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The Western Carolinian Page 9 Thursday, October 1, 1987 GAME from previous pg. yards on 28 carries. He also had 1- and 19-yard touchdown runs. Another freshman tailback, Carlton "I really didn't expect to do that," Jackson said. "Carl and I both had bad ankles, but when we went into the game the lineman were doing a great job for us. I think we've opened up the running game a good bit. Everybody did what they had to do." Cottrell took his lumps In the Clemson and South Carolina losses, but the redshirt sophomore looked confident against the Bucs. He completed 11 of 16 passes, including one for a touchdown, and scored on a one-yard TD run. Several times he avoided sacks or losses by either stepping out of the pocket to run himself or nailing an open receiver at the last second. He was also given plenty of time by his offensive line. Cottrell's main receiver was tight end Jon Reed, who caught five passses for 84 yards and the touchdown. Flanker Vincent Nowell added 78 yards on three catches. It was the Western Carolina defense, above all, however, that enabled the Catamounts to win their second straight game over a ranked opponnent. "We put in a new stunt, called 'Go-Call,' and it left the defensive ends with sole respon sibility of the quarterback on the option." said Catamount defensive end Geno Segers, who had seven tackles and a sack. "The coaches did a great job developing the right scheme. We were just lucky to have the personnel to be able to run it." Arant, who caused and recovered an East Tennessee fumble in the fourth quarter that helped the Cats preserve their win, was a terror in the Bucs' backfield most of the night. He had four tackles for losses, refusing to allow East Tennessee quarterback Jeff Morgan to operate the option attack like he had in the Bucs' three previous victories. He was named Southern Conference defensive player of the week for his effort. ETSU from previous page first-quarter clock. Kirk Roch's point after gave Western a 7-0 lead. The Catamounts gave East Tennesse room to tie things up with a mistake several minutes later. Anthony Bare's punt attempt was blocked by safety Scott Kirby and returned to the Western 30 with 5:09 left. Western's defense held on, however, and a 34-yard field goal by Mike Shoun was all that resulted from the possession. While Arant and his fellow defensive linemen — tackles Chris Spach and John Stewart and end Geno Segers — were containing the East Tennessee option attack, the Cats were moving the ball well enough to gain the lead and keep it for most of the half. Quarterback Cottrell was getting good protection in the pocket, and when he had to he was able to scramble and either pick up some yards or hit his receivers for decent gains. And Jackson and Terry, both suffering from injured ankles, weren't being stopped by the Buc defense. The Cats were also getting a two-for-three first-half effort in field goals from Roach. The senior tied the Southern Conference career field goal record at 57 when he nailed a 52-varder with room to spare at the end of the first quarter to give Western a 10-3 lead. He broke the record with six seconds left in the half by hitting from 43 yards away. Former Catamount Dean Biacussi held the old mark. East Tennessee had tied the score, 10-10, when the Bucs were able to punch In on fourth-and- goal from the one-yard line early in the second quarter. Western had held on three straight plays from inside the five, but tailback George Searcy scored on a pitch play on the fourth-down attempt. A 19-yard touchdown run by Jackson with 3:15 left In the quarter put Western back on top, however. The Catamounts' 20-10 halftime lead was cut to 20-13 midway through the third quarter when Shoun hit a 48-yard field goal. But Cottrell came back immediately and drove the Catamounts 58 yards In seven plays, hitting tight end Jon Reed on a 14- yard TD pass that looked as if it were on a string. That was with 3:53 to go in the quarter, and It put Western ahead, 27-13. A Catamount mistake helped set up the next East Tennessee score. A 15-yard penalty resulted from a fair-catch hit by the Cats' special teams early in the fourth quarter, and gave the Bucs the ball at the Western 49. Quarterback Morgan scored on a five-yard keeper at 12:16 to cut the Western lead to one touch down. That's when the mini-dome started to get a little loud. Down just 27-20 early in the fourth quarter, the Bucs satisfied their fans by shutting Western down on Its next possession. That gave them the ball — but Arant took care of that threat. The Cats put another three points on the board with 17 seconds left In the game. Roach hit a 22-yard field goal to make it 37-20. Going Into the contest the East Tennessee offensive attack had been averaging 433 yards per game - 266 of them rushing, including almost 100 per game by fullback Roosevelt Way. The Bucs finished this game with just 142 yards on the ground (Way had 45) and 233 overall. Western, on the other hand, put up solid offensive numbers. It picked up 173 yards on the ground, led by Jackson's 126. Cottrell was 11 of 16 for 201 yards. Best of all, he was sacked just once, and the Catamount offense did not committ a turnover. "Our coaches called a good game," said Waters. "We did a good job mixing it up. And Todd did a good job of checking off at the line. Darryl Jackson stood out as well. It was a good team effort." Good enough to have the rest of the Southern Conference chasing Western until the end of the month, nt least. Volleyball The Western Carolina University women's volleyball team captured the UNC Charlotte Invitational champioship last weekend by defeating Furman in a hotly-contested five- game match, 13-15,15-13,13-15, 15-12,15-7. The Lady Cats rallied from a two-to-one-game deficit and avenged an earlier loss in pool play to the Lady Paladins en route to the title in Charlotte. Holly Greene and Kim bpruill led the attack in the championship victory with 24 and 21 kills, respectively, Beth Gorman and Amy Bell had 15 kills each, and Donna Smith recorded 76 assists in the two-and- a-half-hour contest. Spruill and Smith were named to the all-tournament team, and Smith was named the tournament's most valuable olaver. The Lady Cats turned a 2-6 record around last week as they won six out of seven matches to go above the .500 mark for the first time this year. Western started the week off by defeating Georgia Tech at hom6 last Wednesday night to extend its home court winning streak to seven matches. The Lady Cats struggled in the first two games of the match against the Yellow Jackets, losing, 15-5 and 15-7, but then cmae on strong to preserver the winning streak by winning the next three games, 15-9.15-12.15-2. On Thursday night the Lady Cats faced a young Davidson squad in Davidson and came away with an impressive three-game victory. Improving their conference record to 2-1. "This was a very important week for us," said head coach Trish Howell. "We were able to come from behind several times to preserve wins, and we were finally able to improve our record. I think from this point on our record will more accurately reflect the caliber of team this really is. GEIS from previous page The Catamounts' last two games are as difficult as they could be in the league. The ninth game will be at Marshall, where Western has also had problems playing well. Add to that the fact that it will be Marshall's last game of the year and that the Thundering Herd doesn't like Western too much. Finally, things will come to an end on Nov. 21 in Cullowhee. Appalachian State and Wesstern will tangle on that INTRAMURALS Intramurals Results and Notes 1. Intraumural picture day — Pictures of all-stars and champions for the yearbook and picture case will be made Monday, Oct. 5, at Reid Gym, 4 p.m. All Softball team captains must turn in their all-stars. 2. Women and men intramural team slgn-ups for tag football and floopball will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, office 13 of Reid Gym. 3. Womens' Intramural floopball pentathlon will be Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 4 to 5 p.m. on lighted intramural fields. Five skill activities will be tested — throw for accuracy, throw for distance, floop goal for distance, snap for accuracy, run for 50 yards for time. 4. Men's intramural tag football pentathalon will occur the same day at the same place. Five skill activities will be tested. 5. Intramural meetings for team unit managers and intramural assistants will be at 4 p.m. (tag football clinic) and 5 p.m. (floopball clinic) in rooms 21 and 22 at Reid Gym, Tuesday, Oct. 7. 6. Women's intramural One- wall racquetball results: Dawn Morris, Zeta Tau Alpha, all-campus sorority champion; Susan Collins, Zeta, all- campus sorority runner-up; Karen Brooks, Bruisers, all-campus independent champion; Angela Patane, Dirty Dozen, all-campus independent runner-up. 7. Women's intramural tennis singles results: Katrina Cramer, Phi Mu, all-campus sorority champion; Sherry Garber, Phi Mu, all-campus sorority runner-up; Suzanne Wickham, all-campus independent champion; Cindy afternoon. Need anything more be said? Naturally, then. It behooves the Catamounts to get better In the next month, because the last four games of the season will be extremely difficult, to say the least. The beauty of the situation, however. Is that Western does have the next month to get better and knock off some good football teams while still staying In first place. The schedule is now a very good friend. It just didn't look that way at the beglning of the year. Richards, Baptist Student Union, all- campus independent runner-up. 8. Women's intramural cross country, two-mile results: Julie Adams, Phi Mu, all-campus sorority champion 13:27; Donna Huffman, Cavaliers, all- campus independent champion, 15:12. All-campus sorority team champion: Beth Morris, 17:29; Debbie Longdahl, 20:41; Julie Adams, 13:27 — Phi Mu. All- campus independent team champion: Laura Lamber, 16:37; Leslie Frye, 24:08; Cindy Richards, 19:02 — Baptist Student Union. 9. Men's intramural cross country, two-mile results: Tim Rose, Kappa Kappa Psl, all-campus Individual champion,! 1:42. All-campus team champion: Forest Baugher, 12:52; Alfred Blount, 14:04; Steve Almasy (WAY TO GO, STEVE! WE LOVE YA, BABY!), 12:04 — Baptist Student Union. POLLS—Sept. 25. Men's Softball 1. Sigma Phi Epsilon (A cool frat, good colors) 2. Braves 3. Lamda Chi Alpha (Nice party place, bad colors) 4. Space Mountain (Reportc location of Chancellor's home) 5. Pi Kappa Alpha (Sorry, Everette) 6. Han-ill's 2nd to None 7. Kappa Alpha (Civil War representative) 8. Lost Boys 9. Physical Force 10. Devastation Inc. LAST MINUTE PRODUCTIONS MOVIE: 3-D DOUBLE FEATURE "CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON" AND "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" OCTOBER 2,1987 CHEROKEE ROOM 7:30 ONLY $1.50 STUDENTS $2.00 OTHERS SOUTHEASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE CANOE RACE OCTOBER 2-3,1987 Practices: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. meeting at U.C. Leaave Friday, Oct. 2 at 3:00 p.m. from U.C. and return Saturday at Midnight PARTICIPANTS MUST PAY REGISTRATION MUST BE PAID BY SEPTEMBER 21, IN THE LMP TICKET OFFICE First Floor U.C. U. C. GRANDROOM $1.00 ALL DAY TUSKASEGEE KAYAK TRIP OCTOBER 10,1987 Leaves 8:00 a.m. from U.C. $10.00 STUDENTS $15.00 OTHERS Includes: transportation, equipment, instruction, and lunch SIGN UP FIRST FLOOR OF U.C. THE IRONCAT BIATHALON OCTOBER 10,1987 Registration: $5.00 STUDENTS $7.00 ALL OTHERS REGISTER AT U.C. Includes: LUNCH,TRANSPORTATION, EQUIPMENT, AND GUIDES. SIGN UP FIRST FLOOR U.C. MAGICIAN -BOB GARNER- Cherokee Room 8:00 P.M. FEEE FALL BREAK CAMPING TRIP OCTOBER 17-19,1987 LEAVES U.C. AT 8:00 A.M. $15.00 STUDENTS $20.00 OTHERS INCLUDES: EQUIPMENT, MEALS, GUIDES, AND TRANSPORTATION. SIGN UP FIRST FLOOR U.C.

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Date original: 1987-10-01
  • Date digitized: 2019-04-11
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  • Pages: 12 pages
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  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
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