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Catch-Up
on Lacro
Guest Editorial
by Geoff Miller
Lacrosse Coach
Despite what many observers
may think, a lacrosse game is not
a bunch of maniacs running
around unrestrained, or a legaliz
ed opportunity to mug someone.
Quite the contrary. Although I'm
prejudiced, I feel it's a game
which requires the strength and
toughness of football, the
quickness of basketball, and the
stamina of ice hockey or soccer.
Most importantly, it's an intellec
tual game that necessitates in
stantaneous adjustments, deci
sions, and reactions. It's a think
ing man's game and for the fan to
fully appreciate lacrosse it's ad
visable to have a skeleton
knowledge of the rules and objec
tives.
The game is played with ten
players on the field at one time
for each team; 1 goalie, 3
defensemen, 3 midfielders, and 3
attackman. The purpose of each
team is to score by causing the
ball to enter the 6'x6' goal of its
opponent and to prevent the other
team from getting possession of
the ball and scoring. The field is
110 yards long, and unlike all
other sports except hockey, there
is room (15 yards) for play
behind each goal.
The game begins with a face
off where the ball is placed bet
ween two players' sticks and the
other players are restrained until
the whistle blows. This is an im
portant feature of the game
because whichever team wins the
most face-offs (a face-off is held
'Winning Attitude' for Tennis
by Andrew Duncan
Staff Wrtier
The Guilford College men's ten
nis team won two matches last
week, upping their record to 6-7,
after some very tough early
season losses. The team, accor
ding to head coach Ray Alley, has
kept a winning attitude and has
continued to work hard in prac
tice as well as in matches. This
attribute may be important for
the team in giving them con
fidence during some important
coming matches.
Last week's highlights included
victories over Concordia College
and High Point College. Concor
dia came to Greensboro from
New York after having finished
after each goal is scored and at
the beginning of each quarter)
will have possession of the ball
the most and therefore have
more scoring opportunities. A fan
seeing the game for the first time
is struck by the fact that players
from both teams stay behind the
midfield line when the ball is at
one end. The offsides rule is sim
ple: both teams must keep at
least three players (and a goalie
at the defensive end) on each side
of midfield at all times. The
penalty for a player stepping
over is to remove that player
from the game for 30 seconds.
The offensive flow and ball
movement of lacrose is similar to
basketball. Ball movement,
picks, cutters, and one-on-one
moves are all essential elements.
Like ice hockey, midfielders are
substituted frequently because
they run so much and play both
offense and defense. Defensively
there are ways to try and stop the
offense. Defense players use long
sticks to help them take the ball
away from the offense. A stick
check on your opponents stick or
glove or forearm is legal. An un
controlled swing or "slash" is not
(1 minute penalty). Body contact,
from the knees up to the
shoulders and from the front is
legal when the ball is withing 5
yards of the player being check
ed. A trip, check to the head, un
necessary roughness, illegal
body checks, etc. are all 1 minute
penalties.
Lacrosse has been touted as
"the fastest game on two feet."
When shot hard, the ball can
reach the speed of 85-95 miles per
hour. It's a fast-paced and ex
eighth in last year's N.A.L.A.
tournament. The Quakers over
powered the Concordia team and
played with consisting in gaining
the 7-2 triumph. The team was led
by Markku Salokannel, who has
played, according to Coach Alley,
very well since the Spring trip to
Florida, and the number 2
doubles team of Gavin Behrans
and Dan Wheatley who have been
the most consistent pair on the
team. The other victory of the
week was the defeat of High Point
College which was a hard fought
5-4 victory over a pesky Carolinas
Conference foe.
Coach Alley feels that the
team's swing though Florida dur
ing Spring break has helped the
team because of the strength of
citing game. I sincerely hope that
our student body will come out to
our home games this spring and
not only support our team but
also come to understand why it's
the "fastest game on two feet!" If
you have questions, please ask.
Any of us on the staff or team
would be delighted to respond.
the competition which Guilford
faced. The team beat Jackson
ville during the trip, but did lose
to Flagler, who is ranked number
1 in the N.A.L.A. Alley feels that
playing teams such as Wake
Forest, UNC, UT-Chatanooga
and Rollins has helped the team
to find (College) weaknesses and
subsequently help them to
become better tennis players.
The coach seems to feel that, with
improved tennis and a little bit of
luck, Guilford might have a
chance against the superior
talent of Atlantic Christian, who
is number 1 in the conference and
the defending district champion.
Upcoming matches include
West Virginia on Sunday at 1:30,
as well as Harvard and Atlantic
Christian. The West Virginia win
Undefeated
in the Division
by Doug Drotman
Staff Writer
The 1983 Guilford baseball
team opened the season poorly
but has improved suddenly. After
starting with losses to Duke 8-0,
and to AT University 10-7.
here last year was one of the best
matches of the year for the team
and hopefully the team will be
able to duplicate last year's per
formance, even though the
Quakers won't have Scott Nichols
and Howard Goodstadt, both of
whom have graduated. The
match against Harvard will be a
big one on Friday April 1 because
a victory here might be a con
fidence boost against Atlantic
Christian who the Quakers play
on Saturday April 2nd at Wilson,
N.C.
If the Quakers can overcome
their greatest weakness which
quite clearly is inexperience then
the team might reestablish itself
as a strong contender to return to
Kansas City, where the team
finished seventh, three years ago.
and 8-3 the Quakers put together
back to back victories against
conference rivals.
In the first victory of the season
versus Elon, J.R. Richardson got
the complete game victory
yeilding only 3 runs on 5 hits in 9
innings. The offense was led by
Harlie Miller (2 hits in 4 at bats,
including a double) and Aldine
Payne (2-4, 1 double and 2 rbi).
Then after several rain outs, the
Quakers met top ranked con
ference rival Wingate. Pitcher
Dan Madden (8.3 innings pitched,
2 earned runs, 6 hits allowed) was
superb in controlling the
ferocious bats of Wingate. Vic
Fucci (2 hits, 4 at bats, including
a 2 run homer) not only was im
pressive at the plate but also
came in to get Madden out of a
ninth inning jam and pick up a
save. Jerry Kidd (3-4) also had a
fine game.
Statistical leaders for the
Quakers thus far after 5 games
are : Harlie Miller (10-19, .527
ave, 1 hr, 3 rbi), Jerry Kidd (8-22
.364 ave, 3 doubles) and Barry
Whitlock (7-21, .333 ave). Pit
ching leaders are Dan Madden
(1-2, 2.89 era) and J.R. Richard
son (1-0, 3.86 era).