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Page 8 The Pendulum March 5,1981 Golden Girls grab third place in NAIAW Division II tourney By Vicki Blankenship The Golden Girls travelled lo Lenoir Rhyne College this past weekend to participate in the NAIAW Division II tournament after winning the Carolinas Conference. Although Coach Mary Jack son’s women cagers did not claim the title, they did manage a third place victory and a possible bid to the Regional Division II play offs. Conference champions Elon started their play Fri day night after receiving a bye in the first round. Pfeiffer College defeated Pembroke State University and advanced forward to take on Elon. In a close match that saw the lead change hands over 20 times, Elon put it all together in the last five minutes of the game to win 75-70. For the fourth time in one season Elon was to face High Point College. Elon trailed throughout most of the game even though All- American Vanessa Corbett turned in one of her most outstanding performances with 31 points and 21 re bounds. The lead never wi dened more than four points at any one itme. With five minutes left in the game Elon started to control the pace of the game with their man-to-man de fense and took the lead but never by more than two points. Center Jeanie Hair ston fouled out, leaving Elon with a disadvantage in controlling the boards. With two minutes remaining, High Point regained control and defeated Elon 86-82. “We weren’t sharp against High Point but it’s hard to beat someone like High Point three times in a row,” said Coach Mary Jackson. The loss to High Point put the Golden Girls in a consolation game against UNC-Charlotte. The game started off like every other game in the tournament. “There was no domina ting team in the tourna ment,” said Coach Jackson. “Four games were won by a total of nine points. Any- 6i ’Jock Shorts^’ Intramiirals By Vicki Blankenship Intramural basketball is halfway through the season and each division has its dominating teams. The men’s fraternities di vision is being led by NHG with five wins and no losses. KA-A is close behind with four wins and no losses. Division II leaders are Devo Foods #1 with five wins and no losses, and Sig Ep Pearls with four wins and one loss. The three men’s dorm divisions are led by Studio 26, Running Rebels, and Heads with five wins and no losses each. The women’s division is running a tight race for first place. Prime Time Players has a 4-0 record and the Swat Team is 4-1. Close behind them is Tri Sig with a record of 3-1. Three new activities are about to get underway. They are badminton, racquetball, and co-rec volleyball. Badminton offers men and women’s singles plus mixed doubles. Interested players must sign up by Friday, March 6 and play begins Monday, March 16. Racquetball men and wo men’s doubles begins Mon day, March 16. Sign up time for racquetball is Wednes day, March 11. Co-rec volleyball teams will consist of six men and six women. All games will be played on Sunday and Wednesday nights. Teams must sign up by Wednesday, March 11 and play will begin Sunday, March 15. Tennis team drops match The men’s tennis team put up a tough fight Monday afternoon, but still lost their first match of the season. Under new coach Danny Morrison, the Christians fell to High Point College, 5-4. They play their next match tomorrow afternoon at home. The women’s team will open their season Monday, March 9, when they host Pfeiffer College. NOTICE TO ALL SENATORS AND CLASS OFFICERS: held Thursday, March 5, A Senate meeting will be 1981 at 6 p.m. in Long 208. body could have won,” she added. Five minutes into the game UNC-Charlotte started to pull ahead and advanced their lead up to 13 points. Elon called a time out 10 minutes later. When they came out of their huddle they switched their defense to a man-to-man and gra dually started regaining some of the points. At halftime UNC-Chju'lotte led 46^2. In the second half Elon started playing like the Elon earlier in the season. Elon’s man-to-man defense rattled UNC-Charlotte and they took the victory and third place 89-86. “I’m satisfied with Elon’s play. Who can complain about a 27-3 record, and we have an excellent chance for a bid to the Regional Divi sion II playoff,” remarked Coach Jackson. Sunday at 8 a.m. a con ference meeting is being held to discuss whether Elon gets a bid to the regionals. Junior Co-Captain Vanessa Corbett was chosen on the All-State Team. Corbett averaged 23 points a game along with 11 rebounds per game. Diamonders win 3 weekend games The Elon College baseball team opened the 1981 season with a 3-1 record after sweeping a pair from the University of Maine-Pres- quile on Saturday and split ting with Atlantic Christian on Sunday. Joey Hackett led the way in the first game on Satur day as he ripped a pair of doubles, scored two runs, and drove in a couple to lead Elon to a 7-0 victory. Billy Freeman, Dave Lenig, and Dave Whitley also col lected two hits apiece to contribute to an Elon nine- hit attack. Eric Smith earned the win, pitching five shut out innings and giving up only three hits. In the second game Elon battled from a 3-1 deflect, scoring two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth, to take a 4-3 win. Womble, Manship and Stickel scored the runs and A1 Pritchard came off the bench and pitched IVi inn ings to preserve the lead and collect the win. Elon dropped the first game on Sunday by a 8-6 margin, but rallied from a 3-2 deflect in the seventh, behind a 3-RBI double by Darrell Wallace to take a 5-3 victory and split the double Hugs header with Atlantic Chris tian. ACC pitcher Russ Ingram walked Pee Wee Manship to lead off the seventh and catcher Dave Lenig laid down a perfect bunt to move Manship to second. Pee Wee advanced to third on a fly ball and Craig Newton and Alan Dalton walked to load the bases. After a pitching change by ACC, Wallace calmly stepped to the plate and smacked a 3-run triple in left center field to nail down the victory. A1 Pritchard came out of the bullpen to collect his second win in as many days. from p. 7 ness and comfort it can’t get from a bottle. You get your first real hug from mama. Hugs can keep you warm too. A human blanket is much better than an electric one. Unfortunately, our society doesn’t hug as much as others. Europeans are al ways passing out hugs. We tend to be more selective and private with our affec tions. Americans need to get into the habit of hugging more often. 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