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C is famous for its basketball ambitions. But in the excitement of the
Hr a national title, many people have forgotten that UNCC also competes in
^er intercollegiate sports: golf, tennis, wrestling, and bowling,
g against some tough opponents, last year's 49er basketball squad
d a somewhat disappointing 13-12 record. The schedule for this season is
ore formidable, and the 1972-73 edition of the 49ers will face these
>uses without the help of Jerry Boggs, Norris Dae, Chris Black, Harold
* and Terry Sloan. All have graduated.
)ugh the team this year will be young, it may be UNCC's best ever,
e recruiting by Head Coach Bill Foster has brought to UNCC some
ig transfers from junior colleges, as well as some talented freshmen, who
r will be eligible to play varsity basketball.
])r college transfers include Lee Holton, Donny Bevill, and Luther
^ Bevill, a 6'5", 210-pound standout from Walker Junior College in
Sa, averaged over 18 points and 9 rebounds last season. According to Coach
Bevill is an excellent defensive player.
aman Bob Ball, from Tucker, Ga., is a likely prospect for the varsity.
i)ys that Ball is "a great offensive player, one of the purest shooters ever
11 at UNCC." An all-state and honorable mention All-American, Ball
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by john lindgren
averaged 31.1 points per game during his senior year.
Last year, the offensive attack was largely based on Robert Earl Blue. This
year, returning players Blue, Derek Jones, Marshal! Thaxton, Richard Guffy, Rick
Dobson, and Lee Wilson will be joined by upcoming players from the freshman
basketball squad of last year.
Highly touted rising sophomores Rick Hanneburg, Geoff Bommer, and Will
Barnes will likely make the varsity this year. Geoff Bommer will help the
offensive scoring with his fine jump shot. Hanneburg may be the answer to
UNCC's need for a big man in the center.
Associate Coach Bill Moore predicts that this year's team will be quicker and
more balanced. Improved rebounding and more bench strength will also help the
49ers as they try to improve on last year's record.
Golf is UNCC's most successful sport, but the team this year may be hampered
by the loss of its top star. According to Coach Floyd Kerr, there is a possibility
that medalist Terry Mauney may not be returning to school.
The team, which compiled a 17-1 record last year, may be helped by some
promising freshman golfers, but Coach Kerr says that he will have to wait for
registration to determine exactly what the prospects are.
Kerr predicts that the golf team will be much stroner this year, since only one
player, Terry Owen, has graduated. Returning players are Chuck Little, Danny
Randall, Sam Spear, and John Fellenz.
UNCC plays in matches against colleges and universities in the Carolinas and
Southern Conferences. The University also plays against other independents.
Among the tournaments that UNCC competes in are the Miami Invitational, the
Metrolina Invitational, and the Etowah Invitational. Last year, the 49er golf team
finished second in the Metrolina tournament and third in the Etowah Invitational.
Coach Kerr invites all people interested in playing for this year's team to come
to a meeting on September 6 at 4 p.m. in Room 222 of the gymnasium. This
year's potential players will compete in a practice tournament that will be held
soon after classes start. The exact date will be announced later in this newspapier
and through other campus media.
Wrestling is practically a forgotten sport on the UNCC campus. Coach Craig
Alder has worked very hard on buidling interest and a team that could compete,
but has met with little success.
When Coach Flemming, the former wrestling coach, left the university system
for a job in higher places, wrestling was pushed aside. Last season Coach Alden
could field only a five-man squad: Cecil Carver, Gary Scotty, Charles Aker, Bobby
Young, and Francis Boles.
The usual wrestling team has about ten wrestlers. Because UNCC had only half
a team, they were forced to forfeit about 30 points per match. As a result, the
won-lost record was 0-9. If forfeits are excluded, however, the team compil^ an
excellent 6-2-1 record.
This year, wrestlers Aker, Boles, and Young will return. Carver and Scotty have
graduated.
UNCC's tennis team, which compiled a 5-8 record last year, will be hurt his
year by the graduation of the top tennis player, John Jessen, and alternate James
Cuthbertson.
Returning members are Eddie Hege, James Fulbright, Bruce Dawson, Palmer
May, and Jim Curtis.
The team, which sat out post-season play last year, is coached voluntarily by
Joe Kingery, assistant basketball coach.
According to one member of the bowling team, "we've been getting creamed."
Hampered by the loss of top bowler Jimmy Furr, the team compiled an 0-6
record.
Furr will be back In action this year, as will the rest of last year's team, so
prospects of improvement are good. In addition to Furr, the team members are
John Lindgren, Gene Benfleld, Doug White, Keith Clark, Dick Riemin, and Danny
Bullman. Volunteer coach is Donald MacKay.
Because the National Collegiate Athletic Association does not recognize
bowling, UNCC's team is a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Bowling
Conference. The conference includes teams from the University of Virginia,
University of Maryland, UNC-Chapel Hill, South Carolina, Georgia, Tech,
University of Georgia, Clemson, and others. The conference is split up into
divisions. UNCC's division includes the University of Tennessee, Clemson, and
Appalachian State University.
New
sports
-by john lindgren
Soccer will be the next sport added
to the UNCC sports program,
according to Director of Athletics
Harvey Murphy. If plans go according
to schedule, UNCC’s first
intercollegiate soccer team will take
the field in the fall of 1973. Also in the
works for the future are intercollegiate
swimming and track and field
programs.
The motivation behind the planned
additions is UNCC's desire to retain its
membership in the National Collegiate
Athletic Association. In order to be
eligible for NCAA membership, a
college must participate in at least five
intercollegiate sports, and must have
one intercollegiate sport each season.
UNCC tacks five sports - the NCAA
recognizes only basketball, golf, tennis,
and wrestling - and there is no
intercollegiate sports activity in the
fall. In past years, the University has
fielded a cross country team in the fall.
Cross country has been deleted,
however, because in its last year the
team had only three members.
If it were not for UNCC's ambition
to be a basketball power, NCAA
membership would probably not be a
top priority. Once UNCC is in the
NCAA, the school would be eligible to
compete in post-season tournaments
against some of the best basketball
teams in the region - teams like
UNC-CH, South Carolina, and the
basketball powers in the Northeast.
NCAA membership would also mean a
shot at a national basketball title.
One major obstacle - paying a
coach - stands in the way of the
implementation of the soccer program.
Money can be budgeted for the
operational expenses of the soccer
team, but no money can be budgeted
for a coach's salary.
According to state regulations, the
state legislature cannot allow budgeting
for additional coaches as long as more
teaching faculty members are needed.
At the rate that UNCC is growing. It
will face a need for more teachers for
several years.
Until the University's growth
stabilizes, either the soccer team will
be delayed or it will have to depend on
a volunteer coach who cannot devote
his entire time to the team.
1972-73 UNCC Basketlrall schedule
DATE
OPPONENT
SITE
November 27,1972
Morehead State University
UNCC Gymnasium
November 30, 1972
Baptist College of Charleston
UNCC Gymnasium
December 2, 1972
Bryan College
UNCC Gymnasium
December 5, 1972
Marshall University
Huntington, W.Va.
December 9, 1972
University of Oklahoma
UNCC Gymnasium
December 16, 1972
Atlanta Baptist College
UNCC Gymnasium
December 20,1972
Kent State University
Charlotte Coliseum
January 4, 1973
Athletes in Action
Gastonia, N.C.
January 6, 1973
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tenn.
January 8, 1973
Austin Peay State University
UNCC Gymnasium
January 11, 1973
Samford University
Birmingham, Ala.
January 15, 1973
Tulane University
New Orleans, La.
January 18, 1973
Sam ford University
UNCC Gymnasium
January 20, 1973
Georgia State University
UNCC Gymnasium
January 24, 1973
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville Teni..
January 27,1973
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
February 1, 1973
Tennessee Tech University
Cookeville, Tenn.
February 3, 1973
Appalachian State University
Boone, N.C.
February 5,1973
University of Southern Mississippi
UNCC Gymnasium
February 10, 1973
Tusculum College
UNCC Gymnasium
February 14, 1973
DePaul University
UNCC Gymnasium
February 17, 1973
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Ga.
February 19, 1973
Georgia Tech University
Atlanta, Ga.
February 22, 1973
Marshall University
Charlotte Coliseum
February 24, 1973
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, N.C.
February 28, 1973
Clark College
UNCC Gymnasium
March 3, 1973
Cleveland State University
UNCC Gymnasium