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Page 12 SPORTS The Clarion | September 9,2005 Head Baseball coach, athletic director resigns by Angelita Colon-Francia Asst. Dir. of Public Relations Brevard College’s head baseball coach and athletic director Gill Payne has re signed to take over as head baseball coach at Elizabethton High School in Elizabethton Tenn, “We wish him well and appreciate the job he’s done for the college,” said Brevard College President Drew Van Horn. Brevard College s baseball program has enjoyed success under Payne’s lead ership. He led squads to numerous post season accolades including an Appala chian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season championship, three AAC tourna ment championship titles, and a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Region XII championship. The college has already begun the search for Payne’s replacement. Volleyball beats Milligan by Brenda Skeffington Volleyball Coach The Women’s volleyball team de feated Milligan September 6,3-1 at Milligan The game scores were: 27-30,30-18 30-1Q 28-30. . w Jami Perry, a freshman setter from Brevard scored on 8 out of 11 setter at tacks and put up 40 set assists. Sandy Tabor lead the attackers with 19 kills and 11 blocks. Junior, Marquessa Chappell scored 9 kills and senior, Beth McGowan scored 8 kills. A College is ranked second in AAC this week. Freshman, Jami Perry was Conference (AAC) and All Region Setter of the week, last week Sandy Tabor lead the conference in block- mg and was second in the AAC in both kills and hitting percentage. Marquessa Chappell IS second in the Conference blocking and third in the conference in hit ting percentage. Brevard is cum:ntly 3-1. The next home against third seed U. Va. Wise at 6:30 pm. BC student competes in U.S. Open tennis tournament by Angelita Colon-Francia Asst. Dir. of Public Relations Brevard College freshman Elizabeth Williams will be one of 16 top athletes from around the globe to compete in the U.S. Open s inaugural Wheelchair Competition at the 2005 U.S. Open September 8-11 in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. She will compete in both the women’s singles and doubles events. “1 was thrilled, excited and a little ner vous when I found out my entry had been accepted,” said Williams. “1 think it will be amazing. I’m ready ” The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) an nounced in April that the U.S. Open would hold its first Wheelchair Tennis Competition. Athletes will compete in four events: men’s singles; women’s singles; men’s doubles; and women’s doubles. The U.S. Open Wheelchair Tennis Com- petition is an event on the international profes- sional wheelchair tour and is sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Competitors for the event will include top athletes from Australia, Great Britain France, the Netherlands and the U.S. Williams, who is from Durham, N C said she has faced several of the women players she will play in the Open in the past but that it was some time ago She said she maintained her regular training routine since arriving at Brevard and has been able to tram with the college’s head ennis coach, Paul Thomson, prior to head ing to the Open. th. rS internationally by TF. Her major achievements include being a member of the 2005 U.S.A. World the 2002 and 2003 U.S^A National Junior Wheelchair Tennis Cup team at ‘Les Petits As’ in Tarbes ranee. She has also earned two USTA Natmnal Championship Gold Balls and two Sllve'^Banr Mwmi Elizabeth Wiliams Four American men and five American women will represent the United States in the U.S. Open Wheelchair Tennis Compe tition. The U.S. men will be led by No. 13 Derek Bolton of Nashville, Tenn.; No. 27 Lee Hinson, currently residing in Austra lia; No. 33 Paul Walker of Lakeland, Fla.; and No. 36 Lan^ Quintero of San Antonio, Texas, a 2004 Paralympic competitor. The women will be represented by No. 12 Beth Amoult-Ritthaler of Kula, Hawaii; No. 17 Williams; No. 22 Karin Korb of Atlanta, Ga., a two-time Paralympian; No. 27 Jan Proctor of Delray Beach, Fla.; and No. 57 Kaitlyn Verfuerth of Chino, Calif, a 2004 Paralympic competitor Franklin R. Johnson, chairman of the board and president of the USTA, said in a statement that the com petition will provide a high- profile showcase for wheel chair tennis on one of the grandest stages in sports. “Tennis is truly the most in clusive of sports,” Franklin said, “and this new initiative at the U.S. Open reinforces our ongoing commitment to recognize the talents of those competing in wheel chair tennis at the highest levels.” Bom with spina bifida, Williams is a competitive athlete. She fell in love with the game of tennis and started playing at the age of five. She entered her first tennis tourna ment at age 13. That same year she won her first professional match. She also competes in wheelchair bas ketball, and whitewater canoeing and kayaking. In 2001, she took home a bronze medal from the U.S. National Open Boat Whitewater Races on the Catawba River near Morganton, N.C. Although Williams is just beginning to settle into life as a college freshman, her parents felt it was important for her to com pete at the U.S. Open’s inaugural competi" tion. “We were concerned about Liz miss ing school right off,” said her father, Duke, “but this is the first time the U.S. Open has offered a wheelchair competition. This is a big deal.”
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