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Carl McAloose to Leave with Piatt for West Chester by Mike Grossman Carl McAloose, Sports Informa tion Director at Guilford College, will resign from his current position to fill a post as Director of Sports Promotions and Marketing at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. McAloose, who has been at Guilford one year, will leave in June to work under Dr. Alan Piatt, Guilford's Athletic Director who will be Director of Athletics at West Chester University next year. During his stay at Guilford, McAloose has been responsible for many achievements in addition to handling all standard Sports Infor mation Director duties. He assisted in increasing Quaker Club member ship from 180 to 425 members, and has helped raise ova- $60,000 in gifts. He also promoted All-Americans in each fall sport, brought in 12 major sponsors, and was responsible for Women's Tennis Team Battles Weather, High Point by Scott Genualdl Once again, the weather wreaked havoc onto the women's tennis team. Last week, the remake match against Peace College was rained out while a ninety minute rain delay lengthened the Quaker's 6-3 victory over High Point Guilford's record is now 10-4. The rained out total for this season now stands at seven. "The High Point match was a very big win for us," states Coach Gayle Currie. "I think that we should have Men's Lacrosse Evens UpSeason at 5-5 for Week by Mike Grossman The men's lacrosse team broke their season-long patterns and some long - standing school records in split ting their two games last week. Coming off all -10 loss to Clarkson last Saturday and a 21-7 lashing of Virginia Tech, the Quakers kept their overall record even at 5-5. Guilford ended the pattern of winning every time they score ten goals when they met Clarkson at a neutral site in Pennsylvania last weekend. At the end of regulation, the Quakers met their ten goal quota, but Claikson notched the same amount, resulting in a 10-10 tie. Guilford held Clarkson scoreless for the first overtime, but their defen sive work was not matched by offen sive production as they also could not score. Then, at 2:45 in the second overtime, Claikson broke the drought with a goal, which gave them an 11- 10 win. Quaker freshman David Brown, a 6'4" attackman from Chapel Hill notched five goals against Clarkson, and accounted for all of Guilford's increasing the football program from four pages with one advertiser to 76 pages with 66 advertisers. The foot ball program was named the third best in the country. In addition, McAloose developed and coordinated two new Guilford sports radio shows and implemented a Sports Information Internship pro gram. "I appreciate the opportunity I have had to work at a fine institution like Guilford College," said McAloose. "The students have made me feel welcome and they've been a great group to work with. The coaches, faculty, and staff have also been a big assistance." "It was a tough decision to leave Guilford because I met some great people here and I've become attached to the Greensboro area. However, I was fortunate enough to be offered a great opportunity at West Chester University." McAloose, who anticipates be won the second doubles match which we led 3-0 in the third but overall it was a good match." In fact, the only loss in doubles was at the number two position. Jill Daly and Emily King lost to Kandi O'Connor and Lisa Robertson 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. "We can play a lot better than we did," says Daly. "We get frustrated when we know we should win and then lose a match." Daly fared better in her singles scoring from halfway through the first half to the three-minute mark of the fourth quarter. Junior Bill Beck scored three goals and added an as sist, while Todd Dauler chipped in with a pair of assists. While the Quakers broke their ten goal pattern, they kept another streak alive in the Claikson game; they lost again on the road, meaning a five game-long away-game losing streak. But Guilford promptly ended this streak by thrashing Virginia Tech on Wednesday, 21-7. The Quaker of fense was in full force, and wasted no time in taking a 5-2 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, Guilford smashed their opponents with a rec ord-breaking output of nine goals. The offense was not the only one ticking, however, as the defense kept Virginia Tech scoreless. Leading 14-2 at the half, the Quak ers added seven more while Virginia Tech notched five therestof the way. At the end of the day, the team had a lot to be proud of. For the first time this season, they surpassed the 20- goal mark And they won on the road. coming assistant to the athletic direc tor within the year at West Chester, said he hoped to return to the Greens boro area someday. He added thathe will miss the student assistants he has worked with throughout the year. "My student assistants have made this job very enjoyable and have made my job "so much easier. The next Sports Information Director here will be very fortunate in having them all back." From August of 1984 to June of 1987, McAloose was the Sports In formation Director for Frostburg State University's 17 intercollegiate teams. Frostburg State University is an NCAA Division m institution, located in Frostburg, Maryland, with approximately 4,200 students. Along with being a liaison be tween the University's Athletic Department and outside representa tives, McAloose also was involved in fundraising and promotions. While at FSU, he was instrumental in ob- match by beating one of the best players in the district, PaiviTapan inen of Finland, in three sets, 6-2,4- 6,6-0. Daly comments "I lost my con centration and I didn't play smart in the second set. In the third set, I did what I had to do." The other singles winners woe Kim O'Connor at third, Heidi Meroth at fifth and Terri Mancuso at sixth singles. They all won in straight sets. "It was a match that we could have also a first in 1989. And lastly, they broke a long-standing Guilford la crosse record by scoring nine goals in me quarter. Beck led the way in the scorebook, with six points coming on two goals and four assists. Brown had four goals and one assist, while Dauler added two goals and three assists. Senior Joe Lang had four goals, and senior Tom Tellekamp chipped in with two goals and a pair of assists. Mark Cook, a freshman midfielder, earned the game ball by going eight and four on face-offs. "Mark came off the bench and did a great job filling in for Kevin Grainger," said assistant coach Peter Bourque. Bourque added that this Saturday's game against seventh-ranked Salis bury State would be important to the team's success for the rest of the season. He also said that the Quak ers' fate was contingent on team work. "Everybody has to play to gether as a unit and play a team game from the top to the bottom," Bourque said. SJ.D. Carl McAloose photo by Eric Buck taining 25 major contributors to the Athletic Department During McAloose's three years as SID, Frostburg State enjoyed a great deal of success. The Bobcats won three NCAA Division 111 National Championships, and McAloose pro moted 108 AU-Americans, includ ing 43 during his last year as SID. In June of 1987, McAloose stepped won 9-0," says Currie. Emily King has reverted to her old western grip. The way she reacted to it was like a little boy finding his lost dog after a lengthy search. *1 decided [the new grip] wasn't worth it right now." This week the team has three matches as long as mother nature cooperates. Today's match against St. Andrews and Wednesday's con test with Davidson are at home. On Friday, the Quakers travel to Winthrop College. "St. Andrew's is our final District Quaker Noats by Mike Grossman ln intramurals, three Guilford football players were the winners of the slam-dunk contest held last Sun day night. Wide receiver John Lilly, a junior, took first place while team mate Bruce Rltter, a junior offen sive lineman, won second place. Linebacker Steve Mason, also a junior, came in third out of the field eight contestants. Last Thursday, after three con secutive days of nice weather, rain struck again to knock out three ath letic contests. Baseball was playing North Carolina A & T until rain hit in the second inning, while men's and women's tennis traveled to Campbell and Peace before having their matches called off. Sophomore Jeanette Harrison is on a torrid scoring pace for the women's lacrosse team. Prior to Saturday's game against Bridgewa ter, she was averaging over four goals and five points per game. With 8 down from his position of SID to pursue a Master of Education Degree at Frostburg State. He became a Graduate Assistant and held titles including: Building Manager of the Physical Education Center, Tennis Instructor, and Assistant Basketball Coach. Prior to his stay in Frostburg, McAloose did an internship in the Sports Information Department of the Carroll County Times Newspa per, Westminster, Maryland, in Janu ary of 1984. He was hired as a Sports Reporter for theCarroll County Times in February of 1984. McAloose completed a Master of Education Degree from FSU on July 7,1988. His concentration is in Physi cal Education and Athletic Admini stration. He is a 1984 graduate of Western Maryland College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Physical Education and Sports Communications. 26 match while Davidson is a Divi sion I school," states Currie. "They should be good matches. Winthrop is another good NAIA school." "I think it will be good going into the districts by playing three matches in a week," says Daly. "During dis tricts we play a lot of matches in those three days." The way the season has been going, three matches in a week sounds like a marathon. But the team has had plenty of time to experiment with their style of play. 25 points midway through the sea son, she has already surpassed the 21 points she racked up her fresh man season. Two freshmen have been espe cially productive for men and women's lacrosse this season. Prior to Saturday's game against Bridge water, freshman attck Katie Sch malbach, from Charlotte, had racked up IS goals so far, and the season is only halfway over for women's lacrosse. Prior to Saturday's game against Salisbury State, freshman attack David Brown, from Chapel Hill, had 26 goals and five assists for a total of 31 points. The point total and number of goals Brown has reached are believed to be new records for goals and points by a freshman in one season. The annual Athletic Awards Banquet is scheduled for the eve ning of Wednesday, April 26 in Founders Hall.
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