Boise State #14 in New Gymnastics Rankings

http://www.troester.com/gym/WRankings/2012/0213/wteam.htm

No scores below 196, no individual scores below 9.8 from here on out and Boise State will finish the year in the Top 10.

Broncos Shut Out Host Cal-Davis

Aubray Zell turned in another shutout in leading Boise State to a 3-0 win over UC Davis at the Aggie Stampede this afternoon, Boise State's fourth win in five outings.

Zell was splendid in a three-hit, no-walk complete game.  Katie Engelbrecht's two-run triple capped a two-out rally for the Broncos in the fourth inning to put the first two runs on the scoreboard.  Tazz Weatherly laced a double to right center, Jordan Krieger followed with an infield single and Engelbrecht found her pitch and lined it to left center.

"I'm really proud of the way the team played this entire weekend," said head coach Erin Thorpe. "We made great strides as a program and really came together as a team. We were able to play five solid games and that should be a great confidence boost as we have two really challenging weekends coming up."

We're about to find out how good this Boise State team really is.  They'll face #12 Washington, #19 UCLA and Notre Dame on consecutive days at the Campbell Cartier Classic in San Diego next weekend.  Boise State will open the tournament Friday at 11 a.m. Mountain Time against UC Santa Barbara.

Felix's NCAA Qualifying Mark Highlights Second Day of Action at Boise State Team Challenge

Kurt Felix, who won all four events in the first day of the heptathlon on Friday, finished strong Saturday to break his own school record and qualify for a spot in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho March 9-10.

Felix finished third in the 60-meter hurdles, third in the pole vault and fourth in the 1,000-meters to score 5,771 points, well over his former mark of 5,691 and past the NCAA qualifying mark of 5,750.  


Michael Walrath also broke a school record set by Pete Nunez in 1988 when he won the 800-meters in 1:51.23.  Drew O'donoghue-McDonald, Sawyer Bosch and Danielle Valentine also put their names into the Bronco record book with top-three performances.  O'donoghue-McDonald was part of a contingent of distance runners who competed in the Mile at the Husky Invite in Seattle.  Drew ran a 4:05.63, #2 all-time at Boise State.  Bosch finished 12th in the 3000-Meter Invite competition at the Husky Invite with a time of 8:03.93, the second-fastest time ever at Boise State.  Valentine soared 12-feet, 9.50-inches in the pole vault to tie for the second-best indoor mark in Bronco history.


Rolando Trammel also won the 60-meter hurdles in front of the home crowd at Jackson's Track with a personal-best of 7.90, the long jump (23-2.50) and joined Karrie Butler, Jeff Daw and Manoah Wesson on the victorious 4x400-meter relay team.  Allan Schroeder won the Boise State Team Challenge Mile (4:14.82) while Taryn Treadway captured the 3,000 with a time of 10:31.43.


Boise State rests up for the 2012 Mountain West Championships, taking place this year in Albuquerque, New Mexico February 23-25.. 

Broncos Top Air Force 72-61 on the Road

Having gone through the first pass at each of the Mountain West Conference teams without a win, Boise State coach Leon Rice inserted freshman Joe Hanstad into the starting lineup.  The move paid off, as Hanstad scored 19 points to lead the Broncos to a 72-61 road win at Air Force last night.  The Broncos had lost to the same Air Force team by 15 points in Boise last month.


Freshman Anthony Drmic continued his solid play with his first career double-double--12 points and 10 rebounds.  Drew Wiley and freshman Derrick Marks each had 11 points and junior college transfer Kenny Buckner added 10 for Boise State.  Sophomore Jeff Elorriaga, playing his first game since fracturing his thumb against TCU on January 21, led the team with five assists and added six rebounds.


Boise State, which had played national powers UNLV and San Diego State down to the wire only to lose by double digits to the league's lower-ranked teams, built as much as a 20-point lead in the second half.  Air Force rallied to cut the deficit to 11, but the Broncos held on for their first Mountain West win.  Boise State connected on 21-of-25 free throw attempts (84%) to keep the Falcons at bay.  Boise State improves to 11-12 on the season and 1-7 in the Mountain West, while Air Force dropped to 11-11 overall and 1-7 in league play.


Boise State returns home to host Colorado State Wednesday night in Taco Bell Arena.  Tipoff is 8 p.m.

Broncos Fall to Loyola Marymount in Extra Innings

Lady Bronco softball team is 3-1.

Update to Boise State-Loyola

Allie Crump, who came on in relief today, allowed two singles but struck out the last batter in the sixth to send the game to the seventh.

Boise State & Loyola Marymount Tied

Bottom of the 6th at 7 apiece.  Boise State trying to go to 4-0 on the season.  Boise State tied it with two runs in the top half of the inning.  Jordan Krieger and Tara Glover each have two RBI's.  Great teams find a way to pull it out.

Boise State Has Defeated Nevada 7-3 in Women's Softball

Tara Glover had three hits and Devon Bridges knocked in two runs as Boise State remained undefeated with a 7-3 victory over Nevada this morning in Davis, California.


Aubray Zell allowed just one hit and struck out four to earn her second victory of the young season.

Boise State 7 (3-0)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
BOURKE, Holly lf	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	1
GLOVER, Tara cf	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
CAPOBIANCO, Christin 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	0
CRUMP, Allie dp	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
COLLIER, Ashley pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRIDGES, Devon rf	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
ENGELBRECHT, Katie c	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	5
KREIGER, Jordan ss	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
WORK, Lela 3b	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
WEATHERLY, Tazz 2b	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
ZELL, Aubray p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
COLE, Kenzie p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	27	7	11	4	3	2	21	10	6

Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Nevada.............. 000 000 3 - 3 4 3 Boise State......... 002 500 X - 7 11 1 -----------------------------------------

E - Hopkins, K; Parsons, S; McWilliams; CAPOBIANCO. LOB - NEV 2; BSU 6. 2B - Puzey, S; BRIDGES, D.; KREIGER, J.; WEATHERLY, T. HR - Lastrapes, L; Parsons, S. SH - WORK, L.. SF - Butera, A. SB - Arciniega, A; GLOVER, T. 2; COLLIER, A.. CS - Butera, A; GLOVER, T..

Nevada	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Craig, Ariel L,0-1	2.1	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	10	13	4	2
Jones, Karlyn	1.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	3	0
Brewer, Bailey	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	8	1	4
Boise State	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
ZELL, Aubray W,2-0	5.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	16	16	2	8
COLE, Kenzie	2.0	3	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	8	10	2	2

Win - ZELL, A. (2-0). Loss - Craig, A (0-1). Save - None. WP - COLE, K.. BK - Brewer, B.Umpires - HP: Gary Kinard 1B: Tanya Garig 3B: Martin Vandenburg Start: 8:55 am Time: 1:53 Attendance: 143 Weather: 60s Mostly Cloudy

Boise State Finishes Second at Chicago Style Invitational

The Broncos had UCLA in their sights, down just 15/100th's of a point with one rotation to go.  But the Bruins poured it on in the final event to score an easy win tonight.  Boise State just can't get over the hump with an elite team.  

That said, Boise State finally got a 196 team score, something they will have to do each and every week if they want to crack the Top 10.

Team Standing  (Top)

Place	Team	Score
1	UCLA	196.850
2	Boise State	196.025
3	Missouri	195.525
4	Illinois	195.100

Updated Rotation Three Gymnastics Scores

(Still competing in third rotation.  Missouri is done, while Boise State has one more competitor, UCLA two and Illinois 3.)

Place	Team	Score
1	Boise State	147.100
2	Missouri	146.575
3	UCLA	137.675
4	Illinois	126.300

Scores in Third Rotation

Keep in mind that Missouri has had more competitors finish routines in the vault than the other teams.

1	Missouri	136.825
2	UCLA	127.900
3	Boise State	127.525
4	Illinois	117.150

Boise State in 2nd at Chicago Style Invitational

Boise State scored 49.2 on vault, what they needed to have, but just 48.9 on floor exercises and the Broncos are already down to #7 UCLA by more than 3/10th's of a point.

Through two rotations, UCLA has 98.450 to 98.100 for Boise State.  Illinois has 97.725 while Missouri has 97.575.

UCLA has two score of 9.9 or better, while Boise State has zero.

Felix Sweeps Day One of Heptathlon

Boise State's Kurt Felix won all four events in the first day of competition in the men's Heptathlon at the Boise State Team Track Challenge at Jackson's Track in Nampa.  Felix won the 60-meter dash, the shot put, the long jump and the high jump to grab a huge lead in the competition.  Day 2 is tomorrow with the final three events.

Event 2  Heptathlon: #4 Men High Jump Heptathlon
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals                                                                
  1 Kurt Felix                   Boise State              2.14m     934
                                                                      
                                                                      
  2 Robbie Haynie                Eastern Oregon           2.11m     906
                                                                      
                                                                      
  3 Austin Emry                  Unat-Montana             2.05m     850
                                                                      
                                                                      
  4 Lysias Edmond                Unattached - Email       1.99m     794
  4 Austin Basterrechea          College of Idaho         1.99m     794
  6 Anthony Belcher              Boise State              1.69m     536
  7 Michael Hurd                 College of Idaho         1.60m     464

Results After Three Events of Women's Pentathlon

Boise State's entries are #5 and #6 with the High Jump results unavailable and pending the 800-meter run tonight.

1.  Lindsey Hall, Montana 2,353 points
2.  Maureen Ajoku UC Santa Barbara 2,290
3.  Tuekeha Huntley of Cal St. Los Angeles 2,215
4.  Tiera Hansen, Unattached 2,162
5.  Alexi Morton, Boise State 2,149
6.  Kimberly Miller, Boise State 1,964

Morton 3rd in Pentathlon Long Jump

Event 1  Indoor Pentathlon: #4 Women Long Jump Indoor Pentathlon
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals                                                                
  1 Lindsey Hall                 Montana                  5.71m     762
      5.71m  FOUL  5.53m                                              
  2 Maureen Ajoku                UC Santa Barbara         5.59m     726
      5.46m  5.51m  5.59m                                             
  3 Alexi Morton                 Boise State              5.58m     723
      5.42m  5.58m  5.45m                                             
  3 Tiera Hansen                 Unattached - Email       5.58m     723
      5.58m  5.17m  5.44m                                             
  5 Kimberly Miller              Boise State              5.53m     709
      5.53m  5.46m  5.51m                                             
  6 Tuekeha Huntley              Cal St. Los Angeles      5.42m     677
      5.09m  5.09m  5.42m                                             
  7 Kimmy Moore                  Eastern Oregon           5.09m     584
      4.70m  5.09m  5.06m                                             
  8 Jenna Hulion                 Cal St. Northridge       4.86m     522
      4.32m  4.67m  4.86m                                             
  9 Jessianne Heley              Eastern Oregon           4.29m     376

Boise State Women Blank Eastern Washington 7-0

The Boise State women's tennis team defeated Eastern Washington 7-0 this afternoon at the Boas Tennis Center in Boise to advance their season mark to 4-1.

The Broncos took all three doubles matches to go out to a 1-0 lead.  Marlena Pietzuch then won her fifth straight singles match of the spring against zero defeats with a 6-2, 6-2 victory. 

FIona Mok then made her Bronco debut with a 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) win at #6 singles.  Congrats to Fiona!

Sandy Vo and Morgan Basil each advanced to 4-1 with straight set wins, and Sonia Klamczynska and Manuela Pietzuch also stormed to straight set victories.

Boise State hosts Idaho tomorrow morning at 10 at the Boas Center.


Boise State 7, Eastern Washington 0
Boas Tennis Center - Feb. 10, 2012

Doubles
1. Pietzuch/Pietzuch (Boise State) def. Hedberg/Uriarte (EWU), 8-1
2. Vo/Basil (Boise State) def. Warner/Norena (EWU), 8-1
3. Kaitlyn Brown/Klamczynska (Boise State) def. Patton/Knight, 8-5

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles
1. Sonia Klamczynska (Boise State) def. Moira Hedberg (EWU), 6-4, 6-1
2. Marlena Pietzuch (Boise State) def. Chelsea Patton (EWU), 6-2, 6-2
3. Manuela Pietzuch (Boise State) def. Kelsey Knight (EWU), 6-0, 6-1
4. Sandy Vo (Boise State) def. Chrissy Uriarte (EWU), 6-0, 6-0
5. Morgan Basil (Boise State) def. Ryann Warner (EWU), 6-1, 6-1
6. Fiona Mok (Boise State) def. Nefeli Diamanti (EWU), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)

Order of Finish: 4, 2, 3, 5, 1, 6

Vaisima, Osai Go 1-2 in Weight Throw

Arizona came into the meet as the #10 women's team in the nation, but it was Boise State that went 1-2 in the weight throw.    In fact, both Mele Vaisima and Alyssa Osai topped Arizona's Taylor Freeman by over a meter today.

Event 3  Women Weight Throw=                         
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    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals                                                                
  1 Mele Vaisima                 Boise State             19.82m       
      19.08m  FOUL  19.82m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                          
  2 Alyssa Osai                  Boise State             19.11m       
      18.92m  19.11m  FOUL  18.56m  18.43m  18.81m                    
  3 Taylor Freeman               Arizona                 17.90m       
      16.95m  17.50m  17.34m  17.37m  17.65m  17.90m                  
  4 Joy Warrington               Northwest Nazarene      15.27m       
      14.40m  14.29m  FOUL  14.75m  15.27m  FOUL                      
  5 Becca Hutton                 Utah Valley             15.24m       
      13.58m  FOUL  15.24m  14.61m  14.86m  15.06m                    
  6 Lacey Rasley                 Unattached Bsu          14.76m       
      14.76m  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL  FOUL                            
  7 Katie Busi                   Cal St. Stanislaus      14.75m       
      14.62m  12.51m  FOUL  14.75m  14.38m  13.85m                    
  8 Alicia Hedrick               Northwest Nazarene      14.35m       
      12.84m  14.35m  13.73m  FOUL  13.69m  14.12m                    
  9 Whitney Amoth                Unattached Bsu          14.26m       
      14.26m  13.60m  13.47m  13.82m  13.68m  FOUL                    
10 Carly Dranginis              Northwest Nazarene      14.23m       
      14.23m  FOUL  FOUL                                              
11 Kady Stafford                Boise State             14.07m       
      FOUL  14.07m  13.92m                                            
12 Chelsea Wordell              Cal St. Northridge      14.02m       
      12.35m  11.28m  14.02m                                          
13 Caitlin Curtis               Northwest Nazarene      13.10m       
      11.90m  13.10m  12.45m                                          
14 Jasmine Warrington           Northwest Nazarene      12.90m       
      FOUL  12.39m  12.90m                                            
15 Vessie Umu                   Northwest Nazarene      12.33m       
      FOUL  12.09m  12.33m                                            
16 Chelsey Stegelmeier          Utah Valley             12.27m       
      11.93m  FOUL  12.27m                                            
17 Catherine Chidester          Cal St. Northridge      11.75m       
      11.44m  11.75m  FOUL                                            
18 Victoria Rodriguez           Unattached Bsu          11.57m       
      11.41m  11.33m  11.57m                                          
19 Courtney Millsap             Eastern Oregon          11.07m       
      11.07m  FOUL  11.06m                                            

Morton 4th in Pentathlon Shot Put

Results in Event #2 for the Pentathlon, the High Jump, are unavailable at this time.  In any case, Boise State's Alexi Morton, who had high hopes in this event, is off to a bad start.

Finals                                                                
  1 Maureen Ajoku                UC Santa Barbara        11.99m     660
      10.56m  11.99m  11.60m                                          
  2 Tuekeha Huntley              Cal St. Los Angeles     11.75m     645
      10.47m  11.75m  11.33m                                          
  3 Lindsey Hall                 Montana                 11.21m     609
      FOUL  11.21m  10.72m                                            
  4 Tiera Hansen                 Unattached - Email      10.40m     556
      9.48m  9.57m  10.40m                                            
  5 Alexi Morton                 Boise State             10.11m     537
      9.13m  10.11m  9.09m                                            
  6 Jenna Hulion                 Cal St. Northridge       9.72m     511
      9.72m  8.62m  8.48m                                             
  7 Jessianne Heley              Eastern Oregon           9.61m     504
      8.49m  9.61m  8.91m                                             
  8 Kimmy Moore                  Eastern Oregon           9.34m     486
      8.76m  9.34m  9.13m                                             
  9 Kimberly Miller              Boise State              8.86m     455

Boise State Will Try to End Skid Against Air Force

Saturday's match up between Boise State and Air Force will match two of the bottom dwellers in the Mountain West Conference, but the separation between the two is considerable.  Air Force defeated Boise State 74-59 on the Broncos' home court earlier in the season.

Air Force has struggled to a 1-7 conference record, but Boise State is 0-8 heading into tomorrow's game.  The Broncos have only played well against nationally-ranked teams and if that holds true, it doesn't look good for Boise State's chances--Air Force is 11-10 on the season.  One bright spot for Coach Leon Rice--freshman Anthony Drmic is currently third on the all-time freshman scoring average list at Boise State; Drmic is averaging 12.5 points a game. 

CBS Sports Network will televise the game beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow.

Felix Wins Heptathlon Shot Put

Finals                                                                
  1 Kurt Felix                   Boise State             12.86m     659
      12.86m  12.80m  12.84m                                          
  2 Austin Emry                  Unat-Montana            12.04m     609
      12.04m  FOUL  11.79m                                            
  3 Robbie Haynie                Eastern Oregon          11.88m     599
      11.88m  FOUL  11.08m                                            
  4 Lysias Edmond                Unattached - Email      11.83m     596
      11.74m  11.38m  11.83m                                          
  5 Austin Basterrechea          College of Idaho        10.69m     527
      10.65m  10.56m  10.69m                                          
  6 Michael Hurd                 College of Idaho        10.40m     510
      10.40m  FOUL  10.17m                                            
  7 Anthony Belcher              Boise State              8.84m     416
      8.64m  8.17m  8.84m

Three events have completed our of four today, the other three will be contested tomorrow at Jackson's Track.

1.  Kurt Felix, Boise State 2,478 points
2.  Austin Emry, Unattached 2,150
3.  Lysias Edmond, Unattached 2,081
4.  Michael Hurd, College of Idaho 2,054
5.  Austin Basterrechea, College of Idaho 2,034
6.  Robbie Haynie, Eastern Oregon 2,014
7.  Anthony Belcher, Boise State 1,828