Seawolves show up on hockey radar

The University of Alaska Anchorage hockey team garnered eight points in the second USA Today/ American Hockey Magazine College Hockey Poll.

The men didn't break into the top 15, but it is their first entry on the list since Nov. 20, 2000.

League rivals the University of North Dakota are ranked third with St. Cloud State University fourth, the University of Denver seventh and Colorado College tied for ninth.

Michigan State University retained their number one ranking from the season's first poll.

UAA's puck-meisters also made an appearance on the United States College Hockey Online Poll. Their eight points in the USCHO Poll, released Oct. 15, puts them 24^th in the country for Division I hockey.

League rivals UND are ranked second, SCSU is fourth, CC is seventh, UD is eighth and the University of Minnesota-Duluth is 10th.

MSU is also ranked first in the USCHO poll.

Scott named WCHA Offensive player of the week

Senior co-captain Mike Scott's performance at the NYE Frontier Classic was good enough for the WCHA coaches to name him the league's offensive player of the week for Oct. 15-21.

The Calgary, Alberta native found the twine three times to go along with an assist while being lauded as the Tournament Outstanding Player. The first time the award wasn't given to a member of the winning team in the tournaments 10-year history.

Two of Scott's goals came in the `Wolves 5-3 win over Northeastern University on Oct.12. He was named player of the game for that match and followed it up with a goal and assisted on Lee Green's game tying goal at 19:59 of the third period against the defending national champions Boston College Eagles Oct. 13 in the `Wolves 4-4 tie.

Scott competed last year on the WCHA All-Star Team that went 3-0-0 on the Norway Tour 2000.

University of North Dakota goaltender Andy Kollar was named the league's defensive player of the week for making 55 saves in the Fighting Sioux's sweep of league rival Colorado College, Oct. 12-13.

St. Cloud State University forward Mike Doyle is the WCHA's rookie of the week. The Anchorage native was named tournament MVP of the 2001 Maine Ice-breaker Championship after tallying three goals and an assist in the Huskies wins over Clarkson College and the University of Maine Oct. 12-13 in Portland, Maine.

UAA sophomore goalie Chris King was nominated for defensive player honors and Green was nominated for rookie of the week.

Shewolves finally getting some love

For the first time in the short history of the program, the United States Track & Field Association ranks the UAA women's cross country running team.

The ladies third place showing in the Oct. 13 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships held at Kincaid Park led the women to a fifth-place ranking in the USTFA poll.

Two years, that's all it took for the women to gain credibility in the NCAA West region.

Other ranked GNAC teams include Humboldt State in second, Western Washington University in third, Seattle Pacific University in sixth and Central Washington in seventh.

The UAA men's cross-country team didn't fare as well as the women in the rankings released Oct. 15 by the United States Track & Field Association. The men were seventh in the poll, after the `Wolves fourth place finish in the GNAC Championships.

Other GNAC men's squads in the West Region rankings are Central Washington in third, Western in fourth, Humboldt St. in eighth and Seattle Pacific in tenth.

The cross-country runners have time off to rest and heal before travelling to Bellingham, Wash. to compete in the NCAA West Regional race on Nov. 3.

Seawolves gab to victory in Portland

Compiled by Adam P. Mackie
Northern Light

The University of Alaska Anchorage speech and debate competitors returned home this week with trophies for their eloquence.

The Lewis and Clark College Pioneer Classic Invitational tournament hosted 35 schools in their annual parliamentary debate competition Oct. 11-14. After six rounds of invigorating verbal altercations, four students from UAA, two per team, advanced to the elimination rounds.

The UAA speech and debate team finished as top speakers in a field of 41 open-division parliamentary debate competitors. At the end of the tournament UAA took sweepstakes in their division over all other schools in the debate. Sweepstakes points are awarded to the debater's throughout the tournament for argumentative achievements.

Juniors Chenille Newsome and Andrew Gardner lost to Whitman College in the octafinals of the tournament. Seniors Chris Richter and John Shultz beat the University of Southern California, Pacific Lutheran University and Santa Clara College.

In the finals, UAA overcame Whitman College to sweep the tournament undefeated. Despit having only four debaters, in the open-division speaking, Newsome placed first in persuasive speaking with a 10-minute memorized oration about medical prejudice against obese patients. Schultz placed fourth in open division After Dinner Speaking.

Schultz took third in extemporaneous speaking, followed by Richter who finished fourth.

Six Seawolf speakers are scheduled to travel to Colorado College on Oct. 25-28 for their next road competition.

For more information on speech and debate contact the communication department at 786-4397 or Dan Henry at 786-4398.