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The Blue Banner Thurs., Sept. 9, 1993 5
Lady Bulldogs clinch opener
Kursten Cofer
Sports Writer
Staff Photo By Karsn Brinson
The women's volleyball team won over UNCC on Sept, 4 in a Chapel Hill tournament.
Freshman forward Kristi Cummings
scored one goal in each period and
two more in overtime as the Lady
Bulldogs defeated College of
Charleston 5-2 in overtime in the
soccer season opener Saturday
afternoon at Greenwood Field.
Coach Alfred Randall sees a
jiomising future for this team which
has 14 freshmen players.The women’s
soccer team had adisappoin ting record
of (1-13) last season. This year should
be different according to Randall.
Ten freshmen started the game
against the Cougars on Saturday.
Randall says that the freshmen
mistakes will end as the team gets
more experience.
“They’ll play like upperclassmen,”
saidRandall. “They won’tmake those
mistakes anymore.”
The Cougars took an early lead when
midfielder Meg Stevens scored at the
4:55 mark. UNCA retaliated with two
goals by Cummings, including a
header off an assist from freshman
midfielder Lynae King.
College of Charleston tied and sent
the game into overtime with a goal
late in the second half. However, in
the two overtime periods, UNCA
blistered the Cougars for three straight
goals while shutting their opponents
out.
UNCA recorded 26 shots on goal
while College of Charleston was
limited to only seven. Goalies Jill
Young andDawnMcDonaldrecorded
one save each for the Bulldogs.
The next three days saw the B ulldogs
lose two close games. UNCA lost a
disappointing 2-1 overtime away
match to Radford University on
Sunday and a 2-0 match to Catawba
College at home on Tuesday. Randall
said fatigue from two sought overtime
games played a big part in the loss to
Catawba.
UNCA begins a six game road trip
on Friday at the University of
Maryland-Baltimore County. The
Bulldogs also play at Campbell
University and Virginia Tech before
returning tohost VanderbiltandUNC-
Greensboro on September 26 and 28.
Randall expects these two games to
be the most important and hopes
UNCA students will show their
support by attending.
He thinks the Lady Bulldogs will
improve on this road trip before they
take on Vanderbilt and UNCO.
However, Coach Randall hopes it will
be a while before the team has two
overtime games in a row again.
“Overtime games wear you out,”
said Randall. “All we need to do now
is get over the fatigue.”
Volleyball team wins against UNC-Charlotte in tournament
Jennifer Hutchins
Sports writer
The volleyball team defeated UNC-Charlotte Saturday during the UNC
tournament in Chapel Hill. The Bulldogs beat the Forty-Niners in four games,
8-15,15-8,15-8,15-12.
Junior Elissa Steffen and freshman Kimljerly Osborne each had 19 kills to
help lead the Bulldogs to their first seasonal victory.
Senior setter Danielle Meyer had 44 assists. Senior Jennifer Hutchins had 14
blocks, including seven block solos.
Earlier in the day, the Bulldogs were beaten by UNC. The Tarheels defeated
the Bulldogs in three games, 14-16, 5-15,3-15.
Steffen led the team in digs, with 12, followed by Osborne and freshman Lisa
Fields.
Friday evening, the Bulldogs faced UNC-Wilmington, where they fell in four
games, 15-10,10-15,9-15,11-15.Fields had 12digs.MeyerandOsbomeeach
had 11.
Hutchins was named to the All-Tournament team.
Despite the Bulldogs two losses at the opening of the tournament, Steffen felt
the Bulldogs would bounce back to cinch a win against the Forty-Niners.
Steffen said, “I think the freshmen just had a case of the ‘freshman jitters’.
Everyone seemed to be easily frustrated.
“I feel like the returning players on the court were able to keep their cool and
remain consistent throughout the tournament.”
Steffen said a team discussion after the Carolina game helped eliminate any
fiTistrations or confusions the freshman might have had.
“Everyone was able to get out their feelings, and get in touch with the mental
aspects of our game,” said Steffen.
“After we played Charlotte, there was such an incredible difference,” said
Steffen. “I think that has a lot to do with communication on the court, and
feeling comfortable with the people you’re playing with.”
Only three of the team’s starters are returning from last year’s team. However,
Meyer feels this is not to the Bulldogs' disadvantage.
“We have a lot of new faces out there this year, including a new left-handed
hitter, which gives teams something new to look at,” said Meyer.
She feels the newcomers have already begun to work together well with the
rest of the team.
Meyer said, “We still have a lot of work to do, but we’re going to be really
good. We have a lot of young talented people to work with.”
Besides lack of experience, the Bulldogs also lack height. Meyer also feels
this will not tlireaten the outcome of the season,
Meyer said, “We have no control over the appearance of the team (height),
but we have plenty of control over what kind of team we will become,”
“1 think we’re gonna have an awesome season,” said Steffen. “After playing
Charlotte, I saw how capable we are of working together.
Guy Stuart
Above
the Rim
Bidding farewell to Durham Athletic Park
Nowadays, I wonder if baseball
will ever recover from the slide it
has managed to put itself in. It
seems like the last year has been
nothing but a continued soap opera
with bats. From Conunissioner Fay
Vincent’s forced resignation to the
antics of the lowly New York Mets,
one wonders if baseball can really
hold up to being called Amenca’s
pastime.
With all of this in mind, it is with
sadness that 1 find I must say good
bye to something that is what
baseball is really all about. The first
place 1 saw a pro baseball game was
not at a major league park where big
celebrities hang out and the food
prices require you to auction off
your first bom, but rather at a minor
league park,
Durham Athletic Park (DAP) was
one of my favorite places the very
first time I walked into it. From the
second I came through the door, I
knew this was baseball as it was
meant to be. The smells, the sounds,
the people were exactly perfect and
it left me with a feeling 1 have felt in
few other places.
You have probably heard and even
seen DAP, even if you haven’t been
into baseball, since it was featured in
the hit movie "Bull Durham" starring
Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon
(and was about sex, growing old, and
oh yeah, baseball,) A lot of people
have blamed the popularity of DAP in
the last few years on the movie, but 1
think this is half right.
The movie did not create DAP, it
just gave it exposure, DAP is not
great because they fihned a movie
there, but rather 1 think they filmed
the movie at DAP because it is great.
And for me it’s impossible to not go to
the park and feel the baseball that is so
much a part of its life.
Since that warm day in June, 1 have
been back many times over the years
and enjoyed every moment, from the
hottest day to a rained out game that
turned into a big party. Some of my
best friendships have been nurtured at
Durham, and I have met some
incredibly neat people from all over
the counU7 that had just happened to
end up in Durham on summer nights.
With all this in mind, it may be
easier to see why 1 am so sad that
this is the final season of DAP.
Soon the gates will close for good,
the Bull will be taken down and the
small stadium just beyond the
factory buildings will be gone and
nothing will ever bring it back again.
The Durham Bulls will move to a
modem stadium in a more central
location in the city and who knows
what will happen to the spirit of
baseball that seems to live in DAP.
I try not to get sentimental too often,
but in these times of big money and
sports gone horribly awry, it was
nice to know that DAP would still
be the same and the B ull would still
be on the back wall. Even our
favorite places must sometimes
disappear, but they will always be
our favorite places as long as we
don’t forget them.
Like Kevin Costner said in the
movie, “Sometimes you win,
sometimes you lose, and sometimes
it rains.” Playing above the rim.
I’m Guy Stuart.
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