Ur & Fenske Finish Strong; Duffy Starring

Ur & Fenske

BECCA UR and HEATHER FENSKE and the San Diego State Aztecs reached the end this weekend.

They finished fifth best in the nation after being upset by UC Davis 9-8 on Friday, before splashing back to eliminate Pomona-Pitzer 11-4 and defeat Michigan 12-9 in the NCAA fifth place game.

Ur, a co-captain (pictured above right) went out in style with a goal, three assists and six ejections drawn in the victory over the Wolverines. Fenske (pictured left) was just as solid. She made four of her eight saves down the stretch as Michigan fought to get back into the game.

Fenske amassed a whopping 332 saves during the season, a most improbable one after having played little her first three years.

Ur led the team in assists with 59 and also in steals with 54. She was a tower of strength in the middle as she drew 53 ejections and meshed 26 goals.

The two Lompocans combined to help lead the Aztecs to their best finish in program history. SDSU concluded the 2008 campaign with a program-best 31-7 record. With a 2-1 mark at the NCAA tournament, the Scarlet and Black topped last year's school-record 29 wins. UCLA went undefeated to repeat as NCAA champion.

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Duffy Update

Here’s the latest on DANNY DUFFY, thanks to his Dad.

“Danny had two outstanding outings in the last week and ahalf. Last Saturday 05/03/08 he pitched against the San Diego Padresextended team. He pitched 5 complete yielding only 1 hit (0 runs),striking out 8 and his fastball was clocked at 96 on 4 differentpitches. His first 4 innings were perfect 12 up-- 12 down.

“That same evening at 8:00 PM he was invited by a couple of the team'strainers, Will Simon, Nick Leto, and Tony Medina to run with them in an8K run in Scottsdale Night Run for the Arts. He finished sixth in the 12-19 year old agegroup with an 88th place finish overall out of approximately 668 runners. Histime in the distance, just short of five miles, was 38 minutes 18.8seconds, a decent clip. He was proud of beating the three trainers to thefinish line.

“On Friday 05/09/08 he pitched against the Texas Rangers extended teamand again the first 4 innings were perfect. He hit his pitch count atthe 4 2/3 innings mark giving up no runs 1 hit 1 walk and 10 strikeoutstopping out at 94.

"He feels good and is simply awaiting the team’s decision on an assignment. He will know sometime in June what the plans are. In the meantime he is just going out and trying to get better everyday.”