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| October 12, 2004
Sports |
| Team asks why after home skid |
Dalton Walker
Contributing Writer
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Photo by Ryan Kennedy Contributing Photographer |
Sophomore Dominique Altamirano tries to block an attempted kill during the T-bird’s loss to Eastern Arizona. |
The Thunderbird volleyball team fell twice at home, once Oct. 1, to Eastern Arizona Community College and Sept. 29, to national power Arizona Western Community College. The two losses are part of a three game home losing streak.
The two losses leave MCC at 18-8 on the year.
Eastern Arizona arrived Oct. 1, in Mesa to avenge an early season loss to the Thunderbirds. MCC could not hold onto the momentum after winning the first game, losing the next three by close scores.
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Hot T-birds blow past rival’s best
Ben Lohmeier
Mesa Legend
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Photo by Eric Pajak Mesa Legend |
| Mesa’s leading scorer, Heather Perry, looks for a shot on goal against Chandler Gilbert CC. She has three 3-goal games this year. |
The Mesa women’s soccer team rallied from a 1-0 deficit with twenty minutes left in the match to torch the number six team in the nation, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, for three goals.
“Everyone seems to get up for the games against us,” said coach Tim Barmettler. “It was a really exciting and big game for us and we could have scored about one or two more. Once we got that first one in the rest seemed to come a little easier for us.”
Heather Perry struck first for the Thunderbirds with twenty minutes to go as teammates Nicole Prather and Verena Andrade, followed her lead with goals of their own late in the second half to put the game away for Mesa, 3-1. |
Siblings' play on, off court
Lielanie Sesate
Mesa Legend
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Rebecca Straughmatt Mesa Legend |
| Amy John(left) and Cassie Campbell are sisters who are a big part of the Volleyball team and are reuinited after rivaling in high school. |
Twins? “Yeah right,” Cassie Campbell laughs then explains that she and recently married Amy John, are sisters separated by two years. Their fellow volleyball teammates have nicknamed the pair “The Twins” and the girls agree that they could have passed for twins before Amy changed her hair color from blonde to brown.
Still, there is a five and a half inch difference in height between the girls, Cassie standing at 5’4 ½ inches, while Amy towers at 6 feet. It is understandable why Cassie finds their nickname comical.
Differences between the twins do not stop at appearances; Cassie is the team’s setter and Amy plays opposite.
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Gridders stampede road foes
Ben Buettner
Mesa Legend
After coming close to beating No. 1 Dixie College, and having a player named NJCAA player of the week for that game (Austen Collins), Mesa took to their two-game road trip, Sept. 24. Their first game was against New Mexico Military Institute, Sept 25, in Roswell, New Mexico. Mesa spanked their second military institute of the season (the other being the Air Force JV) for a 33-14 victory the first game of the season. |
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Photo by Casey Ferguson Mesa Legend |
The Mesa men’s soccer team played yet another top-ranked team in Chandler-Gilbert Community College and fell to 4 and 2 after a close, physical game.
In the second half, things got very physical between the two teams and Mesa even had a player thrown out of the game. Freshman midfielder, Andrew Chorley, got tossed for arguing and bumping into the referee.
“Andrew accidentally bumped into the ref,” said coach Jason Green. “We played almost the whole second half, a man down.”
With about 20 minutes to go in the game, Mesa had a shot that was traveling straight for the goal, but a Chandler-Gilbert player intentionally put his hand up and stopped the ball from going in.
The score was 1-1 after the first half as forward Steven Gloria, struck first for the Thunderbirds. But being a man down proved too much for Mesa, as Chandler-Gilbert scored three goals in the second half to Mesa’s one. Defender Gabe Murrillo, had the second goal for the T-Birds. |
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