The Week in Aggie Athletics

BASKETBALL

LAST WEEK
Feb. 20 - at Cal State Fullerton*, W 62-41
Feb. 22 - at UC Riverside*, L 65-72

THIS WEEK
March 1 - VS. IDAHO*, 7:05 p.m.

NEXT WEEK
March 5 - VS. CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE*, 6:35 p.m.
March 7 - VS. PACIFIC*, 7:05 p.m.

** Utah State (19-7, 10-5) needs just one more win on the season to notch its fourth-straight 20-win season, which would set a new school record. The only other time USU had three straight 20-win seasons was from 1962-64.

** Idaho is 11-13 on the season and currently in fifth place in the Big West Conference with a 7-8 league record. The Vandals are 4-8 on the road this season, which includes a 3-5 road record in league play. They're averaging 63.3 points per game, ninth in the league, and allowing 63.8, which is third in the league.

** Utah State will be looking to avoid back-to-back losses for the second time this season as the Aggies dropped a pair of road games at Jackson State (57-63) and at BYU (56-66) earlier this year. Over the last four years, USU has had only four back-to-back losses.

** Over the last four years, Utah State is 19-4 (.826) following a loss, and 24-11 (.686) under head coach Stew Morrill. Thus far this season, USU is 5-1 in games following a loss.

** Utah State is not in first place in the Big West Conference for the fifth week this season and for just the 13th week in the last four years.

GYMNASTICS

LAST WEEK
Feb. 21 - VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG, W 195.925-195.625

THIS WEEK
Feb. 28 - VS. OHIO STATE, 11 a.m.

NEXT WEEK
March 6 - at Brigham Young, 7 p.m.

** No. 22 Utah State's gymnastics meet against No. 14 Ohio State is scheduled for 11 a.m. instead of 7 p.m. as previously announced.

** No. 14 Ohio State is 5-4 on the season. OSU's best score on the season is 195.875, set against Michigan State on Jan. 25. The Buckeyes' average score this season is 194.744, while their RQS stands at 195.490.

** USU's RQS of 194.730 moved the Aggies from No. 26 nationally (by average last week) to No. 22. The RQS is determined by a team's top six scores, three of which must be from away meets. The high score is thrown out and the remaining five are averaged.

** Freshman Meagan Nelson is the first gymnast in Utah State history to score more than 39.00 in the all-around in seven consecutive meets. The school record for 39.00-plus all-around scores in a season is nine, set by Christy Denson in 2000.

** Meagan Nelson and Nicole Kilpatrick are 19th and 21st, respectively, in the national all-around rankings. Regionally, Nelson is fifth and Kilpatrick is sixth.

** Never before has USU scored better than 195.00 four times in its first seven meets. In both 1997 and 1999, the Aggies reached the 195 mark twice in their first eight meets, but it took at least 11 meets before they managed to post four. Last year, USU had just two team scores of 195.00 or better.

SOFTBALL

LAST WEEK
Feb. 20 - at Southern Utah (DH), L 3-5/L 2-10 (6)

THIS WEEK
Feb. 28-March 2 - at Red Desert Classic
Feb. 28 - vs. Oregon, 11 a.m.
Feb. 28 - vs. Georgia Southern, 1:30 p.m.
March 1 - vs. Arkansas, 11 a.m.
March 1 - vs. Alabama-Birmingham, 1:30 p.m.
March 2 - vs. Southern Utah, 11 a.m.

NEXT WEEK
March 7-9 - at UNLV Tournament
March 7 - vs. New Mexico State, 4 p.m.
March 7 - at UNLV, 6:30 p.m.
March 8 - vs. Nevada-Reno, 1:30 p.m.
March 9 - TBA

** Utah State (0-6) travels to St. George, Utah for the Red Desert Classic Friday-Sunday, Feb. 28-March 2. At the tournament, the Aggies face No. 25 Oregon, Georgia Southern, Arkansas, Alabama-Birmingham, and Southern Utah.

** This is the fourth consecutive year Utah State has participated in the Red Desert Classic, hosted by Utah, and USU owns a 2-13 record at the tournament. USU was 0-4 at last year's tournament, and 2-3 in 2000.

** Utah State is 4-10 all-time versus Oregon (12-5). Last year the Ducks beat the Aggies 3-1 at the classic.

** The Aggies faces Georgia Southern (7-4) and Alabama-Birmingham (8-6) for the first time in school history.

** In 1999, the Arkansas Razorbacks (7-8) beat the Aggies 3-0 at the National Invitational Tournament in San Jose, Calif., in the teams' only meeting.

** All-time, Utah State is 54-10 against Southern Utah (5-8) all-time and 0-2 this season.

** Sophomore Kelly Leos notched the team's first home run of the year Feb. 16 on a two-run shot against Arizona State. Leos is leading the team with a .353 batting average.

** Haven Vance was 3-6 in Thursday's doubleheader at Southern Utah. Vance also notched a double and a triple, along with two RBI and a run scored.

GOLF

THIS WEEK
March 4-5 - at Braveheart Classic, Riverside, Calif.

NEXT WEEK
Off

** Utah State's golf team will compete in its first spring tournament of the year when the Aggies travel to Riverside for the UC Riverside/Braveheart Classic on March 3-4.

** USU played in four fall tournaments with its top finish coming at the Boise State Bronco Round Up when the Aggies finished sixth.

** USU's fivesome for this tournament includes Cody Huot, Danny Kettle, Phil Kalivas, Kevin Mullen and Jason Blair. Huot, a freshman from Brigham City, led the Aggies this fall with a 75.00 scoring average. He tied for fifth at the Bronco Round Up and was USU's top finisher in all three events he played in the fall.

MEN'S TENNIS

LAST WEEK
Off

THIS WEEK
Feb. 28 - at BYU, 5 p.m.

NEXT WEEK
March 8 - vs. St. Mary's at Pacific, 5 p.m.

** Utah State's men's tennis team (2-6) travels to Provo to play BYU Thursday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m.

** Utah State is 0-10 against BYU in the last 10 years. Last year the Aggies fell 0-7 in Provo.

** Jordan Butler and Jason Trask are the only two Aggies who competed against BYU last year. The two were 0-2 in singles and 0-2 in doubles in last year's match-up.