Tennis
RELIEF pitcher Tom Stoecker shows his form at the plate against Salisbury St. earlier this month.
(Photo By Lisa Wollman)
Baseball Team Tops Coker
For First Win In Two Years
In last Thursday’s match
against Pembroke State
University, Rory Daniel and
Stewart Dansby were trailing
in a tie-breaker by the score of
4 to 2. The number two doubles
team had managed to come
from a set behind to tie the
score at the end of two sets
With the score tied 6 to 6, the
two opponents battled for the
deciding game of the match.
The Daniels-Dansby
proceeded to win three
straight points under intense
pressure and secure SA’s vic
tory over rival Pembroke, by
the score of five to four. The
day’s events rested on the out
come of the tie breaker and
the young players came
through.
In Saturday’s match against
a fair Virginia Wesyelan
team, the Netters polished off
their opponents and wcmi the
match by the score of 7 to 2.
Only Kim J(iinson and Dan
sby failed to beat their op
ponents.
On Tuesday morning, the
team traveled to Wilmington
to face UNC-W in a match
hampered by high winds and
bright sunshine . The Knights
were handed an 8 to 1 loss by
the Division III school. Tom
Ager was the only victor of the
day as he defeated his op
ponent 7-5, 6-3. Rory Daniel
had a chance to win his match
as did the Doubles team of
Ager-Johnson but neither
were successful.
On the year the team is
earring a three win two loss
record. Ager leads the team in
winning percentage with a 4
and 1 record while the doubles
teams of Poole-Lowery and
Ager Johnson are 3 and 2. In
talking with coach Tom
Whitley, there was concern
over the condition of Faison
Hester, formally the team’s
number two player. At pre
sent, Hesters absence has not
caused too much problem
whether he was there or not.”
“The fact that each member
of the team has had to move
up a step on the ladder has not
hurt us too badly yet. We
probably would have lost at
Wilmington regardless’’
His return should strenghten
the team. Inexperienced
players on the squad have
been given the chance to play
tougher competition while
not having to suffer a suffici
ent number of team losses.
The team will return to action
after spring break with an
away match against Metho
dist College, a team they have
already beaten once this sea
son-
The St. Andrews Womai’s
Tennis Team opened the 1976
season on March 22nd by
defeating Francis Marion
College by the score of 6 to 3.
In the singles competition
SA’s number one player,
Colby Gordon, handily
defeated Francis Marion’s
Lynn Turner 6-1, 6-1. Lee
Morgan, the number two
player, also produced an im
pressive victory as she
defeated M^ Scarboro 6-1, 6-
0. In the third position SA’s Liz
Bowline was handed a 6-4, 6-2
defeat by D. J. Hubbard.
Karen Clarke, playing in the
fourth slot for SA and facing
Anna Davis, fought a hard bat
tle before losing a tiebreaker
in the ttiird set to make the
final score 1-6, 7-6, 6-7. Salley
Samuelson and Barbara Whit
tier, the number five and six
SA players respectively, each
defeated their opponents to
give SA a 4 to 2 lead heading
into the doubles competition.
Francis Marion shortened
the lead in the number one
doubles match as Turner and
Scarboro defeated Gordon and
Bowline in two straight sets 3-
6, 6-7. Morgan and Clarke^
sealed the victory for St. An
drews , however, by handily
defeating Hubbard and*l5avis
6-4, 6-2 in the number two slot.
Samuelson and Whittier,
playing in the number three
position, boosted the final
score to 6 to 3 by handing
Dingles and Overton a 6-4, 6-2
loss.
Coach Jo Ann Williams
stated that she was pleased
with the team’s performance
and that she felt that they had
played an overall good match.
She cited Gordon and Morgan
for their impressive showings.
The team will return to ac
tion 2:30 on Tuesday, April
6th, when they face Wingate
College in a home match.
They will travel to Campbell
College on Thursday, Ajx-il 8th
for their first away match of
the season.
By Kim Phillips
On the baseball diamond
last week the SA Knights
cruised to an easy 6-1 victory
over Coker. The victory was
the first in two years for SA.
The Knights exhibited the
type of baseball that brings
about wins; brilliant pitching,
good hitting and fine defense.
Five runs on three hits and
four walks in the first inning
decided the outcome. With one
out, Duane Dosal and Rick
Bland slammed back to back
doubles to start things off.
Coker starter Dick Wells
walked Arthur Bowman, D(»i
Rookard, Tom Stoecker and
Jim Thwaite in succession,
forcing in thre runs. Butdi
Keller singled in the other two
runs. SA provided winning
hurler Jai Barber some in-
surancein the fourth when
Bland drove in Dosal.
Barber lost his shutout in
the sixth on Baker’s double
down the right field line and
scoring on Ware’s single.
Otherwise, he assumed com
plete control over the visitors,
striking out fourteen. Every
starter except for Bowman
and Thwaite hit safely but
they contributed by Bowman
scoring and Thwaite having
an RBI. The Knights rapped
out eight safeties.
The Knights dropped a
tough 7-1 decision to Pem
broke in another of those what
might have been a victory
conests. The two squads bat
tled on even terms for six in
nings. Bland got Sawyer home
with a fly ball to left field for
the tying run as Pembroke
had gone ahead in the top of
the inning as Maxey Such sent
a 0-2 pitch over the right field
barrier. After Massey threw a
wild pitch with the bases
loaded in the seventh to put
the Braves ahead, Coach
Smith somewhat surprisingly
pulled his starter. Reliever
Tom Stoecker got a potential
DP grounder from the next
hitter but SA failed to execute
the play and the score moun
ted to 4-1. The Braves battered
Stoecker for their final three
runs in the eighth. Pembroke
starter Donnie Oxendine and
Mike Coleman permitted only
singles by Dosal, Keller, and
Bland. Ken Hobbs and Ted
Craig had three hits apiece for
Pembroke. To explain Coach
Smith’s decision to pull
Massey it was felt that he was
tiring and he was not getting
the ball across the plate.
The Knights made six hits
count for three runs in the first
game against ACC Saturday
but came out on the shortend
9-3. Jim Thwaite and Butch
Keller blasted home runs to
high-light the Knight’s attack.
Keller’s shot, with Bowman
on base, briefly knotted the
game in the fourth. ACC
bounced right back with four
runs to seal the verdict at the
expense of loser Stoecker
buane Dosal lasted less
than two innings on the mound
in the nightcap, absorbing a 6-
1 loss. Robbin Rose and Bobby
Stratten contributed greatly to
Dosal’s demise, leading the
Bulldog’s to a 5-1 advantage.
Richard Massey did a
creditable job in relief only
giving up one run. Again SA
did not hit the ball weU, win
ding up with just four hits.
Two conference
doubleheaders are scheduled
before spring break. Coach
Smith is concered with the
team’s lack of timely hitting.
“We are not htting well with
men on base. We did hit the
ball better against ACC (thir
teen strikeouts in two games
compared with twelve gainst
Pembroke). The kids do have
a good attitude and are
working hard. We’ll win some
more games if we don’t have
bad innings and quit giving the
opposition runs. Our pitchers
must be able to help them
selves, they’ve got to get some
people out on their own.”
Final scores from Tuesday’s
doubleheader at Methodist are
8-2 and 4-1 in favor of
Methodist. Thursday’s home
doubleheader pits SA against
N.C. Wesleyan at 1 p.m.
Sports
In
Brief
Ed McDonald and Steve
Turner filled two open
positions on the SA Dowimg
squad this past week entitling
then to travel to Atlanta,
Georgia April 4th to compete
in the Conference roll-off.
Seniors Mark Podhorency,
Mick Meisel John Porter and
Cheryl Roeder were all ready
assured spots on the squad due
to regular season per
formances.
Last night’s intramural
basketball final saw Granville
Dorm upset Winston Salem
58-45. Bob Carter paced Wins
ton Salem with M points us
Granville had serveral play
ers in double figures including
Benny Cox with 12, Steve All
good with 12, and Bill Allen
also netted 14. Most players
and fans enjoyed the season
which saw many talented
atheltes and same excitmg
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