MUSTANGS COACH SHOWING STRESS\Hoopsters hope to maintain early season pace, success as games\wind to close.Byline: Lee Barnathan Special to the Daily News Despite being 20-6 and ranked 10th in the NAIA NAIA abbr. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes national poll, the strain of the season is showing on the face of Bill Oates, men's basketball coach at The Master's College History The Master's College was founded as Los Angeles Baptist Theological Seminary on May 25, 1927 to meet the need for a fundamental Baptist school on the West Coast. . The team had just returned from a two-game trip to Hawaii and had dropped both contests, to nationally ranked Hawaii Pacific and BYU-Hawaii. The Mustangs also have played several Division II teams such as Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State Dominguez Hills. "We've had a tough schedule," Oates said, looking tired. "As a team, we need to get better these last three weeks. "It's a more demanding schedule. We've had to really sustain our intensity in every game because we've played so many different teams. But I think it's made us a better team." In every game, Oates said, the opposition is "pointing at you. You've got to be ready every game. You can't afford not to be." One player, junior guard Mike Penberthy Mike Penberthy (born November 29, 1974 in Los Gatos, California), is an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard from Master's College, Penberthy was not drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play for the Los Angeles Lakers for two years (2000-01 to 2001-02). , said Oates is putting pressure on himself because he believes this group can win the national title, a thought Penberthy shares. "We've got rebounding, we've got scoring, we've got passing, we've got defense. Really, the pressure is on him to put this team together." Penberthy said after losing two in Hawaii, Oates didn't alter his speech or his coaching technique. "We know we can play at that level. Ask all the players. We're confident coach will get us ready," he said. Early hitter: The Master's baseball team is 1-3 after beating Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, College on Wednesday. The first batter to break out is junior catcher/designated hitter Jim Young This article is about the Canadian football player. For other uses, see Jim Young (disambiguation). James Norman "Dirty Thirty" Young (born June 6, 1943 in Hamilton, Ontario)[1] is a former professional American football and Canadian football player. . He's played three games and has a pinch-hit home run and a couple of doubles. He said his early success is because he's relaxing more at the plate. "I find myself wandering to other things, like if I had a bad inning or the at-bat before. If I pop-up, I think I've got to make up for it," Young said. Now, he clears his mind, swings the bat and makes better contact. He also is making coach Jack Mutz rethink his strategy regarding rotating his catchers and designated hitters designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. . Currently, when Young catches, Jeff Bennett acts as the designated hitter. When Bennett catches, Young sits and Justin Miller Justin Miller may refer to:
"It's a good problem," Mutz said. Young might find himself in the outfield, since he played there at Alan Hancock Alan Vivien Hancock (14th August, 1914-July, 1989) was one of the early leaders of the Racial Preservation Society (RPS). He was formerly a member of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) which was formed in 1932 by ex-Labour government minister Sir Oswald Mosley and was a union College. "What's holding me back is it's just (too early)," Mutz said. "I don't want to panic." Confusing times: Women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. coach Ken Sugarman has some things to figure out. First: How to get his players to stop fouling so much. In recent games, it's been common for the Mustangs to send opposing teams to the line at least 20 times. "How are you going to win when you send the team to the line that many times?" Sugarman said. Second: Will the team make the playoffs? Master's hasn't been to the postseason since 1985, when the school was Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Baptist College. This year, playoff berths will be based solely on ratings put out by the Dunkel Research company in Florida. Sugarman said he doesn't know what factors Dunkel uses, so it's still possible to be first among NAIA Far West Region Independent teams and not get in because the team is 10-16. "That would be a farce," the coach said. |
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