hristians’ baseball has ‘the right chemistry’
rsday. April 10,.1905
The Pendulum
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Photo by Mike G. Simonelli
Slide: Jimmy Duncan steals second base against North
Carolina A&T Tuesday. The Christians swept the
doubleheader 3-2. 6-3.
on’s 12-game streak ends
and Elon took the game 6-3.
Last Saturday Elon swept a
twinbill at Mars Hill in convinc
ing fashion. The Christians trail
ed 10-2 in the bottom of the third
inning of the first game and were
behind 14-12 going into the final
inning. But Elon’s seven-run
burst in that frame carried the
team to a 19-14 victory.
Then in the second game Greg
McDannold (6-2) pitched a five-
hitter as the Christians routed the
Lions 17-1.
High Points Panthers ended the
Christians’ 12-game winning
streak last Monday with a 9-8 vic
tory on Elon’s Newsome Field.
Elon, behind ace right-hander
Greg Harris, took a 5-2 lead into
the eighth inning, but the visitors
scored five times on three hits,
three walks and an error. A bad
hop double by David Barra pro
vided the game-winning RBIs.
High Point tallied two more
runs in the top of the ninth, then
held off Elon in the bottom of the
inning. The Christians’ Barry
, Culberson hit a three-run homer
but the rally fell a run short.
Harris took his first loss of the
1985 season against five wins.
High Point improved its record to
22-12.
bn swept a doubleheader
North Carolina A&T
'ersity here Tuesday, reboun-
from a 9-8 loss to High Point
Monday that snapped the
istians' 12-game winning
ik.
lie Elon wins over A&T
sted the team’s overall record
7-4. The Christians are 11-2
he Carolinas Conference and
2 in District 26.
Ion has seven regular-season
es remaining. The Christians
Friday at Pembroke State, at
ffer Saturday and at Wingate
iday.
6 1981 Elon team finished
an all-time record 41 wins,
on won the first game of the
ileheader Tuesday by a 3-2
(in.
the bottom of the seventh
Jie Clark reached first on a
kt’s choice, stole second and
*il on a Randy Enoch single
le garfie winning run.
id Terry relieved Mickey
in the fourth to capture the
Mve run sixth inning lifted
Kristians to a 6-0 lead in the
I game. A&T’s three runs
' seventh were not enough
By Loukia Louka
Editor
On a hot and cloudless
Wednesday, April 3, the sun is
beating down relentlessly, its heat
interrupted occasionally by a cool
breeze.
It is a powder blue day, one of
the first scorchers of 1985.
Classes are over for the day, and
out by Harper Center, the
lakeside is crowded with sun-
worshippers. Their conversations
are filled with tales of Fort
Lauderdale—the beach, drinking
oceans of beer and enjoying be
ing golden brown.
Just beyond Harper Center lies
Newsome Field, a windblown
diamond filled with figures dress
ed in red and white, working on
sprinting, stretching, catching
and pitching. Incoherent mur
murs fill the air. the thud of ball
against mitt and puffs of dust that
settle lazily.
Beyond Newsome Field is the
Koury Fieldhouse, a haven for
Elon’s athletes. Somewhere in the
background Huey Lewis is sing
ing "The Heart of Rock and
Roll," while athletes float in and
out of the clubhouse. Among the
baseball players is senior Barry
Culberson of Siler City, a
sometime member of the pitching
staff and regular at third base.
Culberson has been today’s
hero. His home run in the bottom
of the ninth against Guilford
yesterday helped Elon to an 8-5
Carolinas Conference victory.
Different Heroes
Culberson says, "Someone is
a hero every game." and he's
right. The entire baseball team
has indeed filled that role. In
fashioning a 25-4 record through
April 15 Elon was 11-2 in league
play, 17-2 in District 26 games
and is ranked high in the national
NAIA Poll.
Outfielder Randy Enoch, a
senior from Mebane, describes
the Elon baseball team as havifTg
"the right chemistry." He should
know. A veteran Fighting Chris
tian, Enoch led the 1984 baseball
team with seven doubles and is
this season’s leading hitter at
.370.
“The players know their
roles," says Enoch. "They know
what is expected of them and they
play together as a team."
Pete Gibson, a transfer from
the University of South Carolina
at Aiken, has found his niche in
the Elon outfield. Gibson, a
senior from Emporia, Va., says
he believes that the senior leader
ship and the power pitching of
veterans Greg Harris, John
Driscoll and Greg McDannold
have vaulted the team to its cur
rent status.
Those three pitchers, along
with the man considered the pit
cher of the future, freshman Ben
ny Tart, have been the cor
nerstone of Elon’s success. "We
expected to do well, but not this
early," says Gibson. "We’re
winning but we’re not hitting; our
pitching is getting us through. No
one is really scoring a lot of runs
on us.” “Coach (Rick) Jones
brought in some good quality
players," says Culberson. "Pete
Gibson, Budgie Clark and Troy
Harris have all helped us out.”
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