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The Western Carolinian Page 6 Thursday, April 1, 1993 Sports Volume 58 Number 24 Views From The Pressbox Derek Smolik Baseball Rules The Cats have won the Southern Conference Baseball Championship - not! But they did take two out of three games from one of the top teams in the Southern Conference in Georgia Southern. The Cats' pitching dominated the Eagles throughout the series, allowing no earned runs (and that is not an April Fool's joke!). But strangely enough the Cats powerful bats remained silent for most of the series. The Cats entered the series with the top hitting squad in the Southern Conference, but could only total 14 hits in the series. The Cats also scored a mere six earned runs over the weekend. Head Coach Keith LeClair said that "Things are starting to fall into place" for the Cats. He also said that he wasn't disappointed with this weekend's performance overall, but "disappointed that we didn't play better Sunday. Ump gets my ire Normally I don' tcomplain about the umps, but hey, this was no normal week and I'm feeling giddy. It was the top of the ninth with the Eagles up 2-0, no outs, and Scott Lyman at the plate. With the count 1-2, the Eagles' ace reliever Paul Thornton hit Lyman with an inside pitch. That's when all the "fun" started. I saw a call that I had never seen before. The umpire called Lyman back to the plate for stepping into the pitch. Now this was after Thornton had almost hit Lyman earlier and the fact that Lyman usually leans into the plate a little. Needless to say, LeClair voiced his opinion (rather loudly) to the home plate umpire for about two minutes before he was finally tossed from the game. Thornton went on to strikeout both Lyman and Phillip Grundy before getting Mike Tidick to foul out to end the game. Along the way, he almost hit all three batters and was given some very generous calls along the way. Let's just hope he isn't at the conference tournament. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opin ions of The Western Carolinian. Pitching leads Western past Eagles Derek Smolik Sports Editor Pitching led the way for the Cats as they took two out of three from the Georgia Southern Eagles last weekend in Statesboro, GA to take sole possesion of first place in the conference. Going into the series, the Cats had a 1/2 game lead on the second place Eagles, but they now enjoy a 1 and 1/2 game lead on GSU and a three game lead on third place Citadel and ETSU (both 6-4). Georgia Southern was picked to win the Southern Conference title for the second straight year. This was also the second straight year that the Cats beat the Eagles in the regular season series. Head Coach Keith LeClair was upbeat about the Cats position in the conference saying, "We control our own destiny." "Hopefully this will put us in position for the Southern Conference (regular season) championship," LeClair also said. The Cats had been led by their hot hitting going into the series, but it was their pitching which stood out in the series. The Cat pitchers did not allow an earned run in 24 innings against the Eagles. Along the way, Joe Jack Sellers (3- 2) and Jason Beverlin (5-0) pitched complete game victories. Saturday's first game was a pitchers duel as Sellers and Eagles starter Jim Carragher both held the team's offenses in check for six innings. But the Cats finally broke through in the top of the seventh inning. Rob Doherty led off the inning with a double down the right field line. With Dan Derosia pinch running for Doherty, Scott Lyman singled in front of right fielder Todd Greene. Derosia moved to third on the play, bringing up designated hitter Phillip Grundy. Grundy broke the scoreless tie with a high and long fly ball that just stayed in the park for a sacrafice fly, scoring Derosia. Sellers quietly set the Eagles down in the bottom of the ninth for the complete game victory. Sellers allowed five hits and walked two, but was helped by three double-plays. He also struck out three batters in the game. The team also did not commit an error in the game. In the nightcap, Jason Beverlin had his best outing of the season, allowing just three hits, two walks, and one earned run, while striking out six Eagle batters. The Cats got started quickly in the second with two runs in the first SC Standings (Through 3/28) Conf. Overall W. L W. L WCU 10 2 15 12 GSU 8 3 20 10 Citadel 6 4 15 14 ETSU 6 4 9 8 Marshall 6 5 6 8 Davidson 3 5 7 14 ASU 3 5 4 13 Furman 3 8 13 9 VMI 2 9 8 13 Last Week s WCU Results: 3/25 WCU 11 UNC-Asheville 4 3/27 WCU 1, 6 GSU 0, 1 3/28 GSU 2 WCUO 3/31 at Winthrop - rained out inning. Rodney Hennon singled to start the game and was moved to second on Doherty's sacrafice. Doherty reached first on the throw to second. Scott Lyman grounded out to the pitcher to move the runners to second and third. Grundy came up next and promptly brought them in with a single to left, giving the Cats a 2- Olead. Western extended their lead in the third with two more runs. Lyman tripled over the centerfielders head and was brought in on a Grundy single. Two batters later, Grundy came in on a single by Eric Whitson. From there on the Cats cruised behind Beverlin's pitching with the Eagles only run coming in on a dropped fly ball. The Cats scored two more runs in the fifth to put the game out of reach at 6-1. Sunday's game was another pitcher's duel with Grundy and Ronald Stanford matching each other pitch-for-pitch. Grundy developed a blister on his throwing hand mid-way through the game, but went 6 and 2/3 innings before leaving the game. In the seventh the Eagles finally broke through against the Cats. With one out Kevin Hallman singled to right, Greene followed with a walk. Grundy got Willando Ficklin to grounnd out for the second out. But, Bryan Wiggins hit a sharp grounder to Rodney Hennon that he couldn't handle allowing two runners to score and giving the Eagles a lead that they wouldn't relinquish at 2-0. OPI Pholo fry Mark Haskell WCU second baseman Rodney Hennon prepares to take a swing for the Cats in recent action. WCU Rugby team beaten by Appalachian State 26-8; Cone resigns as women's basketball coach Derek Smolik Sports Editor Janet Cone, the women's head basketball coach at Western Carolina for the last three years resigned from the position effective immediately. Cone, a 37-year-old native of Summerville, SC, replaced Dr. Tony Baldwin, who resigned after coaching the Cats for five seasons to take a position as a public schools administrator in Buncombe County. Cone posted a 4-23 record in her first year, followed by a 6-22 record in 1991-92, and a 7-20 record last season. Larry Travis, WCU's athletic director said that the search for a new women's head basketball coach will begin immediately. "I appreciate Coach Cone's efforts to move our women's basketball program forward and I'm sorry the wins and losses didn't reflect progress towards our goal of being competitive in the Southern Conference," said Travis. "She is a fine person and I wish her the best in whatever she chooses to do." Cone came to WCU from Mars Hill College in August, 1990 where she had served as the head women's basketball and volleyball coach for four years. S he replaced Dr. Tony Baldwin, who resigned after five seasons at WCU to become a public school administrator in Buncombe, County. "We had a lot of victories that did not show up in the won-lost column," said Cone. "We are very proud of the type of student-athlete we recruited and these young ladies represented Western Carolina University in a very positive manner on and off the basketball court. We had an academic All-American selection last year and several Southern Con ference All-Academic players every season." Lori Lyons was named to the GTE Academic All-American team third team) last year. Lyons, Amy McEntire, and Regina Dunlap were all named to the Southern Conference Academic honor roll for the 1991-92 season. Cone also successfully recruited five freshman last year that are expected to be the nucleus of the team for the future. The freshmen, Jennifer Adams, Laveta Bissinger, Alicia Britain, Kristy Garrett, and Karin Seaman all saw action this year and are expected to see more next year with the graduation of several starters from this year's team. "I think we have built a solid foundation and will help WCU to be successful in terms of wins and losses in the near future," added Cone. Curtis Metzger Sports Writer' The WCU Rugby Team lost a muddle battle 26-8 to Appalachian State this past Saturday . The Cats, coming off a' 26- 10 victory over Towson State, got off to a slow start and were down 24-0 by the end of the first half. "They keyed in on our mistakes," said Rugby President Ron Venturella. ASU got off to an early lead and were leading 14-0 midway through the first half. The mountaineers kept things going with two more tries, but the extra point on the first one was taken away due to an infraction by the kicker and the next one hit the upright and missed. That left things at half time 24-0. After the five minute half- time intermission, the Cats seemed like a new team by winning many of the scrums and dominating much of the play from then on. "The ball stayed on their half of the field in the second half of the game," said Venturella. Shell Pierce scored three- points on a field goal following a" Mountaineer penalty. Venturella" scored Western's only try of the game- and had to zulu. Pierce attempted a drop-kick, but the muddy conditions' caused his foot to slip . "Once we figured out how to play them, we were able to control the game," said Venturella. 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