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October 20,1994 Sports Women's soccer falls against Presbyterian Bud HcMipes Staff Reporter The Fighlin’ Chrislians women’s soccer team suffered il’s second consecutive loss at Bakatsias Field on Saturday to the Blue Hose of Presbyterian Univer sity. The loss brings the Fightin’ Christians, who were the No. 15 team in the nation, to an overall record of 7-2-2 and 4-2-0 in the SAC. Presbyterian, the No. 4 team in the nation, is 11 -1 overall and 5- 0 in the conference. Elon lost to Catawba last week 1-0. Despite the loss against Pres byterian, Elon coach Laura Mussulman credits the success of the team to its defense. "The strength in our defense is probably the largest standout. It's what keeps us together," Mussulman said. “Offensively, we have a few people who can get goals on the board for us as far as Kam Radford and Shannon Cumn who are two up front leaders for us.” For the year. Cumn leads the team in goals with 9 and Radford i.. • * -'r Senior Nar>cy Hogan holds back a has 8. Presbyterian outshot Elon 17- 3 and that pressure on goal is what made the difference. "We had no offense or transition. Even though we had the ball in the middle a lot of the time, we couldn’t lake advan tage of the opportunity that was there,” Kam Radford said. The Fightin’ Chnstians were Presbyterian player as she pushes the shutout for the second lime this season. Coming out of half lime, the momentum started to shift in favor of Presby tenan and as a result, Pres byterian scored two unanswered^ goals in 14 minutes. “Our starters weren’t on to day. People off the bench gave us a lot of effort but we didn’t play as Tonya Hubart/ The Pendulum ball down ths field, a team offensively,” Mussulman said following the game. “We packed it in a little loo much defensively and when we got to the ball we didn’t come forward with it very well.” The Fightin’ Chnstians’ next home game is Ocl. 18 against Gardner-Webb Univer sity. The game begins at 4 p.m. Weekend Scores Men*s Soccer Elon 1, Pt'eiffer 3 Elon 0, Queens 3 Elon 0, Catawba 3 Men’s and Women's Cross Country (N.C. Collegiate Championships in Charlotte) Women finishe4^2 of 8 Men finished 4 of 8 Volleyball Catawba defeated Elon Elon defeated St. Andrews Elon defeated Lxnoir Rhyne Elon defeated Mars Hill Wingate defeated Elon 12-15, 8-15, 12-15 15-8, 15-9,15-11 15-7, 15-11, 15-7 14-6, 15-12, 15-5, 15-9 13-5, 15-4, 5-15, 15-2, 16-14 Burnett returns following 8-day suspension Erick Gill Editor-in-chief Elon College head football coach Leon Hart announced on Oct. 11 that senior safety and tri-captain Robert Burnett was suspended in definitely from the team. However, Hart and Burnett met on Monday afternoon and Burnett returned to practice on Tuesday. “It was a violation of team policy.” Hart said on Monday be fore he and Burnett met. “It was a problem we talked about This was an extremely disruptive event. This suspension will go as long as it has to to t-’et corrected that could mean one game or the rest of the season.” Burnett, from Jacksonville, N.C., said on Sunday that the sus pension was a result of some argu ments and comments he made to ward other players dunng the game against Mars Hill on Ocl. 8. “In the past I’ve made com ments against players, but it never errupted like it did in the game It was hard standing there. 1 really wanted to be in the game." Robert Burnett against Mars Hill,” Burnell said. “A team leader isn’t supposed to disrupt the team in anyway,” he said. “Some of those comments took players’ focus away from the game and because of that the coaches weren’t able to make the adjust ments they needed to make.” Burnett said that the coaches had talked to him about the situa tion in the past. “ I stood on the sidelines Sat urday (during the Presbyterian game),” Burnett said. “It was an uneasy feeling. I wasn’t in uniform and watching from the sidelines wasn’t the same perspective as be ing on the field. “ It was hard standing there,” Burnett said. “ I really wanted to be in the game. “I stood on the sidelines to help some of the young players - to talk to them,” he said. “1 wanted to talk to them player-to-player. It’s a different perspective when a coach tells you something, but as an expe rienced player I thought I could help. By talking on the sidelines, I thought I contributed that way.” Other players who have been suspended this season, but have returned were: Mark Lloyd, Erik Whiteside, Trey Foy, and Mandell Dobson. Hart said that several actions that are taken when players violate team rules and “suspension is one of them.” “ We have a list of rules and regulations...I have to judge in ev ery situation how (violations) are to be handled,” Hart said. Hart chose not to discuss any of the reasons for the suspensions. Athlete of] the Week Colleen Herndon Staff Reporter w Jlie Pendulum regreti that no photo of Eric i Hines could be ob-i tained for this edition Name: Eric Hines Sport: Men's Cross Country Age: 18 Hometown: Waynesbor^ Va. Class: Freshman Major: Business Future Goals: "I would like to get ahead in the business world and con- tinne running competi tively after Elon." Stats from last meet: Placed 35th out of 91 Time; 36:50.36 (10,000 meters) Coach Morningstar's remarks: "He came in good condition as a freshing and has done an outstandin job for us. He has been ou top runner for the past fivej j meets, we're very fortunatej ] to have him." Hine's thoughts about the team: "We're really good this year and have a lo| of potential. I feel we havef good chance to qualify for j national competition." Anyone interested in] writing sports | stories, contact Aprils Perkins at | The Pendulum ] at Ext 2331
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