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18 SPORTS March 1,2000 • the Seahawk UNCW Baseball tournament results by AMANDA BREEDLOVE Correspondent The UNCW Seahawk Baseball team hosted the fifth annual Ralston-Purina Chal lenge last weekend. During three days of play, six teams from across the nation met at Brooks Field. Friday’s action saw Connecticut claiming an 8-3 victory over Rider, Richmond shut ting out Monmouth 6-0, and UNCW take a loss to Northwestern 8-1. UNCW coach Mark Scalf said of the team’s performance on Friday night: “I felt like we did a very poor job offensively against a good pitcher. We had a defensive lapse in the seventh and that pretty well put the game out of reach for us.” Senior Jack Temple was the starting pitcher for the Seahawks Friday night and pitched 2.1 innings, allowing seven hits, three runs, and striking out two. The Seahawks’ only point was in the second inning when freshman Matt Wright doubled to bring sophomore Stephen Grady in for the run. After the second inning, the Seahawks seemed unable to get offensive play going. Though sophomore Matt McDonnell re lieved Jack Temple in the top of the third and went on to pitch six solid innings, it was little help against Northwestern’s scalding offense, which answered with four runs. The Seahawks struggled through the rest of the game. “I think our pitching did a real good job of keeping us in the game. We just didn’t hit the ball,” said senior Daniel Marsh. “A couple of people got away from the plan and as soon as that happened, everybody fol lowed.” “I felt like I gave our team a chance but tonight wasn’t our night—but we have two games left and I’m pretty confident that we’ll win both of those,” said sophomore pitcher Matt McDonnell. McDonnell’s optimism must have rubbed off on the rest of the players, because it seemed a different team took the field on Saturday afternoon. The Seahawks were led by freshman pitcher Jake Mullis in pulling off an 8-4 win over Rider. The UNCW offensive line-up worked to gether to earn one run in the second inning, four in the third, and three more in the sixth inning. The pitching efforts of Jake Mullis, Brad Overton, and Charlie Weatherby paid off in not allowing any runs from Rider after the third inning. The Seahawks will have back-to-back home games on March 4 & 5 against Albany. Both games will be played at 1pm at Brooks Field. Admission is free to students and $4 for the general public. Surfboards Wetsults Bicycles see®® «■ UP Quick:, Confidential LOANS BUY • SELL • TRADE Pepper Spray $5.Q9 JIM'S PAWN 8c GUNS 4212 OleanckN’ Dr. Wilmington • 79Sk7314 mmgm Mon.-Sat 0AM-8PM Tome Look At Thee View" Adult Video Sales & Rentals Magazines • Books • Novelties • Toys m-Md Accept checks /nc\ mmn KJSJ ■Ci SCOREBOm: Uicwn.iai UNCW 70, ECU 55 ECU (55) Punt 2-7 2-2 6, Hall 1-2 4-7 6, Brown 4-7 6-816, Hawksns4-12 2-212, Foxx 1-3 2-2 4, Taytor 0-11-21, Sharpe 0-0 2-4 2, Morrisey 0-2 1-21, Holcomb-Faye 3-7 1-2 7. Totals: 15-44, 21-31 55. UNCW(?0) Ebong 0-2 4-104, Kojenets 3-41-2 7, Biizzatti 9-13 3-4 26, Ferine 0-5 8-10 8, Thelmon 5-11 4*6 15, Green 4-4 0-1 8, Hare 0-0 2-3 2. Totals: 21-45 22-3670. Three-point goats: Blizzard 5, Brown, Hawkins 2, Thelmon. Halftlme - ECU 19, UNCW 22. Fouled out - Sharpe, Green. Rebounds - ECU 35. UNCW 37. Assists - ECU 8, UNCW 10. Tedinicals - UNCW beni>. Total fouls - ECU 26. UNCW 25. i yPDN BASEBALL TOURNAMENT UNCW 8, IHDER 4 022 000 000 014 003 00 R H £ 4 6 2 8 8 1 E - Brooks(1), Nelson, 6rady(1). OP - Rider 1, UNCW 1 LOB - Rider 5. 10> 28 - Helbigd). HR - McTamney^l). Marsh{2). SB - Wishon{8), Ange 2(2). Foucht 3(5), Marsh(2), Grady(l), Hemirjgway 2(5^ McKenna(5). CS - McKenna{2). SH - McLar«y(1). Win - Mullis 3-0. Loss-OylO-i Save-None, WP - Mul«s(1). PB -3rooks(l). Umpires - Home;Larry Howard 1st:Stan Johnson 3rd;Mack Stokes Start: 3:00 pm rtme:2:35 Attendance: 402 Mon-Sat 10ain*12pin Sunlpm-12pm ^213! Market Street»Wilmington, NC 2M)5 * AmfimOifE HmmFimckl Smic(s HOOPS, from DaqelT: Senior Oleg Kojenets showed his skill as his 6’11” frame and long arms snagged the ball before it was in reach of shorter players, giving him four rebounds, two assists, and a game-total seven points. His sheer size helped him against ECU’s smaller guards. Junior Marcus Green came through with four field goals, shooting 100 percent on the night, as well as seven total rebounds in 27 minutes. He also made a dunk with just under ten minutes remaining in the game, after being fed the ball by the BUzzard’s fancy handling skills. Blizzard, dribbling left-handed, charged toward the basket, jumped for the shot, but instead of shooting handed off to Green who slammed it m, improving the Seahawks’ lead to 52-31. Seniors honored, fans cautioned In this last home game of the season, a cer emony was held after the game to acknowledge the years of dedica tion by graduat ing players. Head coach Jerry Wainwright explained that due to an over sight on his part, senior Scott Lancaster’s name was left out ofthescorebook. H Lancaster, who walked onto the team four yeis ago, had yet to play in an official game. ECU allowed Lancaster to hit the court fa the last 15 seconds, resulting in a technical foii to the Wilmington bench - but with a score of 70-53 and only :19 left on the clock, the two foul shots scored by Pirate sophomore Br)aj Foxx did not affect the outcome of the game. Prior to this, the end of the second h§lf was punctuated by chants of “We want Scott!” as the sold-out coliseum stood in support of ttie httle-known player. The chanting fans sometimes got out of hand: several warnings were made to preveti further technical fouls against UNCW due to actions by fans who made crude comments ami poked fun at ECU players’ names. Wilmington’s win on Saturday markedtlif last game for seniors Danny Dahl, Victoi Ebong, Oleg Kojenets, Ramond Ferine, Scott Lancaster and senior manager Tomin) Peterson. “The real legacy of this sf’ nior class is tt«i all five of the® will graduate oi time with a me# ingful degreC' Wainwright saii “They are tr® student-athletes' am very pro>“^ and I will ra's* them.” James Ffintnne beanawK. ^ « Junior Marcus Green dunks after Brett Blizzard’s assist in Saturday sga'" Green sccored 8 for the Seahawks during the 70-55 rout of ECU.
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