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  • THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN THURSDAY - MAf 2, 1974 PAGE V/esriEf^i Qai^dLjiNjiaNj r hf^ftYC WCU baseball news IP^'Must' homestand begins Western Carolina I'niver- sity's baseball team begins a "must win" three game honu - stand Thursday afternoon when it hosts Erskine College at Haywood Field, Appalachian State pays a visit Sunday afternoon and Virginia Tech will be here Monday afternoon, The Catamounts saw the odds on a winning record lessen Tuesday when they dropped an error-filled 8 - 3 decision to Appalachian State in Boone, WCC has six games remaining on its schedule and win five of those con • rests to compile a winning record, The Cats held a 3 - 1 lead in tin.' third inning of Tuesday's game, bur heir /tching and fielding fell apart in the next two inniiiK's, allowing Appalachian State to score seven runs. In the disastrous third and fourth innings, the Catamounts gave up seven hits, committed two errors, threw tv\ . viId pitches and permitted two passed bJi's. Meanwhile, Appalachian State's Jim Blankenship settled down and threw no-hit baseball a; Western In the last six and two-thirds innings, Dale Fox was one of the few bright spots for the Cats us hi' collected two singles in three trips to the plate. ii Netmen end respectable season on a final game winning note The WCU baseball squad begins a three- game "must series today against Erskine College. Team selects Gaines, Rathburn as co-captains A pair of three year starters with all-star credentials have been elected co-captains for the 1974 Western Carolina U- niversity football team, Jerry Gaines and David Rathburn were selected by their WCC teammates before last week's spring football game, Gaines, a wide receiver from Chesapeake. Virginia, has rewritten the Catamounts pass receiving records with his 118 receptions and 2,640 yards. He has twice been a first team selection on the North Carolina All-College team, Last year, when he also served as a team co-captain, was rhought to be his final season of collegiate competition, but the NCAA has granted Gaines another year of eligibility as he was on the field for only 14 plays before suffering a broken ankle that sidelined him for the remainder of the 1970 season, Rathburn,, a defensive cornerback from Asheville, has been a starter in the WCU secondary since midway of his freshman season. He has twice led the Cats in pass interceptions and fumble recoveries, Bob Waters, Western's head coach, heaped praise upon his 1974 team leaders. "Jerry is the best athlete I've ever coached and Dftvid is possibly the most consistent defensive player we have had in the past five years, Both have all the character and leadership qualities anyone could ask for in team captains." he stated. SPORTS CALENDAR THURSDAY, MAY 2 BASEBALL - WCU vs, ERSKINE (3:00 PM - Haywood Field) SATURDAY, MA\ I BASEBALL - OLDTIMERS GAME (1:00 PM - Haywood Field) TRACK - WC;; at Quantico - Marine Relays SUNDAY, MAY 5 BASEBALL - WCC vs, APPALACHIAN STATE (2:00 PM Haywood Field) MONDAY, MAY fi BASEBALL - WCU vs, VIRGINIA TECH (3:00 PM - Haywood Field) Western Carolina University's tennis team ended its season Thursday on a winning note by defeating UNC-Asheville 7-'' The Catamount netmen compiled an 8-9 season total, especially respectable in view of the tremendous calibre of competition they faced throughout their schedule, "Coach McGinnis and I were very pleased at our players performance this season," commented head coach David Rayburn, "At least six of our losses were at the hands of schools that are far ahead of its in their programs, We think our team deserves a lot of credit," The season opener for the Cats also proved to be one of the season's highlights as they squeaked- by a strong Marshall University team o-4 on the Reid Gvmnasium courts. Western then dropped two matches on the road to Erskine College and The Citadel before reentering the win column by dominating South Carolina State 9-0, The Cats swapped with Wos- Chester State and Maryville College, 8-1 and 5-1 respectively, then journeyed to Statesboro, Georgia, to lose two straight to Georgia Southern College, one of the most powerful, teams in the South, The next four matches proved to be seesaw affairs as Western defeated UNC-Asheville, lost to a fine Carson-Newman team, beat Warren Wilson., and lost to another Southern power house, Furman University. Erskine College name to Cullowhee to hand the Cats their eighth loss of the year is opposed to five wins, A late season surge saw WCU score wins over Gardner-Webb, Warren Wilson, and UNC-Asheville while losing only to Carson- Newman, Tnis spurt set the final season mark at 8-9 for the Catamounts, Coach Rayburn is already- looking to next season, "Wo are losing some fine players," he remarked, "including this year's singles winner Joe Crocker (9-7), Bill Robinson and Miie Henderson. However, John McCoy, Joe Clark, and Bruce Honeycutt will be back to pace the team, so we feel we will again be competitive." Landslide victories Anderson, Roberson fire one-under-par scores for win at Maggie Western Carolina University golfers Bill Anderson and It is", Roberson both fired one-under- par scores of 70 yesterday to lead die Catamount golfers to landslide victories over three teams In a mstch held at Mag„ gie Valley Country Club, In the last outing of the season for WCU, the Western stickmr ■ picked up three wins with a team total of 293, Carson-Newman College could on! v manage a 306, while UNC- Asheville and Erskine College ■ tied at 323, thirty strokes behind WCC, The Western squad finished the season with an nverall record of 9-9, facinga much,harder schedule than last year's, which resulted in a 9-6 mark, Both Anderson and Rober ■ son had rounds of 32 - 38 on the par 71 course to share the medalist honors. Freshman Reid Cox fired a 76 while teammates David Roper and Billy Davis each turned in scores of 77 to seal off the victory for the Cats, Anderson's and Reberson's nine-hole scores of four-under par 32's were the best posted in any tournament this year, WCU linksters against stiff competition. finished out a 9-9 season this week ■, •• VAV,*»* AS V.*i«5r\:\-'■ ■ ' *•*'• o >^*'- >'-,•'■
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