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Editorial Column
Soccer's Inconsistancy
The Quakers Booters rebound
ed from a three game losing
streak, defeating Liberty Baptist
2-0 on Homecoming. The team's
record now stands at 3-4-1 after
losing to Pfeiffer 3-1, Pembroke
State 4-2, Davidson 3-2, and tying
UNC-Asheville 2-2. A sad toll for
anticipating only one or two loses
thus far into the season.
A clear lack of consistancy and
spirit underlie the loses. With the
possible exception of stalwart
center-back David Hood, no one
has continually performed at the
level he must for the Guilford
squad to achieve its potential.
Coupled with several heartless
efforts - where no one hustles,
and there is little or no support,
much less communication - one
must ask, "Are the players not
committed or uninspired? Also
often lacking are intensity and
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Women
Gear Up
By Susan Anderson
Staff Writer
Guilford's womens soccer club
began their season on the wrong
foot, so to speak, as they lost their
first game of the season to
Warren Wilson College. Warren
Wilson defeated the Quakers by a
score of 5-2 at Guilford's Haworth
Field on September 18 with Gwyn
Tracy and Chris Klein scoring
Guilford's only goals of the
contest. When asked about the
Quaker's loss, co-captain Tracy
commented on the fact that
Warren Wilson fielded a varsity
team compared to the club status
of the Guilford team. She also
added that this was the first time
this year our girls had played
together as a team and that they
should continue to improve and
grow as a unit as the season
progresses.
fervor, often the decisive factors
in player execution. It can also be
asked, given these premises,
"Why does such a situation ex
ist?".
The answers were hinted at last
Saturday as spirits awakened
with vibrancy and enthusiasm.
The team clearly played under a
new light; shutting-out the Bap
tist offense, controlling the mid
field and out-shooting the op
ponents two to one. Thus each
players' attitude is a crucial fac
tor and this can be influenced and
often reflects that which is found
at the top. So will the Quakers
continue to shine? The coming
week holds the answer and could
prove to be a confidence and
record strengthening one as the
booters contend in three away
games and on Oct. 6 host UNC-
Chapel Hill.
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For Fall
This weekend, the club plays
two games, the first being on
Saturday against a team
representing UNC-Charlotte.
Last year, the team traveled
to Charlotte to compete against
this same team and the hosts
were anything but hospitable, so
look for the fireworks to fly. The
game is at home at 2:00 pm on the
varsity soccer field, so come with
your vocal chords, ready to sup
port the team. Then on Sunday
afternoon, the club challenges a
Greensboro womens club in an
away game.
Also, the team will be making a
road-trip to Washington D.C. to
play in an area invitational
tournament on October 9-11
which will require the squad to
play a total of eleven thirty
minute games over a two day
period. This tournament time
should provide plenty of playing
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Lady Quakers
Accumulate Victories
By Susan Anderson
Staff Writer
The lady Quakers volleyball team has been
busy as of late collecting victories which add
up to an impressive record of seven wins and
one loss.
The squad went undefeated for five straight
matches until running into arch-rival High
Point College. Before then, the lady Quakers
took the long way around in beating A&T 15-7,
15-6, 14-16, 13-15, and 15-9 on September 13.
Three days later, the Quaker squad bounced
back from their previous long match to sound
ly defeat Atlantic Christian College in two
games 15-4 and 15-11. During that same night,
Guilford kept its streak alive to beat Wingate
9-15, 15-2, and 15-S.
A&T returned to Eagan Brown Field House
on September 21 along with High Point Col
lege and this time it only took Guilford 2
games to defeat the A&T squad 15-7 and 15-7.
The third pairing of this tri-match pitted
Teresa Arnold sets as Quakers attack.
Guilford against a High Point squad which
has continually provided the Quakers with
tough competition. A large home crowd saw
High Point defeat the Quakers in a match fill
ed with long rallies, powerful spiking from
Dana Cooper and Amy Parrish, and excep
tional serving from Teresa Bonnstetter. She
collected the first five points of game one on
her serve. But the talents of the lady Quakers
were not enough to make up for their occa
sional lapses in defense and mis-hits as High
Point took both games 14-16 and 12-15.
Guilford came back in strong form on
September 23 to defeat the visiting Pembroke
girls 15-8 and 15-12, and also WSSU 15-6 and
15-8 in an easy doubleheader.
The team travels to Johnson City, Ten
nessee the weekend of October 1 and 2 to play
in the East Tennessee Invitational Tourna
ment, where they hope to bring back more
victories to add to their winning season.
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