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Thursday, September 12,1985
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Soccer team opens with two shutout victories
By E. B. Addison
Staff Writer
The Elon Fightin’ Christians
started their soccer season with
shutout wins against Averett Col
lege (4-0) last Saturday and Mars
Hill (8-0) on Monday.
"If we play with a lot of heart,
we should do real well,” said
head coach Steve Ballard. “I do
believe we have what it takes to
repeat. That’s our goal.”
Ballard was speaking of the
team’s 11-7-1 record and co-
Carolinas Conference champion
ship in 1984.
“During the Averett game
there was a lot of intensity, and
the game was outstanding,” said
Ballard.
Throughout the game Elon had
26 shots on goal, three comer
kicks, and five saves by goalie
Kip Rackley.
On the other hand, Averett had
only seven shots on goal, five
comer kicks, and 14 saves by
their goalie.
Elon’s scoring was dominated
by freshman forwards Rudy Jean-
Baptiste and Mike Wessels, who
each scored two goals.
Jean-Baptiste was an All-State,
All-Met, and All-County player
at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
School in Silver Spring, Md.,
while Wessels hails from
Jacksonville, N.C^ and was an
All-Conference, All-County, and
All-State performer at White Oak
High School.
Ballard indicated his team
could be the best ever fielded at
Elon. The team has more size,
speed, and quickness than in the
past. However, those questions
will be answered in the weeks to
come.
“Catawba had an outstanding
recruiting year and Guilford will
be much improved,” Ballard said
in reference to the conference
race. “High Point also had a very
good recruiting year and Atlan
tic Christian is always strong and
should be again this year.”
“We came out with low inten
sity, and we were not ready to
play,” Ballard said about the
Mars Hill game.
Elon had 21 shots on goal, five
comer kicks, and three saves by
Rackley.
Mars Hill’s statistics were six
shots on goal, two corner kicks
and seven saves. During the se
cond half Mars Hill’s goalie was
injured.
Goals for Elon were scored by
Joe Nepay, who had two, and Ed
die Kurtzebom, Mike Wessels,
Tom Balkus, Joe Fitzgerald,
Mike Curtis, and Glenn Gess,
who scored one goal each.
The Fightin’ Christians will be
playing at Methodist College
Tournament this weekend. Ran
dolph Macon College is Elon’s
first scheduled opponent.
Baseball team attracts top recruits
after making NAIA World Series
By Terri Barnes
Staff Writer
The 1985 Elon baseball team
had an outstanding year, winning
the Carolinas Conference title,
reaching the area championship
game, and attaining an at-large
berth in the NAIA World Series.
The World Series field con
sisted of eight area regional
champions, the host team and one
at-large team. Elon qualified for
the at-large position by being the
highest ranked NAIA team to
play in an area championship
game and not win the title.
The Christians lost the first
game of the series to St. Francis
College of Joliet, 111. The team
then posted an 11-5 victory over
Southern Maine before being
eliminated by Georgia College in
the double elimination contest.
Elon’s final record was 40-10,
good for a fifth-place national
ranking.
Rick Jones, who coached his
first season at Elon in 1985, was
very pleased with his team’s per
formance at the honor of par-
ticiapting in the NAIA World
Series, “It was a great experience
for our players and a great reward
for our seniors,” Jones said. He
feels that their trip to Lewiston,
Idaho, and their participation in
the World Series not only helped
his team gain baseball experience
and confidence, but was also a
learning experience for his
players.
“Although they did not play as
well in the series as they did in
the regular season, that is not
unusual,” Jones said.
The 1985 Elon club was the
college’s first team since 1958 to
participate in the NAIA World
Series. Many fans considered it
to be the best team ever fielded
at Elon. The team was also the
highest ranking and furthest ad
vancing team in school history.
After the 1985 season, two of
the Elon players signed profes
sional contracts. Infielder
Maurice “Mo” Morton and pit
cher Greg Harris both signed
with the San Diego Padres.
On top of the team’s success on
field, the summer was a very suc-
cessfiil recruiting season for Elon
baseball. Several junior college
transfer students will be joining
the team in 1986. Sophomore
righthander Dave Miller of
Camden, N. J., and junior Mike
Sebesto from Morris County
Community College will join the
pitching rotation. Jimmy
Caldwell of Louisburg Junior
College and William Hardin,
junior first baseman, have sign
ed up.
Two all-state high school pit
chers from Virginia will join the
team as freshmen.
Jones said he believes that next
spring’s team could go even fur
ther than last year’s, depending
on pitching stability. Several key
players are returning and 70-80
players are expected to turn out
for tryouts, so depth should be
excellent, he concluded.
Volleyball coach named
Elon College athletic director
Alan White has announced that
Byrd Britt will take over duties as
interim volleyball and women’s
tennis coach, replacing Karen
Carden.
Britt comes to Elon from
Guilford College, where she serv
ed as assistant tennis coach for the
sixth place team in the NAIA na
tional tournament. She has also
been a tennis instructor and swim
coach in the Lumberton area for
the past two years.
She played collegiate tennis at
St. Mary’s and Pembroke State,
She was the top seed in singles
and doubles at both institutions.
She also served as a captain at St.
Mary’s while being a dean’s list
student.
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Photo by Stuart While
ON THE ATTACK: Elon kept the ball in Averett’s end of the ft
during most of the game.
Athletic facilities availabh
Open to students, faculty, staff and membe
Fall 1985
Recreational Schedule
BECK POOL: Sunday thru Friday: 1-4 p.m.
Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday: 7-9 p.m.
Closed all day Saturday
WEIGHT ROOM (JG): Monday thru Friday: 1-5 p.m.
Sunday thru Thursday: 6-10 p.m.
RACQUETBALL ROOM-(JG): Sign-up sheet in Intramural Office.
may sign up during the hours of 1-9 p.m. on the day prior to use. For Sat
day and Sunday use, sign up on Friday during 1-5 p.m. (PE classes/varv
teams have priority.)
RACQUETBALL COURTS: First come—first serve. (Handball/raci]*
ball takes priority over tennis practice.)
(Outside)
TENNIS COURTS: Sign-up sheet in Intramural office in Jordan Gym.
may sign up during the hours of 1-9 p.m. on the day prior to use. ForSif-
day and Sunday use, sign up on Friday during 1-5 p.m. (PE classes/vaiv'
teams have priority.)
• ALUMNI GYM: Monday thru Thursday: 6-10 p.m. Saturday: 10a®
p.m. Sunday: 1-10 p.m. Any afternoon when not used by Varsity orl
tramurals. Varsity practices and games at times necessitate alteration ititte
schedules.
• JORDAN GYM: Monday thru Friday: 3-6 p.m. Monday thru Thursii
p.m. (Except M-W 7-8:30 p.m. class) Saturday: 10 a.m.-4 pm.
day: I-IO p.m. Except when used for Intramurals.
• EAST GYM: Monday-Wednesday-Friday: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursdi
p.m Nights and weekends as needed and when not being used
tramurals or Varsity Volleyball.
FIELDS: East, Oaks, Fire Station Fields are available for recreational"
except when in use for Intramurals. Any special needs should be
at the Athletic Office.
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