Campus notes

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 26 2008 1:09 a.m. MST

Southern Utah

BASKETBALL: Southern Utah women's basketball dropped its final road decision of the season at Oral Roberts on Monday night in a 71-42 defeat. The loss leaves the Thunderbirds winless on the road for the second year in a row and with a 6-21 record for the year (4-12 in conference play). Oral Roberts moved to 16-11 and 10-6 in the Summit League.

BYU

TENNIS: The BYU men's tennis team lost a tough 4-3 match to Denver late Saturday. With the loss, the Cougars fall to 6-3 on the season, while DU improves to 9-1. The Pioneers clinched their sixth straight win by securing the doubles point and three consecutive singles matches. The Cougars will be back in action this weekend at Arizona and Arizona State.

SOCCER: BYU junior forward Katie Fellows led all strikers at the Fourth Annual BYU Indoor Tournament last Saturday with four goals in three matches as BYU beat Idaho State (4-0), Wyoming (4-0) and Utah State (1-0) at the BYU Indoor Practice Facility.

LACROSSE: The Cougars used a seven-goal first quarter to defeat the Simon Fraser Clan on Saturday in Provo. Elliot Grow and Justin Hier led the way for the Cougars with seven points each. BYU takes the field next Saturday against the University of Michigan at 1 p.m.

BASEBALL: Extra innings in consecutive days didn't turn out as well for BYU as it dropped a Saturday doubleheader to the University of Portland, 12-1 and 8-7. The Cougars, now 1-2, won an 11-inning game on Friday, 4-2.

TRACK: Whitney Neves and Chris Little, part of BYU's No. 5 ranked men's track and field team, tied for first in the pole vault at the Wildcat Indoor Open on Saturday, clearing 17-05.50.

Both athletes set national provisional marks, with Little setting a career best.

Utah Valley St.

BASEBALL: At Berkeley, Calif., the finale of a Saturday doubleheader ended in a tie, due to darkness, between Utah Valley and California. It's the first tie that the Wolverines (0-3-1) have secured in five seasons at the NCAA Division I level. Cal won the opening game 12-1. Utah Valley is scheduled to play five in-state games this weekend, three at Southern Utah and two at Dixie State beginning on Thursday in Cedar City.

Weber State

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