8 The Pilot I Ociobtx 14, 1994
SPORTS
Women's soccer turns on the heat
by Garrick Scott
The P/7of correspondent
In his first season, Head Coach Lennox
Charles has the Women's Soccer team hotter than
a Trinidadian modeling winter clothes in the sum
mer.
Coach Charles, a native of Trinidad, a gradu
ate of Gardner-Webb, and a former member of the
Men's Soccer team, is achieving success early in
his coaching career. Under his leadership, the
women are 7-2.
But through it all. Coach Charles remains
calm, which is very common for him. He has the
reputation for being as cool as a York Peppermint
Patty. Coach Charles always planned to be coach.
by James R. Sexton
sports editor
The Running Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb
University fell to the Lenoir-Rhyne College Bears
last Saturday night in a 42-21 game.
The game started innocently enough as
Gardner-Webb won the toss but deferred until the
second half. L-R took the ball and marched 73
yards on 7 plays, using only 3 minutes and 25 sec
onds. Then on the Bulldogs' second offensive pos
session, hard luck struck!
Quarterback John Craven had Senior Re
ceiver Chris Gregory open for a big gain but the
ball bounced out of Gregory's hands and into the
hands of an L-R defender. This play seemed to be
a sign of things to come for the Bulldogs that night.
The Bulldogs did not give up. The game be-
but he did not plan to be a women's head coach.
He feels that he still has a lot to learn, but he's
making the adjustment.
"As an assistant, I never had to make the fi
nal decision. Having that responsibility was a
major adjustment," Coach Charles said.
One of the major differences between last
year's team and this year's is that the level of con
fidence is greater.
" The girls did well last year, but they were
eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. My
goal is to go far beyond that," Coach Charles
added.
came a tie with a John Craven 7-yard touchdown
pass to Terrence Porter and again on another Cra
ven 3-yard touchdown pass to a diving Dewayne
Simpson. That play coupled with Matt Graytop's
successful extra point tied the score at 14 going
into halftime.
The second half started horribly for Gardner-
Webb. While expecting to receive the kickoff, the
ball bounced off a G-W blocker and was recov
ered by L-R.
The second half featured much more of this
as luck was L-R's lady. The rushing of L-R's
Leonard Davis had nothing to do with luck. The
senior tailback ran for 243 yards, putting him over
4000 yards in his career.
On defense, the Bulldogs were led by Jason
Brewer who had five tackles. Brewer was later
named SAC Defensive Player of the Week.
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Sports news and opinionated views...
by James R. Sexton
sports editor
Hey Amy Sistrunk! Getting eleven blocks
against Anderson last month was great but I think
you should let other people block too... When I
think of soccer, I think Brooks "Jesus with the
Save" Derrick. What do you think of that?
I hate to keep harpin' on this Lauman kid,
but you gotta see her play^ She gets many props. I
won't give Sherstin "Gimme that ball!" Lauman
all the props. I give many to Jennifer Traband
and Kristen "I Score A"Lott. They are the team's
leading scorers... Don’t look now but basketball
season is right around the comer. I've been hang
ing around the men's basketball assistant coaches
and they can't stop smilin'. I think we're in for an
excitin' season this year...
Head Football Coach Woody Fish said
"Kelvin McCray may be the most improved
player on the team this year", but I didn't even
mention him when speaking of the secondary last
time out. I also forgot to mention Mike "Rollin'
on the"Rivers. Sorry, I think that's why the
Fishman's coachin' and I'm writin'...
Hey Mike "Mr." Derrow! You're on pace to
make ninety-five tackles this season. Now that is
definitely NOT soft!!!
Hey Jason "Milwaukee" Brewer! I wanna
tell you somethin'. You gotta stop tacklin' people
behind the line of scrimmage. Right now you've
done that seventeen times for seventy-four yards
in losses. I think I'm just glad you play for us...
Hey! If you missed the second half of the
football game against Wingate (and I did), I have
some numbers for you on John "the Raven" Cra
ven. He completed 23 of 27 passes for 287 yards
with 3 touchdowns and no (count'em) no intercep
tions. Hey Fishman, Whatever you and Unsworth
did in that second half, do it again for Homecom
ing, please...
I'd like to thank Mark. Andrew, and Todd
over at Sports Information (No! I don't make these
stats up!) Thanks, Guys!!!!!!
Sports Quips & Quizzes
Quip of the week:
“I started at the Boys and Girls Club. I ended up on the cover of Sports Illustrated,” said Jackie
Joyner Kersee while speaking at a fundraiser for the more than 1500 clubs and the two million young
people that they serve.
Sports Quiz: (Answers at bottom of page )
Q: What college coach has the most wins in the history of college football?
Q: What current GWU receiver is 3rd in the SAC with 22 receptions for 203 yards?
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Co-captain Kristen Lott was quoted as say
ing," Coach Charles has helped us develop a new
love for the game, whether it be in our techniques
or in our overall ability".
Runnin Bulldogs fall to L-R