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The Pendulum
March 17, I975
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By Gary Spider and Janie McGann
Elon College Baseball Team Clinches
Two Victories — 7 to 4 and 4 to 2
1975 STATE CHAMPS--[lst row, L-R) S. Yow, S. Partridge, T.
Ireland, C. Brannon, W. Wilson, S. Pickard. [2nd row, L-R] Coach
Kay Yow, K. Fox, L. Newman, B. Beaty, C. Leach, J. Daniel, J.
Myers and L. Francis.
By Gary Spitler
The 1975 edition of the Elon
College baseball team got their
season underway and off to a
good start with two wins over
West Virginia Tech. Elon won
the first game 7 to 4 and the
Elon Women Cagers Claim Second State
Title And Clinch Third In Regionals
By Janie McGann
On March 6, the Women’s
Southern Regional Basketball
Tournament got under way
here at Elon College. Both
gymnasiums were used and
many students helped by
guarding doors, keeping time
clocks and records, moving
things, and being hostesses for
the tournament.
The Elon women cagers
played their first game against
South Carolina on Thursday
morning, March 6.
The second game the Elon
cagers participated in was
Thursday at 6 p.m. against
Winthrop College. This game
shook the fans because the
score was close and the women
made several fantastic plays,
ending with a victory by a score
of 83-77. By the close of the
evening, the cagers had taken
two victories and were waiting
for their next game against
Tennessee Tech.. which was
played Friday evening.
While Elon played Tennes
see Tech. in the Memorial
Alumni Gymnasium, the other
two teams in the winning
bracket played in Jordan
Gymnasium. The teams playing
in Jordan Gymnasium were
Union and Memphis State.
The crowds cheered for the
women as they started their
games at 7 p.m. Friday.
Tennessee Tech scored first
and had four points before
Susan Yow made the first two
points for Elon.
The second half of the game
brought real excitement as Elon
began to rebound, more the
ball, and hit their shots.
Tennessee Tech began to foul a
great deal and the Elon score
began to rise. The second half
of this game can be described
as “Steals Galore,” because
the players were pressing
Tennessee Tech and getting the
ball more and more.
When the clock read three-
minutes, the Elon cagers had
52 points and Tech had 65. The
crowd was screaming, the
players were excited, and the
aggressive plays went on. As
time ran out, Tech began to
draw some fouls on Elon and
picked up some additional
points which brought defeat to
Elon. The final score was
Tennessee Tech 73 and Elon
63. Although the cagers were
defeated, they played a game
that will be remembered.
In the other game of the
evening Memphis State was
victorious over Union by a score
of 77-73.
Tennessee Tech and Memp
his State met on Saturday at 2
p.m. for the championship
game. Tennessee Tech took the
victory with a score of 73-61.
They also took first place in the
tournament, leaving second
place for Memphis State and
third place to Elon.
The women cagers received
the bid to the National Small
College Tournament. This year,
the women went farther than
ever before. They took first
place in the state tournament
and third place in the regional
and had the opportunity to play
in the National Small College
Tournament.
Congratulations to Coach
Kay Yow and her players for a
season of hard work and for a
job well done.
ACC Championship Ends With Carolina
Victory Over N. C. State 70—66
By Bill Dawkins
Last weeks ACC Tournament
in Greensboro was the most
exciting tournament ever held
in its twenty-two year history.
The champion, Carolina Tar
Heels, had to capture two
overtime victories to get to the
finals, where they defeated the
reigning ACC champions N.C.
State 70-66. The Tar Heels
enjoyed outstanding perfor
mances from freshman Phil
Ford, the tourney’s most
valuable player, and from
Walter Davis, Mitch Kupchak,
and Brad Hoffman to capture
the title that had eluded them
since their 1972 championship
season.
In opening round action,
Carolina defeated Wake Forest
101-100 in a wild and wooly
opener. The Heels came from
eight points behind to send the
contest into overtime. Walter
Davis scored 31 points and Ford
had 25 points to take scoring
honors.
In the second game of the
opening rounds, the Clemson
Tigers won their first opening
game in eleven years by
defeating Duke 78-76.
In the final opening-round
game, N.C. State, behind
David Thompson’s record-sett
ing performance, roared out to
a 22-point lead only to see it
drop to 10 at half-time. After
Thompson’s eighth point,
which gave him the ACC career
scoring record, the Wolfpack
lost their fire, allowing the
Cavaliers, behind Wally Walk
er’s 31 points, to pull within
one at 84-83 late in the game.
Thompson and Towe scored the
final seven points in the Pack’s
91-85 victory, sending them
into their key battle with
number one seeded Maryland
in the semi-finals. Thompson’s
38 points and 10 rebounds
keyed the State victory.
The Wolfpack, in their best
performance of the season,
defeated Maryland in the first
second game 4 to 2. posting an
early season 2-0 mark. Under
the leadership of Head Coach
Bill Miller and Assistant Coach
Mike Osborne, the team looked
impressive and ready to go for
1975 action.
Head Coach Bill Miller had a
few comments about the game.
He said "We had good defense
but our hitting was not too
sharp. We committed a few
errors which cost us runs and
hits. However, we will have a
real fine ball club.”
In my talk with Assistant-
Coach Mike Osborne I learned
more about Sunday’s contest.
In the first game Elon won 7-4
behind the pitching of senior
Kent Smith. He was the
winning pitcher giving up 2
hits, 4 runs, 10 strike-outs and
walked four.
"The play of the game,”
semi-final game 87-85 while
Carolina, who almost didn’t
make it through the opening
round, squeaked by in
overtime.
In the finals, Carolina beat
State 70-66 to take the title and
the trip to Charlotte for the
automatic berth in the Eastern
Regionals. Carolina built up
leads of nine and eleven points,
but Slate rallied behind Carr
and Rivers to pull ahead each
time. Carolina, however, held
on 70-66 to come out victorious.
Carolina will meet New
Mexico State, 20-6, and the
runner-up to Louisville in the
Missouri Valley Conference at
Charlotte in the quarter-finals
of the Eastern Regionals.
Maryland, regular season ACC
champs and ranked 7th
nationally, will travel to
Lubbock, Texas to meet
Creighton in the Midwest
Regionals. Clemson will go to
the NIT in New York. N.C.
commented Osborne,” was an
error by West Virginia Tech.
We had two men on and a long
fly ball was hit to their center
fielder who dropped the ball
and we scored two runs taking
the lead 5-3.” Again, Elon won
the first game 7-4.
In the second game, Scott
Gorman was the winning
pitcher who lead Elon to a 4-2
victory. He gave up 3 hits, 2
runs, had 10 strike-outs and
walked two.
There were two runs for Elon
which were special runs. Doug
Williams scored one run and
only needs two more stolen
bases to get a school record
while A1 Breed scored another
run, the first home run in his
collegiate baseball career.
The Christians will play Mars
Hill at Mars Hill March 18th at
1:00 p.m. The next home game
will be on March 20.
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Al Breed, a senior from Lorton, Va., and David Williams, a senior
from Maryland, are pictured above after Al knocked his first
collegiate home run over the fence.
The Elon College baseball team celebrates as Al Breed has just
driven in a homerun. Elon went on to win the second game of the
double hitter against West Virginia Tech, 4-2.
SAM to Sponsor Exciting Golf
Tournament in Late April
The Society for the Advance
ment of Management of Elon
College will sponsor a golf
tournament in April which will
be open to faculty, students and
•Staff. Due to the advantages the
197.5 (Jolf Team would have,
they will not he permitted
play.