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The Clarion \ March 18,2011
Mental mistakes aid Eagles in win over Tornados
Cycling team opens spring
season at Georgia Tech
Led by Corey Meyer’s strong weekend, the
Tornados cycling team opened up the 2011
spring road season at Georgia Tech, taking on
riders from more than 19 different institutions
throughout the two day event.
The Brevard Men’s A Team took fifth place
in the opening event of the weekend, the
Team Time Trial, as they took on national
powerhouse Lees-McRae, as well as Florida
and Cumberland. The Men’s B Team finished
second in their heat as the Tornados got off to
a strong weekend.
In the road race on Saturday, Meyer narrowly
missed out on a top ten finish, coming in 11th in
the field in the Men’s A bracket. Joining Meyer
in the top 15 was Michael Palevo as he finished
13 th overall in the event. Marshal Hartley joined
the duo with a 27th place finish, while two BC
riders were unable to finish the course.
Caleb Welbom led the way for Brevard in
the Men’s B division, finishing on the podium
in third place overall behind riders from Lees-
McRae and Mars Hill. Keith Marek added a 13th
place result, while Brandon Milet also was in
the top 20, coming in 18th.
Sunday’s road race saw improvement all
across the board as three Tornados finished in
the top 11 overall in the Men’s A Group. Meyer
narrowly missed on the podium finish, coming
sixth overall, while Palevo finished eighth
overall after recording a DNF on the first day.
Scott Hoffner rounded out the top finishers,
coming in 11th, while Bryan Underwood and
Hartley also placed well in the event.
Welbom was back on the podium on Sunday,
finishing fourth overall and Milet joined him
in the top 10, coming in ninth in the Men’s B
Group. Marek added a 12th place finish as the
Tornados closed out their opening weekend of
the road race season.
Brevard continues their spring schedule on
March 26-27 as they travel down to Clemson,
S.C. to take part in an event hosted by Clemson
University.
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By Jermichael Tanner
Staff Writer
The Brevard College baseball team put forth
stellar efforts in Saturday’s match up against
Carson-Newman, bringing in 7 runs, and
striking out 9 batters in all, in the two losses by
scores of 10-4 and 8-3.
In the first game, the Tornados were ahead 3-2
at the bottom of the first, but fell to the Eagles
10-4 as they scored nine unanswered runs.
Ry an Fillers pitched six innings for the Eagles
and was credited with his first win of the season.
While sophomore pitcher Brennan Daniels was
served only his second loss of the season.
Junior transfer, Randy O’Dell held his own
offensively bringing in three of the four runs
scored by the Tornados, but it just wasn’t enough
to hold off the Eagles.
In the second game of the day, the five Brevard
By Jordan Tager
Staff Writer
You can see them burning around the track,
flying down a wooded trail, or just coasting
through campus. The BC cross country and
track team is in season year around, but now
that spring is here they’re preparing for their
outdoor track racing season.
This year’s track team consists of mainly
freshmen with a few upperclassmen. These
individuals have been training hard under world
renowned coach Jack Daniels.
Daniels’ training system proved to be
successful already for the young runners last
Baseball
BC 4, Lenoir-Rliyne 7
L Mar 4
BC 10, Lenoir-Rliyne 6
W Mar 5
BC, Lenoir-Rliyne
RO Mar 6
BC 6, Winston-Salem State 2
W Mar 8
Wilkes CC, BC
RO Mar 9
Carson-Newman 14, BC 1
L Mar 11
Carson-Newman 10, BC 4
L Mar 12
Carson-Newman 8, BC 3
L Mar 12
Erskine 11, BC 12
W Mar 16
Men's Tennis
East Stroudsburg 0, BC 8
W Mar 6
Chestnut Hill 0, BC 9
W Mar 7
Millersville 3, BC 6
W Mar 8
Bloomsburg, BC
RO Mar 10
Palm Beach Atlantic 1, BC 8
W Mar 11
College errors were the deciding factor in the
loss, as the errors lead to six runs.
Sophomore pitcher Joseph Lepore took the
loss at the mound for the Tornados as he gave
up six hits, and struck out five.
Senior outfielder Ronald Patterson was a huge
asset on offense as he contributed to two of the
Tornados three runs in the second game.
The Eagles would score two more runs to end
the game by a final score of 8-3.
Defensive mistakes were the cause of the
Tornados’ troubles, according to Patterson. “We
are working hard in practice, and putting in extra
work outside of practice to ensure the same
mistakes won’t happen again,” said Patterson.
According to Patterson, the Tornados still
have a positive outlook on the remainder of
the season, and they hope to get back to their
winning ways as they approach conference play
in the all mighty SAC.
fall when they held their own as a nearly all
freshmen team in the experienced SAC.
This group of young Tornado athletes has been
training together six days a week throughout the
year The Tornados will put their training to the
test this Friday, March 18 at the 49er Track and
Field Classic, hosted by UNC-Charlotte.
“I am excited to run my first collegiate 1500
meter dash at the 49er Classic, especially against
such a talented field of athletes,” said Freshmen
team member Chris Shore. “I would like to break
4:30 in this event.”
For now the Tornados are only racing in
middle distance specialties and long distance
events.
Softball
Davis and Elkins 0, BC 8
W Mar 8
Davis and Elkins 3, BC 6
W Mar 8
Virginia Intermont, BC
RO Mar 9
BC 3, Coker College 2
W Mar 11
BC 3, Francis Marion 0
W Mar 12
BC 0, Rollins 8
L Mar 12
BC 3, Hillsdale 0
W Mar 13
BC 0, Armstrong Atlantic 7
L Mar 13
Women's Tennis
BC 7, Baldwin-Wallace 2
W Mar 6
BC 4, Ashland 5
L Mar 7
BC 3, Indiana (Pa.) 6
L Mar 9
BC 6, Charleston 3
W Mar 11
BC 5, North Georgia 4
W Mar 12
Tracl( and field readies for new season
Tesiuao Seomomo
Nortli Georgia 5, BC 4
L Mar. 12