Marquette Wire

Tournament tests team’s ability

Kim Kaiser • October 6, 2003

In the Blue bracket, the first day saw senior Genevieve Charron fall to No. 4 seed Reedhina Perekh of Western Michigan, 6-0, 6-4. In the same bracket, senior Veronica Garcia Briseno was defeated by No. 3 seed Caroline Lay of Michigan State, 6-3, 6-4. Both...

WUSA, alumni forced to fold

[email protected] • October 6, 2003

After a foul was called against Marquette, the Bears were able to try and finish the game on a free kick. Marquette goalkeeper junior Katie Bissen, who had three saves in the game, one in which she leapt over a Golden Bears player to snatch the ball from...

National rank no match for Eagles

Dave Rossetti • October 6, 2003

The Golden Eagles had to weather a strong comeback effort from Conference USA rival Memphis and a near-costly mistake with six seconds remaining before securing the win, 3-2.
"I thought we fought very hard," said head coach Steve Adlard. "Was it...

Eagles hot, cold at ITA’s

[email protected] • October 6, 2003

Pairing up as one of the doubles teams at the tournament, Leenders and Vedrickas drew a bye in round one of doubles action. In round two the tandem went up against Joao Pablo Bonnasar and Jonathan Sucupira of Florida State. Bonnasar and Sucupira came away...

Hoops open house

Sarah Sherman • September 17, 2003

"It's a great time for freshmen to get their first sense of what the university and coach (Tom) Crean are all about," director of basketball operations Brian Wardle said. "Monday will be a big-time event that I know coach Crean and all the players are...

Runners come out of the gate strong at Bradley Invite

[email protected] • September 15, 2003

The fact that they were able to do that without injured star runners — senior Brianna Dahm, senior Audrey Schlitz, sophomore Alli Sauer and sophomore Jodi Jakubek — was all the more encouraging for Uhrich.
"It showed me that to still go...

Women eager to get back on track

[email protected] • September 15, 2003

The day after the loss, coaches Markus Roeders and Frank Pelaez went back to work with the team in what Roeders said was one of the best training sessions the team has had so far.
"We're excited to get out there, especially if we play like we...

MU falters at Challenge

[email protected] • September 15, 2003

In the late match on Friday, the Golden Eagles faced Bradley, which owned a record of 2-5. After dropping the first game, 31-29, Marquette rallied back to win three consecutive games with scores of 30-26, 30-22, and 30-21, earning the victory.
Day...

Sports director to head South

Sarah Sherman • September 15, 2003

"We've been apart for 18 months now, and I just made a family decision that had to be made," Farina said.
For Farina, it was a decision that came to a head in late August, when he returned from a weekend at work in Indianapolis. Farina had been at a...

Defense deals loss to Evansvill Ubert aces 7 saves for shutout in Eagles’ second consecutive home win

Dave Rossetti • September 15, 2003

Evansville, ranked No. 9 in the Midwest by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America before the loss, certainly had scoring opportunities — especially early.
But Marquette's senior goaltender Adam Ubert made difficult saves look easy...

Eagles return home to host tourney

[email protected] • September 10, 2003

"It's important to be at home if not the second weekend, then the third weekend of the season," Rolf said. "Otherwise, the kids end up being road warriors."
The tournament, which begins on Friday, brings Bradley, Missouri and Ohio to Milwaukee to take on...

Eagles’ loss enables Badger coach to make history

[email protected] • September 10, 2003

Junior goal keeper Katie Bissen, who had not allowed a score in the last two contests, gave up the first goal at 21:57 when the Big Ten player of the week, Jenny Kundert, put the ball in on a head shot to put Wisconsin up 1-0.
Wisconsin, 4-1-0, scored two...