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PAGE FOUR FRTOAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1975 the LANCE Soccer Season Starts Unevenly Last Fridays scrimmage against UNC-Chapel Hill proved to be a “learning ex perience”. Hie final score - Chapel Hill 8, St. Andrews 4 is misleading. The purpose (rf a scrimmage is (1) to find out a team’s strengths and weaknesses and (2) to find the best possible combination of players. In others words, fin ding a imit of [dayers who work wellas ateam. SA relinquished two quick goals in the first toi minutes of play. Both scores could have easily been {^evented. Sur[x1singly the team did not become flustered due to their weak start; instead, tiiey held their own against a much more powerful, talent-laden team. The Krt^ts fought back, scoring 3 goals, and narrowed the score to 4 to 3 early in the third period, thanks to Mike Dunn’s two penalty kicks and a beauti fully executed goal. Soon af ter, Chapel IfiU took control of the game and broke it (^n. Standouts included attacker Dunn along with sophomore Sheikh Jagne, who scored SA’s only other goal on a per fect placement shot. Most im- jM-essive was “back^ullback” Scott Brouthers. His all-out ef fort and raw ability makes him an exciting prospect and gives sane respect to Qie inex perienced defense. There are, howevff, some weak links in the SA attack. The front line was only able to get off five shots on goal during the 88 minutes of play. The scoring percentage is ex cellent but will soon decline. The offence must be able to get more shots on goal if they expect to be victorious. Wing play was less than adequate and must improve. Halfback play was also weak, althou^ Tim Rowe did a fair job as i?) fullback. The basic problem was that tiwy could not the ball into our offensive zone. When they did manage to dear the ball to the wing, the wing would loose control. Denfense will be the k^r to this year’s success. Ihe back line of Brouthers, freshman Tom Stoeker and Mike McOwen will imiwove with each day. Goalie Karl Jen nings is quick, aggressive and has good hands ^drile back-iq) goalie Richard Massey reliiK]uished only one score coming on a penality kick. Newly elected Co-Captains Mike Dunn and Tim Griggs provide excdlent leadership on the field. In an interview with THE LANCE, Tim stated that the team would nave to really hustle to make up for the lack of raperience and that the team muk not make dcp- py mistakes. Griggs remains (^timistic about the season (ke to tiie positive attitudes Women’s VolleybaU Begins Practice “Team Looks Good” Says Coach Williams Womens volleyball is in it’s fourth year of opperatioi and this years outlook is very ex- dting according to Coach Jo Ann Williams. Although prac tice has just recently begun, the outlook is bri^t. The nucleus of this year’s squad are seniors, most of whom for med the squad four years ago. Mary Solomon and Glen Ken nedy, last years co-captains head the list of returning star ters. Solomon is an excellent “setter” while Kennedy is “Queen of the Spike”. Karen Hardison returns this year and is an exceptional all around player as is Junio* Joyce Dew. An important ad dition to this years team is the return of Debbie Luckritzs. Luckritz was a starter the last half of the 1973 season and is returning this year after a years absence. Her spiking ability should inhanse the power of the team, along with even more experience. This leaves one starting position up for grabs. Libby Flowerree, Fran Newbold, Barbara Whit- tff, Cindi Williams along with senior newcomer Hatti Woods will all be trying to win a star ting birth and press the established starters. Fresh- persons Elizabeth Black, Beth Qevdand and Myra McGinnis are all “eager to learn” ac cording to Coach Williams. Coach Williams feels there will be a definite improvement over last years record of 11 wins and 10 loses. Williams feds that the core of the team is experienced, they will be more consistent and not “beat themselves due to the lack of, experience”. Last years squad finished fourth in the North Carolina State “B” tournament and this years team should fair better. However, winning might be easy to comeby for the other teams in the conference have also improved. Francis Marian, Wilmington and Atlantic Christian College are tough rivals, and there is in deed, rivalry. “The skill of women has improved, as has the interest of the spectator”, states Ms. Williams, “and rivallry has formed”. There are twenty regular season matches scheduled for this fall, along with the state turniment. All home matches start at 7:00 p.m. and take place in the main gym. This years prospects look ex- treemly good due to the ex cellent combination of talent and experience. Let’s hope they exerdse thdr potential to the best of their ability exhibited by the players. This positivisni wrings from Coach Betts’ energetic approach and will remain so through the season. Betts is doing a remarkable job uni^ng his young team: there is not a speck of pessimism or negativism on his squad. More importantly, he has earned the playffs respect, rather than demanding it without giving cause for it. Team Drops Opener Phiffer College, blesses with superior ball handling ability and teamwork, pounded the SA goal 11 times. They took 23 ^ots on goal in the first half almie compared to 17 fw the Knights over the whde course of the game. Team captains Mike Dunn and Tim Griggs stated that team iday was weak and that inexperience at the fullback position hurt tremendously. HoepufUy with the recovery of Griggs and the return of former lettennan John Barron, defense problems will fade. The Kni^ts one bri^ti^t was Karl Jennings. Even thou^ Pheiffer scored 11 goals, Jen nings hdped keep the score “down” with some remarkaUe saves. SA’s lone goal was scored Dunn with an assist from Jagne. This Tuesdays home matdi against Greensboro College wiE be a real “tester” fw this years squad. According to the captains, “Good teams always come back.” Let’s hope fcx* tte best. T.F.’s Peer BOB’S JEWEL SHOP The Place to go for all your Jewelry needs Main St. College Plaza “Competition is getting stronger within the Dixie Cai- ference all the time. Students have the opportunity to become mare dedicated to self-imi^ovemait and the op portunity to work with others as a unit, a team. Winning is important and everyone likes to win but the most important objective within the S. A. ix-ogram is to give athletes the (^portunity to be as good as he or siie can be.” Julian Smith is in his fourth year as Athletic Director at St. Andrews. Over the four ye^ span, Coach Smith has had his ups and downs. Last psring he received the most crushing blow of his career, that being the necessity to fold the baseball team due to the lack of personnel. This action deeply disturbed him but by no means is Dr. Smith a quit ter. He worked hard all sum mer recruiting not only taloi- ted baseball prospei^ but other outstanding athletes as well. This is an extremdy dif ficult job, cmisidering that the majority of colleges and universities give complete athletic scholarships to student athletes. St. Andrews does not. It takes a very ^cial kind ot student athlete to come to a school like SA and partidpate at a less intoise level. The result of not paying athletes to come to An drews is that athlete come to SA and offer mwe than the ability to throw a baseball or shoot a basketball. In the past, St. Andrews teams have fared wdl in the Dixie Confo-ence, especially in soccer, basketball, bowling and even baseball. In effect, I’m saying that SA has the potential to be a strong com petitor within the conference and in the NCAA Divisirai III section of collegiate athletics. Midc Mdsel I doubt seriously that St. An drews CoU^e will becwne a househdd word within the atl^ic drdes. However, we do have the oppmtunity to in crease the recognition of the sdiool within the southern states through our athletic teams. Good athletic com petition not only enables the individual to grow as a person but it also gives the sdiool as an institution the recognition it deserve' We owe it to our- selves to participate in athletics in some way, shi^pf or form so that we can better ourselves mentally, physical^ and as a unit, a OMnmunity. Over the past three years, 1 have seen tremendous at titude changes within the St. Andrews cranmunity - not only attitudes towards athletics but educational attitudes. 1. Students have beccsne a- tremenly passive and apathetic 2. Individualism has decreased; the importance of bdng an individu^ is being overtaken by the desire to be acc^ed by certain “cliques” or“gron)es”. People may or may not agree with these statements bu the pdnt I’m trying to make is that thorough our athletic program we can in duce a “sdiool sprit”, a feeling of unity, whidi can give our community a desire to partidpate togdher as a whole; as individuals working wtihin a sodety, rather than existing as socially oriented groups. Athletics is, indeed, a powerful tool within our society today. Everyone can participate in some way, shape or form - as a fan or as an athlete. The opportunity is thwre. Let’s take advantage of it and make a strong effort to do what we can to hdp our selves and this institution. THE RED LION Welcomes Back The Students Of St. Andrews Now Open In The College Union . THE PARTY SHOPPE Is giving away - absolutely free - 3 - count 'em 3 KEGS OF BEER! (OR WIN OR OTHER MERCHANDISE OF EQUAL VALUE) STOP BY AND REGISTER! 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