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Western Carolinian Volume 65 (66) Number 27 (28)

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  • CaroliniaN Totally Biased Catamount Coverage April IS. 2001 Cubs Tapani Gets Catamount Clubbed Page 14 Diamond Cats Survive Bucs Barrage WCU Surrenders Double-digit Hits Yet Takes Two of Three By Cory Habicht Asst. Sports Editor Western Carolina captured its fourth-straight league series last weekend against East Tennessee State at Hennon Stadium. After stealing the opening game 9-8, the Cats finished off the three-game set with an 8-7 victory on the strength of Donovan Minero's bat. WCU (19-19, 12-8) held off a late- inning surge by the Bucs (15-23,7-11) to win the rubber match of the weekend series 8-7. Minero led the offensive attack for the Catamounts with a career-high five RBIs. ETSU got on the board first by plating two against Western starting pitcher and eventual winner Ryan Basner (4-6). The Cats answered in the bottom half of the inning when Minero blasted his 12th home run of the season, a three-run shot, to give his squad their first lead of the day." The Bucs came back in the very to break the game open. In the bottom half of the fourth, freshman Michael Roane and freshman Todd Roper led off the scoring with back-to-back doubles to plate the first run. Roper then moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sophomore Rod Goldston ground out. Sophomore Todd Buchanan kept the inning alive with a two- out single and was doubled in by Minero to give the Catamounts a 6-3 lead. The Cats would add two more and enter the ninth with a comfortable 8-4 lead. East Tennessee would put up three runs in the ninth and had a runner on second before reliever sophomore Ryan Foster forced a ground out to end the game. photo by Mark Haskett/OPI ,,. c. . , , 7, Junior Ryan Schade hit Ms first home run of the season Mlnero finished the game in Friday's 9-8 win over ETSU. Schade had 5 RBIs in going 2-for-4 With five RBIs and the victory. a run. Goldston and Roane both next inning with a single run to knot notched three hits in four appearances, the score at three before Western began scoring three runs between them. Basner earned his fourth win of the year with a season-high seven and a third innings pitched. He gave up four runs, all earned, and struck out one. Foster earned his third save of the season in the relief effort. Junior Ryan Schade had a five RBI- effort of his own Friday afternoon as Western kicked off the series with a 9- 8 triumph. Goldston served as the hero, however, as he pulled back a bunt and singled to left to drive in Roper for the game-winning run in the bottom half of the eighth. ETSU jumped out to an early lead, taking a 6-2 lead after their half of the fourth, on the strength of two straight two-run innings. The Cats would finally awaken in the fifth inning, scoring four runs to knot the score at seven runs a piece. After Alan Beck reached on an error and scored on a passed ball, Schade hit his first career home run, a three-run Cats Beat Misplaced Pirates continued on page 15 Lady Cats Finish Sixth in Shortened SoCon Championships By Daniel Hooker Sports Editor The Western Carolina Lady Catamount golf team fell from fifth to sixth on the second-day of the competition, which became the final round of play Tuesday in the Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship in Boone. A light dusting of snow at the 6,007-yard Hound Ears Country Club course forced the three-day tourney to be shortened to 36 holes. The Furman University Lady Paladins took the lead on the first day of competition, shooting a team-round of 303, holding on to take its eighth- straight Southern Conference team crown FU has never lost a conference championship. UNC Greensboro finished second, 17 strokes behind the Paladins, with a two-day total of 637. College of Charleston (652), East Tennessee State (671), and Appalachian State (674) rounded out the top five finishers in the championship. The Lady Catamounts shot a first day 330, good enough for fifth-place in front of both Appalachian State and Wofford. However, WCU managed a 347 on the second day, five- strokes behind fifth-place ASU, relegating the Lady Cats to sixth-place, two-round total of 677. Western Carolina finished two strokes in front of the Lady Terriers of Wofford College. The 2001 final finishing order was the same as a year ago. Head coach Steve Lott was pleased with the performance. "It was a well hosted tournament," said Lott. "After the first day, we were right there in reach. But the wind got to us on Monday. We were disappointed with our play then." He added, "All in all, though, it was a pretty good More on Women's Golf see page 1 showing." FU's Jennifer Perri won the individual title, shooting a two-day total of 149 (76, 73). Her second-round total of 73 was the lowest of the entire tournament. Greensboro's Jessica Fought shot a 152, finishing second. Individually for the Lady Cats, freshman Rebecca Twiner was one-stroke off the lead with a 77, leaving her in a four-way tie for second after the first day of play. Twiner finished in 15th, slipping with an 89 on the second-day to finish at 166. Junior Mary Faulk finished one-stroke behind Twiner in a tie for 16th with a 167 (79,88). Senior Suzanne Shipley completed the tourney in a tie for 18th with a 169, and sophomore teammate Shelley Glenister placed 32nd, shooting 91 and 89 (180). Freshman Kristin Jarman shot the best second-round total for the Lady Cats with an 84. But her first-round 98 resulted in a 182, tied for 33rd. WCU Results 15 - Rebecca Twiner 77 - 89 - 166 T16 - Mary Faulk 79 - 88 - 167 T18 - Suzanne Shipley 83 - 86 - 169 32 - Shelley Glenister 91-89- 180 T33 - Kristin Jarman 98 - 84 - 182 6th" - Western Carolina 330 - 342 -671
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