PAGE FOUR
The Knight Bowling Team, which placed second in DIAC ac
tion. Kneeling (from l.-r.) are Jim Barrick, Ed McDonald, and
Mark Podhorecny. Standing are Phil Rech, Dave Kelly, Wes
Campbell, Rusty Pherson, Jim Herring, and Bam Granville.
Not Pictured is Mike Fletcher.
Bowlers Place Second
In DIAC Tournament
Lynchburg’s Hornets roared
from behind to win the Dixie
Conference bowling cham
pionship, nosing out St. An
drews in the final round of the
tournament at Lynchburg
Mar. 17-18. The Knights had
taken a surprising lead in the
round-robin portion of the
tournament by defeating
every other competing team.
However, under a new format
this year, this only allowed
them to roll in the cham
pionship bracket of the
“position round.” This final
round match against Lyn
chburg decided the cham
pionship, and the Hornets
bowled strongly, winning the
round to total 6192 pins on the
tournament. SA finished with
5621, followed by N.C.
Wesleyan 5522, Methodist
5487, UNC-G 5033, and Green
sboro College 4705.
T^e Knights fared well in in
dividual singles competition,
as six men finished in the top
17, out of 48 bowlers com
peting. Ed McDonald rolled a
598 for fourth place. Bam
GranviUe took fifth with a 591,
LaGuardia, Hayden Lead
Trackmen In Opening Win
BY KIM PHILLIPS
On a raw, March 23 after
noon, the Knight trackmen
warmed to the occasion, do
minating the field events en
route to an 88-^7 pasting of
Methodist’s Monarchs in their
opening meet. In the field e-
vents S. A, outscored the vi
sitors 53-10.
Leading the onslaught were
record breakers John La
Guardia and Andy Crowell.
LaGuardia, a senior, better
ed his own shot put mark
with a toss of 45 feet, 6 1/4
inches. “Beef” also added
discuss and javelin victories.
He flung the platter 117’41/2”
and threw the spear 144’
4 1/2”. Crowell, a freshman,
shattered the ancient pole
vault record of 12' as he sail
ed 13 feet.
Not to be denied his points
however, versatile ace Ron
Hayden bagged four individual
triumphs. In addition to win
ning both hurdles events, Hay
den staved off close compe-
tion to take the 100 yarc
dash and the long jump. Hay
den ran on the victorious 440
relay unit for another first
place.
Jimmj/ chwalte also stood
out for SA finishing the af
ternoon with two second and
two third place finishes.
As warmer weather arrives
all performances should vast
ly improve. This is reason
enough to deserve your sup
port April 14th, when St. An
drews hosts the DIAC cham
pionships.
The St. Andrews College
^oir, under the direction of
James Cobb, head of the
Andrews music program,
^ present a concert on
Friday in the Avinger
Auditorium at 8 p.m.
■nie choir recently returned
trom a successful tour which
wk the 30-member group to
Washmgton,D. C., Baltimore.
Md.; Richmond, Va.; and
several points in North
THE LANCE THURSDAY, APRIL 5,19731]
Knight Netters Start Slow;
Hopeful For Rest Of Season
Richey Robinson i,>j
traditionally a slow started
but comes around at tou*
nament time. With a guv
predict.;’?
Robmson has captured twd'
singles and two doubles titlJ
in his career tSA. ■.
UNC-W was ramed out yesteri
day and was rescheduled
this Friday afternoon
Wilmington.
SA Baseball Struggling'^
Record Now Stands 0-5
Jim Barrick seventh with 556,
Rusty Pherson tied eleventh,
Mark Podhorecny 15th, and
Dave Kelly 17th. Marc Gordon
of Lynchburg won the singles
competition with a fine 635.
Wes Campbell, who was
named to the all-conference
team on the basis of his ex
cellent regular season
average, teamed with Gran
ville to finish third in doubles
competition. Bobby Ayers and
Steve Edwards of Methodist
won the event with 1115. Phi
Rech, the Knights’ only
graduating senior, and Dave
Kelly teamed to finish ninth.
The Knights displayed
amazing consistency in the
tourney, as all five starters
averaged between 169 and 174
pins per game over twelve
games. Floyd Blackwell was
quite pleased with his team’s
showing. “Our boys all made
great showings,” he said.
“This was a very close knit
team. They worked hard to
improve their bowling.” He
paid special tribute to Camp
bell, the only player on the all
conference team not from
L3Tichburg.
Tlie Knights netters have
gotten off to a slow start. After
expected losses to College 01
Charleston and Atlantic
Christian, the Knights were
shocked 5-4 by Francis Marion
at the SA courts in a match
that went right down to the
wire. Long after all other play
^ was finished with the score 4-
4, the number one doubles
match continued on, a tense
defensive battle characterized
by seven service breaks in
the third set alone. With Fran
cis Marion ahead 6-5 in the
final set and Glen White serv
ing the SA team of Paul Fin
ger and Davis Miller thrice
averted match point before
finally taking the game on
Miller’s hard forehand. Miller
then built a 40-0 lead on his
owTi serve, but the Knights
lost five straight points, three
on double faults, to slip be
hind 6-7. John Barringer
then held his own serve to
eiveFMC the match.
The Knights then travelled
to Virginia for two matches.
They had to struggle to defeat
Christopher Newport 5-4 in a
heavy wind at Newport News.
The decisive match here was
the No. 6 singles. With the
third set knotted at 6-6, the
tiebreaker system was used.
The tiebreaker went to its nin
th and final point, with SA’s
Steve Barber winning with a
baseline job. The Knights
moved on to Norfolk and
demolished Virginia
Wesleyan. This was an ex
tremely easy win, as the
Knights took every set, losing
a total of only 20 games.
The UNC-Greensboro Spar
tans are the surprise of the
year in the Dixie Conference.
SA coach Bob Chaiken, who’s
been involved in DIAC tennis
for ten years, caUs UNC-G’s
number one player, Albert
Khamlarian “the best player
ever to play in the conference.
And their No. 2 player, Jim
Costa, is about the third best
ever to play in the con
ference.” These two stars led
the Spartans to a 6-3 victory
over the Knights Khamlarian
blanked Miller 6-0, 6-0, while
Costa bombarded Richey
Robinson 6-0, 6-1, UNC-G
swept all three doubles mat
ches.
Coach Chaiken evaluated
his team as it begins to tune up
for the DIAC tournament:
“The number one’s this year
are real good for our con
ference all over. So are the
number two’s. If we have any
strength, it comes in the 3
through 6 spots. Tom Ager is a
real strong No. 3, and Paul
Finger is a strong number 4.
Mitch Mitchell (5) hasn’t
played very well, but poten
tially he’s a real strong
player. He had a great fresh
man year. Steve Barber
should take the conference
title in number six. I think he
could probably win it in num
ber five. He’s won all his con
ference singles matches.
St. Andrews’ struggling
baseball team will take an 0-5
record into this week’s four
game homestand. The team’s
two most recent losses came
at the hands of Francis
Marion. The Knights were out-
slugged 22-8 at Florence
before coming home to take an
8-1 drubbing.
The first game was a seven
inning affair, but nevertheless
St. Andrews hurlers Ray An-,
drews. Max Sampson and Bill
Barnes gave up 22 runs on 17
hits. Hard-hitting outfielder
Steve Fowler belted two
homers, a triple and a single,
driving in six runs to lead the
Patriot’s attack. On the day
the Patriots knocked five Dit
ches out of the park, S.A. con
tributed eight errors to me
Francis Marion cause.
SA had its biggest day of the
season at bat, with eight runs
on nine hits. The Knights took
a 4-0 lead in the first, as Jim
my Haddix lofted a two run
homer, the first of his career.
Jim Lynch drove in a run with
a single, and the fourth run
scored on a passed ball. SA
tallied single unearned runs in
the third and fourth innings.
Riley Erwin closed out the
Knights’ scoring with a two
run homer in the sixth. Ray
Andrews also had a good day
at the plate, with three hits
and a walk.
The Knights’ bats were
much quieter in the game
here, a FMC took an easy 8-1
decision. The Patriots took a 2-j
dead in the top of the first ani:
were never threatened. Thl
Knights scored in the ninth, as
Bob Utshaw walked, went to
second on an error, and scor J
on pitcher Riley ErwinT
single.
The Knights receivecf,
another blow when catchef
Mick Meisel returned froii
spring break with an injure!
knee. He could be out for the
rest of the season. ToraJ
Barker will now handle thJ
catching, with Jim Haddix inj
reserve. This injury furthef
depletes the Knights’ woefully)
thin bench, just as the tearal
moves into the heavy part of|
the schedule. Seventeen!
games ar scheduled for April,,
including a makeup]
doubleheader with N.C.
Wesleyan today. Home games 1
with Wofford Friday and
UNC-Wilmington Saturday
are scheduled.
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