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  • Thursday, February 131997 Sports Silte Upturn Carolinian Cats Fall to 3-3 Despite Hot Hitting BRYAN SHARPE SFORTS EDITOR The Catamount baseball team fell to 3-3 this past weekend despite swinging the bats Well. Western dropped Friday's game to Old Dominion, 16-10. The Cats went on to win Saturday's match-up with Virginia Commonwealth, 11-6, be-* fore losing again on Sunday to East Carolina, 5-4. The Cats participated in the Colonial-Southern Challenge in Charleston, S.C WCU, Appalachian State and The Citadel from the Southern Conference each played Old Dominion, VCU, and ECU once, who represented the Colonial Athletic Association. Against Old Dominion the Cats started out quickly, jumping out to a 3-0 lead. However, the Monarchs, participants in last year's NCAA Tournament, scored ten unanswered runs.* Western was unable to recover from that point on, despite posting ten runs. Shortstop Chris Moore and designated hitter J.P. Burwell each had three hits, and first baseman Alex Tolbert drove in three runs in the 16-10 defeat. Western continued its hot hitting, tallying 19 hits on the afternoon for a 11-6 win over VCU. Junior left-hander Brian Bain started for the Cats and picked up the win, giving up three runs in five innings. Moore continued to provide a consistent bat, picking up four hits, including three RBIs. Tolbert added a two-run homer and transfer catcher Frankie Ward posted "four hits and two RBIs. Chris Waters, a junior righthander, picked up the save, allowing only one hit through two and two-thirds innings. The third and final game of the series for the Cats pitted them against ECU. Western once again found themselves up early in the baseball game by a score of 3-0. However, thanks to Western stranding 14 runners on base, hitting into three costly double plays allowed ECU to comeback from the 3-0 deficit for a 5-4 win. Jeremy Bruce, a transfer third baseman and Burwell led the Catamount offensive attack with three hits each. "Our weekend was filled with ups and downs," said Head Coach Keith LeClair. "I couldn't expect more from our bats, but our defense and pitching were sporadic. Hopefully, when we start playing some mid-week games, we'll be able to develop some consistency." The Catamounts so far this season are hitting an outstanding .354 average, including scoring seven runs a game. Two players are hitting over .500 for the year, Bruce at .526 and Moore at .500 with eight RBIs. Other batting averages to note are Burwell at .455 and Tolbert, the pre-season Southern Conference Player of the Year, who is hitting a solid .391 with nine RBIs for the season. Some pitching standouts to note are Waters, who has not given up a run in two appearances, and right hander Donnie Suttles, who has had only one base runner cross home plate while he has occupied the mound. Western will be home this weekend for a three game series with Wright State University. This will make the fifth time in a row that Wright State has opened up their baseball season in Cullowhee. A double header is slated for Saturday at noon with the third game to be played on Sunday with the first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m. PHOTO TERRY K. ROBERTS/WC Coach Keith LeClair, and Co-Captains Clark Maxwell, JP Burwell, and Alexander Tolbert Buzzer Proves to be Difference in ASU's Victory Over WCU CHAD GARRETT STAFF WRITER Western Carolina suffered one of the most frustrating kinds of losses when Junior BrasweU \\t a three- pointer well aitevAhe buzzer to give Appalachian State University a 68-66 win on a controversial call. WesVm's Kerry Wright, made a lay-up with only five ticks on the clock to give the Cats a one-point lead. Appalachian immediately called a time-out to set up the winning shot by Braswell. Braswell led the Moun- taineers(10-12, 5-5) with a game-high 26 points; he also came up with four steals. The only other Mountaineer in double figures was Tige Darner, who managed 13 points. The first half was very evenly played. Although Appalachian led most of the half, the team never led by more than seven, and there were six lead changes and seven ties. The Mountaineers pushed the lead to seven with 7:19 to go before intermission, but the Cats quickly retaliated. WCU went on a 7-0 run over the next minute and 50 seconds to tie the game on a jumper by Jarvis Graham, who scored all eight of his points in the first half. From there, neither team enjoyed more than a two-point lead in a seesaw finish to the first half. When the horn sounded to indicate the end of the half, the score was tied at 36. Appalachian came out of the locker room on fire as they canned a trio of three- pointers during a 13-2 run to give the Mountaineers an 11- point lead. After a time-out at the 14:04 mark, the Cats began to chip away at the ASU lead. A dunk by Bobby PYviuips cut tY\e \ead to three with 9:39 to go, but Western could get no closer until the final minutes. Another dunk, this time by Wright, and two free throws by Scott Scholtz tied the game with 50 seconds left. This set up the unfortunate ending to an incredible game between two bitter rivals. Graham picked up his third personal foul with 39 seconds to go and Kareem Livingston hit one of two free throws to give ASU a one- point lead. The Cats took the ball up the court and worked it in for what appeared to be the game winner by Wright. After a time-out, Braswell hit the jumper, and the Cats had to take the loss. Some WCU fans thought the winning basket came after the buzzer, not before, but it counts as an ASU win. Bobby Phillips led Western (10-12,3-7) with 16 points, and Kerry Wright turned in a solid performance with 13 points and five rebounds. Scott Scholtz also played well inside for the Cats, ripping down six rebounds and scored 10 points. "We have to get this game out of our system, and I think we will," said Phil Hopkins when asked about the controversial call that ended the game. WCU hosts conference foe Virginia Military Insti •' ■ ite Lady Cats Fall to Furman BRYAN SHARPE SPORTS EDITOR This past Saturday the ^ady Cats played Southern Con- erence leader Furman close for me half before going down in iefeat 80-66 on the road in reenville, S.C. Furman ex- :ended its home unbeaten streak or the season to eight games. The Lady Paladins, who vere picked by many basketball experts to finish near the base- nent of the Southern Conference, now find themselves on op, posting a 9-2 conference •ecord. The Lady Catamounts vere also picked to be near the bottom of the Southern Conference. After starting conference jlay strong, Western ran into a ittle bad luck, losing freshman sensation Willow Russell. Russell missed her fifth straight jame Saturday because she is still nursing a shoulder injury md a stress fracture in her foot. Ihe freshman standout had averaged 13 points and eight rebounds per game for the Lady Zatamounts, including being lamed the Southern Conference ^layer of the Week during the second week of the season. Despite this misfortune, it ooked early on like the Lady Zats would give Furman all they :ould handle, as they went into he locker room trailing only 36- 52. However, the Lady Paladins nanaged to put a little breathing ■oom between themselves and he Lady Cats during a 15-7 run o stretch their lead to 51-39. Western could not get any :loser than nine points for the •est of the game. Furman build a 17-point lead before finally win- ling by a 14-point spread. Western was led by senior juard Pam Owens, who scored 18 points. Karen Mason had 14 joints, and LaSha Jackson also scored 14 points, along with grabbing a tgam-high six rebounds. 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