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Western Carolinian Volume 46 Number 13, November 13, 1980

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  • Sports On your mark! Get set! GO! The starting line of the Theta Xi/Schlitz River Road Run was a colorful sight Saturday morning as these runners prepared for their journcv for charity. Carolinian Photo by Doug Cavanah Frustration Season Western Carolina University's battle-weary, beleaguered, and frustrated Catamounts, coming off a 39-14 thumping at the hands of powerful UT-Chattanooga last Saturday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will be closing out the 1980 football season against another frustrated team, Hast Tennessee State University. Saturday at Johnson City, Tennessee. > The game, scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at the Memorial Center in Johnson City, will feature two teams that are disappointments for the season as they have totalled three wins between them and only one conference win. Both teams were preseason picks to challenge for the conference title. Despite the fact that the Catamounts. 2-7-1 overall, arc a particular disappointment to head coach Bob Waters, some of that frustration could be amended with a season ending win. "Nothing can make up for all these losses, but a win Saturday will help some, and will set us on a positive note for preparing for the next season," says Waters, currently in his twelfth season at Western Carolina. East Tennessee. 1-8-0 overall (0-3 in the conference) is coached by Jack Carlisle, and is coming off its first win of the season last Saturday, a come-from-behind. 28-23 win over James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Actually, it took 21 fourth-quarter points by the Buccaneers to salvage that game. Tailback Ron Reeves scored twice with quarterback Jeff Davis throwing for two. two-point conversions, to tie the game. With just 1:23 left to play, kicker Phil Hunt connected on a 46 yarder to secure the Bucs' first win of the season. Western, on the other hand, comes into the game in the midst of a five-week non-winning streak, and suffered its worst loss of the season at UT-Chattanooga. "We were beaten by a much better football team." states Waters, adding, "In fact, we were beaten by a better one than Furman or Clemson." The Mocs started their domination early--scoring 13 points in the last six minutes of the first quarter and adding nine more (a touchdown and a field goal) in the second to take a commanding 22-0 halftime advantage. A bizarre interception lateral return by Mike Hunt accounted for another Moccasin touchdown in the third quarter as the score went to 32-0. The Cats, on two touchdown passes to Eddie McGill from David Mashburn (four and 40 yards) in the fourth quarter. made the score more respectable. Simply put. the Mocs dominated play in every phase of the game. "Defensively we did not play that badly up the middle, but they killed us with options and sweeps as our perimeter defense just was not there." says Waters of the Mocs that gained 420 yards of offense on the Cats. Offensively, our quarterbacks did not read the defense-anddidn't pick up their blitzes. We had some people really playing hard, but overall we were just physically outmanned;" adds Waters. Hie Cttl were held to just 38 rushing yards and 232 passing as a Rred-up UT (' defense ripped the Cats for nearly 80 yards in quarterback sacks. , Even though Western will be facing the team that has been ranked last in the Southern Conference in offensive Statistice nearly -ill season in ETSU, the Cats still have a critical situation personnel-wise, defensively. Freshmen linebacker Clarence Lyon, and converted junior end George Alston, left the UT-C game hobbling and are questionable for Saturday's game. That leaves just Junior .letters (a freshman) and walk-on Mike Bowcn. formerly a defensive tackle, to start. The Buccaneers, who will probably line up in I-formations, having running backs Johnny McFall, a proven vetern. and Rick Reeves, who had 113 yards rushing against WCU in the 13-9 Catamount victory last season, in the backfield, with senior Jeff Davis as quarterback. A vital part of the Bucs' offense is kickoff return specialist Ronnie Horton who leads the nations in kickoff return yardage and has broken two for touchdowns this season. Western will be making its second trip to the Memorial Center "mini-dome" having lost back in the third game of 1978. 21-14. The Catamounts have won three of the last four meetings against the Bucs, but trail in the series that dates back to 1932. 7-12-1. This will be the last collegiate game for seventeen Western Carolina University seniors, including Gerald Harp, who needs only 90 pass receiving yards to become the second leading receiver in NCAA major college history. Soccer Finishes Western Carolina's soccer team closed out the 1980 season with two losses this weekend in Charleston. South Carolina, to finish the season with a 7-14-0 final record. The Catamounts, again falling prey to a lack of offense that had hurt them at times all season long, were shutout by The Citadel, 2-0, Friday afternoon. The next day the team fell to Baptist College, also a shutout. by a 5-0 score. Despite the losses in the final weekend of play. Western posted a respectable 4-4 Southern Conference record, and rebounded from an 0-7 start to play well later in the season. The cats were led statistically by Taylor Warner's six goals and eight assists (14 points) and 85 saves from goalie Jim Baldwin. Women's Volleyball Seeded Third WCT's women's volleyball team, currently sporting a 31-6 overall record, will be seeded third in the upcoming 13-team NCA1AW Division II state tournament to be held this Friday and Saturday (November 14 and 15) at Mars Hill College. The Lady Cats, coached by Betty Peele hope to conclude the regular season on a winning note when they travel to arch-rival Applachian State Wednesday, November 12 to play a tri-match against ASU and Winthrop College. For the team that has posted the best record in the history of the sport at Western Carolina University, the playoffs arc extremely important. "We are pleased with the draw (that seeded the teams), and we're very optimistic about our chances in the tournament, " Coach Peele says. Peele, no stranger to success in the state tournament, led the Lady Cats to state titles in 1972 and 1973. St. Augustine's College is the number one seed with UNC-Greensboro drawing second immediately ahead of the Lady Cats. The top three seeds, determined by overall records and quality of the schedules, receive first round byes in the tournament. Western is one of the surprise teams of the year. The twelve player squad includes seven freshmen, three Continues on page 16... This Lady Cat returns a volley with ardent enthusiasm. The Lady Cats sport a 31-6 overall record this vear. Carolinian Photo by Mark Haskett November 13, 1980/Western Carolinian/15
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