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B Y J A C K S O N U R Q U H A R T

Cougars sell out LaVellEdwards Stadium

The last game between BYU

and Utah until 2016 was played

beore a sellout crowd o 63,470.

Utes extend streak overCougars

The Cougars loss is their

ourth straight against the Utes.

The Utes also beat BYU our

times in a row rom 20022005.

Bronco Mendenhall is now 36against Utah as a head coach.

Utah has won nine out o the last

12 in the series. With quarterback

Taysom Hills late interception,

BYU has turned the ball over 15

more times than Utah when the

teams have played head to head

in Mendenhalls tenure.

Slow start to seasonBYUs loss puts the team at

12 on the season. The Cougars

started out 12 two seasons ago,

only to win nine o their next 10

games to inish 103.

Hoffman moves up BYUs all-time list

With his irst catch o the game,

senior receiver Cody Homanextended his streak o games in a

row with at least one reception to

34. Homans 108 receiving yards

were the most in a sing le game by

any BYU receiver this year. He

surpassed Margin Hooks, moving

into BYUs ourth all-time receiv-

ing leader, racking up a total o

2,889 yard thus ar.

Third down dominanceBYUs deense was typically

stingy on third downs holding

Utah to just one conversion on 14

attempts.

Beck leads team in tacklesStepping in or the suspended

Spencer Hadley, linebacker Tyler

Beck lead the Cougars with tentackles a career best. He also

had two tackles or loss the

irst two o his career.

Deceiving statisticsThe Cougars lost despite gain-

ing more yards on oense, com-

mitting eight more irst downs

and being penalized less than

Utah.

Inability to score doomsBYU in loss to Utah

B y K E L B Y J O N E S

The University o Utah came to

Provo and beat BYU or the ourth

straight time Saturday in a low-scor-

ing ootball aair.

We lost this game because we

werent eective running the oot-

ball, said BYU oensive coordinator

Robert Anae. They were better than

we were. Their deense beat us.

The irst hal belonged to Utah.

The Utes put 13 consecutive points

on the board in the frst 30 minutes

and went into the locker room with

the lead. Quarterback Travis Wilsoncompleted 14 o 20 passes or 185 yards

and one touchdown.

The oensive attack BYU show-

cased against Texas in week two was

nowhere to be ound in the frst hal.

Utah shut down BYUs run game,

holding the Cougars to only 71 yards

on 21 attempts. Although the oense

struggled, BYU still had a chance to

score on a 34-yard Justin Sorensen

feld goal that sailed wide let. It was

his frst missed feld goal this season.

BYUs frst points o the game came

on a 32-yard feld goal by Sorensen on

the teams opening drive o t he second

hal. Sorensen would kick another

feld goal later in the third quarter,

this time rom 31 yards.

Just beore the ield goal, BYUs

oense suered a huge blow. Running

back Jamaal Williams was injured

with 7:58 remaining in the third quar-

ter while converting on ourth and

one. The stadium ell silent as Wil-

liams ace mask was removed and hewas carted o the feld on a stretcher.

He was taken to Utah Valley Hospital

in Provo to be checked or spine and

shoulder injuries.

Our hearts go out to Jamaal, said

BYU saety Daniel Sorensen. We

were all scared or him. I hope hes

OK.

Williams was released Sunday

morning under greatly i mproved con-

dition ater suering a concussion

and a severe nerve injury in the neck.

Utah threw its second touchdown

pass with 12:44 let in the ourth

quarter and never looked back. BYU

answered with a Michael Alisa one-

yard touchdown with fve minutes let

but was unable to score again despite

a punt return to its own 12 yard line

by receiver JD Falslev. BYU had

one last chance to tie the game ater

getting the ball back with 32 seconds

let but was unable to complete a pass.

We put ourselves in a lot o third

and longs, said BYU quarterback

Taysom Hill. At the end we started

to fnd the gaps, but its something we

needed to get to sooner.Utah quarterback Travis Wil-

son inished the game completing

24 o 35 passes or 273 yards and two

touchdowns. His team won the game

despite only converting one out o 14

See UTAH on Page 11

BYUs walk-on tryouts keep basketball dreams alive

B y B R A N D O N H A R V E Y

Every all they show up with a

dream. Former high school players

who hope the sot shot can still all or

the crossover move that made them

a hometown hero will still work.

They dream o playing on the court

that made Danny Ainge and Jimmer

Fredette campus legends.

Out o this ambitious group o

dreamers, BYU basketball coaches

will fnd the newest additions to the

team. They hope to fnd a diamond in

the rough, just like they did with Craig

Cusick.

My dream was to play college

basketball, Cusick said.

Cusick, who once played or Salt

Lake Community College, had to pass

through the refners fre beore suiting

up in ront o thousands o eager ans

in the Marriott Center. Because o

a season-ending ankle injury while

playing or SLCC, Cusick was not

recruited to play college ball. Ater

almost abandoning his childhood

dream o playing or the Cougars,

he ound his silver lining: walk-on

tryouts.

Edgard Coral, a 22-year-old rom

Springville majoring in manuacturing

engineering technology, hopes hell

be the next Cusick. He was one o the

many hopeuls who showed up at this

years walk-on tryouts, which were

held Sept. 16.

I was ortunate to see an online

post about tryouts, Coral said. I ca me

because I love basketball.

In conjunction with a love

or basketball, Coral showed up

hoping to do what his uncle never

did. When Corals uncle studied

at BYU, he practiced all year

and was the last player to be cut

See TRYOUTS on Page 12Photo by Sarah Hill

Craig Cusick, originally a walk-on, drives around a player during a basketball game last season.

Photos by Sarah Hill

(Above) Jamaal Williams dives head frst into a Utah deender. The impact injuredWilliams, and he would be carried out o the game on a stretcher.(Right) Cody Homan collects himsel ater yet another tough loss against Utah on

Saturday night.


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Womens soccer splits weekend contests; prepares for No. 14 Denver

B y J A S O N K I T C H E N

Chants o BYU! BYU!

echoed through South Field as

the No. 11 BYU womens soccer

team beat Oklahoma 32. The

Cougars scored three goals in

the nal eight minutes o Sept.

19s game, overcoming a two-

goal decit.

They came out and got the

job done. What a game! At hal-

time we said we were going to

see what we are made o in the

second hal, and the girls ound

a way to win, head coach Jen-

nier Rockwood said ollowing

the game.

For the irst 82 minutes,

the game looked like it might

be a lackluster oensive per-

ormance by the usually

high-octane Cougars. BYU

struggled to nd the back o the

net, as the team won eight cor-

ner kicks and took ve shots,

but nothing seemed to click.

The Cougars ell into an early

hole when Oklahoma scored two

goals on their three rst-hal

shots.

Giving up two goals on three

shots in a rst hal is disheart-

ening, and the girls oughtback, Rockwood said.

Late in the game, Coach

Rockwood made a tactical sub-

stitution to bring in another

attacker, a crucial move as

the Cougars captured the

momentum.

We made a sub there at the

end to put in another attacking

player, and that seemed to work

or us, Rockwood said.

The drama and excitement

began with 15 minutes remain-

ing on the click when the Cou-

gars scored what looked to be

their irst goal. However, the

goal was quickly called back on

a controversial osides call.

Initially, the call seemed to

defate the team, but the Cou-gars continued to apply the

pressure. In the 83rd minute,

they won another corner kick.

Freshman deender Ella John-

son took the ball o the corner

and red a rocket into the back

o the net rom the top o the

box. The goal was Johnsons

rst o her career.

I was up arther than I usu-

ally am because the time was

winding down, Johnson said.

The ball rolled out to me and

I had my chance, so I took it. It

was unreal. I was so excited.

About a minute later, an

aggressive attack by reshman

orward Ashley Hatch drew a

penalty in the box. Sophomore

deender Paige Hunt calmly put

the penalty kick in to tie the

game at two goals each.

With two minutes to pl ay, the

crowd, preparing or an excit-

ing overtime period, eruptedas a rebound came directly to

junio r orwa rd Jaide n Thor-

nock. Thornock settled the ball

and red in what proved to be

the winning goal, her rst o

the season.

I saw that shot ricochet o

and saw a wide-open net, and

I composed mysel and touched

it in like we do in practice every

day, Thornock said. Im gr ate-

ul to my team or working so

hard and getting me that shot.

Cougars fall to Long BeachState on the road

The Cougars ollowed up

their emotional win with a bit-

ing letdown in a low-scoring

game to Long Beach State Sept.22 by a score o 1-0.

An early goal proved to be the

decider or the 49ers. In the 13th

minute, Long Beach won a ree

kick and Mimi Rangel scored on

the ree kick. The Cougars had

their chances but could not con-

vert. Senior midielder Cloee

Colohan hit the crossbar early

in the seventh minute. Fresh-

man orward Ashley Hatch also

provided multiple shots on goal

that couldnt nd the net.

BYU will look to bounce back,

as the team returns home Sept.

26 against No. 14 Denver, who

will come to South Field or

a big matchup. The schedule

doesnt get any easier on Oct. 4,

when the Cougars visit the Bay-lor Bears, who are currently

ranked No. 13 nationally. That

contest is the last non-coner-

ence matchup or the Cougars,

who are expected to compete

with ranked squads Portland

and Santa Clara or the West

Coast Conerence title.

UTAHCougars lose rivalrygame to the Utes

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third-down conversions. Utah

has a bye next week.

BYU has a short week to

bounce back rom the disheart-

ening loss; it plays Middle Ten-

nessee State University Friday

at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

Our next game is a huge

game, Anae said. Im con-

dent that our players and our

coaches will work hard.The Blue Raiders are coming

o a wild overtime victory

over Florida Atlantic and are

3-1 on the season. Middle Ten-

nessees only loss came in

week two to North Carolina.

Mendenhall said the team

will need to practice hard

next week to shake o the dis-

appointment and reset their

ocus on the Blue Raiders.Im looking orward to

working with my team again

on Monday. Certainly theyre

disappointed and were disap-

pointed. Im anxious to see the

resiliency and the resolve and

to get back to work.

Anae said the team will need

to improve its oensive line

play going orward. Ater set-

ting a school record or rush-ing yards against Texas, the

Cougars managed only 183

yards on 47 carries. Hill was

also sacked ve times.

Our ocus is to continue

down the path that were

going, Anae said. We got beat

tonight in the trenches, and

thats something that weve got

to simply get better at.

BYU Photo

Paige Hunt, 9, celebrates a goal Sept. 19 at South Field.

Im grateful to my teamfor working so hard.

Jaiden ThornockJunior forward

Photo by Sarah Hill

Michael Alisa carries the ball into the end zone for the Cougars only touchdown of the evening at LaVellEdwards Stadium. The Utes beat the Cougars 20-13.

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