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Sports Briefs: Outdoor center to offer used gear to students
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The Boise State Outdoor Recreation Center will be offering BSU students an opportunity to purchase used outdoor gear at substantially reduced prices.
The sale will be for two hours only, from 9 am to 11 am on Saturday, April 7 in the ORC parking lot located directly behind the Student Union. In the event of rain the sale will be moved into the main gym inside the Department of Kinesiology located near the south side of The Pavilion.
Among the items up for sale are white-water rafts, kayaks and gear, snowshoes, tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, camp stoves, XC-skis and in-line skates.
The equipment will only be sold to BSU students so make sure to bring your university ID card with you.
For more information contact the Outdoor Center at 426-1946.
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Boise State Men’s Tennis Completes Weekend Sweep, Defeats Weber State 7-0
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The Broncos defeated the Weber State Wildcats 7-0 Sunday afternoon at the Boise State Boas Indoor Tennis Center. Boise State completed a weekend sweep of competition following a 5-2 victory over Portland on Friday.
Boise State swept all three doubles matches and claimed the doubles point to open the day. They followed by winning all six singles matches. Mark Roberts and Marcus Berntson started the Broncos out by defeating Weber State’s Tim Rowse and Josh Smith 8-4 at the first doubles position. Meanwhile, Boise State’s second and third doubles teams completed the sweep, Guillaume Bouvier and Mahmoud Rezk won 8-4 at the two doubles, and Jonny Biorkman and Mark Edney won 8-3 at the third doubles position.
Mark Roberts, Guillaume Bouvier, Marcus Berntson and Mark Edney claimed two set victories in singles for the Broncos while Mahmoud Rezk and Jonny Biorkman were taken to three sets before claiming victories to complete the sweep of the day’s competition. With the win, BSU improves to 8-10 on the year and will not return to action again until April 13 when they host Brigham Young.
Doug Link writes for the Boise State Athletic Dept.
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Bronco gymnasts to compete in 15th consecutive regional championship on April 7
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The Boise State Gymnastics Team will compete in its 15th consecutive NCAA Regional Championship on Saturday, April 7 in Los Angeles at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion at 6 p.m. (PST). Six teams will compete in the West Regional: Top ranked UCLA, Oregon State, BYU, Cal-Berkeley, Cal State Fullerton and Boise State.
Four different Broncos have led in meets at any given time: Breanne Holmes, a sophomore, who has a team high score this year of 39.5 in the all-around; junior Jamie Johns who has scored 39.425 in the all-around; senior Jessica Berry who has scored a season high 39.45 in the all-around and junior Tiffany Weston who has a high all-around score of 39.25 this season.
Boise State has also performed well as a team of late, setting a school record 197.05 on March 2, and following that score with a 196.0 on March 5 and a 196.775 on March 10. On March 23, Boise State scored 194.25 in the Big West Championship in Santa Barbara.
Head coach Sam Sandmire leads the Borncos and is approaching the end of her 14th season at Boise State.
Lori Hays writes for the Boise State Athletic Dept.
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Boise State to host 2002 NCAA women’s west regional
basketball tournament
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On March 15 and 17 Boise State University played host to first and second round games of the NCAA Men’s National Basketball Tournament for the sixth time.
One year from now, Boise State will host its first NCAA Women’s National Tournament games when the BSU Pavilion will be the site of 2002 NCAA Women’s West Regional Tournament, March 23 and 25 (Saturday and Monday).
While the men’s tournament have seen schools in the 64 (first round) and 32 (second round) team brackets, the women’s tournament next will year will involve teams in the “Sweet 16″ and “Elite Eight”. Regional semi-final games will be played on March 23, with the regional finals set for March 25. The winner of the 2002 West Regional will advance to the Women’s Final Four in San Antonio, Texas.
This year’s NCAA West Regional Tournament was held in Spokane, Wash., Saturday (March 24) and Monday (March 26) at the Spokane Arena. The match-up for Saturday’s semi-final games had Duke University facing Southwest Missouri State University, and the University of Washington playing the University of Oklahoma. Saturday’s regional semi-final games were televised live on ESPN, with Monday’s game broadcast live by ESPN2.
Tickets for next year’s West Regional will go on sale to the general public on in early June at the Boise State Athletic Ticket Office.
Max Corbet writes for the Boise State Athletic Dept.
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Boise State women’s basketball assistant Tricia Bader-Binford resigns to concentrate on WNBA career
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Tricia Bader Binford, the third assistant to head coach Trisha Stevens in the Boise State women’s basketball coaching staff, has resigned to pursue her WNBA career with the Cleveland Rockers on a more full-time basis.
Bader Binford just completed her second season coaching with the Broncos. No stranger to Bronco fans, she is an alumna of Boise State and was the program’s starting point guard each of her four seasons. She helped the team to two Big Sky Conference regular season titles (1992 and 1994) and the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament (1994). She averaged 10.3 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.1 rebounds in her collegiate career. A four-year Bronco letter winner, she was honored three times as an All-Big Sky Team selection as well as an All-Academic Big Sky pick.
She played professionally in Australia for two seasons (1997 and 1998), before joining the WNBA where she first played for the Utah Starzz (1998-99) and the Cleveland Rockers (1999-2000), and is still a member of the Rockers program. She will be returning to Cleveland in a few weeks to begin her fourth WNBA season.
Originally from Carbondale, Colo., Bader Binford graduated from Boise State in 1996 with a degree in Criminal Justice. She married Todd Binford in October of 2000.
“We wish Tricia happiness in her new endeavors.” head coach Stevens said. “She has served the Boise State program well and we know she will always be a Bronco.”
A search for Bader Binford’s replacement will begin immediately.
Lori Hays writes for the Boise State Athletic Dept.