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The Western Carolinian Page 10 Thursday, September 22,1988 :::;;:; ::,::£::.:;:;,. Southern Conference roundup... S^.W,U.'MA-W.^.i,!W.T->.-A'AW!'W Last Saturday's Games Furman 21, Presbyterian 0 Richmond 14, VMI 13 Duke 41, Citadel 17 Marshall 34, E. Kentucky 32 Ga. South. 13,UT-Chatt. 3 Standings (Sept. 22) Conference Overall W-L-T W-L-T App. State 1-0-0 2-0-0 WCU 1-0-0 1-2-0 E.Tenn.St. 1-1-0 2-1-0 Marshall 0-0-0 3-0-0 Furman 0-0-0 2-1-0 UT-Chatt. 0-0-0 0-2-0 Citadel 0-1-0 1-2-0 VMI 0-1-0 0-3-0 Saturday's Games G- Webb at App. St. Cent.Fla.atE. Tenn. St. Newberry at Furman Marshall at VMI Navy at Citadel Tenn.-Chatt. at Tenn. Tech •■•""■r>:..".:: ■■:■::::..::■::..:...:: Duke 41, Citadel 17 at Durham, NC: Anthony Dilweg passed for three touchdowns and a career high 410 yards to lead Duke to a 41-17 victory over The Citadel Saturday in the Blue Devil's home opener. Dilweg, who completed 19- of-31 passes and three one interception, broke her previous high of 353 yards set in the Blue Devil's season opening victory over Northwestern. Duke (3-0) led 20-10 at halftime and broke the game open with two third-quarter touchdowns after The Citadel(l-2) pulled to within 20- 17. Dilweg completed a 5-yard scoring pass to running back Walter Jones to give the Blue Devils a 27-17 lead. On Duke's next possession, Dilweg threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Keith Ewell with 1:39 left in the period for a 34-17 lead. In the fourth quarter, Dilweg added a 17-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dave Columna. The Citadel had pulled to within 20-17 after the Bulldogs blocked a Dilweg punt on duke's first possession of the second half. David Brodsky recovered at the Duke 41 -yard line and Vernon Jones completed the drive with a 2-yard touchdown run. ! Furman 21, Presbyterian 0; at Greenville, SC - Fullback Kenneth Goldsmith rushed for a career-high 132 yards and one touchdown to lead the Furman Paladins to a convincing 21-0 win over visiting Presbyterian College Saturday. Tailback Dwight Sterling added 73 yards and two scores to the Furman Win. Goldsmith, a senior from Charlotte, N.C, carried the ball a career-high 25 times during the game plagued by heavy rain. Presbyterian (1-2), meanwhile, could muster only 12 yards rushing against Furman 109 yards total offense. Sloppy play plagued both teams, as the combined for 13 fumbles and three interceptions. Furman (2-1) used a couple of Presbyterian miscues to score and also blocked two Blue Hose punts. Richmond 14, VMI 13: In Lexington, sophomore quarterback Jeff Snead twice came of the bench to complete 12-of-19 passes including a 1 -yard touchdown pass and a completion for a 2-point conversion with 3:08 to play as Richmond beat Virginia Military 14-13 in a non-conference game. Richmond (1-1) survived a 42-yard field-goal atttempt by Wade Hopkins that was wide left with six seconds to play. Snead accounted for 122 of the Spider's 131 yards passing and engineered the 15-play, 71 -yard drive for the winning score. In the drive, Snead completed six-of-eight passes for 62 yards. Catamounts pounce early, hold on for 33-23 victory by Larry Gray SPORTS EDITOR Thursday night football in Cullowhee. Oh, what a glorious occasion. From the opening play till the last, Western's first victory of the season was action packed and full of excitement. In front of a big crowd at E.J. Whitmire Stadium and a nationally televised audience, the Catamounts pounced on the Buccaneers from East Tennessee State early and held on late in preserving a crucial 33-23 victory in their Southern Conference debut. The Catamounts took advantage of four costly Buc turnovers (3 fumbles, 1 interception) and 7 quarterback sacks in defeating the previously unbeaten team from Johnson City, Tennessee. Offensively, Western finally got the ball rolling after two difficult performances against N.C. State and South Carolina. The Catamounts primarily used basic power football, running inside and out; as tailbacks Darryl Jackson (16 carries, 155 yards, and 2 touchdowns) and Carlton Terry (17 carries, 72 yards) ran at will against the overwhelmed Buccaneer defense. WCU quarterback Todd Cottrell (7 completions in 14 attempts for 127 yards and a touchdown) started out slow in the first half before breaking the ice on a 69-yard pass play to split end Otis Washington early in the third quarter. Western wasted little time in scoring their first touchdown of the '88 season when on the first play from scrimmage, tailback Darryl Jackson took a pitch from Cottrell at the WCU 34-yard line and ran around right end, where he performed a phenomenal tight rope act along the sidelines and raced 66 yards untouched to the goal line. Reserve tight end Raymond Taylor made a key block when he took out two ETSU defenders in springing Jackson on the third longest run from scrimmage in WCU history. Clay Cox's extra-point conversion was good and Western led 7- 0. On Western's next possession, tailback Carlton Terry got his turn running at the Buccaneer defense, as he carried on 6 of 9 plays for 35 yards before the Catamounts were finally stopped at the East Tennessee 28-yard line. On 4th down, place-kicker Clay Cox connected on a 45-yard field goal, and WCU's lead grew to 10-0. ETSU returned the favor on their next possession as sopho- more quarterback Randy Meredith used short control type passes in moving the Buccaneers 38 yards in 9 plays before the Catamounts defense stiffened at their own 28-yard line. Buc place-kicker Wayland Sham- burger promptly matched Cox's WCU defensive end Geno Segers (99) turned it up a notch against the Buccaneers. (Br»dKimMyPi»to) 45-yarder with one of his own and Western's lead was cut to 10-3. After the ensuing kick- off, Western's offense was stopped on three plays, and Anthony Bare came on to punt from the WCU 45-yard line. Bare's punt looked as though it was going out-of-bounds around the ETSU 20-yard line, but Buccaneer returner Rodney Landreth tried to field the ball. And before Landreth could get See Cats next page # WCU's Jackson and Segers named Conference Players of the Week WCU Volleyball team looks to get back in its league SPORTS INFORMATION RELEASE . A big week for Western Carolina University's football team was topped off with the naming of two Catamounts as Southern Conference players of the week. Darryl Jackson was named the league's offensive player of the week and Geno Segers was tabbed conference defensive player of the week for their outstanding performances in WCU's 33-23 win over East Tennessee State last Thursday evening. The victory was the Catamounts' first after losses at North Carolina State and South Carolina and was viewed by millions via ESPN's national telecast. Jackson, a sophomore tailback, shocked East Tennessee State and electrified the crowd when he took a pitch from quarterback Todd Cottrell on the opening play from scrimmage and ran 66 yards for a touchdowa The Spencer, NC product finished the game with 155 yards on 16 carries and scored twice. He averaged 9.7 yards per carry in the game. "Darryl had his motor running," said Bob Waters, WCU's veteran head coach. "That touchdown run on the first play of the game gave us the lift we needed and set the tempo for the game. He gave the entire team confidence," he stated. Segers, a senior defensive end, figured in on 18 defensive plays - 15 tackles and three quarterback pressures that resulted in incomplete passes. He sacked ETSU's quarterbacks twice for 13 yards in losses and caused a fumble. The 6-3,239 pounder who was a preseason All-Southern Conference pick led WCU's defense that held ETSU scoreless on two drives inside the 10 yard line in the fourth quarter. "Our defense did a lot of bending, but did not break at critical points in the game and Geno was the man behind that effort. He came up with several big plays and his leadership was critical in those fourth quarter goal line stands," said Waters. Western Carolina will not see action this weekend. The Catamounts next game will be October 1 when The Citadel visits E.J. Whitmire Stadium for a Southern Conference game. SPORTS INFORMATION RELEASE Tough opponents, inexperience, and young players have thus far been the key phrases in describing Western Carolina University's 1988 women's volleyball season. As a result, the Cats own a 1-7 record following last week's play. Last Wednesday, WCU notched its first victory of the season by downing UNC- Asheville at WCU's Reid Gym, 15-18,15-7,6-15,15-6. The Cats followed that performance by traveling to the Raleigh/Durham area for three games as part of the Wolfpack Invitational. On Friday night in Durham, ACC-power Duke University defeated Western 7-15, 7-15, 16-14, 3-15. The action continued Saturday, as WCU lost in Raleigh to Pennsylvania (6-15, 15-3, 7-15, 10-15) and Morehead State (2-15, 8-15, 3-15). According to WCU head coach Trish Howell, the inexperience was partly to blame for the losses, but not entirely. "All three teams we saw this weekend were very good," she commented. "We did some good things as well as some very inexperienced things, but again, those were WCU Cross Country team gets off course at Clemson ■M.L.......;.-.v...v...v.v.-...v liitiiffllnirrliiiTiiil SPORTS INFORMATION RELEASE Western Carolina University's men's and women's cross country teams suffered a case of Murphy's Law last Saturday at Clemson, .SC. If it could go wrong, it did for WCU coach Danny Williamson, whose men's team finished last in the Clemson Invitational while the women's team failed to place. "It was not a good day for Western Carolina cross coun try," stated Williamson. "We had several people that did not perform as expected, and the pouring rain all day didn't help matters." Clemson took the top honors in the men's 8K event with 27 points, followed by Appalachian State (46), Florida State (57), and WCU (113). Shawn Leather- wood was Western's top finisher at 9th, running a time of 26:48. John White (23rd, 28:34) and Marty Stanley (24th, 28:38) had respectable runs as well. Western Carolina may have turned in a more encouraging performance were it not for losing five runners who strayed off course. "The course was not well marked for the people running back farther in the pack, and losing those five runners definitely hurt us," Williamson explained. "Things like that happen sometimes," he added. Tough luck also took its toll on the women's team, as two WCU athletes did not run because of illness. As a result, Western only fielded four runners in the women's 5K event. A minimum of five was necessary for the scores to count. "Our women who did run still did not perform as I expected them to," said Williamson, noting almost a three-minute dropoff for each performance. "I don't know if it was the rain or what, but we will get them straightened out and get better by the next meet." The Catamounts will have next weekend off to prepare for an Oct. 1 date at the Warren Wilson Invitational in Swannanoa, NC. WCU will be one of 17 teams competing in that event. "I don't think we were mentally prepared to run that last meet. That's one of the things we'll work at in practice. We're better than we showed in Clemson, and we're going to continue to work harder and show that we're better," promised Williamson. some really tough teams to play against." The week's matches saw some new leaders emerge among the Cats, most notably sophomore Regina Brown, who raised her team-leading kill average to 2.1. Katherine Thomas, who was sidelined due to knee surgery until the UNC-A match, has come on strong also and leads the team in hitting percentage at .263. "Regina probably played the best she's ever played at WCU. If she continues to play at this level, it could be a real plus for us," remarked Howell. "Katherine has also played well in her first week of action. She's a very sound player and will definitely be an asset to us." An early season suicide schedule that saw the Catamounts face much bigger schools on the road now gives way to a slate of teams with more comparable talents and assets. Western will travel to Southern Conference rival Appalachian State on Tuesday night, and will participate in the UNC-Charlotte Invitational this weekend. Opponents in that tournament will include Winthrop and Furman on Friday, and Coastal Carolina on Saturday. "This week should be a good test of what kind of team we will be, as we will be getting back to our level of competition," said Howell. "It's always tough to play in Boone. It takes a lot of mental preparation to play before their fans, but it seems we always play them tough. I think the ASU contest plus the weekend tournament matches are probably more important to us mentally than physically. Athletically we are in good shape, but it is sometimes tough to play confidently when you haven't won too many matches." The Cats will return home on Tuesday, September 27, when they face UT-Chattanooga in a 7:00 p.m. cemtest in Reid Gym.

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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