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Sports Update for Sept. 23
FOOTBALL
Despite a record performance by senior wide receiver Jonathon Cooper and physical play by both the Bearkat offense and defense, NCAA Division I-A Northern Illinois handed the Bearkats their first loss of the 2001 season by a 41-16 score Saturday in DeKalb, IL. Five turnovers cost the Bearkats dearly. Total offense for the two teams was 439 yards for the Huskies (160 rushing, 279 passing) and 404 for the Bearkats (86 rushing, 318 passing). But a Sam Houston team that had not committed a turnover in its first two contests had two passes intercepted (one returned for a touchdown) and lost three fumbles. Cooper had 11 pass receptions to tie Matt Dominguez's school record set last year against Stephen F. Austin. Cooper's 205 yards receiving was the third highest single game total by a Bearkat. Josh McCown passed for 318 yards, hitting 25 of 38 including a 52 yard touchdown strike to Cooper. Joe Rauls rushed 14 times for 72 yards.The Bearkats travel to Itta Benna, Miss., to take on Mississippi Valley State of the Southwestern Athletic Conference this Saturday at 6 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL Sam Houston State opened Southland Conference action with two losses on the road. Lamar, the team favored to win the 2001 SLC title, defeated the Bearkats 30-22 30-15 30-20 on Friday in Beaumont. Saturday, the Bearkats fell to McNeese State30-23 30-22 30-26. Liz Dahlstrom totaled 10 kills in the Lamar match and 11 in the McNeese loss. Carrie Sartain added 12 kills at McNeese.
The Bearkats will open Southland Conference home action Tuesday night at 7 p.m. against Northwestern State. The match, originally scheduled Sept. 15, will be played in the Health & Kinesiology Center Gym due to resurfacing of the Johnson Coliseum floor. Sam Houston State volleyball will return to Johnson Coliseum on Friday at 7 p.m. with an important league match against Stephen F. Austin.
TENNIS
Seniors Ivette Andrade and Diala Ammar and freshmen Erica Rudich and Veronica Castillo posted impressive singles performances as the Sam Houston State women's tennis team opened its 2001-2002 schedule at the Stephen F. Austin Invitational Friday and Saturday. Rudich was the number one consolation singles runner-up. Andrade placed fifth in the number one singles flight. Both Ammar and Castillo reached the semifinals of the number two singles flight.
GOLF
The Sam Houston State women's golf team opens its 2001 fall schedule Monday and Tuesday as the Bearkats travel to Beaumont to participate in the Lamar University Cardinal Invitational at Beaumont Country Club. Next action for the Bearkat men's golf team will be the SMU Stonebridge Invitational in McKinney on Oct. 1-2.
CROSS COUNTRY
The Sam Houston State men's and women's cross country teams will race in the Texas Invitational hosted by the University of Texas at Austin Saturday, Sept. 29.
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Sept. 23, 2001
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