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Volume 58 Number 5 Sports The Western Carolinian Page 7 Thursday. September 10. 1992 Cats pound Lions in season opener Derek Smolik How about those undefeated Western Carolina Catamounts? It was definitely a strong showing this weekend against Mars Hill. Though the undefeated part is not likely to last past Saturday afternoon, I'll enjoy it while I can. Coach Hodgin was very upbeat when I interviewed him this week. But he knows about the test ahead of him this weekend. Georgia Tech was ranked as high as 18th in recent national polls. They are also just two years removed from their national championship season. For those of you that did not know, our own Terry Boyd has been invited to the Charlotte Hornets preseason camp in October. Next week I will have a write-up on this story. Intramurals have started for those of you who haven't been keeping up. And in the spirit of true participation I competed in the recent Intramural Bowling Tournament. It was, surprising, not too bad. I averaged 131, good for 11th place out of 29 and just edged out that incredible bowler and (better) baseball player Scott Lyman. I also competed in the Intramural tennis tournament, but lostto aPike named Jack 6-2. Incidentally, I must congratulate the winners of the tournament, David Lovin, who averaged 157, and Con Collins, who averaged 154 to be the runner up. I must say guys, it definitely looks like you've picked up a bowling ball in the last four months, unlike me. Coming up this week in intramurals is the women's tennis "doubles" tournament on Tuesday at 4 P.M. on the lower courts. Also the women's badminton "singles" tournament will occur on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 P.M. at the Reid Gym Main Floor. Also here is the Preseason Softball Poll: Men 1.69er's'A' 2. Sigma Phi Epsilon 'A' 3. Kappa Alpha 'A' 4. Hooterville Express 5. Cold Chillin 6. Big Yammies 7. Sons of Mayberry 8. Sigma Phi Epsilon 'B' 9. Pi Kappa Phi 'A' 10. Pi Lambda Phi 'A Women l.ROTC 2. Chaos 3. Phi Mu 4. Alpha Chi Omega 5. Zeta Tau Alpha Though I hate to say it, I feel obligated to congratulate the Citadel for their play this weekend. They pulled an incredible upset beating Arkansas 10-3, helping to prove that the Southern Conference is not a pushover. Incidentally, an interesting sidebar to the story is that the day after the game the head coach of Arkansas left by "mutual agreement ;' I assume that the only thing that was mutual about the agreement was that he was leaving. Well see ya' for now. I made this request before and I'll make it again, I'd like to get some feedback on this column. If you like it or hate it, think that it's better than the previous column or worse, just let me know. I know that all of my friends like it, but they won't say what they really think anyway. Tell me what you think. I really want to know. I don't mind criticism or praise (prefer praise), so tell me the truth. The various opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily the opinions of the Western Carolinian or its staff. Derek Smolik Sports Editor Western Carolina University's football team rolled the yardage and points on offense while the defense kept Mars Hill in check throughout as the Cats pounded the Lions 42-6. The Cats surprised even Coach Steve Hodgin with their proficiency in both passing and rushing, outgaining the Lions 446-236. "I was surprised that we did so well through the air, although we knew that we needed to pass more this season," Hodgin commented. Western came fast out the gates as they went 65 yards in 9 plays, culminating in a one yard dive by fullback Marcus Roberts. Thekeyplayofthedrivewasa41 yard pass from quarterback Lonnie Galloway to receiver Kerry Hayes that moved the Cats down to the Lion eight yard line. Mars Hill came right back on the ensuing kickoff though. Charlie Harbison took Phillip Shirley' s kickoff back 87 yards to the Catamount five yard line. The Cat defense held firm though, and the Lions were forced to settle for a field goal cutting the lead to 7-3. "The special teams is something we're going to have to work on, but I feel that our nucleus is solid," Hodgin stated. The Cats came back again soon after that with a 42 yard scoring drive keyed by Tailback Kevin Thigpen's running. Thigpen ran for 33 of the yards including the final four yards to extend the lead to 14-3. Mars Hill's special teams which had given them an early boost, gave the Cats a bigger one on the kick-off. Mars Hill fumbled the ball on their own 27 and Chris Houston recovered for the Cats. Five Carolinian photo by Mark Mitchell Quarterback Lonnie Galloway heads for the goal line during first half action against Mars Hill College on Saturday night He ran the ball nine yards to the Mars Hill one-yard line. plays later Thigpen took the ball in from the five for his second touchdown of the game and a 21-3 lead. Thigpen finished with 118 yards on 24 carries for a 4.9 yard per carry. "He (Thigpen) had 40 yards after first hit...That's the kind of thing that can turnover program around," Hodgin said. The Lions added a field goal with 5:05 left in the half to cut the 21-6. The Cats increased the lead to 28-6 on a six yard pass from Galloway to tight end Andrew Jordan. The key plays of the drive were passes from Galloway to split end Craig Aiken of 20 and 37 yards. To start off the second half, Chad Greene replaced Galloway as quarterback. On the first drive of the second half, the Cats moved into Mars Hill territory, but had to punt. On their second series of the half, WCU moved 59 yards in 7 plays to extend their lead to 35-6. The touchdown came on a 26 yard scoring pass from Greene to fullback Harold Hines. The Cats last touchdown came on a 73 yard touchdown pass from Greene to Hayes. That brought the score to the final tally of 42-6. The game was played in a near constant rain shower which led to many slips, slides, and eight fumbles. The Cats travel to Atlanta to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at 1 pm Saturday afternoon. Clemson edges Western in close match David Driscoll Sports Writer Carolinian photo by Robb Hill Jennifer Ross tries to put the ball past two Clemson defenders during action in the first game of Tuesday night's match in Reid Gym. Season opens Saturday Cross country team hosts McDonald's Invite Derek Smolik ...n....n.: i»_. « ^ .. Derek Smolik Sports Editor Western Carolina Universities men's and women's Cross Country teams open their season this Saturday by hosting the McDonald's WCU Invitational Cross Country Meet. The teams who will participate in the meet, besides WCU are East Tennes see State University, Furman, Georgia, UNC Greensboro, Winthrop, and for the women, Tennessee. "This Sat. should give us a good starting point. There will be good, stiff competition there," Head Coach Danny Williamson said. "Cross country" See Pg. 8 Western Carolina's volleyball team played competitively against the Lady Tigers of Clemson, but fell short of getting a win Tuesday night at Reid Gym. After winning two straight matches against Nicholls State and Campbell, Western seemed to have the momentum needed to win against Clemson. The Catamounts and the Tigers traded off points early in the match, but neither team could pull away. With the score 9-6 in favor of the Cats, Western reeled off five straight points on the serve of Jennifer Ross to take a 14-6 lead. The Cats stalled there needing only a point to win game one. The Lady Tigers would not allow the Cats to score any more points that game though, and Clemson scored ten straight points to overtake Western and win the game 16- 14. Western started out slowly in the second game as Clemson outscored the Cats 5 -1 early on. After three straight points on Ross's serve, the Cats took their first lead of the game at 8-7. Clemson came right back scoring seven straight points to make the score 14-8. Like the Tigers in the previous game the Cats came back. They were able to close to 14-13, but they lost the serve and Clemson scored the last point to make the final 15-13. "I think that we did a fine job of hangingin with them," commented coach Trish Howell. In game three the Catamounts took an early lead of 5-2 over Clemson. The Lady Tigers came right back as they scored six straight points to take a 8-5 lead. Western scored the next two points to cut the lead to 8-7, but the Tigers scored four straight points to take a commanding 12-7 lead. The teams then traded off two points each to put Clemson on the verge of winning at 14-9. The Cats came right back though, scoring three straight points to close the gap to 14-12. They were unable to get any more as the lady Tigers scored the next poi nt to end the game and the match. Coach Howell was impressed with the play of freshman setter, Kristin Baxter, who only made three errors during the match and had 22 assists. She replaced senior AnnMarie Alvarez who made four errors, while only having one kill in the first game. She did not return after that. Senior Angell Kirkpatrick, outside hitter, had six kills and no errors. In 1991 Kirkpatrick lead the team in blocks and service aces. She also had six kills for the match, and a team high .316 attack percentage. The attack percentage is determined by subtracting errors from kills and then dividing that number by the total number of attempts. The team's attack percentage for the match was .085. "We need to bring that up (the attack percentage). We won't be able to beat the teams in our conference much less a team like Clemson with a percentage like that," Howell also commented. Three Clemson players Julie Marx, Kristy Tonks, and Megan McEnery all not only hit over .300, but hit over .400, led by Marx's .467. Marx had nine kills, a team high and only two errors. Tonks had eight kills and no errors. As a team Clemson hit .227 for the match. Clemson also only had 21 errors to Western's 33, Clemson also had more kills than Western (48-45). Returning player Katherine Thomas, also an outside hitter, had 17 kills, seven errors, and 46 attacks. She was selected as the most valuable player on last years squad. "We didn't take advantage of our opportunities to win, we hurt ourselves," Howell said. "We played well even though the Clemson team was stronger and more experienced." The Cats play against Converse University next at 7 p.m. Friday night in Reid Gym. Saturday, they play two matches one against Mercer at 11 a.m. and another against Radford at 5 p.m. Next Tuesday the Cats play East Tennessee State University in their first conference opponent though the game is not counted in the conference standings. "I think that this game will be a good indicator of where we stand in the conference this season," Howell said.

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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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