September 30, 1999
Elon keeps rolling with 40-7 win over A&T
Travis Suber
The Pendulum
With a beautiful blue sky day
as the backdrop, the Fightin’ Chris
tian football team continued its quest
for a I-AA playoff berth with a
dominating 40-7 victory over the
North Carolina A&T Aggies Satur
day, Sept. 25 at Burlington Memo
rial Stadium,
Everything seem to play out
like a plot from a movie as Elon
improved to a staggering 4-0 record
and the Aggies fall to 2-1. Elon is
now the 25th ranked team in I-AA
in the nation according to the ESPN/
USA Today Coaches Poll.
Lead by its stellar cast of char
acters, the Fightin’ Christians domi
nated right from the start of the
game with an incredible 15 play, 80
yard drive that feasted on almost
seven minutes of the clock.
To cap off the drive, senior
running back Steven Ferguson—
the team’s leader in rushing yards,
touchdowns and points scored—
broke through the defensive line
with a 4 yard run for a touchdown.
Ferguson had 109 yards on
22 carries and one touchdown. This
marks the second timein Ferguson’s
career he has scored a touchdown in
four consecutive games.
Elon’s march down the field
was one that even Sherman would
be proud of. Fortunately, Buriington
Memorial Stadium was not burned
in the Aggie scorching.
The first half was an on-field
“Elon Fest”, with the Fightin’ Chris
tians scoring 34 iinanswered points.
Those points included an in
terception returned 38 yards for a
touchdown by Elon’s own Shanard
Smith, a junior who is among the
team leaders in tackles and now tied
for the lead in interceptions.
Junior quarterback Derrick
Moore also scored on two short
yardage runs. Moore is the team’s
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fourth leading rusher with 198 yards
on 33 carries for the season.
Moore is rapidly approach
ing the 2,000 yard career rushing
mark, with less than 100 yards to
go-
To say that Elon dominated
the first half is one thing. But to
actually read the the statistics is
quite another.
The Fightin’ Christians con
trolled the ball with a 17-4 edge in
first downs, as well as converting
seven straight third downs into the
second half.
The Aggies did not help them
selves however, racking up nine
penalties in the first half, including
two illegal substitution calls.
Elon held the Aggies score
less through the first three quarters
of the game. A&T’s only score came
with 2:00 left in the game when
Maurice Smith scored on an 80-
yard run to the endzone.
This brought mixed emotions
from the visitor’s side of the sta
dium.
In the week preceding the
game, comments about the show
down between the two participat
ing teams began flying around vari
ous news sources.
Apparently, the Aggies head
coach Bill Hayes made some state
ments to the effect of Elon being
beaten very badly by his team. It
should also be noted that as the head
coach at A&T, Hayes is the
winningest coach in the history of
the program.
Hayes has had only a few
embarrassing defeats in his tenure.
Elon’s smacking is the worst one
the Aggies have received in over
two and a half seasons, and ranks as
fifth all-time worst.
When asked about his com
ments and how they possibly may
have affected the outcome of the
game during a post-game interview,
Hayes simply trotted off the field.
Elon once again dominated
the ground attack with 346 yards on
72 total carries. The Fightin’ Chris
tians also had 76 return yards.
The one key statistic that pos
sibly sums up the game entirely is
the difference between the amount
of rushing plays for Elon to the
number of total plays made by A&T.
Elon carried the ball 72 times
while the Aggies performed 45 to
tal plays.
The 25th ranked Fightin’
Christians wil take on University of
New Haven on Oct. 2 at Burlington
Memorial Stadium to finish Elon’s
three game home stand to a Family
Weekend crowd.
New Haven brings a squad
that began the season ranked in the
top ten of Division II polls, and is
now ranked 17th.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2
p.m.
Men's soccer
falters to
Stetson U.
Travis Suber
The Pendulum
The Fightin’ Christian men’s
soccer team couldn’t stop Kjell
Aasheim of Stetson University as
the junior forward netted two goals
in the first half to defeat Elon 2-0
Sunday at Bakatsias Field.
Aasheim used a little
showtime trickery as he booted the
first shot off of his heel into the net
while keeping his back to the ball.
Elon goalkeeper Scott Wahl was
screened by defenders and com
pletely missed the shot as it rolled
into the net for the fist score of the
game.
Aasheim scored once again
with an assist by Mark Poole at the
40:00 mark of the first half to pad
the Mad Hatter lead.
Elon (2-5), came back in the
second half with a vengeance aS
the Fightin’ Christians took five of
their eight shots on goal in the
second half. However, Stetson
goalkeeper Tim Riek made four
saves to ensure the victory.
The Fightin’ Christians will
attempt to improve their record
this week with contests against
Campbell and UNC-Asheville.
Both games will be played atElon’ s
Bakatsias field.
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