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Vandals in action
Soccer heads to Logan today where they will take on the Utah State Aggies in Western Athletic Conference play. The match is the team’s first conference game and starts at 2 p.m.
Men’s and women’s tennis  will play in the Missoula Invitational Tournament at Missoula starting today and ending Sunday.
Football travels to Fresno for their game against the Fresno State Bulldogs. The Vandals will look for their first conference win of the season. The game starts at 7 p.m.
Vandal volleyball will play host to the San Jose State Spartans at 7 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Gym.
Soccer ends a long road trip at 1 p.m. Sunday when they host the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

Vandals to watch
Kayla Mortellaro
Golf
Mortellaro returned to Moscow with a second place trophy this week for her efforts at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational. Mortellaro was the highest placing Vandal and helped the team finish 11th in the tournament.

Virdell Larkins
 Football
Larkins, a junior college transfer, has stepped into a starting role for the Vandals this year and has performed well. The hard-hitting safety leads the team in tackles on the season and also plays a key role in the UI pass defense. The Vandals will look to Larkins for big plays as they play a talented Fresno State team.

Vandals by the numbers
2 The place earned by Kayla Mortellaro at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational
42       Solo tackles accumulated by safety Virdell Larkins
15.13  Number of digs per set for UI volleyball. The Vandals lead the Western Athletic Conference in the statistic. The team will also be holding a fundraiser, “Dig for the cure,” where donations could be pledged each time the Vandals got a dig in the match
13 number of solo tackles safety Virdell Larkins had last week against Nevada

Did you know …
•The last time UI had a running back break 200 yards in one game was last year against Cal Poly. Deonte’ Jackson ended the day with 214 yards.
Obscure stat of the week
•Vandal quarterback Scott Linehan passed for 415 yards against Eastern Washington University in 1986. Linehan recently coached the St. Louis Rams and ranks 13 among UI quarterbacks for most passing yards in a game.