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- Guilfordian, November 2, 1983
.3 Sports
Conference Champions
By Jacque Lesboot
It took six years and a former
Quaker soccer player to bring the
Carolina's Conference Cham
pionship back to Guilford Col
lege. The booters captured the ti
tle this year with a perfect 7-0
record in conference play. The
soccer team ended the year with
an overall 9-6-1 record and 9-1-1 in
district play. After coming off
two rather disappointing seasons,
first year coach Steve Skinner
has turned the program around.
Coach Skinner who played col
lege soccer for Guilford and Duke
has always remained close to the
game. When asked what brought
about the turn around, Coach
Skinner replied, "I feel that this
year's team has the right
chemistry," meaning an all
around excellent espirit de corps.
Perhaps one of Skinner's best at
tributes is his ability to relate to
all of the players. In many
player-coach relationships there
is a certain amount of artificiali
ty, but in the case of Coach Skin
ner and his 25 players there is a
deep relationship evolving.
Coach Skinner takes a deep in
terest in his players not only on
the field but also off as well.
These are just a few of the at
tributes that Coach Skinner has
brought to the Guilford soccer
program.
The seniors on the Quaker
team, which comprise the heart
of the defense, will be sorely
missed. Goalie Jim Schmutz (2
years) has given great play in the
net and has improved vastly
Guilford Women's Soccer
By Josie Alexander
Welcome to Guilford College Women's Soccer Club. The Lady
Quakers romped Durham 1-0 with 5 times more shots on goal than
their opponent. Madsie Bertram scored late in the second half and the
defense enjoyed a shutout to spur the Guilford club in victory. The
Lady Quakers will be demonstrating their talents this weekend with a
home game this Friday at 3:30 p.m. Be there—ALOHA.
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Gwyn Tracy is on her way to a record goal in the earlier victorious
game against Wake Forest.
since last year. Wingback Paul
Gurspan (4 yrs.) has given
steady performance, and when
healthy has contributed greatly
to the program. One of Coach
Skinner's best moves was the
moving of Jeff Polinchock back
to midfield. Jeff, along with stop
per T.J. Faherty has given the
needed domination which the
booters lacked for the past few
years. Perhaps one of the best
players in Guilford College
history is captain David Hood.
David has turned in fine perfor
mance after fine performance
from his sweeper position and ap
pears destined for another All-
Conference team. The seniors
helped guide the way to a winning
tradition for the young soccer
team. Of the 25 members of the
squad, there are six freshmen
and 10 sophomores. Guilford soc
cer owes the seniors a great deal
of thanks for all of their great
play over the years.
Now that the soccer team has
accomplished its primary goal of
winning the Carolina's Con
ference their next task is to win
the District championship. The
district playoffs are this week on
Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day, and depending on what seed
Guilford is, will determine where
and when they play. Guilford is
looking optimistically at the
districts but expects tough com
petition from Pfeiffer and Elon.
If you get a chance to see a
Guilford soccer district game
come out because the tradition
has begun.
Quaker safety Pernell Jefferson in action last Saturday, October 29
Last Second Loss Suffered
By Doug Drotman
Armfield Athletic field was the
scene Saturday, Oct. 29 of a
challenging game between the
Salisbury State Seagulls, ranked
nationally No. 7 in Division 111,
and the Quakers, considered the
underdogs. Onlookers may have
had a different opinion for it
seemed as if the Quakers were
capable of dominating the
Seagulls.
In the first half the Quakers,
led by a strong defense, brought a
7-0 lead into the lockerroom. In
the first half, which was played
primarily between the 30
yardlines, the Quakers put
together the only two sustained
drives. Taking over on their own
19-yard line, Quaker Coach
Charles Forbes used a mix of 11
rushing plays and nine pass plays
to eat over nine minutes off of the
clock. Doing the bulk of the
ballcarrying on the drive was
freshman halfback Johnny Hines
(13-24). He was replacing
sophomore Terry Jones who in
turn was replacing team leading
rusher, senior, Charlie Heard.
The absence of an experienced
halfback was a big loss to the of
fense since the Quakers seem to
run most of the plays to the
halfbacks. When quarterback
Earl Cinton put the ball in the air,
Greg Weaver (8-83) was usually
on the other end. The Clinton to
Weaver combination connected
four times on the drive, twice
picking up first downs and twice
connecting on second down and
long yardage situations. After
driving to the Seagull two
yardline, Seagull safety Tim
Randolph broke through the line
and caused Hines to lose two
yards and on a fourth down gam
ble from the two vardline
After holding the Seagulls, the
Quakers took over 41 yards away
from the Seagull end zone. The
drive, primarily on the ground,
saw four different Quakers carry
the ball before fullback Billy
Holland (11-47) rumbled into the
end zone from nine yards away.
Bryan Wilson kicked the extra
point to give the Quakers a 7-0
lead, and the last points they
would score on the afternoon.
The third quarter started
similar to the first half until
Salisbury St. took over with 6:11
remaining in the quarter on their
own 19 yardline. The Seagulls
drove to their own 45 yardline and
just when it seemed that the drive
would end, when faced with a
third and 12 situation, quarter
back Robb Disbennett hit
speedster Joe Allen for a 55-yard
touchdown pass. The extra point
evened the score at 7-7.
Following a short Quaker
drive, the Quaker specialty
teams contributed a big play.
Tony Mcmillan recovered a
mishandled punt at the Seagull 38
and gave the Quakers a golden
opportunity. The offense, then
proceeded to pick up three suc
cessive first downs.
Then faced with a fourth down
and inches, coach Forbes decided
to call on his most reliable
player, kicker Bryan Wilson.
Wilson's 35-yard field goal at
tempt was wide for only the se
cond time this season. The blown
scoring opportunity seemed to
frustrate the offense for a rash of
penalties would follow. On the
next Quaker drive, penalties
drove them from field goal range
to their own side of the fifty
yardline. Salisbury State's next
possession ended immediately
when Quaker safety Pernell Jef
ferson intercepted his third pass
of the afternoon 55 yards away
from victory.
The Quakers took over and
following two penalties they were
faced with an obvious passing
situation. Clinton's final pass was
thrown into the waiting arms of
safety Sherman Wood, who
returned the ball to the Guilford
28 yardline. With only 1:32 re
maining, the Seagulls ran four
successive plays to fullback
Duane Humenik (16-69) down to
the Guilford 18 yardline. Kicker
Larry Schreideggar kicked the
35-yard field goal with no time re
maining on the clock sending
Salisbury St. home winners. The
10-7 loss evened the Quakers'
record at 4-4 with two games re
maining.
For the past two weekends,
without the luxury of a fall break,
the football team stayed at school
and also played two road games.
In the first game the Quakers
were victorious over a surpris
ingly tough Bridgewater team by
the score of 24-13. The offense
pounded out 305 yards rushing
with Billy Holland (17-94) and
Terry Jones (19-70) leading the
way. Quarterback Earl Clinton
(11-12-139) had a fine day hitting
Buddy Halbert (2-24) and Mike
Reardon (2-15) with touchdown
passes.
The following week the
Quakers blew by Hampton
Sydney by the score of 20-8. The
defense intercepted four passes,
two setting up scores. Billy Smith
and Scott O'Kelly each picked off
a pass and NAIA defensive
player of the week, Pernell Jef
ferson picked off two passes,
recovered a fumble and made
five solo tackles. Buddy Halbert
(4-52) caught his team leading,
third, touchdown pass.
The following two weeks are
important for the Quaker season
because victories over Catawba
and Concord could give the
Quakers their first season above
.500 in five seasons under Coach
Forbes.