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Page 7 The Lance Friday, February 25, 1983 Anstead Anchors Baseball Knights By JOHN A. PAIT For the past three weeks, the St. Andrews Presbyterian College baseball team has been preparing for the up coming season. With eight starters returning, the Knights are working to im prove on their 18-10 record of a year ago. Head coach Julian Smith sees 1983 as a year when the returning starters will have to pull the team together. “We lost two strong bats when Gary Brinker and Mike Ortiz graduated, but we feel that the returners will pick up the slack and help bring the freshmen along,” Smith said. Freshmen Charles Scott and Jimmy Webb will help out in the field, while Dean English and Robert Cooper will assume pitching duties. “The freshmen are coming along real fine, and will do a good job for us,” Smith ex plained. Assistant coach Frank Carmichael, a former Atlan tic Christian College stan dout, will be helping coach Smith with the coaching. “Frank has agreed to help out this spring, and he has proven to be a valuable asset to the team. He has ex perience and a great knowledge of the game,” Smith said. Last year the Knights were 16-4 against non-conference teams, and 2-6 against Dixie Conference opponents. The conference will still be strong, but coach Smith says the team will be ready. “N.C. Wesleyan and Methodist are both returning strong clubs, and Christopher Newport will also be a team to beat, but we’ll be okay. We can play with any of tliem,” Smith said. Juniors Dyke Ansted and Jeff Kirk will serve as co captains in 1983. Ansted, last year’s team MVP, is excited about the season. “Everything looks real good, I have real high hopes for the team, and strong ex pectations for myself. We Knights warm up for new season have a real good attitude about ourselves,” Ansted said. Bob Harwood, a four year starter for the Knights, says the freshmen will have to contribute. “They will have to pick up some of the hitting. My role will be to add strength at the plate and to be consistent in the field,” Harwood said. The year should be a good one for the Knights. They will be playing one of the hardest schedules that a St. Andrews team has ever played, but Coach Smith says he has enough players back to do the job. New Faces Help Tennis Team By RICK HANNA With the advent of spring the men’s tennis team is anx ious to return to the courts. After a disappointing season last year, team captain A1 Parkinson said, “We will be improved. We have the ex perience and are working as a unit.” Experience is no problem for the Knight squad which is returning four members in cluding Perkinson, Mark Tuttle, Cole Gaither and Vic Halbach. Additional members in clude Dan Clark, Mitch Mer ritt and Corey Ingold. “Last year we had to work around a lot of schedule con flicts, but this year in dividuals are taking the in- iative. We are in good shape and ready to play,” said Perkinson. Mark Tuttle and Dan Clark are expected to be the top two seeds. For singles competition, Clark has replaced Paul Wagner. The rest of the team has improv ed. ‘We hope to work on our doubles. Improvement is easier to achieve in doubles because of such things as teamwork and coordination,” said Perkin son. The Knights will compete ’n the Dixie Conference *here they will fight for ber- s m the conference tourna- '•'ent. The team’s toughest ronfoence opponents will be ristopher Newport and UNC-Greensboro. “Our toughest matches will be against Francis Marion, UNC-Wilmington and Westchester State,” said Perkinson. Considering the experience on the team and the overall attitude of the players, the 1983 season should prove to be a good one. Greensboro College had better beware of the St. An drews women’s tennis team on March 3. “We are a much more competitive team this year,” said Head Coach Jo Ann Williams. The team returns Marsha Sanderson, 8-4 last season, Mildred Lee, Carole Knox and Allison Morris. Lydia Kundis, Kim Lutian, Jenny Dimon. Betsv Brown and Returnee The Knights will begin the season February 26, at Fran cis Marion. The first home game will be against Duke University on February 28. Dixie Conference play will begin March 18 against Christopher Newport Col lege. Donna Strickland are newcomers who will help the team. “Once again UNC- Greensboro will be the toughest team to beat. We should finish up at least se cond or third in the con ference,” said Coach Williams. “We lost three players from last year and that made us a little weak. But overall we are better down the line. We are stronger at the second through sixth positions, said Coach Williams. The Lady Knights are looking forward to a good year. After only two days of being outside. Coach Williams smiled and said, “Yeah,, we’ll do okay this SAINT ANDREWS SPORTS Knights React To ACC Rule Changes By JAN ST. PIERRE At the beginning of this year’s college basketball season the ACC had two new rules—the three-point line and the 30-second clock. The length of the three- point Hne is 17 feet from the rim of the basket. In other conferences it is 19 feet from the rim. j There are mixed views lamong players and coaches about these two rules. The St. Andrews basketball team has its own ideas on adopting the ACC’s rules in the Dixie Intercollegiate Conference. Marchell Henry, a freshman from Virginia Beach, Va., is all for the three-point and 30-second clock. “I would love to have them in our division. The tempo of our game would speed up and there would be more excitement in our league.” Lionel “Gabby” Gumbs said it would help the team because of the good outside shooters the team has but also keeps the fans in mind. “The fans pay to see a good game, and if the game is too long, it gets boring. Sophomore Martin Jones, from Jacksonville, Fla., had a definite “No” to the new rules. “Our team has a good defense and it is hard for other teams to score against us,” said Jones. “They would be to our opponents’ advantage. Senior A1 Gibbs and sophomore Andre Webb would like to make changes in the ACC’s length of the Une and time of the clock. Al, from Louisville, Ky., would like to see both ex tended. “The 30-second clock is too fast, because it forces teams out of pattern. Too many bad shots are taken.” Andre, from Durham, N.C. said the 30-second clock is a good idea, but not the three-point line. “The three-point line disrupts the game. It seems Uke a street ball game.” Chris Whittington, a sophomore from Dillon, S.C., isn’t sure. “I don’t think I would like the rules,” he said “It could turn the game into NBA style. 1 could adjust, but I don’t like free style playing.” Mark I'utt
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