Tuesday, October 23, 2001
Sports

Tigers shut out Frogs
By Nathan Loewen
Wire Coordinator

The Frogs out-shot the Memphis Tigers Sunday but failed to post a goal in a 1-0 shutout at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium
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Two Frogs advance to semifinals in fall tourney
By Jennifer Kaminske
Skiff Staff

With two semifinal finishes in the Omni Hotels Southwest Championships at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center this weekend, the Horned Frogs are feeling optimistic for the season that lies ahead.
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Men’s soccer wins two in a row with victory over ECU
By Dan Smith
Skiff Staff

For the first time this season, the men’s soccer team won back-to-back games.
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Erin Munger/PHOTO EDITOR Freshman midfielder Bara Gunnarsdottir tries to take the ball from a Memphis player Sunday.

Sports Briefs
Stilley garners C-USA offensive player honor

Rifle team grabs two third-place finishes

Volley Frogs lose by one match to East Carolina

Bearcats’ Immanuel McElroy returns

UT still in BCS contention
By Jim Verteno
Associated press

AUSTIN — If the loss to Oklahoma two weeks ago was supposed to send Texas into a tailspin, it didn’t work.
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OU ranked No. 1 in BCS polls, Miami ranked fourth
Associated Press

Miami, No. 1 in the AP media poll and the coaches’ poll, was fourth in rankings that determine which teams will play for a national championship at the Rose Bowl in January.
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Today in sports history
1915 — The first U.S. championship horseshoe tourney was held in Kellerton, Iowa.

1930 — The first miniature golf tournament came crashing to a close in Chattanooga, Tenn. The men’s title winner was J.K. Scott, who threatened the first person to make a sound as he walked next to the windmill and the clown’s mouth. The women’s top ranker was J.E. Rankin, who scored triple points with an incredible bank shot into the cup beyond a three-foot-wide pond.

1976 — Pittsburgh’s Tony Dorsett rushed for 180 yards and set the NCAA all-time rushing record of 5,206 career yards, as the Panthers defeated Navy, 45-0.

1993 — The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4 games to 2 in the World Series to win the title for the second year in a row.

Stepping up
Stilley plays big in first career start
By Kelly Morris
Skiff Staff

Before the TCU football team played Army, head coach Gary Patterson said during the week he wanted junior backup quarterback Sean Stilley to play more like a leader than a participant in his first career start.
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Frogs Report Card

Frogs step up play for Homecoming game
Players credit change in attitude to victory over Army and season highs for offense
Sports Editor

Something was different for the Frogs Saturday.
For starters, the offense finally had a breakout game, rolling up 485 yards and scoring 38 points — both season highs. And junior Sean Stilley started at quarterback for junior Casey Printers, who was out with a bruised shoulder.
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