A night in the life of a Fresno State police officer

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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
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Scholarship
aims to help
students in
emergencies
By Roger Muñoz
Collegian Staff
GRAFFITI RUN SUPPORTS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM
Photo by Katie Eleneke • The Collegian
A night in the life of a
Fresno State police officer
By David Lee
@D_Lee64
EDITOR’S NOTE: On Thursday night,
Collegian reporter David Lee participated
in a ride along with Fresno State Police
Department to get an inside look of everyday life as a university police officer. The
following is his account:
Officer Joseph Pulido and I drove around
El Dorado Park and began talking.
“See how they all look? They’re guilty of
something. Just joking, just joking,” Pulido
said. “They just don’t like cops. You’ll find
out real quick a lot of people don’t like us.”
Pulido then started to describe his
approach to calls.
“It’s how you talk to people. As a police
officer, I try to treat everybody the way I
want to be treated.
“Every officer is different.” Pulido said.
“Some officers like to be right away authoritative.
“I try to be a cop that is easygoing, this job
being as stressful as it is, you know,” Pulido
said. “Some people get all amped up in this
job. I stay easygoing, cracking jokes, things
like that.”
Upcoming ASI
Presidential
Debate
The newly established “Good
Samaritan Fund” aims to help Fresno
State students overcome unanticipated
financial setbacks.
Fresno State President Joseph Castro
established the fund as part of the
President’s Circle for Excellence, which
is one of four projects intended to boost
student success. The other three programs are the Tablet Project, the Bulldog
Pantry and the President’s Fund.
Students can now apply for financial
assistance from the “Good Samaritan
Fund,” which focuses on helping students overcome unexpected hardships.
Jessica Stemwedel of the office
of Scholarships and Student Affairs
Development said students facing an
unexpected crisis like a robbery, fire or
crashed computer should apply.
“A lot of our students are on very [thin]
budgets,” Stemwedel said. “And if something comes up that they don’t expect, it
can be catastrophic. We had one student
who had his mother die unexpectedly,
and he was an international student. So
he didn’t have the funds to go back to her
funeral. So we helped cover some of the
cost for that.”
Since 2005, Fresno State has offered
this type of assistance through the
Parent’s Association under the name
Catastrophic Fund, but had limited funding to fully promote the program to students. Stemwedel said that recent large
donations and commitment by Castro
have made it possible to promote the
program to more students.
“We have more money dedicated to
it. Before, we had very limited funds,”
Stemwedel said. “So we couldn’t promote it that heavily to our students. It
was more of letting people within our
division of student affairs know if they
came across a student in a tough situation that this was available.”
So far, $11,000 has been raised in private support since Castro announced the
fund last year. Stemwedel said there’s
still a limited capacity of support that the
See SAMARITAN, Page 3
Photo by Matt Vieira • The Collegian
Fresno State Police Department officers pulled over a woman on Thursday who was riding a bicycle
without reflectors and made a suspicious U-turn after seeing the officers, police said.
Earlier in the night, Matthew Viera, our
photographer, and I drove to the Fresno
State Police Department about 7:45 p.m for
our ride along. Due to my nervousness, we
Collegian staff report
The Collegian will host a debate between
this year’s Associated Students, Inc. presidential candidates Tuesday, March 18 at
12:30 p.m. in Room 312-314 in the University
Student Union.
This year’s candidates for ASI’s top position are sophomore business marketing major
hardly spoke while we waited in the room
See FSPD, Page 3
Jared Bertoni (currently an ASI senator), graduate student Lizbeth De La Cruz and senior
Moses Menchaca, ASI’s current president seeking reelection.
Collegian news editor Jesse Franz will moderate the debate.
The debate, expected to run about 45 minutes to one hour, will include a period where
candidates will answer questions from the
audience.
This year’s ASI elections are March 25-27.
INSIDE
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Woman killed in
officer involved
shooting ID’d
Alfred Hitchcock
inspired play hits
Tower District
Bulldogs gear up
for MWC
Tournament
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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
OneFinger
Salute
NADIA KNOWS
Food for Thought
A New Zealander's take on American cuisine
What I would do
to eat a steak and
cheese pie, lathered
with tomato sauce.
Or maybe a flat
white with a caramel
slice. Some yeast
spread on a piece of
toast? Give it to me
Nadia
any hour, any day.
Pearl
Don’t even get me
started on the possibility of a whitebait fritter, or my
cravings could get exceedingly real.
America, as a country that’s
obsessed with food, you’ve let me
down on multiple levels. Sure, you’ve
got burgers, burritos and ice cream
sorted. But at times you’re walking
on a fine line between disappointing
me, or just plain regret that I made
the move from New Zealand
Don’t you know that egg yolks are
supposed to be orange, not yellow?
Or that cheese should be white or
pale yellow, but not orange? That
bacon should taste remotely like
meat opposed to crispy fat? That
milk and butter can actually be tasty?
American’s are leading oblivious
lives believing such things are the
norm. Standards are measured by
how quick it is to make, bake, cook or
consume instead of that descriptive
word that was once associated with
food – flavor.
In my world “down under,” you
can’t buy premade cookie dough
from the fridge at the supermarket.
Instead, we have this crazy concept
called mixing together sugar, flour,
baking soda and chocolate chips in a
bowl.
It’s safe to say, there’s a whole
world out there beyond the obsessions of pre-made food, BBQ sauce
New Zealand vs America
Unsweetened bread
Orange egg yolks
White cheese
Meaty bacon
and peanut butter. Yet the majority of people in the United States
happily jump on the bandwagon of
McDonalds-style cheese, Taco Bell
standard meat and Starbucks trademark coffee.
Then there’s the sugar issue. It’s
almost like Americans are immune
to the taste, that they all receive vaccinations as children to protect them
from recognizing when food and
drink is drenched in unnecessary
sweetness.
When I first tasted your bread, it
was like I was eating a donut. As for
so-called “healthier” cereals, such as
Honey Bunches of Oats and Raisin
Bran, they tasted similar to dessert.
Even Cheerios have let me down.
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Culled each week from discussions in
The Collegian newsroom.
Donut bread
THUMBS UP
"COSMOS" PREMIER: Good
to know this science show is
back on air, rather than another
cooking show or animated series.
Yellow egg yolks
Orange cheese
Crispy, fatty bacon
THUMBS DOWN
However, you’ve got to give some
credit to the innovators out there.
Who would think to have french
fries in a burrito, fried chicken with
waffles or combine a pancake and a
sausage and put it on a stick?
I’ll never forget the first time I
walked down an alcohol aisle. I think
my jaw physically dropped. Sure, I’d
heard of peach vodka, berry vodka
and citrus vodka… But never in
my life would I think to see vodka
tainted by the American favorites
whipped cream, cotton candy, cake,
marshmallow or cookie dough.
That Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
though… I can’t fault you there
America. Feel free to come to New
Zealand any day.
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MIDTERMS: A few words to
describe midterms: Unnecessary,
overwhelming, annoying,
daunting, stressful and
monotonous.
THUMBS UP
GOOD SAMARITAN FUND:
With the support of Fresno
State President Joseph Castro,
students can now apply for a
scholarship to cover unexpected
catastrophies like crashing
computers, stolen items and
fires. Finally, students can catch
a break.
THUMBS DOWN
DAYLIGHT SAVING: As if it
wasn't hard enough to get up
for 8 a.m. classes, we just lost
another hour. And we want it
back!
Jennifer Sawyer • The Collegian
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THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
Campus women’s groups
express feminism through
different mediums
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WOMAN KILLED IN OFFICERINVOLVED SHOOTING ID’D
Ricardo Cano • The Collegian
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer addressed the media Friday regarding the officer-involved shooting near San
Bruno Avenue and 4th Street that resulted in the death of a woman who allegedly threatened officers with a
knife.
By Ricardo Cano
@Ricardo_Cano1
Katie Eleneke • The Collegian
ampus women’s and cultural groups came together Sunday to
celebrate International Women’s Day and express feminism
through different mediums in the Sattelite Student Union.
The event which was held between 2 and 4 p.m. featured local artists sharing their craft and a performance education workshop by
‘Climbing Poetree’ called STICHED (pictured above). It offers students
the chance to share their stories, testimonies, intentions, truths, confessions, healing expressions and dreams through writing on a piece of a
quilt.
“(The event) mixes activisim and education, to bring awareness
to impower people to know what’s going on,” said Cecilia Knadler, a
member of Fresno State’s P.O.W.E.R. club.
The woman shot and killed by Fresno
police Friday in an apartment complex west
of Fresno State after allegedly threatening
two officers with a kitchen knife has been
identified as Veronica Carter, 49.
Police received a call from a man about
3:30 p.m. regarding Carter, an acquaintance
of the man, who was behaving erratically outside his apartment near San Bruno Avenue
and 4th Street west of Bulldog Stadium,
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said.
Carter, who did not live in the apartment
complex, entered the man’s apartment and
police were asked to remove her when they
arrived.
Two officers – one armed with a taser, the
other a handgun – went inside the apartment
and found Carter in the kitchen holding an
8-inch carving knife.
One officer employed a taser after Carter
continued to advance toward the officers, and
when she did not stop the other officer shot
her at least twice, in her lower body and torso,
Dyer said.
Carter died at the scene after officers tried
to provide first aid and CPR.
“Things can go wrong very quickly,” Dyer
said, “especially in this instance where officers made entry into the apartment at the
request of the tenant to have her removed
and then she suddenly appears armed with a
knife.”
The officers were in a “confined area of a
living room and
did not feel like
t h e y h a d a n y Officers made
other option but
than to deploy entry into the
the taser,” Dyer apartment...
said. “That did
n o t h a v e t h e and then she
effect that they
suddenly
hoped.”
The man, also appears armed
in his 40s, was
believed to be with a knife.
an acquaintance
-- JERRY DYER
of Carter and
was detained by
FRESNO POLICE CHIEF
police, Dyer said.
Police had a
previous altercation with Carter in February. Her behavior
then was similar to Friday’s incident, Dyer
said.
It was not confirmed if drugs or alcohol
were involved in the incident.
Fresno State police officer guides
reporter through a normal night shift
FSPD from Page 1
and my bladder began to ache.
I believe the show “Cops” had
something to due with my sudden anxiety.
Officer Pulido greeted us
around 8 p.m., and I asked him if
I could use the facilities. He said
he trusted me and let me into the
backroom.
We then met with Sgt. Ted
Guerrero and discussed certain
stipulations for the ride along.
After the ground rules were set,
we walked outside to Pulido’s car
and discussed safety. The most
prominent things I took away
from the talk was to run behind
the police car if shots were fired
and to not chase after a fleeing
suspect.
Pulido usually arrives early
to the 6:30 p.m. briefing with
Guerrero. They discuss information they need to know regarding
prior incidents that occurred on
or around campus.
There are four patrol cars for
the night shift, which lasts for
12 hours. Some small cities only
have one or two patrol cars.
Pulido said things don’t
pick up until midnight, and the
majority of calls are property
theft crimes and public intoxication.
The night shift’s jurisdiction extends one mile from
campus, but their main priority is the campus.
“My main priority always
is the students, the campus.”
Pulido said. “I am always
thinking about that as my
main priority, student safety.”
During our ride along,
Pulido made about seven
stops.
After the first stop, Pulido
talked about his background.
He attended Fresno City Police
Academy, and after he graduated he was a reserve officer for
the Fresno Police Department.
He was then hired by the Fresno
State Police Department.
“Hopefully when you guys
graduate, you find something
you guys love to do,” Pulido said.
“Not many people like nights, but
I do.”
Guerrero said nothing is routine in his line of work, and each
experience is unique in one way.
He encourages more students to
participate in the ride along program to show them their world
and how they interact with the
public.
“I wish students showed more
of an interest,” Guerrero said
about the ride along program. “It
lets them see we are people.”
Students can fill out an application for the ride along program
at: https://www.fresnostate.
edu/adminserv/police/patrol/
ride-along/
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Students
in need
encouraged
to apply for
scholarship
SAMARITAN from Page 1
program can offer because it is
dependent on donations.
Stemwedel said that unexpected hardships often distract students from accomplishing their
educational goals, and the Good
Samaritan Fund aims at keeping
students focused on accomplishing their educational goals.
Stemwedel said if students falls
victim to a theft or fire then they
should attach a report from the
authorities to their application to
verify their losses.
Applications are reviewed by
the Good Samaritan Fund committee and the Financial Aid
office coordinates the appropriate
funds.
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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Running for Color and Charity
Photos by Katie Eleneke • The Collegian
Participants are doused in colored powder as they run through the 5K course at Woodward Park on Sunday for “The Graffiti Run.”
Central Valley residents, children and students ran
‘The Graffiti Run’ that benefits local high school
By Yvette Mancilla
@yvette_mancilla
Newcomers and returning runners gathered in Woodward Park Sunday to participate in The Graffiti Run, a 5K
run that drowns runners in various color powders and
benefits local charities in the city the run takes place in.
Portions of the funds raised through the participation
costs for Sunday’s run, were given to both the boys and
girls Hoover High School volleyball teams.
The course had four color stations—blue, green, yellow,
and purple.
Each wave of runners wore a variation of white clothing
along with colorful tutus, headbands, hats and other festive accessories.
The runners ran in large groups between 15-minute intervals and after each run, they were greeted with healthy
refreshments like water and Cliff bars.
Throughout the festivities, onlookers and participants
listened to music played by The Graffiti Run’s DJ, took
photos in the photo booth area and grabbed free color
packs and tutus.
Although it was called a run, participants were able to
finish the course at their own pace by walking, jogging or
running. Soon after all participants completed the course,
a large crowd gathered in front of The Graffiti Run stage to
prepare for the finale.
Three color cannons shot out bright pinks, purples
and green to drench the runners even more in color. The
actual color substance used in the runs is dyed cornstarch
and is easy to wash off participants’ clothing.
To help with the cleaning, volunteers with leaf blowers
were on hand to blow off color dust from the runners if
they wanted to get rid of the colors right away.
The Graffiti Run was established two-and-a-half years
ago and has seen “tremendous growth in participation,”
said Adam Lippert, race director of Graffiti Run.
Courtney Lock, a recent Fresno State graduate, has
joined in on similar color runs before such as Color Me
Rad and said it is a good way to get some exercise in while
having fun.
“I like the atmosphere here, everyone is here to have
fun,” Lock said. “I’m not much of a runner and it is definitely a good way for those who don’t exercise to get out
there.”
Vendors were also present to sell goods
and participate in the charity’s cause—
such as CASA de TAMALES, a local Mexican restaurant that specializes in tamales
made from scratch.
Christina Martinez from CASA de
TAMALES said CASA’s participation in
the event was a good outlet to get word out
about the restaurant and give back to the
community.
“It’s a great way to get out there in the
community and gain a lot of new customers,” Martinez said. “We also thought it
was good for CASA to be out and contribute to charity, with these events it’s nice
to give back and get new followers at the
same time.”
Incoming Fresno State student Angelina
Guerra agreed it was an opportunity to not
only have fun, but also be a part of a good
cause.
“It was a fun experience,” Guerra said.
“It was also awesome to give back to charity. That’s the best part about it. We get to
have fun and then we get to give back.”
Guerra said after such a great experience for her first time she plans on doing
more color runs in the future.
“I plan on doing more now,” Guerra
said. “This is something I want to keep
doing.”
To learn more about The Graffiti Run
and details on the next available location,
visit www.thegraffitirun.com.
Left: Two “Graffiti Run” participants get drenched with coloring as they cross the pink color station in
the beginning part of the 5K course at Woodward Park on Sunday.
Right: A crowd of runners finished the course and leapt for additional color packs -- one of the free
giveaways during “The Graffiti Run” festivities.
LOCAL THEATRE NEWS
‘39 Steps’ and Counting
Good Company Players premieres play based off
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps’
By Matthew Criswell
Collegian Staff
A play based off the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock thriller, “The 39 Steps,” has been
produced by the Good Company Players in
the Tower District.
The play was adapted in 2005 by Patrick Barlow and turned into a comedy. The
play follows Richard Hannay, a simple
Englishman who is trying to stop a group
of spies from starting a war.
There are only six actors in the play:
James Sherrill, a Fresno State alumnus,
plays the main character, Richard Hannay. Emily Pessano, plays three characters, Annabella, Margaret and Pamela.
Two others, Tyler Branco and Billy Anderson play everyone else.
This creates a very humorous atmosphere to the play, calling for the actors
to make lightning fast changes and even a
change of accent or gender.
Sherrill said that this is a very exciting
and fun play to work on because of the
small cast.
“I love small cast plays because you
get to bond better and there is more time
to play,” Sherri said. “I couldn’t ask for a
better situation, I have probably the best
cast ever.”
The humor does not stop at quick character changes. There are also many contemporary references throughout the play
including a train passing through the city
of Downton Abbey and one of the characters being sad about Leonardo DeCaprio
still not winning an Academy Award.
Throughout the play the characters
break the fourth wall by talking to the
audience and address things that other
characters are doing.
Many other Hitchcock movies are also
referenced throughout the play, like a man
having “Vertigo” on top of a train, or a
woman being attacked by “The Birds” in
the hallway of a Scottish hotel.
Branco, who plays a constable, a
newspaper boy, a female hotel clerk, and
an angry Scottish man, states that it is
sometimes difficult to switch between
characters so abruptly.
“Getting everything memorized was
very difficult for this show,” Branco said.
“But now that we are up and running it is
a little easier. I cannot do anything out of
sequence, it must be in order.”
Branco has been in 13 plays with the
Good Company Players and he believes
this specific play is one of his favorites
because of the cast and crew’s professionalism.
The director of the play Denise Graziani
has been the general manager at Roger
Rocka’s Dinner Theatre since 1978 and
has directed more than two-dozen plays in
her career but “The 39 Steps” is one of her
all-time favorites.
“It is one of my favorites but it is quite
a challenge, moving the six people around,
but working with this cast and crew has
been wonderful,” Graziani said.
Since its opening weekend on Feb. 27,
the turnout has been very good, Graziani
said.
“It has been very good, we have a lot
of season ticket holders who come at the
beginning, and we get regular customers
in and out as well,” Graziani said.
The play runs for seven more weeks
at the 2nd Space Theatre in the Tower
District. There are showing every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night as well as
a Sunday matinee. The final show is on
April 19th.
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THE COLLEGIAN • NEWS
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
FUN & GAMES
SUDOKU: Fill the 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of
the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contain all of the digits from 1 to 9.
Across
1 “Famous Potatoes” state
6 Speak drunkenly
10 Addition word
14 “__ what?”: “What
next?”
15 Adhesive strip
16 Shopper’s memory aid
17 Porky’s girlfriend
19 Impressionist
20 Very __ yours
21 Utter mess
22 Tire inflater
24 Feigns sleep, say
28 Pitt of “Troy”
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis / McClatchy-Tribune
30 Three-note chord
31 Aboveground trains
32 Per __: for each person, as income
35 Got one’s uniform dirty,
perhaps
36 Runs away from military duty
38 Israeli parliament
43 “Exodus” author Leon
45 Haughtily terse
46 “From __ Zinc”: vitamin
slogan
49 Skimpy skirts
51 Cut out, as coupons
52 Either of two of the
Inspector Clouseau films,
with “The”
56 Cooler cubes
57 World book
58 Like a lummox
60 Lamb serving
61 Yipping adoptee
66 Pile
67 Undersized 61-Across
68 Sharp-crested ridge
69 Novelist Ferber
70 Twistable cookie
71 Leavening agent
Down
1 AOL, for one
2 Deer girl
3 Devices to stop tiny
invading armies
4 Semiannual time-change
amount
5 Admit (to)
6 Patronize, as a hotel
7 Spot for a cat, or drink
like a cat
8 Wire service initials
9 Coffee order: Abbr.
10 Thinks ahead
11 Enzyme that breaks
down fats
12 Handy
13 Plays the banjo, like
someone “in the kitchen
with Dinah”
18 Unwell
21 Wetter than wet
22 “The Alphabet Song”
start
23 “Dies __”: Latin hymn
25 Mos. and mos.
26 Fancy tie fabric
27 “Growing” difficulties
29 Craps cube
33 Spades in a four-
spades bridge contract,
say
34 Sunlit courtyards
37 Ireland’s __ Féin
39 [error left as is]
40 Soup legume
41 Many a DeMille movie
42 Use a keyboard
44 Command to Rover
46 Tribe for which a helicopter is named
47 Gave 10 percent to the
church
48 Borrowed, as a library
book
50 Japanese religion
53 Phi Beta __
54 Put a stop to
55 Settle, as a debt
59 Chaste
61 NHL player, e.g.
62 “__ Father, who art ...”
63 One in Quebec
64 Qt. halves
65 Nonetheless
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
THE COLLEGIAN • SPORTS
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Women’s hoops MW
Tournament bracket
LACROSSE
Katie Eleneke • Collegian file photo
Fresno State lost to Colorado 12-6 on Saturday, continuing a five-game skid.
’Dogs continue skid in loss to Colorado
Collegian staff report
The Fresno State lacrosse team lost
its fifth-straight game after dropping
Saturday’s match to the Colorado Buffaloes
12-6.
This puts the Bulldogs at 1-5 overall
and 0-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation.
The Buffaloes went on a 4-0 run in the
first 10 minutes of the contest through goals
by Amelia Brown, Cali Castagnola (two) and
Sarah Lautman.
Fresno State attacker Kara Concheck
ended the Colorado rally with a free-position goal with nearly 20 minutes remaining
in the first half.
Colorado scored six more goals in the
first frame to go into the half with a 10-1
lead. The Bulldogs found the net more in the
second stanza led by two goals by Concheck.
Fresno State also had an 11-9 advantage in draw controls in the second half.
Freshmen Kyleigh Westgarth and Caroline
Dineen-Carlson added one goal each for the
Bulldogs.
"We won the second half today, but we
have to win the whole game," said Fresno
State coach Jessica Pausewang. "That is
where we struggled."
Bulldog senior goalkeeper Lisa Barnaba
tallied four saves and freshman Meganne
Weissenfels had five saves out of 10 shots in
the second half.
Up next for the Bulldogs is a trip to
Eugene, Ore., to visit the Oregon Ducks this
Saturday.
"I think Colorado is a good team, we need
to learn from this as we go into Oregon next
week, " Pausewang said.
Coach Raegan Pebley: ‘I
like how we feel heading
into the tournament’
HOOPS from Page 8
“You can’t ask for a better senior
sendoff than that,” Fresno State head
coach Raegan Pebley said. “These two
performed very well, their teammates
played really hard for them and our Red
Wave showed up for them.”
The ‘Dogs pounced on the Spartans
early, scoring 31 of their 48 first-half
points in the first 10 minutes of the
game. When it was all said and done,
Fresno State topped the Spartans in
every major category, including fieldgoal shooting. The ‘Dogs shot 52.2
percent for the game compared to San
Jose’s 39.7.
Farley, who was recently named
second-team All-Mountain West,
didn’t even “dream” of going out with a
clutch performance in the season finale.
Besides her 31 points, she grabbed seven
boards, had three assists and was a perfect 12 of 12 from the free-throw line in
her 27 minutes of play.
“I couldn’t ask for anything more,”
Farley said. “To be playing at my best
form at this time of the season is important to me and the team.
“I’m just really happy that we could
win tonight and do it in the way that we
did.”
Thompson also went out in style
with 14 points, five assists, and four
rebounds.
“It wasn’t just because it was Senior
Night [that we felt we needed to win],”
Thompson said. “It was the fact that we
needed to win this game to keep this
momentum going into the tournament.
“Our coaches prepared us well and I
couldn’t ask for a better game.”
Junior forward Alex Sheedy posted a
double-double with 11 rebounds and a
career-high 22 points. This was Sheedy’s
second game back from a lower-leg injury. Prior to her March 1 return against
San Diego State, she missed 10 games.
So far, the Australian native has
scored in double figures in each game
since her return. Pebley hinted that
Sheedy has played a critical role in the
Bulldogs’ success lately and will be a key
player in the tournament.
“I think we’re playing our best,”
Pebley said. “Physically, confidencewise, our depth is really solid right now
having [Alex] Sheedy back and also just
having a few players perform their specific roles off the bench really well.”
Fresno State is riding on a 5-game
win streak, its longest winning streak of
the season, heading into the Mountain
West Tournament.
“I like how we feel heading into the
tournament,” Pebley said. “You want to
head into the tournament confident and
base that confidence off of facts.”
The Bulldogs will compete in the 2014
Reese’s Mountain West Tournament
next week in Las Vegas, Nev., where
they look to repeat as Mountain West
Champions. The ‘Dogs will square off on
Tuesday against the winner of tonight’s
UNLV-San Jose State game at the
Thomas & Mack Center.
“Right now I think our team is playing the best we’ve played all year,”
Thompson said.
“I think we’ve grown and matured as
a team. That’s great going into the tournament, but we’re definitely going to
take it one game at a time and we want
to make sure that teams know that they
have to play their best to beat us.”
Fresno State goes 2-1 against Air
Force in first series
BASEBALL from Page 8
In Sunday’s Game 3, Fresno State
pitcher Tim Borst won his first game of
the season after tossing 6 1/3 innings
and allowing eight hits and five runs.
First baseman Kevin Viers slugged
home run No. 1 of the season in the top
of the fourth inning.
Fresno State junior Jordan Luplow
smacked the first Bulldog triple of the
season in the first inning and cleared
the bases his next time up in the second
with a double.
The Falcons rallied for two runs in
the sixth and added two in the eight, but
it was not enough, as the Bulldogs won
10-8.
During Game 2’s 2-day affair, Derick
Velazquez earned his first career save,
and freshman Jimmy Lambert tallied
his first win in the Bulldogs’ 7-5 victory
over the Falcons.
The Bulldogs dropped Game 1 by a
score of 6-2 on Saturday, their first loss
against a Mountain West opponent in
2014. Fresno State pitcher Jordan Brink
(2-1) threw seven innings, allowed six
runs and gave up four walks.
The Bulldogs will head back to Pete
Beiden Field in Fresno on Tuesday to
host the Penn State Nittany Lions.
SPORTS
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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
MEN’S HOOPS
OVER THE HUMP
WOMEN’S HOOPS
’Dogs down Spartans
on Senior Night
No. 2 Bulldogs open MW Tournament against winner
of UNLV-San Jose State opening round game
By Daniel Leon
@DanLeon25
Fresno State senior guard Bree Farley recorded a career-high
31 points on Senior Night en route to becoming the 21st Bulldog
to surpass the 1,000-career point mark.
She and fellow senior Bulldog Taylor Thompson are the only
members of the women’s basketball team to reach the 1,000point milestone.
With the 107-80 win over the San Jose Spartans (11-18, 5-13
Mountain West Conference) in their final game at the Save Mart
Center, the senior duo helped the Bulldogs (19-10, 13-5 MWC)
clinch the No. 2 seed in the Mountain West Tournament.
See HOOPS, Page 7
Thompson, Farley
earn All-MW honors
Collegian staff report
Matt Vieira • Collegian file photo
Fresno State sophomore guard Cezar Guerrero focuses on the basket during the Bulldogs’ final home game against the San Diego
State Aztecs on March 1.
Fresno State tops Spartans to enter conference tourney above .500
By Quinn Robinson
Collegian Staff
WEDNESDAY
(16-15, 9-9)
VS
(12-17, 6-12)
The Fresno State men’s basketball team
held off a potential San Jose State rally to
beat the Spartans 69-56 Saturday night in
San Jose.
The ‘Dogs closed out the season strong
by winning eight of their past 10 games
after starting the season 8-13 and 1-7 in
Mountain West play. Fresno State also
has a shot at its first winning season
since the 2006-07 campaign, which saw
Steve Cleveland at the helm and Ja’Vance
Coleman and Dwight O’Neil running
things on the court.
Fresno State was led by freshman forward Paul Watson, who shot 4 of 8 from
beyond the arc and had a team-high 16
points en route to Fresno State tying for
fifth in the Mountain West.
The Bulldogs will enter the 2014 Reese’s
Mountain West Basketball Championships
as the No. 7 seed this week.
Saturday night, the ‘Dogs wasted little
time to get their offense going. Jumping
out to a 22-8 lead in the opening min-
utes, Fresno State never looked back and
was sitting comfortably at halftime with a
35-13 lead. Fresno State flexed its muscle
even more by allowing the Spartans to
shoot a measly 20 percent from the field in
the first half.
San Jose State was able to cut the deficit
to nine points, trailing 43-34 with under 15
minutes remaining. The ‘Dogs answered
that challenge with another run of their
own and extended the lead back to 63-44
with 3:43 remaining in the contest.
Cezar Guerrero and Tyler Johnson had
12 points each for the ‘Dogs, and sophomore guard Marvelle Harris added 11
points and 10 rebounds for his fourth
career double-double.
The win secured the best turnaround
in league play in Mountain West history.
The Bulldogs are the first MW team ever
to start league 1-7 and finish with a .500
record as Fresno State ended up 9-9 in
league play.
No. 7 seed Fresno State opens play
at the Mountain West Tournament on
Wednesday, squaring off against 10thseeded Air Force at the Thomas & Mack
Center at 4:00 p.m.
On Sunday, the Mountain West Conference announced that
two seniors on the Fresno State women’s basketball team were
named to the 2013-14 All-Conference team.
Bree Farley and Taylor Thompson earned the honor after
finishing productive careers at Fresno State.
Thompson is ranked No. 1 in school history in steals, No. 3
in assists and No. 13 in scoring. She has earned the all-conference honor for the fourth consecutive year. She was selected to
the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) All-Freshman team in
2010-11, All-WAC second team in 2011-12 and Mountain West
third team last season.
Farley led the Bulldogs in scoring during Mountain West
play (fifth in the conference) with 15.2 points per game. This is
her first all-conference honor.
Thompson was also named the Mountain West's
Co-Defensive Player of the Year, an honor she shares with
Nevada center Mimi Mungedi.
This is the second consecutive season and the third time
in school history that a Bulldog has been named the league's
defensive player of the year. Ki-Ki Moore won the award last
season, and Jaleesa Ross earned the honor for the WAC in
2009-10.
During the season, Farley won the Mountain West Player of
the Week Award twice, and she received the most recent honor
after a 31-point performance against San Jose State last Friday.
She is one of only six players in the conference this year that has
registered a 30-point game.
BASEBALL
’Dogs win weekend
series against Falcons
By Christopher Livingston
@senorlivingston
Surely, the Fresno State baseball team had an eventful weekend in Colorado Springs.
First, Friday’s scheduled Game 1 contest between the
Bulldogs and the Air Force Falcons was postponed due to
inclement weather. Then, the Bulldogs split the second-day
doubleheader Saturday – which saw Game 2 suspended in the
seventh inning until Sunday due to darkness.
In the end, the Bulldogs went 2-1 against their conference
opponent to finish the week 5-1 in the Mountain West this season.
The game saw production on both pitching and hitting, with
a few firsts achieved over the three games.
See BASEBALL, Page 7