[ Sports
March 7,1991
Page 11
Sports
Beat
Briefs
■ Fightin’ Christian pitcher
Scott Gully hurled a no-hitter against
Wingate Tuesday as his teammates
coasted to a 6-0 victory.
The junior right-hander from
Hammonton, NJ. struck out eight and
flowed only two walks.
This Week
Friday
® Baseball, Elon vs Bluefield State
College, Home, 3 p.m.
Saturday
® Men's Tennis, Elon vs East Carolina
University, Away, 1 p.m.
• Baseball, Elon vs Lenoir-Rhyne
College, Away, 1 p.m.
® Softball Elon vs Gardner-Webb
College, Home, 1 p.m.
® Women's Tennis, Elon vs Radford
University, Home 1 p.m.
• Track, Elon vs Davidson College,
Away.
SUNDAY
■ Men’s Tennis, Elon vs Appalachian
State University, Home, 1 p.m.
• Women's Tennis, Elon vs Appalachian
State University, Home, 1 p.m.
• Baseball, Elon vs Gardner - Webb
College, Away, 2 p.m.
MONDAY
■ Golf, Elon vs Carson - Newman (also
Tuesday, March 12) Saluda, SC.
■ Softball, Elon vs UNC - Greensboro,
Away, 2:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
■ Men’s Tennis, Elon vs UNC-
Grewisboro, Home, 2 p.m.
■ Women's Tennis, Elon vs Campbell
University, Home, 3 p.m.
■ Baseball, Elon vs Belmont Abbey
College, Home, 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
■ Baseball, Elon vs N.C. A&T, Home, 3
p.m.
■ Softball, Elon vs Lenoir-Rhyne
College, Home, 3p.m.
THURSDAY
■ Men's Tennis, High Point College,
Home, 2 p.m.
■ Baseball, Elon vs Dowling college
Home 3 p.m.
■ Women's Tennis, Elon vs UNC-
Greensboro, Away, 3:30 p.m.
■ Track, Elon vs Francis Marion
College, Away.
Who will win ACC tournament?
Three of The Pendulum Sports
staff writers preview the upcoming
ACC Tournament in Charlotte, March
8-10.
Lupo: The first round bye is what
should enable Duke to capture that rare
ACC gem: A conference and
tournament title in the same season.
But can the Blue Devils win a probable
third matchup with Carolina? On the
neutral floors of Charlotte, the chances
of a clean sweep are greatly improved.
But Dean Smith has more strategies up
his sleeve than General Norman
Schwarzkopf could ever dream of.
Smith could concoct a scheme that
could actually stymie the Devils' game
plan. That is, of course, if a hungry
Staff Picks
Wake Forest team doesn't pull off any
upsets in the meantime.
Toomer: Blue Devil fans. I'm sorry.
Prepare for the final Hurley vs King
matchup and look for the Carolina
senior to shine in his last ACC
performance. I know that Duke has
played almost flawlessly in the two
previous games but how realistic is it to
think that anyone will beat Dean three
times in a season? I don’t think so.
Look for Carolina's Diaper Dandies to
make their presence known in the final
game of the tournament against the Blue
Devils. Now all of you Wake fans don't
be mad, but seriously, this is no place
for Cinderella stories. Rodney Rogers is
just a year or two away. State, Georgia
Tech, Virginia, and Wake will have
longer to prepare for the NCAA
tourney.
Way: Overall, I think it’s a toss-up
between Carolina and Duke in the
finals, Carolina should win, but not by
much. Wake Forest should take
Virginia; Georgia Tech should win
against N.C. State; they must win to be
assured of a spot in the NCAA
tournament. Carolina should have no
problem with Clemson in the first
round.
Basketball team ends roller coaster season
Ted Toomer
The Pendulum
The 1990-91 basketball season was a
roller coaster season in every sense of the
word. The Christians went from one
extreme to the next as they ended their
season with a 83-77 loss to Catawba in
the opening round of the South Atlantic
Conference Tournament in Salisbury last
week.
Pat Ceasar, who lead the Christians in
that game with 25 points, felt the loss
was characteristic of their season.
"The season was up and down.
Through the loss of a few players the
character of the team simply went down,"
Ceasar said.
The Christians’ season took a terrible
turn for the worst in February when a
string of events led to the downfall of
what was shaping up to be one of Elon's
best seasons. The Christians were 15-7
and in first place in the conference when
their streak of bad luck started.
The loss of team leader Vernon
Thompson for academic reasons, an ankle
injury to Pat Caesar that would hamper
him for the remainder of the season, the
losses to sixth mim Len Silvia to a knee
injury and dominant post man Elworth
Smith, who missed the tournament due to
illness, were the key factors that would
eventually spell doom for the Christians’
season.
However, despite the way the season
ended for the Christians, Silvia is
optimistic.
"We finished at 16-11, which isn’t
that bad. We were above .500 for the
season. We should be strong next year;
the only starter we lose is Wes (Jones) and
I think we can go all the way to Kansas
City next year," Silvia said.
Meanwhile, Silvia plans to get his
knee back into playing condition, and the
Christians can look forward to next year.
Lupo
From Page 10
avenue, this week's top ten list:
"Top ten Charlotte Hornet cliches:"
No. 10 - "How about those Atlanta
Braves?"
No. 9 — "Mr Nicholson and Mr. Hall
still haven't claimed their reserved seats."
No. 8 — "What do we care about
wins, our games are akeady sold out"
No. 7 — "I hear the Albany Patroons
are looking for someone to scrimmage."
No. 6 — "Tell me I'm dreaming —
we beat Boston and Detroit in the same
season?"
No. 5 - "Maybe if we let George
(Shinn) light up a cigar every once in
awhile..."
No. 4 — "How long before we play
DenvCT again?"
No. 3 ” "Let's move Hugo to power
forward."
No. 2 - "At least we have the best-
looking uniforms in the league."
And the No. 1 Charlotte Hornet
cliche:
"What are you guys doing for
Memorial Day?"
■ The sports staff of T h e
Pendulum welcomes its two newest
members:
Rogers Harrison is a
sophomore Broadcast/Journalism major
from Atlanta, Ga. Rogers first appeared
on The Pendulum sports pages with
write-ups on the women's basketball
team, following their progress into the
recent conference tournament. Rogers'
preview of this year's track teams will
appear next week.
Amy Way debuted last week in
sports with a preview of the women's
softball team. A senior Mass
Communications major from
Damascus, Md., Amy previews the
1991 Fightin' Christian women's tennis
team this week. Amy recently
conducted an interview with Baltimore
Orioles’ second baseman Billy Ripkin,
which will be featured in an upcoming
issue. ..
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