PAGE FOUR
THE LANCE
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1973
Tennis Team Improves;
Doubles Play Key Factor
St. Andrews’ tennis team
showed some improvement
despite losing 2 out of 4 mat
ches during the past week.
Along with the natural im
provement which comes with
practice and competitive ex-
prience, the Knights have
received a big boost from their
restructred doubles teams.
Davis Miller is now teamed
with Richey Robinson to play
No. 1 doubles, while Paul
Finger and Tom Ager fill the
number two spot. This
arrangement has proved
much more successful than
the privous teams, Miller-
Finger and Robinson-Ager. In
the new setup each player is
closer to his partner’s talent
level, and the teams now func
tion more smoothly and ef
ficiently.
The Knights scored con
secutive 8-1 victories Thur
sday and Friday as they fin
ally displayed the form which
had been expected of them.
Thursday they downed Me
thodist here for their first
home-court win of the sea
son. Davis Miller’s 5-7, 6-3,
6-1 loss to Vaughn. John was
the only blemish as SA won
the other matches easily. Mil-
ler played one of his best
matches of the season des
pite losing to the highly tout
ed John.
Equally as convincing was
the 8-1 win at UNC-
Wilmington Friday, in which
all of the Knights’ singles
players won in straight sets.
John Gillingham and Steve
McAlister suffered a three-
set back in No. 3 doubles.
After a scheduled match with
Lynchburg was rained out
Saturday, the Knights were
beaten 5-4 by arch-rival N.C.
Wesleyan. Miller wore down
Mike Filliettal 5-7,6-0,6-2, but
SA could win only one other
singles match. Mitch Mitchell
did that by defeating Tom
Gaynor 7-5, 6-1. The Knights
also won the number one and
two doubles events. The day’s
most impressive performance
was turned in by Wesleyan’s
little Martin Saunders, who
annihilated Richey Robinson
6-0,6-0 in No. 2 singles.
Yesterday SA was beaten by
a strong UNC-Charlotte team,
6-3. Mitch Mitchell was the
only Knight to win in singles.
The No. 1 and 2 doubles teams
were again victorious.
DIAC Track Saturday;
Baseball Knights Win One;
Depth, Errors Still Problems
Lynchburg
Lynchburg and Christopher
Newport rate as favorites in
Saturday’s conference track
meet here. The defending
champion Hornets lead entries
in three track events and
should be very strong in the
field events. C hristopher
Newport, a new conference
member this year, tops four
track events.
Jerry Allen (CN), 10.1, and
Lynchburg’s defending cham
pion Harold Breedlove, 10.2,
should wage a hot battle in the
100. Breedlove ran 10.0 in last
year’s championship.
Breedlove also heads the
220, which he won last year.
He has done 23.0 this season.
Allen will again be a strong
contender.
Other top individuals;
440 - Bill Hurley, L (51.0),
Audrey Jackson, CN (51.3),
Steve Koscsich , CN (52.2)
880 - Dirl Riddle CN (1:59.5),
Intramural competion will
be taking place in many sports
for the next few weeks. Men’s
competition in slow-pitch
softball, bowling, and tennis
has already begun, and wo
men’s softball will begin next
week. Softball games and bow
ling matches begin at 4 p.m.
tennis matches start at 7 p.m.
Individual competition is co
ed racketball is also
scheduled. A signup sheet is
posted in the P. E. building.
Final standings in the most
recently completed in
tramurals, women’s basket
ball:
Favorite
defending champ George
Goodloe (1), 2:00.3
High Hurdles - defender Ron
Hayden, SA (16.4), heads over
rest of field.
Intermediate Hurdles: John
Clark (59.0), Hayden (59.8).
MUe - Riddle (4.28.5). CN
has top four.
3 Mile - Doug Bowes, L
(15.31.5).
In the field events, defen
ding champions include Tim
Bridwell, L., who vaulted 11’
6” last year. Andy Crowell of
SA has cleared 13” this year,
however. Alan Decot, L. has
thrown the discus 123’ 12”.
SA’s Beef Laguardia has hit
122’ 4”. High jump: Breedlove
(6’ 0”). Long jump: Hayden
(22’ 4”). Finals in the field
even begin at 2:) with track
events starting at 2:50.
Gran-Orange 0 5
Albemarle 1 4
Wilmington A 2 3
Wilmington B 3 2
Concord B 4 1
Concord A 5 0
The victorious Granville-
Orange team was coached by
women’s varsity basketball
player Wanda Patterson.
Contact your dorm manager
for your dorm’s intramural
schedule.
Ace pitcher Riley Erwin
twirled a masterful five hit
shutout and ignited the win
ning rally as SA picked up its
first win of the season, 2-0,
over N.C. Wesleyan, in the
first game of a doublehead
er April 5 at SA. Wesleyan
came back to take the night
cap 6-1. Erwin struck out
five and walked none in his
seven inning masterpiece. He
wa aided by the sparking de
fense of his usually erratic
mates. The Knights played
errorless ball and pulled off
two double plays.
SA broke up a tight pitching
duel with two runs in the bot
tom of the sixth. Erwin led off
with a double over the center
fielder’s head. Two outs later,
Tom Barker singled sharply to
left, with Erwin stopping at
third. Rex McGuinn, running
for Barker, stole second and
both runners scored a:: Bob
Latshaw blooped a single to
right center.
The Knights played well in
the second game also. Erwin
started and took the loss,
giving up two runs in the
second. The teams traded
unearned runs before
Wesleyan wrapped it up with
three seventh inning runs off
Ray Andrews. With two outs
and the bases full, second
baseman Max Sampson was
later covering the bag on an
attempted force play,
allowing one run to score. A
wide throw by shortstop im
Haddix let in the other two
runs. Andrews deserved a bet
ter fate, for he had pitched
well over a five inning span.
Bob Latshaw pitched five
excellent innings the next day
against Wofford, and took a 5-3
lead into the sixth. Then the
roof caved in, as SA pitchers
Latshaw, Sampson and south
paw BiU Bames gave up 13
runs in the final four innings,
as Wofford won 16-6. SA had
a good day hitting, knocking
out 11 safeties, but its pitch
ing and defense could not hold
off the Terriers. Wofford ma
naged only eight hits, but
were given 11 walks and three
hit batsmen by SA pitchers.i
In the field the Knights com
mitted eight errors.
The Knights had gotten star
ted right with three runs in the
Friday
Golf, Campbell, A
Saturday
Track, DIAC Championsions,
H
Tennis, Pembroke, A
Baseball, N. C. Wesleyan, 2, A
Monday
Tennis, Methodist, A
Baseball, Methodist, A
Woman’s Tennis, Campbell.
H
Tuesday
Tennis, UNC-W,H
Wednesday
Women’s Tennis, F. MarionH
bottom of the first, two coming
in on Latshaw’s looping single.,
John Hendrickson, who had
walked, scored in the second
on Ray Andrew’s booming
triple to the 400-foot sign in
center field. The Knights ad
ded an unearned run in the
fourth, and scored for the final
time in the sixth on Jim Lyn
ch’s RBI single.
Tuesday the Knights fell to
Atlantic Christian, 10-2. Krvin
started and was treated
Led by a superb perfor
mance by Lee Morgan in the
number one singles match,
the SA women’s tennis team
coasted to an easy 7-2 win
over Pembroke in the sea
son’s opener here Wednes
day. Morgan used superb fore
hand placement to defeat
Fayetteville city champion
Ann Darby, 6-4, 6-3. The
Knights won five of the six
singles matches, losing only
in the second slot as Scotland
County’s Marge Lathem beat
Glenda Hames, 6-3, 6-4.
After splitting a pair of
matches within the last week,
the SA golfers are still well
below the .500 mark. No one
has played up to his capa
bility consistently, but each
golfer Is working hard to im
prove his game as the team
heads into tournament acti
vity.
The Knights scrambled to
a one stroke victory over
Greensboro College at Scotch
Meadows Country Club Fri
day. Dave Cox, who has been
filling the number one posi
tion all season for SA, led
the way with an 81. Toby
Vosburgh shot an 82, Dixon
roughly by the visitors, who
scored seven runs in Erwin’s
four innings. Max Sampson
pitched brilliantly over the
last five innings. The Blue
scored twice in the seventh in
ning. Tom Barker was hit by a
pitch, and went to second on
BUI Barnes’ infield single. A
wild pitch advanced both run
ners. Rex McGuinn drove
across a run with a groundout.
The second run scored on an
error.
Lynn VanderLip )SA) d.Dee
Conn 6-0, 6-4.
Laurie Miller )SA) d. Carol
Taylor 6-0, 6-4.
Beth Bransford )SA) d.Pam
Simmons 6-0, 6-0.
Melissa Burkholder )SA) d.
Debbie Blackman 6-0, 6-0.
Darby-Latham (P) d. Mor
gan-Burkholder 8-6.
Hames-VanderLip )SA) d.
Conn-Taylor 6-0, 6-0.
Mi Her-Bransford (SA) d.
Simmons-Blackman 9-0.
Williams 87, Jon McKechnie
88 and John Givens 90 as the
Knights won 428-429.
The weather, a season long
problem for the Knights,
kicked up again, this time in
the form of wind, as the team
lost at Pembroke, 412-437
Tuesday. Cox was again the
medalist with an 85, followed
by Vosburgh and Givens at
87, Williams 88, and Dave
Bowie 90.
The Knights take a 3-9 re
cord into the match at Camp
bell Friday. Monday they will
travel to Charlotte for the two-
day N.C. Collegiate Tourney.
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Intramural Report
Women’s Tennis Begins
With Win Over Pembrok
Other results:
Golf Team Struggling;
State Tourney Next Week