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Page 8 The Clarion February 18, 1987 by Mark Selkirk The Brevard College indoor track team travelled to Blacksburg, Va. on Valentine's Day to compete in the Va. Tech Relays. Coach David Rinker felt optimistic as the team prepared for the national qualify ing meet at Va. Tech. With two team members, Dean Duncan (800 meter) and Kim Nelson (mile and 2-mile) qualifying for the national meet in Warren, Mich., Rinker said, "I think, going into this week, our people are really ready to do some rac ing." For team members who miss qualifying, however, there is still the Clemson Last Chance Meet on March 1, during which runners close to national qualifying times may still become eligible for the NJCAA National Championships. Rinker said the main objective of the en tire team is to “try and run national quali fying times.” Still, he beUeves the individual athlete’s needs are better suited in indoor track than in other sports. “Indoor track is very different from normal team sports. It allows more attention to the individual, not just the team.” Women hooters place third By Buck Rowlee The BC women’s indoor soccer team placed third in the 14-team University of Tenn. indoor soccer tournament at Knox ville, JanuaA 31, The women, led by their leading scorer, Paige Jackson, won three out of their four matches The lady booters beat The Sting, 5-1, and won a heated battle against U.T, 3-2 BC had lo beat the Front Runners in order to advance to the playoffs. The Tor nadoes beat the Front Runners 4-2 and ad vanced to the semi-finals only to be beaten by ail CAcclitiu Karragut team which eventually won the tournament. The women who made up the Tornado squad were: Julie Johnson, Amy Cearley, Paige Jackson, Samantha Douglas, Rebecca Grassie, Andrea Ross, Heather Ward, and Carol Ellison. Head Coach Julie Johnson was very pleased in the team’s play. “They played excellent and very well together and they will get better,” she said. Johnson stated that every member on the team contributed a great deal and that Ross did a great job in the Tornado goal. Women beat Bluefield by Mark Brom The Brevard College Lady Tornado basketball team is beginning to function as a well-tuned machine. The players “have all risen to the challenge,” says Coach Jane Long. Evidence of such teamwork was seen in the Feb. 10 home game against Lees- McRae. Although the Tornadoes were trailing by as much as 20, they remained calm and didn’t give up hope. The ladies made a valiant comeback to cut Lees- McRae’s lead to only four with two minutes remaining in the second half. Despite the tremendous effort, they lost the contest by a score of 50-56. Teressa James led the Tornadoes in scoring with 18, and Margaret Hinkson added 11. Tremendous effort by the ladies on Feb. 7 resulted in a 63-56 win over Bluefield Col lege. The score was very close at the end of the first half (26-25 in favor of BC). The second half of the game was the key to suc cess for the Tornadoes. They shot 50 per cent from the floor and 60 percent from the free-throw line. Lynn Griffin had 21 points and eight rebounds, James had 16 points and four rebounds, and Jill Hair had 12 points and five rebounds. On Feb. 6, BC met a tough Louisburg team. There was a good balance of team scoring for both schools, but Louisburg had just a bit more to defeat the Lady Tor nadoes by a score of 58-70. James played a great game by providing 22 points, eight . rebounds, and three steals, all without a single foul. Hair had 12 points, two re bounds and four steals, while Griffin pro vided 11 points and four rebounds, accor ding to Coach Long. Spartanburg Methodist College soundly thumped Brevard on Feb 4,49-79. The Tor nadoes shot only 35.7 percent from the floor in the game while SMC shot an im pressive 50 percent. SMC had four players scoring in double figures, and the bench scoring was impressive. The Tornadoes’ top scorers were James with 21, and Hinkson with 11. The WCJCC Tournament will be held on a Feb. 25, at Anderson College. According t^ Coach Long, “Since we’ll probably booked as the underdogs in the tourna--^‘ ment, with the way we’ve been playing lately I think we’ll turn a few heads and really surprise some teams.” Lynn Griffin fires over a defender for two points in a recent home game. Runners readying for nationals Brevard College runners work out on the track in preparation for this sprmg s indoor nationals. (Eric Klingensmith photo)
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