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UNCW arts December 5, 2D0D SCOREBOARD WOMEN’S Basketball Record: 5-1 Sat & Sun. Dec. 2-3 SHERATON INN FOUR POINTS BEACH BLAST TOURNAMENT Sat: UNCW 58 UT-MARTIN 56 (W) Sun: UNCW 75 WESTERN CAROLINA 68 (W) MEN’S Basketball Record: 2-3 Sat. Dec. 2 Valparaiso 77 UNCW 69 (L) Schedules Women’s Basketball Sat & Sun. Dec. 16-17 at Lady Bearcat Classic (Cincinnati, Ohio) Sat: Vs. Eastern Kentucky at 2 p.m. Sun: Consolation at 2 p.m. Championship at 4 p.m. Tue. Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. CAMPBELL Thu. Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. PRINCETON Sat. Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. OLD DOMINION Men’s Basketball Wed. Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at William & Mary Sat. Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. at Butler Fri. Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. CENTRAL FLORIDA Thu. Dec. 28 at 6:05 p.m. at Cincinnati Sat. Dec. 30 at 1 p.m. at Miami (OH) BOLD indicates home game Seahawks take second straight Beach Blast Tournament Jessie Nunery Asst. Bpdrts Editor Apparently, the Western Carolina Cata mounts did not look at any tape of Tracy Morgan before their game against UNC Wilmington on Sunday. If they had, they would have known not to leave a player with her scoring ca pabilities wide open. Morgan sank two crucial three-pointers on consecutive pos sessions to lift the Seahawks to a 75-68 victory and their second straight Sheraton Four Points Beach Blast Championship. “Coach said we needed to get good shots, I guess they were worried about the cut-through and they left me wide open,” Morgan said of her game-winning shot, Morgan, the tournament MVP, led the Seahawks with 19 points, as UNCW held off a 27 point performance by Catamount forward Laura Echols. At times on Sunday, it didn’t seem as if UNCW would hoist the Beach Blast Tournament trophy after the game. UNCW trailed by eight points with 11:33 to go in the first half. All indications were that they wouldn’t be able to find an an swer for the Catamounts main scoring trio consisting of Echols, guard April Fleck and forward Tiffany Hamm. Fleck was deadly from the perimeter knocking in 14 points, while Hamm had her mid-range game going and connected with llpoints. However, Monica Rozelle came in to pro vide a scoring spark with Rozelle scoring all of her seven points in the first half and UNCW trailed only 39-38 at the half. FuniThc Sttdhjis-K Sophomore forward Rachael Friesen-Norwood at tempts a field goal in the final minutes of Sunday’s championship game versus Western Carolina. Norwood, who finished with 9 points and also came up big for the Seahawks in the second half, by cither scoring along with Davis during UNCW’s sec- o n d - h a 1 f drought, or by coming up with key steals as she had done the day before. “Coach said if we wanted it, go get it and let's play our game," said Friesen- Norwood. The second half began with the Seahawks showing sloppy ball-handling and allowing Echols to establish herself, scoring six of the Catamounts first ten points of the half. But the story of the second half, would be Donta Davis, who never let the Seahawks die. Davis scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half, us ing her versatility and scoring in a variety of ways. Davis nailed three-pointers, slashed to the basket, and hit from the foul- line as UNCW rebounded from another eight-point deficit and eventually took the lead with Morgan’s three-pointer at the 2:36 mark. Also instrumental in the win was sophomore forward Rachael Friesen- “We're a young team, that won't settle for losing, but we need to learn to play 40 minutes.” “I'm proud of their effort, they want to win. 1 thought they were tired, but they battled back and fought hard,” said UNCW Head Coach Ann Hancock. "The key was defense,” said junior point-guard Jeri-Lynn Coker, “we had to pick It up to outlast them.” Coker contrib uted in forcing 21 tiunovers, helping the Wilmington cause. The Seahawks now head to the exam period with a 5-1 record and will play in the Bearcat Classic, starting December 16 against Eastern Kentucky. “Project 2002” on pace for Seahawk Club Wes Melville STAFF Writer Renovations for a new press box at the Boseman softball field and an extension to the Nixon Annex are in the works. Both are part of an aggressive fund-raising campaign by the Student Aid Association called “Project 2002.” The project consists of three separate phases, all of which are aimed at the overall enhancement of UNC Wilmington athletics. Currently, “Project 2002” is in its second phase - the creation of a new press box and the Nixon Annex extension - with a projected completion date of December 2001. In this phase Nixon Annex will be doubled in size in order to meet the demands of our athletic department for new offices and lai^er work areas. “Right now, the space (in the Nixon An nex) is woefully inadequate,” said Jim Ballantine, chair of the Development Com mittee for the Seahawk Qub. “We want to bring (the athletic offices) into one area.” The Student Aid Association, also known as the Seahawk Club, launched “Project 2002” with the designs of upgrading exist ing athletic facilities and helping UNCW re main competitive within its conference. Thereupon, student-athlete recmitment is expected to benefit as well. “It’s an important faciUty face-lift that’s relevant to almost every athletic team,” said Chris Delisio, Seahawk Qub director. The first phase of this project has already been achieved. Two new dugouts at Boseman Field and improvements made to Trask locker rooms were the primary out comes of this inaugural phase. Phase III is set to embark upon the completion of phase II. A$3.5 million Sports Medicine Complex will be the pearl of this phase and the entire campaign. The new building, which will be located behind the soccer and softball fields, is scheduled to be complete sometime in 2(X)2. It will accom- modke the sports medicine needs of base ball, softball, soccer, and track and field, but will also pave the way for a new bachelor’s degree in the areas of sports medicine and athletic training. “The academic component creates a per fect relationship between athletics and aca- See Club, Page 1 A
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