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'October 2,1997 The Banner Page 7 Sports Women's soccer falls to Davidson By Chris Gamer Staff Writer The UNCA women’s soccer team von their first conference game of he year, 2-0, against the Lady 'lames of Liberty University on Sept.27 at Greenwood Field. The vin was UNCA’s 10th straight at lome over the past two seasons. In that time, UNCA has outscored their opponents 35-2. However, the Bulldogs saw their prized winning streak come to an abrupt halt on Sept. 28 as they faced Davidson at home. The Wild cats slid past UNCA, 2-0, to give the Bulldogs a record of 3-3-1 for the season. “The conference win was impor tant,” said Bulldog Head Coach PiHOTO BY ROB HAMMONDS enior midfielder Alison Gehringer (right) works around a )avidson defender. Gehringer and her teammates were hut out by the Davidson defense, ending a 10-game home m streak. The Bulldogs will look to start another streak tn October 4 against Middle Tennessee State University. Michele Cornish. “Thatwasamust- win game.” The Bulldogs held Liberty to only four shots on goal. UNCA goal keeper Christine Geske played 81 minutes in the game and came up with one save, while freshman Sharon Sadowski was only forced to make one save in the final nine minutes of play. Allison Gehringer and Kersten Flink both scored in the first half to give UNCA an insurmountable 2- 0 lead. Gehringer scored first when she picked up a rebound in the first minute of the match. She fired a shot from 18 yards out to put the Bulldogs up early. Flink’s goal was at the 35-minute mark when she unloaded a direct kick on Liberty goalkeeper Shan non Hutchinson from 20 yards out. UNCA managed 15 shots on goal, six corner kicks, and were penalized with eight fouls. The Flames came up with only four shots on goal, three corner kicks, six saves, and were penalized with 10 fouls. Cornish was delighted with the conference win, but was not com pletely content with her team’s level of play. “We didn’t play probably as well as I would have liked to (have) seen the girls play,” said Cornish. “After we scored goals, we just kind of went through the motions a little bit. We did some nice things, though. I don’t want to say it was completely unproductive, but it shows a bit of where we stand char- acter-wise.” Cornish felt as though her team was lowering themselves to the com petition level of their opponents, a problem that the Bulldogs have had already this season. “Whenever you play a team that is not quite as good as you are, you tend to play down to their level. and that’s exactly what we did,” Cornish said. I n the Davidson contest, the Wild cats scored 36 seconds into the game when midfielder Kate McNight found a loose ball 12 yards out and managed to put it in the back of the net. The game remained 1-0 until the 77th minute when the Bulldogs were called for a foul in the box and Davidson was awarded a penalty kick. Wildcat midfielder Amy Balsinger took the kick for Davidson, which squeezed into the top half of the net for the last goal of the game. UNCA took nine shots on goal, had four corner kicks, and was whistled for 11 fouls. Keepers Chris tine Geske and Sharon Sadowski had one save each. The Wildcats managed eight shots on goal, four corner kicks, and eight fouls. Goalkeeper Allison Nozensky had three saves. “Against Davidson, I wouldn’t say that they were the better team,” said Cornish. “Neither team, I would say on the day, really played well. We didn’t. They didn’t. “It was just the luck of the draw that they.scored first,” Cornish said. Cornish felt the Bulldog defense is still the power within the team. Cornish also expressed discontent with the play of her strikers. “[The defense] is very consistent and very straight forward,” said Cornish. “Actually, if I were a de fender, I would probably be getting a little bit tired of the other people on the other end of the field not producing.” “The midfielders played well, bjUt the front runners didn’t do their job again,” Cornish said The Liberty game was UNCA for ward Kersten Flink’s first time back after an ankle injury, and Cornish was very impressed with her week end performance. UNCA downs Charleston Southern By Robert Payne Staff Writer The UNCA volleyball team, coming ofT three straight wins, went on the road to start their Big South Conference schedule this past weekend. They captured a victory against Charleston South ern University on Sept. 26, top ping the Lady Buccaneers by a score of 15-6,15-12,15-8. The Bulldogs then suffered a defeat on the following night to Coastal Carolina University, drop ping the contest to the Lady Chan ticleers by a score of 15-12, 15-6, and 15-9. The Bulldogs’ conference record stands at 1-1, while their overall record is even at 9-9. In the UNCA match against CSU, the Bulldogs captured three straight games to take the match and their first conference contest of the year. UNCA Head Volley ball Coach Julie Torbett said that Charleston Southern didn’t pro vide much competition in the conference opener. “Charleston Southern wasn’t that much of a match,” said Torbett. “When we were beating them in the first game, 12-0, our girls began to lay back.” “The girls decided that they didn’t need to play well because CSU was so bad. We just stopped playing, figuring that we didn’t need to exert any energy. I was very upset that the girls chose to do that, because if you want to be a championship team, you can’t not play.” The Bulldogs were challenged only once in the match, and that came during the second game. The Lady Buccaneers made a late rally, but eventually fell to the Bulldogs, 15-13. The third game was much like the first, no con test. UNCA took the match, 15- 6, 15-13, and 15-8. Leading the way against the Lady Buccaneers for the Bulldogs was sophomore Jennifer Baker, with 12 kills on the night. She was closely followed by junior Cally Geiger with 10 kills. The Bulldogs then traveled to Coastal Carolina University to face the Lady Chanticleers. With the win, CCU won its eighth match out of its nine outings to establish an early season 2-0 record in the Big South Confer ence. UNCA fell to CCU in three straight games by a score of 15- 12, 15-6, and 15-9. The Bull dogs held tight with CCU in the first game, but ultimately let the game slip away, 15-12. In the second and third games the Bulldogs were not able to overcome early leads that were established by CCU in each game. They lost the final games, 15-6 and 15-9. Coach Torbett cited CCU’s dominant serving as the main cause of her team’s demise. “Coastal Carolina just served us off the floor,” said Torbett. “We had 11 recieving errors, which is twice as many as we generally have in a match. “I thought the main difference was that they served very aggres sively, and the girls weren’t used to that.” “We just played flat,” said Torbett. VVomen's basketball will face UNC By Kyle Phipps Sports Editor UNCA’s women’s basketball team has released their chedule for the 1997-98 season. The 26-game schedule ras announced by first-year Bulldog Coach Kathleen )l'eber on Sept. 24. Highlights for the year include trips to defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion North Carolina inNov. 25, and to Clemson University on Feb. 18. The lulldogs will also face UNC-Charlotte at the Asheville pivic Center on Nov. 22. Coming from Depaul, I’m used to playing a schedule I hat' s very competitive and very challenging,” said We- 'er. “I think this year’s schedule will be both competitive Ind challenging. We play games against teams from I ome of the top conferences in the country, and that will ( nly make our program better,” said Weber. The Bulldogs will open their season with four games at home. T wo of them will be exhibitions, then UN CA tips off its regular season play against former Big South Conference member, UNC-Greensboro. The Bulldogs will be on the road for almost all of December. They will face UNC, Richmond, High Point College, and Georgia State. On Dec. 19-20, UNCA will participate in the Cincinnati Tourna ment against the Bearcats of Cincinnati and either UT-Martin or UT- Chattanooga. The Bulldogs will return to the Justice Center on Dec. 30 to play UNC-Wilmington. They will then hit the road again for three more games. On Jan. 6, UNCA will kick off their Big South Conference schedule at University of Maryland-Baltimore County. UNCA will then return to Asheville for a four- game homestand against Big South opponents. On Feb. 18, the Bulldogs will face another road challenge, where they travel to face ACC-member Clemson University. The Big South Tournament runs Feb. 26-28. It’s Your Choice....Your Opinion.... We Need Your Help! Underdog Productions is thinking about bringing a “Big Name” band to campus this year. Please help us decide. Let us know if you want to have a “Big Name” band or the traditional UNCAmania festival day. Let us know what you think. Tear off and drop in Underdog Suggestion boxes in the Library, Highsmitli Center, Karpen, or Rliodes/Robinson. □ □ want a “BIG NAME” Band want UNCAmania Festival Day Live music, novelties, games, food, etc. For More Information: HC-44 or 255-6244 Or E-mail us at Underdog@UNCA.edu UNVRQOG Productions ions Your Campus Activities Board — — — — — —-i —— — — — — — — — — — — —i- —— — — — — — —— — © UNCA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 1997-98 SCHEDULE Oct. 29 Blue-White Scrimmage 6 p.m. Nov. 10 Smoky Mtn. Swarm Exhibition 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 UNCG 7 p.m. Nov. 22 UNCC (Civic Center) 5:30 p.m. Nov. 25 UNC 7 p.m. Dec. 3 Richmond 7 p.m. Dec. 13 High Point College 5:30 p.m. Dec. 15 Georgia State 6 p.m. Dec. 19-20 Cincinnati Tournament UNCA vs. Cincinnati 8 p.m. UT-Martin & UT-Chattanooga TBA Dec. 30 UNC-Wilmington 7 p.m. Jan. 1 Western Carolina 7 p.m. Jan. 6 UMBC 7 p.m. Jan. 8 Radford 7 p.m. Jan. 10 Liberty 7 p.m. Jan. 12 Coastal Carolina 7 p.m. Jan. 15 Winthrop 7 p.m. Jan. 17 Charleston Southern 7 p.m. Jan. 19 Coastal Carolina 7 p.m. Jan. 24 Elon College 4 p.m. Jan. 27 Western Carolina 7 p.m. Jan. 31 Charleston Southern 7 p.m. Feb. 4 Elon College 7 p.m. Feb. 7 Radford 2 p.m. Feb. 9 Liberty 7 p.m. Feb. 14 UMBC 2 p.m. Feb. 18 Clemson TBA Feb. 21 Winthrop 7 p.m. Feb. 26-28 Big South Conference Tournament TBA .bold type indicates game at Justice Center I Hearn’s Cycling & Fitness 38 Broadway • Downtown • 253-4800 On-Call Order Consultants at T Crew We Offer... # $6.05 per hour after training # 40% discount on J. 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