vocal but she sees all and misses Schreiber a sophomore forward is of the after her career-high 32 points led Texas to a victory against top-seeded LSU in the West Regional championship Tuesday The win put Texas in its third Final Four where the Longhorns (29-5) will face Connecticut (35-1) at 8:30 pm Sunday at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta From milking cows at 4 am to clearing a high-jump bar or playing piano Schreiber has everything look so said her high school basketball coach Scotta Schroeder In three seasons at UT Schreiber has pi moved from post to small.